Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

The phone line is broken? Then the suspension bridge outside must be gone too.

Kitagawa Taki walked to the window and glanced at the still-standing suspension bridge.

Sonoko glanced at her watch. "He and 'Shadow Mage' probably aren't coming, are they? It's almost five o'clock."

Araki said with a troubled expression, "This is troublesome. The program for tonight's show is all handled by the room leader, 'Escape King'."

Kikue Tanaka suggested, "Let's find an acting section chief first!"

"Let's play rock-paper-scissors, that's the fairest way." Kaito Kuroba waved his fist.

"Wait a minute, since we're all magic enthusiasts, let's decide this by magic." Hamano Toshiya said, pulling out a handkerchief. "Who's going to help me out?"

Kitagawa Taki stepped forward. "I'll do it."

"Uh... then please, Mr. Kitagawa, cover your eyes with a handkerchief first."

Hamano Toshiya only asked the question symbolically; he didn't want Kitagawa Taki to come at all, because Kitagawa Taki seemed to be a magic expert and might be able to see through his magic tricks.

Kitagawa Taki blindfolded himself as instructed, but it had no effect on him; he could see clearly with his divine sense.

Hamano Toshiya asked, "Does anyone have paper and a pen?"

"Is this okay?" Kikue Tanaka picked up a notepad and pen from the cabinet behind her.

Hamano Toshiya said, "Okay, please write everyone's name on it, and then hand it to Mr. Kitagawa with the back facing up."

After writing it down, Kikue Tanaka handed it to Taki Kitagawa.

"Now please step back. Next, Mr. Kitagawa, please draw a circle, a triangle, and a cross on the screen. The circle represents the acting head of the department, the cross represents the person in charge of tonight's program, and the triangle represents the person who will help everyone boil water."

Kitagawa Taki "saw" the paper with symbols already drawn on the back, picked up a pen and drew on it, only to find that there was no ink at all.

The circle represents Naoko Kuroda, the triangle represents Kikue Tanaka, and the cross represents Toshiya Hamano himself.

Then, Toshiya Hamano made a precise prediction, correctly guessing the names represented by the circles and triangles, but guessing the final cross incorrectly.

Hamano Toshiya looked incredulous; clearly, this turn of events was not something he had anticipated.

But he had no choice but to go back to his room to prepare for the show, while Kikue Tanaka went to the small hut next door to boil water.

Kitagawa Taki already knew who the unlucky guy was. This magic trick was clearly a charade orchestrated by Hamano Toshiya and Tanaka Kikue. The two had planned it in advance, but Hamano Toshiya had been outmaneuvered by Tanaka Kikue.

As expected, Toshiya Hamano is not far from death.

After the two left, Araki said, "I'm going to the wine cellar to get some wine. Suga, you go to the kitchen to cook."

The rest of the people sat on the sofa and chatted.

The novelty had worn off in the garden, and she whispered to Xiaolan, "Lan, meeting someone you met online doesn't seem that special. It's better if just the few of us go out and have some fun."

Xiao Lan smiled; she thought so too.

Sonoko suggested, "How about we go skiing next week?"

“I can, you can ask Kitagawa.” Xiaolan looked at Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki was using his divine sense to observe Hamano Toshiya and Tanaka Kikue as they left.

The three-story villa was only a little over ten meters tall, and was basically within his range of divine sense.

"Taki, is it okay?" Sonoko asked expectantly.

Kitagawa Taki, multitasking, casually replied, "Okay."

In his mind's eye, Kikue Tanaka climbed from the balcony to Toshiya Hamano's room on the second floor and strangled him unexpectedly.

Then they dragged his body onto the balcony.

Then, Kikue Tanaka threaded the arrows from two crossbows onto a rope, fixed it to a pillar on the balcony, and tied two ropes side by side to the middle of the first rope.

Then, using a crossbow, they shot two arrows at two trees in the backyard, and the ropes on the arrows stretched out into a sail-like shape.

Finally, Kikue Tanaka used the body's belt as a fulcrum, threaded it through one of the two ropes in the middle, and slid the body down like a slide.

It seemed that Kikue Tanaka was planning to stage a murder scene, and an idea popped into Taki Kitagawa's mind.

"I'm going to the restroom."

Kitagawa Taki spoke to the two women, went to the bathroom, climbed out of the window, and followed Tanaka Kikue's route to the balcony of Hamano Toshiya's room.

Kikue Tanaka was cleaning up the mess when she heard a noise from the balcony. She turned around and saw that it was Taki Kitagawa. She was startled.

clap clap ~

Kitagawa Taki clapped his hands. "Ms. Tanaka's technique is truly imaginative!"

Kikue Tanaka's face was gloomy; she couldn't understand why Taki Kitagawa would suddenly appear here.

Kikue Tanaka's expression kept changing, and finally she sighed and said, "Since Mr. Kitagawa saw it all, there's nothing we can do about it."

"Don't sigh, I'm not going to expose you anyway," Kitagawa Taki said with a smile.

Kikue Tanaka was somewhat taken aback. "Why?"

Kitagawa Taki did not answer, but said, "Tell me why you wanted to kill Hamano Toshiya."

Kikue Tanaka hesitated for a moment before saying, "My nickname 'Deception Child' was actually used by my maternal grandfather, Kazetsu Harui, who was a somewhat famous magician. He was chatting with these magic enthusiasts when they discussed escape magic."

"Unexpectedly, on a whim, he suddenly decided to perform an escape magic trick on stage, which ultimately led to the accident."

"Of course I won't hold a grudge against them for this, but what I can't forgive is that after my grandfather's accidental death, 'Escape King' and Toshiya Hamano actually mocked my grandfather in the chat room."

[The King of Survival: He probably couldn't be happier to die on stage! (laughs)]

The Vanished Barney: Is this what they call the only wish of an old person? (^^;)

At this point, Kikue Tanaka clenched her hands tightly, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

“My maternal grandfather originally planned to reveal his identity to them after the escape magic trick succeeded, but…”

"That's why...that's why I killed them." Kikue Tanaka wiped away her tears.

After hearing Tanaka Kikue's motive for murder, Kitagawa Taki twitched his lips. So the "King of Escape" was already dead.

Let's see who dares to talk nonsense online, they'll really just go offline and kill them.

Kikue Tanaka smiled. "I've said my piece, so what does Mr. Kitagawa intend to do with me now?"

Kitagawa Taki had no intention of doing anything to Tanaka Kikue; Tanaka Kikue was of no use to him anyway.

"You can leave now, I'll handle these things." Kitagawa Taki pointed to the ropes and crossbow on the balcony.

What bad intentions could he possibly have? He just wanted to set up an "impossible crime scene" for Conan.

Chapter 76 I think you did it.

"What?!" Kikue Tanaka exclaimed in surprise.

She had initially thought that Kitagawa Taki was going to use this to blackmail her into doing something!

"Judging from your expression, you don't think I'm going to use this as leverage for something, do you?" Kitagawa Taki was exasperated. "Alright, alright, let's go."

“Mr. Kitagawa, you know what to do…” Tanaka Kikue said as she walked to the balcony and picked up the crossbow.

Kitagawa Taki interrupted her, "How did you manage to pull the rope back without leaving a trace, huh?"

"Just tie this rope to the arrow and shoot it, then cut the rope on the balcony at the same time," Kitagawa Taki demonstrated.

In this way, the rope will not leave any marks on the snow.

Kikue Tanaka exclaimed, "Mr. Kitagawa has seen through everything."

"You don't need to do anything after this. The more you do, the more mistakes you'll make, understand? I'll handle the rest."

As long as all the evidence is cleared away, it won't matter if Conan suspects Kikue Tanaka.

"Okay." Kikue Tanaka had no choice but to trust Taki Kitagawa. "I'm leaving now."

After Tanaka Kikue disappeared, Kitagawa Taki used the crossbow to shoot an arrow into the distant forest, following the method he had just demonstrated. Then, he made a "soldier" gesture and retrieved the arrow along with the rope.

At the same time, he controlled the two arrows stuck in the tree trunk and pulled them back.

In this way, all the arrows and ropes were retrieved, and Kitagawa Taki stuffed them all into the bracelet's space.

After doing all this, Kitagawa Taki returned the way he came, casually walked out of the bathroom, and went back to the living room.

Kikue Tanaka had already sat down at the table with the others.

Sonoko patted the chair next to her. "Taki, sit here."

"Thank you." Kitagawa Taki smiled, sat down, and casually asked, "Are Mr. Ara and Mr. Hamano ready yet?"

Ran replied, "Mr. Ara forgot that he changed the lock on the wine cellar. He came back to get the key a few minutes ago, so it should be ready soon. I don't know about Mr. Hamano."

Kitagawa Taki nodded, glancing at Tanaka Kikue. Her expression remained unchanged; her acting was quite good.

At that moment, Araki Yoshino opened the door and entered the living room carrying two bottles of wine. "Ah, it's so cold!"

"The food is all ready. Hasn't Mr. Hamano come down yet?"

Huang Yi asked while opening a bottle of wine.

"I'll go call him!"

Kaito Kuroba got up and strode upstairs.

Less than two minutes later, he came running down again, shouting, "Mr. Hamano is in trouble!"

As he spoke, he ran toward the back door.

Upon hearing that something had happened, Conan's dizziness vanished, and he was the first to run out.

The others followed them all the way to the backyard.

Toshiya Hamano was lying in the middle of the backyard. Kaito Kuroba checked Hamano's pulse with his hand and shouted to the people following behind, "He's dead! Don't come any closer, or you'll disturb the scene!"

"Huh? Mr. Hamano is dead?"

"How could this be?"

"on site?"

Everyone chimed in, chattering away.

Conan stopped a few steps away, his gaze serious. There were only Doi Takuki's footprints around Hamano Toshiya.