Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 281 The Witch’s Hospitality

"I slapped Yuanzi on behalf of Yuanzi. If you think you are still a human being, just kneel down and apologize to her." Yangzi, who never gets angry easily, finally suppressed the anger in his chest until this time, and said this sentence coldly. After saying that, he walked to the window and looked at the gradually subdued snow outside the house without saying a word.

Being tortured by Yoko's soul, the ugliness in his heart was completely exposed in front of everyone. Mihara Koko collapsed to the ground as if he had lost his soul. He burst into tears and kept grabbing the ground with his head in the direction of Sonoko like a zombie. He repeated the words "I'm sorry" in a hoarse voice.

Seeing the teacher she once admired the most, now showing such an ugly look in front of her, Xiaolan felt a heartache in her heart, but she couldn't defend him in any way. She knew that the only thing she could do was to face the reality and draw the truth. As a warning, don't let similar tragedies happen around you again.

At this time, Sonoko was already bursting into tears. He was unsteady and leaned directly on the shoulders of his best friend beside him. He let his tears soak Xiaolan's clothes but never dared to look at Yonehara Koko again. He didn't know what these tears were. Is it for the other person or for yourself?

As for Conan, his eyes wandered back and forth between Xiaolan, Yangzi, and Yonehara Koko, and he was filled with emotions for a while. The pair of trembling pupils behind the lenses all showed his horror, confusion, and self-doubt at the moment.

He never expected that Yoko would scold Koko Yonehara in front of everyone, without even leaving any room to hide his shame. He even felt that Yoko was not scolding the murderer, but scolding him. Listen to Xiaolan and Yuanzi, trying to make them recognize each other's true face.

Assuming that he and Yangzi's roles were reversed, he believed that he would not expose the ugliness of human nature in front of Xiaolan, because doing so would be too cruel to Xiaolan, and how could he bear it.

But when Conan saw Xiaolan's reaction at this moment, he couldn't help but start to reflect on whether he had made a mistake in trying his best to prevent Xiaolan from being exposed to the dark side of society, and whether it would harm the other person in turn.

Looking at Xiaolan, who was clearly in unbearable grief but still trying her best to comfort Yuanzi, Conan suddenly realized that he had never truly understood the other person's inner world, but only wanted to send him self-righteous care and love.

Thinking of this, Conan turned to look at Yangzi who was standing by the window thoughtfully. He couldn't help but feel that the distance of just a few meters between him and the other party was as insurmountable as a natural chasm. The dimensionality reduction blow in the ideological realm made For the first time, he, who has always been conceited, had the idea of ​​being inferior to his peers and humbly asking for advice.

This night is destined to be a sleepless but unforgettable night for everyone in the villa...

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The next night, when Ishino saw the name "High School Girl Detective Sawabe Yoko" on the headline of the evening newspaper, he learned that he and his wife were hiding in a warm room last night and had sex with each other. Here, Grandma Yangzi, Xiaolan and the others actually experienced such a Blizzard Villa-style case.

Just when Ishino felt guilty about this and wanted to send a text message to express his concern, Natsumi walked out of the room with a smile, sat on the sofa next to him and said: "Aoko just called and said he was a friend from her class. Koizumi Anko invited her and Kaito to watch the illusion show and asked us if we wanted to go too. That Koizumi-san could just get the hard-to-get tickets at once."

"Illusion show? Is it the Günter von Goldberg II who was widely publicized in the news a while ago and is known as the illusionist who stands on the highest peak in the world?" Ishino immediately remembered the news he had received from the newspaper after hearing this. , "This should be considered a large-scale magic show. It does seem like a show that Kaito and Aoko would be interested in." "Yes, I think the children will also like it." Natsumi nodded with a smile, "Since That classmate Koizumi can get the tickets and specially asked Aoko to invite us, so it’s not easy to refuse her kindness, so why not go watch it together."

Seeing Natsumi's happy face, Ishino agreed without hesitation, but compared to any illusion show, he was more interested in Koizumi Anko, a mysterious figure who only made a few cameo appearances in Conan stories. girl.

Although he didn't know much about the story of the world of "Magic Kaito", he still knew that Koizumi Anko was a middle-class witch who could use magic in the story, so he didn't know whether she could still use magic in this real world. Very curious about the matter.

In addition, in Ishino's impression, Koizumi Anko seemed to have a good impression of Kaito, so he suspected that the other party invited Natsumi instead of inviting other friends. It was probably to express his goodwill to his cousin who was close to Kaito. Asking Aoko to contact Kaito instead of Kaito was probably a cover-up.

In short, regardless of the reason why Koizumi Hongzi invited their family, you will know it when you meet the other party in person.

Thinking of this, Ishino suddenly felt a little worried about Kaito and the three of them traveling together. It was not that he was worried that Kaito would be trapped in the Shura field, but that this very iconic development was very much like a trigger. The introduction to the main plot.

As expected, it didn't take long for Ishino to receive a message from Pu Si Qinglan, saying that she had received a notification from the organization that a top killer hired by the organization and codenamed "Spider" had recently come to Japan from abroad. Let her be on standby to cooperate with the other party's actions.

But at the same time, she also mentioned in the message that Spider has always been a mysterious lone ranger. He only accepts tasks assigned by the Boss and is not controlled by anyone else in the organization. Therefore, it is unlikely that the other party will ask for help from her this time. , and therefore she was unable to know what the other party's goal was, and she needed Ishino to pay more attention to it.

After seeing at the end of the message that Qinglan had informed Kaito and Yoko of the same information, Ishino no longer worried about any accidents happening to Kaito. After all, he had been able to escape danger many times without external assistance. Huaji, now that we have the intelligence blessing, if something goes wrong again, then I might as well just wash my hands in the golden basin.

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In the forest on the outskirts of Ekoda Town, in the basement of a Western-style castle, Koizumi Anko, wearing a medieval witch-style research robe, was flipping through a large number of ancient books and fiddling with a table of glass bottles, seemingly doing something. chemistry experiment.

After several hours of tinkering, Koizumi Anko took off the hood on her head and the gas mask shaped like a witch mask, raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her face, and let out some kind of voice that was unique to the evil villain lady in anime. of laughter.

Looking at the pink liquid in the glass bottle in her hand, Koizumi Anko couldn't help but said to herself: "Success! With this magic potion, everything will be under my control, ha~ha~ha~ !”

(End of this chapter)