Conan Rick's Investigator

Understand the secret.”

"Please don't blink!"

Kuroba Kaito took a white jumpsuit handed to him by the assistant next to him, put it on, then repeated the previous process and sat on the chair on the platform.

The two assistants from before once again covered Kuroba Kaito with the silver plastic sheet, leaving only the outline of a towering head and two holes showing his hands.

When two assistants lifted the plastic sheet, a white figure jumped down from behind a chair and tiptoed to the spotlight on the right side of the stage.

At this moment, the audience thought that the white figure was Kuroba Kaito and burst into laughter.

But at this moment, the white figure suddenly stopped, turned around and pointed to the other side of the stage.

At this time, the strong light of the spotlight went out again, and Kuroba Kaito appeared next to the spotlight again.

But unlike the last time, this time Kuroba Kaito appeared next to the spotlight on the other side.

Seeing this scene, the audience suddenly realized what was going on and stood up and applauded.

For a moment, applause and whistles rang out one after another.

Kuroba Kaito stood in the center of the stage, bowing in thanks along with his two other assistants and the white "Stand".

In fact, the principle of this magic trick is very simple. It is to use the magic chair to hide people and hide the assistant actor Boll in it in advance.

When Kuroba Kaito was sitting on a chair with a plastic sheet covering his body, he could sneak around from under the chair to the back and hide himself by taking advantage of the two assistants adjusting the plastic sheet.

And Boll, who was hiding in the chair, would stretch out his two hands and put on the semicircular headgear above the chair to pretend that Kuroba Kaito was still sitting on the chair.

Afterwards, when the two assistants were about to uncover the plastic sheet, Kuroba Kaito used his black clothes and black curtain to go behind the spotlight.

At this time, the lighting engineer will increase the power of the spotlight so that Kuroba Kaito behind the spotlight is in a backlit position, so he can sit safely on the spotlight without being discovered.

When the spotlight is dimmed again, the person will suddenly appear, creating the illusion of instant movement.

As for the second performance, Kuroba Kaito referred to the tricks he used when he was Kaito Kid and fought wits with the police, and deliberately exposed a flaw to the audience.

Boll, who was already wearing a white jumpsuit, jumped down from his chair in full view of everyone and turned to the right to attract the audience's attention.

He himself moved in the opposite direction of Boll, just like the first time, and then appeared next to the spotlight in the same way.

As for the white jumpsuit, for Kuroba Kaito, one of the most proficient skills he practiced as a Phantom Thief was "changing clothes in one second."

However, just as Kuroba Kaito on the stage was enjoying the applause from the audience, a rumbling sound suddenly came from outside the door of the performance hall.

People near the door were the first to hear it, and the rumbling sound felt like it was shaking the floor.

Just as these people were staring at the door with puzzled eyes, the door was suddenly pushed open.

The crowd rushed in like crazy.

Chapter 1307 Game within a game

Kuroba Kaito was still taking his curtain call on the stage when the door to the performance hall was knocked open by someone outside.

People rushed in like crazy, with expressions of fear on their faces.

They panicked and jostled with the audience who were already watching the performance in the top floor hall.

Curses and screams soon filled the entire hall.

"How is this going?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at the scene in shock, quickly analyzing the situation in his mind.

Judging from the way these people were dressed, they looked like ordinary tourists visiting London City Hall...

Could there be a fire on the floor below?

In desperation, Kuroba Kaito jumped off the stage and came to Judy Hope who was standing there in surprise.

"Ms. Judy, this isn't safe. Please step back behind the stage. I'll go check on the situation."

"But……"

Judy Hopper wanted to say something, but Paul, who had followed her from behind, came to her side and advised, "Captain, there are too many people here. Let's go backstage first."

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Bol and said, "Protect your captain."

"Well, leave it to me!" Bol gave a firm look.

Kuroba Kaito rushed towards the influx of people alone.

He grabbed the collar of a man who was still running into the hall and shouted, "Hey! What's going on out there?"

The man's face was distorted with fear, and he trembled as he said, "It's a spider... There's a huge spider down there!"

After saying that, the man broke free from Kuroba Kaito and continued to escape inside.

spider?

Kuroba Kaito frowned slightly and looked outside.

He thought of the world's number one illusionist who was performing on the first floor of City Hall at the same time today. His code name was "Spider". Could it be that this guy was behind this?

But how did he do it?

Illusion?

Kuroba Kaito looked around at the guests who were rushing in frantically, and when no one else came in, he glanced at the empty door.

He swallowed nervously, then walked over boldly and poked his head into the corridor.

However, the corridor was empty, not even a single person was in sight, let alone a giant spider.

At this moment, Kuroba Kaito's pupils suddenly contracted and he suddenly realized something.

not good!

Kuroba Kaito quickly dived back into the crowd.

When he returned to the backstage, he saw a shocking scene.

Boll was seen holding a pistol against Judy Hopper's temple and holding her hostage in the corner.

Surrounding them were other members of the Hober Thaumaturgy Group.

"Boll, please, let go of the young lady..."

Robert, a butler loyal to the Hooper family, was being supported by someone and sitting on the ground. He was shot in the shoulder and blood was flowing out of his suit.

“Hmph…”

Bol sneered and looked directly at Kuroba Kaito who was standing not far away.

"Kid, it seems you're just like that..."

"I can't believe how Snake keeps getting defeated by people like you."

"Hmph, so he's just too useless, isn't he?"

As soon as these words came out, Kuroba Kaito immediately knew his identity.

This person turned out to be an undercover agent sent by the zoo organization!

The other party was undercover in the Hopper Magic Group as an apprentice magician, and he disguised himself so well that no one could tell.

I even foolishly handed Judy Hopper to him just now!

Realizing his mistake, Kuroba Kaito could only grit his teeth and walk to the front to negotiate with Boll.

"I admit that your acting is indeed very good..."

"But you're already at a dead end. Even if you had a gun, you'd never be able to get out of here..."

As Kuroba Kaito spoke, the muscles of his right arm

The meat is already stirring.

As long as the other party's attention is slightly distracted by his words, he can take out the playing card pistol at any time and shoot through the hand holding the pistol.

Faced with the obviously threatening words of Kuroba Kaito, Bol did not get angry but laughed and shook his head slightly.

"Dead end?"

"If it were you, would this situation be considered a dead end?"

"Don't look down on me, Kidd!"

Suddenly, Boll's palm moved slightly, and a round object fell out of his sleeve.

Kuroba Kaito's vision was fixed on it, and he immediately recognized that it was a flash bomb, so he subconsciously covered his eyes.

But even so, his movements were still a little slow. Before he could cover his eyes with his hands, a stimulating white light burst out in the background accompanied by a bang.

In the intense white light, everyone had to cover their eyes and stay still.

Taking advantage of this period of stiffness, Boll turned around and lifted the black cloth in the corner behind him, revealing a huge piece of transparent glass.

It turns out that the so-called corner is not a wall, but the glass curtain wall of London City Hall, which is just covered by a piece of blackout cloth.

Boll held Judy Hopper's neck with one arm and fired three shots at the glass curtain wall with the other hand.

Piu, Piu, Piu.

After three shots, the stress structure of the glass curtain wall changed. Boll kicked it again, and the entire curtain wall's glass shattered.

Hearing the sound of glass breaking, Kuroba Kaito, who had recovered his sight first, rushed over immediately.

However, Paul had already pushed Judy Hopper down. At the same time, he gave Kuroba Kaito a last mysterious smile and then jumped down.

Kuroba Kaito quickly chased to the broken glass curtain wall, only to see a white triangular hang glider soaring towards the distant sky.

That is……!

Kuroba Kaito frowned and immediately recognized that this was the paraglider used by the fake Kaito Kidd that appeared when the Hopper Magic Group was in Japan.

In fact, the fake Kaito Kid was also arranged by Snake from the Zoo Organization to lure away Inspector Nakamori.

But this also indirectly shows that the zoo organization had already developed a portable folding hang glider, and its technological level was not inferior to that of Terai Huangzhisuke's anonymous friend.

Kuroba Kaito just glanced at Paul who was escaping using a hang glider, then immediately looked away and looked at Judy Hope.

Although Judy Hopper was pushed off the building first, London City Hall is shaped like an egg placed at an angle, and there is a gentle slope on the outside leading to the upper level.

This caused Judy Hopper to roll down the slope, screaming continuously.

Kuroba Kaito leaped up and suddenly leaped in her direction.

But compared to Judy Hope who rolled sideways, Kuroba Kaito found his body balance the moment he landed, and his feet actually ran directly on the glass curtain wall.

The London municipal staff sitting in the office only saw a dark shadow running quickly outside the glass, and they all showed shocked expressions.

Kuroba Kaito ran faster and faster, and when he was two meters away from Judy Hope, he suddenly pounced forward and caught Judy Hope who was about to fall.

At the same time, he pulled out a poker pistol with his other hand and shot a grappling hook at the glass curtain wall above.

This is a modified playing card pistol, which also has a small grappling hook function.

The power of the grappling hook stopped the two people's fall in time.

Kuroba Kaito used all his arm strength to pull Judy Hope onto the gentle slope, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?"

At this time, Judy Hopper's body was covered with scratches and bruises from hitting the glass curtain wall, but she shook her head stubbornly.

"It's all my fault. Bol took the Crimson Tear..."

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Judy Hopper's suit and found that the jewel brooch on her chest was gone.

Kuroba Kaito

My mood sank, but I didn't say anything right away.

"Let's go up first..."

……

As soon as the two of them climbed back to the top floor along the gently sloping glass curtain wall, members of the Hopper Thaumaturgy immediately surrounded them and surrounded Judy Hopper in the middle.

Judy Hopper apologized to Kuroba Kaito again, "It's all my fault..."

"It was because I was too anxious to revive the Hober Thaumaturgy that I asked Robert and the others to start recruiting members again."