Conan's Unscientific Detective

After a pause, Fujino continued, "And judging from the magic techniques, Kaito Kid's magic is indeed amazing. As for whether he is a magician... I don't think only those who perform magic on the magic stage are magicians."

As he spoke, Fujino asked Kuroba Kaito meaningfully, "Is that so, Mr. Doi?"

"Haha... I think so too. Magic is not just a single stage."

Kuroba Kaito smiled awkwardly.

…………

After lunch, after clearing away the dishes, everyone began to discuss the arrangements for the evening entertainment program after the party.

Originally, it should have been arranged by the organizer of this party, the Escape King.

But the escaped king was already dead and did not show up.

The telephone line was also inexplicably disconnected.

So, under the leadership of Hamano Toshiya, everyone decided to use magic to decide the issue.

Sonoko was blindfolded and made marks on cards with names on them, representing who would be the acting party host.

Afterwards, Hamano Toshiya performed a wave of prophecy magic.

Naoko Kuroda is the acting host, you guessed it right.

Kikue Tanaka was responsible for boiling the bath water, and she guessed correctly.

However, when he was guessing who would be in charge of the entertainment program, he guessed wrong.

His original guess was that it was Doi Takeshu, but in reality, it was actually himself.

After making the decision, everyone will be responsible for their own work.

Xiaolan and Sonoko went to see Conan who was still sleeping due to a cold. Hamano Toshiya went upstairs to prepare for the show. Arakichi planned to go to the wine cellar to get some red wine. The college student who came to work part-time went to the kitchen to prepare side dishes. Tanaka Kikue went to the demolition house to boil water.

"You should have figured out something about that magic trick just now, right?"

Fujino slowly walked up to Kuroba Kaito and asked.

"Yeah, a very simple magic trick."

Kuroba Kaito nodded. "If I didn't see it wrong, the one who performed that magic, Tanaka Kikue, must have been hired as a proxy. Before Hamano prepared the magic, Tanaka Kikue had already fixed the people who would perform those tasks on those cards."

"Don't you think it's strange?"

Fujino suddenly asked.

"strangeness?"

"If the person was chosen in advance, then why did Hamano Toshiya say that you were the person in charge of the entertainment program?"

Kuroba Kaito was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Fujino in surprise: "You mean..."

"If I'm guessing correctly, then the person who should have prepared the after-show should have been you, but for some reason it became him."

After a pause, Fujino continued, "The only person who could make this change was Tanaka Kikue, who had prepared it in advance. But why did she want to change the person who was originally fixed? Is there any purpose for doing this?"

"Are you saying?!"

Kuroba Kaito swallowed his saliva and said, "Tanaka Kikue is the Shadow Mage?"

“That’s not known yet.”

Fujino shook his head and then turned his gaze upstairs, "Let's go up and take a look and we'll know."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 183 Wonderful Props

"What on earth did that guy Tanaka do?"

In the corridor, Hamano Toshiya complained as he pushed open the door, "Instead of letting Doi prepare the entertainment program as we agreed beforehand, they asked me to..."

But before he could finish his complaint, a dark shadow suddenly jumped out from behind the door.

The shadow had a female figure and was wearing a light blue sweater jacket. It was none other than Kikue Tanaka, who had just been assigned to boil water for baths.

Kikue Tanaka put the piano wire in her hand around Toshiya Hamano's neck.

"Woo!"

Under the sudden pull of the piano wire, Hamano Toshiya whimpered in pain and finally fainted.

"Ms. Tanaka, you are the Shadow Mage, right?"

Just as she was about to continue tightening the piano wire and strangle Hamano Toshiya, a sound came from behind.

"Why are you here?!"

She looked back in surprise and saw Fujino and Doi Takeshu standing in front of the door, staring straight at her.

Fujino glanced at Hamano Toshiya, whose face was red and neck was thick, as if he had received some unspeakable training, and said calmly: "Since you want to kill him, can you tell me why you want to kill him?"

"It's all because of my grandfather!"

Tanaka Kikue turned around, the piano wire in her hand still tightened around Hamano Toshiya's neck, and she bit her teeth lightly, "I was killed by these people in the chat room, the granddaughter of Murai Fuden."

"You should know, right?"

As she spoke, Tanaka Kikue looked at Kuroba Kaito and said, "Doita, you sent my grandfather a letter of encouragement the night before his performance."

"Yes, I do know that."

Kuroba Kaito nodded, "Ikasama Douji, this is the stage name that Mr. Murai used a long time ago. I'm also a magician, so I know it. But why did you kill the people in the chat room? Is it because of Mr. Murai's death...

"of course not."

Tanaka Kikue shook her head. “To be honest, I also tried to persuade my grandfather, but he insisted on performing and then died on the stage… This has nothing to do with anyone. It was my grandfather’s choice and I respect his choice.”

As she spoke, her tone gradually revealed an unconcealable anger, "The reason why I disguised myself as a shadow mage and killed the Escape King and this guy was all because of the sarcastic remarks these two guys made in the chat room!"

"The sarcastic remarks made in the chat room?"

Kuroba Kaito was stunned when he heard this, "Could it be......"

"Yes! They said things like 'I think he wanted to die on the stage (laughs)' and 'The old man died in the cold water (laughs)' after my grandfather passed away!"

"I just can't stand the fact that someone would say something like this after indirectly causing my grandfather's death."

Tanaka Kikue clenched the piano wire more tightly, and blood even dripped out of her hand: "Originally, my grandfather planned to tell everyone after the performance was successful. In the computer he left behind, I also saw the message [I succeeded, everyone must be very happy, right? - Ikasama Douji·Murai Fuden], and after seeing that sentence, I had the idea of ​​retaliating against these two guys."

"Well, this kind of person is indeed unforgivable."

Fujino nodded in agreement, put his hands in his pockets, put on the electric shock ring, and walked forward slowly. "To be honest, these people also scolded me in the chat room before for coming here. Can I help you deal with him?"

"Hey! What on earth are you doing?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at Fujino in surprise.

Could this guy really want to kill someone?

No way?

"Nothing, I just want to be a murderer."

Fujino shook his head, walked forward silently, and held Tanaka Kikue's hand, "Ms. Tanaka, can we do it together?"

"?"

Kikue Tanaka was stunned when she heard this.

She was a little confused as to why Fujino suddenly stood in the same queue with her.

But before she could react, Fujino had already reached out and put the electric shock ring on Tanaka Kikue's butt.

"Zi Liu!"

The sound of electricity sounded.

Kikue Tanaka suddenly collapsed to the ground powerlessly.

"What did you do to her?"

Kuroba Kaito walked forward and first tested Hamano Toshiya's breathing. After seeing that he was still alive, he asked Fujino in confusion.

"Shock ring."

Fujino raised his hand silently.

"How come you have something like this..."

Kuroba Kaito was speechless for a while.

"I didn't even ask you where you got your card gun and smoke bombs from, but you're asking me this?"

Fujino glanced at Kuroba Kaito.

After hearing what Kuroba Kaito said, he thought about it and it seemed to be true.

His wonderful little props seem to be similar.

But on second thought, he suddenly remembered something.

Thinking back to what happened just now, it seemed that this guy asked him about Tanaka Kikue as soon as he opened his mouth.

Could it be that he knew from the beginning that she was a shadow mage?

Shit, he just came over to get information from him...

I'm afraid you're just fooling him, right?

Thinking of this, Kuroba Kaito looked at Fujino with resentment: "You didn't know from the beginning that she was a shadow mage, did you?"

"Who knows?"

Fujino smiled meaningfully.

He didn't know at first.

However, after seeing the surprised expression on Kikue Tanaka's face when she learned that he was a detective, he could be sure that she was the Shadow Mage.

"You guy..."

Kuroba Kaito looked at Fujino with resentment.

Okay, I was really tricked by this guy.

Kuroba Kaito sighed slowly.

Although he was tricked, the Escape King died.

But the result seems to be good.

If Fujino hadn't reminded him, he would never have thought that Tanaka Kikue was the Shadow Mage and wanted to kill Hamano Toshiya.

At least Hamano Toshiya is not dead.

"Then what happens next?"

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Tanaka Kikue who was lying on the ground.

"Just serve it cold."

Fujino waved his hands helplessly, "Now that Shadow Mage has been caught, I have completed your commission. Of course, if you want me to help her get rid of the crime, I can do it, but she did kill someone, so you have to pay more."

"Escape?"

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Fujino and asked, "You still have this business?"

"Of course not, it was just a joke."

Fujino waved his hand.

"You're really joking."

Kuroba Kaito complained, then turned to look at Tanaka Kikue, "By the way, how many years will she be sentenced to in this case?"

"If you kill two people, you'll be sentenced to ten years or more, with a maximum of twenty years. If you only kill one person, the impact is not bad, and if you turn yourself in and confess your guilt with a good attitude, I guess it will be less than ten years."

Fujino thought for a moment, then patted Kuroba Kaito on the shoulder and said meaningfully: "She will be in her thirties at that time, and she will still be charming. You still have a chance."

Kuroba Kaito: “…………”

(End of this chapter)