Conan: No, why aren't you following the script?

The gentle moonlight streamed through the window, and Kitagawa Isao's face still wore that gentle smile, just as it always had.

He looked at Tanaka Kikue, who was trembling uncontrollably, and spoke in a long, elegant voice:

"Ms. Tanaka, don't you recognize me? We chatted during the day, and you even gave Ai a really delicious colorful lollipop. It tasted really good."

"No, how... what on earth is going on?!"

Tanaka Takahisa's pupils trembled violently. She pointed to the window, "Did you do all this?!"

"Yes, it's me,"

Kitagawa Isao nodded without any attempt to hide his feelings. "We've already wasted enough time here. Ms. Tanaka, you'd better not cause any more trouble and just go back to sleep. Otherwise, I'll have to waste a lot of time to bring you back, which will make me very tired."

"But what does this have to do with you? Who exactly are you?!"

“I already said,” Kitagawa Isao said, shrugging helplessly, “I’m a detective, though I’m still a pretty amateur one.”

"detective……"

Tanaka Takahisa's lips turned pale, and she seemed to be in a bad mood.

An amateur detective was able to predict his own escape route and even stake out the place in advance.

How could something like this happen...?

No, that's not right!

He's definitely not an amateur detective. This guy... this guy must have known I was going to untie the ropes, which is why he destroyed the roof tiles beforehand and stayed here to wait for me.

Moreover, this guy must have known from the beginning that he had a razor blade hidden in his hand, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible...

As she quickly went through the series of events in her mind, Takahisa Tanaka felt a growing sense of fear the more she thought about it.

This young man, who kept claiming to be just an amateur detective, had actually planned this all along hours ago, and it wasn't hard to tell from his words...

He was very confident in his reasoning, as if he knew he would definitely find a way to escape.

This guy is definitely not an amateur detective; he might even have some hidden identity!

Thinking of this, Tanaka Takahisa subconsciously took a few steps back and reached out to the windowsill by the window.

There, she had prepared a dagger beforehand.

This dagger was originally her tool for cutting ropes, but now that the crossbow has been taken by Arayoshi and the others, this is the only weapon she can use.

Ha, how could you possibly expect me to sit here and wait to die?

Now that she has avenged her great wrong, she has not yet visited her grandfather's grave to pay her respects, nor has she inherited his career as a magician.

How could she possibly fall here so easily!

Tightening her grip on her right hand, which was secretly holding the dagger, Tanaka Kikue's eyes flickered, and she instantly rushed towards Kitagawa Isao with the dagger in her hand.

She didn't want to harm innocent people, so she only planned to use the dagger to cause some trouble for Kitagawa Isao, or simply take him hostage to get the people on night watch in the first-floor living room to make way for her.

Tanaka Takahisa had many ideas in her mind; she felt that she could still be saved.

However, what she didn't expect was...

She had just grabbed the dagger and was about to rush towards Kitagawa Isao when, in the next second, Kitagawa Isao appeared in front of her.

How is this going?

Before Tanaka Kikue could figure out the key point, she saw Kitagawa Isao grip his wrist with his left hand and her neck with his right, applying slight pressure with both hands...

With a 'clang,' the dagger fell straight to the floor, and Tanaka Takahisa lost consciousness, collapsing limply against the wall, clearly having passed out.

On the other hand, Kitagawa Isao watched everything with an air of 'taken for granted,' and smiled helplessly as he looked at Tanaka Takahisa's unconscious body.

"Honestly, what a troublesome magician he is. But... this incident has finally been resolved satisfactorily."

After saying that, Kitagawa Isao picked up Tanaka Takahisa, carried her into the room, threw her on the bed, closed the door, and left.

He hit her a little too hard just now, so Tanaka Kikue probably won't wake up from her coma until noon tomorrow.

By then, Inspector Megure must have already taken over the scene with his men.

Thus, a case that should have been handled by Conan Edogawa was completely reversed under his influence. The suspect, Takahisa Tanaka, was captured twice. She had initially confessed under Conan's persuasive words, but now, by a twist of fate, her desire for freedom was rekindled.

It must be said that compared to the original development, this is a somewhat disappointing outcome.

However, Kitagawa Isao didn't care about any of that.

He stretched his shoulders, and after waiting for a long time without the system notification, he chuckled self-deprecatingly.

It seems this mission is indeed not as simple as we imagined.

How could the magician who needs to be dealt with be just Tanaka Takahisa?

With a sigh, knowing that his attempt to outsmart the system had failed, Kitagawa Isao was not discouraged. He walked into the room that faced the boiler room and knocked on the window.

"It's come to this point, Mr. Phantom Thief, you shouldn't be hiding anything anymore, right? Why don't you show yourself and let's meet?"

He spoke those words to the bright night sky, and then a white figure fell straight down from the window and floated lightly into the room the next second.

The entire movement was fluid and graceful, appearing extremely elegant and composed.

When the white figure stopped and stood before Kitagawa Isao, his face, framed by a single-rimmed glasses, was now exposed to the moonlight streaming through the window.

The newcomer was none other than Kaito Kid, disguised as Doi Takaki.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar visitor before him, Kitagawa Isao smiled gently:

"I've long heard that Phantom Thief Kid is incredibly skilled, and seeing him today is even more astonishing than the rumors suggest. He managed to jump through such a small window in a single leap. Is this the result of your years of experience in the profession?"

“Mr. Kitagawa is too kind,” Kidd chuckled, cautiously keeping his distance from Kitagawa Isao. “I never expected that the seemingly ordinary Mr. Kitagawa would possess such deductive reasoning and martial arts skills. If I had known Mr. Kitagawa would be involved, I wouldn’t have come. I would have stayed downstairs by the fire rather than freezing here like this…”