"Clang!"
With a dull thud, the large clock on the fireplace suddenly fell. Conan jumped down from the fireplace, picked up the clock, and examined it. "The inside of this clock's paint is all gold. Judging by the weight, it's made of pure gold, not plated."
"That's... it?" Senjuro Kyodai was startled, then quickly recovered and laughed self-deprecatingly. "I can't believe my father was killed just for something like this..."
"Now, can you tell us how to leave?" Conan turned back, smiling. "After all, you promised us you'd take us away once we found the treasure."
"I have no idea how to leave this place," Senjuro Kyodai shook her head. "I originally planned to die of old age here. I didn't expect that Shukuzen Oogami guy to actually believe I had another way out."
"Hmph, so you still couldn't trick out a way to leave!" Mogi Haruomi pushed open the door, annoyed. "I can't believe this old woman is so ruthless, planning to take us all down with her!"
"Huh?!" Senjuro Kyodai turned around and saw a bunch of detectives standing behind her, utterly bewildered. Didn't their plans get "shark-fin-souped" (ruined)? How are they all alive?! What the heck?!
"Seriously, it messed up my clothes," Kaito Kuroba muttered, looking at his tomato-sauce-stained clothes. "This was my best outfit!"
Hakuba Saguru also shook his head. "It seems this whole act was pointless after all, though it was quite entertaining."
"Tsk..." Ikumi Sugita sighed helplessly. "Such a good show, and we still didn't trick out a way to leave. It seems you truly have no intention of leaving this place."
Senjuro Kyodai looked utterly shocked. "You guys tricked me?!"
"Hey! That's not fair!" Kaito Kuroba said seriously. "How can a detective's work be called 'trickery'?"
Fujino: "..." You stole my line!
Conan: "..." Okay, it's confirmed. This kid is definitely Kaito Kid.
"Whir-whir-whir!"
Just then, the roaring sound of helicopters suddenly came from outside the villa.
"What's that sound?" Ikumi Sugita looked up, puzzled.
"I think it's the police helicopter," Hakuba Saguru pondered. "I tied a note to Watson's leg, telling the old woman who came with me to inform the police. Luckily, I put a glowing strip on the car roof before I came, otherwise it would have been a real mess today. But even so, if they felt something was wrong, they should have called the police anyway."
"If that's the case, why didn't you say something sooner?!" Ikumi Sugita put her hands on her hips, glaring at Hakuba Saguru with a resentful look. "My evening gown is all stained now!"
"I wasn't entirely sure either. After all, hawks aren't like pigeons; they don't always return to the nest," Hakuba Saguru chuckled awkwardly. "Besides, I also wanted to see what the treasure was, and how this play would turn out."
"As expected of the Metropolitan Police Superintendent General's son, a helicopter arrived so quickly," Fujino chuckled, looking at Hakuba Saguru. "So, you actually knew this wasn't a banquet hosted by Kaito Kid all along, didn't you? Otherwise, you wouldn't have prepared those things in advance."
Hakuba Saguru said, "He's my old rival, after all. If I couldn't even tell that much, then I wouldn't have been dealing with him for so long. Aren't you the same?"
"Yes, I saw it too," Fujino said meaningfully. "I should say, I saw it at first glance. It's just a shame that kid didn't show up today."
Conan was surprised and looked at Fujino. He really didn't realize Old Man Mouri was a fake? That can't be... Or did his aura disappear? The heavens are helping me! Today, I'll shock Fujino properly!
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### Dawn Breaks
As dawn gradually broke, a red sun rose from the east! The police helicopter slowly took off, and the group boarded it, ready to head to the nearest police station.
"Fujino-senpai!" Ran woke up, sitting in the helicopter seat, and looked at Fujino with a pout. "Why did you drug me without even telling me beforehand?"
"I was just worried you wouldn't be able to help but give us away," Fujino chuckled. "If I had you two disguise yourselves, it would have been obviously fake, and it wouldn't have been fun if you'd given it away."
"Ugh..." Ran frowned, still a bit sulky.
Ikumi Sugita sat beside them, legs crossed, and smiled slightly. "You little detective, you really don't know how to treat a lady with care..."
"I'm not little! Why do you always call me 'little detective'?" Fujino was annoyed. "And you were the one who did it, sis! You personally used a handkerchief to knock them out. I didn't say anything about how you did it. If you really had to, you could have at least told them beforehand."
"That was your script too," Ikumi Sugita shot Fujino an annoyed glance.
"Sigh..." Ran sighed. "But speaking of it, Kaito Kid still didn't show up."
"What, you really wanted Kaito Kid to come?" Ikumi Sugita asked Ran with a knowing look.
"Not exactly..." Ran chuckled awkwardly, waving her hand.
"..." Conan's gaze silently fixated on Kogoro Mouri. Kaito Kid! Conan's eyes narrowed slightly as he silently pulled out his tranquilizer wristwatch, aiming it at Kogoro Mouri. Although it wasn't the same location or the same place, it was the same person! He, Conan, was going to tranquilize Kogoro Mouri with the ancestral method!
"By the way, old woman Senjuro," Mogi Haruomi curiously asked Senjuro Kyodai, who was sitting beside him. "Your target should have been Shukuzen Oogami. Why did you fake a suicide after he died?"
"If I didn't get that answer, I wouldn't rest in peace even if I died. And in my lifetime, there aren aren't many opportunities to invite detectives like you," Senjuro Kyodai silently watched the scenery outside the window, softly murmuring, "Ultimately, I was the one possessed by Renya Karasuma."
After saying that, she suddenly pulled open the helicopter door and leaped out.
"Old woman Senjuro!" Mogi Haruomi hadn't even fully registered what was happening to reach out and grab her before Senjuro Kyodai was already floating away in the wind.
"That damn old woman!" Kogoro Mouri immediately stood up from his seat, then rushed out, following Senjuro Kyodai as she fell from mid-air.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Kogoro Mouri's clothes scattered in the air.
"Kaito Kid?!" Everyone was stunned. Conan, holding his ready-to-fire wristwatch, gnashed his teeth. It was too late to shoot now.
"..." Hakuba Saguru glanced over and saw what was in Conan's hand. This kid, was he trying to shoot that guy with this thing just now?
"Holy cow!" Fujino stood up, shouting at Kaito Kuroba, "You flashy show-off! You didn't take me with you!"
Everyone: "???" You kid, you were with Kaito Kid all along?! Damn it, this is espionage within espionage?!
"Bye-bye!" Kaito Kuroba looked back and smiled. "It was a pleasure working with you this time. My hang-glider can't carry the weight of a great detective like you!"
Hakuba Saguru frowned, looking at Fujino. "You... you didn't plan this with him beforehand, did you?"
Fujino nodded. "Yeah, we planned it on the way here."
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