Conan's Corpse Picker

Then he looked at the person standing on top of another building, lost in thought.

...Before, Jiang Xia passed by the police.

Judging from the police's shouting, in the eyes of others, the arrogant figure on the top of the opposite building is indeed Kidd.

But in Jiang Xia's eyes, the "Kidd" on the top of the building at this time is a woman surrounded by a circle of dense magic power.

——The magic power protrudes on the top of the woman's head, and there is also a soft extension on the back. It looks like she is wearing a tall hat and a cloak.Her whole body was wrapped in pure and delicious magic power, she couldn't see her face clearly, only a little bit of her figure could be vaguely seen.

In addition, behind the figure, there is a faintly invisible illusory line extending out and spreading into the distance.

Jiang Xia glanced at the line where the magic power was sparse and hard to see, and then his eyes fell back on the "Kidd" covered in magic power. A series of images of "breadcrumbs and fried until golden" appeared in his mind.

In the next second, he shook his head secretly, shaking the strange picture out of his mind.

Then he threw out the ghost fetuses that were ready to move.

After that, Jiang Xia estimated the amount of magic power to be eaten and the distance between the two sides, and silently weakened the strength of the puppet.

Puppets are made of puppet clay, and the material of puppet clay is shikigami.

Once weakened at this time, a lot of free shikigami were saved immediately.

Jiang Xia released these extra shikigami together with the remaining shikigami in the tattoo, and let them float quietly to "Kid" who was standing on the top of the opposite building and imitating Kidd's pose.

——The number of shikigami is large, and the efficiency of picking up energy cores is as high as locusts crossing the border.

When the good food delivery guy on the opposite side is surrounded by shikigami, she can no longer easily use magic power to float away.

At that time, Jiang Xia can easily fly over to catch people, use familiar methods to squeeze out the magic power, and in the process, ask where his stable energy nuclear supplier, Kidd, is now.

——According to Kidd's habit of knocking that person out and tying him up before disguising himself as someone, other people who pretend to be Kidd may also take similar actions.

……

While waiting for Shikigami to float over to outflank, Jiang Xia secretly looked at the figure standing upstairs who seemed to be pretending to be Kidd.

Although the line of sight was blocked by magic, he couldn't see the woman's face clearly.

But when the two key words "magic power" and "gender woman" are mentioned, it is impossible not to think of Hongzi Koizumi.

After guessing the specific identity of the witch, Jiang Xia looked at her from a distance, her eyes moved slightly.

It shouldn't be too long since the last time the magic power was squeezed out.

Hongzi Koizumi's magical power grew back so quickly?

This is also very useful...

Just as he was thinking, "Kidd" in the distance suddenly pressed the earphones and listened to something.

Immediately afterwards, she turned around suddenly and glanced at the direction Jiang Xia was in, then turned around and ran away.

……

Her running speed is much faster than the fluttering shikigami.

Jiang Xia was startled, glanced to the side thoughtfully, then temporarily put away the shikigami, flapped his wings and took off, and chased after him.

"Kidd" heard the abnormal wind behind him, and looked back.

The person posing as Kidd was indeed Akiko Koizumi.

The clothes Minamoto gave her before can help accumulate magic power, so that she, a witch who lacks magic power at this stage, can also maintain this "Kid" form for a long time.

——"If Wutiangu can't see through the transformation magic and mistook us for 'Kid', he should follow up to check the situation. Of course it's good, it doesn't matter who plays it."

"However, considering that it is an unknown monster after all. In case he can see through our magic, then it is best for you to be the bait."

"The piece of love chocolate you used may have already worked on Wutiangou—you see, he just took you flying for a while that day, and didn't hurt you, did he?"

"That's why I think that only if you play in person, can you lead him into that magic circle without fail."

...Recalling Minamoto Kona's words before, Koizumi Hongko looked back at Kiritengu who had caught up with him, exhaled a little with a complicated mood, and continued to run.

……

While thinking about chasing, Jiang Xia observed the direction of "Kidd"'s escape, and felt that Koizumi Hongzi's goal was very clear—it seemed that he wanted to lead him somewhere.

... After the past, can it be attacked by magic power?

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia secretly looked forward to it, and chased after "Kidd" steadily to ensure that he could step into the magic trap smoothly.

Anyway, what is here is not the main body. If the puppet is injured, just adjust the distribution of the puppet clay, and it can be repaired again.

And if the magic power will attack the soul... that's even less of a concern.

……

After chasing the fast-running "Kidd" for a while, Jiang Xia vaguely saw her passing a very inconspicuous rain cloth of the same color as the roof.

Jiang Xia took a glance and flew straight away.

Sure enough, when flying to the sky, the "rain cloth" suddenly lit up, and the magic circle hidden below took effect, and a strange red light shot up into the sky, covering him.

Jiang Xia's eyes brightened vaguely, thinking about "unfortunately being attacked by surprise and falling into the magic circle".

However, just as he folded his wings, there was a slight tendency to fall, and his whole body was suddenly empty.

——The magic power in that magic circle was sucked up and consumed in just a few seconds.

Jiang Xia: "...?"

He was dazed by this sense of dislocation, as if he was hungry and saw a large table of delicacies from mountains and seas, only to poke with his chopsticks, only to find that there was only a thin piece of advertising paper in front of him.

...Compared to this empty shell-like magical power, the magical power entangled in "Kidd" in front is more substantial and more refined.

And at the moment Jiang Xia was deceived by the "advertising paper", "Kidd" had already run a long distance.

Jiang Xia glanced at her back quietly, feeling a little uncomfortable being cheated, speeded up and swooped down.He grabbed the shoulder of the magic block and pressed him against the side wall of the roof tower.

Chapter 454 Monsters Are Liars

While holding down the person, the shikigami in Jiang Xia's pattern swarmed out, engulfing "Kidd" who was close at hand like a white tide, and began to suck away the magic power that wrapped her for camouflage.

Shikigami briefly blocked Jiang Xia's sight, but he still couldn't see who the person in front of him was.

But when he held down the person, he heard a scream from his subordinates, it was Koizumi Hongzi's voice.

And as the magic power was quickly snatched away by the shikigami, Koizumi Hongzi's face was indeed exposed under the entangled magic power.

...It really is her.

However, I always feel that Koizumi Hongzi's magic power today is slightly different from last time... Jiang Xia couldn't help but suspect that the chef had changed while absorbing the magic power.

……

Just now, Koizumi Hongzi was about to take a sneak peek back, like a fleeing prey who couldn't help checking the hunter's distance.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he was held down by a hand head-on, and his eyes were also shrouded in pitch black shadows.

She closed her eyes subconsciously, was pushed against the wall by inertia, and her mind went blank for a moment.When he came back to his senses, his field of vision was already filled by the black wings spread in front of him, and there was nowhere to escape.

Fear, nervousness, fear, heartbeat... All kinds of strong emotions are intertwined, pushing Koizumi Hongzi's heart rate to the peak in an instant, and her pale cheeks are flushed—by now, Koizumi Hongzi has been completely indistinguishable. Knowing what kind of emotion made her heart beat so fast, this passive feeling of speeding up other people's heartbeat made her suspect that it was not Wu Tiangou who ate the love chocolate that night, but herself.

...When she was sent out by her aunt as a bait, although Koizumi Hongzi was nervous, she never thought that things would turn out like this.

——Because Minamoto Kona said that the magic circle to be used today is the most powerful confinement in all records, and it will definitely be able to trap Kiritengu.Even if it can't be trapped for too long, at least it will be longer than the magic circle made by Koizumi Hongzi a few days ago, enough for her as the bait to leave safely.

However, just now, when Hongzi Koizumi turned around to peek, he saw that Wutengu ignored the "strongest" magic circle.

She belatedly realized that this so-called "strongest array" was not as good as the one she had arranged the night before... Was she tricked by that lawless aunt? ?

... Even so, at this moment, looking at Wutengu in front of him, Koizumi Hongzi was surprised to find that she didn't regret it in her heart.

——After all, it was precisely because of that deceitful aunt that she was able to see this mysterious monster up close again after such a lapse of days.

So close, right in front of her...

Koizumi Hongzi looked up at the pair of dark golden eyes, suddenly his mind went blank and he let go.

She grabbed Wu Tiangou by the neckline, gritted her teeth and asked the question that has been on her mind all the time, tossing and turning:

"You, you threw me in the sky before, and chased me just now, is it because the chocolate works, fell in love with me, or just trying to deceive my magic power?!"

Jiang Xia: "...?"

His wings moved silently behind his back... This witch seems not as stupid as she looks.He thought of the truth so quickly.

anyway……

Jiang Xia's eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at the shikigami who had absorbed the energy core and were returning to the tattoos one after another.

Although the shikigami move slowly, they are numerous.After such a short period of time, the magical power on Koizumi Hongzi's body that allowed her to pretend to be "Kidd" has completely disappeared.

And after that, although Koizumi Hongzi was emotional, there was no sign of magic power leaking from her body... It can be seen that this does not seem to be deliberately restraining the magic power, but it has indeed been drained, and there is really no extra magic power .

In other words, the recovery of magic power seems not as fast as Jiang Xia expected.

...then here comes the problem.

——Where was the source of the solid magical power just now?

Jiang Xia thought of the unusual theft warning letter, and suddenly had a guess.

He looked at Hongzi Koizumi: "Is Kidd with you?"

... Kidd and Conan are similar, both are the sons of this world, and it is normal to have a talent for magic.

Combined with the previous events, Jiang Xia preliminarily suspected that Hongzi Koizumi used some method to treat Kidd as a magic battery, and was just squeezing Kidd's magic power to cast spells.

...Since this is the case, it is better for him to deal with the witch, and Kidd will give him the magic power directly, so that there is no middleman to make the difference, and he can get both.

……

Koizumi Hongzi is still anxiously waiting for the answer of "love or magic".

At this time, when she heard Wu Tiangou didn't answer, but asked about his phantom thief accomplice, her face turned dark immediately, and she had a feeling of counting the petals in her heart for a moment, one loved her and the other didn't love her, and the last one was pulled out to "don't love" Her" sadness.

...Chocolate probably really didn't work.Otherwise, why would Wu Tiangou suddenly ask someone else at such a heart-pounding time?

Koizumi Hongzi thought of this, and recalled the scene a few nights ago when she thought that Wutengu had become her captive, and proudly ordered Wutengu to arrest people. She couldn't help feeling ashamed, and then turned into anger.

... If you can't get his heart, at least get the monster itself first!

Koizumi Hongzi took a deep breath: "If you go back with me, I'll let your fellow phantom thief...?!"