Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 282 Illusion Show
On the day of the illusion show, Ishino and his family arrived at the entrance of the theater where the performance was held 10 minutes early, and met with Kaito and the other three who had arrived there earlier than them.

"First time we meet, my name is Koizumi Anko, and I am Kaito-kun's classmate. I am very happy that you can accept my invitation and come to watch today's performance. I hope the children can have a good time."

After the meeting, Koizumi Anko behaved like a lady, and introduced herself to the family in a graceful manner. She instantly gained favor with Natsumi and the three children, and also made Ishino a little surprised. Could it be that this The Hongzi of the world is not the chuuni witch that she imagined?

"This is the first time we meet. My name is Kasaka Natsumi. I am Kaito's cousin. Nice to meet you, Miss Koizumi." Looking at the polite and beautiful girl in front of her, Natsumi introduced her family to her and greeted her with a smile. He said, "Thank you very much for inviting our family to watch this show this time. Besides, my foolish brother Kaito has always been grateful for your care."

"Miss Natsumi, you're welcome, just call me Anko." Hearing this, Anko gently covered her mouth with her hand and responded with a ladylike smile, "As Kaito-kun's good friend in class, we have always helped each other. A relationship of mutual progress cannot really be called care.”

It was obvious that Hongzi's behavior today was very different from his previous attitude. Kaito couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart and couldn't help but shiver. He thought to himself that this guy must have taken the wrong medicine today and how did he become a Good girl, is there some conspiracy?I have to pay close attention.

Aoko on the side didn't think much about it, and kept echoing: "Yes, yes, Anko is not only a good friend of me and Kaito, she is also quite popular in the class, and she is beautiful. She is our Ekoda Here’s the high school heartthrob!”

Hearing what Aoko said, Natsumi seemed to feel that there was a special temperament in Hongzi. She was indeed the type that would make people like her. She nodded with a smile and said: "In that case, I will call you Hongzi from now on." Now, if you are free, you can ask Kaito to take you to our store."

"I have heard about the two names from Aoko before. I have long wanted to taste the craftsmanship of Mr. Ishino, who is known as the 'Dessert Magician'. I will definitely visit you when I have time." Anko agreed happily after hearing this. .

Then she looked at the three siblings, took out three exquisite brooches from the lady's clutch she carried with her and said with a smile: "By the way, these are the souvenirs that come with the children's ticket. Let me help you put them on."

After squatting down to help the three children put on the brooches, Hongzi stood up and nodded with satisfaction, and said to everyone with a smile: "The performance will start soon. Everyone, please follow me and enter."

After saying that, she took out a stack of tickets from her handbag, turned around and led everyone from the VIP channel of the theater into the performance hall, and sat in the perfect viewing position in the front row on the second floor, ready to start enjoying today's much-anticipated large-scale event. Illusion show.

Not long after, when the lights in the hall slowly went out, a huge spider web with golden light suddenly appeared in the center of the stage, and then a huge mechanical spider slowly crawled down from the top of the stage along the spider web.

Accompanied by exclamations from the audience, a handsome man with blond shoulder-length hair slowly rose from the bottom of the stage, and finally floated in the center of the stage. He opened his hands and announced loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to my dream world!"

He suddenly snapped his fingers, and the eight eyes of the huge mechanical spider behind him immediately lit up with rhythmic red light waves, and then the entire spider's body burst out with dazzling light like a huge searchlight.The next second, the entire hall turned into a green prairie. Combined with the blue sky and colorful sunshine overhead, all the audience had an immersive feeling, as if they had really come outdoors. of nature.

Amidst the exclamations of the audience, several child audience members in the nearest rows of auditoriums around the stage suddenly floated from their seats as if they had lost gravity, and then their clothes turned into mythical creatures. The angelic appearance circled around the blond man.

This magical sight caused countless spectators to stand up from their seats and stare at the top of the stage with their eyes wide open, trying to uncover the secret of this magical performance.

Seeing that he had successfully whetted the audience's appetite, the man's lips curled up into a faint smile and he snapped his fingers again. The whole place fell into darkness for an instant, and the next second the stage returned to the state it was in when the man came on stage.

Just when the audience was confused by a series of overwhelming changes, the center of the stage was suddenly illuminated by a spotlight. The blond man gracefully bowed to everyone as a gentleman and said with a confident smile: "Hello everyone. , I am Günter von Goldberg II, thank you all for coming to watch my illusion show, I hope tonight’s performance will become an unforgettable memory for everyone!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole place erupted into huge cheers and applause, especially the screams of the young girls, which continued to stimulate Kaito's brain like a magical sound. He couldn't help but complain: "Tsk , no technology, just technology, I really don’t know what’s so good about this kind of performance.”

"But I think it's really exciting! I can't understand the reason at all, whether it's the mechanism or the technique. This is the first time I've seen such a large-scale magic!" Qingzi, who is a layman on the side, is watching with interest, and also Joined the applause.

"It's nothing more than using the latest large-scale holographic imaging technology, combined with some visual and auditory induction and hypnosis methods. It's easy to see through it if you watch it again." Looking at the excited Aoko, Kaito explained disdainfully.

"Indeed, they are just some trivial tricks." Anko, who was sitting on the other side of Kaito, nodded in approval after hearing this. "This so-called illusion actually appeared several centuries ago. Today's performances are nothing more than picking up people's wisdom and using the latest technology. Technology just imitates the magic of our witches and is not worth mentioning."

Hearing Anko's arrogant speech full of chuuniu aura, Kaito couldn't help but twitch his eyes and complained in his heart: If you are so dismissive of this kind of performance, why did you specially invite everyone to come and watch?Is there some hidden secret in forcing myself to do this kind of thing?
"No matter what the reason is, such a grand performance is exciting enough." At this time, Natsumi, who was sitting next to Anko, turned around and said with a smile, "Thank you Anko, the children look very happy. "

Hearing this, Hongzi immediately restrained his proud attitude and responded with a smile: "That's great, it's my honor to make you happy!"

(End of this chapter)