Chapter 75 Kidd's Little Magic
The incident slowly passed, and those who had left came back one after another.
Huang Yi placed heaters in the four corners of the living room. After turning them on, the warm light shone over, and he immediately felt comfortable. His worries about the Shadow Mage were also suppressed.
Sukama and Hamano Toshiya came back with a pile of firewood and lit the stove, making the living room warmer.
Naoko Kuroda and Kidd also returned to the living room. Looking at their mysterious expressions, it seemed that they had come up with an interesting program.
Everyone sat on the living room floor.
Naoko Kuroda stood in the center and coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention: "Before the performance, I have a question. Who are your favorite magicians?"
"Let me talk about myself first. My favorite magician is the recently very popular Sanada Kazuzo."
Hamano Toshiya immediately said, "What a coincidence? My favorite is Kujuku Motoyasu, who happens to be the master of Sanada Kazuzo!"
Araki Yoshino smiled and said, "If I were to say who my favorite magician is, it would be Kuroba Touichi."
Yuya couldn't help but glance at Kid, and found that he was also looking at Ara Yoshinori unexpectedly.
Araki Yoshino continued, "His performance on stage is truly extraordinary!"
Kidd immediately replied: "Yes, I also like Kuroba Touichi, just like you."
Tanaka Kikue said: "My favorite is Kinoshita Yoshiro, a genius magician who won various titles at the age of 20."
Naoko Kuroda couldn't help but complain: "Why do you like magicians who are no longer alive?"
That’s right, among the magicians mentioned above, except for Kazuzo Sanada, the others are no longer alive. As for Toichi Kuroba... at least he is dead on the surface.
Araki smiled and said, "Maybe it's because the people in the past have become classics and it's hard to be surpassed by anyone else?"
The others nodded in agreement.
Kuroda Naoko looked at Suzuki Sonoko: "Where is Miss Sonoko?"
Suzuki Sonoko lowered her head with a profound look: "Of course it's Kaito Kidd!"
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.
Kidd froze: "Thank you for liking me! But I hope you can stay away from me!"
Araki smiled awkwardly: "But isn't that man a thief?"
Suzuki Sonoko said dissatisfiedly: "What thief? It's a thief! An elegant thief!"
"Ha..." Everyone was silent, but seeing how interested Suzuki Sonoko was, they didn't feel comfortable saying anything too objecting.
They comforted themselves in their hearts that Kaito Kid's magic skills were indeed outstanding, and to some extent... it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it? Everyone has their own preferences!
Yuya couldn't help but glance at Kidd and found that his smile was very forced. He must be sweating profusely now, right?
Kuroda Naoko laughed dryly, feeling that it would be awkward for everyone to continue this topic, so she said, "Then as today's acting director, let me perform a few shows first."
"While I am performing, everyone should also think about their own performances!"
"Eh? Do we want some too?"
"Of course. There's so much time until dawn. I can't do it all by myself. I don't have any magic tricks that can last that long!"
Everyone thought the same thing, so they watched Kuroda Naoko's performance while thinking about what they should perform.
Naoko Kuroda performed two shows in a row and then winked at Kidd.
Kid nodded, stood up and walked to the middle, pulling a deck of cards from his pocket.
"Well, it's my turn now. I need an assistant." Kidd looked around at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Kuroda Naoko, "Then please Kuroda..."
"No!" Yuya raised his hand to object, "You were just discussing the content of the program with Ms. Kuroda upstairs, so I don't think you can ask her to be your assistant, otherwise it will be meaningless, right?"
Everyone agreed.
Naoko Kuroda spread her hands and made a helpless expression.
The corner of Kidd's mouth twitched slightly. This annoying detective was obviously targeting him!
Well, in that case...
Kidd set his eyes on Miyano Shiho: "Then can you please help Miss Tiancang? This lady is not a member of our chat room, so I'm sure you won't think she is my agent, right?"
Youya raised his eyebrows. Good job, Kidd. You’re fighting back now?
Miyano Shiho smiled, stood up and walked to Kidd, and asked with a smile: "How do you need my cooperation?"
Kidd quickly unfolded the playing cards and said, "It's very simple. Just pick one at random and take a look. Be careful not to let me see you."
Miyano Shiho looked at the playing cards, pulled out a card at random, glanced at it herself and asked, "What's next?"
Kidd closed his eyes and said, "Please show the playing cards to others."
Miyano Shiho did as she was told.
Kidd spread out all the playing cards, facing up, to show everyone that he had not tampered with them, and then said, "Please put the cards in now."
After putting the cards back, Kidd folded the deck and shuffled it. He used a variety of shuffling techniques, including up-and-down, staggered, and over-the-hand shuffling. In the end, he even used the Rivru and gambler shuffling techniques. He then shuffled the cards and said, "Next, please draw another card."
Miyano Shiho didn't understand what he meant, but she still drew a card.
Kidd smiled and put away the cards in his hand, then bowed and asked: "So, Miss Tiancang, is the card you drew now the same as the one you just drew?"
Miyano Shiho took a look and showed a look of surprise on her face: "It's really the same one, how did you do it?"
The cards were shown to everyone, and everyone exclaimed in amazement.
Kidd smiled mysteriously: "This is a magician's secret, how can I tell it so easily?"
Miyano Shiho returned to her seat with a look of surprise and wonder.
Youye curled his lips with disdain. What's so surprising about this "simple" magic? Anyone with more advanced techniques can do it.
Miyano Shiho touched Yuya's arm and asked, "Do you know?"
Youye thought for a moment and said, "Well, are you sure you want to know? Magic will become boring once you know the techniques." This is also the reason why Youye is not very interested in magic. There is no way, he can see through the techniques too easily.
Miyano Shiho nodded and looked at Yuya with curiosity.
Yuya coughed lightly and whispered, "It's actually very simple. He has prepared a lot of playing cards. No matter what card you draw the first time, he can guess what you draw from the remaining cards at a glance. The second time, he only needs to replace all the cards with the same one as yours. In this way, no matter what you draw the second time, it will be the same as the first time. And didn't you notice? After drawing the cards the second time, he didn't show the playing cards to everyone."
Miyano Shiho covered her mouth in surprise: "How did he hide so many cards?"
You also smiled: "You forgot that Kidd's true identity is not a fat man, his belly..."
Miyano Shiho thought about it and realized that Kidd’s face was indeed not that of a fat man.
"However, it is very impressive that he can do this." Miyano Shiho exclaimed.
Yuya smiled: "Otherwise he wouldn't be Kaito Kid. Think about it, in general magic shows, you put the card you drew back, and then the magician shows the card again, instead of letting you draw randomly a second time like just now.
This kind of magic is a piece of cake for him, but it looks amazing to outsiders."
Miyano Shiho showed a look of surprise. Although she knew the technique, she still felt that Kid was very powerful. Looking at the expressions of the others, they were also amazed by Kid's move.
(This magic trick is just my imagination. I don’t know if there is any magician who can do it in real life.)