Magician's Three Principles

"Magic?"

Conan frowned upon hearing this.

Is it really magic?

Why does he always feel like something is wrong?

"Fujino- Senior, when did you learn magic?"

Ran was also a little confused and asked Fujino in surprise.

In her mind, detectives and magicians generally don't get along.

One spends all day figuring out the truth behind the secret.

One must try every means to hide the truth with secrets.

The two are completely unrelated.

At least Kudo Shinichi like that.

Every time he watches a magic show, he has to figure out the truth behind it.

"It was probably a few days ago."

Fujino nodded, then casually pulled a playing card from his sleeve and handed it to Ran.

Is it a card trick?

Ran looked puzzled as she took the playing cards.

"More or less."

With a flick of his wrist, Fujino caused the playing cards to vanish into thin air before the eyes of the group.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, he reached into his breast pocket.

After fumbling around for a while, he pulled out that playing card.

"That's amazing."

Although Ran couldn't understand how Fujino did it, she felt it was very impressive.

"It's nothing, actually my technique isn't very good yet."

Fujino chuckled sheepishly, "It's just some close-up magic tricks to fool people. I think we should use magic to fight magic when dealing with Kaito Kid, so I learned a bit."

'Haha... you only studied it a little bit?'

Conan was speechless.

Although, in his opinion, magic is just a deceptive trick.

But it's not something you can learn overnight.

Moreover, he hadn't even seen clearly how Fujino performed that amazing Mickey Mouse magic trick.

Playing cards are fine, as long as you have fast hands, it's understandable.

But how exactly did the Wooden Sword transform?

He was very curious.

Thinking of this, he asked Fujino with a question in his mind, "But Fujino, where exactly did you hide such a long Wooden Sword?"

"I've told you so many times, you have to call me Brother Fujino."

Fujino squatted down, grabbed Conan's head, and gave it a good squeeze.

Conan felt a chill run down his spine, was in unbearable pain, and felt utterly hopeless.

He used subtle methods to torment Conan.

After avenging himself for the arrow that had disturbed his peaceful day.

Fujino stood up and continued meaningfully, "Of course I can't reveal the magic tricks. Secrets make magic even more mysterious... Moreover, the Magician's Three Principles also state that one should never reveal any secrets about magic to the audience."

"The three principles of magic?"

Ran tilted her head, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Fujino- Senior was probably referring to the Saston's Three Principles."

At this moment, Sonoko suddenly mentioned, "That is, not revealing any details about the magic trick before the magic show begins, not performing the same magic trick at the same time and place, and absolutely not revealing the secret of the magic trick to the audience."

"Sonoko, you actually know about this?"

Ran seemed somewhat surprised that Sonoko understood principles that sounded very complicated.

"Of course."

Sonoko said proudly, "I learned all of these in the magic exchange group."

"Magic discussion group?"

"That's right."

Sonoko explained, "It's a website called the Magic Enthusiast Alliance, and all the members are magic enthusiasts."

"Oh, I see. I didn't know you, Sonoko, had a habit of making friends online."

"Making friends online is actually a very normal thing, isn't it?"

Fujino suddenly said, "After all, times are changing and the internet is becoming more and more widespread. It won't be long before computers and mobile devices replace conventional ways of making friends... I estimate that it won't be long before professional chat groups with hundreds or even thousands of people appear."

A fictionalized account is not a fabrication, and an adaptation is not a random rewriting.

He had reason to say that.

Because that's the future he envisions.

That should be something that happens ten or twenty years from now.

However, in the Conan World... it should develop into that kind of thing in less than a year.

"A chat group with hundreds or thousands of people?!"

Ran was taken aback when she heard this.

"A chat group like that must be really lively."

Sonoko murmured to herself, thinking to herself that there must be quite a few handsome men among them.

After swooning for a moment, she finally looked up and asked Fujino, "By the way, Fujino- Senior, you also like surfing the internet?"

"Um."

Fujino nodded. "I just bought a laptop a few days ago, but I haven't joined any chat groups yet."

"So you bought a computer too, Fujino- Senior? In that case, I'll send you the address later..."

Seeing that the group was chatting happily, Conan didn't press them for more information.

Magic is indeed the best explanation.

It couldn't have just appeared out of thin air, could it?

That's so unscientific!

But where exactly did this guy hide such a long Wooden Sword...?

After racking his brains for a long time, Conan still couldn't figure out how Fujino conjured up the Wooden Sword.

At the same time, the cough became increasingly severe.

It's too difficult, Conan decides to give up thinking.

Come to think of it, even Kaito Kid can conjure a Hang Glider out of nowhere.

Fujino casually produced a Wooden Sword, which seemed quite reasonable.

Fujino, on the other hand, opened the system interface and fell into deep thought as he looked at the System Task that were not yet completed.

After arresting the suspects, the police took them away.

Logically, this System Task should be completed by now.

But what's going on with this complete silence?

Could it be that the mission is not yet complete?

What kind of shady dealings could there be in a bank robbery?

As he pondered, Fujino began to watch the video recordings of the Vision Enhancement Glasses.

First, this man burst into the bank through the back door when the bank clerk opened it, then violently assaulted the clerk, drove the female clerk away, and left the male clerk to help pack the money...

The robber coughed twice while stuffing the money, then found a chair and sat down, reaching into the pocket of a brown suit jacket draped over the chair. Then the male employee who had been knocked unconscious earlier planned to launch a sneak attack.

Then the phone rang.

Etc...

Suddenly, Fujino noticed something was wrong.

The situation was urgent at the time, and he didn't notice.

Only now, when he reviewed the video footage, did he realize that the robber had touched his chest before the phone rang.

It seems that he only turned around and fired the gun after confirming that it wasn't his own phone.

Robbing a bank while carrying a phone?

That's really strange.

This guy has been making mistakes ever since he walked in. First, he chose a man to put his money in, then he brought a phone, and even inexplicably put his hand into the pocket of the man's suit jacket...

Etc!

Suddenly, the clues in Fujino's mind came together.

He remembered.

This must be an original storyline in Conan, right?

Although his memory was a bit hazy, he did remember the way Ran's skirt billowed up when Ran was bowling with Sonoko in this episode.

He was wondering then whether Ran had...

cough

That's not the point. The point is that he already knows who the robber's accomplice is.

If the robber's mistake just now wasn't a mistake at all, then it makes sense!

Everything fits together.

Since Fujino and Ran were acquaintances of Juzo Megure, they were questioned by the police first.

Inside the bank, bank staff and customers were still being questioned by the police.

Even after the inquiry is completed, you still cannot easily leave the bank.

Only after everyone has been questioned and Juzo Megure gives the order can the people be released.

Fujino raised his head and looked around.

At a glance, he spotted the prime suspect.

If he wasn't mistaken, that guy should be the thug's accomplice.

"Brother Fujino, if you have time, could you please come back with us to give a statement?"

At this moment, Juzo Megure, having finished dealing with some matters, walked over and said to Fujino, "By the way, there are also some matters concerning praise and commendation."

"None of these are in a hurry."

"Not in a hurry?"

Juzo Megure was stunned by what he heard.

The way he looked at Fujino became strange.

Fujino seems a bit off today.

Normally, if he were to mention something like a reward, Fujino should be very enthusiastic.

But today...

"Does my brother have something else to do?"

Juzo Megure raised this question.

"No, that's not it."

Fujino paused, then said in a deep voice, "However, the truth behind this bank robbery goes far beyond this."

Juzo Megure frowned slightly, but he was already used to cases like this, and simply asked with a puzzled look, "The truth is far more than this?"

"If I'm not mistaken, that robber should have had an accomplice."

Fujino glanced around, then looked at the System Task that was not yet completed, and said.

"He has accomplices?"

Juzo Megure was stunned by what he heard.

Conan was standing nearby, narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this and fell into deep thought.

From the very beginning, he felt that something was wrong.

It turns out that the robber had someone working for him from the inside; no wonder.

If that's the case...

Suddenly, Conan seemed to have thought of something, and then silently walked to the side and began to squat down and search for something.

"The robbers entered through the back door of the bank, but I just checked and only bank employees can enter through the back door."

After thinking for a moment and organizing his thoughts, Fujino continued:

"In other words, the robber suddenly burst in from the outside when the bank employee opened the door, but how did he know that the bank employee would leave at that time? Obviously, someone was working with him from the inside. At that time, the accomplice was inside the bank."

Juzo Megure twitched his chin and nodded in agreement.

Without wasting any time, he went straight to Fujino and asked, "Do you have any leads regarding the identity of that accomplice, Fujino- kun?"