rpbooks Chapter 772 He is Kidd!
Chapter 772 He is Kidd!
Chapter 772 He is Kidd!
"Hello, I'm the instructor of the Junior Detective Team and also the homeroom teacher of their class, Kobayashi Sumiko."
Nichiren Television sent a van to the school gate to pick up the Young Detective Team, but instead of the four children they expected, there was also a teacher and two twins.
"Hello, Mr. Kobayashi, and all the kids from the Junior Detective Team. I'm Juri Shinkai, a reporter from the TV station." A middle-aged woman from the TV station came out to greet them, and then introduced the other two uncles who were accompanying them: "This is Shogo Masui, the person in charge of photography, and Isao Hizumi, the person in charge of sound."
Martin poked Conan with his elbow and winked at the three of them: "Three, three, it's time to choose one from three again, great detective."
Conan twitched his lips: "No, I can't, right? Isn't there one more missing?"
"Who told you to choose the victim, you bloodthirsty detective?" Martin kicked Conan on the butt: "Pick which one is Kid's disguise."
"I..." Conan rubbed his butt, looking depressed.
"You're already suspecting that we're Kaito Kid in disguise. You're worthy of being the Junior Detective Team." The reporter lady had seen a lot of things, and she wasn't surprised at all. While she was smiling and praising, she asked, "Who are these two kids?"
"They are the new members of the Junior Detective Team!" Yuan Tai slapped his chest loudly: "One is called Martin, and the other... is also called Martin!"
"Good boy, you have the potential to be a great man at such a young age." Martin applauded him.
"There's actually a new member..." The cameraman came over and said half-jokingly, "If you suspect that Kaito Kidd is among us, I suggest you investigate the guy over there."
The cameraman pointed at the soundman and said, "I remember that the original plan was for a young man to come, but this guy I've never seen before came."
The cameraman is a strong and passionate type of old man, while the soundman is fat, with droopy eyes and a look of decline.
"It's because the person who was supposed to be in charge of this mission suddenly couldn't be contacted, so I was sent alone to take charge." The sound engineer complained, "You don't know me, but I know you. But I heard that your junior from the same university was supposed to be in charge of the filming this time, but you snatched this opportunity away from him."
"What?" The cameraman was full of resentment towards the rumor: "That guy called me himself and said that no one has ever done a live broadcast since graduation, so he asked me to replace him!"
"Sure enough, all three are quite suspicious. Let's start choosing, great detective."
"Am I suspicious too?" The reporter lady was a little puzzled.
Martin pushed up his reflective glasses and said, "Even if there were no more beauties at Nichiuri TV after Rena Mizunashi was sent flying, they wouldn't send a 40-something-year-old lady, right?"
Being a front-line TV reporter is a job that only young people can handle. Not only does the appearance have to be taken into consideration, but the physical strain of running around all year round is something that even middle-aged people cannot withstand.
"Because the station attaches great importance to this project, they specially sent an experienced and mature veteran." The reporter explained: "And I'm only 38 years old, not a 40-year-old aunt!"
Martin spread his hands and said: It’s my fault that you look old.
……
The teachers and children got on the bus and everyone set off.
Little Martin, who was sitting next to Crumb Martin, looked a little uneasy.
Martin suddenly chewed the lollipop in his mouth into pieces. The crunching sound attracted the subconscious attention of Little Martin, who shrank his neck.
"Why are you suddenly emo again?"
Martin was always lacking in confidence and was listless. It might be because of the strange things that happened every day, or it might be his nature. Anyway, he was depressed more than a dozen times in a day, but this time it lasted for a long time, and Martin didn't even notice the cause.
"No, it's nothing."
"If you don't tell me, I can only guess... Are you afraid of me? Because the Great Detective has been whispering rumors in your ears today, making you think I will persecute you?" Martin's eyes moved back: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, the Great Detective has done a lot of harm to people."
"No..." Little Martin shook his head and looked out the window: "And it's not a rumor..."
Although he had not been directly persecuted by Martin except for being frightened by Conan a few times, he could still remember other victims clearly, such as the teeth marks on Ai Haibara's face and the lollipop in Martin's mouth and pocket, which were all evidence of his crime. His evaluation of Martin was indeed groundless.
"Alas, people have many misunderstandings about me." Martin said, shaking his head.
Little Martin was a little curious: "Do you have a deeper purpose for doing these things?"
Martin raised his chin and said confidently, "No!"
Half of little Martin's glasses slipped down.
Martin tilted his head back, squinted his eyes, and looked sideways: "So your emo has something to do with my behavior?"
Little Martin hesitated for a moment, but still spoke his mind: "I'm a little worried. Will I be like you when I grow up?"
"Don't worry." Martin made an OK gesture: "When I was your age, I was already a psychopath."
Little Martin: “…”
"And the reason why I'm crazy is that Ma Jia is a psychopath. My sister and I were driven crazy by him. You and I are different in this respect, so whether you will be influenced by your superpowers and take a similar path to me in the future is your own business. I can't guarantee or confirm it."
Martin thought for a moment and said, "Although I can give you a time machine, I suggest you keep a sense of mystery about the future."
"And you act like I'm some lousy adult." Martin shook his head: "Isn't it good to live like me?"
Little Martin struggled, "I still want to be a normal person."
Then little Martin suddenly remembered that as soon as he opened his eyes this morning, Martin poured cold water on him: You will never be a normal person in your life.
Little Martin is emo again.
"Normal people depend on the standard. For me, as long as you have hands and feet, thinking ability and expression ability, you can consider yourself a normal person." Martin waved his hand: "What is your standard for a normal person?"
Little Martin is just a child, so there is no need for him to have too serious discussions on concepts like Mira did.
"I don't have horns or wings, so a group of pirates won't suddenly show up and take me away during class." Little Martin said with a bitter face: "In the future, I want to be a normal office worker."
Other students want to be rich men or scientists in the future, but little Martin just wants to be an office worker because he has already been a rich man and a scientist.
"You can do whatever you want, but you are not meant to live an orderly and regular life." Martin shook his head: "You wanted to go to the library, but it turned into a theater. You wanted to go to the amusement park, but you were dragged to fly an airplane."
Little Martin held his head and said, "And I can't fly a plane!"
Not to mention the enhancement of his superpowers like Martin, if little Martin's superpowers don't disappear or be fully controlled when he grows up, he will have to say goodbye to his ordinary job.
"So, isn't it good to give up a regular life like me, obey the destiny, and embrace every adventure in life?" Martin said, "Every day is a performance on stage. Squeeze out your soul and burn it on the stage. It doesn't matter what the audience thinks. What's important is to please yourself."
"But I have stage anxiety." Little Martin was still emo. "How do you know if you can't do it if you don't try? It's a pity that I can't perform on stage today, but I can go on live TV tonight, which is more interesting than the stage of the parents' meeting." Martin's mouth twisted: "You will see Kaito Kid later, he is also a performance maniac who is a stage player wherever he goes. But that guy has more fans than me, maybe you are willing to learn his tricks?"
As for whether Little Martin listens or not, Scum Martin doesn't care. Little Martin is a real child with his own parents to guide him. He still has a long time to think and learn before he grows up. He does not meet Scum Martin's standard of 'picking up kittens'.
It is said that after picking up the Young Detective Team, the van drove all the way to the suburbs and into the wilderness.
After driving for a few hours, it was already getting dark.
Martin looked out the window and said, "It looks like they're going to drive us into a mountain valley and sell us out. Are you sure the driver isn't Kaito Kidd?"
"Martin, didn't you watch the news?" Mitsuhiko leaned over and looked over. "The gem that Kaito Kid is going to steal this time is the gem that Suzuki Jirokichi just found in an ancient temple on the top of a mountain last week. And the place where he is going to fight Kaito Kid is in the ancient temple where the gem was found."
"That's right." The reporter sitting in the front also turned her head and said, "Tonight is the full moon night when Kaito Kid committed the crime, and it is also the night when a typhoon landed. Under the direct attack of the typhoon, Kaito Kid cannot use his usual hang glider. Advisor Suzuki's original words are: Kaito Kid without wings is as easy to catch as a baby."
Martin complained: "Can the two words typhoon landfall and full moon night be put together?"
Kaito Kid steals gems on a full-moon night so that he can easily confirm whether the gems are Pandora's, so it only makes sense to do so on a clear full-moon night.
Martin wasn't sure if there was a typhoon tonight, but the mountain wind in the forest outside the car was indeed getting stronger, swaying the dark shadows of the trees in the dark sky.
……
The van finally led the group of people to an ancient temple on the top of a mountain. It was an old Japanese temple with a traditional wooden structure. The wood gave off a rotten smell in the humid air.
More than twenty mobile police officers surrounded the temple.
"Did they say there was going to be a typhoon?" Mitsuhiko suddenly became worried: "I feel like the typhoon could blow this temple away."
“Hahahaha—how could that be?” Mitsuhiko’s words drew a long laugh. A bald old man pushed the door open and walked out of the temple. “Before I discovered it, this abandoned ancient temple had stood alone in the wind and rain for hundreds of years.”
The person who came was Suzuki Jirokichi, and this was his first appearance in this book.
Martin said casually: "It will fall one day, why not today?"
"It won't happen today." Suzuki Jirokichi was very confident: "In order to deal with Kaito Kidd, I have reinforced this place. Even Kaito Kidd can withstand it, let alone a typhoon."
Conan: Kidd isn't stronger than a typhoon, is he?
"We are not afraid of wind or rain, but we are afraid of experts coming to protect it." Martin continued to argue: "What if it becomes more fragile after reinforcement?"
From a bird's eye view, many of Kuroba Kaito's methods are actually very simple and unpretentious - for example, he sneaked into the construction team a week in advance and secretly dug a tunnel while working.
Suzuki Jiroyoshi frowned and tilted his head to look at him: "Who is this little argumentative kid? I remember there is no shortage of argumentative people on the construction site."
Wow, has this little argumentative guy offended a group of cats? There are scratches all over his face and a tooth mark.
Teacher Kobayashi stepped forward and introduced himself and the two martins.
"New members...anyone who comes to help is welcome." Suzuki Jirokichi's attitude was a little subtle. He said welcome, but his expression was a little distressed. He was holding a set of children's clothes in his hand: "Actually, I made a set of team uniforms for each of you."
"Ah!" Ayumi's eyes lit up when she saw the new clothes: "Did you prepare these clothes for us, Grandpa? Thank you! I like them very much!"
Martin suddenly put his hand on his chin and thought: "It feels like there is a generation gap."
"Do you still need to consider the issue of seniority?" Huiyuan Ai looked at him from the side: "Nephew."
"That's not right." Martin thought seriously: "The old man is Sonoko's uncle. If Ayumi calls him grandpa, then Sonoko is your aunt, right?"
However, Suzuki Jirokichi is 72 years old, 20 years older than Dr. Agasa. There is nothing wrong with Ayumi calling him grandpa, and she can even call him an older generation.
"Xiao Ai is my aunt, so if Xiao Ai calls Yuan Zi aunt, shouldn't I call Yuan Zi grandma?"
"It seems so." Huihara Ai nodded.
"So should my mom (Miyano Akemi) call Sonoko auntie when she sees her?"
Haibara Ai:"……"
"By the way, Grandma Sonoko isn't here?" Martin asked Suzuki Jirokichi.
"You know Sonoko... If a young person like her comes, wouldn't it be easy for Kaito Kid to choose her as a disguise target and fish in troubled waters?" Suzuki Jirokichi shook his head: "So she wanted to come but I rejected her."
"I see. What a shame. Another episode without Sonoko."
"Let's talk about the clothes." Suzuki Jirokichi had already distributed the clothes to the five members of the Junior Detective Team, and he had just learned about the existence of the two new members, so of course he had not prepared any clothes for them. However, Suzuki Jirokichi still had a set of clothes in his hand.
"In order to prepare for any unexpected events, everyone has a spare set of clothing to replace, to ensure that you appear on TV cleanly."
Suzuki Jirokichi attaches great importance to his face and the effect of the live broadcast of the arrest of Kaito Kid, and whether the children are decent is also involved.
"Looking at your body shapes, you should be able to wear Conan's spare costumes, but there is only one set of spare costumes."
Martin nodded: "See, you have to learn from your mistakes. Next time, remember to prepare backup, backup, backup, backup, and backup..."
Suzuki Jirokichi interrupted him with a bulging head, "I mean, only one of you two should appear on camera. The kid with a face like a tabby cat should wait outside."
Little Martin, a national first-class backing-out performing artist, immediately gave way to Xie Martin so that he could go outside and wait.
However, Martin spoke first: "That's easy, just give him the clothes to wear."
Three people from the TV station began to set up the live broadcast equipment in the temple, and the children went to the car to change their clothes.
Soon, little Martin, wearing new clothes, came back with the other children.
"Come, let me see, it looks like it fits you well... Turn around and see, turn around again." Martin called, then looked carefully at Little Martin's style, memorized it in his mind, and nodded.
Then, Martin casually pulled over an opaque waterproof sheet used to cover equipment and covered himself with it: "Surprise appearance... ding ding!"
The waterproof cloth was removed, and Martin, also wearing the new uniform of the detective team, made a brilliant appearance.
"Wow!" the children were stunned.
Suzuki Jirokichi's eyes widened as well, at this miraculous ability to instantly change his appearance - "He's Kidd! Catch him!"
(End of this chapter)