And the lobby itself was filled with people, which surprised no. 12 a bit, but she's happy to be able to get close to the main cast.
"Wow, so many people!" No. 6 had also arrived and looked at the scene in front of her with starry eyes. She really wanted to stay inside and wait until Kaito Kid appeared.
"I don't think he'll appear here." No. 12 shook his head.
At this time, inspector Nakamori was giving a passionate speech.
"Between the dusk of the Lion and the dawn of the Virgin" indicates the day Kaito Kid plans to commit his heist. The astrological sign Leo ends on August 23 and the astrological sign Virgo begins on August 23, meaning Kaito Kid wants to steal the egg between dusk on August 22 and dawn on August 23. As for the next part, "when the second hand on the clock indicates the twelfth symbol", this should mean the time! This time, we'll successfully catch Kaito Kid!"
Kurokawa Saki, who entered after having her face pinched by the female police officer, looked at the rigorous Inspector Nakamori speechlessly.
Anyway, any answers that Inspector Nakamori came to will be wrong, so one could eliminate it.
She stayed further away and saw no. 6 and no. 12 were busy taking pictures on the side. Both of their cheeks were red too after being pinched. The two of them introduced themselves to each other and somehow ended up as friends.
Considering that they were both extremely playful and loved handsome guys, Kurokawa Saki felt that she knew the reason for their friendship.
Kurokawa Saki stared at no. 6 face for a moment.
Her face was still very similar to Kami Shita.
And perhaps, no. 6 also knew that, so she purposely dyed her hair pink.
… There was no need to doubt and everyone knew who she copied.
In this way, she looked quite different from before when she had black hair. Kurokawa Saki suspected that her original hair colour was not black either, though.
Forget it. It's not important.
Kurokawa Saki saw Conan and the others walked in, including Hattori Heiji. It seemed that they had reunited here. At the same time, she saw no. 2 was also following with a bored look… Pfft, it seemed that no. 2 decided to come and play around too. But he might want to be careful since there's a real killer here.
"Huh? Sister Yuki, you're here." Mouri Ran's eyes lit up when she saw Hikari Yuki there.
"It's been a while, Ran." Hikari Yuki smiled and then crouched down in front of Conan. "It seems that you recovered well from the fire, Conan."
"Ah yes, thank you, Sister Yuki." Conan looked up at Hikari Yuki with some scrutiny.
From Professor Agasa, he found out that Hikari Yuki was present at the time and protected Haibara Ai and the children tightly. However, they were separated when everyone crowded to climb down from the stairs.
Thankfully, she was fine.
Conan himself didn't remember seeing Hikari Yuki. It was quite odd because he had the feeling that he talked with Hikari Yuki for a moment. Later on, he was preoccupied with the two members of the organization who fought.
What he didn't understand was why he stayed alive after all of that?
And the police said that they found a body burned in fire. Unfortunately, there was no identification and there didn't seem to be anyone who could match his biological marks after they tried to match it.
The case was closed despite the mystery.
"What is it, Conan?" Hikari Yuki smiled gently and rubbed the boy's head.
He looks quite adorable as an elementary school student.
"No, it's nothing." Conan shook his head.
"Would you like to come along, Sister Yuki?"
"Can I?" Hikari Yuki sounded surprised.
"Why not? It's more fun than way!" Sonoko also rushed over and clung to Hikari Yuki's arm.
"Alright, alright, you don't have to cling to me like this." Hikari Yuki laughed in amusement.
After that, the girls introduced Hikari Yuki to Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha.
Seeing these two people, Hikari Yuki remembered their parents. She hadn't met them directly, but Karin had already arranged for cooperation and so on. It seemed to be quite interesting and in the eyes of the organization, the base in Osaka belonged to Sake, so they would not bother coming here again.
Anyway, it's just a small base over here and compared to their other projects, it was not worth much.
But Sake will probably fight with Malbec again because he was still in Kyoto and controlled the bases in those areas.
"Let's go inside and see my Father," Sonoko said and beckoned for the others to follow her.
Sonoko takes her guests to see her father Shiro who is delighted to see Kogoro. Sonoko introduces Heiji and Kazuha to her father as well and Chairman Suzuki presents his guests: Sergei Ovchinnikov, a high-level representative of the Russian Embassy, Shoichi Inui, an arts dealer, Seiran Hoshi, a Chinese historian specialising in the Romanov Dynasty and freelance reporter Ryu Sagawa, who is currently investigating the Memories Egg and its origins.
"The egg's value is 600 million."
"600 million?" Maori Kogoro exclaimed.
"If Mr. Suzuki is willing to part with it, the number is negotiable." The jeweler's audacious demeanor irritated the others nearby, but they couldn't afford to compete financially.
Ovchinnikov angrily interjects, saying the egg belongs to Russia and needs to be sold to the Russian National Museum instead of just "some" arts collector.
The jeweler collector snorted at the remarks.
The conflict ended with both of them leaving and Hikari Yuki was simply watching from the side, shaking her head at their competition. At the same time, she noticed that No. 6 and No. 12 were talking in the group.
[University Student [6]: Ahh, we're already here, but we can't even see the other party. I really want to see Kaito Kid up close, but to do that, I'll have to get close to Sonoko or Ran first.
Doctor [9]: Are you not afraid that they'll recognize you as Kami Shita?
University Student [6]: That's why I dye my hair! But I still didn't dare to come any closer in case they'll find out about me. By the way, who actually made the decision to kill me in the organization? If I were to appear in public, they'll not target me all of the sudden, right?
Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: It was Vermouth. She gave me the order to kill no. 6 and I did it.
University Student [6]: Huh, if it's her… probably alright?
Artist [11]: Her preferences are only for Conan and Ran. For other people, you'll have to be careful.
University Student [6]: Ahhh…
Journalist [12]: Anyway, let's just wait around the Egg of Memories… hmm, there are more characters in this movie…]
[University Student [6]: I thought you remembered everyone.
Journalist [12]: I always only focus on Kid when watching the movies, so I know that he'll blend in with the protagonist group later. But I don't seem to remember the other details and in the movies, there are always so many additional characters that I don't remember their names.
Artist [11]: True enough…]
And then they continued their discussion and Hikari Yuki stopped paying attention.
It was obvious that they didn't remember the details of this case either. After all, there were so many cases that Conan participated in.
Hikari Yuki sighed.
If this was a normal murder case, she might be able to get something.
But if it was a puzzle related case…
Sorry, her brain was not good enough to solve such a case.
At this moment, Sonoko and the others were discussing the Egg of Memories.
The egg contains several figures, Tsar Nicholas II and his family crowded together around a book, all made of gold. There is a lock for a key in the front of the egg and when a key is inserted there, the pages of the golden book on the Tsar's knees begin to turn.
"Why is it called the egg of memories?"
"It's obviously meant to show the Tsar and his children looking at a photo album and reminiscing together and that in itself is a memory," Mouri Kogoro said confidently.
The Tsarina is missing from the egg which is odd to Conan as the egg was supposed to be a gift to her, so he wonders if she wouldn't have felt left out. Chairman Suzuki says that the egg was created in a time of great financial hardship for Russia.
"Hey, how about the "Shining Sky Chamber"? What could it refer to?" Heiji asked, interrupting their discussion.
Kazuha replied, "There is a saying that the fundamentals of Osaka Castle are especially beautiful so maybe Kid meant "Osaka Castle is a shining light for the city"."
Superintendent Chaki and Inspector Nakamori join them and report that they are certain Kid will appear at Osaka Castle but they still haven't figured out when.
Kogoro has a sudden "epiphany" and declares that "the twelfth symbol" refers to the 12th letter of the Latin alphabet, which is the letter L. At 3 AM, the hands on a clock form the letter L so that must mean Kid will appear at 3 AM.
Hikari Yuki: "..."
If that's the answer that Kogoro made, then it must be wrong.
She looked at the letter that they were looking at and shook her head internally. She was really not good at solving puzzles.
"Do you have any idea, Sister Yuki?" Ran noticed that Hikari Yuki was staying a bit further away from the others.
"No, I'm not good at solving puzzles." Hikari Yuki scratched the back of her head with some embarrassment.
"It's ok. Many of us are not good at it either." Ran waved her hand.
Hikari Yuki smiled in response.
Ran has always been very gentle, which made her feel that Shinichi is such a lucky guy. But that damn brat kept on making her cry.
*sigh*