"Oh, good thing it was recovered. Officer Sato, you're really amazing."
Seeing the Egg of Memories returned to its rightful owner, Shiro Suzuki wore a sentimental expression as well.
"Not at all. It was simply my duty."
Xu Yue replied with a broad smile, while Conan and Heiji Hattori beside him both wore deadpan expressions.
This guy had clearly deciphered the entire notice beforehand. He could have stopped it in advance, yet he had done nothing and watched the whole show. Truly despicable.
Still, even they had to acknowledge his abilities. Even arriving at the last minute, he had effortlessly recovered the stolen item.
If they had not followed him to chase the culprit and witnessed someone opening fire on Kaito Kid from ambush, they would probably have assumed that he was the one who shot Kaito Kid!
Well, if that person had not been there, he definitely would have fired. He absolutely would have!
What was strange, though, was that they had clearly seen Kaito Kid fall into the sea, yet after searching for several days, they found no trace of him. They only found his detached glider and white formal suit, but the man himself had vanished.
There was no blood detected on the suit either. He had presumably escaped somehow, though no one knew where he had gone...
Kaito Kid's operation came to an end there. Afterwards, because of their interest in the Egg of Memories, Conan, Ran, Kogoro Mouri, Xu Yue, Haibara, and Miyano Akemi boarded the Suzuki family's cruise ship to return to Tokyo.
Besides them, Silov, the russian who had always been interested in the Egg of Memories; Kan Kenichi, the collector; Ura Shiran, the research expert; and Kangawa Ryu, the photographer, also boarded the ship.
In addition, there were two more people this