Chapter 30: The Lone Thief of the Night
Kaitou was shot by the police. In England, Eriol, Miho and the guardians decided to spend the summer in Japan. On the last day of school, Syaoran gave Sakura her forgotten lunch from behind a bush, but her friends still noticed her and Syaoran's strange behaviour. That night Syaoran was being sweet and he told Sakura that he'd take her out since that's what she would do with her family. They received a call from a worried Meilin who asked them if Kaitou was safe. Once she hung up, Sakura and Syaoran learnt that the police were on Kaitou's trail. They heard sirens and Kaitou dropped in. Sakura was shocked that he said he was shot. He told them that the police have a tracer on him, but Syaoran wardrd off the apartment from the trackers, and he and Sakura tricked the police by using The Invisible on Kai.
Kaitou told them that as he was still collecting the treasures (this was his cue to take the diamond and sapphire), and he went to Hong Kong to attempt to steal (but couldn't, as Meilin protected it) the true Five Force Sword that was sent back with Meilin. The Hong Kong police attached the microchip to his locket, which was the key to his identity. Discarding it was impossible as the ruby inside could be a treasure, and if the police found it, they might exposed his true self. Meilin smuggled him out of the country so he could go to Japan. But the police in Japan found him and shot him, which was when he came to Syaoran's. Sakura told him to stay with them, and her sympathy shocked Kaitou.
The next day Kaitou tried to leave, but Sakura kept him around with breakfast. She went to the theatre in school to retrieve a picture of Nadeshiko and Ryuuren, and she ran into Eron. He almost kissed her but pretended to smell her perfume instead. Eron met up with Erika, who called the police to reveal Kaitou's whereabouts. Syaoran felt that a barrier broke, and at the theatre, Sakura opened the basement door and the Phantom is set free. Unbeknownst to her, it was the work of the twins.
When she got back, the apartment showed signs of a fight and both Kaitou and Syaoran knew she met Eron. The police was after Kaitou again, who said the owner of The Mirror of Truth designed the microchip. Sakura convinced Kaitou to leave the locket with her, which freed him to go to the hospital. He left behind the diamond and sapphire as well. Sakura and Syaoran then left for Tokyo on The Unicorn to find the person against Kaitou to remove the microchip. Syaoran told Sakura that if he wasn't the Chosen One, sent to Japan or a thief, he would have still found Sakura, and this let her believe that there was more that connected her to Syaoran other than the cards.
At the hospital, Kaitou concocted a story about being the French Ambassador's son who took a bullet for the French Prime Minister, and he slept with no worries after his operation.
New Trials Timeline: Ninth grade in July
Chapter released on May 4th, 2001