The crowd below was roaring, their eyes fixed on the Night Baron.
Suddenly, a spotlight hit him.
"Night Baron, I can't believe you dared to come! You're not getting away today!" Inspector Megure yelled.
The Night Baron looked down. "A gentleman of the night never speaks to rude people. Where is that beautiful officer?"
Miwako Sato stepped forward, her eyes cold. "Night Baron, what is your goal in opposing us?"
Her voice was serious.
The Night Baron smiled. "Officer, a gentleman opposes no one. You are the ones chasing me."
Miwako Sato laughed in anger. "You stole gold coins, tried to steal the Black Star, and now you're after 'Sunflowers'. Is that what a gentleman does?"
The Night Baron shook his head. "Please do not use such crude words. All of those items are 'sin'."
"A gentleman's duty is to eliminate sin."
The Night Baron's body suddenly lit up.
The dazzling light made the crowd gasp.
"Turn off that light!" Miwako Sato yelled into her radio.
"Where'd he go? Where did the Night Baron go?"
When the light faded, the roof was empty.
"There! He's trying to get into the exhibition hall!"
Conan shouted, pointing.
Miwako Sato looked. The Night Baron was trying to break the glass of a high window.
"Quick! Surround him from inside and out!" Megure shouted.
"Inspector, you take the inside, I'll take the outside!"
Miwako Sato and Takagi ran to the spot below the window.
"Night Baron, your plan has failed!" she yelled.
The Night Baron stopped cutting the glass and looked down.
A sea of people was swarming below.
"Officer, you'll never get married if you're like this."
Miwako Sato paused, then frowned. "Just come down. This building is only ten meters high. That's not high enough for your glider."
[That's right. The glider is useless at this height. He'll be paste.]
Conan was excited. The Night Baron's identity is about to be revealed!
"Night Baron, since you're here, Kaitou Kid must be nearby! Tell us where he is!" Megure shouted from inside.
"A gentleman does not sell out his friends."
The Night Baron's voice was firm. He slowly let go of the window ledge.
[What is he doing?]
The crowd watched in shock as his body tilted backward.
Miwako Sato's face paled. "Don't! You'll be killed!"
Conan was stunned. Is he committing suicide?
"Wait, Officer Sato, he's escaping!"
At the same time, the Night Baron let go and fell.
The crowd screamed in terror.
"Officer, a gentleman's secret for you: you are the most beautiful flower on the force."
"To avoid polluting your eyes, let me disappear in the light."
Several small spheres fell from his clothes.
A blinding flash, and everyone was temporarily blind.
Then, THUD. A heavy object hit the ground.
Something splashed onto Miwako Sato's face. It was thick.
Her face was pale. She knew what it was. Her hand was shaking.
When their vision returned, the crowd screamed.
A figure in a blood-red tuxedo was lying face down on the ground, surrounded by a pool of red liquid.
"He's dead?"
Conan's face changed. He ran over and tore off the mask, his eyes widening. "It's a dummy!"
Miwako Sato ran over. It was a plastic dummy with a bag of red liquid.
"We've been played again!"
Her face was pale, her eyes filled with a cold fury.
"The Night Baron is in the sky!" someone yelled.
A blood-red figure was gliding away in the night.
"Damn it! Miwako, after him!"
Megure ran out, gritting his teeth.
Helicopters roared, and sirens wailed.
"Officer Sato, did you notice? That Night Baron had a glider, just like Kaitou Kid," Conan said.
"Conan?" Miwako Sato jumped. "When did you get in my car?"
"Hehe, just now," Conan said, then his face grew serious. "The Night Baron never used a glider before. Why today?"
"Conan, are you saying that was... a decoy?"
Miwako Sato's face changed. She slammed the brakes, pulling a 360-degree turn.
THUMP!
"Ouch!" Conan slammed into the window.
In the crowd, a man in a baseball cap slipped away from the museum.
At the same time, a police officer slipped into the exhibition hall.
Inspector Nakamori and his team were still guarding the museum.
"Stay sharp! The Night Baron appeared, so Kid must be nearby! Don't let them get away!"
Nakamori shouted, his eyes scanning the area.
The man in the baseball cap smiled, leaning against a corner wall.
A moment later...
"Inspector! Kaitou Kid has appeared!"
A figure in white was now standing on the museum roof.
"I've been waiting for you, Kaitou Kid! You men, to the roof!"
Nakamori stood below, staring at Kid.
Watching the Kid on the roof, the man in the cap smiled. "The fish is hooked."
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