RPAGF Chapter 166 You wouldn't be trying to drug me, would you?
Chapter 166 You wouldn't be trying to drug me, would you?
Because of the appearance of Phantom Thief Kid, President Suzuki quickly checked the area around the villa using surveillance footage and, finding no one entering or leaving, earnestly requested that all the distinguished guests remain for the time being and not leave in a hurry.
Although the announcement of Kaito Kid's arrival date was three days later, President Suzuki was naturally willing to have an extra chance to find the cunning thief.
The problem now is that the guests invited this time are all wealthy and influential, and even President Suzuki can't force them to stay.
Initially, when he asked everyone to wait a little longer and return later, some guests reluctantly agreed to stay, considering the Suzuki Group's immense influence. However, such a wait obviously couldn't be too long, as everyone's time was precious.
"I see it's getting late, so I'm going to take my leave. Xiao Jing, Xiao Zheng, what about you two?"
Yu Bai, who wasn't particularly interested in the battle of wits between President Suzuki and Phantom Thief Kid, glanced at his watch and realized it was almost eleven o'clock.
So he looked up and asked his two companions what they thought. Based on his understanding of the two, he knew that Atobe Keigo and Akashi Seijuro would definitely not stay at the banquet any longer.
Sure enough, right after Yu Bai finished speaking, Atobe Keigo said arrogantly, "Hmph, of course I'm going back too. I've made plans with those guys to try out the new ball-serving machine tomorrow morning."
"Me too. We have training tomorrow morning. Although Teiko still won the national championship this time, we can't relax in training."
Thinking of the two who had neglected their training recently because of their blooming flowers, a cold glint flashed in Akashi Seijuro's eyes. He thought that the plan he had decided on before should be put into action.
As for President Suzuki's request?
The three of them naturally had the confidence to refuse to cooperate. In addition, Atobe Keigo and Akashi Seijuro, as the captains of the tennis and basketball clubs respectively, would be leading their members in training early tomorrow morning.
They wouldn't let something like this prevent them from fully engaging in training the next day because they hadn't rested well. Their self-control and discipline made the Phantom Thief Kid far less important to them than the National Tournament.
As for Yu Bai, he had wanted to slip away for a long time, not to mention that he was still thinking about what Bu Yue had told him before he left: to come back early.
Realizing that he and Bu Yue had no means of communication, Yu Bai knew that if he didn't go back soon, Bu Yue would storm into the banquet.
I'll buy a cell phone or make a communication mirror for Bu Yue tomorrow.
"Okay, I'll go to the restroom first, and we'll leave together afterwards?" Yu Bai suggested to the two of them, then got up and walked briskly towards the restroom.
Perhaps because Kaito Kid's wonderful "performance" had attracted everyone's attention, almost all the people in the banquet hall had gathered in the front hall. The restroom was unusually quiet, except for Yu Bai and a seemingly ordinary middle-aged man who entered one after the other, breaking the tranquility.
"What about people?"
The middle-aged man who had just entered the restroom looked around and found that the doors of all the stalls were open and there was no one outside the stalls.
But he clearly saw the legendary heir of the Yu family walk in just now, so why is there no one here now?
"I say, has anyone ever reminded you that using drugs on people is not a respectable act, Mr. Phantom Thief Kid?"
A clear, slightly mocking youthful voice suddenly rang out behind the middle-aged man, causing him to stiffen involuntarily for a moment. He slowly turned around, his gaze falling on the leisurely young man standing at the doorway, the very person he had been searching for—Yu Bai.
"How is this possible?" the middle-aged man exclaimed inwardly. He clearly remembered Yu Bai entering the restroom first, followed closely by himself. Why was this young man now standing silently behind him, as if emerging from thin air?
"Ha, haha... What are you talking about? How could I possibly be Phantom Thief Kid? Kid, you can't just say things like that." The middle-aged man forced a calm expression, forcing a dry laugh to try and hide his inner panic.
Kaito Kid, whose real name is Kuroba Kaito, is a second-year student in Class B at Ekoda High School. One day, he discovers that his father, Kuroba Toichi, is Kaito Kid. In order to find his father's murderer, he becomes the second-generation Kaito Kid.
He originally planned to show off today, send out the notice and leave, but he didn't expect that the villa would be surrounded by President Suzuki's security detail, with them keeping a tight watch on it.
So he decided to disguise himself as a guest of high status and leave. When he was disguised as a servant, he had already found out that among the guests this time were the three heirs of the Yu family, the Atobe family and the Akashi family.
In addition, when he approached the three of them earlier, Kaito Kuroba overheard them saying they were leaving, and thought to himself that they were the perfect candidates for disguise.
Unfortunately, the three of them stayed together the whole time, which prevented him from having any good opportunities to make a move.
But unexpectedly, just when things seemed hopeless, a new path opened up before them. The young man from the Yu family actually left to go to the restroom, and Kaito Kuroba knew that now was the perfect opportunity to make his move.
So he secretly followed Yu Bai to the restroom, and then this incredibly bizarre thing happened. At this moment, Kuroba Kaito was starting to wonder whether the boy was the magician or he was the magician.
“Mr. Phantom Thief Kid, I’m not making this up. Besides, lying is bad, especially lying to my face.”
Upon hearing Kaito Kuroba's words, Yu Bai slowly raised his head, his eyes, which shone with a faint golden light, staring directly at Kaito Kuroba, as if he could see into the deepest secrets of people's hearts.
When Kaito Kuroba met Yu Bai's golden eyes, a wave of pressure surged up instantly, making them unable to move.
In fact, when Yu Bai left Atobe and Akashi, he keenly sensed that someone was following him.
With a quick probe of his divine sense, he easily spotted Kaito Kuroba, who had been following him all along.
Kaito Kuroba's disguise skills are actually quite impressive. Unless an ordinary person has a very keen sense of observation like Shinichi Kudo, Keigo Atobe, or Seijuro Akashi, almost no one can detect his disguise.
But now, what's really unlucky for Kaito Kuroba is that Yu Bai not only has keen observation skills, but more importantly, Yu Bai observes him not with his eyes but with his divine sense.
Unless Kaito Kuroba possesses a divine status or immense power like Futsuki or Gilgamesh, no matter how Kaito Kuroba disguises himself, he cannot escape Yu Bai's divine sense observation.
And to make matters worse, just before entering the restroom, Yu Bai briefly switched to Feng Yue's form to send a message to Bu Yue in the citadel that he was about to return.
When Kaito Kuroba lies to Yu Bai at this moment, it's essentially the same as him lying to a god.
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Yu Bai: Hey, was this guy planning to drug me in the bathroom and disguise himself as me to get out?
Kaito Kuroba: Family, we've really bitten off more than we can chew today.