Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 454 Monsters Are Liars (Monthly Pass Plus)

While holding down the person, the shikigami in Jiang Xia's pattern swarmed out, engulfing "Kidd" who was close at hand like a white tide, and began to suck away the magic power that wrapped her for camouflage.

Shikigami briefly blocked Jiang Xia's sight, but he still couldn't see who the person in front of him was.

But when he held down the person, he heard a scream from his subordinates, it was Koizumi Hongzi's voice.

And as the magic power was quickly snatched away by the shikigami, Koizumi Hongzi's face was indeed exposed under the entangled magic power.

...It really is her.

However, I always feel that Koizumi Hongzi's magic power today is slightly different from last time... Jiang Xia couldn't help but suspect that the chef had changed while absorbing the magic power.

……

Just now, Koizumi Hongzi was about to take a sneak peek back, like a fleeing prey who couldn't help checking the hunter's distance.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he was held down by a hand head-on, and his eyes were also shrouded in pitch black shadows.

She closed her eyes subconsciously, was pushed against the wall by inertia, and her mind went blank for a moment.When he came back to his senses, his field of vision was already filled by the black wings spread in front of him, and there was nowhere to escape.

Fear, nervousness, fear, heartbeat... All kinds of strong emotions are intertwined, pushing Koizumi Hongzi's heart rate to the peak in an instant, and her pale cheeks are flushed—by now, Koizumi Hongzi has been completely indistinguishable. Knowing what kind of emotion made her heart beat so fast, this passive feeling of speeding up other people's heartbeat made her suspect that it was not Wu Tiangou who ate the love chocolate that night, but herself.

...When she was sent out by her aunt as a bait, although Koizumi Hongzi was nervous, she never thought that things would turn out like this.

——Because Minamoto Kona said that the magic circle to be used today is the most powerful confinement in all records, and it will definitely be able to trap Kiritengu.Even if it can't be trapped for too long, at least it will be longer than the magic circle made by Koizumi Hongzi a few days ago, enough for her as the bait to leave safely.

However, just now, when Hongzi Koizumi turned around to peek, he saw that Wutengu ignored the "strongest" magic circle.

She belatedly realized that this so-called "strongest array" was not as good as the one she had arranged the night before... Was she tricked by that lawless aunt? ?

... Even so, at this moment, looking at Wutengu in front of him, Koizumi Hongzi was surprised to find that she didn't regret it in her heart.

——After all, it was precisely because of that deceitful aunt that she was able to see this mysterious monster up close again after such a lapse of days.

So close, right in front of her...

Koizumi Hongzi looked up at the pair of dark golden eyes, suddenly his mind went blank and he let go.

She grabbed Wu Tiangou by the neckline, gritted her teeth and asked the question that has been on her mind all the time, tossing and turning:

"You, you threw me in the sky before, and chased me just now, is it because the chocolate works, fell in love with me, or just trying to deceive my magic power?!"

Jiang Xia: "...?"

His wings moved silently behind his back... This witch seems not as stupid as she looks.He thought of the truth so quickly.

anyway……

Jiang Xia's eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at the shikigami who had absorbed the energy core and were returning to the tattoos one after another.

Although the shikigami move slowly, they are numerous.After such a short period of time, the magical power on Koizumi Hongzi's body that allowed her to pretend to be "Kidd" has completely disappeared.

And after that, although Koizumi Hongzi was emotional, there was no sign of magic power leaking from her body... It can be seen that this does not seem to be deliberately restraining the magic power, but it has indeed been drained, and there is really no extra magic power .

In other words, the recovery of magic power seems not as fast as Jiang Xia expected.

...then here comes the problem.

——Where was the source of the solid magical power just now?
Jiang Xia thought of the unusual theft warning letter, and suddenly had a guess.

He looked at Hongzi Koizumi: "Is Kidd with you?"

... Kidd and Conan are similar, both are the sons of this world, and it is normal to have a talent for magic.

Combined with the previous events, Jiang Xia preliminarily suspected that Hongzi Koizumi used some method to treat Kidd as a magic battery, and was just squeezing Kidd's magic power to cast spells.

...Since this is the case, it is better for him to deal with the witch, and Kidd will give him the magic power directly, so that there is no middleman to make the difference, and he can get both.

……

Koizumi Hongzi is still anxiously waiting for the answer of "love or magic".

At this time, when she heard Wu Tiangou didn't answer, but asked about his phantom thief accomplice, her face turned dark immediately, and she had a feeling of counting the petals in her heart for a moment, one loved her and the other didn't love her, and the last one was pulled out to "don't love" Her" sadness.

...Chocolate probably really didn't work.Otherwise, why would Wu Tiangou suddenly ask someone else at such a heart-pounding time?

Koizumi Hongzi thought of this, and recalled the scene a few nights ago when she thought that Wutengu had become her captive, and proudly ordered Wutengu to arrest people. She couldn't help feeling ashamed, and then turned into anger.

... If you can't get his heart, at least get the monster itself first!
Koizumi Hongzi took a deep breath: "If you go back with me, I will let go of your phantom thief...?!"

Wu Tiangou suddenly pushed her.

Koizumi Hongzi sprained her feet and staggered to the side. A strong wind blew up around her for a moment, and Wutengu waved its wings and went straight up into the sky.

Almost at the same time, a large-caliber sniper rifle brushed against Jiang Xia's leg, stirred up a few pieces of clothes, and spun and chiseled them on the wall of one tower.

A huge deep pit was dug into the solid concrete wall, and several pieces of rubble fell onto Koizumi Hongzi's skirt.

Koizumi Hongzi stared blankly at this scene, and after a few seconds, her face gradually turned to panic, what is aunt doing? !This... This is different from the previously discussed plan!
Jiang Xia continued to rise, and changed direction once on the way, dodging another bullet that followed.

He looked down at the collapsed wall below, and then at Koizumi Hongzi who was still sitting dazed.Finding that the witch who was raised and able to extract magic power was still alive, she looked away with confidence and turned to look in the direction of the bullet.

Neither he nor the ghost felt any murderous intent over there, nor did they discover magic power.

...The worker sniper targeting Kidd?

Or the helper Koizumi Hongzi found?
Jiang Xia thought of the bullet that went on the rampage just now and didn't deliberately avoid Koizumi Hongzi, and felt that no matter what the situation was, it didn't make much sense to take Koizumi Hongzi away as a hostage.

So instead of going back down to hug the person, he flew towards the direction where the bullet came from, wanting to see who was sneakily firing the black gun.

(End of this chapter)