Are You Suffering From Eighth-Grader Syndrome?

'What's wrong with this guy?!'

Spider glanced at his trembling hands, a wave of pain washing over him, and he suddenly felt as if his hands were no longer under his control.

He didn't think the Wooden Sword could cause him any real harm.

But clearly, he was stunned by the Wooden Sword.

Fujino didn't give him a chance to react, and charged forward again with his Wooden Sword.

Seeing this, the Spider dared not continue to hold a dismissive attitude.

He was already injured like this from just one Wooden Sword; what would happen if he were hit twice more?

He pulled out a golden spider silk from somewhere and dodged to the side, avoiding the attack in an illogical way.

After dodging the knife, he threw a Steel Needle at Fujino.

"Snap!"

Fujino raised his knife and struck, knocking the Steel Needle away.

On the other side, Kuroba Kaito pulled out his playing card gun and shot down the steel cable suspending Hakuba Saguru, then casually popped the hot air balloon floating on the top of the Museum.

"So that's how that Spider guy hung me up?"

Hakuba Saguru scrambled to his feet from the rooftop, staring blankly at the two figures engaged in a rapid exchange of blows not far away.

"You're still a little short of the mark."

Kaito Kid joked, his words seemingly tinged with pride. "Fujino noticed this even before I did, right when you were being hung up."

"Tsk..."

Hakuba Saguru clicked his tongue, then looked at Fujino, who was still fighting, and felt inexplicably disappointed.

He chased the Spider for so long, but he never managed to force Spider to use its Steel Needle repeatedly like Fujino did...

Thinking of this, he asked Kaito Kid with a puzzled look, "Have you always fought against guys of this caliber before?"

"Alright, alright, stop blocking the way."

Kaito Kid Hakuba Saguru aside and then threw out a smoke bomb. "I have to go and support that guy. After all, I owe him a favor."

Facing the surging Fujino, the Spider threw out another Steel Needle, then extended a strand of silk and dodged to the side, before forming a huge golden Spider Web in front of it.

This time, however, Fujino did not confront the steel Steel Needle.

Instead, he dodged the Steel Needle with a quick movement, then kicked off backward with his right foot, propelling himself rapidly toward the Spider.

He swung the Wooden Sword in his hand continuously, and the surrounding air seemed to be stirred up by the Wooden Sword. The Spider Web blocking his way was cut in half by the Wooden Sword and kept breaking apart.

This is a variation of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu -ryu: Nine-Headed Dragon Flash, which Fujino Kenshin suddenly came up with after making great progress in his studies.

It is remarkably effective in dealing with chaotic situations and numerous opponents.

"How dare you provoke me Kaito Kid, and my formidable opponent with such vulgar methods... You really have a lot of nerve!"

A white cloak billowed as Kuroba Kaito appeared out of nowhere in mid-air above the stairwell. He pointed his playing pistol at the Spider and demanded, "Who are you? Why did you attack us?"

Spider glanced at Fujino, then at Kaito Kid, and immediately frowned.

Kaito Kid is easy to deal with, but that kid with the Wooden Sword is exceptionally difficult to handle.

In the current situation, it is clear that he is at a disadvantage.

"That guy is a professional assassin!"

From below in the stairwell Hakuba Saguru looked up and shouted, "I, Hakuba Saguru, have been pursuing him since Europe!"

"Assassin?"

Kuroba Kaito was taken aback by what he heard.

Fujino couldn't help but feel that things were getting a little complicated.

Chasing after the Kaito Kid actually leads to encountering an assassin...

"Kaito Kid is upstairs! Everyone, get moving!"

At that moment, a commotion suddenly broke out in the exhibition hall next door.

Spider glanced down at the ground beneath Kaito Kid's feet, realizing he was actually standing on a tempered glass roof, and not under some kind of illusion. He then gave a wicked smile. "What was supposed to be a pleasant job has become boring... Look forward to the next stage! Farewell Kaito Kid!"

As he spoke, the Spider crossed his hands in front of the Three-Eyed Mask.

With a blinding flash of light and a sharp sound, the Spider suddenly appeared in the air above the stairwell, and then, along with the spider web that suddenly appeared behind it, twisted and disappeared as if falling into a black hole.

"Is it chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)?"

Fujino stared at the suddenly vanished Spider, speechless.

He discovered that whether it was this Spider, or Kaito Kid, or Hakuba Saguru...

They all seem to be in the late stages of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)...

"Kaito Kid!"

At that moment, Nakamori Ginzo led a large group of police officers onto the rooftop.

Seeing that things were going badly, Kuroba Kaito immediately disappeared with a smoke bomb.

"Don't forget, you still owe me a favor."

Fujino looked at the spot where Kuroba Kaito disappeared and mentioned it briefly.

"Knew!"

A voice came from somewhere.

Clearly, that guy hadn't gone far.

It was just hidden in an outrageous way.

So, magic and illusions are really troublesome.

Stairwell.

"So what exactly is that Spider?"

Fujino and Hakuba Saguru walked downstairs side by side.

"That guy is a professional assassin who is skilled at using illusions to kill."

"Illusion magic to kill?"

Fujino looked at Hakuba Saguru and asked in confusion.

"That's right, it's an illusion."

Hakuba Saguru nodded. "Calling it illusion is not accurate. His illusion is more like a combination of magic and hypnosis... That guy is very difficult to deal with. If you're not careful, he'll lead you into the subconscious illusions he hypnotizes you into."

"The reason I returned to Japan this time is because I received news that this guy had infiltrated here."

After a pause, Hakuba Saguru seemed to remember something and asked Fujino with a puzzled look, "But speaking of which, why would Kaito Kid owe you a favor?"

"We were both under an illusion at the time. I was the first to break free and wake up, and I woke him up by tapping him with Wooden Sword."

Fujino weighed the Wooden Sword he was still holding in his hand. "So, he owes me a favor."

"So that's how it is. The Spider illusion is indeed terrifying. Even I almost fell off the cliff back then."

Hakuba Saguru nodded, indicating his empathy and agreement.

"But then again, what if that guy is a professional assassin from around the world..."

Fujino paused, then asked Hakuba Saguru, "That guy isn't going to retaliate against me, is he?"

"Probably not."

Hakuba Saguru shook his head. "According to the intelligence I have so far, Spider only ever targets his own people. Although he might kill anyone who tries to stop him from assassinating his target, he would never retaliate afterward."

As he spoke, Hakuba Saguru looked at Fujino meaningfully. "Especially a formidable rival like you, who even he finds troublesome."

Is that so?

He doesn't care if the Spider seeks revenge.

LOL, he doesn't have any relatives in this world at all.

Soulmate Akemi will not die; Ai has Soulmate Akemi and his double protection.

That brat Conan is there at school and other times.

It's very safe.

Moreover, he has found a way to break the Spider's hypnosis.

If he wasn't mistaken, that Spider was using spectral and auditory cues, along with hallucinogenic drugs, to force the hypnotized subject into their most terrifying subconscious hallucinations...

Once the illusion was dispelled, the opponent was nothing more than a third-rate magician, not even as good as Kuroba Kaito, that fish-phobic boy.

If that guy dares to come looking for him, he'll don his full Assassin's Robe, draw his hidden blade, and kill him.