By the time the smoke in the engine room cleared, only Tooru Amuro and Conan remained, along with the dresses and underwear Kaito Kid had scattered all over the floor.
Tooru Amuro frowned and looked around before slipping his gun back into the concealed holster at his waist.
He glanced at Conan, who was still coughing and rubbing his eyes. Knowing he was the elementary schooler who got along well with Tangze, he casually asked, "You're Conan, right? Have you seen Tangze?"
The moment the commotion broke out in the banquet hall, Tooru Amuro remembered that Tangze was out in the corridor, so he followed the crowd being shoved outside.
Before he could find Tangze, he found Ran Mouri lying unconscious in a lifeboat.
He had no choice but to carry Ran Mouri down and hand her over to the police. When he turned around, he found the maintenance passage leading to the engine room wide open. The moment he came down, he witnessed that show-off thief's performance.
Conan froze, then shook his head blankly. His thoughts were still stuck on everything he had just learned. Instinctively, he stuffed the paper slip he had caught into his pocket, only realizing after a few seconds that he really had not seen Tangze in a while.
Tooru Amuro let out a deep sigh.
How could Tangze vanish the second he let go, even on someone else's cruise ship? Was Tangze really that hard to keep track of?
The searching officers happened to reach the maintenance passage. Several policemen carrying flashlights clattered down the stairs, staring in astonishment at the black pearl Conan held wrapped in a handkerchief.
"This is the Pitch Black Star!" Conan said in a cute child's voice, blinking innocently.
"Ah! You ran into Kaito Kid!" several officers exclaimed in