The formation was obvious at a glance. Looking at the six people on the surveillance feed, the technician's gaze immediately settled on the person in the center. "So the Blue Miracle is currently in the hands of that officer being guarded in the middle?"
"These idiots!" Inspector Nakamori could no longer stand his subordinates. "Standing in a formation like that—are they afraid Kid won't know where the gem is?!"
He hurried out of the Broadcast Van and waved at his subordinates, who had just exited the Museum building. "Get in the van, now!"
Seeing how tense he looked, the subordinates could not help laughing. "Inspector, don't worry."
The person in the middle approached with the luggage bag in hand and whispered to him, "The case actually contains a fake. We're just a decoy arranged by Mr. Suzuki—the real Blue Miracle was already put into a garbage bag by Mr. Suzuki, disguised as a cleaner, and quietly transported out of the Museum through the back door."
Inspector Nakamori: "..."
Th-this old man actually had some tricks up his sleeve! He had even fooled a police inspector like him... Could he really defeat Kid this time?
Inspector Nakamori could not help looking up toward the sky—the very spot where Kid had vanished earlier.
Judging by the timing, while Kid had been slipping free of the other Helicopters' encirclement, Jirokichi Suzuki had long since made off with the gem.
"The way to deal with Kid is actually so simple and plain." Inspector Nakamori scratched his head, hesitating before he spoke.
"But first inviting Kid to steal something from the Museum, then moving the target out of the Museum... How is that any different from telling the other side, 'You win if you throw the ball into the basket,' and then taking the ball