I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 517 The Terrifying Scarecrow

It was only mentioned briefly in that regard.

Hakuba Saguru lightened the mood a bit, then went straight to the point.
"The mysterious organization that attacked me was the illusionist Spider that you and Kaito Kid fought together before. Besides the illusionist Spider, there was also a supernatural ability user, who should be a magician."

"Based on the magical power that can unconditionally cause power outages in small cities, more accurately, she should be called a witch."

————Witch.

Chen En already knew this.

When Kuroba Kaito called him in the morning, he explained all these things in detail. However, Chen En was more curious about why Hakuba Saguru knew that the other party was a witch than about the witch.

Unlike Koizumi Akako, Hakuba Saguru clearly had no prior experience with magic.

Logically, Hakuba Saguru should have assumed that the other attacker was a superhuman like the spider, rather than a magician, and certainly not a witch.

Who told Hakuba Saguru this information?
Chen En's expression remained unchanged; he simply acted as a silent listener.

Undeterred by the lack of feedback, Hakuba Saguru continued speaking to himself...
"Unlike the magical worlds of other countries, the magical world of the United States appears to be more democratic and free."

"The magicians over there seem more approachable. As long as you are willing and have the money to search, you can always find a kind-hearted magician in the United States' magic world who is willing to help you."

"But the reason I went to the magic world of the United States to find magicians was because someone reminded me."

"She was a person who could be a magician or a witch. She warned me of the impending crisis, which allowed me to escape from the combined attack of the spider and the witch."

"—Yes, she was a witch, one of the witches who escaped from the witch hunts in Europe."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ma turned his head to look at Chen En.

He noticed that Chen En's face was expressionless, and he didn't even utter a word of rebuttal to this knowledge that was beyond common sense. This indicated that this Batman from Beika Town probably already knew about the existence of the magical world.

No, Chen En and Phantom Thief Kid are partners, and it's possible that Phantom Thief Kid might even exchange information with Chen En.

He suspected that the witch who had helped him earlier was a friend of Kaito Kid or Chen En, otherwise there would be no reason for her to pay attention to him, a high school detective—even though he wasn't that ordinary, he still wouldn't attract the witch's attention.

There must be some other factor that made the witch suddenly focus her attention on him.

"Their specific name, occupation, and age hidden beneath their witch identity are all unknown."

"But I can confirm that the witch corresponds to purple, one of the seven witch colors. You can call her the Purple Witch. She possesses a special kind of mind magic that can instill fear in anyone who sees her, which is why the spider sought to cooperate with her."

"As for mind magic? There's no need to be surprised. The Seven Witches all seem to possess similar special mind magic."

"For example, the Red Witch possesses bewitching mental magic, while the Blue Witch possesses wrathful mental magic..."

At this point, Hakuba Saguru's voice turned serious, and he said...
"My purpose in returning to Tokyo this time is to get rid of the spider."

"After going into hiding, he has most likely returned to Tokyo under a different identity, along with that Purple Witch. He might target you or Kaito Kid next."

"You and I are on the same page when it comes to dealing with spiders, which is why I'm telling you this now."

"I think Kaito Kid should still be within your designated protection range?"

—A spider? That guy actually went back to Tokyo too?
A hint of surprise flashed in Chen En's eyes. Koizumi Akako and Kuroba Kaito's warnings had only mentioned the existence of another witch in Tokyo, but hadn't mentioned that the illusionist Spider had also returned to Tokyo.

If this scarecrow is not handled properly, the commotion it causes could be even more significant than the previous Black Mask incident.

Because spiders do indeed have a track record of hypnotizing more than 14,000 people in groups.

Kaito Kuroba and Akako Koizumi witnessed Spider's mass illusion at the Tokyo Budokan. If this guy were to use any means necessary, purely for the purpose of creating chaos and killing, the number of victims would be far greater than that of Black Mask.

It is true that there were 56,000 people at the Tokyo National Stadium where the black-masked bomb exploded.

However, the destructive range of 14,000 Beika Town citizens under mass hypnosis far exceeds that of the 56,000 people at the Tokyo National Stadium.

"You should know that spiders have once hypnotized 14,000 people at once, right?"

Chen En turned his head to look at Hakuba Saguru beside him, and Hakuba Saguru answered affirmatively.

"That's a special effect created when you combine various hallucinogenic items."

"The spider's mental strength can only support him to hypnotize ten people at the same time using supernatural abilities. If the target's willpower is strong, then this number may be reduced to five or less, or even three, two, or even one person."

"I will have the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department prepare corresponding countermeasures to prevent mass hypnosis using props."

"However, without your help, we can't properly deal with the effects of the spider and the Purple Witch—how about it? Just this once, how about we cooperate?"

If the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department could really do that, then it wouldn't be impossible.

Chen En knew very well that Hakuba Saguru wasn't exactly a normal detective.

In the Magic Kaito storyline, Hakuba Saguru transfers to Ekoda High School and meets Koizumi Akako. He develops feelings for her, but not because of her charm magic, but because he finds her mysterious.

In this respect, Hakuba Saguru is naturally resistant to mental effects.

This guy dared to chase after the Illusionist Spider, and even after being pressured by the Illusionist Spider and the Purple Witch, he still dared to return to Tokyo to ask for his help in the laning phase. This might be partly due to this reason.

Therefore, Chen En finally said,
"Only this one time."

Normally, he would directly order the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, but this time we'll make an exception and cooperate.

At that moment, Sonoko Suzuki had already come out of the temple and was beckoning Chen En to get into the car.

Upon seeing this, both Chen En and Bai Ma Tan wisely stopped talking.

Chen En nodded towards Suzuki Sonoko.

He glanced at Hakuba Saguru, and finally said,
"You should know who you should be most wary of, right?"

Hearing this, Hakuba Saguru nodded slightly and replied.

"Of course I know."

(End of this chapter)