On the playground at Teitan Elementary School.
"Huh? Ayumi, you said you saw Kaito Kid?"
The freckle-faced Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya asked in shock.
"Yeah! Kid was so cool..."
Ayumi clasped her hands together and spoke with a sweet smile.
Hearing Kaito Kid's name, Conan turned to Shikamaru, who was reading beside him. "Are you interested in Kid?"
"What? What are you planning now?" Shikamaru asked, looking up.
"Heh... How about another contest when Kid shows up? Let's see who catches him first!"
Just then, Ino came up beside Conan and used her height advantage to pat his little head. "You've already lost to Shikamaru several times. Why do you still want to compete? Are you really that competitive?"
Conan slapped Ino's hand away. "It's just a little contest. It's not..."
Before Conan could finish, Sasuke, who was juggling a soccer ball nearby, sneered. "This time, you're not competing to solve a case. You're competing to catch someone. Do you really think Shikamaru couldn't catch a thief with his abilities?"
Only then did Conan remember that these three were ninja... Competing against them to catch someone really did put him at a disadvantage.
But Conan soon came up with a good idea.
"Shikamaru, let's do something different this time. We'll swap teammates. I'll take Ino, Sasuke, and Haibara, and you take Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and Genta."
"Then we'll compete as two teams. How about it?"
He called it a competition with their own teams, but really, Conan just needed two powerful people to help him.
Before Shikamaru could agree to Conan's proposal, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko had already lined up behind him.
Genta declared, "Haha... You're on! Our team will definitely catch Kid first!"
Shikamaru: ...
Shikamaru really wanted to say, I haven't agreed yet! But looking at the three troublesome brats behind