Chapter 15261534 [Why did you kick me? ]

After watching for a while, I heard a noisy sound of footsteps along the long and empty corridor - it seemed that someone was approaching here, and judging from the sound, there were more than one person coming.

Okiya Subaru: "!"

Conan was also startled, and looked towards the door alertly. Fortunately, as a sharp-minded detective, he had already considered the current situation and where to hide when he came in.

Hearing those people approaching, he quickly pointed to the human body cutting tool box next to him and looked at Jiang Xia:

"Children are easier to hide. Huiyuan and I can just squat somewhere. You are easy to be discovered. Lie down quickly and I will help you close the lid! - Mr. Okiya is their man. It is normal for him to repair these in the prop room. It is okay if he is discovered."

Okiya Subaru: "..." I have something to do, I have something to do! I am not familiar with them, and they had specifically told me not to approach here alone and steal secrets. What if they want to kill me...

But Jiang Xia was there to help, and he couldn't possibly compete with others for the hiding place, so he had to look around, trying to find where he could hide.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Jiang Xia suddenly walked towards him.

Then, under Okiya Subaru's suspicious gaze, he pushed him into the box and said to Conan: "Mr. Okiya seems to be here for a temporary job. In a secret place like the prop room, the other party probably won't let him move freely. It's best for him to hide."

Then he looked at Okiya Subaru and said, "I'm going to go somewhere else, you hide here."

Before Okiya Subaru could react, Jiang Xia looked up at the ceiling supported by various brackets, climbed to a high place along a very high prop, grabbed the exposed steel bars above his head, flipped up, and quickly hid on the roof.

Dressed in dark clothes, he blended perfectly into the darkness.

"..." Huibara Ai looked up at the scene with mixed feelings: This is probably the only advantage of black clothes.

Conan saw that Okiya Subaru was already lying on the human body cutting box, and quickly erected the wooden boards around the prop box to completely cover the person inside.

Subaru Okiya looked at the board that was standing up with a clacking sound, and suddenly realized something a little too late: "..." Wait, it was too dark just now and I couldn't see clearly, this, this seems to be the very common prop in magic shows - the one that makes people lie in a long box, and then cuts the box and the person in half, and then cuts it into four halves. Isn't this thing unlucky...

But it's too late to regret now.

Conan moved unexpectedly quickly and assembled the complicated magic box in just a few seconds.

Immediately afterwards, Subaru Okiya heard two sets of footsteps running quickly to a nearby hiding place - Conan and Haibara Ai also hid.

The four people had just hidden themselves when two people walked in from the door.

——The magician’s two beautiful female assistants, wearing low-cut tights and a coat casually draped over their shoulders, walked into the room while chatting.

"You said he was looking for Jiang Xia for a commission? But why do I feel that he just wants to use that little detective to lure Miss Yoko over? Humph, he dares to take action against such a popular female idol, this guy is really bold."

"Forget it. No matter what the situation is, it won't affect us... Speaking of which, who do you think was responsible for the previous accident that almost caused that scumbag to be seriously injured?"

"Who knows? But the perpetrator is really something. If he was going to do something, he should have done it well. Now he has failed miserably. He didn't kill anyone, but instead made him alert. Humph, he is really a waste who is always causing trouble instead of helping others."

The other woman covered her lips and chuckled, "That's right. If you and I work together, we can definitely do things beautifully."

…

It was unclear whether they were joking, testing each other, or really wanted to do something to the magician. The two pretty female assistants were talking with hidden meanings, and the conversation became more and more lively.

At this moment, a voice came from behind them.

A man shouted angrily: "What are you talking about! The leader's personality is indeed a bit problematic, but the reason we can live such a stable life and even show our faces around the world is all thanks to his skills!"

Jiang Xia looked down and used the process of elimination to find that this should be the prop master who owed the magician money.

Next to the prop master stood a young man - the magician's trusted apprentice, who nodded in agreement:

"That's right! Not only did you not thank the teacher, but you actually made fun of the accident. This is really too much!"

The magician's ex-girlfriend snorted coldly and glared at the prop master: "Thanks to him? He is just good at hype and using women to climb up the social ladder. I think you are speaking for him because you owe him money."

“…”

This time, it hit the mark.

The prop master lowered his voice and his tone became weak: "Whether I owe him money or not is none of your business! I don't owe you money."

The ex-wife was not to be outdone and looked at the magician's apprentice:

“You say you want to thank him, but in fact you hate him deeply in your heart - in our opinion, your skills have already matured, but he never lets you perform on stage, and only lets you be a photographer quietly shooting in the corner... Haha, he is worried that someone will steal his limelight.

"Although he's not too young now, he still has plenty of time before he retires. Think about it, decades later, you're gray-haired, still holding a camera, doing the work of an apprentice, earning an apprentice's meager salary, and that guy is the only one shining on the stage... Are you really willing to live like this?"

“…”

The disciple didn't know whether he was trying to avoid that reality or didn't want to argue with her, so he turned his head away angrily: "That doesn't mean I hate him! I just, just..."

His voice dropped to a low level and he stopped talking.

The two men who came aggressively to interrupt the assistant's conversation stopped fighting in one round.

The ex-wife flicked her hair and didn't bother to continue arguing with them: "Let's go, the show is about to start, we have to get ready quickly, don't waste time here."

The ex-girlfriend looked at the prop master and said sarcastically, "If you have time to eavesdrop on our conversation, you might as well go shave your beard first - look at you, you poor gambler."

After saying this, the two women walked away laughing, and the apprentice quickly followed.

The prop master was so angry with them, and was reminded of the sad matter of owing money. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.

Seeing the cutting box that the two women often used, he couldn't help but kick it, cursing, "You bastard!"

Crash——

The prop box, along with the display stand underneath, was kicked to the other side, and the box boards shattered into pieces.

The corner of Haibara Ai's eyes twitched while she was hiding in the corner. She turned her head away politely and no longer looked at the miserable box: "..." Although she felt a little sorry for Mr. Okiya when she thought so, but... it was a good thing that Jiang Xia was not hiding there just now.

(End of this chapter)