[From a corner of the desk, he picks up a tri-folded piece of paper and hands it to Kokichi. It's a letter printed on a very official letterhead of the city's police station. Interestingly, the name of the city is the same as wherever Kokichi grew up, even if the scenery outside doesn't match it at all. It's as though the name was just slapped onto a "bad side of town" stereotype. Perhaps there's a reason for that...]

That's a letter from the police, supposedly, asking for help from all local private investigators in a...theft case. [He hesitates as he says it, since the details are just so wild that it's hard to refer to it as though it's an actual case.] Since this is never a case that actually came through our agency, and the details are so...um. Unbelievable... I'm pretty sure that solving this case and recovering the stolen item is our test.

[The letter, if Kokichi chooses to read it, confirms this, though it lacks any of these "unbelievable" details Shuichi mentioned. It simply states that a group of thieves known as D.I.C.E. have stolen a very valuable artifact and it is of the utmost importance that it be retrieved. So they decided to reach out to PIs in an attempt to spread a wider net. The box they sent along with the letter contains case files for all of D.I.C.E.'s various thefts and other crimes, as well as a file with all their leads with regards to their hideout.]