Conan’s Corpse Picker

At the same time, next to the stage.

Inspector Asaph didn't have time to reflect on the fact that he almost hit his head. He climbed onto the stage on his hands and knees. Looking at the blood dripping down from under the knife bed, he couldn't help but let out an ungentlemanly curse.

Then he strode towards the steel bed: "Hurry up and put this person down!"

"You..." The two beautiful female assistants looked at him and then at Jiang Xia behind him, somewhat at a loss.

"Untie the piece of cloth, raise the knife board, immediately!" Inspector Asa glanced at this huge bed of steel nails and felt that the person on the bed must be dead. But the process still needs to be done. If he continues to be pressed under that steel plate, he will definitely die more thoroughly.

The assistants hesitated for a moment and opened the cloth surrounding the steel knife bed.

Inspector Asaph frowned and looked over.

However, unlike the imaginary "steel plate sandwich" - the magician was not sandwiched between two steel plates, but was lying on top of the two steel plates, with his body unscathed.

Seeing someone rushing onto the stage, he turned around, sat up gracefully, and then showed a tolerant smile: "Oh, it seems that a little detective was impressed by my thrilling performance and mistakenly thought that I... uh, you are …?”

Seeing the angry look on Inspector Asaph's face, the magician was stunned for a moment.

Jiang Xia solved three cases in a row as soon as he arrived in London, which was even published in the newspaper and attracted some attention. This time, the magician invited him over. In addition to fishing for Kinoshita Yoko, he also planned to have Jiang Xia rush to the stage after seeing the "help signal" to make the show even more effective.

——The magic he performed was so realistic that even professional detectives could not see through it, and he rushed to the stage to save people. This will undoubtedly make his skills recognized by more people, and also make the atmosphere at the scene more enthusiastic.

Unexpectedly, the situation was actually different from what was expected. Jiang Xia did run up, but in front of him was a middle-aged man holding a police card.

"..." Why did you alert the police?

The magician really doesn't want to deal with the police, and always feels that this kind of official force will be very troublesome.

He didn't dare to use Inspector Asa to praise him wildly anymore, so he changed the topic and restrained himself a little. He looked at the policeman: "Haha, I'm really sorry. It seems that there was a little misunderstanding between us... Thank you a few Lend a helping hand!”

Then the magician turned to the audience and hurriedly ended the farce: "There will be more thrilling magic tricks in the second half, so stay tuned!"

Even so, the audience in the audience did not know that they had made an appointment to make a "help gesture" in advance.

Seeing the police rushing to the stage to save people, the audience covered their lips and laughed in good faith, thinking that the policeman might have seen too little escape magic and had never seen the world, so he was actually frightened by magic and thought there was a murder.

Inspector Asa did not expect that things would develop like this.

Despite the different looks from the audience, he felt so embarrassed that he walked off the stage cursing in his heart.

Jiang Xia also followed in a low-key manner.

Return to your seat and the show begins again.

In the heated atmosphere, Inspector Asa turned to look at him angrily: "What on earth is going on?!"

Jiang Xia sighed: "That's what you understand - Mr. Magician felt that someone wanted to kill him, so before the performance started, he made an appointment with us to make a 'help gesture', which he just made on the steel knife bed. action.

"But now that I think about it, that grabbing movement is indeed a bit common. Maybe just now, he was just pretending to struggle and made that move unintentionally, which led to my misunderstanding."

Subaru Okiya eavesdropped with his ears pricked up, and expressed different opinions in his heart: "..." He always felt that based on his basic understanding of the magician leader and the magician's reputation in the group, what happened just now It is not an "accidental coincidence" at all, but a scene deliberately created by the magician.

At the same time, Subaru Okiya suddenly remembered the conversation he overheard between the magician and his apprentice at the side door before Jiang Xia and the others arrived - the magician wanted to "make Jiang Xia's 'light bulb' become a flashing light that illuminates his charm." .

Okiya Subaru: "..." So that's what it means, this... Well, Jiang Xia has a good temper, and after being schemed like this, he is still willing to think about things for the better from the perspective of a magician. If it were another person, the leader He might have been killed that day.

...But then again, this idea seems a bit familiar?

After a moment, Subaru Okiya remembered - he seemed to have experienced a similar mental journey when Jiang Xia was sprayed with smoke by that bad knitted hat on the plane.

If I remember correctly, not long after that, the man in the knitted hat who was very unfriendly to Jiang Xia suddenly died on the spot.

Okiya Subaru: "..." Why, why do you suddenly think of this? Don't think too much, the magician leader is still alive and well...

The thoughts in his mind began to stir wildly again, and Subaru Okiya pressed his forehead hard, trying hard not to think about some strange and terrifying thoughts.

Next to him, Inspector Asa listened to what Jiang Xia said about the past. Some of his thoughts coincided with those of Subaru Okiya: "Coincidence? But why do I think that bastard magician is just playing tricks? He is a magician." Master, can you not distinguish between various gestures?"

Jiang Xia replied smoothly as if he was reciting the answer: "It's indeed a bit strange, but if he really asked for help just now, but I refused to help because I was worried that he was playing tricks on me, wouldn't he be dead? It’s better to lose a little face than to lose a life.”

Inspector Asaph: "...?"

...pretty fair?

He silently changed his sitting position and was filled with emotions. For a moment, he felt that his previous view of Jiang Xia through colored glasses might have been too heavy.

——The detective’s past actions were probably just to solve the case as quickly as possible, and he did not mean to despise the London police.

…

This interesting episode was not taken seriously by many viewers.

The performance continued, and finally, the first half of the performance ended and it was time for a break.

Jiang Xia came to the backstage with others.

When he entered the magician's lounge, he saw Dongcheng Huanyang already sitting there, reminiscing about his classic performance just now.

Hearing Jiang Xia and the others approaching, the magician turned around and said first, "Oh, I was really sorry just now - it was just that I was lying on the bed of steel knives at that time, and suddenly I wanted to test whether Mr. Detective was really paying attention to my gestures, so as not to When an accident actually happens, you don’t have time to react.”

Kinoshita Yoko was also in the audience just now and also saw what happened.

After all, she is a celebrity with an idol background. She has been in the entertainment industry for a long time. She feels as familiar as going home when she is on stage. She also sees the magician's intention.