Conan’s Unscientific Detective Chapter 108

Chapter 108: The Salizarbeth

In a blink of an eye, the time came to April 19th.

On this day, the Suzuki Zaibatsu’s 60th-anniversary maritime banquet proceeded as scheduled, unaffected by the Kaitou Kid’s (notice letter).

Although it seemed like eight days had passed, in reality, only one day had gone by.

What was surprisingly odd, however, was that recently, there hadn’t been any murder cases reported in the Beika newspapers.

Could it be that Kaitou Kid’s passive ability had been triggered?

Early in the morning, Fujino put on a more formal long-sleeved suit, tied his necktie, slung a long travel bag over his shoulder, and drove his motorcycle to Yokota.

This time, the departure point for the Suzuki Zaibatsu’s Salizarbeth was Yokota. The plan for the maritime party was to depart from Yokota Port, sail for three hours, and then arrive at Tokyo Port.

To be honest, Fujino was a bit confused. The Suzuki family lived in Tokyo, so why did they need to arrange a giant ship to depart from Yokota Port, make a detour, and then return to Tokyo?

Perhaps this was the trouble of rich people who had too much money and were bored to death.

Near Yokota Port, Fujino found an empty spot, stored his motorcycle in his system space, and then strolled towards Yokota Port.

Along the way, there was a sea of people, including many prominent figures from various sectors of Neon, as well as many onlookers, curious spectators, and reporters.

Initially, Fujino was somewhat puzzled by this situation.

It was just the Suzuki Zaibatsu’s 60th-anniversary celebration; was it really worth such a crowd?

Until he saw the Salizarbeth.

The Salizarbeth was a gigantic cruise ship. By estimation, it was even larger than an ordinary warship, like a fortress on the sea. Calling it an aircraft carrier wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

Vaguely, Fujino felt that this giant ship was even larger than the Titanic.

“The Suzuki family is even richer than I imagined…”

Beside the port, Fujino gazed at the Salizarbeth on the sea and couldn’t help but sigh.

He just wondered if such a large ship would hit an iceberg in the future, leading to a tragic and beautiful love story or something.

“Excuse me, are you Detective Fujino?”

At this moment, a man’s voice came from behind him.

Fujino was stunned when he heard this.

Turning his head, he saw a man in a gray suit standing behind him.

Fujino nodded, “That’s right, I am Fujino.”

“Hello, my name is Nishino Mahito, and I am Chairman Suzuki’s secretary.”

Nishino Mahito introduced himself and then stated his purpose, “Since there are many people today, the Chairman and his wife are busy preparing for the party and don’t have time to come over, so they sent me to escort Detective Fujino onto the ship.”

“In that case, please lead the way.”

Under Nishino Mahito’s guidance, Fujino smoothly made his way inside the Salizarbeth.

At this time, five hundred celebrities from all over Neon had already gathered in the spacious banquet hall.

On the stage in the banquet hall, there was also a white banner that read: “Suzuki Zaibatsu 60th Anniversary Maritime Banquet.”

As soon as he entered the banquet hall, Fujino spotted the Mouri family in the crowd at a glance.

It wasn’t because he cared that much; it was simply because Ran’s outfit was too unique.

“Ran, Old Man Mouri.”

Fujino walked over and greeted them.

After exchanging greetings, Ran was the first to notice the long travel bag slung behind Fujino and asked curiously, “Fujino-senpai, what’s that on your back?”

“It’s a wooden sword.”

Fujino put down the travel bag and pulled out the wooden sword from inside, “I’m going to use this thing to deal with Kaitou Kid tonight.”

“Fujino-senpai, you can also use swordsmanship?”

Sonoko, who was standing nearby, seemed a bit surprised.

“I know a little.”

Fujino nodded, “I’ve always been learning swordsmanship from Master Suwa at the Konoha Martial Arts Dojo.”

After they chatted for a while, Shiro Suzuki, the host of the banquet, stepped onto the stage and began to speak:

“Our Suzuki Zaibatsu has been established for sixty years. I would like to thank everyone for their support and encouragement to our conglomerate. I hope everyone can forget about that thief and fully enjoy this elegant and grand banquet!”

Gazing at Shiro Suzuki speaking on stage, Fujino’s eyebrows couldn’t help but raise slightly.

If he remembered correctly, this Shiro Suzuki should be Kaitou Kid in disguise.

Saying something like forgetting about Kaitou Kid was too deliberate…

“But before the banquet begins, I want to tell everyone an idea I had.”

At this moment, Tomoko Suzuki, dressed in a dark purple gown, with gray stockings covering her legs, looking not at all like she was in her forties, and wearing the Dark Star on her chest, slowly walked onto the stage.

After arriving next to Shiro Suzuki, she held up a small box and showed it to everyone: “Before boarding the ship, everyone should have received a small box like this, right?”

“Now, please open this small box.”

“The Dark Star?!”

Everyone heard this and opened the small boxes in their hands.

Upon opening them, they found that inside those small boxes, many identical Dark Stars were neatly arranged.

At this point, Tomoko Suzuki continued:

“This is my challenge to that phantom thief! Now, everyone has a Dark Star, our Suzuki family’s heirloom, in their hands. Of course, most of these are fake Dark Stars; there is only one real one, but only I know which one is the real one.”

“Now, please pin the Dark Star to your chest. If that thief really has the skill, then let him steal it. I want to see if he can find the real one among so many Dark Stars.”

This was Tomoko Suzuki’s plan.

Fujino felt a bit speechless about Tomoko Suzuki’s plan.

Without even needing to deduce, based on common sense, that Dark Star should be on Tomoko Suzuki herself.

Firstly, the Dark Star was the Suzuki family’s heirloom.

How could a pearl of such significant meaning to the Suzuki family be casually entrusted to outsiders for safekeeping?

So, without even thinking, the Dark Star on Tomoko Suzuki must be the real one.

Putting his thoughts aside, Fujino scanned his surroundings again.

In a flash, he saw Shiro Suzuki, dressed in a black suit, with a bloated figure, intending to leave the banquet hall directly.

This was Kaito Kuroba in disguise.

Seeing this, Fujino didn’t hesitate, and followed him, carrying his travel bag.

He trailed Shiro Suzuki all the way to the restroom.

Gazing at the restroom stall that ‘Shiro Suzuki’ had just entered, Fujino’s lips curled into a slight smile.

Finally, he could get revenge for that flashbang.

After Fujino changed his vision-enhancing glasses to blue-light blocking glasses, he casually pulled out a frozen fish from his personal space.

This frozen fish was the one he had used a while ago.

He had just taken it out of the refrigerator before leaving home and hadn’t had a chance to eat it yet…

Kaitou Kid, accept the judgment of the frozen fish again!

Immediately, Fujino knocked on the restroom stall door.

(End of chapter)