Conan Moslin

Hypnosis is essentially an artificial psychological state between wakefulness and sleep. The hypnotist's suggestion and induction puts the hypnotized consciousness in a positive and active state, so that a large amount of information in the subconscious mind is reorganized, extracted and connected with the hypnotist's consciousness to produce a reaction.

Hypnotic illusion manipulates the five senses. It makes you feel that you are in this place, that you are flying, or that you are falling, even if you are not.

The five senses are how people understand the world. When the five senses are manipulated, the person will be in great danger.

Gunnar II's magic technique was based on hypnosis.

Under hypnosis, a person may have hallucinations, and combined with some special props, this created an excellent illusion show by Gunnar II.

He started the performance without any precautions so that everyone could be in a relaxed state and the hypnosis could be better completed.

The medium is the spider's eyes. The three-eyed mask worn by the killer Spider is based on the same principle.

From this point of view, Gunnar II relies more on the power of special props and has no intention of polishing the hypnotic illusion he created.

If you don't observe or directly destroy his props, you can avoid falling into his hypnotic illusion.

Li An was not satisfied with the illusion created by this imposter's hypnosis.

The sky and grass were clearly fake, created using the entire auditorium's large screen and other projections.

Even if hypnosis blurs the five senses and makes almost everyone believe that this is real, it does not stand up to scrutiny.

Although the grass beneath her feet felt soft to the touch, it could not be crushed when she touched it.

Although the clouds in the sky are moving slowly, they are moving in a single direction and lack a sense of reality.

Moreover, she did not feel any wind in the venue.

The blond Gunnar II snapped his fingers, ending the illusion. He fell from the air to the ground and bowed to the audience around him.

His stunning appearance drew cheers and applause from almost all the audience.

Nakamori Aoko clapped her hands and praised Kuroba Kuriyasu beside her: "It's really wonderful! Whether it's the mechanism or the technique, I can't figure it out at all!"

"Yes, it's amazing." Li An looked at the very tough wire behind Guna II being rolled up and collected on the spider web, and then said, "I haven't sat in the audience to watch a performance for a long time."

Seeing that Li An had no intention of exposing the illusionist, Kuroba Kaito explained for Aoko: "I guess he used the latest digital imaging effects, combined with collective hypnosis to present these techniques."

"Even the illusion technique that was called illusion in the past and was popular in this world for a while, after all, is nothing more than copying and imitating the tricks of us witches and magic." Koizumi Hongzi raised her head slightly, her face full of disdain.

She was about to continue criticizing this so-called illusionist and the two magicians beside him when she heard Kuroba Kurian beside her curiously ask, "When did the illusion technique appear?"

Koizumi Hongzi paused for a moment. "It is said that the illusion technique was lost hundreds of years ago. It is just a trivial skill. What difference does it make whether it is lost or not?"

Li An smiled at her: "Hongzi, have you ever seen a real illusion technique?"

"How could I possibly have seen something that has been lost for so long?" Koizumi Hongzi said nonchalantly.

"There is a passage in ancient books that says: The breath of life and the form of things are all illusions."

"Life and death are at your own will, the four seasons are adjusted, thunder in winter, ice in summer, those who fly walk, those who walk fly."

All living things and all things with form are illusory.

It can appear and disappear freely, and can change the four seasons, causing thunder in winter and ice in summer, and making birds walk on the ground and beasts fly in the sky.

"This is true illusion, which is different from the illusion accomplished with technology and hypnosis."

Hongzi muttered softly, "You sound like you understand everything."

Moreover, shouldn't these mysterious lines be exclusive to witches?

"Keep watching, the show has officially begun."

……

Because they were two seats apart, Kuroba Kaito did not hear the conversation between Kuriyasu and Hongzi.

When his performance came to an end, he turned around and looked around in boredom.

In the dark exhibition hall, there stood a brown-haired boy wearing Sherlock Holmes's costume and hat, staring intently at Gunnar II in the center of the field.

This would have been normal.

However, with almost all the audience sitting, the man standing between the steps stood out.

Who is that person?

"Kaito, who are you looking at?" Aoko leaned over curiously.

Kaito shifted his gaze back.

"No... nothing."

……

Bai Ma Tan actually entered the performance venue a little late. When he came in, the performance had just ended.

Looking at the eight red spider eyes on the screen and the slowly moving mechanical spider above the exhibition hall, he was sure that this person was the world killer Spider, and the organization behind Spider.

This was the reason why he returned to Tokyo.

Gunnar von Goldberg II, this is a pseudonym.

Because of this alias, he had specifically investigated information about Gunnar I, hoping to find some clues about Spider.

The real Gunnar von Goldberg I disappeared for many years and no one knew where he was.

About forty years ago, Gunnar von Goldberg I emerged as a famous illusionist. He was famous for his "immersive" illusions, which attracted widespread attention and love.

It is said that Gunnar I was a Eurasian with black hair and a high nose bridge. What broke the hearts of many women was that not long after he became famous, he told the public that he had a wife.

His wife is a Japanese woman who has never appeared in public.

The last time Guna I appeared in public was seventeen years ago, after which he disappeared due to a sudden incident.

There are rumors that he has settled in Japan, but almost no one has ever seen him.

No matter what Guna I was like, the European man in front of him with golden hair and a worrying hairline could not be related to Guna I.

But there may be a master-disciple relationship.

This was his guess as the White Horse Detective.

If the missing Gunnar I can be found, it will be possible to determine whether Spider is related to him, and even determine this person's true identity.

The problem is, as a detective, he has not yet found any other connection besides the stage name used.

And it is not the work of a detective to simply guess from a pseudonym.

At this moment, Bai Ma Tan felt a gaze. He looked in that direction but did not see the owner of the gaze.

However, around that line of sight, Bai Ma Tan saw a somewhat familiar figure.

The man had performed a magic show in London not long ago, and he happened to get a ticket and went to see it.

She seems to be the daughter of the magician Kuroba Toichi who died unexpectedly eight years ago.

It should have nothing to do with the case he is investigating.