Conan Moslin

Li An did not say the word "trap" because for magicians, a simple rope cannot trap them.

However, items like hypnotic gas, which are not within the scope of conventional magicians... are obviously possible.

Kurian would not help Kaito with this kind of thing, so Kaito placed hypnotic gas in the ventilation duct in advance, but only started to act after she left.

Neither Li An nor the others touched the drinks in the lounge, after all, they still had to perform.

Kuriyasu entered the venue first to determine his position, waited for Suzuki Tomoko to finish her speech, and gave a signal to Sanada outside in advance.

The power will be cut off before Sanada enters, and the props and costumes will be placed at the door, giving him the opportunity and time to change clothes and climb onto the beam.

His laughter is the signal for the performance to begin, and then the lighting will be directed to him and move along with his performance until it meets Li An.

During this period, no one will disturb them, regardless of whether the people around them know that what they are seeing is a performance.

Some of the people around Li An were not guests, but bodyguards hired by the Suzuki family, who would calmly push people away when they were disturbed.

Although Kazuzo Sanada was replaced, Kuriyasu's performance was actually pretty much the same as before.

This is also the reason why Li An did not immediately arrest Kaito.

Everything has to wait until she finishes her performance before anything else. Even the gentlest person will get angry if anyone dares to disturb her carefully prepared performance.

What's more, this is my own sister.

Kaito is also a magician, so he naturally understands this. He doesn't dare to bring this bad luck upon himself, and only starts to do it during the card magic that follows.

This certainly made Li An angry, but not that seriously.

Because during the warm-up activities in the second half, Li An was not at home, and the red card she gave was just an interlude to give Sonoko a chance to cut the cards.

Since it is an interlude, there is room for maneuver.

Kaito hides the cards when separating the red and blue cards, and the people who cut the cards will not notice anything unusual.

Because they don't know what cards the other party has, and they won't pay attention to match them.

Probably only Li An, who took back the cards, discovered this problem and pointed it out, creating confusion.

Although the appearance of "Kaito Kidd" in the first half was so shocking, his purpose was to cover up Li An's preparations backstage.

Some props can be prepared in advance, but the rest need to be arranged on the spot by Li An in the dark.

In the first half, "Kaito Kid" assisted Kurian in performing the magic, while in the second half, Kazuzo Sanada took the lead.

As for performing the card magic first, it was naturally because Kaito discovered that he had cards hidden on his body after he changed into a formal suit.

The two people have different divisions of labor and different main fields, and they need to cooperate with each other to complete the entire performance.

And the performance...

The main characters of the show have been replaced, so it is normal for some problems to occur.

For Kazuzo Sanada, being knocked unconscious in the lounge was a great humiliation.

When he woke up, he found that several pieces of his clothes had been stripped off and his hands and feet were tied.

As a magician, it was easy for him to untie the ropes on his hands and feet, but he was very devastated inside.

He had just changed his clothes when he heard a noise coming from outside the door.

“Is this the lounge where you perform?”

Li An's voice came: "That's right."

"I think Mr. Sanada is still in there, but I don't know what the situation is."

"You called me here because..."

"I'm afraid I can't move him."

sound……

This show...is over.

Kazuzo Sanada sighed deeply and opened the door of the lounge.

"Ms. Kuroba..."

"Mr. Sanada, are you okay?"

Hearing the concerned question from his partner, Sanada Kazuzo swallowed the bitterness on his tongue and replied with a forced smile.

"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine now."

Maori Kogoro glanced at the rope marks on his sleeves, and then looked at his expression. He found that although he looked a little depressed, he was still energetic, so he asked, "What happened before?"

……

the other side.

In the deserted machinery room, Tozawa Yuzo hesitated and closed the door.

"anyone there……?"

"Phantom Thief... Kidd? I know you. You won't hurt anyone..."

"Where is Ayako? Has she been hidden by you?"

"I...I don't have a dark night star, but I can help you find any gem you want..."

He had probably been talking for a while, one sentence after another without stopping.

Perhaps before this, many parts of the ship had already capsized.

After all, he had come out before the police cordoned off the scene.

Kaito, who had already left the people behind and secretly went to the deck to check the dark night stars, quietly entered the engine room from the door on the second floor, and heard Tozawa's mumbling.

...The conditions seem to be good.

But there is no time, that group of people will be here soon.

Kaito Kidd hid in the dark and said in Ayako's voice: "Don't bother, your fiancée is not on board."

"I just borrowed her identity."

The computer room was huge, and the melodious sound echoed throughout the room, making it impossible to find his location.

Kuroba Kaito will not pay attention to the gems that have not changed, nor will he actually take the Dark Night Star away.

Since he had borrowed his fiancée's identity, it was natural for the fiancé to pay it back.

What? Sanada Kazuzo?

He didn't want to miss the opportunity to perform on the same stage with his elder sister, so he could only apologize.

"Since you are so anxious, I'll leave Dark Night Star to you—"

Tozawa Yuzo was stunned when he heard the familiar voice, but immediately realized that it was Kaito Kid pretending to be Ayako.

Although the voice was as gentle as Ayako's, the content was different.

He didn't expect the man in front of him to be so easy to talk to.

When Tozawa Yuzo was looking at the cards just now, he found some words on one of the cards, which roughly meant that Ayako was hidden in the engine room of the ship and a knight was needed to protect her.

He went out and called Ayako, but the call was not connected. The surroundings soon became chaotic, so he could only go to the machine room to find someone according to the instructions on the card.

He didn't know who put the cards there, because there were two people cutting the cards before him, plus Sanada was a magician...

So he just quietly hid the cards up his sleeve.

He didn't know whether the two magicians noticed it or not, but they were communicating with the guests at the time and didn't seem to notice it.

A handkerchief flew from the air and Tozawa Yuzo caught it in a panic.

He opened it carefully and saw a black pearl with a dull luster.

Because he had seen this pearl with Ayako before, Tozawa Yuzo quickly confirmed that it was the real thing.

It seemed that he was unable to react and the Dark Night Star was actually in his hand. Tozawa Yuzo stood there in a daze for a while and was caught off guard and knocked down by the people who broke in to arrest him.

I only remember to take good care of the pearls in my hand, after all, they are the treasure of Ayako's family.

"The Dark Night Star is on him! Catch him!"

"Wait...wait a minute!"

"Be careful, he has the real Dark Night Star in his hand!"

There was chaos in the engine room.

Kuroba Kaito leaned on the railing to watch the show, with no intention of going downstairs.