Chapter 15251533 [Let’s ask Subaru Okiya about the “stage”]
The magician glanced at Dr. Agasa, frowned and shook his head: "What are you talking about? Are you going to let me cancel this highly anticipated global tour just because of risks that we don't know whether they exist or not? - This is an opportunity to prove ourselves. And we are a professional horse... cough, professional magic troupe, and we are never afraid of danger."
Jiang Xia seemed to have seen many customers like this. He didn't say anything, just nodded and distributed the tickets to the people present.
Just then, Subaru Okiya brought some juice, so he slipped one to his little brother as well - the magician gave a lot of tickets anyway.
Okiya Subaru: "Thank you, but I don't really need it..."
"Take it." The magician suddenly said, "You can't do anything else, so we've been planning to let you be the switch to heighten the atmosphere of the audience - just clap and cheer at the critical moment. You can do this well, right?"
Okiya Subaru silently put away the ticket.
"Then I'll leave this detective and his companions to you." The magician couldn't wait to leave Jiang Xia and the others behind and planned to go talk to Kinoshita Yoko alone. He patted Okiya Subaru's shoulder and said, "Entertain the guests well."
Before leaving, he looked at Jiang Xia worriedly: "By the way, please be sure not to alert other members during the investigation - if it is just a misunderstanding, it will affect our relationship. It would be bad if they hold a grudge against me because of this in the future, so you must keep it a secret."
“…”
The magician goes out and leaves.
Okiya Subaru looked at the closed door, sighed silently in his heart, and wished he could leave as well.
At this moment, almost synchronously, a sigh was heard beside him. It was actually from Mao Lilan.
Jiang Xia looked at her: "What's wrong?"
Conan was startled, then suddenly thought of something and felt a little happy: "Haha, it must be Mr. Dongcheng's private behavior, which is too far from his usual glorious image of a 'magic master', which makes Sister Xiaolan feel very disappointed."
Mao Lilan looked at her autograph book and the name "Dongcheng Huanyang" that she had just left on it, and felt mixed emotions:
"He cheated on me and got divorced more than once. He was clearly at fault for these things. But when he was explaining the situation just now, he made these unspeakable things sound so natural, as if they were commonplace to him..."
Huiyuan Ai patted her legs and comforted her: "The adult world is so dirty."
As Mao Lilan sighed, she suddenly remembered the way the magician looked at Kinoshita Yoko before. The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong: "Could it be that the magician wants to scum Miss Yoko like he did to his ex-girlfriend?... We can't let him have his wish! Let's go meet Miss Yoko quickly."
As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed in the direction the magician had just left.
"Xiaolan!" Dr. Agasa was worried that she would beat up the man in excitement, so he hurried after her.
The two people ran away, one in front and one behind.
Suddenly, there was only one detective, two fake kids, and a temporary staff member of the magic troupe who wanted to reduce his presence.
Jiang Xia looked at Okiya Subaru, hesitant to speak, and finally said tactfully: "Mr. Okiya, your schedule seems to be very busy?"
When Okiya Subaru heard that he didn't directly expose his escape from the crew, he was nervous and a little touched. But no matter how touched he was, he didn't dare to mention that he was trying to escape from Usa.
So he had no choice but to carry out his recent "unspeakable secret" script to the end, said nothing, shook his head and sighed.
Conan really wanted to say something - for example, who was the "adult" behind the woman in black, and whether that person was coming for Subaru Okiya, and what the "stage" he mentioned was referring to.
But thinking of Jiang Xia, the sharp-eyed neighbor, who was still nearby, Conan didn't think he could perfectly hide the information about the organization if he talked to him in front of him. As everyone knows, people who know about the organization will be targeted by them or even killed... He sighed and swallowed the information about the organization back into his stomach.
Conan: "..." Fortunately, the performance is about to begin. When the lights are dim, Jiang Xia and Xiaolan will be attracted by the performance on the stage. He can take this opportunity to ask Okiya Subaru what he should ask.
He secretly decided to keep a close eye on Okiya Subaru's movements to avoid repeating the same mistake and letting this mysterious man leave quietly.
…
Seeing that Okiya Subaru still said nothing, Jiang Xia did not ask any more questions. Anyway, for him, an "innocent citizen who didn't know the existence of the organization", other people's little secrets had nothing to do with him, so there was no need to dig into the details.
He considerately changed the subject: "Where is the prop warehouse? If it is true as Mr. Dongcheng said, the murderer will do it during the performance, then the magic props themselves are dangerous, and there is a high possibility that the murderer tampered with those complicated magic props."
Okiya Subaru came back to his senses and led the way, "This way."
He led a few people towards the warehouse.
Remembering the magician's instructions, he reminded, "As for the prop warehouse, the other people's lounge is not too far away. They may pass by and even go in to check the props. If we don't want to be exposed, we should try to avoid meeting them."
...I heard that some magicians and prop masters attach great importance to their own skills, and of course the same goes for props with hidden mechanisms. If his behavior as an "intern" bringing people close to the prop warehouse was seen by other members of the circus and they thought that he had offended their professionalism, things would be very bad.
Jiang Xia nodded knowingly: "Don't worry, we all understand."
Then he patted the two fake children's heads on the left and right.
The fake kids then followed suit.
Okiya Subaru: "..." I always feel that these two naughty kids don't look very reliable, can't we just leave them alone and go check it out...
…
Having said that, no matter how he hinted, Jiang Xia had no intention of sending the two children back.
Although Okiya Subaru didn't know why Jiang Xia was so obsessed with "training the next generation", the longer he delayed, the easier it would be to be discovered. In the end, he gave up and took a few people to the prop warehouse.
The group sneaked to the prop warehouse and slipped in. As the show was about to start, the door was not locked and they got in easily.
In order to keep the magician's word "secrecy", the few people did not turn on the lights, but only used small flashlights to look at the various props piled up in the warehouse.
The props used in magic performances are of strange shapes and full of mechanisms. If you want to find a specific "lethal mechanism" among them, even a detective would not know where to start.
Several people looked at each other for a moment, and finally followed Jiang Xia to the largest machine and bent down to observe it.
(End of this chapter)
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