"Damn it, who started that fire? Bastard!"
After paying the fee for "Not Destined to Die," Hattori Kogoro arrived at the edge of the docks with his equally unlucky-looking companions, his face dark and gloomy.
There had been too many rewards to farm in this Punishment mission, and they might even obtain S-Rank Plot Points. They truly could not bear to give up the rewards and leave.
After thirty seconds of deliberation, everyone chose to pay the fee to save their lives.
Naturally, they were still in terrible moods.
The only consolation was that the huge explosion counted toward everyone's "perfect crime." Their evaluation rewards at settlement were guaranteed to be at least A-Rank.
That was why they had paid so readily.
"Now we can only proceed with the backup plan. The second tip Utsunomiya Taro gave me was to wait at the docks. Kaito Kid likes to use a glider, and because gliders are heavily affected by sea winds, his general route can be predicted."
Seeing his teammates' low morale, Hattori Kogoro had no choice but to reveal the second piece of encouraging information. Their expressions immediately changed, and they became energized.
"That's right. We trust Lord Utsunomiya Taro's judgment. Let's keep waiting here..."
Yet before he had even finished speaking, a white figure was already flying toward them through the sky, clutching something in his arms.
It was Kaito Kid!
This time, however, it was the real Kaito Kid.
After all, this was a Punishment Space. Xu Yue could only use his abilities in the instant of counterattacking and could not be in two places at once. After harvesting a round from the Zheng Lan Banner Lord and the other two, he went back to hand over the shift to the real phantom thief and let him do