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Because of the heavy snow outside the cabin, the overjoyed Snow Woman secretly slipped out into the woods and played for half a day. Only after she had had her fill of fun did she prepare to sneak over, only to find Conan unconscious at the cabin door.
If it weren't for the Snow Woman, the world's Detective Conan might have ended by some twist of fate.
Seemingly sensing Ran's presence, Conan groggily opened his eyes. Looking at Ran, who was holding him with a worried expression, he murmured with all his might, "Ran, run, run away from this place..."
But before she could finish speaking, she completely fainted.
"Conan, Conan! Wake up!" Seeing Conan's extreme weakness, Ran didn't bother to understand the meaning of his words and frantically shook his body, calling out to him.
At this moment, the others who were gathered around the telephone in the corner also noticed the situation and rushed over to inquire about it.
It was only after Aragaki Yu checked Conan's condition and confirmed that he had simply fainted due to a high fever that everyone arranged for Conan to rest on the bed in Aragaki Yu's room.
Doi Takaki also brought over some antipyretics from the first-aid kit in the hut: "In my opinion, this child's condition is just caused by a cold. He will be fine as soon as he takes the antipyretics!"
Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Conan lying in bed, his breathing becoming steady after taking the medicine.
Sonoko, standing nearby, was somewhat displeased with what Doi Takaki had said, and said rather unhappily, "What do you mean, 'according to your opinion'?"
"Ha, don't look at me like that," Doi Takaki said, scratching the back of his head a little embarrassedly. "I'm a medical student, you know!"
"what……!?"
Sonoko stared wide-eyed at the Takuya Doi in front of her, her face filled with disbelief.
You really can't judge a book by its cover!
……
"But why did this little boy collapse at the entrance of the hut?"
"Why would he come back?"
After learning that Conan's condition had stabilized, the others gathered in Aragaki Yu's room also asked him about the situation with some confusion.
“I think he must be reluctant to leave his little Ran-neechan and wants to stay here overnight,” Naoko Kuroda speculated.
"I don't think that's the case!" Ran explained as she placed a towel on Conan's forehead.
"Huh?" Naoko Kuroda looked at Ran with confusion.
"Because Conan just told me... to get out of this place quickly..." Ran's expression suddenly became unpredictable.
"what!?"
Now, everyone in the room looked surprised, wondering why the child would specifically run back to say that.
"What does this mean?!" Hamano Toshiya seemed a little flustered by this sudden and inexplicable event.
"I don't know either. The child fainted immediately after saying those words," Xiaolan said, shaking her head helplessly.
"I think I should call the Escape King again to check on the situation." The owner of the small house, Araki Yoshinori, knew that staying here wouldn't be of any help, so he prepared to go to the living room to continue making calls to check on the chat room manager.
After all, the escape king, who is the chat room manager, has not yet appeared, which is really worrying.
Moreover, in these remote mountains, only landline telephones can connect one with the outside world; ordinary mobile phones have no signal at all.
Therefore, if you want to make a phone call, you can only rely on the telephone in the corner of the living room.
Seeing this, everyone was afraid of disturbing Conan's rest, so they all followed Mr. Arayoshi out of the room.
After hesitating for a moment, Aragaki Yu gave Ran a wary look before following the others out.
Sonoko's gaze darted between Ran and Aragaki Yu, appearing somewhat hesitant, before Ran finally "kicked" her out of the room.
……
"Strange, why isn't it working!"
In the living room, he tried to dial the number of Mr. Ara Yoshinori, the escape master, but was surprised to find that the phone had lost signal.
Naoko Kuroda said with some concern, "Could the phone line have broken somewhere?"
Left with no other choice, Mr. Araki put down the receiver and said with some concern, "But what should we do? Tonight's program is entirely in his hands as the chat room manager."
Seeing that everyone looked troubled, Ms. Kikuko Tanaka, who was standing next to Mr. Yoshinori Ara, suddenly suggested, "How about this, let's find an acting head of the department first!"
There was no better solution at the moment, so everyone had no choice but to agree with Ms. Kikue Tanaka's suggestion.
Naoko Kuroda stated directly, "However, I don't want to be any kind of acting head of the department."
Doi Takuki proposed the fairest method: "Then let's decide by playing rock-paper-scissors."
"Huh? Wait a minute!" At this moment, Hamano Toshiya had a different idea from Doi Takuki. He said with some enthusiasm, "What's the point of deciding by rock-paper-scissors? Since we're all magic enthusiasts, we should decide it by magic!"
"Let's decide with magic?"
Everyone looked at Hamano Toshiya with great interest.
Chapter 196 Magic, Accident
"Now, would you please do me a favor, Ms. Sonoko?"
Seeing that no one had any objections, Hamano Toshiya walked up to Sonoko.
"You want my help?" Sonoko stared wide-eyed, pointing at herself in surprise, looking somewhat bewildered.
Hamano Toshiya took out a white handkerchief from his pocket and slowly walked behind Sonoko: "Now, blindfold Sonoko's beautiful eyes."
After tying the handkerchief in a knot at the back of Yuanzi's head, he looked at the others around him and asked, "So, does anyone have paper and a pen with them?"
Everyone shook their heads, after all, no one expected things to turn out this way, so naturally they wouldn't carry paper and pen with them.
"Can I use this, Great Magician?" Standing in the corner, Kiku Tanaka suddenly noticed the notepad and ballpoint pen on the cabinet next to him and handed them to Toshiya Hamano.
“Of course.” Hamano Toshiya smiled and replied after exchanging a glance with Tanaka Kiku. “Now, please write everyone’s name on each piece of paper.”
"Okay." After nodding, Kiku Tanaka walked to the side and bent down on the dining table to start writing according to Toshiya Hamano's request.
Noticing that Kiku Tanaka had almost finished writing everyone's names, Toshiya Hamano continued to instruct, "After you've finished writing, please put them together, turn them upside down, and then hand them to Sonoko."
"Alright, all the names are here!" After confirming with the people around him that the names on the slips of paper were correct, Kiku Tanaka gathered the slips of paper and handed them to Sonoko, whose eyes were blindfolded.
"Oh, right, remember to give her the pen too!" Hamano Toshiya reminded her again.
"Okay, here you go!"
"Now, please take a step back!" Then, Toshiya Hamano directed everyone to step back a little, away from the garden.
Hamano Toshiya continued, "Alright, Sonoko, make sure no one sees this. Just scribble circles, crosses, and triangles on the paper."
"Write down circles, crosses, and triangles?" Sonoko repeated Hamano Toshiya's words in confusion, not quite understanding his intention.
"The circle represents the acting head of the department, the cross is in charge of tonight's entertainment program, and as for the triangle, let me think... how about punishing her by making her boil water for everyone!" Hamano Toshiya said with a smile.
"Her?" After hearing Hamano Toshiya's words, Aragaki Yu glanced at Hamano Toshiya thoughtfully, unsure whether he had accidentally misspoke or something else.
"If it's just boiling water, I can do it..." Mr. Sugan, who had been quietly staying at the back of the crowd, suddenly spoke up to remind them.
Hamano Toshiya laughed and explained, "It's okay, it's just a game, so it's better to include some punishment-type tasks!"
Just then, Sonoko, who had been scribbling on a piece of paper, raised her hand and said, "Okay, I've finished drawing everything as required!"
Hamano Toshiya responded, "Okay, now could someone please bring all these papers to the table and put them out? Of course, please make sure everyone's names aren't revealed yet."
Because he had handed Sonoko paper and pen, Tanaka Kiku, who was closest to Sonoko, naturally stepped forward and took the marked pieces of paper from Sonoko's hand, then placed them all on the table.
Doi Takuki looked at the marked cards on the table and wanted to step forward to reveal the answer: "Well then, let's start with the acting head of the department!"
"Wait a minute!" However, this action was immediately stopped by Hamano Toshiya, who said mysteriously, "Then before revealing the answer, let me make a prediction!"
"A prophecy?" Doi Takaki glanced at Hamano Toshiya in surprise.
"Yes, if my sixth sense is correct," Hamano Toshiya said confidently after gesturing for a while, "Ms. Kuroda, I bet you're the acting chief!"
"Huh? How is that possible?" Naoko Kuroda looked at everyone staring at her, walked to the table with a hint of disbelief, and turned over the piece of paper with the circled mark.
"No way..." Naoko Kuroda looked somewhat helpless as she looked at the paper with her name written on the front.
"You guessed right!" Mr. Ara Yoshinori, who was checking the contents of the paper with Naoko Kuroda, also showed a surprised expression.
"Next, the person in charge of heating the bathwater... is you, Ms. Tanaka!"
"Oh, it's me?" Ms. Tanaka asked, somewhat suspiciously.
Ran, who was standing next to the table, also helped to flip over the piece of paper with the triangle mark, and sure enough, Tanaka's name was written on it.
"Wow, that's amazing! You guessed right again!" Xiaolan couldn't help but exclaim.
"It's true!" Tanaka Kiku looked at the piece of paper Sonoko handed him and couldn't help but complain to Hamano Toshiya, "You didn't switch him out somewhere, did you?!"
Hamano Toshiya quickly explained to her, "Haha, that's not true at all. Everyone saw it, I didn't touch any of these pieces of paper the whole time."
"Hmph, alright, alright, I got it. I'll go heat up the bathwater now, you great magician." Tanaka Kiku Kei rolled his eyes at Hamano Toshiya before walking towards the bathroom with a hint of helplessness.
"Ms. Tanaka, do you know where the firewood is? Do you need my help?" Mr. Sukama followed Tanaka Kiku Kei with some concern.
"Don't worry, I already saw everything when I got here." Tanaka Kiku Kei directly refused Mr. Suga's offer and then left the living room.
"Alright, all that's left is this piece of paper with an X on it." Watching Tanaka Kiku's departing figure, Hamano Toshi spoke again, drawing everyone's attention to himself.
“I think you’re the one in charge of today’s entertainment program, Toki Doi!” Toshiya Hamano suddenly pointed to Toki Doi on the table.
"Oh? This is going to be troublesome!" Doi Takaki looked very reluctant.
"Then let me take a look, eh?" Mr. Araki helped everyone flip over the pieces of paper marked with an X on the table, but showed a surprised expression.