Shōda Kazuo rubbed his eyes as tears streamed down his face. Whether he was crying over the loss of his Sunrise Ruby or still suffering from the effects of the tear gas, even he couldn't tell anymore.
A few minutes later, Shōda Kazuo stormed downstairs with his men. He raised his gun, shot open the car door, and climbed in, searching for clues.
"Damn it, Kaitō Kid! I'll never let you get away with this!"
Before long, Shōda Kazuo found some documents in the car's glovebox that clearly identified the car's registered owner.
His rage and madness suddenly shifted into maniacal laughter as he threw his head back and laughed like a lunatic.
His wild behavior left the onlookers whispering among themselves.
"What's wrong with Shōda Kazuo? Has he finally snapped?"
"He's the boss of the Yamaguchi-gumi. Is thirty million US dollars really enough to drive him insane?"
"Of course it is! He's the one who publicly challenged Kaitō Kid. Now he's lost the Sunrise Ruby and his dignity!"
The people in the livestream were equally stunned.
[What the hell? What's gotten into Shōda Kazuo?]
[This poor guy has been driven insane by Kaitō Kid!]
[Why is he laughing? Did he just figure out who Kaitō Kid really is?]
[No way! He doesn't actually believe that car belongs to Kaitō Kid, does he?]
Some viewers began to guess the real reason behind Shōda Kazuo's breakdown.
By now, Shōda Kazuo had already lost seventy percent of his ability to think straight. If he had paused to use his brain at all, he would have realized that there was no way this car actually belonged to Kaitō Kid.
Shōda Kazuo sat in the driver's seat and immediately called Nakajima Misaki.
"Hey, Nakajima, I've found someone! You'd better hurry up and catch them!"
Zhang Yang had entered the Yamaguchi-gumi's building disguised as Nakajima Misaki, and Shōda Kazuo had been fuming about him ever since.
But now, having gone completely mad, all Shōda Kazuo could think about was catching Kaitō Kid.
After hearing what Shōda Kazuo had to say, Nakajima Misaki coldly cursed him.
"Damn it, you idiot! You really think that car belongs to Kaitō Kid?"
"He obviously stole it!"
Shōda Kazuo's grin froze, and his face twisted into a furious roar.
"Damn it, Nakajima! He already stole my Sunrise Ruby! I can't afford to overlook even the tiniest lead!"
Nakajima Misaki let out a long sigh, completely fed up.
"I can't help you. I'm just a lowly palace guard now. I don't have any authority left!"
With that, Nakajima hung up on him.
Ever since their last failed mission, the Island Nation Emperor had demoted Nakajima Misaki, assigning him to palace security with no real power.
But that didn't stop Nakajima from secretly keeping tabs on Kaitō Kid. In fact, just minutes before Shōda Kazuo called, he had been watching the livestream from the crowd outside.
Realizing Nakajima dared to hang up on him, Shōda Kazuo completely lost it again.
"Damn it!"
He called over one of his men and shoved the car's registration papers into his hands.
"Find this guy for me in twenty minutes!"
The Yamaguchi-gumi still had considerable influence across the Island Nation. The moment Shōda Kazuo gave the order, every branch of the organization sprang into action.
In just ten minutes, they tracked the person down.
Zhang Yang had casually picked that car from the side of the road, so it hadn't been parked very far from the Yamaguchi-gumi's headquarters.
Barely twenty minutes later, they brought the car's owner in.
"What? This guy is Kaitō Kid?"
"What the hell is Shōda Kazuo doing? Who is this guy?"
"Why did the Yamaguchi-gumi drag this guy here? Can someone explain this to me?"
The man their men dragged over was a guy in his thirties, wearing pajamas, with one lens of his glasses already knocked out.
It was obvious he had resisted, but ultimately failed to stop them.
[What is Shōda Kazuo trying to do now? That's obviously just the car owner, isn't it?]
[What the hell? They really brought the guy in!]
[The Yamaguchi-gumi sure has reach in the Island Nation, but too bad Kaitō Kid isn't from their country!]
[I'm dying here! The guy's still in his pajamas! They just dragged him out like that!]
Shōda Kazuo picked up the documents and carefully compared them again to confirm they had the right person. Then he started questioning him.
"Damn it, are you Kaitō Kid?"
The man shook his head like crazy, almost throwing off his already broken glasses, which hung crookedly on his face.
"No, no, no! I'm not Kaitō Kid!"
"I'm just a programmer from Dafei Company! I have absolutely nothing to do with Kaitō Kid!"
He knew all about the Yamaguchi-gumi's grudge against Kaitō Kid and wasn't about to claim to be him—especially when he really wasn't.
Looking at this man's appearance and demeanor, Shōda Kazuo already knew the truth.
And with so many people watching outside, Shōda Kazuo angrily threw the documents in the guy's face.
"Get lost! And next time, watch your damn car!"
The man hurriedly stumbled out of the Yamaguchi-gumi building and quickly jumped into his car, speeding away.
At that moment, Shōda Kazuo noticed Kaitō Kid had just posted a new update less than a minute ago.
It was the most photo-packed update in Kaitō Kid's history—nine full photos showing the complete process of grinding the Sunrise Ruby to dust and stuffing it into fireworks.
When Shōda Kazuo saw those images, it felt like his heart was bleeding.
"Damn it! That was a thirty-million-dollar Sunrise Ruby! That bastard Kaitō Kid!"
His blood pressure skyrocketed in anger, but what really made him lose it was the message Kaitō Kid had posted along with the photos:
"Such a gem is only worthy of adding a touch of sparkle to fireworks."
The comments section immediately exploded with activity.
[Holy crap! So that's what the thirty-million-dollar fireworks meant!]
[Oh my god! Kaitō Kid is insane! He actually ground up a thirty-million-dollar Sunrise Ruby just to make fireworks?]
[Oh shit! What an extravagant fireworks show!]
[That's got to be the most expensive fireworks display in the world—no doubt about it!]
[A fireworks show lasting just one minute, worth over thirty million dollars. That's insane!]
Soon, more and more people noticed Zhang Yang's new post and flooded the comment section with messages.
The crowd outside the Yamaguchi-gumi building slowly started to disperse. Kaitō Kid's post marked the end of tonight's performance.
Once again, the winner was Kaitō Kid!
[Just now, Shōda Kazuo even dragged out the car owner from earlier, thinking it was Kaitō Kid. I'm dying here!]
[The guy was still in his pajamas with glasses as thick as bricks. If he's Kaitō Kid, I'll eat my keyboard!]
[Shōda Kazuo's precious Sunrise Ruby was nothing but trash in Kaitō Kid's hands. I bet his heart is bleeding right now!]
[Oh, Shōda Kazuo… of all people, why'd you have to mess with Kaitō Kid?]
[Shōda Kazuo's "extreme challenge"… looks like not even the Island Nation dared to officially step in this time!]