The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

London City Hall, top floor.

On the stage, wonderful programs are performed one after another.

Because it is called the Hobbs Magic Group, in addition to traditional magic such as pigeon transformation, guessing poker cards, and the great transformation of living people, there are also acrobatic projects such as human cannonballs and unicycle tightrope walking.

In the intervals between the actors on the stage preparing for the program, the host will tell some warm-up jokes to adjust the atmosphere.

And Judy Hobbs herself will also walk around the front row and talk to the guests.

The two years since taking over the Hobbs Magic Group have allowed her to handle such occasions with ease.

Backstage, Kuroba Kaito and Boll are confirming the performance process over and over again.

Although Kuroba Kaito is also performing this magic for the first time, his foundation is excellent after all, and he can achieve good results with just a few rehearsals.

In contrast, Boll is a new magician who has just joined the Hobbs Magic Group and has little experience on stage.

If it is a normal stage, the Magic Group will not hesitate to let this newcomer go on stage and accumulate performance experience.

But this performance is very special. It needs to compete with the world's number one illusionist next door, and there must be no carelessness.

In addition, Kuroba Kaito's magic needs a partner to assist, so Boll came

"Mr. Shinichi, do you think I can use this action when I go on stage later?"

Boll, dressed in white, came out from behind a special chair and ran to the right like a thief.

But when he ran to the right, he suddenly stopped, stood up and pointed to the left domineeringly.

Kuroba Kaito looked at Boll's series of actions and nodded approvingly.

"This is also very good, let's do it later!"

Just as the two of them finalized the final performance action, a staff member of the Hober Magic Group ran over to inform them that it would be their turn after the show on the stage ended.

This is also the last show of the day.

Out of trust in Kuroba Toichi's son, Judy Hober deliberately changed the program schedule and put Kuroba Kaito's "teleportation" at the finale of today.

"Okay, I'll be right there!"

"Please come with two people to help me move this chair outside!"

...

After a while, when the performers of the previous show finished their performance and the curtain slowly closed, Kuroba Kaito quickly set up the scene with the help of the members of the magic group.

To say that the scene was set up was actually to put a 20-centimeter high platform in the center of the stage, and on the high platform was a silver-white chair.

When everything was set up, Kuroba Kaito stood quietly behind the dark curtain,

while on the other side of the curtain, Judy Hopper was making her final speech before the finale.

"The next performer is a genius magician I discovered in Japan."

"He can make any ordinary thing incredible and turn decay into magic..."

"His magic is full of mystery and magic, which makes countless audiences intoxicated, so it is called 'gorgeous miracle' in Japan..."

Listening to Judy Hopper's praise for himself outside, Kuroba Kaito was a little embarrassed for a while.

Although he does have a talent for magic and often uses magic, it is more due to his own naughty and showy personality.

In terms of performance, he knew that he still lacked something.

And his father, Kuroba Toichi, was a truly all-round genius magician.

Although Kuroba Toichi also experienced the training in the dreamland since childhood, gradually strengthened his performance skills, and finally became a world-famous magician.

But what Kuroba Kaito lacked was also this point, that is, perseverance.

Dad...

The figure of that person appeared in Kuroba Kaito's mind, and a knowing smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Since Kuroba Toichi "resurrected", Kuroba Kaito felt that he seemed to have almost forgotten his other identity - Kaito Kid.

This is also normal. After all, he played this thief just to find the enemy who killed his father.

Speaking of which, when I first heard about the deeds of "Kaito Kid" from Aoko, I was actually a little hostile in my heart.

Maybe I am not suitable to be a thief...

Kuroba Kaito recalled the past, and his heart couldn't help but sigh for the future.

Now that his father has been found and the feud with the zoo organization is about to be settled, it seems that he should consider getting his life back on track in the future.

After all, he can't always make Aoko and Uncle Nakamori angry, right?

Kuroba Kaito's mouth corners slightly raised, and he has made plans to "retire" after this matter is completely over.

Of course, he will not give up magic, and he will still be a real magician like Kuroba Toichi in the future.

If so, today's performance should be the magic debut of the future great magician-Kuroba Kaito?

Although it is a debut, he must not lose to that guy...

Kuroba Kaito's face became serious, and the figure of the world's number one illusionist, Günter von Gothenburg II, emerged in his mind.

Although his true identity is a killer of the zoo organization, his illusionist skills are definitely world-class.

That person's performance has started now, right?

I wonder how he is performing now?

...

London City Hall, first floor.

While the Hober Knights are performing, the world's number one illusionist will also be performing here.

And this performance is a temporary public performance, no tickets are required for the performance, it is completely free.

This resulted in a large number of people coming to watch the performance, more than 300 people.

If the security guards at the door had not let everyone in for safety reasons, the enthusiastic audience would have even filled the entire first-floor hall, including the spiral corridor.

However, when everyone was crowded in various locations in the hall waiting for the performance time to arrive, they did not find the stage for this performance.

The entire hall was arranged as usual, not to mention setting up a stage and a large screen, even a high platform was not prepared.

"What's going on? There is not even a stage here, how can we perform?"

"Are we being fooled by that illusionist?"

"It's not time for the performance yet, right? Since we are here, let's wait and see..."

The crowd was a little restless, and dissatisfied voices and questioning voices came one after another.

Suddenly, a grand background music sounded in the hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

"Sorry for the long wait..."

The voice came from just above the first-floor hall.

Everyone looked up and saw a blond man in a black suit floating under the ceiling.

"Wow!"

"It's the world's number one illusionist, Günter!"

When the man appeared, the crowd reached a climax instantly.

At the same time, a red halo shone on the ceiling, forming a huge spider web pattern.

Enjoying the cheers of the audience below, the man named "Günter" showed a confident smile on his face and slowly opened his arms.

"Welcome to the world of spiders!"

When Günter's voice fell, the spider web pattern on his body quickly turned into a stimulating white light like a flash bomb, flashing throughout the hall.

In the dazzling halo, all the audience subconsciously raised their hands to cover their eyes.

But the speed of light is much faster than the speed of hands.

When their vision gradually returned to normal, the residual light spots in their vision gradually faded, and they found that nothing around them had changed.

The hall is still the same hall.

But when someone looked up at the ceiling, they found that a huge spider web was woven from the ceiling to the pillars leading to the ground.

This spider web is not the spider web pattern constructed by the red laser before, but a real spider web!

On the spider web, huge red-eyed spiders were slowly crawling towards the crowd from the ceiling along the gray-white spider silk.

"Ah——!"

Suddenly, someone couldn't stand the shock and screamed for the first time.

However, this scream was like opening Pandora's box.

People in the crowd screamed one after another, and then turned around and ran away in fear.

Soon, the fear of spiders was like a terrible plague, raging among the crowd.

But when these people just ran to the door of the city hall, they found that a terrible spider web had already been laid in front of the door, and there were also several huge spiders crawling towards the crowd.

The two huge round eyes flashed scarlet light, and the six bristly legs swung flexibly.

When the crowd looked at the eyes surrounded by hair, the blood in their bodies was soaked with fear.

"Ah——!"

"Run!"

"Back off, back off!"

In an instant, screams rose and fell in the hall.

The crowd rushed towards the stairs leading upstairs like driven lambs.

…

At the same time, the people on the top floor didn't know what was happening downstairs.

As Judy Hopper's introduction ended, the red curtain behind her slowly opened.

Kuroba Kaito, dressed in a black suit, stood next to a chair and bowed respectfully to the audience in front of the stage.

"Dear audience!"

"Today I will present an incredible magic show for you..."

"On this stage, I will show the miracle of teleportation!"

"Please keep your eyes on my movements and prepare to witness a magical magic!"

As soon as the voice fell, Kuroba Kaito stepped onto the high platform behind him without hesitation.

On the high platform, there was a chair.

Kuroba Kaito sat on the chair, and the assistants on both sides came over, took a silver plastic sheet from behind the chair, and covered Kuroba Kaito with it.

There were two holes on both sides of the silver plastic sheet, and two hands were exposed in the holes.

In addition, the top of the plastic sheet has the outline of a head, so it is easy to judge that Kuroba Kaito is still inside.

Even the two hands are still waving at the audience playfully.

This scene made many viewers laugh.

However, when the two assistants peeled off the silver plastic sheet again with fierce drum beats, Kuroba Kaito, who was originally on the seat, disappeared instantly.

The lights on the stage also became brighter.

The next second, the lights went out, and Kuroba Kaito was sitting on the spotlight at the edge of the stage, leisurely crossing his legs.

Many viewers didn't even realize what happened before the magic was over.

Kuroba Kaito, who was still sitting on the seat in the last second, appeared 5 meters away in the next second.

"Wow!"

The whole audience made a surprised sound, and everyone widened their eyes in disbelief.

When most people came to their senses, the applause gradually sounded.

Pa Pa Pa...

The applause seemed to stop for a long time.

Kuroba Kaito walked to the center of the stage and said leisurely, "I think there are still many people here who haven't figured out what happened. Maybe they were blinking just now and didn't see the moment I moved."

"Of course, there must be more audiences who want to know the secret of 'teleportation'..."

"According to the magician's three principles of Thaston, the same magic cannot be performed twice for the same group of people, and the secret of magic should never be revealed."

"But today, I will make an exception and perform another teleportation for my friends in London..."

"This time, I will wear a more conspicuous white jumpsuit so that you can see the secret clearly."

"Please don't blink!"

Kuroba Kaito took a white jumpsuit handed over by the assistant next to him, put it on, and then repeated the previous process and sat on the chair on the high platform.

The previous two assistants once again covered Kuroba Kaito with a silver plastic sheet, leaving only a towering head outline and two holes showing his hands.

When the two assistants uncovered the plastic sheet, a white figure first jumped down from behind the chair and tiptoed to the spotlight on the right side of the stage.

At this moment, the audience thought that the white figure was Kuroba Kaito, and bursts of laughter broke out.

But at this moment, the white figure suddenly stopped and turned back to point to the other side of the stage.

At this time, the strong light of the spotlight went out again, and Kuroba Kaito appeared next to the spotlight again.

However, unlike the last time, this time Kuroba Kaito appeared next to the spotlight on the other side.

Seeing this scene, the audience suddenly realized and stood up to applaud.

For a while, applause and whistles came one after another.

Kuroba Kaito stood in the center of the stage and bowed with the other two assistants and the white "stand-in" to express his gratitude.

In fact, the principle of this magic is very simple, that is, the magic chair can be used to hide people, and the assistant Bol can be hidden in it in advance.

When Kuroba Kaito sits on the chair and is covered with plastic cloth, he can sneak around from under the chair to the back through the actions of the two assistants arranging the plastic cloth and hide first.

And Bol, who is hiding in the chair, will stretch out his two hands, plus the semicircular headgear above the chair, to pretend that Kuroba Kaito is still sitting on the chair.

Afterwards, when the two assistants were about to unveil the plastic sheet, Kuroba Kaito used his black clothes and black curtain to go behind the spotlight.

At this time, the lighting technician would increase the power of the spotlight, so that Kuroba Kaito behind the spotlight was in the backlight position, so that he could sit safely on the spotlight without being discovered.

When the spotlight was turned down again, the person would suddenly appear, creating the illusion of instant movement.

As for the second performance, Kuroba Kaito referred to the tricks he used when he was fighting wits and courage with the police when he was the Kaito Kid, and deliberately sold a flaw to the audience.

Boll, who had already been wearing a white jumpsuit, jumped off the chair in full view of the public and attracted the audience's attention to the right.

He himself moved in the opposite direction of Boll as in the first time, and then appeared next to the spotlight in the same way.

As for the white jumpsuit, for Kuroba Kaito, one of the most skilled skills he practiced as a Kaito was "changing clothes in one second".

However, just as Kuroba Kaito was enjoying the applause of the audience on the stage, a rumbling sound suddenly came from outside the door of the performance hall.

The people near the door heard it first, and the rumbling sound seemed to shake the floor.

Just as these people stared at the door with puzzled eyes, the door was suddenly opened.

The crowd rushed in like crazy.

I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!