Hearing his somewhat deliberate change of subject, Tang Ze turned his gaze and gave him a faint glance.
Mori Kogoro definitely liked beautiful women, but for him to bring it up so pointedly—especially when things between him and Eri Kisaki had clearly been improving lately...
"What is it, Uncle Mori? Is that your type?" Tang Ze tilted his head, deliberately steering the topic in another direction.
"How could it be..." Mori Kogoro immediately waved his hands. "I was just surprised. Did the price of eight hundred million scare her off? Is she not planning to compete for it?"
"Probably not. Maybe she's just thinking of another way." Tang Ze shrugged, looking relaxed. "The gems Kaito Kid has stolen lately have all been returned to their original places. Aside from being famous as a phantom thief, everyone also takes it for granted that he won't funnel stolen goods into the black market. Maybe that sly lady is considering trying to get it from Kid instead?"
Whether it was Kaito Kuroba or Toichi Kuroba, neither had become a phantom thief out of desire for the value of collectibles. Having fun and their flair for performance were part of it. As for the rest, Toichi Kuroba treated it as a hobby, while Kaito Kuroba had his own goals.
In short, no generation of Kaito Kid had ever made money by reselling stolen goods. Anything that had not ostensibly been returned to its owner had either, in reality, been returned already, or been taken back to their own private collection.
The lack of secondary-market circulation made it difficult to trace the chain back to its source, and it was one of the key reasons Kid was so hard to catch and had left the police with so few clues.
"You're making it sound awfully