Chapter 15241532 [The Man Everyone Wants to Kill]
The next moment Conan looked at Okiya Subaru, Okiya Subaru suddenly started and turned his head back.
Conan was startled and had no time to think whether it was a coincidence or Subaru Okiya was too perceptive. He shook his feet as if nothing had happened and pretended that he was just looking at the juicer out of curiosity.
Subaru Okiya looked at him briefly, and seemed to think that Conan was just a child after all, and would not give him such a strong sense of crisis, so he shifted his gaze slightly, took a quick look around the room, and checked the doors and windows.
However, nothing was found.
Subaru Okiya: “…” Just now, I suddenly felt a chill on my back, as if I was being stared at by something familiar and dangerous. Was it an illusion?
After a moment of confusion, since he found nothing, he finally turned around and started tinkering with the juicer again.
At this moment, on the reception sofa, the magician finally found his words:
"These five members... Well, let me start with the two women who serve as my assistants. Since you have seen magic shows, you should know that a great magician like me usually needs beautiful assistants to set the mood on stage and serve as magic props, right?"
Conan nodded, still not liking this guy: "I understand, he's just a shill, the assistant who helps you deceive the audience."
Magician: "..." Where did this little brat come from? That's not called cheating, that's called selling art!
He ignored Conan and continued, "My chief assistant is Uehara Misa, and she used to be my fiancée. But three years ago, I suddenly felt that she was uninteresting, so I proposed a breakup.
"She was very reluctant and kept asking me what she had done wrong... Well, actually she did nothing wrong, but after playing with her for so long, I was really tired of her, so I insisted on breaking up with her. From what I have observed, she still holds a grudge against me because of this incident."
Okiya Subaru, who was eavesdropping quietly: "..."
...Let's put aside the question of whether he is a scumbag or not. How dare this magician use someone with such a deep feud as his assistant? !
The magician had no idea of the shock coming from some working man.
He counted on his fingers and continued, "Then there's my second assistant, Chiaki Nakagawa. She's my ex-wife, and we just divorced last year. Although it was a peaceful breakup, from what I've observed, this girl is very unhappy about my previous affair, and until now, she's always saying bad things about me behind my back."
Subaru Okiya: "..." His love experience is quite rich. But then again, "girlfriend from three years ago" and "ex-wife who got divorced due to cheating" are people who often become murderers. This magician might be in trouble.
Moreover, it is no wonder that the magician wanted Yoko Kinoshita to leave just now. He probably just didn't want Miss Yoko to find out that he was a scumbag.
...Wait, the magician is not trying to hook up with Miss Yoko! Miss Yoko has so many fans, so wouldn't his chances of survival be lower?
But before the magician can successfully establish a relationship with Miss Yoko, he must first survive the hands of the two female assistants...
As soon as Subaru Okiya put himself in the situation, he couldn't help but his eyelids twitching: It's too dangerous, the magician's situation is really too dangerous.
But it turned out that he was a little too early to express his feelings.
——Because there are not only two female assistants in the team, but also three other people.
"Besides the two of them, everyone else seems to be somewhat dissatisfied with me."
The magician counted them one by one. "Oh, there is only one exception - my beloved apprentice, Ishida Kazuma. He is not yet a master, and a half-finished product like this cannot be performed on stage, so I let him be responsible for the video recording work and record every performance. He is very talented and has a very straightforward personality. Among the five main members, I only trust him, so you don't need to check him too much."
Jiang Xia thought of the mushroom-headed boy who followed the magician when he first entered the door, and nodded.
"Then there's Zhuang Sizhenwu. He's a script writer, responsible for planning the flow of the performance." The magician looked disdainful. "He was originally my fellow apprentice, but he really has no talent for magic. Fortunately, he has a little bit of aesthetic sense and basic knowledge. So after I took over the troupe, I let him do the planning work."
He spread his hands and said, "But his style is very different from mine. No matter what I said, he was unwilling to change. We just couldn't get along. So after this tour, I plan to fire him."
With a click.
Chong Shimao slipped and dropped the cup onto the kitchen counter. He pressed it against the wall before it broke, and then carefully retrieved it.
"Be careful! How can you not even pour water properly? The quality of today's interns is getting worse and worse." The magician shook his head in dissatisfaction. "Your hands are quite fast, but it's a pity that you are too old to be a magician. If you were 10 years younger, I would consider taking you as my apprentice."
Okiya Subaru: "..." No, no. I don't think your group is suitable for me...
Seeing that he kept his head down and remained silent, the magician quickly lost interest.
He turned his head to look at Jiang Xia and continued, "The only one left is the prop master Hasegawa Minoru - to be honest, I think this guy is also a big suspect. He likes gambling and has borrowed money from me several times. If I die, he won't have to pay me back, and he's a prop master, so it would be easiest for him to tamper with the equipment and plot against me."
“…”
Hearing that he had finally finished speaking, the group of people breathed a sigh of relief silently, but no one spoke for a short while - there were too many people with motives in this crew, and their motives were varied, covering all kinds of situations.
Based on these oral statements alone, it is impossible to figure out who is most likely the murderer.
The magician saw that they were lost in thought and seemed to have expected it, so he did not urge them.
He picked up his bag, found a few tickets from it, and handed them to Jiang Xia: "These are tickets for our performance tonight. Although I think everyone is a sensible person and is unlikely to take action during the performance and destroy the art we have created together. But my magic does include some thrilling performances that may threaten life. In order to avoid accidents, let's first determine the emergency help gesture."
As he spoke, the magician raised his right hand and made a few imaginary grasping movements, then smiled meaningfully at Jiang Xia: "If you see me make this gesture, even if the performance is in progress, please rush onto the stage to save me."
The situation has become so serious?
Dr. Agasa was panicked: "Wait, if that's the case, why don't you just cancel the performance? It won't be too late to perform again after this problem is solved. Global tours are indeed important, but life is only once!"
(End of this chapter)
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