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"..."
Doi Takuki understood the meaning in Aragaki Yu's gaze as he looked at him.
【This is all your fault. Who told you to drug her while trying to disguise yourself as Xiaolan?】
All Doi Takaki could do in response was to give him an innocent look.
What could I do? At that time, she was the only person I could replace without being easily suspected!
[Ha, what a scumbag!]
【…】
"Cough cough..."
Seeing Aragaki Yu and Doi Takuki (Kaito Kid) exchanging glances, Ran, the only one present who noticed the situation, couldn't help but cough twice to signal the two to tone it down.
She didn't have any unfriendly thoughts towards Doi Takuki, but she just couldn't understand why a man like him could first attract Sonoko's attention online, and now that they had met, he could also hit it off with someone like Aragaki-san.
"Could it be..."
A rather "harmonious" image suddenly popped into Xiaolan's mind.
Hehehe, no way...
If that's really the case, then this world is just too crazy!
"Ran, are you alright? Did you catch your cold from Conan?"
"Huh?" Ran looked at Shinjuku Yuu, who was looking at her with concern, but found that his eyes did not show any panic as if he had been caught doing something shameful.
All one could see in those calm, unwavering eyes was deep concern for him.
Ran couldn't help but fall into deep self-doubt and self-blame: "Could it be that I just saw things? It turns out that Aragaki-san wasn't flirting with Doi-ta, but was actually... watching me all along...!?"
For a moment, Xiaolan blushed unnaturally.
This scene naturally fell into Doi Takaki's eyes as well.
Already dissatisfied with Aragaki Yu standing him up, he couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Pah, what a womanizer!"
……
"And what about the three of you?" After expressing her opinion, Naoko Kuroda steered the conversation toward Yuu Aragaki and his two companions.
"I think I'm also Kuroba Toichi." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Aragaki Yu hesitated for a moment before giving the same answer as Ara Yoshinori.
Hey, you've got good taste!
Aragaki Yu understood the meaning in Doi Takaki's eyes.
However, Aragaki Yu simply didn't know much about Japanese magicians, so he could only suggest the name Kuroba Toichi.
In any case, according to Kaito himself, Kuroba Toichi was at least his cheap master.
"As for me!" Sonoko stopped cutting her steak and looked at everyone excitedly, "My favorite magician is, of course, Kaito Kid!"
Aragaki Yu: Staring...
Feeling a little uncomfortable under Aragaki Yu's gaze, Doi Takuki awkwardly scratched his head.
"Huh?" Xiaolan looked at Yuanzi with some surprise.
The others also looked at Sonoko in surprise, clearly not expecting her to give such an answer.
“But he’s a thief.” Clearly, Araki Yoshino didn’t quite understand Sonoko’s answer.
"No one can compare to Kaito Kid..." Sonoko said to the crowd with her head down.
Aragaki Yu: Keep watching...
Doi Tucker Tree: "..."
"Hey, Sonoko..." Ran leaned close to Sonoko's ear and whispered, "That Prince Charming you just mentioned, could it be...?"
“That’s right, is that not allowed?” Sonoko completely ignored the gazes of others and looked at Ran with longing as she admitted.
Aragaki Yu: Still keeping an eye on it...
Doi Takaki silently turned his head away, letting out two awkward laughs: "Hehehe..."
……
Just then, Conan and Kogoro Mouri heard a news report on the car radio that sent chills down their spines.
The body of 41-year-old Tsutomu Nishiyama was discovered in an apartment building in Beihu Township. His mother, who was cleaning the apartment that day, was the one who found the body.
According to her, the personal computer screen next to the body still had the ambiguous message, "One solved, left by Shadow Mage." Police are currently investigating the case as a criminal matter.
[According to reports, Mr. Nishiyama is currently enthusiastic about online dating. Today, he was supposed to attend a gathering of a chat room called "Magic Lovers Alliance," where he serves as the moderator, but this tragedy occurred instead...]
Conan Edogawa: "!!!"
Mouri Kogoro: "???"
They both suddenly fell silent, staring at each other with wide eyes.
Conan was the first to recover from his shock and quickly reminded him, "Uncle! Drive the car back quickly!"
"it is good!"
Equally anxious, Kogoro Mouri abruptly turned the steering wheel, and the car, without slowing down at all, traced an arc on the snow, narrowly turning around and continuing its journey towards the holiday cottage.
"Hurry up, Uncle! Drive faster!"
The car sped along the road, and Conan kept urging the passengers on from the passenger seat.
"Stop nagging!" Kogoro Mouri complained, but his foot unconsciously stepped on the gas.
……
"What...what's going on!?"
Soon, the car stopped in front of the suspension bridge. Conan and Kogoro Mouri jumped out of the car and stared in disbelief at the suspension bridge being engulfed in flames.
"Damn it, the whole suspension bridge is on fire!" Kogoro Mori said anxiously. "But we can only get to that holiday cottage by crossing this suspension bridge!"
"Uncle, you'd better go find the police right now!"
Just as Kogoro Mouri was racking his brains for a solution, Conan uttered a sentence and rushed into the burning suspension bridge without hesitation.
"Kid, come back here!"
"Xiao Lan, you must wait for me!"
Just as Kogoro Mouri was about to rush up and pull Conan back, the ropes holding the suspension bridge were burned through by the fire, and the suspension bridge began to collapse section by section.
"Run, kid, get through there!"
"Xiaolan!!!"
Amid Kogoro Mouri's exclamation, Conan also mustered all his strength and sprinted desperately, finally reaching the other side before the suspension bridge completely collapsed, stumbling and falling onto the snow.
……
"Huh, that's strange..."
Inside the holiday cabin, after everyone had finished dinner, they looked at the completely darkened night and realized that the escape king still hadn't arrived at the gathering place.
Puzzled, the group went to the telephone, intending to call the escape king again to confirm the situation, but found that the phone was busy and they couldn't get through.
It was at this moment that Xiaolan, who was following behind the group, seemed to hear a familiar voice calling her name.
"Who...who could it be?"
Chapter 195 The Almost-Achieved Grand Finale
A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Xiaolan's heart. Confused, she walked to the window, lifted the curtain, and looked outside.
"What's wrong, Ran?" Sonoko noticed Ran's behavior and walked over to her, asking softly.
"Just now... I felt like someone was calling me..." Xiaolan said hesitantly.
Upon hearing this, Sonoko couldn't help but laugh and said, "Who would be calling you in this deep mountain? Ran, you must be hallucinating!"
Although she knew Sonoko was right, Ran still felt vaguely uneasy: "No... I need to go to the main gate and check!"
"Xiao Lan, I think it might be this little brat calling you!"
Just as Xiaolan turned to leave through the window.
Aragaki Yu, who had just disappeared somewhere, suddenly walked into the living room from the entrance hall carrying a child.
"Ah!? It's Conan!" Ran exclaimed in surprise when she saw Conan lying unconscious in Aragaki Yu's arms. She rushed to Aragaki Yu's side in a panic.
"What, Conan?" Sonoko followed in surprise.
Ran hurriedly took Conan from Aragaki Yu's hands, then reached out and touched his forehead: "Ah, his forehead is so hot!"
Sonoko's face also showed worry: "But how did he end up here?"
"I heard some noise at the door just now, and I thought it was the chat room manager, so I opened the door to check, only to find Conan collapsed at the door of the cabin." Aragaki Yu brushed the snowflakes off his clothes from carrying Conan into the cabin and explained to Ran and Sonoko.
While patting his clothes, he secretly touched the head of the snow woman sitting on his shoulder.
Aragaki Yu was able to find Conan unconscious outside the door thanks to the Snow Woman.