In the dark circus performance studio, accompanied by the music of European instruments such as trumpets and saxophones, various star animals appeared in huge posters.

In the center of the stage, under the brightest spotlight, the blazing eyes of the popular white lion Leon shot a sharp and majestic light, its head was wide and round, the tufts of long hair on its head were shaking uncontrollably, and the long tail like a steel whip behind it was constantly waving, so not majestic.

At this moment, a female animal trainer, Anne, held a torch and lit a ring of steel rings stained with fuel. Just one step closer, the fire spreads, illuminating the auditorium below.

Except for Hoshino Satsuki and Conan, everyone's eyes were fixed on that aperture and their mouths were slightly open.

The flaming steel ring was like a call to command, and the white lion's expression changed abruptly, and he held his head high. The cyan pupils stared at the ground fiercely, very seriously.

After the leather whip in the hand of the female animal trainer was thrown on the ground and made a "crackling" sound, the white lion first crept forward slowly, and then let out a long roar, echoing in all directions. His steps gradually increased, and he leaped through the ring of fire in mid-air and landed safely.

At that moment, there was thunderous applause in the empty venue, and some audience members even stood up to applaud the wonderful performance of the white lion and other animals.

But Gaoyue was in no mood to watch it, she had been thinking about Amuro using fake antiques to deceive herself. Anger can't be vented, only held in the heart, silent.

When the detective group came out of the performance studio, they found that she frowned and was worried.

"Sister Xiaoyue, what's wrong with you? It feels like something isn't quite right with you from the beginning......" Ayumi asked worriedly.

"Uh, it's nothing ......" Gao Yue suddenly came back to her senses and casually made up a reason: "Maybe my sleep has not been good recently, and my head hurts slightly." Seeing that Conan and the others were still staring at him with suspicious eyes, Satsuki laughed, took the mobile phone chain of the white lion Leon from Ayumi's hand, and said, "It's worthy of being a mobile phone chain for a limited time, it's really good." ”

"It's cute, isn't it?" Ayumi couldn't hide a smile on her face. "Fortunately, I didn't buy Leon's doll before, otherwise I wouldn't have bought such a cute and cheap mobile phone pendant. I found it at the store in the venue before the performance started, so I bought one for each of my classmates. ”

It's the first time Conan has seen such a girlish side of Gray Plains. He half-bowed his eyes and teased, "So you're interested in this kind of thing." ”

Gray Yuan took out his mobile phone chain and shot back quietly: "What's the matter, can't I like this?" Compared to someone's interest in watching bloody detective reasoning every day, I think it's much better. ”

"I want you to talk more." Conan muttered quietly.

Everyone's line of sight was suddenly full of people. At the front of the way home, an old man with a long beard with eyes stood in the middle of the crowd, looking helpless.

Really...... Gao Yue smiled dryly in her heart.

Sure enough, James was mistaken by the group of reporters for the funder of the circus show, Mr. Randy Hawk.

At this time, Dr. Asasa also began to popularize science to these little ghosts: "Randy Hawk is from Oklahoma in the southern United States, and he made a lot of money after extracting oil, in fact, collecting animals was originally just a hobby of his, but he didn't expect his son Paul and daughter Anne to gradually like these animals, so now they will tour the world and are very fluent in Japanese." ”

At this time, Ayumi opened the brochure for the circus performance. The photo of Randy Hawk printed on it is indeed somewhat similar to the old man in front of him.

The reporters who swarmed around him with microphones in their hands and said, "Mr. Hawke, please say something, so that I can explain." ”

Randy Hawk is very fluent in Japanese, but James is not.

He couldn't grasp the tone of his Japanese, and he stumbled a little when he spoke: "Actually, I don't have the surname Hawke at all." ”

"No kidding, Mr. Hawke, is it true that you donate all the money you earn from the tour to zoos around the world?"

A series of questions came out of different mouths at the same time, talking like a machine gun. So James didn't know how to explain it at all.

He subconsciously shouted out his native language: "I can't answer all people's questions at the same time!"

As soon as this sentence came out, Conan suddenly realized something.

He immediately walked over and shouted, "So here you are, Uncle Thomas!" ”

"Huh? Thomas? A group of reporters looked back at him and Ashbara, a little incredulous.

"Then he really doesn't have the surname Hawke?"

"That's right, Uncle Thomas is a friend of my grandfather's and came to Japan to teach English." Gray Yuan mourned improvisation, making up nonsense.

At this time, Ayumi and Yuanta and others behind them couldn't help but say, and immediately grabbed James's arm and dragged them out of the crowd.

"Alright, Uncle Thomas, let's go. Didn't we say okay, we're going to eat together at noon? ”

When James was in a daze, he suddenly looked up and saw Satsuki Hoshino beside Dr. Asasa, so he immediately realized the identity of these little ghosts, and followed them to a sparsely populated place.

Avoiding the eyes and ears of the reporters, on a high bridge, James couldn't help but thank him again and again.

"Thank you so much for helping me solve this big problem just now."

"No thanks......" Mitsuhiko replied, "but it seems that you also enjoy watching Paul and Anne's circus performances." ”

"Oh, yes! As he spoke, James took out a Leon pendant from his pocket that was the same as Ash Hara and Ayumi. "And I didn't want to miss it, so I came to Japan."

It's a lie.

Satsuki glanced at him, obviously he came to Japan to investigate the affairs of those guys.

"Oh, yes." James said as if remembering something, "I didn't see a friend who said he was coming to me because I was surrounded by those people. Have you ever seen a man wearing a black knitted hat? ”

Dr. Asasa looked upward, thought for a moment, and said, "No, because there are so many people watching the show......" He turned his head to look at Conan, puzzled, "But how do you know that this gentleman is not Hawke?" ”

James was about to meet the legendary high school detective, so he listened with bated breath.

Conan said unhurriedly, "It's because of what he said...... This uncle just pronounced the English 'can't' as 'kant', right? That's the so-called standard English, and it's doubtful that a person born into a cowboy family in the American South could speak British English instead of American English. Therefore, it is understandable that reporters are wrong, because we can hardly tell the difference between foreigners and often think that they all look the same. ”

"Wow~ Your observation is amazing!" James smiled with great admiration. He bent down lightly and said, "Yes, my name is James Black." What about you? ”

Conan put one hand in his pocket, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

"My name is Conan Edogawa, and I'm a detective!"

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors