Chapter 182: Without Akaso Kaze, anyone else is useless!

7: 5 PM.

The third floor of a certain storage warehouse.

As the lights flickered on, a police officer hiding in the corner wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Great, the power is finally back! Good thing we prepared a diesel engine in advance."

As soon as the officer finished speaking, another officer beside him immediately retorted: "Hey, I'd say you're a bit too timid, aren't you? You're a police officer, yet you're afraid of the dark?"

"Nonsense! When was I afraid of the dark?"

The officer in the corner retorted, his eyes scanning the surroundings fearfully. "I... I just feel like this room is a bit strange, as if something has been staring at us the whole time."

"Something staring at us?"

The other officer laughed loudly. "Look, this place is empty. Aside from the two of us, there's only Inspector Nakamori. Where could anyone else be? Hey, you're not trying to tell a ghost story to scare me, are you?"

Before the officer could finish, Nakamori Ginzo walked over quickly, his face dark.

"The two of you, stop talking nonsense here! Get over to the Egg of Memories and stand guard!"

"Yes!" The two officers were startled and hurriedly ran to the table where the "Egg of Memories" was placed and stood at attention.

Watching the situation in the warehouse through the Eye of Space, Akaso Kaze smiled slightly.

Relying on these few police officers to protect the Egg of Memories was a joke.

"Akaso-san, why did the power go out suddenly? I... I'm so scared."

In the darkness, Suzuki Ayako's voice trembled from the front.

This was the stairwell leading from the top floor to the lower levels.

The lights had gone out just as they walked down.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

With the Eye of Space, Akaso Kaze could see everything clearly.

He took two steps forward and pressed against Ayako's back.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her in front of him.

Ayako's soft body leaned into his embrace, followed by a waft of fragrant scent.

In the quiet, dark stairwell, the temperature rose instantly, and an ambiguous atmosphere permeated the air.

The two were pressed tightly together, able to feel each other's heartbeats and the changes in their bodies.

"Akaso-san~"

Ayako's voice was melodious, echoing in the empty stairwell.

【Ding, Suzuki Ayako has developed affection for you. Current affection level is 4.】

On the motorcycle, Heiji Hattori gripped the handlebars tightly, speeding through the congested traffic.

In the back seat, Conan held Heiji Hattori's waist tightly.

Truly a pair of good buddies.

Conan's bottom suddenly left the seat, and he felt the motorcycle beneath him take flight in an unscientific way.

Looking to the side, he realized Heiji Hattori had ridden the motorcycle directly onto the sidewalk to avoid the congested traffic lane.

Beep beep beep.

Heiji Hattori honked the horn while twisting the throttle on his right hand, constantly accelerating.

"Hattori! This is too dangerous!"

Conan tried to dissuade him, but Heiji Hattori, whose blood was boiling, couldn't care less.

"If we don't get back quickly, we'll be completely played by that thief!"

"But this is too likely to cause an accident!"

Conan was still worried, but Heiji Hattori replied decisively: "Just leave the motorcycle skills to me!"

And so, a hot-blooded youth rode a motorcycle, carving a strange trail of light on the pitch-black sidewalk.

On the third floor of the warehouse where Nakamori Ginzo and his team were hiding, a sharp-eyed officer suddenly looked out the window.

He said in astonishment, stuttering: "In... Inspector Nakamori, you... look outside the window..."

Nakamori Ginzo looked up at the window upon hearing this, his expression changing instantly: "Kaitou Kid?! How did he know we were here?"

Before Nakamori Ginzo could finish, Kuroba Kaito had already flown outside the window.

The pure white glider wings behind him turned into a cape, and he stood on the window ledge, maintaining his balance in a strange way, a triumphant smile on his face.

"Gentlemen of the police, sorry to disturb you. I have come as promised tonight to take the Egg of Memories. Please forgive me."

Inside the warehouse, Nakamori Ginzo and the others all changed expressions upon hearing this.

Bang.

Taking advantage of their momentary stupor, Kuroba Kaito threw a flashbang, and the three officers were instantly blinded.

Passing by the foolish officers who were waving their arms around, Kuroba Kaito unhurriedly placed the box containing the Egg of Memories into his bag.

"As expected, without the interference of the Onmyoji, everything has become easy."

Kuroba Kaito immediately felt his powerful confidence return.

"Stop! Kid!"

Conan shouted as he rushed in through the door.

"Tsk tsk, it's you, kid."

Kuroba Kaito curled his lip in disdain.

Without Akaso Kaze, anyone else is useless!

However, a long night brings many dreams; if that elusive Onmyoji really arrived, it would be a disaster.

He looked around worriedly and hurriedly threw a smoke bomb.

The room was instantly filled with smoke.

"Cough cough, stop, Kid!"

Conan waved his small arms to block the way.

Unfortunately, his arms were simply too short; he couldn't block the way in such a large space.

The agile Kuroba Kaito glided past Conan and came face-to-face with Heiji Hattori behind him.

"Oh, damn it."

Kuroba Kaito was startled.

"There's such a dark person here, I almost didn't see him..."

"Huh?"

Heiji Hattori's face grew even darker with anger.

You bastard, you're not in a hurry to escape, why are you taking a jab at me when you have nothing better to do?

Taking advantage of Heiji Hattori's momentary stupor,

Kuroba Kaito had already jumped out the window, opened his glider, and flown away.

Soaring in the night sky, Kuroba Kaito felt physically and mentally delighted.

It felt so good.

We, Kaitou Kid, should be this dashing; we should be able to play everyone in the palm of our hands this easily.

Everything before this was a nightmare, and now the nightmare had finally ended.

We, Kaitou Kid, have been reborn from the ashes and are back.

So what if he's the strongest Onmyoji in Tokyo? His Egg of Memories was still taken by me.

Kuroba Kaito couldn't help but feel an itch in his heart; while still in the air, he opened the exquisite treasure box containing the Egg of Memories.

Then, his smile froze instantly.

"Huh? What the hell is this?"

"What is written on this?"

"Bastard! I've been played again!"

Kuroba Kaito looked up at the sky, wanting to cry but having no tears.

Just as he looked up.

Whoosh.

497

Slap!

The lens of his monocle shattered upon impact, and the bullet that passed through the lens shot right through the frame of the glider. Kaitou Kid could no longer stabilize his form and fell downward.

On the ground, Heiji Hattori and Conan, who were chasing closely on the motorcycle, let out a "Huh?"