The performance onstage continued.
After Hoshikawa Dougo jumped into the transparent glass water tank, there was no movement whatsoever.
As time passed bit by bit, the audience began to grow restless.
Staff members rushed onto the stages on both sides and shouted repeatedly:
"Pull up the curtain!"
"Get an axe over here, now!"
The audience watched in dumbfounded astonishment.
Conan and Hattori could not help teasing, "Don't tell me that guy really got drowned using the trick Fujino mentioned?"
"Huh? Really?!"
Ran and Kazuha froze for a moment, clearly taking it seriously.
Momiji and Sonoko beside them reacted much the same way.
However, compared to those two delicate young women, the two of them were considerably more battle-ready.
Having experience dealing with all sorts of murder cases, they immediately stood up, intending to rush over and save him.
Fujino: "..."
Seriously, you two believed that?
So these two really were just too kind.
Honestly, sometimes I really wondered whether the two of you were a couple of airheads.
Conan and Hattori Heiji were equally speechless, feeling as though their childhood friends might not be all that bright either.
It was obviously part of the show. Were they not afraid of dying from embarrassment by rushing up there?
Fujino watched the two rush forward helplessly, silently removing the Wooden Sword necklace from around his neck. He looked toward the transparent water tank concealed by the curtain at the center of the distant stage. "In that case, I'll break a magician's rules a little..."
"By now, he should have escaped already."
"So those two sweet idiots don't rush onstage like social terrorists."
"Just thinking about it makes my toes curl."
Boom!
Fujino murmured as he used Eagle Eye to inspect the situation inside. Then, aiming the Wooden Sword in his hand toward