Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

Yuanzi's voice was a little flustered because of the sudden change.

"I'll go out and check the situation. I'll be back soon."

She was worried about why Kudo Shinichi had to return with a fever. She ignored Sonoko's dissuasion and headed in the direction she came from. The road and the villa were in a straight line, so she wouldn't get lost as long as she walked straight from the gate. She followed Conan's small footprints and moved forward slowly. She paid attention along the way and found no signs of anyone accompanying her.

He came here in Kogoro's car, so where are the others?

With this doubt in mind, Winnet walked a little further until she reached the suspension bridge where she came from.

"Should I say it was expected?"

The suspension bridge disappeared.

There was a feeling that she couldn't complain about. The bad premonition finally came true. Winette sighed and put her hand on the remaining wooden wedge. The surface was loose and covered with black dust, almost burning into charcoal.

"Come to think of it, I did smell it when I came here..."

The smell of gasoline.

At that time, she thought it was the smell left by the car, because Belmode manually refueled once during the journey. Now it seems that when they came, someone was already preparing to burn down the suspension bridge.

Winnet was very familiar with this kind of plot, similar to Snow Mountain.

She returned to the villa.

Although Edogawa said "Run away", the only way out has been blocked, and now it is impossible to escape. The length of the suspension bridge is at least 40 meters, and it is impossible to cross it even if you do a trapeze. Now she needs to understand why Edogawa said "Run away", he obviously knows something.

When she ran back to the villa, the hall was empty. She went to the second floor and entered Xiaolan's room. All the people who came to the party were already watching over them, except for Vermouth.

"Why is he back?"

The meaning of wildness is incomprehensible.

"I suppose he wants to stay here all night?"

Naoko Kuroda said sympathetically.

"I don't think that's the case." Xiaolan denied her statement, her expression revealed uneasiness, "Because Conan just told me to 'get out of this place quickly'."

Her words stunned everyone present. Hamano Toshiya stretched out his hands and asked helplessly: "What does this mean?"

"I don't know either. He passed out right after that."

Xiaolan shook her head.

Winnet was about to deliver the news that the drawbridge had been destroyed, when suddenly she heard footsteps at the door.

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367 Magic and Tricks

Vermouth opened the door and came in, holding a glass of water in her hand. With a warm smile on her face, she walked through everyone's sight, came to Xiaolan, and handed her a pack of capsules.

"This is the antipyretic medicine I always carry with me. In my opinion, his condition is just caused by a cold. He was too tired during a severe cold, which caused his body to lack energy to resist, further aggravating the symptoms. As long as he pays attention to keeping warm and resting, he will be well soon."

She gave the medicine and water to Xiaolan and explained the situation to put Xiaolan and Yuanzi at ease.

"It's really reliable."

After hearing what Vermouth said, Sonoko gave Winnet a look, but she pretended not to see it and wondered if the burning of the suspension bridge was related to Vermouth.

She still didn't believe that Vermouth would come to a gathering of magic lovers without any purpose.

Seeing this, the manager Huang Yi said as he walked away, "I think I should contact the director again now."

The phone line was probably cut, so it was a good time for him to test it.

After Xiaolan fed Conan the medicine, they felt it was not appropriate to disturb the patient's rest in the room, so they returned to the living room.

Winnet pinched Vermouth's mouse-gray coat with her fingers and pulled it slightly.

"The suspension bridge was destroyed. Does this have anything to do with you?"

She asked quietly. The reason why she didn't mention this matter just now was because she was a little suspicious of Belmode. Although they had been acting together, if it was the woman she was familiar with, it would be possible to do this.

For example, prepare or set up an ignition device in advance.

"No, I don't know about that."

When she heard the news about Winnet, she frowned, then a hint of amusement appeared on her face.

What a guy who seeks evil in chaos.

It would be better to wait until Conan wakes up. Winnet didn't care about his so-called "quick escape".

Araki stood in front of the phone for a long time, but the call was not connected. He dialed several times in a row, muttering words like "strange" and "why can't I get through". His reaction attracted the attention of others, and they gathered around the phone.

"Could it be that the telephone line is broken somewhere?" asked Naoko Kuroda anxiously.

"This is a headache," Araki Yoshizawa put the microphone back to its original position and explained with difficulty, "The arrangement of tonight's program is completely left to him."

"Then let's find an acting director first," suggested Kikue Tanaka.

Huang Yi changed his troubled expression, smiled and said that it made sense.

Ms. Kuroda said she didn't want to be the head of the department.

When there were two opinions, Doi Takeshu stood up and suggested that they use finger-guessing to decide. As soon as he finished speaking, Hamano, who had always been lively, stood up. He stood between them like a host and waved his hand to attract attention.

"Wait a moment... It's meaningless to just make a decision casually. Since we are all magic fans, we should decide with magic!"

"Magic decision?"

"Now, can you please ask Miss Winnet to help me?"

Winnet was a little surprised because she was not a member of the chat room and didn't know much about magic. Even if it was to choose an assistant, she shouldn't be among the choices.

Thinking back to the suspension bridge she had just seen, she was a little unsure whether she should integrate into the relatively peaceful environment.

"Me?"

"Yes." Hamano nodded and came to her side, "Because this magic requires my assistant to be blindfolded."

"Do you want to skip this step?"

Winette acted a little more cheerful and cooperated with him in a teasing manner.

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"Don't be so sharp, because we believe that a beautiful girl like you won't peek."

He put a hand on her shoulder, and Winnet almost wanted to throw him over her shoulder. To her, sweet talk, in game terms, probably had no effect.

Although she can see things clearly now, in order to increase her trump card, she still maintains her old habits and makes her eyes look dull. When something happens, she will not turn her head and stare at the target point at the first time. On the surface, she looks no different from a blind person.

Most of the time, she could rely on hearing and feeling to solve everything. The newly added vision would weaken her other senses to some extent.

She stood still and said nothing.

After getting tacit approval, Hamano began the next preparation, asking everyone present who had paper and pen.

"Can I use the pen here, Mr. Magician?"

Kikue Tanaka was holding a pen in the pen holder next to the telephone, and a phone book with signature paper placed there.

"Okay," he instructed her. "Now please write each person's name on each piece of paper."

"it is good."

Tanaka followed his instructions, tore off the signature papers corresponding to the number of people, and wrote the last name of the participant on each piece of paper.

At first Winnett thought he was going to perform some magic trick, but when she heard that the person who prepared the paper and pen and wrote the name was Tanaka, she quickly guessed his plan.

These two people are simply in collusion.

Although she knew nothing about magic, Winnet was very familiar with deception.

The two are essentially the same.

"It's written. Take it, Winnet."

Winette took the folded paper.

"By the way, give her the pen as well," Hamano reminded, and then he said to everyone, "Everyone please step back."

By keeping this distance, they wouldn't be able to see what she was doing with her hands.

She guessed that they had probably planned what to do and who to do from the beginning, and they were just using her as a formality. Although she understood it, she didn't intend to ruin the atmosphere by bringing it up.

"How to do it?"

"Ah, be careful not to let anyone see... and then write circles, crosses, and triangles on the paper."

So that's how it is. The mark was set long ago.

"Circle represents the acting director, and X is responsible for tonight's entertainment program. As for Triangle... let me think about it, let her be in charge of boiling water for everyone."

"Just let me take care of boiling water," Sukama said.

"It's okay, it's just a game. So it's better to do some punishment work."

Winnett wrote a few words casually on the paper, not following Hamano's request, and then she said she was done.

"Okay, now someone please take these papers to the table and lay them out. Of course, don't turn the names over yet."

Winnet handed over the paper and pen, and Tanaka spread them out on the dining table with her name facing down. As Winnet expected, even though she didn't write anything, there were still three symbols on it.

Just as Doi Takeshu was about to turn over the circled papers, Hamano stopped him. "Wait a minute! Before you reveal the names, let me predict the names on the back of these papers, okay?"

"prophecy?"

"If my sixth sense is correct..." Hamano pretended to be mysterious, put his index finger on the edge of his nose, paused for a moment as if casting a spell, and then pointed his finger at Miss Kuroda. "Ms. Kuroda! I guess it's you."

"Ah? How is that possible?"

She walked forward and flipped open the signature paper. The covered side had the words "Kuroda" written on it.

"No way?"

"It turned out to be right." Huang Yi exclaimed.

"The next person in charge of boiling the bath water is... you! Ms. Tanaka."

"Why me?" Tanaka asked in surprise.

Sonoko helped to open it and handed the lottery paper to Tanaka.

Hamano guessed correctly again, causing Tanaka to come to him with the signature paper and ask, "Did you switch it out during the process?"

"That's not the case. You can see that I never touched the papers. Even the one who wrote these marks was Miss Winnett."

Meeting Tanaka's gaze, Winnett reacted calmly, even slightly raising the corners of her mouth, as if to say, "I've seen through your act."

However, given her situation, it was easier to think that she just couldn't see Tanaka's displeasure.

"Do you know where the firewood is?"

Sukama asked before Tanaka left.

"Don't worry, I've seen them all when I got here."

After Tanaka left, Hamano began to announce the last card with a cross on it. His pointing action was almost the same as Kudo Shinichi's identifying the criminal, and his target was Doi Takeki.

“This is terrible.”

As I was mumbling my complaints, Vermouth beside me flipped open the last piece of paper and made a surprised expression. She slowly turned the paper over and showed it to everyone.

The last name on the lottery ticket was not Doita, but Hamano himself.

"You should be the one in charge of the entertainment program."

Faced with this situation, Hamano himself was also surprised. He laughed and tried to smooth it over, muttering that it was really strange.

"Okay, go back to your room and think about today's entertainment." Yuanzi, who was watching the fun, said with a smile.

"Don't make the same mistake again this time." Doita followed and finished off the enemy.

Hamano went upstairs helplessly. After the two left, Miss Kuroda talked to herself distressedly, saying that she had not been a foreman since she was a Girl Scout.

Araki, who was standing by, comforted her and said that he was only temporarily serving as the acting director. He then said that he would go to the wine cellar to get a bottle of good wine, and asked Sukama to go to the kitchen to prepare some simple side dishes.

Ms. Kuroda should take the title of head of the department.

"Mr. Shinde, please help take care of the sick little brother. Miss Winnet, you can go with us."

"it is good."