Science solves cases? No, I am an immortal cultivator!

in the afternoon.

Araki picked up the phone and called the Escape King again. "Strange, why can't I get through?"

Kuroda Naoko guessed: "Could it be that the phone line is broken somewhere?"

The phone line is down? Then the drawbridge outside must be gone too.

Kitagawa Taki walked to the window and looked at the suspension bridge which was still intact.

Sonoko checked her watch. "He and Shadow Mage probably won't be here. It's almost five o'clock."

Araki said worriedly, "This is troublesome. Tonight's program is all under the charge of the head of the department, 'Escape King.'"

Tanaka Kikue suggested: "Then let's find an acting director first!"

"Let's use finger-guessing games. It's the fairest." Kuroba Kaito waved his fist.

"Wait, since we're all magic enthusiasts, let's decide this using magic," Hamano Toshiya said, pulling out a handkerchief. "Who wants to help me?"

Kitagawa Taki stepped forward and said, "Let me do it."

"Um... then please cover your eyes with a handkerchief, Mr. Kitagawa."

Hamano Toshiya only asked symbolically. He didn't want Kitagawa Taki to come at all because Kitagawa Taki looked like a master of magic and might see through his magic.

Beichuan Taki covered his eyes as instructed. This had no effect on him at all. He could see everything clearly with his spiritual sense.

Hamano Toshiya asked, "Does anyone have a pen and paper?"

"Is this okay?" Kikue Tanaka picked up the notepad and pen from the cabinet behind her.

Hamano Toshiya said, "Okay, please write down each person's name on it and hand it back to Mr. Kitagawa with the back facing up."

After writing it, Kikue Tanaka handed it to Taki Kitagawa.

"Everyone, please stand back. Mr. Kitagawa, please draw three symbols: a circle, a triangle, and a cross. The circle represents the acting director, the cross represents the person in charge of tonight's program, and the triangle will let him boil water for everyone."

Kitagawa Taki "saw" the paper with symbols drawn on the back, picked up a pen and drew on it, but found that there was no ink at all.

The person above the circle is Naoko Kuroda, the person in the triangle is Kikue Tanaka, and the person in the cross is Toshiya Hamano himself.

Later, Hamano Toshiya made an accurate prediction, guessing the names represented by the circle and triangle symbols, but got the last cross wrong.

Hamano Toshiya looked incredulous, obviously this unexpected change was not what he had expected.

But he had no choice but to go back to his room to prepare for the show, while Kikue Tanaka went to the small room next door to boil water.

Kitagawa Taki already knew who the unlucky guy was. This magic trick was obviously a duet between Hamano Toshiya and Tanaka Kikue. The two had arranged it in advance, but Hamano Toshiya was also tricked by Tanaka Kikue.

As expected, Hamano Toshi was not far from death.

After the two left, Araki said, "I'll go to the wine cellar to get some wine. Sukama, you go to the kitchen to cook."

The rest of the people sat on the sofa and chatted.

Yuanzi had long lost the excitement and whispered to Xiaolan: "Lan, meeting an online friend doesn't seem to be anything special. It's better for us to go out and play together."

Xiaolan smiled and she felt the same way.

Sonoko suggested, "How about we go skiing next week?"

"Of course I can. You can ask Kitagawa." Xiaolan looked at Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki was using his spiritual sense to observe Hamano Toshiya and Tanaka Kikue as they left.

This three-story villa is only a little over ten meters high and is basically within the range of his spiritual awareness.

"Taki, is it okay?" Sonoko asked expectantly.

Beichuan Taki was multitasking and replied casually, "Okay."

In his consciousness, Kikue Tanaka climbed from the outside through the balcony to Hamano Toshiya's room on the second floor and strangled him to death unexpectedly.

Then they dragged his body onto the balcony.

Then, Kikue Tanaka threaded two crossbow arrows onto a rope, fixed it to the balcony pillar, and tied two ropes side by side in the middle of the previous one.

Then he used a crossbow to shoot two arrows at two trees in the backyard, and the ropes on the arrows were pulled into a sail-like shape.

Finally, Kikue Tanaka used the corpse's belt as a fulcrum, passed it through one of the two ropes in the middle, and slid the corpse down like a slide.

It seemed that Kikue Tanaka was setting up a murder scene, and an idea suddenly came to Kitagawa Taki's mind.

"I'm going to the bathroom."

Kitagawa Taki talked to the two girls, went to the bathroom, climbed out of the window, and followed the route of Tanaka Kikue to climb to the balcony of Hamano Toshiya's room.

Kikue Tanaka was dealing with the aftermath when she heard a noise on the balcony. She turned around and was shocked to find that it was Kitagawa Taki.

clap clap ~

Kitagawa Taki applauded, "Ms. Tanaka's technique is quite creative!"

Kikue Tanaka's face was gloomy. She couldn't understand why Taki Kitagawa suddenly appeared here.

Tanaka Kikue's expression kept changing, and she finally sighed and said, "Since Mr. Kitagawa has seen it, there's nothing we can do."

"Don't sigh, I don't intend to expose you." Kitagawa Taki said with a smile.

Tanaka Kikue was a little surprised, "Why?"

Kitagawa Taki did not answer, but said: "First, tell me why you want to kill Hamano Toshiya."

Tanaka Kikue hesitated and said, "My nickname 'Deception Boy' actually belongs to my maternal grandfather, Harui Fuden. He was a somewhat famous magician, and he was discussing escape magic with these magic enthusiasts."

"On a whim, I suddenly decided to perform an escape magic trick on stage, and an accident happened."

"Of course I won't take my anger out on them for that, but what I can't forgive is that after my grandfather passed away unexpectedly, 'Escape King' and Hamano Toshiya actually mocked my grandfather in the chat room."

Escape King: He'd be more than happy to die on stage! (laughs)

Disappearing Barney: This is what they call the only wish of an elderly person, right? (^^;)]

Having said that, Kikue Tanaka clenched her hands and trembled constantly.

"My grandfather had intended to reveal his identity to them after the escape magic was successful, but..."

"That's why I killed them." Kikue Tanaka wiped her tears.

After hearing Tanaka Kikue's motive for murder, Kitagawa Taki curled his lips. It turned out that the "Escape King" had died a long time ago.

Let’s see who dares to talk nonsense online. People will really kill them through the online and offline orders.

Tanaka Kikue smiled and said, "I've finished what I said, so now what does Mr. Kitagawa plan to do with me?"

Kitagawa Taki had no intention of doing anything to Tanaka Kikue, as Tanaka Kikue was of no use to him.

"You go away, I'll take care of these things." Kitagawa Taki pointed to the rope and crossbow on the balcony.

What bad intentions could he have? He just wanted to set up an "impossible crime scene" for Conan.