Authors Note:
This is connected to DW: Night Baron Case Files: Corpse Party - Episode 17.
Fictions Mentioned:
Episode 22
OP Song:
Magic Kaito 1412 OP1-Kimi no Matsu Sekai (Romaji/English Lyrics)
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22. You'll see the KID
DCMK Universe-Prime...
Between the Lines...
It was one random night in the Ajinomoto Stadium. There were thousands of people gathered throughout the stadium, many people who were teenagers from different schools throughout Japan. It was a special type of gathering that was secretly planned behind the scenes by a few individuals in light of giving the students something to cherish by. There were many special guests coming and going throughout this event from actors, idols, music bands, and many others.
However, by the very peak of this event...
"KID-sama!"
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
The entire crowd goes wild. Naho Saenoki and Sayaka Ooue were somewhere in the upper levels of the stand. They were each carrying one glow stick and they were still wearing their Paulownia Academy High. Like the rest, they were quite excited as they were seeing someone standing out from the open stage.
Light grey smoke arising from the background. There was the presence of a magician with a white top hat, a white suit jacket on top of a blue shirt with a red tie and white dress slacks. From his right eye, there was the classic white monocle that with it and along with his face is covered and shrouded in mystery. Nobody couldn't really guess just how old this person is mostly because the name of this magician has been around since the late 80s. Almost anyone that is.
And this magician was an internationally wanted phantom thief known as Kaitou KID.
There was Kaitou KID, with bright lights and all, shining down on top of him. There was that confident smirk on his face that screams that victory was already his and his alone. And he appeared to have a microphone near his face attached to his right ear so that his voice would be heard for all to hear.
"Damn you, Kaitou KID! I knew that you would decide to come here at this gathering!"
Somewhere among the crowd, there was the presence of a police inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Division 2. He was a man somewhere in his 40s with black hair and a mustache, wearing a green suit and dark green necktie, white collared shirt, and black shoes. His name is Inspector Ginzo Nakamori. From all sides, there were police officers from the same Division 2 all wearing riot gear with shields on the ready.
The crowd cheers on in excitement.
What would Kaitou KID, the elusive phantom thief that hasn't been captured for several years straight, do next, many wondered?
In actuality, for the crowds themselves and for the two high school girls that were watching this event, it was quite a surprise that Kaitou KID had appeared at all because there was no message via card about such a thing. Perhaps it was a surprise saved for the best for last, Kaitou KID may have possibly thought.
Whatever the case, Kaitou KID is now currently surrounded from all sides on the stage by every police officer who was more than ready to take him down for good.
"Give it up, Kaitou KID," Inspector Nakamori exclaims, aiming his revolver at him. "There's nowhere for you to run now! You're surrounded."
Yes, when one looks at this, Kaitou KID was surrounded from all sides. Even more so when police helicopters from different directions had all of their lights focused on him. He was trapped.
And yet...
Kaitou KID's confident smirk never left him.
"Well, you are quite correct, Nakamori-keibu. I may appear to be surrounded from all sides," he said. He knew that Nakamori was smirking as if he got the victory. "However, I can simply disappear at this stage at will."
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" many of the fangirls among the crowd screamed out loud in excitement.
"Haah!" Inspector Nakamori sported an angered and bewildered expression. He just had a terrible feeling that something was amiss. "Whatever are you blabbering about now?!"
"On the count of three, I will disappear from this very stage and you will never see me leave," Kaitou KID raised three of his fingers. "One...Two..."
"No, wait! Don't let him escape!" Inspector Nakamori tried to order his forces to nab him before its too late. And the police all charged at Kaitou KID in order to arrest him.
But at the sound of the word...
"Three..."
All of a sudden, there was a burst of smoke clouds that managed to cover Kaitou KID entirely which made seeing him practically impossible. One second he was there. The next second...
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" many of the fangirls among the crowd screamed out loud in excitement because of Kaitou KID's disappearance.
"He's gone! Kaitou KID has escaped!" one of the police officers exclaims.
"Attention all choppers, scour the entire area for any sight of Kaitou KID! All of you, check every nook and corner throughout the stadium, check everybody if he or she is KID! Move!" Inspector Nakamori gave his orders in a loud, booming voice, to which all of the police officers complied as the sound of the choppers was heard to fly from multiple directions and activated their searchlights in order to hunt down the thief.
"That was fast!" Sayaka exclaims. "Kaitou KID had managed to escape so easily!"
"Hmmm," Naho simply smiled, thinking deeply about something. "I feel like whatever Kaitou KID did was so simple that almost no one could have thought of it."
"You think so, Naho-chan?" Sayaka became thoughtful and surprised.
"I'm sure," Naho said, nodding with a smile.
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"Kekeke. That was quite fun to rattle Nakamori-keibu in front of everyone once again. At least everyone had fun and enjoyed the show. Although I should probably get back to Akako, Aoko, and the others."
Kaitou KID, now changing back into his casual clothing as Kaito Kuroba, was now exiting from a door that had led to a few secret passages from here to the stage. He was smirking victoriously, yet another fine job is done for the night for the sake of many of his friends that were in the crowd.
He was walking a few steps and was about to blend in with the nearby crowd while the fuzz was going on. Except...
"And yet another fine success of a magician's act, Kaitou KID."
He turned around to find a young boy wearing a light blue jacket and white shirt, light brown pants, and red sneakers. He was leaning on the side of the wall with arms crossed, his expression was serious.
Conan Edogawa. But Kaito knew this young boy's true identity was none other than Shinichi Kudo. Even more so, this young boy was Night Baron. He was his greatest rival and the relationship of this rivalry extends as far back as their own fathers and they each know the true identity of each other.
"Yo, meitantei, so you were here the whole time. It was a lot lonelier without you being there for the chase," Kaito smiled with confidence.
"Well, first of all, I knew that you wouldn't really try to steal anything on this night so much as making a fuzz on the authorities and putting on a very good performance in front of our friends and family that are all over the stadium so I don't really see much of a problem. The clue is in the surprise visit that you made publicly by that flashy entrance. You never appear in public events such as this unless, of course, you sent a note ahead of time. But the sending of the letter was a secret that you only sent specifically to Nakamori-keibu which in turn made him mobilize the 2nd Division just as you've announced your presence throughout the stage," Conan explained.
"And you only figured it out just by everything that had just happened?" Kaito said.
"That and I know you. Currently, I'm a bit busy for the time being," Conan smiled sadly as he begins to walk forward and head to a nearby exit.
"You only came at the last second to visit my performance, didn't you? You were never there physically among the crowd and watched from afar like an eagle that soars high in the skies and sees whatever lies down the ground and flies away into the night when there's nothing to see except the white dove flapping his wings," Kaito smiled sadly.
Conan stopped walking for a moment. He glanced toward his rival with a sad smile. "No rest for the wicked, remember?"
"I know, but still, I saw Ran and those Detective Boys among the crowd. They were probably thinking of you at that time," Kaito pointed out.
"I agree," Conan said. "But then, I'm needed elsewhere."
And so, Conan leaves while Kaito watches the former's back as he heads to the door, off into the night where he would once again don the cape and fly high to the skies. The hope of many and the fear of the few.
The Night Baron.
Kaito sighed with a sad smile. He knew that his rival was busy most of the time and one of the purposes of his public heists besides taking down the Organization that was a threat with tentacles placed on every level of society was so that anyone of the three faces of the same man to whom he considered his greatest adversary would come out in the open as an invitation for the challenge.
In fact, one of the greatest things about Shinichi Kudo is also one of the worse things about him. He's almost seen always working. Even Kaitou KID's appearances can fit in this category of work. Of course, that's not to say that he doesn't have time for his family and friends, far from it, and this in fact is quite problematic because he barely has time to sit back and relax. He simply got used to the hero work over time to the point of miraculously balancing things out and keeping things on schedule. A little trick that he learned from his father and his Uncle Batman from Gotham City.
And of course, as Night Baron, Shinichi Kudo is always busy fighting the criminals and the corrupted, and among them are the supervillains from time to time, and even more so from other threats that are too unhuman and unnatural such as the realms of the supernatural and from beyond the stars which require more open-minded and critical approaches, to give a summarized kind of life that he leads.
To be The Dark Knight of the World, one had to become the very night itself, one that had the little twinkling stars to reflect upon as the shining beacons of hope for many. People look to the skies and they would see hope, even in the night of space, there is always the sun that seems to be eternal and never goes away.
So he is the night, but also reflects the daylight especially as soon as the sun rises from the east. That makes the Night Baron different from someone like Batman for instance. He embraces the night but also allows the daylight to filter in until it shines through.
If there are shadows, there are also lights.
People needed to be given hope. And he was merely a symbol of hope. And so, anyone can be too.
And in this particular moment, Kaito Kuroba was walking outside and sees what appeared to be a shining beacon that was lighting across the night skies.
It was a magician with a hat and glasses.
And somewhere from the skies, there was the Night Baron.
And there was Night Baron, flying high from the skies with his memory cloth cape and glancing back at the two young women that he had recently saved from the punks from earlier.
Naho Saenoki and Sayaka Ooue.
They were watching from afar as he flies off into the night sky.
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ED Song:
Magic Kaito 1412 Ending 1 WHITE of CRIME (Lyrics)
New Characters:
Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou KID - VA: Kappei Yamaguchi
Inspector Ginzo Nakamori - VA: Unshō Ishizuka