The next day.

After watching the morning news that he must read every day, Qin Zhibo first went to the department store and bought a mouse breeding box, mouse feed, and melon seeds.

Two items cost a total of 3570 yen.

But when Qin Zhibo returned to the office and placed the breeding box in front of Jerry, Jerry refused.

"Go in."

"squeak--"

Jerry looked back at Qin Zhibo, staring at Qin Zhibo with a pair of dark and shiny eyes, holding his two little paws together.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo felt that he could understand what Jerry wanted to convey.

"Don't you want to go into the cage?"

"squeak--"

Jerry turned his body around and called Qin Zhibo.

For some unknown reason, Qin Zhibo seemed to understand the meaning of this cry again.

It doesn't want to go into the cage, it wants to be with itself.

Although it was a bit inconsistent to hear two meanings from the "squeak", Qin Zhibo still tried to reach out his hand.

Seeing this, Jerry jumped directly onto Qin Zhibo's palm and flexibly climbed up his arm along his shoulder.

Qin Zhibo turned to look at the little mouse standing on the shoulders of the "giant", feeling that this scene seemed familiar.

Not a heartwarming scene from the cartoon Ratatouille, but a bad idea

In the red swineherd's dream, the swineherd used his flute to summon the rats, but in the end he was devoured by the rats whose appetite could not be satisfied.

Does this mean that if the [Magic Flute] is used to summon rats, the user himself will also suffer backlash from the rats?

Qin Zhibo tilted his head and stared at Jerry, wondering what kind of threat this small rodent posed to him.

Jerry obviously didn't know what Qin Zhibo was thinking, so he held a melon seed and started eating it.

Ding--

Just then, the phone ringing broke the small silence of the office.

The phone that was ringing was an old phone, which meant normal human contact.

"Hello?"

"Uncle, I am Kuroba Kaito."

"Oh, Kaito, have you found the whereabouts of Pitman?"

Ever since the last time I X-rayed the lower layer of the painting "The Phantom Thief" in Matsumoto Ryohei's art museum, and learned that the person who created the portrait of Kuroba Thief was a painter named "Pittman", Kuroba Kaito

Start looking for the painter who knows Kidd's true identity.

After all, it may be related to the unknown past when Kuroba Thieves traveled around the world and learned magic when he was young.

It's possible to even find deeper secrets.

However, Kuroba Kaito shook his head and said in a low tone, "How can it be so easy to find? After all, he is not a famous painter like Van Gogh or Picasso. I don't even know if he is alive."

"By the way, I'm calling because I have another thing to ask you to come over."

"What's the matter?" Qin Zhibo was a little wary.

"Just come and meet at Dad's bar at 7pm"

After saying that, the call was immediately hung up.

Qin Zhibo looked at the phone and felt that it was not a good thing to find him, otherwise this Kaitou boy wouldn't be so vague.

But we have to wait until tonight to talk about the specific matter.

7:00 pm, Blue Parrot Bar.

Qin Zhibo appeared at the door of the bar on time, taking Jerry with him.

Jerry's two little paws rested on the pockets of his brown windbreaker, curiously staring at the neon sign at the door of the bar.

After pushing the door open and entering, the bar had been cleared of customers. Kuroba Kaito and Terai Kinosuke were discussing something at the bar.

jingle--

The brass bell at the door rang, alerting someone to come in.

The two turned their heads and saw Qin Zhibo.

"Uncle, you are finally here!"

"Come and sit!"

Kuroba Kaito had a warm smile on his face, but in Qin Zhibo's eyes, this smile was a bit malicious.

Qin Zhibo walked over and asked directly: "What do you want me to do, just tell me."

speak directly

Kuroba Kaito grinned, but he didn't expect his little thoughts to be seen through at a glance.

He was about to tell what happened when he glanced at Qin Zhibo's "little head" sticking out of the pocket of his windbreaker.

"Wow! Inside your clothes."

Kuroba Kaito was startled, and then Qin Zhibo took out Jerry from his pocket.

"This is my new pet, named Jerry."

Looking at the blue-gray mouse lying on Qin Zhibo's palm, Kuroba Kaito's eyes widened, a little unbelievable.

Qin Zhibo put Jerry on the bar and took out two melon seeds and placed them next to him. Jerry just sat down and ate the melon seeds.

After eating two melon seeds, he spit out the melon seed skins into a small pile and continued to ask for them with his paws stretched out.

Kuroba Kaito stared at Jerry's antics and said, "Uncle, this little guy seems to be very smart."

"How long did it take you to train it?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, "It doesn't take long, just today."

In order to cultivate a tacit understanding between Jerry and himself, Qin Zhibo was closed most of the day and trained Jerry to perform some basic movements.

He bows his head to ask for food, digs into his pockets, goes to the toilet, and bathes himself.

And Jerry can learn many things once taught.

Seeing that Jerry was so smart, Qin Zhibo removed the small door of the breeding box, and Jerry then willingly went in by himself.

In other words, Jerry initially resisted the breeding box because he didn't like the door that restricted the freedom of rats.

This was the first time Qin Zhibo saw a mouse that understood "freedom".

"One day?"

Kuroba Kaito's face was full of surprise. He would never have thought that training a mouse to be so intelligent only takes one day.

What if you train a mouse specifically to steal gems?

The corners of Kuroba Kaito's lips quirked up, and some strange phantom thief thoughts came to his mind.

"By the way, why did you come to me?" Qin Zhibo asked.

Mentioning business again, Kuroba Kaito turned his attention away from Jerry and said, "Actually, the reason why I came to you is because the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department recently received a warning letter about Kaito Kidd.

"

"The problem is that this warning letter was not sent by me."

"You know me. I've been busy looking for the painter recently, so I've put aside the gem thing for the time being."

At this time, Terai Huangosuke behind the bar handed him a glass of malt whiskey that Qin Zhibo had drunk last time here and continued to introduce.

"Actually, there were people who pretended to be Kaitou Kidd before, and sent people to pretend to be Kidd to steal their own gems to commit insurance fraud and market their own products."

"But this time the fake Kidd, the young master feels there is something different."

Kuroba Kaito took a sip of the non-alcoholic drink on the bar, "This time the person pretending to be Kaitou Kid not only sent a warning letter to the police, but also sent an invitation letter to Aoko."

"That silly girl obviously didn't participate in this lottery, but she got an invitation letter from that place. It's really suspicious."

"So I guess it was someone who set a trap for Kaitou Kidd and accidentally sent the invitation letter to Aoko."

Qin Zhibo narrowed his eyes slightly, understanding the meaning of Kuroba Kaito's words.

This shows that the person pretending to be Kidd this time probably knows that Kaito Kidd’s true identity is Kuroba Kaito.

Now, the people who know about Kaito Kidd = Kuroba Kaito, besides Terai and Chikage, there are also Qin Zhihiro, Koizumi Anko, and Matsumoto Ryohei.

Needless to say, Koizumi Anko, if she was the one who set the trap, she would definitely try her best to capture the Phantom Thief's heart.

Matsumoto Ryohei was the person Qin Zhibo guaranteed not to leak secrets. He himself had special habits that he could not explain clearly to the police and had no reason to leak secrets.

Besides, who could it be?
To be continued...