Chapter 300: Meeting in person is risky
As someone who has access to spoilers, Jiang Xia knew that there were some tricks to be found in this magicians' gathering, and he also knew that Suzuki Sonoko was one of the participants.
Originally, thinking of some of Suzuki Sonoko's hobbies, Jiang Xia thought that she might not come to see him, so he often listened to the radio during this period, planning to rush to the party scene to pick up the body as soon as he heard any news related to this matter.
I didn't expect that Suzuki Sonoko would directly invite me to go together.
After Jiang Xia replied to the text message, he rubbed the mermaid's tail, which felt very nice, and was a little moved: "She is such a good person."
The mermaid wanted to slap it with her tail. But before she acted, she looked at the fresh murderous aura that Jiang Xia had just given her, hesitated for a moment, and then silently flattened the tail that was rolled up and gathering strength.
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On the day of the party, Kogoro Mori insisted on taking them there.
——This middle-aged detective has not kept up with the trend of the times and has an instinctive aversion to things like "meeting online friends in person". He always feels that he has seen many cases of people being defrauded of money and sex by online friends before, and he must see with his own eyes what kind of people these "online friends" are before he can feel at ease.
On the way, the car was filled with a happy atmosphere, and even Suzuki Sonoko, who was exhausted from doing the multiple-choice questions before, was no exception - as an optimistic girl, she quickly thought of a new way to play.
Suzuki Sonoko showed an unconcealed smirk, and rubbed the back of the passenger seat expectantly, poking Jiang Xia with her finger: "You can replace me this time. My forum ID is 'Disciple of the Magician'."
Jiang Xia looked at her with a bit of doubt: "Replacing you?"
"That's right! There's no need to reveal your real name in the forum, and normal communication is only done through text. So I've been pretending to be a boy, and I also said that I would bring friends to this party." The more Suzuki Sonoko thought about it, the more she felt that this was interesting.
Originally, she wanted to shock others because "the magician's disciple is actually a girl" and scare the netizens, and by the way, use this huge contrast to make the red herring fall at her feet.
But now, because it is not easy to blatantly stir up red herrings, in Suzuki Sonoko's opinion, half of the fun of revealing one's identity is lost.
She thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt that it would be quite interesting to let Jiang Xia pretend to be a "magician's disciple".
This way, when she uses this ID to hang out on forums in the future, she seems to be able to gain a different kind of happiness, as if those who can't get him can get his identity... cough cough cough, in short, this rare face-to-face meeting cannot be allowed to end in blandness!
Mao Lilan and Jiang Xia watched Suzuki Sonoko laugh more and more like a villain: "..."
Finally, Jiang Xia nodded under the expectant gaze of the "villain". Fortunately, he knew Suzuki Sonoko's true intention, otherwise, just looking at her weird smile, he really didn't dare to agree directly...
As for whether Suzuki Sonoko would post strange things in the forum under his name afterwards, Jiang Xia was not worried.
——As far as I can remember, the other members who came to the party had already discovered that the person who claimed to be a boy, the "Disciple of the Magician", had the exact same tone and words as a girl, so the real person should also be a girl.
Therefore, Jiang Xia felt that it was not a big problem. This strange performance would definitely not last as long as Suzuki Sonoko expected. Once they met, the vest would most likely fall off.
So there was no need to refuse specifically. Just consider it as a thank you gift to Suzuki Sonoko for inviting him to take part in the case and let her entertain herself for a while on the way.
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Kogoro Mori's car gradually drove into the deep forest and stopped in front of a suspension bridge.
It was winter and it had just snowed heavily. Below the suspension bridge was a deep, wide river valley with steep cliffs, and the bridge and rope handrails were covered with a thick layer of snow.
Jiang Xia and several other people stepped onto the bridge. Amid the creaking sound, he vaguely smelled a very faint smell of gasoline.
Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko were concentrating on chatting and didn't notice anything unusual. Conan happened to have a cold and was wearing a huge mask, sneezing one after another.
Only Maori Kogoro felt something was wrong. He looked around in confusion and raised his hand to fan his nose: "Is there any strange smell?"
Jiang Xia tightened the scarf covering her mouth and nose as if nothing had happened, and naturally responded to what Mao Li Ran said, pretending that she was also concentrating on the conversation.
Kogoro Mori had only muttered it casually and didn't take it too seriously.
Just then a gust of mountain breeze blew by, and the smell that had just gathered completely faded. He immediately forgot his previous thought, followed the others, and quickly walked across the bridge.
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Across the bridge stood a large group of pine trees with branches and leaves covered with snow.
A group of people walked through the jungle with poor visibility. After walking for a while, they saw a three-story villa of considerable size.
As a parent who came for "inspection", Kogoro Mouri straightened his collar seriously and wanted to be the first to ring the doorbell to deter netizens who might have evil intentions.
However, just as he took a step, he was ruthlessly held down by Suzuki Sonoko.
Suzuki Sonoko turned around and kept winking at Jiang Xia.
She signed up with the ID "Disciple of the Magician", so she thought that according to the general idea of face-to-face meetings, the first person who rang the doorbell would be regarded as the "Disciple of the Magician", and the others would be friends who accompanied the "Disciple of the Magician".
Suzuki Sonoko urged quietly with sparkling eyes, adding a reminder: "Don't forget my code name - 'Disciple of the Magician'!"
Code name... How can you still be so immature when you are so old? And the code name is so long and not cool at all. Jiang Xia sighed and rang the doorbell.
After more than ten seconds, a middle-aged man with a kind face appeared at the door.
He is one of the participants in the magician lovers' gathering and the owner of this villa, Ara Yoshinori.
The moment the door opened, Jiang Xia quietly moved to the side, revealing Suzuki Sonoko and others behind him.
Just as Jiang Xia reported the ID "Disciple of the Magician" and waited for Araki Yoshinori to turn his attention to Suzuki Sonoko or Mouri Ran and expose her intention of wearing a vest, Araki Yoshinori looked at him in a daze.
Then the uncle was surprised and said: "The disciple of the magician... you are actually a man?! Judging from the words you usually use, you are completely like a little girl."
"..." That's right, your feeling is absolutely correct. So quickly look behind me... Jiang Xia secretly stepped aside a little.
Araki Yize finally discovered that there was someone else behind him.
He looked outside and when he saw two high school girls, he remembered something and the smile on his face became strange.
Then he retracted his gaze and looked Jiang Xia up and down with a strange look that conveyed both "this is a talent" and "this is a scumbag".
Jiang Xia: “……?”
(End of this chapter)
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