Kid had originally been wondering what to do if Inspector Nakamori mistook him for "Kaito Kuroba." How was he supposed to put on an act as Kudo Shinichi and bluff his way through it?
He hadn't expected a different hairstyle to work so well. Uncle Nakamori had simply assumed he was Kudo Shinichi.
"Don't underestimate a High School Detective, Inspector Nakamori. Detectives are the Phantom Thief's greatest enemies. I'll definitely see through that guy's tricks and disguises."
Kid slipped into character at once, flashing the same confident smile as Kudo Shinichi. "Actually, I already spotted a suspicious person just now. I was about to question him when he got wary and ran off. I chased him all the way here, and then..."
As he spoke, Kid looked at the suspicious person beside him—the one who had collided with him and sent them both plummeting from the air. He subtly signaled Inspector Nakamori: This was the suspicious individual "Kudo Shinichi" had personally identified as a possible Kid. Hurry up and investigate him.
—As far as Kid was concerned, no other Phantom Thief had sent out a calling card tonight. Anyone jumping around seven or eight stories above the ground at a time like this might be a burglar using some new climbing device.
In any case, to be safe, he might as well pin the "Phantom Thief" blame on the person beside him and have the police check it out. That would eliminate a potential threat, while also redirecting the police's attention to that person and letting him slip away in the confusion. If this "Kid suspect" turned out not to be a burglar afterward, but merely an innocent passerby who liked parkour, the police wouldn't truly arrest him as Kid. After all, Kid had committed so many crimes that the