When Detective Saguru Hakuba returns from London, he vows to capture and learn the identity of Kid the Phantom Thief. Saguru quickly becomes a classmate to Kaito. When he sees Kaito refuse tickets to a concert with Aoko Nakamori, he decides to take matters into his own hands. Him and Kaito get into a bet. If Aoko can capture the Phantom Thief then he can take Aoko to the concert. If he fails to do so, then Kaito becomes the winner. Kaito gets trapped in the basement by Saguru, and the two race to the lone gas mask there. Kaito manages to claim it and comes out of the basement disguised as Saguru. However Saguru has the last laugh as he has bolted the goddess statue to the ground. In the end Ginzo Nakamori shoots Kaito Kid's escape balloon, forcing him to fly away into the sky. Both Saguru, overcoming the gas, and Kaito, with bruised bones, end of in the hospital vowing revenge on each other, and Ginzo ends up taking his daughter to the concert.