On weekdays, Kogoro Mouri mainly takes on commissions for finding cats and dogs to follow mistresses. Today, he received two very different clients.
The reason why they are different is because one of them, a woman named Mu Shuli, is a famous stage actress, and the other is her assistant.
And the content of their entrustment is enough to be treated with caution.
According to Maki Shuri, she received a warning letter from Kaitou Kidd. The warning letter stated that Kaitou Kidd would take away one of her collections, which was named the Stone of Destiny.
famous gem.
It's been a while since the last time Kaitou Kidd performed his magic of walking in the air, but it was precisely because of the wonderful performance of Kogoro Mori and his team, especially the "brave elementary school boy" Conan who guarded the gems, that I was a little frightened when I received the notice.
Maki Shuri chose to come to the Maori Detective Agency and wanted to entrust Maori Kogoro to protect this gem.
"Is this the warning letter sent to you by Kaitou Kidd..." Mouri Kogoro sat on the sofa in the office and looked at a piece of paper handed over by Makijuri.
"That's right. But I only found this letter and a large bouquet of roses at my door in the morning..."
Maki Shuri seems a little confused as to why Kaitou Kidd gave her a large bouquet of roses.
"Haha...that guy is still pretentious as always..."
If it were Kaitou Kid who did such a thing, Conan would not be surprised at all.
Mouri Kogoro looked at Kidd's special invitation and couldn't help but read it out softly:
"Romeo, Juliet, Victor, Bravo! In these 26 letters flying and intertwining, I will go to get the gem of destiny. Enter Kaitou Kidd."
"And a playing card torn in half..."
Mouri Kogoro pointed to the words on the notice letter and looked up at Makiri sitting opposite: "What does this gem of fate refer to?"
"This is it." Maki Shuri took out a small box, placed it on the coffee table in front of him and opened it gently.
A huge sapphire surrounded by brilliant diamonds appeared in front of everyone's eyes, dazzling with brilliance.
"It's so beautiful..." Xiaolan, who had just served the tea for the guests and stood aside, couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing the eyes of several other people focused on her, a trace of blush appeared on Xiaolan's face.
Uncle Maoli rolled his eyes at his daughter, then turned to look at Maki Shuli: "Is this the Sapphire Star?"
"Yes." There was a hint of showoff in Maki Shuli's words, "In fact, the three intertwined lines on the surface of this sapphire symbolize trust, hope and destiny respectively..."
Mouri Kogoro stepped forward and saw that the surface of the sapphire indeed had three interlaced lines distributed like a six-pointed star, which added a bit of mystery to the sapphire.
"It is precisely because of this that it is called the gem of destiny." Makuri continued, "We used it in this performance because Josephine also loves sapphire deeply."
"Performance?" Mouri Kogoro tilted his head and asked in confusion.
"I know this!" Xiaolan immediately walked up behind Uncle Mouri, looked at Makisuri and said, "This time you are performing the stage play Josephine in the newly opened Universe Theater in Shiodome!"
"Josephine?" Mouri Kogoro was puzzled x2.
Conan, who was listening silently on the sidelines, immediately explained to his father-in-law: "She was Napoleon's first Faye Wong. I remember that she seemed to be famous for her love of roses, right?"
At this point, Conan felt a sudden realization - no wonder Kaitou Kidd wanted to send a large bouquet of roses.
"That's right, little brother, you really know a lot!" Maki Shuli looked at Conan in surprise.
"What the hell, this kid knows some useless common sense..." Mouri Kogoro laughed awkwardly.
Knowing that Kaitou Kidd's goal was still focused on rare gems as always, he turned his attention to the notice letter again.
"...Miss Juri, may I ask, does your stage play include the play Romeo and Juliet?"
Maki Shuli nodded slightly: "Yes. Although I did not participate in the performance, the play happened to be the opening performance. Is there any problem?"
A confident smile appeared on Mouri Kogoro's face.
"I know the answer."
As soon as these words came out, Conan's eyes widened instantly.
Both Maki Shuri and her assistant had a look of surprise on their faces: "Really, Detective Maori?"
Mouri Kogoro was furious: "In Kidd's notice letter, there are three W's and an H, which stand for Who, When, Where and How, that is, character, time, place and technique."
"First of all, the character is definitely Kaitou Kidd. It goes without saying that I know it."
"Secondly, as for the crime location, it should be on the stage of Romeo and Juliet."
"And speaking of time, combined with the word Bravo on this notice letter, which is the word applause, it should be the time to accept the applause from the audience."
"The last method can be imagined from the 'conqueror' that Victor refers to, that is Josephine's husband, the famous Napoleon in history. In other words, the thief Kidd wants to pretend to be
The perfect figure is Napoleon."
Kogoro Mouri was quite satisfied with his brilliant reasoning: "In summary, Kaitou Kid will act like Napoleon in the stage play and look for opportunities to steal this sapphire star while the audience is cheering!"
"Pa bang bang..."
Mu Shuli and her assistant applauded repeatedly: "As expected of Mr. Maoli, you are so awesome!"
"No, no, this is nothing..." Mouri Kogoro touched the back of his head, obviously his praise was very helpful.
"But uncle..."
Just when Mouri Kogoro was extremely proud, a somewhat discordant voice entered his ears.
"But uncle...what do the 26 letters mean..."
Mouri Kogoro looked at Conan and said impatiently: "Do the math yourself. Don't those four words add up to 26 letters?"
He was about to continue talking to Mu Shuli, but he heard the kid start to say "ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah."
"It's so strange...there are only 22 letters on this one?"
"Then...it must be Kaitou Kidd who miscalculated, right?"
In order to relieve this brief embarrassment, he looked at Mushuli:
"Miss Juri, when is the last scene of Josephine's play?"
Mushuli said seriously: "Tonight!"
Mouri Kogoro's face condensed: "That means that Kidd will come to attack this gem tonight?!"