Among the mansions that were lined up in Singapore’s high class residential area, one large building that particularly stood out was Leon Lowe’s home. A lone car drove through the vast site which was lined with coconut trees leading all the way to a thick and heavy door.

Seated at a splendid desk in his office was Leon, who was typing a message on his smart phone. There was a line of monitors along the wall and they displayed the stock prices from various countries.

“Someone from the tournament reported that the Suzuki Financial Corporation has sponsored Kyougoku. Even so, are you able to beat him?”

A thin smile floated on Leon’s lips and he directed his gaze at the man who was standing in front of his desk.

“There is no problem. No matter who the opponent is, I will sink them into the mat in one strike.”

The muscular man who was even taller than Leon, who was already a fairly tall person, said with a voice full of confidence.

“How reliable.”

At that moment, a knocking sound came from the door.

“Come in.”

“Excuse me.”

From the door that opened slightly, the face of his secretary who was dressed in a jacket and tight skirt, Rachael Cheong, appeared.

“Master Rishi arrived together with the person he wanted to introduce you to.”

“That was quick. Can you get the guest room? I’ll talk to them there.”

“Of course.”

The man standing in front of the desk shot a grim look at Rachael. After the door was closed, Leon looked at the man again.

“Speaking of which, what about Kid?”

“My apologies. We are still in the middle of investigating about him.”

“It appears that there is a problem in controlling the flow of information about Sherilyn Tan’s case.”

“I have an idea of what the culprit’s motive is.”

“I shall count on you then.”

After Leon let out a charismatic smile, he gently stood up.

 

Kogorou, who entered the entrance hall of Leon’s home together with Rishi opened his eyes wide when he laid his eyes upon the vast space and the numerous luxurious furnishings.

“Uhyaa~! This is amazing…..!!”

An extravagant chandelier, which gave off a dazzling gleam, hung down from the ceiling of the atrium.

“Otou-san, watch your behavior!”

“Oh, this armour is really cool as well~~!”

Kogorou did not listen to Ran’s chiding and he ran up to a large knight statue.

He touched the front leg of the large horse statue which had its front legs in the air then the knight statue wobbled slightly and the lance it was holding in its left hand got released.

“Uuuu!!”

Kogorou raised both his arms in the air at once to protect his head. However, the lance did not fall on him then raising his head fearfully—Kyougoku had single handedly stopped the  gigantic lance from its descent.

“Are you alright?”

“Ye,yeah…….”

“Otou-san, be serious.”

Ran glared at Kogorou with an icy stare then lowered her head towards Kyougoku.

“I’m sorry about my dad! Really really sorry!”

“Ah, I don’t mind. It’s good that Mouri-san is alright.”

Kid, who was witnessing the exchange between Kyougoku and Ran some distance away, directed a “So.” at Rishi.

“This Leon Lowe you were talking about, what kind of person is he?”

“Leon-sensei was formally a famous criminal psychologist and with him assisting the police, no matter who the horrible criminal was, they would be able to arrest them.

“Heh……So he’s Singapore’s great detective?”

A bold smirk appeared on Kid’s face.

“He left the police force two years ago. Now, he has successfully made it to becoming the CEO of a security company. I also learned criminal psychology from Leon-sensei.”

“I see.”

Kid nodded, crossing his arms then Kogorou returned to the work at hand as Ran pushed him over.

“So this Leon received the notice?”

“No. I’ll explain the timeline of events.”
Rishi said that then took out his smartphone from the pocket of his pants.

“Please take a look at this first.”

The image of a large blue jewel was displayed on the display of the smartphone.

“The item that Kaito Kid is aiming for is this jewel, the “Fist of Blue Sapphire”. The owner is a businessman by the name of Zhong Han Chen. Kid’s notice was sent to him.”

“If so, shouldn’t we be going to this Zhong Han Chen’s place……”

Kogorou said then Rishi looked down at the marble floor and “About that……”.

“The jewel is being protected in the basement of this mansion.

“The jewel is here?”

Kogorou knitted his brows.

“Yes. It was the request of the owner. The vault here is a novel development using a cutting-edge system and it’s supposedly even more secure than the security vaults of banks……”

Before Rishi finished talking, Kid let out a chuckle.

“Fu fu. Cutting-edge huh? It seems like even Kid will have a difficult time this time!”

(Talking about yourself without shame…….)

Conan retorted in his heart with a dumbfounded expression.

“What are you saying?!”

Sonoko, who was beside Ran, pointed at Kid, who was disguised as Shinichi.

“No matter how cutting-edge the technology is, if it’s Kid-sama, he’ll settle in a short, itsy-bitsy, tiny minute amount of time!”

Hearing those words, Kyougoku put strength into the hand that was holding the lance. Creak…..and the lance warped.

“Hey, Sonoko.”

Ran saw how Kyougoku was acting and called out to Sonoko, however, as though Sonoko did not hear her, an entranced expression appeared on her face.

“Of course Ran wouldn’t know. Kid-sama’s splendid thieving techniques. No matter which woman in the world have had their hearts stolen by him……”

“Stop, Sonoko.”

“Hm?”

Ran grabbed Sonoko’s shoulders and turned her to face Kyougoku’s direction. Oh crap! She realised the situation when she saw Kyougoku standing with an expressionless face.

“We, well, other than Ran and me of course! Right—Ran?!”

“Ye, yeah , of course!”

Ran followed up frantically —-groan! A large sound was made.

When they looked at Kyougoku’s hand, the lance that his was gripping onto had been bent beyond recognition effortlessly.

Conan shot a glance at Kid who was looking nervous.

“If you get careless, you might die.”

“Oi oi oi……”

As though nothing happened, Kyougoku returned the warped lance to the knight statue. After that, the secretary Rachael showed up at the entrance hall.

“The master of the house arriving shortly, please come with me.”

Walking into the guest room that was at the back of the entrance hall, everyone was surprised once more by the splendour of the luxurious wide room. In the middle of the room which had a grand piano as well, there was a large lounge suite and cups of coffee that corresponded to the number of people as well as juice for Conan was delivered to them.

Ran and Sonoko walked nearer to a large window and from the guest room, they saw a wide courtyard that was decorated in a Chinese style.

“What a beautiful courtyard~!

“It’s so-so.”

After that, Leon soon entered the guest room. Next to him stood the man who was with him at the office.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a pleasure to meet all of you. I am Leon Lowe. And this man here is my bodyguard as well as the head of security, Hazli Jamaluddin. Please kindly allow him to join us for this session as well.”

Leon introduced himself fluently in Japanese then Jamaluddin left Leon’s side and headed for Kyougoku who was standing next to the lounge suite.

“Mr Kyougoku. I wanted to meet you.”

“Thank you.”

Kyougoku who was spoken to in English grabbed the hand that was suddenly offered to him.

“I also practice Karate. I always had thoughts of trying to challenge you someday. There’s a gym here in this mansion that’s for my personal use. Would you like to train with me tonight?”

“That would be great. I will definitely join you.”

While drinking the juice that was delivered to him , Conan, who was seated on the sofa, observed the two.

He thought that he had seen Jamaluddin somewhere before, it seemed like he was one of the competitors who was featured on the advertisement for the Singapore Karate Tournament.

Rishi immediately introduced Kogorou to Leon.

“Oh, so you’re that famous detective Mouri Kogorou-san!”

“Ah well, thank you thank you. To think that my name would also be known to people from other countries.”

Kogorou stuck his hand out while being embarrassed and Leon just looked at Kogorou’s hand while keeping both his hands together behind his back. Then raising his head to look at Kogorou’s face, he frowned.

(…….? Strange. I can’t feel any aura at all.)

As Leon did not seem to have any intention of shaking his hand, Kogorou withdrew his right hand as though a prank had been played on him and scratched his head while showing an awkward smile.

Conan, who was behind Kogorou flashed a broad smile and Leon suddenly came back to his senses and smiled back.

(Could it be–) And Leon moved his gaze towards Kid.

“And you are the high school detective, Kudou Shinichi-san.”

“Nice to meet you.”

Kid, who was impersonating Shinichi, raised his hand up lightly as a greeting then Leon, with a hum, placed his hand under his own chin.

“Rather than a detective, you’re more like a magician.”

“!!”

Kid gulped without thinking as that guess was correct. Then Leon pointed his hand at Kid’s fingers.

“Your fingers. They’re thin and flexible.”

“………However, as a detective, rather than the strength of my arms, this here will more likely bring me to victory.”

Kid, who looked at his own fingers, tapped his own head with his index finger.

Leon nodded saying “I see.” Then he directed his gaze at Sonoko who was standing by the window.

“Ah, would that be Suzuki Sonoko-san I see over there? I have heard rumors about your uncle for a while……”

Conan stared at Leon who was walking towards Sonoko.

Could it be that just by looking at Kid’s fingers, he could tell that magic was his strong point—

Leon was only a former criminal behavior psychologist but he had an excellent insight of people.

(I can’t be careless around him.)

While harbouring a sense of wariness, he looked at Leon’s back.

“Um, this is troubling. Please wait here for a moment.”

Rachael’s voice  could be heard coming from the outside of the room.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry. Don’t mind so much.”

The person who brushed off Rachael and entered the guest room was a petite elderly chinese man who was followed by his subordinates—

Zhong Han Chen.

“Ohh, Mouri Kogorou-sensei!”

Zhong Han, who rushed towards Kogorou, suddenly clasped both of Kogorou’s hands.   Then,

“My wife and I are your big fans!”

He said in halting Japanese, his eyes shining from behind his glasses.

“O, oh.”

“Foto, is it alright to have one?”

“Foto…..?Ah, a photo, OK, OK!”

Kogorou was completely high spirited and stood next to Zhong Han and started taking photos.

Throwing a sidelong glance at the two, Rachael walked towards Leon.

“My apologies. He just came here so suddenly……”

“It’s alright.”

A slight smile quickly appeared on Leon’s face and he made his way towards Zhong Han, calling him.

“Now then everyone, would you all like to have a tour of our company’s vault?”

“That would be delightful! I would love to go as well.”

Zhong Han who was given that offer clenched his fist in Kogorou’s direction.

“By the way. I also want to see the “Fist of Blue Sapphire” up close!”

Kid who was seated on the couch, sipping his coffee, raised his head and quietly smiled.

 

Guided by Leon, Conan and the rest entered a specially used elevator that was located at the end of the hallway.

Before long, the elevator stopped and the door opened. Before them was a large basement. What they saw at the end of the wide pathway was an enormous door. Right in the middle was an especially huge lock and from there extended four thick metal pillars.

“Behind this door is the vault that our company is proud of. Other than certain selected individuals, no one else would be able to open this.”

Leon said this and placed his right hand on a glass monitor that was on the center of the lock. Then he typed in a code on a keypad that was installed next to the monitor.

Once he did so, the metal pillars that were crossed diagonally in front of the door moved away and the especially large lock split and moved left and right in a large movement. The doors that was behind the lock moved upwards and downwards, showing a large opening.

There was the vault which was a wide octagonal shaped room. In the middle of the room was a thick pillar that extended tens of meters into the ceiling and on the eight walls were countless boxes that seemed like safety deposit boxes lined next to each other all the way up to the ceiling.

“The wall is made out of a heat resistant alloy so it’s pretty much indestructible. Also, electromagnetic waves from outside are completely jammed and the positions of each cargo is set to be moved on a regular basis. This vault is a unique one of a kind production developed by my company.”

In the midst of Leon’s explanation, Kid approached the central pillar and knocked on it. A light sound as though it was hollow was heard.

“….What?”

Jamaluddin who was operating a panel that was installed in the pillar looked at Kid suspiciously.

“Sorry, sorry! It’s nothing!”

Kid glossed over the issue with a smile and rushed back to Kogorou and the rest.

Jamaluddin returned his gaze back to the panel and used the keyboard to dial in some numbers. Once he did so, one out of the countless boxes displayed on the monitored lit up. At the same time, a box that was near the ceiling glowed and a portion of the eight sided wall that contained the box moved horizontally and rotated with a large sound.

Kogorou looked up at the wall, astonished.

“Everyone, please step back a bit.”

Leon who was standing near the wall urged the others to come over to him.

The glowing box which was near the ceiling descended before their eyes and stopped in front of Leon. The front of the box moved outwards and there was the Champion belt, encased in a glass case. The large blue sapphire that was embedded in the middle of the belt shone with a dazzling shine.

“This is the jewel called the “Fist of Blue Sapphire”, it was said to be the mark of the Pirate King.”

“This is a really large blue sapphire~”

Kogorou stared intently at the item while Ran who was next to him, lifted Conan up.

“Can you see it? Arthur-kun.”

“Yup! Thanks!”

Kogorou lifted his head, looking away from the jewel then said “I see” while looking around the vault.

“As long as this item is here, I wonder if Kid can even lay his hands on it-“

“It won’t actually work out that way.”

Leon smiled wryly while shrugging his shoulders.

“It has been decided that the Belt would be exhibited in the stadium while the Karate Tournament is in session tomorrow. In other words, during the tournament, this would be kept in the stadium’s vault. There will be tight security measures but that still pales in comparison to what we have here.”

While Leon was explaining the situation, Kid looked intently at the jewel then he pulled out an item that looked like lip stick from his pants. Then he swiftly drew a thin line on the front of the box. The line became invisible in no time.

“I see……”
Kogorou who heard the situation responded then Chong Han spoke, saying “But”

“The security at the stadium as well….”

“Yes, we shall guard it at any cost.”

In response to Leon’s reply, Zhong Han laughed “Ho, ho ho…..”

“If anything happens to the jewel, you’ll be paying a hefty compensation fee.”

“……”

Leon looked at Zhong Han leave the vault with an annoyed expression. Right after that, Kid approached Leon, standing where Zhong Han was.

“If the security there is inferior the one here,  then is would mean that you are thinking that Kid is waiting for the moment that the Blue Sapphire gets moved to the stadium, right?”

“That is correct. It’s far too risky to target this place.”

“True.”

Kid gave a small nod and stuck his hand out towards Leon.

“Although I can’t do much, please allow me to assist in guarding the jewel.”

“Thank you.”

Conan who was being hugged by Ran, stared sternly at the two who were shaking each other’s hands firmly.

 

The large atrium space that was surrounded by glass, that would be the lobby that was at the first floor of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. As it had become night, that place was crowded.

“I kept you waiting, Makoto-san ❤ Here’s the card key to your room-“

Sonoko who had finished dealing with the check-in procedures at the counter passed Kyougoku a card key.”

“Thank you very much.”

“Hey, Mokoto-san. Do you want to swim at the pool that’s at the top floor later on?”

“The po, pool…..?”

Sonoko smiled as she drew closer to Kyougoku whose cheeks have become slightly red.

“The night scenery is amazingly beautiful. That’s why I bought a new swimsuit just for today!”

The moment when he heard the word swimsuit–Kyougoku blushed furiously.

“Sorry. I had plans to train later on…….”

“Eh~~~~~!”

Ran pacified Sonoko, saying, “Don’t say such absurd things”.

“Al-right, I get it. Then Ran, I’ll go on a date with you.”

“O, ok. Then, Shinichi, you should come along as—”

She turned her head around—Shinichi and Arthur who were with them disappeared.

“Areh? Where’s Shinichi…..?”

Ran spun around, surveying her surroundings but Kid, who had disguised as Shinichi, and Conan had already gone somewhere.