Downstream Riverbank.
The soaking-wet Kaito Kid held his aching eye socket with one hand while calling for backup on his phone.
Kid had been shot earlier, but luckily, the bullet had hit his monocle. If it had hit his forehead, he would probably have been stone cold by now.
Kid's monocle wasn't actually bulletproof. As for why the bullet hadn't pierced the lens and gone through his head? He had Conanology to thank for that!
"Damn it... just wait until I find you. I'll make you pay for shooting me with something as dangerous as a gun... seriously..."
Just then, Kid saw a young man with glowing red eyes walking toward him.
At the sight, Kid instinctively pulled his hat brim lower. Without his monocle, he kept feeling as though his identity would be exposed.
The moment his hand touched the brim, his consciousness began to blur. Then he toppled straight to the ground and fell fast asleep.
"That weak? And Sasuke couldn't catch him? Looks like he still hasn't trained enough..."
The red-eyed young man was none other than Uchiha Itachi.
Just as Uchiha Itachi was about to sling Kid over his shoulder, the witch Akako Koizumi flew over on her broom.
"Sorry... you can't take him away!"
Akako Koizumi spoke very politely for one simple reason: she could sense how dangerous Uchiha Itachi was.
Uchiha Itachi exuded a bloody aura. He had definitely killed plenty of people. Even Akako Koizumi had to tread carefully around someone so vicious.
Itachi looked up at Akako Koizumi in midair, and his eyes changed from three tomoe to the Mangekyo Sharingan.
The instant Uchiha Itachi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, Akako Koizumi felt as though she had plunged into an ice cellar. Her whole body froze in midair.
Just as she decided