While the high school students were guessing whether this kind of deployment could stop Kid.
A street away, Kid himself—high school student Kaito Kuroba—held a freshly bought ice cream. He casually took bites as though he were just a student out for a stroll, while seeming to curiously gaze toward Osaka Castle Park.
Watching the Helicopters flying back and forth overhead, he gave a cold snort and a brief assessment: All flash, no substance.
Kaito Kuroba: "..." Trying to catch an experienced Great Thief like him with a deployment of this caliber was nothing but wishful thinking.
Still, casting a net for the Mist Tengu might actually catch one. Of course, if they really caught it aboard a helicopter, things would probably turn into a bloody case afterward... Tch, he wondered whether Jiang Xia had passed along that map.
For some reason, Kaito Kuroba always felt that something was off about Jiang Xia—the Detective had ridden a Black Panther through street racing between buildings, and he had an unnervingly good relationship with the Mist Tengu... No matter how he looked at it, the guy had plenty of secrets and was no simple character. At the very least, he definitely was not the straightforward, justice-loving image portrayed in the newspaper.
As he habitually pondered the Detective, a Motorcycle suddenly roared closer and passed along the street beside Kaito Kuroba.
Kaito Kuroba naturally turned his face away to avoid being seen.
Only after the Motorcycle had passed did he raise his head for another look. He found that it was heading straight toward Osaka Castle Park—he had not seen the rider's face clearly, but judging from the exposed nape of his neck, the person on it was most likely that Osaka Detective.
"He counts as one of this time's opponents too.