Conan Rick's Investigator

He began touring magic shows around the world when he was a teenager, and won the highest award in the International Magic League Competition at the age of 20. He is known for having "genius magic hands."

Eight years ago, when Kuroba Toichi was performing a fire-related escape trick, the flame control device failed, and a generation of talented magician died.

These are the information about his father that Kuroba Kaito obtained through public channels before he became Kaito Kid.

But the reality is...

"You said Mr. Harui was assassinated. Do you have any evidence?"

Although there was a fake face, Qin Zhibo could feel the seriousness from Kuroba Kaito's voice and the clear blue eyes.

He is serious...

And very seriously...

Although Qin Zhibo didn't know why the boy named Kuroba Kaito suddenly became so serious, he still told him the cause of the accident of Harui Fuden in detail.

Of course, Kuroba Kaito was not told that Harui Fuden was the agent of the Nine Angels.

……

When Qin Zhibo finished analyzing the accident of Harui Fuden's magic show, Kuroba Kaito fell into deep thought for a long time.

After a while, the solemn-looking young man's eyes widened again, his face full of disbelief.

"There's a loophole in the assassination method you mentioned. Before a magician performs a performance, they must first rehearse to ensure that the magic props and magic techniques work properly."

"Even if it's a magic trick that's already been performed once, this step shouldn't be omitted."

Qin Zhibo had also thought about the point mentioned by Kuroba Kaito.

However, Qin Zhibo felt that Chun Jing Fengchuan was a 70-year-old man after all, and it was inevitable that he might be careless or make omissions, which was all possible.

However, when Qin Zhibo expressed his idea, Kuroba Kaito immediately refuted it in a deep voice.

"it's out of the question……"

"Because I had already figured out Mr. Harui's identity in the chat room, I sent him some words of encouragement via email the day before his performance."

"In the email, I specifically reminded him to check the magic props used in the escape magic show to avoid any accidents."

Since his father died while performing escape magic, regardless of the underlying cause, Kuroba Kaito offered his professional advice as a professional magician in the email.

So when he saw the news about Harui Fuden's accidental death during a performance, Kuroba Kaito simply thought that Harui Fuden was old and frail and was unable to successfully replicate that rather physically demanding escape magic.

The result is this...

Qin Zhibo was also a little shocked after hearing the new information he got from Kuroba Kaito.

Since Chun Jing Feng Chuan had received a reminder when performing the day before, why didn't he check the error in the magic props?

Didn't you receive Kidd's email?

Or are you deliberately ignoring it?

Or is there some other reason?

Qin Zhibo increasingly felt that the cause of death behind Chunjing's rumor was not simple.

To figure out all this, we must first find the "Shadow Mage" who might be the murderer.

"By the way," Qin Zhibo interrupted Kuroba Kaito's thoughts, "are you familiar with the details of that person called 'Shadow Mage' in your chat room?"

Kuroba Kaito thought for a moment and then said, "I don't know much about that person's background. I only know that he joined the chat room about half a month ago."

"When that person came into the chat room, he started saying weird things like 'I want to fly to the sky' or 'I can make you disappear at any time'."

With his daily jobs as a student and a thief, Kuroba Kaito doesn't have much time to lurk in chat rooms.

My previous impression of this "Shadow Master" was limited to a few remarks that seemed like a second-year syndrome. I thought he might just be a person who was pretending to be important on the Internet.

At this moment, a gust of cold air blew in from outside the window and blew on Kuroba Kaito who was standing with his back to the balcony.

Shiser~~

This time the communication with Qin Zhibo was more harmonious, and there was no repetition of the "you chase me, and I'll let you hehehe" drama.

Therefore, Kuroba Kaito, who gradually developed a "revolutionary friendship" with Qin Zhibo, completely let down his guard and turned around to close the open balcony window.

It's still cold outside...

However, just as he raised his hand to close the window, Kuroba Kaito's twin boys cast a "strange shadow" on the snow.

At a previous magic lovers' dinner, this "strange shadow" was also called Hamano Toshiya.

……

"Dead!"

"what--"

"Call the police quickly!"

“The phone call is not going through!”

The news that a dead person was found in the backyard of the villa spread immediately throughout the villa, and everyone in the villa was in chaos.

Qin Zhibo and Doi Takeki (Kaito Kid (Kaito Kuroba) took the lead and rushed to the front of the crowd.

Conan, who was lying on the second floor, heard a scream in his ear and opened his eyes slightly, as if he felt the call of mission.

However, just as he was about to get up, he was pushed down on the bed by Mao Lilan who was waiting by the bed.

"no!"

"Conan, you haven't recovered yet, you can't run out."

Conan put on a cute face and said, "Just one look, just one look!"

Under the attack of Conan's cute face, Mao Lilan softened her heart and wrapped Conan in a large quilt, letting Conan stand on the second-floor balcony to watch the backyard.

When Conan saw the snow behind the balcony, his eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.

"This is……"

……

"It's an impossible crime."

Doi Takeki gently placed Hamano Toshiya back on the snow in his arms, and announced the autopsy results and the type of crime with a heavy face.

There is no Conan in the killing field, Kidd becomes the detective...

As for the more professional Qin Zhibo, he is used to performing autopsies while standing.

【Survey√】

[Name of the deceased: Hamano Toshiya]

[Time of death: 30 minutes ago]

Cause of death: strangulation

[Corpse investigation completed, skill acquired: Art and Craft (Music)]

Arts and Crafts (Music): This refers to your skills and talents in music. Improving this skill will enhance your musical artistic talent and enable you to master more advanced music performance techniques, including but not limited to vocal singing and instrumental performance.

Rating: 1

Proficiency: 100/1000

(Grab the instrument at hand and play it to your heart’s content! You know, she loves music the most…)

……

The skills acquired this time were still not unexpected.

Although Hamano Toshiya is a member of the Magic Lovers League, he is not a professional in magic performances.

His job is a bar singer.

In addition to a skill that Qin Zhibo felt was useless, relevant prompts for side quests also appeared.

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Side quest: Find out the murderer in this case.

Task requirements: 10 minutes

Task reward: 1000 general skill proficiency, 150 social credits

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Chapter 207 Arrow Search Competition

Qin Zhibo was pleasantly surprised when he saw that the mission reward was a full 1000 general skill proficiency points.

But then, Qin Zhibo saw the mission time, which was only 10 minutes.

Isn't it usually an hour?

The 10-minute time limit for solving the case was critical, so Qin Zhibo immediately began to scan the surroundings and search for investigation points.

……

In the crowd, Kikue Tanaka looked gloomily at Takeru Doi who was performing an autopsy on Toshiya Hamano alone in the snow.

Then her gaze turned to the woods deep in the snow.

As soon as she learned the location of the Magic Lovers' League gathering, she came here a week in advance to survey the terrain and developed a "gorgeous" killing method as "magic".

By using a crossbow and a rope to create a sling in the air like a triangular sail, you can commit an impossible crime on the snow-covered ground.

There were no footprints on the snow, but the body appeared in the middle of the snow, as if the murderer was a winged demon.

However, this magical killing method also has a flaw, that is, he can only use the third arrow to move the rope hanging the corpse to a distant place.

The arrows that serve as the two fulcrums of the triangular sail sling must be removed manually.

Tanaka Kikue's original plan was to set up a mechanism in the villa to create the illusion that an outsider was shooting arrows into the villa, and then use herself as bait to lure everyone into the woods.

That way, she could take advantage of the chaos to pull the arrows out of the tree and hide them in her boots.

This murder method that took a week to come up with should have been perfect, but with the appearance of Qin Zhibo, Tanaka Kikue's plan was completely disrupted.

Not long after Qin Zhibo appeared, he reminded everyone that the suspension bridge and telephone lines were damaged, resulting in the cancellation of the program segment that was originally scheduled to be carried out.

Without free time during the program, she would not have the opportunity to set up the mechanisms in the villa as she pleased.

In addition, Qin Zhibo suddenly recognized her as the granddaughter of Harui Fuden. Once this matter was known to other magic lovers, they would definitely think of the "Shadow Mage" who quarreled with the "Escape King" because of Harui Fuden's death.

When he killed the "Escape King", he had left a message on the computer saying that the man was killed by the "Shadow Master".

So if I don't decisively implement my murder plan, I may never have another chance in the future, and I will also be suspected.

For this reason, Kikue Tanaka had to overturn most of the original plans and created a magic killing method version 2.0.

The content of this version is very simple, which is to use the triangular sail magic technique that was originally developed to kill Hamano Toshiya first.

Then use your acting skills to confuse the crowd, rush into the woods, find an opportunity to retrieve the arrow stuck in the tree, and then put the arrow and the crossbow into the stove of boiling water to destroy all the evidence.

Otherwise, once the police come up the mountain, there will be no chance to recover it.

It's time to start the show...

Next, it’s time to test your acting skills!

In the crowd, since Conan had previously mentioned that the "Shadow Mage" killed the chat room leader, the magic enthusiasts immediately regarded the "Shadow Mage" wandering around the villa as a criminal.

Kuroda Naoko, the bespectacled girl, trembled and asked, "Could it be that the 'Shadow Mage' is somewhere nearby, waiting to take our lives?"

Tanaka Kikue took the opportunity to interject, "Are you kidding?"

"He's just one person. There are so many of us. How could we be scared by him?"

After saying that, Kikue Tanaka strode into the dark woods, shouting angrily.

"Come out! Shadow Mage!"

"I know you're here!"

"Don't be a shrinking fool!"

"You can come out if you have the guts!"