Chapter 1527 1535 [You were left behind by Uzo]

After the footsteps faded away, Jiang Xia jumped down from the roof and landed lightly on the ground.

He pulled the timid Okiya Subaru out from the rubble and brushed the dust off his body: "Are you okay?"

Okiya Subaru: “…” Usa, is it Usa… Snap!

"..." Huibara Ai looked up at the strange graduate student who suddenly hit himself, and silently pulled Jiang Xia away from him, "Is he okay?" She meant the brain.

Jiang Xia sighed and whispered to her: "Maybe it's just a little trouble for adults."

Subaru Okiya paid no attention to the two people muttering to each other. He recalled what had just happened and felt that it was definitely not Uzo who was behind this - those people were walking towards the prop warehouse when they were checking, Conan suggested that they hide in the box, Jiang Xia gave him the box, the female assistant cursed the prop master on impulse, the prop master happened to stop next to the magic box, and kicked the box next to him on impulse...

After a series of events, they were all pure accidents and coincidences, so it must be just bad luck.

Although he was kicked for no reason, fortunately there was another layer of boxes outside, so Subaru Okiya had no physical problems, he was just a little frightened.

Seeing that he had recovered, Jiang Xia looked at the box that had been kicked. "This is such a classic human-cutting project, they may add it to the warm-up performance. If this box is to be used after the show starts, the prop master may return to sort it out later. In order to avoid encountering it with the people in the group, let's leave first."

A few people nodded, and the group didn't stay any longer and walked out of the warehouse quickly.

"Those props are too complicated, and there are too many mechanisms. Even if Professor Agasa comes, I'm afraid he won't be able to tell which ones are hiding fatal risks." Huihara Ai crossed her arms and analyzed in a low voice, "But it's not a complete loss. At least now we know that the magician's prediction was not accurate - his apprentice also clearly has a motive to kill. So we have to guard against not four members, but five."

“…” Subaru Okiya looked at the magician on the advertising flyer: Do you have any other surprises that I don’t know about?

At this point, he no longer had any other wishes. He just hoped that the show would end quickly and the magic troupe would set off on a tour across the United States.

However, even though freedom was just around the corner, he always had a bad feeling, and it was getting stronger and stronger.

…

The number of suspicious persons increased from four to five, and the workload became greater.

Although they intended to follow them, there were not many professional detectives in Jiang Xia's group. Even if they followed the members separately, it would be impossible to keep track of them all.

A few people had to pretend to ask for autographs, went around one by one, and had a brief exchange with the group members, but they didn't find anything unusual.

During this period, when passing by the temporary dormitory, Subaru Okiya stopped and looked at his neatly packed luggage. He suddenly had the urge to pick up his suitcase and leave without staying in the group.

“…”

The Mist Tengu hanging on the corner of his clothes looked up at him, flapped its wings, vaguely felt that it understood something, and began to call Jiang Xia.

A few seconds later, Jiang Xia naturally appeared next to Okiya Subaru.

"Mr. Okiya." Jiang Xia followed his gaze towards the room, hesitating to speak, "I wanted to ask you before, have you been avoiding us?"

"!" Okiya Subaru hastily denied, "No!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized his mistake - Jiang Xia is a famous detective, so sharp, it would be difficult to fool him with such words.

Jiang Xia looked at him and sighed, seeming to blame himself: "Recently, I seem to have what others often call 'incident constitution'. Although theoretically, this should be just a coincidence, but now it seems that these cases have caused trouble for many people... I don't know what you are doing abroad under a changed name, but now it seems that you are also one of the victims of my 'incident constitution' - did I interfere with your work? Alas, it's all my fault."

Okiya Subaru heard that he seemed to have a trace of guilt, and his conscience pricked: "How can this be your fault!"

…This is clearly Uzo’s fault.

Jiang Xia patted his shoulder heavily and said, "Don't comfort me. I just hope I won't delay your business. You don't have to leave. If anyone should leave, it should be us tourists. You can stay. I will find an excuse to take Conan and the others away."

Okiya Subaru: "No, no, really no... I, I was just looking at my luggage, not because I wanted to leave, but because I was thinking and looking at familiar things, I got distracted!"

Jiang Xia seemed to believe it: "We are here, we really won't disturb you?"

Okiya Subaru nodded bitterly: "Really, really."

After finishing the conversation, Okiya Subaru suddenly realized that he seemed to be pushed into a dead end by his damn conscience. After talking to this point, it would be too embarrassing to sneak away without saying a word.

Okiya Subaru: "..." Forget it, running away may not be better than staying here. Maybe all this is the guidance of the Statue of Liberty, the arrangement of fate...

…

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the show to begin.

Jiang Xia walked along the venue following the seat marked on the ticket, while Conan followed behind him, frowning as he pondered the current situation.

"I always feel that the magician himself doesn't seem as nervous as he said." Conan sighed, "Just now I wanted him to help find some questions from the members, but he actually said that he didn't want the members to find out something unusual and create a rift. Not only did he not ask any questions himself, he also didn't let me ask anything... How can he do a commission like this? Are the clients you usually meet so difficult to deal with?"

Jiang Xia: "The clients I met were not bad. Although there were some that were difficult to deal with, the cooperation with those clients was usually over after one session and would not cause trouble again. Generally speaking, the work went quite smoothly."

Subaru Okiya thought of the case reports he collected about Jiang Xia: "..." Well, it is true that they can only cooperate once. After all, after cooperating, those people can no longer speak.

"Let's just concentrate on watching the show first." Jiang Xia found their seats and walked in. "Although the props used in magic shows have mechanisms and are not as dangerous as they look, this kind of large equipment will inevitably cause harm if something unexpected happens. Since the magician thinks there's a chance that an accident might happen during the show, let's keep a closer eye on it."

The others nodded.

Soon, the surrounding lights dimmed, the curtain opened, and the magic show began.

(End of this chapter)