"When the bell tolling the end of the century rings, we will meet again."
Xu Yue waved at Kaito Kid as he opened his hang glider, but his words made the latter stumble and nearly fall to his death in the ravine.
Kaito Kid: ...
This gathering of magic enthusiasts had gone as smoothly as ever.
However, the number of unsolved cases had recently increased somewhat. They were all nonviolent incidents such as thefts and burglaries.
Yet when the stolen items were put together, they could be used to make weapons and even explosives. Even police firearms had gone missing.
Thus, these cases had recently been merged into a single investigation, believed to have been committed by the same criminal group.
Although no violent incidents had occurred yet, they clearly were not collecting these things to set off fireworks.
To carry out so many operations in such a short period without leaving a single trace proved beyond doubt that the members of this criminal group were highly capable. The entire Japanese police force had attached great importance to the matter.
Tokyo and Osaka, the two areas that had suffered the most serious thefts and incidents, were even preparing to investigate the cases jointly...
"Who would have thought that perfect crimes could also build up skills!"
"Yeah, Lord Utsunomiya Taro is far more reliable."
"We should have done this long ago. We were always holding ourselves back before."
"..."
Inside an abandoned warehouse, a group of disabled people chatted and laughed as they assembled the materials they had acquired, turning ordinary items into all kinds of dangerous goods.
Limited by the era and their knowledge, they could not make anything too advanced. But improvised firearms and homemade bombs were easy enough for them, and TNT had already been developed