Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

The respiratory system felt like it was blocked by something, and oxygen could only slip through the edges into the lungs, which were already operating at full capacity.

The feeling of suffocation spread throughout my body, and my muscles ached terribly due to lack of oxygen, feeling like they might dissolve at any moment.

Is this the Red Magic?

Tohru Tohno allowed his body to defy all the laws of the world, shattering Newton's coffin lid, and slowly floated into the air.

“Another one who won’t become my prisoner.” Koizumi Akako slowly stood up, her slender waist standing out against the cold air.

"It'll give you diarrhea, won't it?"

Tohru Tono looked at Koizumi Akako's smooth abdomen and thought with certainty.

“It doesn’t look any different.” Koizumi Akako slowly approached Tono Toru, who was standing with one hand in his pocket and unable to move. Her red eyes exuded an irresistible allure.

It's as if I'm about to get completely absorbed in it.

Koizumi Akako took a piece of chocolate wrapped in a red ribbon from her pocket and slowly handed it to Tohru Tono. The chocolate had a magic spell on it.

"Eat it, and all the suffering will end."

"Apart from Kaito Kid, no one can resist my charm."

Koizumi Akako's alluring red lips parted and closed, her voice like a scorching summer breeze, stirring an unbearable heat within one's heart.

Tohru Tono looked up at the heart-shaped chocolate.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"So why say things like 'the pain will end' as if you've been poisoned with arsenic?"

"Is this what a witch is? She's so childish and chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions

"You..." Koizumi Akako thought that the other party's behavior meant that he had been completely seduced by her, and felt that today had gone very smoothly.

Did I not expect him to be someone who, like Kid, was able to escape from his own red magic?

Her expression became slightly more serious as she activated the magic circle beneath her feet. Crimson flames roared, and unknown energies gathered together, making the air thicker.

When Kaito Kuroba saw this, he remembered that he had only escaped Akako's magic by chance when it snowed last time. He felt that Toru Tono probably couldn't hold on any longer, so he put on a white top hat and monocle, changed into his Kaito Kid outfit, and went to help him.

Although this person kept threatening him, he stopped there, as if he hadn't done anything to harm him.

And it would be so pitiful to be Koizumi Akako's prisoner forever...

He unfolded his glider, intending to use the wind to reach Koizumi Akako and interrupt her spellcasting, but then he noticed that Tohno Toru had moved first.

His right hand, which had been tucked into his trouser pocket, slowly pulled out a strange, semi-circular object that at first glance looked like a shield.

But the "shield" is smaller than a basketball player's palm, thin, and doesn't look like it can withstand any impact.

Tohru Tono held the small "shield" in his hand, and then an incredible scene unfolded.

The crimson world was torn open, revealing a pale golden sky under the setting sun.

The blazing purple flames of the magic circle seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, halting in front of Tohno and unable to advance an inch.

Tohru Tono lowered his left hand, which had been gripping his heart, and stood up with a relaxed expression. Koizumi Akako's magic seemed to have completely failed.

"How could this be?" Koizumi Akako was bewildered by this sudden situation. Since she became the rightful heir to the Red Magic, she had never encountered anything like this before.

Even Kaito Kid only managed to break his own red magic thanks to the weather.

How did this person do it?

Chapter 89 Red Magic VS Nanotechnology

Arcane Barrier System: A barrier manufactured using a special process. It monitors AP particle flux density in real time and reverse-engineers the energy characteristics of the spellcasting source. Equipped with RAC/DAM modules, it constructs an scalable barrier in a swarm-like manner, converting AP particle energy into electrical energy through surface plasmon resonance.

The Arcane Barrier System, an invention that is almost useless to others, is the core of Tohno Toru's immunity to Koizumi Akako's red magic.

Toru Tohno had considered the possibility of facing off against the top characters in the Conan world—such as Makoto Kyogoku, Gin, and Shuichi Akai—and devised corresponding strategies and inventions.

Everything went smoothly.

Until he suddenly remembered this character from the magic side—Koizumi Akako.

At the time, with only LV2 [Advanced Modification] available, Tohru Tono racked his brains but still couldn't figure out how to completely defeat "Red Magic," something that was completely outside the standard.

Fortunately, the appearance of LV3 [Nano Modification] made up for his weakness of being unable to deal with magic.

By assuming the essence of magic as a projection of high-dimensional energy, and materializing it in the three-dimensional world as subatomic particles (AP particles) carrying specific resonant frequencies, Tohru Tono successfully "cracked" the Red Magic.

Nanotechnology truly lives up to its reputation as a technology capable of directly altering the structure of matter at the microscopic level; it is practically omnipotent.

......

The magic was ineffective, and the force guiding the body upwards vanished abruptly.

Feeling weightlessness beneath his feet, Toru Tono skillfully turned in mid-air just before falling, pulled out a cape with a built-in hidden glider from his system space, covered his back, started the engine, and stopped his descent.

He hovered quietly in front of Koizumi Akako.

“Miss,” Tohru Tono said in a gentle voice, “it’s not something a lady should do to try to control someone’s body right away.”

"Red magic shouldn't just be used to toy with people's emotions."

Why not strive to cultivate yourself and then go and rule the world?

Tohru Tono didn't say that.

To avoid letting this high school witch get her act together, and creating another ambitious person in the world to compete with him for jobs.

"How...how did you do that?!"

Unlike Kaito Kuroba, who had mastered the art of maintaining a poker face at a young age, Koizumi Akako's expression of shock and disbelief was clearly visible on her face.

"Of course, we use magic to fight magic."

"—Magic is not such an inconvenient thing."

Tohru Tono finally said what he had been holding in for so long, and his mood immediately improved a lot.

"?" Koizumi Akako naturally didn't understand.

"You mean...you're also a magician?"

Koizumi Akako looked at Tohru Tono's dangling feet and her furrowed brows relaxed as if she had just realized something.

"Which family's heir are you?"

Although, according to the butler, the orthodox red magic he inherited should be the last remaining lineage in this world... the world is so big, there may be other magics that have been passed down.

There are always people stronger than you. I didn't expect that after only transferring to Ekoda High School, I would already encounter two people, including Kaito Kuroba, who could rival me...

Koizumi Akako looked down at the bewildered Phantom Thief Kid, then looked up at Tohru Tono, who was elegantly suspended in mid-air, and suddenly felt a burning fighting spirit.

Kaito Kuroba only managed to gain his own approval through his understanding of "magic"... but if he were to get serious, so-called "magic" would be no match for orthodox red magic.

Therefore, the person in front of me, who likely also possesses magical secrets, is the only one worthy of being called an opponent.

So that's how it is. Today's battle is to determine the strongest magic!

Koizumi Akako slowly rose from her throne, her eyes burning with an inextinguishable flame.

Let me, the inheritor of the Red Magic, experience your power!

"Tell me your name."

?

Tohru Tono suddenly sensed that something was off about the atmosphere.

He had only pretended to be a guy he had been thinking about for a long time, so why did Koizumi Akako suddenly look like she was about to start a fight?

But since they asked for my name, shouldn't I answer as a matter of politeness...?

Toru Tono.

"Very well, I will solemnly inscribe these three words on your future epitaph as a sign of respect for today's battle."

"No, you..."

Has this woman gone mad?

Just as Toru Tohno was about to explain that he didn't know any magic, he saw a gleaming scythe already close at hand.

The chilling aura emanating from the blade drew near, threatening to shave off his bangs.

are you crazy!

Tohru Tohno was startled and almost instinctively activated his only combat skill—[Adrenaline Burst].

[Adrenaline Burst: Unlocks genetic potential, maximizing human potential and granting a 700% physical boost within 10 minutes of use. Rapid Healing skill effects are also significantly enhanced. (Inflicts 12 hours of weakness after use)]

An unprecedented sense of power instantly filled my body; the world appeared in slow motion, and I could even see the trajectory of snowflakes falling one by one.

Tohru Tohno suddenly felt that he could break that gleaming scythe with a single punch.

So he did it.

The figure draped in a black cloak vanished instantly, and the next second, it appeared to Koizumi Akako's right.

An ordinary punch, accompanied by the sound of wind breaking, landed on the silver scythe in the instant before Koizumi Akako could react.

Without a sound, when Koizumi Akako realized she had been forcibly stopped in place, the gleaming scythe blade had long since vanished without a trace.

All that remained were the lower ends of the sickle she held in her hands, still clenched stiffly in her palms.

It looked like a headless corpse whose neck had been suddenly cut off.

"Body enhancement magic?!" Koizumi Akako was shocked. She had seen body enhancement magic in an ancient book and knew what tragic consequences would be for a fragile red mage if a strengthened warrior got close to her.

However, after knocking his scythe away, the opponent didn't seem to make any further moves... Very well, he will pay a heavy price for showing mercy this time!

Koizumi Akako gathered crimson magical elements in her palm, following her memory.

The familiar heat quickly gathered, and a smile appeared on her lips.

Sure enough, the tension in battle is what maximizes the body's potential... Since learning this magic, she has never been able to condense it so quickly as this time.

So, let's go.

"IGNIZ!" The incantation came out fluently, and a huge fireball was generated from her palm and shot out.

It shot directly at Toru Tono, who was less than half a meter away.