Kaito Kid was running at full speed. Suddenly, he looked back, his pupils contracted sharply, and he said through gritted teeth:
"Night Baron?"
Under the mask, Heiji's lips curved into a malicious smile. His throat vibrated, modifying his voice.
"When evil calls, a gentleman of the night never fails to arrive. White-skinned bird, the Dark Star in your hands belongs to the gentleman of the night."
"Less chatter. Let's see how you chase me today."
Kaito Kid wanted revenge for the last time, when he was chased through several prefectures.
Poof~~!!!
The hang glider deployed instantly. Kaito Kid jumped onto the ship's railing and, with a push, launched himself directly from the fifth floor.
Heiji had no intention of flying after Kaito Kid.
Flying away was easy, but coming back would be complicated, and then it would be difficult to explain.
With a thought, the hidden coin gun in his hand appeared instantly. He aimed at the supports of Kaito Kid's hang glider and fired twice. "Bang!" "Bang!".
Kaito Kid, who had barely gotten a few meters away, stopped short and, like a bird with broken wings, plummeted towards the first-floor deck.
"Damn it!!!"
Kaito Kid's face changed. This way, he wouldn't be able to fly away.
At that moment, the policemen patrolling outside had already seen them.
"It's the Night Baron and Kaito Kid!"
The loud shout echoed throughout the Queen Sallybeth.
[The Night Baron has also appeared???]
Conan, who had just run out of the grand hall, changed his expression and quickened his pace.
Kaito Kid had already landed on the first floor, but Heiji was still on the fifth, and there were already policemen running towards him from behind.
"Night Baron, you are under arrest! Don't move!"
Countless gun barrels were aimed at Heiji.
Da, da, da!!!
Conan came running down the corridor, followed by Inspector Chaki and Inspector Nakamori.
"Night Baron, don't move!",
Inspector Chaki shouted as he ran.
"Night Baron, today I'm going to arrest both you and Kaito Kid!"
Inspector Nakamori, for some reason, also felt a deep animosity towards the Night Baron. He had probably transferred some of the anger he felt for Kaito Kid to him.
Heiji smiled slightly: "A gentleman of the night never surrenders to the weapons of evil."
As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped onto the railing and launched himself downwards, like a blood-swallow from a cliff, his crimson tailcoat fluttering in the wind.
[Damn it!!! I won't let you escape!]
Conan gritted his teeth, activated the button on his power-enhancing shoes, and kicked a soccer ball: "Knock him down!"
A flash of light crossed the night sky, accompanied by a loud whistle, flying at full speed towards Heiji, who was descending in a dive.
"If that ball hits him, the Night Baron's identity will definitely be exposed."
Kaito Kid muttered from below.
Heiji didn't rely on a hang glider to glide; his entire body could do it. The ball was fast, but it also created wind...
"What? How is that possible?"
The Night Baron's body suddenly rose into the air. The ball, carrying tremendous force, passed directly under him and crashed with a "thud!" onto the first-floor deck.
Seeing the force of that ball, Kaito Kid broke out in a cold sweat. A kid kicked that?
A gust of wind hit him, and Heiji had already landed on the first-floor deck.
Around him were some guests and several policemen.
"Kaito Kid, give me the Dark Star in your hands and I'll let you go."
Heiji aimed his hidden pistol at Kaito Kid, his modified voice held an unquestionable tone.
"What makes you think I can't escape on my own?" Kaito Kid said confidently.
"You can try," Heiji said indifferently.
Kaito Kid fell silent. His tricks always worked because no one could figure them out. But if the Night Baron figured them out, his chances of escaping would decrease.
"Well, it seems I won't be able to take this Dark Star with me."
Kaito Kid was one of those who don't cling to things. Since he couldn't take it, he took it out directly and threw it to Heiji, along with the handkerchief.
It wasn't even necessary to look at it to know it was the real Dark Star; the feeling to the touch through the handkerchief was completely different.
"Night Baron, we'll meet again. And next time, I'll be the one taking the initiative."
Kaito Kid smiled confidently, held five flash grenades between his fingers, and threw them in various directions.
Several muffled explosions were heard, and Kaito Kid's body was engulfed in an intense light that shot out in all directions.
Conan shouted in anger, but he had no choice but to close his eyes. The light from several flash grenades was very painful to the eyes.
When the light dissipated, Kaito Kid's figure was no longer on the first-floor deck...
"Report to Inspector Chaki, the Night Baron and Kaito Kid have disappeared."
The voice of an officer from the first floor came over the radio.
"There! The Night Baron is on the mast!"
Conan's sharp eyes discovered that the Night Baron was standing at the highest point of the cruise ship, several tens of meters above the ground.
"Night Baron, surrender at once! We have helicopters, you can't escape!"
Inspector Nakamori shouted at the sky with a megaphone, at the top of his lungs.
Many guests came out from every floor; almost all of Japan's most prestigious merchants and officials were there.
Kazuha, Ran, and Sonoko also came out. Holding hands, they looked at the blood-red figure high above, who, under the light of the helicopters, looked especially mysterious with his fluttering tailcoat.
"And Heiji???"
However, they were worried about where another person was.
Heiji, standing atop the mast, looked at the figures that looked like ants below and held up the Dark Star.
"As a gentleman of the night, I said I would come shrouded in the dense darkness and that, under the bright night sky, I would take this jewel of the darkness."
[The bright night sky? Damn it, he's going to use flash grenades!]
Conan's face changed. He ran to Inspector Nakamori's side and shouted: "The Night Baron is going to use flash grenades! Tell the helicopter pilots to disperse and surround him!"
However!!!
It was too late.
Suddenly, a series of fireworks erupted around the Queen Sallybeth. The roar was incessant, and the flowers of light that exploded in the air completely illuminated the dark night sky.
Now, the figure of the Night Baron was completely exposed to everyone's view.
A blood-red cape, a blood-red tailcoat, a pale white mask. With one hand in his pocket and the other holding the Dark Star, he stood tens of meters high, mysterious and noble, unattainable.
"A gentleman!!!"
This word involuntarily sprang into everyone's mind.
"Ladies and gentlemen, when evil descends again, that will be the day the gentleman of the night and you meet again."
No one knew how, despite being tens of meters high, the Night Baron's voice reached everyone's ears. As his words ended, an intense light suddenly burst around him and, in an instant, he disappeared.
But atop the mast, there was no one left.
"Damn it, he got away again."
Conan gritted his teeth in anger, feeling a deep frustration.
The night was calm, but in everyone's ears, the whistle of the wind still echoed.
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