I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Lorenzo acted decisively and without hesitation.

He once again took out various magical materials from his all-purpose pocket. They seemed to be related, but not entirely unrelated.

However, in the hands of this great magician, it could have an unusual effect.

Chen En stepped back slightly.

It was about two meters away from the magic circle drawn by Lorenzo.

He casually took a small drone from his bat belt, launched it into the air, and let it float above Lorenzo's head, in order to make sure that Lorenzo wasn't up to any dirty tricks.

It wasn't that Chen En was unwilling to get closer and observe.

He was quite resistant to standing inside the magic circle drawn by Lorenzo.

If he didn't absolutely have to stand inside the magic circle drawn by Lorenzo, he would never have entered the magic circle. This was partly because Lorenzo wasn't very trustworthy, and partly because he was thinking about his own safety.

At this moment, Koizumi Akako, who was sitting on a broom, floated down again.

She watched Lorenzo's comical performance with great interest.

That's right, it's a performance.

As a master swindler and con artist in North America, Lorenzo must have needed to demonstrate his magical abilities to other magicians on numerous occasions to gain their trust.

However, the grand magic he concocted in a haphazard manner, which combined various mystical systems, was not well-secret.

Therefore, Lorenzo seemed to have come up with a completely new way of casting spells.

That was a magic show.

The original, concise spells are incorporated into a large number of complex and varied useless spells, and then combined with various rhythms of body movement to keep the spells secret.

Although Koizumi Akako did not directly test whether Lorenzo's current spellcasting process could be reproduced.

However, as a witch, it's not hard to see that Lorenzo's spell must contain some special tonal variations. Therefore, if she directly copied it, she might end up selling herself off.

"Are all magicians abroad this sneaky?"

Koizumi Akako muttered softly.

"Although this kind of secrecy is of little use to me."

Hearing this, Chen En turned his head and glanced at Koizumi Akako.

Is it possible that Lorenzo's magical ritual was designed to guard against magicians like you?

Although, given his level of magic, he was neither able to understand the low-level spells nor block the high-level ones.

The other party's magical ritual was only for show.

The strange magical light finally reappeared on Lorenzo's side.

This indicates that the other party's magical ritual has finally ended and they are beginning to unleash their true magical effects.

Within the three's line of sight, the magical mirror of prophecy magic that had previously appeared outside Lorenzo's secret stronghold reappeared at this moment.

"This magic will reveal the location where the person who was controlling the corpse from behind was."

"Hey, silly boy, you don't even know how to sever the connection between magical items and magicians silently?"

Lorenzo, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, spoke in a muffled voice.

Although he still looked disheveled, it was only at this moment that he began to resemble a great magician, even though he was immediately choked by his own smoke, which completely ruined his appearance.

As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar landmark appeared on the magic mirror.

The building made Chen En's eyes narrow slightly, and even Lorenzo subconsciously gasped, then almost choked to death by his own smoke, quickly exhaling the smoke and throwing it aside to stomp out.

The great mage raised an eyebrow and spoke with an incredulous look in his eyes.

"Hehehe, I didn't see that wrong, did I?"

"These look like the twin towers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, don't they? I vaguely remember that Onmyoji from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department investigating this thing. What? Are you crying wolf?"

Indeed, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department were the ones appearing inside the city.

The two buildings were so close together that when they were illuminated by the prophetic aura, both buildings were reflected together, making it difficult to determine which building the manipulator of the corpse was in.

Lorenzo frowned again, adjusted the camera, and said.

"That won't work. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are protected by secret forces."

"I don't remember this happening before. It seems that the official security measures were strengthened because of the incident at the Suzuki Foundation's Grand Exhibition Hall... You know, big shots are afraid of dying."

This applies not only to the real world, but also to children's books.

Didn't the British Prime Minister in Harry Potter have Aurors from the wizarding world directly protecting him?

"...If we enter the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, will your tracking magic still be effective? If so, I need you to make me a compass... a compass that points to the criminals."

Chen En didn't say much, he just said...

He knew it was impossible to have Lorenzo accompany him into the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department or the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to search for the magician, so he settled for having Lorenzo create a magical object that could point to the murderer.

This guy is quite dishonest.

Maybe even the Onmyoji (a type of yin-yang master) inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department had something stolen.

If Lorenzo were to go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department or the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to investigate, it would be tantamount to walking into a trap. It's better to avoid trouble than to force this person to go with him.

He has no immediate plans to engage in a direct confrontation with the Japanese Public Security Bureau.

Especially since they don't intend to work for Lorenzo, that genius.

"Oh, of course, that's no problem."

He heard that Batman hadn't let him go in to check.

Lorenzo breathed a sigh of relief.

He hummed a song as he squatted down, casually pulled a compass from his large pocket, and slowly began to work on it, making it unclear whether he was engaging in unnecessary operations or a genuinely necessary magical processing procedure.

Chen En had no interest in this guy's antics.

He pulled out a camera from his bat belt, quickly snapped a full-body shot of the guy, then took a picture of the face that was now just facial muscles, and transmitted it to the Batcave's supercomputer.

Then, Chen En reached out and pressed the earpiece in his ear.

Of course, I'm not referring to the two ears on the head.

Noah's Ark responded immediately.

“Arne, I am entertaining two famous detectives.”

"What was that photo you just sent? Gundam fragments?"

Chen En paused for a moment before speaking.

"No, it's a photo of the deceased."

"Remember the body we found in the abandoned warehouse that had been dead for many days, but according to the surveillance footage, it was found to have died yesterday? This body is in the same condition."

"I need you to help me reconstruct the original appearance of this corpse and find out his identity and origin... He smells of formaldehyde, so he may have been brought out of a cold storage."

There seemed to be a brief silence on the other end of Noah's Ark before they answered.

"No problem, no problem."

"However, there's something I might need to tell you."

"The photo you just sent is now on my desktop. Both of the famous detectives have seen it. What should I do? Should I say it's a rare research diagram of Gundam fragments that you got your hands on?"

Chen En finally said...

“Just say it’s because I’m Batman.”

Chapter 1108 I'm going to dye the yellow light ring green!

Lorenzo is always very decisive and efficient in his actions.

This may also be closely related to the fact that Chen En promised him extra money when he was outside his secret hideout.

Regardless, this decisive and efficient personality was exactly what Chen En needed, so he quickly got what he wanted from Lorenzo.

A newly created magical item with a limited lifespan of only 24 hours.

A compass that can point to the manipulator of the corpse just now.

However, before handing the compass to Chen En, Lorenzo raised an eyebrow and said...

"Hey friend, how's the payment?"

"I won't charge you extra for this. I just want to know what to do after you go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and come back from there?"

"If you find the person over there, will your reward be deposited directly into my account, or will you pay me in cash?"

"If we can't find the person, do you want me to wait here for you? Should we go again? Let me make this clear beforehand: although this compass isn't worth anything, if we go again, you'll still have to pay for it."

Hearing this, Chen En paused for a moment, his gaze falling on the compass in his hand, before looking up and speaking.

"What if you tampered with the compass?"

"For example, if I use this compass and it can clearly find the vicinity of the murderer, but it deliberately points me to the wrong person, then I'll let you taste my Bat Fist later."

Lorenzo: ?

Hey, that's so heartless of you.

Don't you remember all the things we did together?

We're the best team in the world!

The kind of transaction involving money!

Lorenzo did not make any further modifications to the compass.

Perhaps it was because this extraordinary person finally had a change of heart and didn't tamper with the compass, or perhaps he was simply afraid that Chen En's bat-like iron fist would one day smash into his face and send him to Arkham Asylum.

Some might ask, where did Tokyo come from, the Arkham Asylum?