Vespaña Palace, reception restaurant.
"A beer, please, miss."
Ziyuan, who walked in, said something to the maid who was serving beside him.
"Please wait."
The maid answered with a gentle smile on her face. Jigen nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a monkey-faced man sitting not far from the dining table. His eyes bulged and he ran over quickly, whispering, "Lupin! What's going on?"
Lupin the Third is said to have an IQ of up to 300. Although he has a monkey face and a quirky personality, so far, he has never failed in his target.
In addition to Jigen Daisuke who is right in front of him, his accomplices include Goemon, who has a sultry personality but is so powerful that he can cut through almost anything with his swordsmanship, and Mine Fujiko, who often sneaks into the enemy camp and stabs the opponent in the back at critical moments, and has a beautiful face, a sexy figure, and is extremely feminine.
This gang has been stealing for many years and has stolen countless treasures from around the world. They have also killed many hostile forces, including gangs, warlords, multinational consortiums, small governments, and many other forces that would shock ordinary people.
Of course, although the record was amazing, in fact, all the forces that were killed had their deaths deserved. Strictly speaking, although they were thieves, their purpose was never for money, but for interest or other reasons.
The same thing happened this time when I came to the Kingdom of Vespania.
Although ostensibly it was for the country's national treasure, the Queen's Crown, in reality, it was to find the murderer who killed the Queen.
Well, I forgot to mention that when Lupin III is stealing treasures, there are often beautiful women around him, and most of the beautiful women will have their hearts stolen by Lupin in the end.
The queen, who has passed away, was also one of the beauties whose hearts were once stolen by Lupin.
"Yeah! I helped them rescue the princess, and they treated me to a meal..."
Lupin said with a grin, and Jigen's face darkened and he said, "That's not what I'm talking about! I'm asking about Mine Fujiko, how did you get involved with that woman again? Listen to me, Lupin! Sooner or later, you will die at the hands of that woman!"
"Well, is it because Fujiko-chan asked me for help..." Lupin's eyes wandered and his little finger kept scratching his cheek.
Ci Yuan looked at him, stretched out his hand weakly to push the brim of his hat, and said seriously: "Anyway, get this done quickly!"
"Yeah!" Lupin's expression also became a little serious.
The atmosphere was silent for a moment, and soon, Jiyuan spoke again: "There is one thing I am concerned about, Lupin..."
Ciyuan briefly talked about the man named Colin whom he met when he got off the helicopter.
The restrained but extremely strong murderous aura he felt was not something that anyone in the sun would have.
"Ah, that's why I said we should get this done as soon as possible."
Lupin pulled out a tablet from his chest, threw it to Jigen and said, "Colin Blake was born in the United States. Until four months ago, he led an ordinary life. But after he fell into a coma, he changed drastically."
"First, he had a conflict with the Ku Klux Klan, then with the Kingpin, the king of the American underground, and then even with the popular superheroes and the giant SHIELD in the dark world. The most surprising thing is that he never suffered any loss in these incidents, and even had the upper hand in most of them."
"More than half a month ago, he suddenly disappeared without a trace. There were also countless messages asking for his location at the Dark World intelligence trading place. I didn't expect him to appear here again. He is a very troublesome person."
Although he said this, the smile on Lupin's face was full of confidence that everything could be solved.
Ci Yuan flipped through the tablet briefly and frowned, "So, why did such a troublesome guy appear here?"
Lupin's intelligence channels are still very powerful. It can be said that except for a very small number of news that are completely blocked by S.H.I.E.L.D., all of them are available here.
The most headache-inducing thing for him was to fight against such a powerful and invulnerable super-powered person, because it meant that most of his means of attack were useless.
"On the surface, he said he came for me, but so far, apart from entering the palace as a Dubai envoy and claiming to be a fan of the Maori detective and pretending to investigate for a while, I haven't seen him do anything else."
"After that, I did some research on the Mori detective family he had contacted. Besides the fact that the little brat named Conan was actually a high school detective named Kudo Shinichi, it was probably because of the mineral resources in this country that attracted his attention."
Lupin smiled and said, "That's roughly the reason. But since he didn't make any moves, there's no need for us to think about how to deal with him. It's better to deal with the other guy who's easier to deal with first..."
"Hey, miss, could you please give me a cup of coffee?"
A rough voice sounded at the door of the restaurant.
In the restaurant, Lupin and Jigen hid under the table immediately after hearing the sound.
Qian Xingxing Xingyi is the Interpol Lupin investigator. Although he cannot capture Lupin, he is the only man who can track down Lupin every time.
His intuition about Lupin is MAX, and he has captured countless international criminals while chasing Lupin. He is a man of great character and ability.
"Hey, hey, uncle, why are you here at this time? My steak..." Under the table, Lupin looked up with a resentful look on his face.
Since they have been old rivals for decades, although one is a thief and the other is a policeman, they both regard the other as their most important opponent. The title of "Uncle" is also the nickname that the Lupin gang calls Qian Xing.
"It's because of you that you spread the news outside and attracted uncle here, so, what should we do next?" Ciyuan asked in a low voice.
Lupin scratched his face and smiled: "Ah~~ Even if I am in this situation, I can't avoid the sight of the old uncle and escape. I can only wait until the old uncle leaves."
"Hmph! It's definitely because of the bad luck brought by that woman!" Ci Yuan said unhappily.
"Hey~~ That's definitely not the case... But never mind, the actors are all here, let's get started after the uncle leaves!"
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Princess Mira's room.
"Hey, uncle, is this guy called Kelin really your fan?"
Inside the house, Conan stood aside and asked with an unhappy look on his face.
After arriving at the room, he first heard the bad news that he would be sent back to Japan by a special plane. Then, this guy named Ke Lin produced a bottle of precious red wine and high-end karate clothing from nowhere and gave them to his uncle and Xiaolan as gifts. Then he surrounded Xiaolan and patted her, and kept asking for her autograph!
Damn it! Isn’t this uncle your idol? Then go take pictures of him! Don’t bother Xiaolan!!!
"Kid Colin? Of course he's my fan! Look, this bottle of Amanroni from Italy, worth tens of thousands of dollars, is a gift from Kid Colin to me as a fan!"
Mao Li put his face against the bottle and spoke with a salivating look on his face.
"But, as your fan, he should be taking pictures of you, but he's been taking pictures of Xiaolan. I think he has bad intentions!"
Conan said this with a jealous look on his face. Colin, who was begging Xiaolan to change her pose and take two more photos, clicked his tongue lightly, turned around, and looked at Conan as if he had just remembered something.
"Sorry, sorry! I forgot to give Conan a gift, please wait for me..."
Colin walked out of the room for a second, then came back immediately with an old book in his hand and handed it over, saying, "Because I heard from Miss Xiaolan that Conan is a fan of Sherlock Holmes, so I will give this book to Conan as a meeting gift."
"Now I want to know how you got this book... This is the first long novel in the Sherlock Holmes series published by Mr. Conan Doyle in 1887, A Study in Scarlet?! There is even Mr. Conan Doyle's autograph on it!!"
Conan was about to complain, but after taking a closer look, he suddenly became excited.
"Ah, I asked a friend to do it." Colin said casually, and seeing that the little ghost was satisfied, he ran to Xiaolan again.
On the side, Conan was struggling over whether to accept this gift that was so much to him or to reject this expensive gift. When he finally decided to reject it and was about to return it reluctantly, he heard the guy next to him asking for a photo with Xiaolan. He instantly exerted force with his fingers and pressed a few handprints on the baby's book.
"Hey, uncle, should we go to the queen's room to investigate?" Conan said loudly on purpose.
"Yeah, that's true." Maori listened and came to his senses from his imagination of the taste of the wine.
Colin's brows twitched as he was about to take a photo, and the smile on his face became dangerous.
Suddenly, he wanted to beat up that brat.
I also know that many people don’t like this part very much, but since I have already written it, I can’t give up halfway. I have to explain things clearly before ending it, and this is also related to the main storyline later.
Of course, for those book friends who feel that these chapters are not worth spending money on, you can just skip them and read them.
(End of this chapter)