Chapter 230: Do you still want someone to die when Conan is not around?

Chapter 231: Do you still want someone to die when Conan is not around?
"Well, the only ones who haven't arrived here yet are the chat room leader, the Escape King, and the Shadow Mage." After we arrived at the room and dad went back, it was almost evening, and everyone came to the dining table in the living room to count the number of people.

"Eh? Shadow Master is coming too?" Miss Sonoko suddenly shouted in surprise.

"What's wrong, Yuanzi?" Xiaolan asked.

"Because this person always writes some very strange words. For example, I am going to fly to the sky, or I can disappear without a trace at any time. These are creepy words." Sonoko frowned.

"Yes, but the head of the chat room hasn't arrived yet."

"Then I'll give him a call." Mr. Huang signaled everyone, but the call was automatically recorded. No one answered. "No one answered." Mr. Huang said. "In that case, everyone should have fun before he comes. Sukama and I will go prepare dinner together, and everyone can go to your room and change the sheets first."

"Hi~"

"Hi~"

"Hi~" everyone responded in unison.

"Wow~ What a spacious backyard. It's really beautiful on a snowy day." Inside the room, Yuanzi opened the window, walked onto the balcony and sighed.

"That's right." Xiaolan also agreed. "We really came to the right place."

"Alas... If Doi Tower is the same as I imagined, then I really have no complaints at all." Sonoko said helplessly, resting her chin on her elbows on the balcony.

"Don't say that. Mr. Doita is a very nice person." Xiaolan smiled.

"Forget it, I'll just train Xiaoxun. That kid will be extremely handsome in a few years." Yuanzi thought about it and changed the subject. She turned around and wanted to find me. But she found that the room was already empty. "Ah? Where's that kid?"

On the other side, I sneaked out of the room while Xiaolan and Sonoko were not paying attention and went to Doi Takeshu's room.

dong dong dong.

"I'm here." Doi Takeshu's honest voice came from inside the room. "Oh? Little brother, it's you, what's up?"

"Aren't you afraid of fish? Why did you choose a screen name like Red Herring?" I ignored Doi Takeshu's words, walked into his room without any courtesy, and sat on his bed.

"Eh? Afraid of fish? What are you talking about, little brother?" Doi Takeshu was puzzled.

"Okay, stop pretending." I squinted my eyes. "You can only fool ignorant girls like Sonoko by reversing the order of the names. You still want to fool me? Aren't you busy making those Easter eggs? How do you have time to come here?"

"Ah... Why has my disguise never fooled you?" Doi Takeki. No, Kaito took off his mask and said to me weakly. "I have been collecting information about that Easter egg. But when I was chatting online, I suddenly saw that the long-dead Trickster was resurrected. So I wanted to find out."

"Cheat the boy?" I wondered. "What do you mean?"

"It's like this." Kaito closed the door and sat next to me and said to me. "Do you know Harui Fuden?"

"..I don't know." I shook my head. "Magician?"

"Yes. He was a master in the magic world. Unfortunately, he was old and died in another escape magic." Kaito said with regret. "But not long ago, when I was chatting, I found that the Deception Boy had continued to communicate. So I wanted to find out what was going on, and I didn't expect to meet you here."

"I see." I nodded. "So what did you find out?"

"Ah, that fake trickster boy, Tanaka Kikue, she's actually Harui Fuden's granddaughter."

"Hmm... then what is her purpose? Why did she pretend to be his grandfather and continue the correspondence?"

"I don't know. That's why I came here too," Kaito asked.

"I see..." I thought about it. "Oh, by the way, when we were coming here today, we passed by that suspension bridge..."

"Xiaoxun, where have you been?" I had just said half of my words when I heard Xiaolan calling outside the door.

"I'm here, Sister Xiaolan." I opened the door and waved to Xiaolan.

"Really? Why are you always running around?" Xiaolan lectured me unhappily. "Ah, I'm so sorry, Mr. Doita, for causing you trouble." Xiaolan bowed slightly to Kaito who had already transformed.

"Haha, you're welcome, Miss Xiaolan." Kaito changed back to the voice of Doi Takeshu. "This kid seems to have a talent for magic. He was discussing magic with me just now." Kaito covered for me.

"Hey, is that so?" Xiaolan believed it. After a few simple chats, we were summoned downstairs for dinner again.

"Eh? Who is your favorite Japanese magician?" Everyone started talking about this topic at the table. Mr. Ara was the first to speak. "My favorite should be Kuroba Touichi. His stage performance can be said to be superb."

"Yes, me too."

"Yes, me too." Two voices sounded at the same time, one from Kaito and the other naturally from me.

"Well, for me, it should be Kinoshita Yoshiro, who has all the titles at the young age of 20." Miss Tanaka said.

"As for me, the person I admire the most should be Kyujuu Motoyasu," Mr. Hamano interrupted.

"Why do you like dead people?" Miss Kuroda said helplessly. "For me, it should be the current super popular magician, Sanada Ichizo. By the way, where are Sonoko and Xiaolan?"

"Eh? For me, it should be Mr. Jiujiu. Because I met him when I was a child and also watched his performances..." Xiaolan thought for a while and said.

"Huh, my favorite magician is of course Kaito Kid!" Sonoko said seriously.

"Ha, ha ha." The corners of my mouth twitched, while Kaito had a helpless smile on his face.

"Kaito Kidd?" Mr. Huang said awkwardly. "But isn't he a thief?"

"But no one can compare to Kaito Kidd." Sonoko said seriously.

"Haha, I think you should just give in to her." I poked Doi Takeshu next to me with my elbow and said in a voice that only the two of us could hear. "If you marry Miss Sonoko, you will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life."

"Ha, hahaha." Kaito laughed awkwardly. He was a little speechless about this.

In the following time, everyone had dinner while talking about their own views on magic and discussing with famous magicians. They all had a great time. But the only regret was that Mr. Huang had called the head of the chat room countless times, but no one answered. In the end, even the phone line was disconnected.

"Huh? Why is there no sound on the phone?" Mr. Huang asked curiously.

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

"Ah... this is a headache. The program schedule for tonight is decided by the director."

"Then let's find an acting director." Miss Tanaka suggested. "Huh? That makes sense." Mr. Huang agreed with the suggestion.

"Acting director? I don't want to do that." Miss Kuroda didn't seem to like to think too much.

"Then, let's decide by rock-paper-scissors?" Kaito, oh no, Doi Takeshu suggested.

"Well... we are magic enthusiasts after all. How can we just decide it casually? Of course, we have to use magic to decide this kind of thing." Mr. Hamano said with a smile. "Then, Ms. Sonoko, are you willing to help me?"

"Huh? Me?" Sonoko looked flattered.

"Yes, first of all, we have to cover Miss Sonoko's beautiful eyes." As he said this, Hamano pulled out a white ribbon from his arms and covered Sonoko's eyes. "Next, does anyone have paper and pen?"

"Oh, here it is. Can I use this? Magician?" Miss Tanaka turned around and saw the paper and pen next to the phone.

"Okay, OK. Next, please write down everyone's name on each piece of paper," Hamano said. So, Ms. Tanaka followed Hamano's instructions and started writing down everyone's name on the paper.

"Then please turn the names over and give them to Miss Sonoko, and give her the pen as well."

"Hey, take it." Ms. Tanaka handed the paper and pen to Sonoko. But just as she handed the paper and pen to Sonoko, I clearly saw her fingers twitching and she switched the three name cards.

"Hidden agent..."

"Hidden agent..." Kaito and I noticed Tanaka's hand movements at the same time. We looked at each other but said nothing.

"Okay, now Sonoko can draw a circle, a cross, and a triangle on any piece of paper," Hamano continued.

"Circle, cross, and triangle?" Sonoko repeated.

"That's right. Circle is our acting director, and X is the person in charge of tonight's entertainment program. As for Triangle... well, let's just let him be in charge of boiling water."

"Well, I can take care of the job of boiling the water." Sukama, who had been standing behind the crowd without saying a word, said in a deep voice.

"Oh no, we just added this slightly punitive condition to make the magic more interesting. Don't mind it." Hamano said.

"Hi~ I've finished writing." Sonoko gestured, and then all the cards were placed on the table again, with three cards on them with a circle, a cross and a triangle drawn on them respectively.

"Well, next, I'm going to use my sixth sense to predict something." Hamano said, pretending to be meditating. "Well, Ms. Kuroda, the acting director should be you." After a while, Hamano pointed to Kuroda, who was standing aside and didn't want to be the acting director the most.

"Huh? How could that be?" Miss Kuroda didn't believe it, so she turned over the paper with the circle of friends, and when she turned it over, it was her name. "Really..." Miss Kuroda looked unhappy, "Okay, I'll go get ready." After that, she went upstairs alone.
"Well... Next, you should be in charge of boiling water, Ms. Tanaka."

"Eh? No way?" Tanaka also turned over the paper with the triangle drawn on it, and it was indeed his name on the back. "I say, you didn't switch him somewhere, did you?" Tanaka said with an unhappy look on his face.

"How could that be? I didn't even touch it during the whole process." Hamano quickly spread his hands to show his innocence. "Even the symbols on the paper were written by Sonoko while she was blindfolded."

"Hehehe..." Sonoko smiled embarrassedly.

"Okay, I understand. I'll go." Miss Tanaka sighed and walked out of the door.

"Um, do you know where the firewood is kept?" Sukanaka kindly reminded.

"Well, don't worry. I've already looked around the entire place while I was here." Tanaka smiled and left.

"Finally, the person in charge of the entertainment program is... you, Doi Takeshu!"

"Eh? Me? This is terrible..." Kaito pointed at himself and said with a bitter face. Then he walked to the table and picked up the last piece of paper with a cross on it, but...

"Eh? The person in charge of the entertainment program. It's you, Mr. Hamano." Kaito said to Hamano while holding a piece of paper.

"Huh?" Hamano looked confused. "That's weird."

"Well, then you should go back to your room and think about the program." Sonoko joined in the fun.

"Don't make the same mistake again this time," Doi Takeshu also said.

"It's really a headache." Although he complained, Hamano still went to his bedroom. Everyone else found a topic to talk about.

"Kaito, come here." I walked to Doi Takeshu's side and whispered.

"What's going on?" Kaito squatted down in a corner of the room and said to me.

"You switched the paper?"

"No, that piece of paper is indeed from Hamano," Kaito said.

"But what about Hamano's strange look at the end?"

"I don't know. Theoretically, Ms. Tanaka, who is acting as a spy, shouldn't have changed such a magic trick, right?" Kaito analyzed. "Even if she wanted to embarrass him, why would she write the word "boiling water" on herself?"

"Unless she has a purpose." I said coldly.

"Are you thinking too much?" Kaito said slowly.

"No, if she didn't have a purpose, she wouldn't have used the name of the trickster to attend the party, nor would she have deliberately changed the magic trick. And more importantly..." I said in a deep voice. "I just said half of what I was saying, when I came here, when I passed the suspension bridge, I smelled a strong smell of gasoline."

"Gasoline? That hemp rope and wood smelling suspension bridge?" Kaito was surprised.

"Yes, if they want to block our way down, they can just light up that bridge." I said coldly. "Let's analyze it from another angle. If Miss Tanaka did it on purpose, then his purpose should be related to someone in the chat room. Maybe there was an argument during the chat, so Tanaka wanted to take advantage of this gathering to do something?"

"What you mean..." Kaito seemed to understand what I said.

"No matter what, I don't want anything to happen to Xiaolan and Sonoko during their trip." I said in a deep voice. "So, let's keep an eye on those two people. I hope Miss Tanaka doesn't do anything."

"Well, then, I'll go to Hamano's place," Kaito said.

"No, you go to Miss Kuroda." I interrupted. "I'm going to Hamano. I suspect Tanaka might attack Hamano, and if you try to stop him, your identity as Kid will be exposed. So I'll go. If it doesn't work, I'm sure I can knock out both Hamano and Tanaka without being discovered."

"Okay, then be careful." Kaito stood up and walked towards Miss Kuroda's room. I followed him upstairs and walked towards Hamano's room.

"Heh, when did I start saving people? And strangers at that?" I laughed at myself and knocked on the door of Hamano's house.

(End of this chapter)