Shinichi laughed and lowered the clock, which, like in Conan Edogawa's time, had a tranquilizer dart built into it. "You're right. It would be just unfair and besides, I'm too curious what you want here!"
The master thief nodded slightly. "I can well imagine that. It's not exactly everyday that we and are together in the same room without my having to flee or you want to arrest me!" He pointed to an armchair not far from him that he was sitting on. "Take a seat!"
"Too friendly!" Shinichi replied ironically. "You are offering me a seat in my own house!" Nevertheless, he sank into the armchair. "So! What do you want from me?"Kaito Kid hesitated for a moment, as if struggling with himself, but then he began to speak.
"I have an assignment for you!"
The detective jumped out of his chair indignantly.
"What? You're crazy! I'm not going to be an accomplice to a thief!"
He waved him away with a smile. He had expected this reaction.
"No! It has nothing to do with one of my thief tours. It's murder!"
Shinichi stopped astonished, then took a few quick steps and stood right in front of his enemy. He stayed where he was, lifted his head a little so that he looked Shinichi full in the eye. His monocle flashed slightly.
"You mean that seriously!" said the detective in astonishment. "You actually want to hire me as a detective to solve a murder case!"
Kaito Kid nodded. "Yes! That's right. The case is older and I've been trying to solve it for some time. But as I told you before, I'm a thief and not a detective. You are the best detective I know and the only one who I trust to clear up this crime after this time.If you agree, you can count on my full support! "
Shinichi went back to his chair and sat down again.
"What is the case?" he expressed his interest.
The master thief smiled a little sadly. His enemy had bitten and the die was cast. Without knowing it, the detective had taken the first step to defeat the Kaito Kid. He got up slowly and approached Shinichi. He noticed that the thief was limping very slightly.
"Your leg is still not completely healed!" locksmith. "That's why I haven't heard from you!"
He waved it off. "It's not that bad anymore. Only when I've been sitting does it hinder me a little!" He thrust a card into Shinichi's hand. "I would suggest you go to this address. There you will find out everything firsthand. That will certainly be more useful to you than if I were to gossip your ears!"
The detective looked at the map. Toichi Kuroba stood there. He raised his eyebrows."The wizard who died a few years ago? I thought it was an accident!"
Kaito Kid shook his head. "It was only made public because the wife initiated it. Even the police fell for it, but believe me, it was murder!"
Shinichi made a doubtful face. "Why should his wife have done that? What reason could she have had for it?"
The other person smiled ironically. "You will find out if you ask her about it. Will you accept the assignment?"
"Haha!" laughed the detective. "You know very well that you've made me too curious to back off. I suppose you're interested in solving the murder because you're a magician yourself and admired his art! Don't you ? "
"Naturally!" confirmed the master thief without lying. Of course he had respected his father. "As for the payment ..."
But then Shinichi cut him off."I don't take money from a thief. Who knows what sources it comes from!"
"How you mean!" His counterpart nodded without revealing that the payment would not consist of money, but that would soon be resolved. "Oh yes! May I borrow the book I was reading earlier?"
Shinichi shrugged. "If you want, you can also take the other crime novels about Arséne Lupine with you. But I want them back. They don't belong to me, they belong to my father."
Kaito Kid thanked him with a bow, picked out the books and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.