BWDC:SDDK Chapter 102: The Great Detective with Computer-Like Data Processing Abilities
Hakuba Saguru spoke this shocking revelation directly in front of everyone.
In an instant, several people instinctively turned their heads in unison to stare at Kuroba Kaito.
Kaito felt his brain explode with a deafening buzz.
—No, wait, man! This is the first time I've ever met you, and you've already doxxed me?
Where did you find information on my true identity?
Could it be that I've been set up by Batman?
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Kaito Kid is clearly a man over forty years old; there's no way he could be Kaito!"
Inspector Nakamori was the first to react. Without hesitation, he stood by Kuroba Kaito's side.
He shouted loudly, "Hakuba Saguru, don't think you can go around accusing people just because you're the son of the Superintendent General!"
"Let me tell you, I, Nakamori Ginzo, have been chasing Kaito Kid for so many years—I don't make mistakes when it comes to reading people! Kaito is a child who grew up right under my nose. Whether he is Kaito Kid or not, wouldn't I be the first to know?"
Beside him, Nakamori Aoko quickly chimed in, "That's right! There's no way Kaito could be Kaito Kid!"
"Otherwise, if I talked bad about Kaito Kid every single day, how could Kaito not be even a little bit angry?"
Kuroba Kaito remained silent.
That's because I have a poker face that can keep a straight expression, okay?
In response, Hakuba Saguru raised an eyebrow.
He remarked, "Inspector Nakamori, what relevance does your 'understanding' of Kaito Kid have?"
Hakuba's tone was incredibly arrogant.
Beside them, Conan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
This guy cosplaying as Sherlock Holmes was even more conceited regarding reasoning than he, the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei Era, was.
"What did you say?"
Nakamori Ginzo's eyes widened. He couldn't believe Hakuba Saguru had the nerve to say something like that so openly to his face!
Hakuba continued without hesitation, "You've chased Kaito Kid for over twenty years, but do you know his gender? Do you know his age?"
"Do you know what kind of face is hidden behind that monocle? Have you ever seen it?"
"Those messy gadgets he leaves behind—have you ever actually investigated them? Without investigation, you have no right to speak. I invited you here merely so that Kuroba Kaito would follow you to the scene. In this regard, I don't need you to instruct me on how to solve a case."
These words were like a dagger to the heart.
Nakamori Ginzo's expression shifted rapidly. He couldn't hold his composure.
Lies are trivial; the truth is the sharpest blade.
Every one of Hakuba's sentences stabbed him where it hurt because everything Hakuba mentioned was something he truly had failed to investigate. He had reached his current position purely through the sheer number of times he had pursued the thief and the seniority he had gained along the way.
"...Didn't you just say he was that brat Kudo?"
Mouri Kogoro, somewhat confused by the situation, quietly leaned toward Mouri Ran.
He whispered his question and then added, "If I remember correctly, that Kudo kid and Kaito Kid appeared at the same time once."
"It was that time Kaito Kid claimed he was going to steal time itself. Kudo followed in a police helicopter to capture him, and that scene was even broadcast live on TV. How could Kaito Kid be that Kudo brat?"
Hearing this, Mouri Ran nodded somewhat blankly.
Oh, it seems that really did happen.
She had also just remembered that there was such an incident.
Conan, listening nearby, breathed a sigh of relief.
Well, even though the way the problem was solved was unique, at least the crisis is averted.
Conan's gaze then turned sharp.
Now, the focus had to be on whether this Kuroba Kaito in front of them really was Kaito Kid.
"If you are so convinced that Kuroba Kaito isn't Kaito Kid..."
"Then let's make a bet."
Hakuba Saguru teased the hawk perched on his shoulder.
He then stated with certainty, "If, on the day of the operation, Kuroba Kaito remains within your sight or mine until Kaito Kid appears without ever disappearing, then it proves he isn't the thief."
"Conversely, if Kaito Kid does not appear at the appointed time..."
Hakuba smiled.
He didn't finish the sentence.
However, Nakamori Aoko and the others already understood exactly what Hakuba meant.
—If Kaito Kid fails to show up, it proves that Kuroba Kaito is indeed Kaito Kid.
Otherwise, the two should be able to appear simultaneously, rather than one appearing only when the other vanishes.
Conan shoved his hands into his pockets.
He was curious—just what kind of confidence did Hakuba Saguru have to claim that Kuroba Kaito was Kaito Kid?
Judging by their expressions, it seemed Hakuba and Kaito were meeting for the first time.
Could he be so certain that Kaito was the thief upon a first meeting?
Conan didn't buy it.
As a detective standing at the pinnacle of the high school detective ranks himself, if he, Kudo Shinichi, couldn't do it, then Hakuba Saguru certainly couldn't either—unless Hakuba possessed some information that he didn't.
—And that was indeed the case.
For Hakuba Saguru, catching Kaito Kid was merely a side task.
Although he claimed to the media that he had turned down an invitation from the London Metropolitan Police to return to Tokyo just to catch Kaito Kid, the truth was different. Kaito Kid was just a gimmick.
His true goal was to capture an extremely dangerous criminal who specialized in illusions.
The world-class assassin, the illusionist known by the codename of an animal: Spider!
He had even determined that Spider's true identity was the world's greatest illusionist, Günther von Goldberg II!
If it weren't for the risk of alerting the enemy, Hakuba wouldn't even have been interested in catching a thief like Kaito Kid, who was only active in the Japan region.
But since he was already here, there was no harm in catching Kaito Kid along the way.
During Kaito Kid's heist of the Black Star on the Queen Selizabeth.
The thief had clearly disguised himself as the lady standing next to Mouri Kogoro—Mouri Ran—and the clothes used for the disguise had been seized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police as evidence.
Hakuba Saguru had utilized those clothes to find a single, overlooked strand of hair.
He extracted the DNA from that hair and had a research institute confirm the owner's age. Then, based on that age, he obtained the DNA data of every student currently enrolled in high school across Japan in one go.
In just a single night.
Hakuba had used brute force data processing to track down Kuroba Kaito.
This was the reason for the dark circles under his eyes today.
Eyes can deceive.
Ears can deceive.
But technology does not, and DNA does not. The results of an appraisal are final.
If Kuroba Kaito wasn't Kaito Kid, then why was his DNA found inside the clothes Kaito Kid had worn? Kuroba Kaito hadn't been a guest on the Queen Selizabeth; there was no way that should have happened!
"June 4th, 8:00:00 PM. I look forward to Kaito Kid's final dance."
Hakuba Saguru wore a smile of absolute victory.
Immediately, Kaito's heart sank to rock bottom.
This is going to be trouble.
I have to find another way out of this.
End of Chapter
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