The next morning, Chiba and Gray Hara met in the hallway. Just when Chiba wanted to say something, the door to Ai and Ayumi's room was suddenly shut.

Both Gray Plains and Thousand Feathers looked at the door with some subtle expressions.

"Did you do anything?" Gray Plains Wai turned his gaze back to Thousand Feathers. "She just went back to her room crying last night, and then she seemed to be avoiding you just now - wait a minute, you won't bully her, will you?"

"Why should I bully her......" Qian Yu looked at Gray Yuan's rather displeased expression in amazement, and spread his hands, showing a wry smile. But...... There are some troublesome questions......"

"Oh?" Gray Plains raised his eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

"Let's talk as we go," Chiba shook her head. "She came and asked me a question, but I couldn't help with it......"

On the way to the restaurant, Chiba gave an overview of what happened last night.

"This question ......" Gray Yuan Wai is now as helpless as Qian Yu's expression just now. There's no way to deal with this problem! It's better to tell him directly, Conan can't be with her. ”

"But wouldn't that hurt too much?" Qian Yu was quite hesitant. "While this is true, it's a little too hurtful......"

"She'll realize that sooner or later," Gray Yuan pointed out. "Long pain is better than short pain, it's better to let her recognize the reality as soon as possible. If she doesn't give up, it will be even more painful in the future. ”

"But I'm not going to go to her all of a sudden right now and say that." Chiba sighed. "Forget it, if she comes back next time......"

With that, the two walked into the dining room.

"Are there more people?" Chiba suddenly realized that something was wrong with the people who were eating in the restaurant. "And they all seem to be fresh faces?"

In the restaurant, several men with fresh faces, led by Officer Nakamori, were sitting on the same side of the small restaurant, eating food that did not belong to the high-end meals in this restaurant at all.

"Oh......" Gray Yuan Ai glanced at it, and then also noticed the problem. It seems that they are all sitting next to Officer Nakamori? It feels like they all respect Officer Nakamori."

"It should be his subordinates, otherwise it's unlikely that they would all be sitting together......" Qian Yu agreed. Six police officers...... In such a small ear, on a stage, in order to catch the monster thief Kidd, it can be regarded as a desperate ......"

"yes," Gray Yuan nodded. "I'm afraid there are more than 30 people on this airship now, and if a few more policemen are sent, I'm afraid the material reserves may not be able to meet the needs of this voyage."

If it is just a normal trip, even if the airship flies directly from Osaka to Seattle in about three days, considering the number of passengers, as long as the food reserve of about 1,000 people and the food of 150 passengers can ensure the food supply of a one-way flight. (The crew of Pearl Tree is set at 30 staff + 10 temporary personnel, and the upper limit of passengers is based on the Hindenburg, which is designed to be full of 80 people.) Although the number of people on board the airship is far from full, because of this astronomical observation, it needs to stay over the Pacific Ocean for more than 12 days, which determines that the Pearl Tree must prepare more food than it would normally be in a commercial flight to meet the supply, and each additional police officer brought by Officer Nakamori is equivalent to adding a point of food reserve pressure.

In this way, the two of them chose a table away from the police officers, and only then went to pick breakfast.

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While they were eating, Jiroyoshi Suzuki appeared, and after taking a plate of breakfast from a respectful waiter that seemed to have just been prepared, as if Jiroyoshi Suzuki had ordered it in advance, he headed straight for Officer Nakamori's table, which always had an empty spot opposite him, and it seemed to be for Jiroyoshi Suzuki.

"You've got all your people, aren't they?" Jiroyoshi Suzuki asked, placing the plate on the table.

"It's all here," Officer Nakamori said after finishing his meal and placing the plate on the plate that his subordinates had also eaten. "Do you have any other guests over there?"

"The reporter named Takado Fujioka should have four film crew members who are not in place, but they are all there." Jiroyoshi Suzuki nodded. "If this process continues, we should be able to leave on time this afternoon."

"That's seven film crew members?" Officer Nakamori pouted. "That's pretty much fanfare, if it's just for the sake of filming Kidd the Monster Thief - it even makes it harder for us to identify. If Kidd the Thief gets into them, we'll have a hard time. ”

"Don't worry about these film crews," said Jiroyoshi Suzuki, looking rather relaxed. "Maybe my crew members may have been infiltrated by Kidd, but they were all selected by themselves, and they all have considerable expertise, and Kidd the Monster Thief will definitely be exposed if he tries to sneak in."

"That's good, but you've got quite a lot of crew too," Officer Nakamori reminded. "This is a pretty serious problem!"

"What about your officers?" Jiroyoshi Suzuki spreads his hands. "My crew members are really hard to tell, but your officers are important, right? If they're infiltrated, then we're going to have Kidd the thief protect the glass cabinet. ”

"We've got a very interesting idea here, and it's likely to work," Officer Nakamori smiled pleasantly. "We just got the advice, but maybe it's really useful."

"Is it reliable?" Jiroyoshi Suzuki asked. "Kidd the Thief isn't stupid."

"Don't worry, this time it will definitely work," Officer Nakamori nodded, boasting in a very loud voice. "This time we had our officers remember each other's personal information, and if we asked about Kidd the Strange Thief when the time came, he wouldn't be able to answer it! We're pretty sure we're going to catch Kidd off guard this time. ”

His voice was quite loud, and the entire restaurant and waiters had already turned their heads to look at him.

"So be it," Jiroyoshi Suzuki frowned, glancing around at the other people in the restaurant before turning back and nodding noncommittally. "Since you're so confident over there, I'll go back and arrange something like code words for the staff, hoping to limit the effect of Kidd's disguise ability as much as possible."

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Somewhere in the cafeteria, the corners of a young man's mouth curled up as he was adding new food to a buffet container.