Saturday, March 13th, after the snow, afternoon, Okutama Town, Rokugokuyama, magic lovers alliance party villa, garden three-person room.

After returning from the living room and solving personal problems, Sonoko and Ran sat on the same bed and chatted, while Conan lay down directly on his bed.

Sonoko smiled: "It's a pity just now, Mr. Hamano's magic trick was only a little bit successful." ”

Lan said: "But he guessed two, which is already very powerful." ”

"I don't know what good show he's going to come up with. The garden said.

"It's not that I want to, it's that I've been prepared for a long time. Conan, who was lying on the bed, said in a weak voice.

"What?" Lan didn't understand.

"What are you talking about, little ghost. Yuan Zi said a little angrily, "This is obviously because the 'escape king' did not come, so this matter happened." ”

Lan said: "Yes, the 'Escape King' didn't come, it was a complete accident." ”

"It's an accident that people didn't come, but this magic trick was arranged a long time ago. Conan said weakly.

"How's that arranged?" Lan asked.

"Yes, how could this have been arranged?" exclaimed Yuanzi angrily, "This is obviously my choice, it can't be that I colluded with them, right?"

"This magic trick was the result of a collusion between Mr. Hamano and Miss Tanaka," Conan said weakly, "Mr. Hamano was able to guess because of Miss Tanaka, and the answer was told to him by Miss Tanaka." ”

"How is this possible, even if Miss Tanaka remembered the order when she gave me the pieces of paper, but I drew them with my eyes closed after breaking the order, how could she possibly know?" asked Sonoko incredulously.

"It's very simple, the paper was torn by Miss Tanaka, and the name on the paper was also written by Miss Tanaka, and she only needs to make the cut on each piece of paper a little different when she tears the paper, and she can remember the characteristics of the cut on each piece of paper when she writes the name," Conan said weakly, "and no matter how you change the order of the pieces of paper, Miss Tanaka can know whose name is on that piece of paper at a glance." ”

"No, won't it?" said the garden.

Next, Miss Tanaka only needs to use the code agreed with Mr. Hamano in advance to let Mr. Hamano know whose name is on the piece of paper. Conan said weakly, "This code should be eyes, there are not many people in total, so there is no need to make a complicated code." ”

"That's amazing, Conan. Lan smiled and asked, "How do you know this?"

"Huh?" Conan was stunned, "That, I saw it on TV." ”

"Then how could Mr. Hamano be wrong in the end?" Sonoko asked.

"Deliberately, for, uh, for what I don't know. Conan reacted, couldn't say any more, and thought to himself, Damn, dizziness, people have become sluggish. Then I thought that this should be to compare with the next magic and set off the next magic game.

"I guess it must be for you to laugh. Lan laughed.

"No, this can't be. "I'm sorry for the garden.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Lan smiled: "He came looking for you." ”

"Go open the door. The garden gave Lan a pillow.

The door was opened, but it wasn't Toshiya Hamano who came in, but Doi Tucker, "I'm sorry, I didn't think this kid was doing well just now, so I'm here to deliver some cold medicine." Then he said, "If you have any presumptuousness, please ask Haihan." ”

"No, no...... Come in. Lan said, and then touched Conan's forehead, "It seems to be a little feverish, no wonder I don't have any energy." Then he said, "Speaking of which, I just felt that there was something wrong, but I didn't care, it was my negligence." "Then go pour water.

"I'm fine. Conan said weakly.

"It's okay for a child to eat a piece. Doi Tucker admonished, and continued, "Eat one more piece at night, and you may be fine tomorrow." ”

"Thank you so much, Mr. Doi. Lan said gratefully, then fed Conan the medicine and covered him with a quilt.

"You're welcome. Doi Tucker said, "Then I'll go back first." Then he led the door out.

Lan smiled: "Garden, it seems that Mr. Doi Tower is also very good." ”

"Go, I don't want you to remind you. "Sonoko smashed the pillow to Ran.

Lan caught the pillow and watched Conan close his eyes, "Garden, don't make trouble, let Conan have a good rest." ”

Yuan Zi said, "Then let's watch TV, just turn down the sound." ”……

When he woke up, Conan found that Ran and Yuan were still sitting together watching TV, and it was already dark, and he looked at the time, it was less than five o'clock, and it turned out that it had been more than an hour, and he felt a little better, so he sat up.

"Are you awake, Conan?" Ran went and poured a glass of water, "Would you like to drink water?"

"I'm much better, Sister Lan. Conan took the water and took a few sips.

"Lan, you can turn up your voice now. The garden said.

"Yes, yes. Lan laughed.

Sonoko turned up the sound of the TV, and then broadcast a few stations, at this time, the TV interjected a news, "At the request of the police, an urgent notice is broadcast below, there has just been a murder in Kakudo-cho, and the body was found by his mother who went to clean his room." The victim's name is Nishiyama Wu, male, 41 years old, the place of death was in front of the computer desk at home, and there was still a text left on his computer screen, 'Solve one, Shadow Mage stay'. According to the victim's mother, the victim was keen on online dating and was going to attend a party called the 'Magic Lovers Alliance' today. The police want the Magic Lovers League to report to the police as soon as they see the news, because you may be the next target of the murderer. ……”

"No, no," said the garden, surprised.

"You have to go and inform them quickly. Lan said. ……

Living room.

Kikue Tanaka is playing chess with Naoko Kuroda, and Tucker Doi is watching.

"Oh no, I saw on TV that Mr. Nishiyama was killed. The garden shouted.

"What? Who's that?" asked Naoko Kuroda.

"He could be the 'King of Escape'. Conan said, then asked, "Where are the others?"

"Not good. Doi Tucker immediately ran upstairs, and Conan hurriedly chased after him.

"What's wrong?" asked the garden, a little alarmed.

"Mr. Hama, Mr. Hamano has not shown up. Naoko Kuroda said worriedly.

"No, it won't. "The garden is worried.

"What else?" asked Kikue Tanaka.

"Let's contact the police as soon as possible. Lan said,

"Okay, you guys call the police. Kikue Tanaka said, "Mr. Araka, the two of them are in the kitchen, I'll go and inform them." With that, he left.

Lan called the Twilight Police Department, but before he could get through, he found that Doi Tucker and Conan had run down with ugly faces, ran outside, and hurriedly put down the phone and followed. Naoko Kuroda and Sonoko also followed, as did Kikue Tanaka, Arakiyoshinori and Kiyoshiro Sushi, who came out of the kitchen. ……

Behind the villa.

Hamano Toshiya was lying on his back in the snow about ten meters away from the villa, Doi Tucker stepped forward to probe the tree, it was already cold, and then found that Lan and the others were coming, and immediately said loudly: "Don't come here, he has passed away, so as not to destroy the scene, it's better not to come." ”

"Scene?" Araki asked.

"Don't you understand?" said Kikue Tanaka, "Mr. Hamano's body was about ten meters away from the villa, but the only footprints around him were Mr. Doi Tata, who had just run past. ”

"That's right, it's a crime that a human without wings can't commit. "That is, it is impossible to commit a crime." ”

"Why Mr. Hamano?" said Sono's tears.

"Mr. Doi, what was the cause of Mr. Hamano's death?" asked Naoko Kuroda.

"I don't know, no obvious trauma was found, it looks like it froze to death. Doi Tucker said.

"W-what?" the crowd was taken aback.

"Anyway, call the police first. The Doi Tucker tree retreated back in his tracks. ……

Living room.

Lan calls the Twilight Police Department, who tells them to get together and not go anywhere.

Doi Tucker asked, "Miss Sonoko, please tell me more about what you heard on TV, okay?"

"Good. The garden told the story again.

"No, could it be that the murderer is the 'Shadow Mage'?" asked Naoko Kuroda in surprise.

"So he might be waiting somewhere nearby to take our lives. "What are you kidding, with the current road conditions, it will take at least two hours for the police to come, so I think we should wait at the bottom of the mountain." ”

"No, I can't. "Our cars were all parked across the suspension bridge, and now it's getting dark, so it's hard to check with the emergency lights just if he does anything in the car." ”

"Well, can you get Lan's dad here? He should be down the hill. Sonoko smiled, "His name is Mori Kogoro." ”

"Detective Mori Kogoro!" "Araki Yoshinori and the others were taken aback.

"So what are you waiting for. Doi Tucker said to Ran.

Ran called Mori, and Mori's reply was to rush over as soon as possible and ask him to inform Yamazaki.

Yuanzi, who listened to Lan's call, smiled: "I almost forgot, those two guys are still hanging outside." ”

"If that's the case, it probably won't work, there's no mobile phone signal nearby. Abaya said.

"It doesn't matter, they're carrying a satellite phone. The garden said.

Lan called Yamazaki, and Yamazaki's reply was to rush over as soon as possible.

"Now, Mr. Hamano hasn't come out all this time?" Conan asked Doi Tucker Tree, "What time did you come out?"

Naoko Kuroda smiled and asked, "What, do you suspect that the murderer is among us, little brother?"

Lan hurriedly said, "Please don't mind, he likes to play detective games." ”

"I think it's better to say it to show your innocence. "We were separated before three o'clock in the afternoon, and I've been with Suji ever since. ”

"Then I can't. "I was alone until about 3:30 p.m., and I was outside, and I stayed here after that." ”

"I stayed alone in my room for more than ten minutes, and when I went to Miss Sonoko's room to deliver medicine, I met Miss Kuroda, and then I came to the living room with her to play chess. ”

Naoko Kuroda said, "I'm in a similar situation to Mr. Doi, I watched TV for a while, and I thought it was boring and came out. ”

Doi Tucker asked, "How's it going, little detective, did you find any problems?"

"Nope. Conan shook his head, then asked, "Do any of you know the true identity of the Shadow Mage?"

You look at me, I look at you, and shake your head together.

"I think the murderer is really the 'Shadow Mage'. Kuroda Naoko said, "He always says that I can fly or I can disappear at any time, and if this murderer is the 'Shadow Mage', then the impossibility of committing a crime today can be explained." ”

Abaya said: "He performed a bloody magic trick in front of us. ”

"There were no footprints left on the snow around Mr. Hamano's body, and such a perfect work of art can already be called 'magic'. ”

"It's good, it's cold. Sonoko, Ran, Naoko Kuroda, and Kikue Tanaka hugged their shoulders together and said.

Absurd changed the subject, "If the murderer is really a 'shadow mage', I think what I said before should be the reason." ”

"What?" asked Conan.

"You may not have heard the name Kazeden Harii, he is an older generation of magicians, and the title is 'Escape King'. "Last month, he died in an accident while performing. ”

"What does this have to do with this?" Lan asked.

"While we were all discussing the accident, the 'Shadow Mage' suddenly said something very strange," said Arakinori, "and he said, 'You were all responsible for the great magician's death.'" ”

"Half a year ago, we had a very lively discussion about the 'escape show' that was popular in the past, and then we said that we should find someone to perform. Naoko Kuroda said, "'Shadow Mage' said that there would be that accident in the future, all because we were discussing that topic. ”

"I used to talk to Nishiyama on the phone after the 'Shadow Mage' said that, but most of the information on the Internet was fake," said Araki, "That's why we had this party." ”

"I see, this party is really just about knowing who we are. The garden said.

"Not only that, but we also want to explain to the 'Shadow Mage' so that we can clear up his misunderstanding. "Actually, Nishiyama worships Mr. Harui Kazeden, the 'King of Escape'. ”

"What?" Kikue Tanaka seemed taken aback.

"Just looking at his online name 'Escape King', doesn't that explain the problem?" asked Doi Tucker rhetorically.

"That's it. Abaya said.

"I can't see it. The garden said.

Naoko Kuroda said, "Yes, seeing that he often picks on Mr. Harui's thorns, I thought he didn't like Mr. Harui." ”

Looking at the time, Kikue Tanaka got up and said, "I'm sorry, I'm going to the bathroom." ”

"To be on the safe side, I'd better go with you. Doi Tucker followed. ……