"But... I remember you at that time... it seemed..." Kimda scratched his nose and seemed embarrassed to continue talking.

"Oh... that's it!" He Quanying unbuttoned the buttons on her chest, revealing her white and tender skin. "It was because of this birthmark. When Ou Duosang saw my birthmark like in the painting, he decided that I was his daughter. Then, at his command, I tried to wear a slim evening outfit, drifted my hair off, changed my original glasses, and wore contact lenses. In the mirror, there was a girl who was almost the same as in the painting."

"Pu Shenggangsan, who is truly a master, can draw his daughter's future by just imagination!" Nanase, who is in the orange short shirt, praised.

"So, it is generally unlikely that this painting will be targeted by a strange gentleman again!" said Goro Komiyama, a middle-aged deacon in a suit and ties.

"Indeed, why should the strange thief gentleman look at this work he once stolen again?" Saki echoed softly.

"But, is there such a possibility? I returned the painting to find the subject of this painting, which is Miss Sakura's trap?" The famous painting businessman, Essay Hoshiji, glanced at Kazumi Sakura from the corner of his eyes.

"To find me?"

"Find out your daughter by making the work public, and then send a trailer to steal the daughter of the painting and the theme of the painting!" He turned around, wrapped his hands around his chest, and a wicked smile on his lips.

"Snatch Miss Sakura away?" Miyuki Nanase said in surprise.

"For example, kill her!"

"Don't joke!" Kaneda Ichi stood in front of Kazumi Sakura and glared at Hoshiji Hanazawa opposite him, "Isn't this painting still stolen?"

"Pray that this will not happen!" said the young man in a light yellow suit.

"Mr. Hazawa is joking? According to the previous practices of the strange thief gentleman, they are just stealing paintings, and they have no criminal record of hurting or even killing people!" Saki shook his head and refuted the man's whimsical idea.

"Not necessarily! After all, this painting is so wonderful!"

"I think Mr. Hazawa seems to want to have it!" Saki took out the silk scarf to wipe the stains on the surface of the lens.

"As a businessman who trades famous paintings, how could he not want to own such expensive paintings!" Hazawa Hoshiji did not hide his thoughts at all.

After a while, Saki went out to inform Okanoi and Kenchi police station that the strange thief might have been hiding among the guests.

"Are you saying true? Saki-kun."

"Is there any evidence?" Okawano clenched his ears indifferently.

"No, but if you search the guest's accommodation room, you might get something."

"For no reason, search someone's room. As a high school student, you are really good at talking!" The short middle-aged police department was not interested in Saki's words.

"Then pretend I didn't say it!" Saki's eyes were disappointed. He had no hope of persuading Okanoi, a stubborn person. He originally wanted to let the police raid their rooms while the guests were all in the hall, and there would be something to be gained, such as police uniforms or disguised tools.

Since Okanoi, who looked down on high school detectives, was unwilling to cooperate, he could not open the locked room alone to investigate privately.

Finally, he had to go back to his room to take a shower and go to bed.

...

The next morning.

With an incredible cry, "That painting...'Portrait of my beloved daughter'..."

Saki, who was still sleeping, was awakened by the sound of running outside the door.

He was wearing red and white striped pajamas and stood up sleepily and opened the door. He happened to see the disheveled Kazuki Kazuka and Miyuki Nanase rushing downstairs.

"What's wrong?" he asked with rubbing his eyes.

"The painting, the painting I discussed last night, was stolen!" After turning around, Kanechi disappeared at the entrance of the stairs.

Saki woke up instantly, changed his clothes and picked up the ink umbrella and went downstairs to the lobby on the first floor.

At this time, except for Kira Kamijiro and Izumi Sakura who were not on the scene, the rest had arrived.

The gray-haired police officer of Okanoi held his forehead with his hands and said distressedly, "How did he steal the painting from such a strict guard!"

"According to the agreement, the real monster thief appears!" Saki read the words on the card out loud.

"Damn it! What a joke?" Jian Chiyong clenched his fists.

Saki, who stroked his cheeks with his left hand and his hair was a little messy, noticed the signature of the card. The vertical line on the left side of the character "如" is not on the bottom.

"Not good!" Jindaichi screamed, turned around and ran towards Kazumi Sakura's room.

"What's wrong, Ichijun Jinda?" Jian Chiyong turned around and asked hurriedly.

"She is in danger for classmate Ying!"

Izumi Sakura's room is at the end of the first floor.

When Saki arrived, Kaneda Ichi was lifting up and lying on the ground, looking pale and powerless.

The gray wooden floor was in a mess, with a large scissors used to trim branches stuck on the floor, surrounded by short, thin black hair cut from Hezumi Sakura's head, and a bunch of broken glass near the window, while the beige puppy Paul barked at the broken window.

"How is Senior Sister Sakura?"

"It seems that there is nothing serious!" Kaneda Ichi walked out of the house with Kazumi Sakura who opened his eyes in a daze, walked to another vacant room, and ordered Miyuki Nanase, "Let Dr. Umezu come and take a look!"

"Yeah!" The latter immediately went out to find Meizu Rimi when she heard this.

"The long-haired girl in the painting has disappeared, and the theme of the painting has indeed been obtained!" Jian Chiyong picked up the card next to the scissors inserted upside down, and read the above word by word.

"Damn it! Damn the monster thief gentleman!" he cursed.

"The bottom of the vertical line on the left radical of the character "Monster" is still not hooked!" Saki leaned over to him and murmured.

"Student Saki, have you found any clues?"

"Well, except for the cards that appeared in Lavender Villa yesterday, the vertical line on the left radical of the character "Monster" signed in the four characters "Monster Thief Gentleman" with hooks at the bottom..." Saki returned the cards borrowed by Wen Jian Chiyong to him, "all without hooks."

"Really?" The middle-aged police department was excited about comparing, but there were only two cards on hand. He questioned, "Can it be the writing error of the thief gentleman who accidentally left behind?"

"This kind of mistake is quite obvious. In theory, a person who is skilled in writing names will not make such low-level mistakes."

"What does Saki mean?" Jian Chiyong frowned and looked at the thin and thoughtful face.
Chapter completed!