Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen

At this time, Baron Monster ran to the bank of the Stable River not far from the Orion Circus with Sayoko in his arms. As night fell, the vast Sumida River was dark, and the street lamps reflected on the water looked very lonely. At the foot of the cliff on the bank of the Stables, a small motorboat had been parked there since just now. When the people inside heard the baron's footsteps, they hurriedly poked their heads out of the motorboat. "Baron, I'm waiting for you!" Otomaru was still dressed as a clown, with a thick layer of white powder on his face, and patterns such as diamonds and hearts painted on his cheeks.

"Oh, it's Otonmaru! Take Sayoko quickly." "yes." As soon as Otomaru hugged Sayoko, the monster baron immediately jumped into the steam stage. Otomaru carefully placed the sleeping Sayoko on the sofa of the motorboat, then turned to the monster baron and said: "Baron, you are covered with dust! Please sit still and let me dust you off!" "Well, I just wanted to rush out of the chaotic crowd, and ended up getting dirty all over. By the way, all the beasts in the circus were released just now, isn't it your masterpiece?" "Yes, because I want to help the Baron escape."

"Well, you are really careful." "However, there is something strange..." Otomaru looked hesitant to speak. "What's weird?" "I only released the crocodile and the golden snake, why did the lion also escape later?" "Probably someone panicked and accidentally opened the lion cage! Don't mind him. Anyway, I've escaped smoothly." "makes sense." Otomaru diligently patted the dust off the Monster Baron's body, and said: "Have you got that golden candlestick yet?" "Hmph, I'm angry when I say this, Kosuke Kindaichi dared to lie to me with a fake candlestick!"

"fake?" "Well, I shot him in a fit of rage." "This is very satisfying. Hehe! Kosuke Kindaichi is too stupid." "Yeah! I never knew that guy could be so stupid!" "However, it is a pity that the golden candlestick was not obtained." "Don't worry, as long as Xiao Yezi is in my hands, the golden candlestick will belong to me sooner or later." "Baron, don't forget to reward me when the time comes!" "Of course, once I get the golden candlestick, I will become a rich man. Are you still afraid that I will treat you badly?"

The Monster Baron frowned suddenly, looked at Otonmaru's face and said: "Otomaru, why is your voice so weird?" "I probably have a cold, my throat hurts like hell..." "I see. Yin Jiu, let's sail early! Otherwise, it will be troublesome if someone finds out." "yes!" Otomaru immediately sat on the driver's seat, gripped the steering wheel tightly, and after a while, the motorboat's engine made a thumping sound, and it headed down the Sumida River. At this time, the five or six motorboats that were wandering on the opposite river bank also followed the speedboat, and all of those motorboats were armed criminal policemen.

In addition to many criminal police officers, Umino Kiyohiko and Nonomura Kunio were also on the motorboat.The two of them stared straight ahead, silent. After a while, Bangxiong asked worriedly: "Uncle Uno, is there something wrong with Mr. Kindaichi?" "Don't worry, he'll be fine. Isn't that man always by his side?" Uno Kiyohiko replied calmly, but his tone was still a little uneasy. "I'm still worried, after all, the Monster Baron is so fierce and powerful..." "No matter how fierce a person is, as long as he is not careful, others will take advantage of him."

"You're wrong, but is that person really okay? If he fails, the consequences will be disastrous." "Don't worry! That man is a magician, and his fingers are very dexterous. Nothing will happen." Kunio and Unino Kiyohiko stopped talking any further after talking about this, and just stared at the motorboat ahead in a daze. On the other hand, after resting for a while, the monster baron slowly came to the stern of the motorboat and glanced out inadvertently.Suddenly, his whole body jumped up. "Oops! Otonmaru, there is a ship following us!" It's no wonder that Baron Monster was taken aback, because behind the motorboat he was on, there were five or six motorboats following in a straight line, and the further downstream, the more the number of motorboats, the more the motorboat he was on, the more he saw. To be surrounded by other motorboats.

"Oops! Damn it, you dare to play me. Hey! Otomaru, go full speed, just drive out of Tokyo Bay!" The Monster Baron couldn't help roaring.However, Otomaru, who has always been loyal and obedient to the Monster Baron, slowly slowed down at this time, and soon, the entire motorboat even stopped. This move shocked the Monster Baron quite a bit. "Otomaru, what, what's going on? Are you crazy?" The monster baron roared furiously, but in the next moment, the hairs all over his body stood on end. I saw a lion appearing in the motorboat at some point, and the lion was still glaring at the monster baron fiercely.

As ferocious as Baron Monster may be, he's not really a chimpanzee, and he certainly can't beat a lion.So when encountering this kind of situation, he can only hang his whole tongue up, trembling all over his body. Soon, the lion gave a low growl, and at the same time took a step forward. Seeing this, the monster baron quickly took out his pistol and pulled the trigger without any explanation. However, the pistol continued to make a clicking sound, but it couldn't fire half a bullet. "This, what's going on here?" The monster baron had already turned pale with fright, but the lion roared again and walked towards him step by step.

"Beast! Otonmaru, why are you in a daze? Lion, there is a lion! Come and save me!" The monster baron screamed desperately, and made the appearance of shooting from time to time.However, at this moment—— "Ha ha ha ha!" The lion suddenly let out a human laugh. Surprised by the monster baron, he couldn't help but take a big step back. "How is this going?" "Haha! Even the monster baron has a day of frightening!" "What? What did you say!" "You don't have to shoot anymore because there's no bullets in that pistol."

(Ah! How can a lion talk?) At the beginning, Baron Monster wondered if his ears had misheard, but gradually, he finally understood what was going on. "Haha! So you're not a real lion. But who are you? Forget it, it's useless to ask this question anyway, you must be a policeman..." "No, I'm not a policeman, but your guess is very close. Baron, see clearly!" The lion, which was still standing on the ground with four legs, suddenly stood up and poked out a head from the lion's skin. When the monster baron saw the face in front of him, he was really startled. "Ah! You, you are Kosuke Kindaichi!" "Haha, that's right! It's me. Baron Monster, are you safe?" "But, but...then, the person I shot and killed earlier was..." "Haha! That's a dummy, he's just my substitute. How about it? That dummy looks very realistic, right? Even you are kept in the dark." Upon hearing this, the monster baron couldn't help but ignite a fire of anger in his eyes. Kindaichi Kosuke could only smile and say: "I'm sorry, I really shouldn't have teased you like that. First I used a dummy to deceive you, and now I disguised myself as a lion to scare you...haha! I just didn't expect a lion to scare you like this, hee! Your face just now There's really no blood on it!" After hearing this, the monster baron had murderous look in his eyes again, but in the blink of an eye, the murderous look in his eyes disappeared without a trace. "Kindaichi, I admit that I was completely defeated by you this time. You are amazing. Come, sit here! To be honest, how did you hide the truth?" As the monster baron said, he took out the snow front from his pocket, and slowly lit the fire. "No, I can't bear you to praise me so much. Here, you can ask whatever you want!" On the surface, the two were talking straight to the point, but in fact, neither of them dared to be careless in their hearts. Although Kinda Ichiko's assistant has a gun in his hand, the opponent is a strong man. If there is a real fight, it is hard to say who will win. After the monster baron sat down, he asked while smoking a cigar. "I want to start here! Who, and when, took the cartridge out of my pistol?" "Oh, this...it's the little one standing there!" "W-what? Is it Otonaru?" An angry look immediately appeared on the monster baron's face. "Could it be that even Otomaru betrayed me?" "No, Baron, please hear me out. The real Otomaru is in the police station." "Eh? Otonomaru..." Upon hearing this, Baron Monster's expression changed drastically. "Then, standing there is..." "It's his stand-in. At first glance, you might think that he is the real Otonaru Sanpei, but in fact he is not. Because you made Otonaru disguised as a clown in the Orion Circus, I will borrow yours as well." One trick, please ask the clown in the circus, and turn into a sound pill." "So that's it. So, Otomaru has already fallen into the hands of the police?" Baron Monster's tone was full of reluctance. It seemed that this heinous villain really had deep feelings for Otonmaru. "That's right! Also, because this clown is a magician and has very dexterous fingers, after he helped you carry Xiao Yezi into the motorboat just now, he quickly took out the pistol from your pistol by patting the dust off your clothes. bullets. Haha! Baron, you are too careless!" Baron Monster closed his eyes and listened to Kosuke Kindaichi's words.When he heard the word "Xiao Yezi", he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the girl lying flat on the sofa. The girl was still asleep with her eyes closed. Kosuke Kindaichi noticed Baron Monster's eyes and couldn't help but smile and said: "Haha! Baron, I advise you not to think so!" "W-what? You know what I'm thinking?" "There's no need to hide it. Aren't you thinking now that as long as you have Xiao Yezi's amulet, you have a chance to escape?" "you……" Seeing his plan being debunked one by one, the Monster Baron couldn't help but widen his eyes, and looked at Kindaichi Kosuke in disbelief; Kindaichi Kosuke found it very funny. "Monster Baron, don't waste your time in vain. In fact, the person lying here is not Sayoko." "What? Isn't she Sayoko?" "Haha! Let me show you the true face of this young lady! Sha, thank you for your hard work. Now you can take off the blindfold and let the baron see your face." The girl who had been drowsy suddenly stood up slowly from the sofa. As soon as she took off the blindfold, the monster baron yelled out in surprise: "Ah! You, you are..." It's no wonder Baron Monster has such a surprised reaction, because he always thought that the bargaining chip in his hand was Sayoko, but he didn't expect that the other party was just a girl with the same height as Sayoko. Kosuke Kindaichi smiled and said: "Haha! So you still remember her! This young lady was given to us by you as a substitute for Sayoko. So, this time I will follow suit and invite her to pretend to be Sayoko." "But...but when did you..." The Monster Baron was already incoherent in shock. "In the animal tent." "In the tent?" "Yes. At that time, although we knew that you and Xiao Yezi were hiding in the cage pretending to be chimpanzees, but because Xiao Yeko was by your side, we were afraid that if we acted rashly and made you furious, you might kill Xiao Yezi to vent your anger. so……" "These are not important, you just need to tell me when Xiao Yezi was transferred by you." The Monster Baron beat his chest and stamped his feet angrily, roaring and screaming. Upon hearing this voice, Taeko and Joker turned pale with fright. "Oh! Baron, don't be angry! I'll try to speak as quickly as possible." Kindaichi Kosuke was still holding the pistol, not daring to be careless at all. "Do you remember? Next to the cage where you were hiding, there was a cage for a lion. At that time, Taeko and I hid in the cage and pretended to be a lion." "Ming-woo-" Baron Monster roared, while still vigilantly inquiring about the situation outside the motorboat. But unfortunately, at this time, the outside of the motorboat he was on was already covered with ships of all sizes. Now he is besieged on all sides, and he can only grind his teeth in anger. "We didn't act all this time because we hoped that Sayoko would be safe and sound. It was a godsend for us to imagine that Otomaru would put Sayoko in front of our cage. I quickly swapped Sayoko and Taeko, so that Sayoko hid in the lion's skin, and Taeko, who was hiding in the lion's skin, put on a blindfold and disguised herself as Sayoko." At this moment, the Monster Baron suddenly stood up with Xueqian in his mouth. Kosuke Kindaichi gripped the pistol more carefully. "Because I have rescued Sayoko without incident, I immediately informed the police officer Waitori sitting in the special seat. Baron, in fact, Officer Waitoli prepared two candlesticks at the same time tonight, intending that if the plan to rescue Sayoko fails, I had no choice but to hand over the real candlestick to you. But I signaled to him that Sayoko was safe and secure, so he gave you the fake candlestick without worry." "Woo--, Ming..." The monster baron let out regretful and angry roars from time to time. "Baron, what a pity! You were so close to getting the real gold candlestick, it was Otomaru's negligence that allowed you to get the fake candlestick." "I understand, Kindaichi." The Monster Baron said weakly: "Anyway, I'm convinced I lost this time. Now, tell me what to do?" "You don't have to do anything, just wait quietly for someone from the police station to come. I think Otomaru is waiting for you to meet him in the police station!" As soon as Baron Monster heard the word "Police Department", his eyes immediately became very strange. "No, Kindaichi, I know I was wrong, please let me go! I hate dealing with the police the most in my life." "I know this, but at this point, I can only do this. Baron Monster, I'm afraid you won't be able to fly this time even if you have wings." "What if I still want to escape?" "Huh? How do you plan to escape?" "That's the way to escape!" The monster baron said, and pressed the snow on the wall with his hand. Since the walls inside the motorboat were all made of wallpaper, all of a sudden, crackling flames erupted inside the motorboat, and a tongue of flame quickly rose up. "Haha! Kaneda...Kosuke, I would rather die with this motorboat than go to the police station. However, going to the underworld alone is too lonely, so I have to ask you to accompany me!" The Monster Baron said proudly. "Ah! It's bad, it's not good!" Kosuke Kindaichi let out a loud cry, and took Taeko's hand and climbed onto the deck. The clown in charge of steering the wheel has already jumped into the water. Kindaichi Kosuke and Taeko hurriedly jumped into the water.At this time, a raging flame suddenly ignited on the hull, and the motorboat carrying the Monster Baron galloped on the water like a ball of fire. "Ah! The Monster Baron has escaped!" Seeing this, the police on standby on the nearby motorboat immediately tried to catch up, but because the motorboat was already on fire, no one dared to approach easily. Just say a word to everyone.While I was discussing what to do, the motorboat on which the monster baron was riding had already sailed a kilometer away. Then, there was a loud noise, and the motorboat was instantly reduced to ashes, and the pieces of the hull Being swept into the sky by the fire...