On the stage, wonderful programs come one after another.
Because it is called Hooper's Magic Troupe, in addition to traditional magic tricks such as pigeon transformation, poker guessing, and living people, there are also acrobatic projects such as human cannonballs and unicycle tightrope walking.
While the actors on stage are preparing for the show, the host will tell some warm-up jokes to adjust the atmosphere.
And Judy Hooper herself will also be hanging around the front row, chatting with guests.
The two years since she took over the Hobo Thaumaturgy Troupe have allowed her to handle such situations with ease.
Backstage, Kaito Kuroba and Bol were confirming the performance process over and over again.
Although this is the first time for Kuroba Kaito to perform this magic, he has excellent foundation and can achieve good results with just a few exercises.
In contrast, Bol is a new magician who has only recently joined the Hooper Troupe and does not have much stage experience.
If it were a normal stage, the Thaumatology Troupe would not hesitate to let the newcomer take the stage to gain performance experience.
But this performance is very special. It needs to compete with the world's best illusionist next door, and there must be no sloppiness.
In addition, Kuroba Kaito's magic needed a partner to assist him, so he asked Boll to come.
"Mr. Shinichi, do you think I can use this action when I go on stage later?"
Boll, dressed in white, got out from behind the special chair and tiptoed to the right like a thief.
But when he ran to the right, he suddenly stopped, stood up domineeringly and pointed to the left.
Kuroba Kaito looked at Bol's series of actions and nodded approvingly.
"This is also very good, we will act like this later!"
Just as the two were finalizing the final moves of the performance, a staff member of the Hobo Thaumaturgy Troupe came over to inform them that it would be their turn after the show on the stage ended.
This is also the last program today.
Out of trust in Kuroba Toichi's son, Judy Hopper deliberately changed the program schedule and placed Kuroba Kaito's "teleportation" in today's finale.
"Okay, come right away!"
"Please come two people and help me move this chair outside!"
…
After a while, when the previous performer finished his performance, the curtain slowly closed, and Kuroba Kaito quickly set up the scene with the help of members of the thaumaturgy troupe.
When it comes to setting up the scene, it actually means placing a 20cm high platform in the center of the stage, with a silver-white chair on top of the high platform.
When everything was arranged, Kuroba Kaito stood quietly behind the dark curtain,
On the other side of the curtain, Judy Hooper was making her final speech before the finale.
"The next performer is a talented magician I discovered in Japan."
"He can make any ordinary thing incredible, turn decay into magic..."
"His magic is full of mystery and magic, intoxicating countless audiences, so he is known as the 'gorgeous miracle' in Japan..."
Listening to Judy Hooper's compliments to him outside, Kuroba Kaito felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Although he does have talent in magic and often uses magic, it is mostly due to his somewhat naughty and pushy personality.
In terms of performance, he knew that he still lacked something.
And his father, Kuroba Toichi, is a truly versatile and talented magician.
Although Kuroba Toichi also experienced training in the dreamland since childhood, he gradually strengthened his performance skills and eventually became a world-famous magician.
But this is what Kuroba Kaito lacks, that is perseverance.
Dad...
The figure of that person appeared in Kuroba Kaito's mind, and a knowing smile appeared on his lips.
Since Kuroba Thione's "resurrection", Kuroba Kaito feels as if he has almost forgotten his other identity - Kaitou Kid.
This is normal, after all, the original purpose of playing this thief was to find the enemy who killed his father.
Speaking of which, when I first heard about the deeds of "Phantom Thief Kidd" from Aoko, I felt a little hostile.
Maybe I'm not suitable to be a Phantom Thief in the first place...
Kuroba Kaito recalled the past, and he couldn't help but sigh about the future.
Now that his father has been found and the grievances with the zoo organization are about to be settled, it seems that he will have to consider getting his life back on track in the future.
After all, you can't always make Aoko and Uncle Nakamori angry, right?
The corner of Kuroba Kaito's mouth slightly raised, and he had already made plans to "wash his hands in a golden basin" after this matter was completely over.
Of course, he will not give up magic, and will still be a real magician like Kuroba Toichi in the future.
If this is the case, today's performance should be the magic debut of the future great magician-Kuroba Kaito?
Even though it’s my debut, I can’t lose to that guy...
Kuroba Kaito's face became serious, and the figure of the world's number one illusionist, Günther von Goldberg II, appeared in his mind.
Although his true identity is a killer of the zoo organization, his ability as an illusionist is definitely world-class.
That person's performance has started now, right?
I wonder how his acting is now?
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London Guildhall, Ground Floor.
While the Hooper Knights are performing, the world's number one illusionist will also perform here.
Moreover, this performance is a temporary performance. No tickets are required for the performance and it is completely free.
This resulted in a large number of people coming to watch the performance, more than 300 people.
If the security at the door had not let everyone in for safety reasons, the enthusiastic audience would have filled the entire hall on the first floor, including the spiral corridor.
However, when everyone was crowded in various places in the hall waiting for the performance time to arrive, they did not find the stage for this performance.
The entire hall was decorated as usual. Not to mention setting up a stage and a big screen, even a high platform was not prepared.
"What's going on? There's not even a stage here, how can we perform?"
"Have we been tricked by that illusionist?"
"It's not time for the show to start yet, right? Since we're already here, let's just wait and see..."
The crowd was a little restless, with voices of dissatisfaction and doubts rising one after another.
Suddenly, a burst of grand background music sounded in the hall.
"Ladies and gentlemen!"
"Awaited……"
The sound came from directly above the hall on the first floor.
Everyone looked up and saw a blond man in a black suit floating below the ceiling.
"Wow!"
"It's the world's best illusionist, Günter!"
When the man appeared, the crowd reached an instant climax.
At the same time, a red halo shone on the ceiling, forming a huge spider web pattern.
Enjoying the cheers of the audience below, the man named "Günter" showed a confident smile on his face and slowly opened his arms.
"Welcome to the world of spiders!"
When Günter finished speaking, the spider web pattern on his body quickly transformed into a stimulating white light like a flash bomb, flashing throughout the hall.
In that dazzling halo, all the audience subconsciously raised their hands to cover their eyes.
But the speed of light is much faster than the speed of hands.
When their vision gradually returned to normal, the remaining light spots in their vision gradually faded away, and they found that nothing around them had changed.
The hall is still the same hall.
But when someone looked up at the ceiling, they found a huge spider web woven from the ceiling to the pillars leading to the ground.
This spider web is not the previous spider web pattern constructed by red laser, but a real spider web!
On the spider web, huge red-eyed spiders were slowly crawling from the ceiling toward the crowd along the gray-white spider silk.
"ah--!"
Suddenly, someone couldn't stand the fright and let out the first scream.
However, this scream seemed to open Pandora's box.
Someone in the crowd screamed one after another, and then turned around and ran away in fright.
Soon, the fear of spiders spread like a terrible plague among the people.
But when these people just ran to the door of the city hall, they discovered that a terrifying spider web had already been stretched across the door, and there were also several huge spiders crawling towards the crowd.
The two huge round eyes were shining with scarlet light, and the six bristly legs were swinging flexibly.
When the crowd looked at those eyes surrounded by fur, the blood in their bodies was soaked with fear.
"ah--!"
"Run!"
"Go back, go back quickly!"
Suddenly, screams echoed in the hall.
The crowd, like driven lambs, swarmed toward the stairs leading upstairs.
…
Meanwhile, people on the top floor have no idea what's going on downstairs.
As Judy Hooper's introduction ended, the red curtain behind her slowly opened.
Kuroba Kaito, wearing a black suit, stood next to a chair and bowed respectfully to the audience in front of the stage.
"Dear viewers!"
"Today I will present an incredible magic show to you..."
"On this stage, I will show the miracle of teleportation!"
"Please pay close attention to my movements and prepare to witness a magical magic!"
After finishing his words, Kuroba Kaito stepped onto the high platform behind him without hesitation.
On the high platform, there is a chair.
Kuroba Kaito sat down on the chair, and the assistants on the left and right came over, picked up a silver plastic sheet from behind the chair, and covered Kuroba Kaito.
There are two holes on both sides of the silver plastic sheet, and two hands are exposed from the holes.
In addition, the head of the plastic sheet has the outline of a head, so you can easily tell that Kuroba Kaito is still inside.
Even those two hands were waving playfully towards the audience.
This scene made many viewers laugh.
However, when the two assistants unveiled the silver plastic sheet again with the fierce drumbeats, Kuroba Kaito who was originally sitting on the seat disappeared instantly.
The lights on the stage also became brighter.
The next second, the lights went out, and Kuroba Kaito was seen sitting on the spotlight at the edge of the stage, crossing his legs leisurely.
The magic was over before many spectators even realized what was happening.
Kuroba Kaito, who was sitting upright on his seat one second, appeared 5 meters away the next second.
"Wow!"
The whole audience made a sound of surprise, and everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
After most people calmed down, the applause gradually started.
Bang bang bang...
The applause seemed to last for a long time before it stopped.
Kuroba Kaito walked to the center of the stage and said leisurely: "I think there are many people here who haven't figured out what happened. Maybe they were blinking just now and didn't see the moment I moved."
"Of course, there must be more viewers who want to know the secret of 'teleportation'..."
"According to the magician's Three Principles of Thaxton, the same magic trick should not be performed twice to the same crowd, and the secret of a magic trick should never be revealed."
"But today, I will make an exception and perform another teleportation for my friends in London..."
"This time, I will wear a more conspicuous white jumpsuit so that everyone can see the mystery clearly."
"Please don't blink!"
Kuroba Kaito took a white jumpsuit handed by the assistant next to him, put it on, then repeated the previous process and sat on the chair on the high platform.
The previous two assistants once again covered Kuroba Kaito's body with a silver plastic sheet, leaving only a towering outline of his head and two holes exposing his hands.
When the two assistants opened the plastic sheet, a white figure jumped down from behind the chair and tiptoed to the spotlight on the right side of the stage.
At this moment, the audience thought that the white figure was Kuroba Kaito, and they burst out laughing.
But at this moment, the white figure suddenly stopped again, looking back and pointing to the other side of the stage.
At this time, the bright light of the spotlight went out again, and Kuroba Kaito appeared next to the spotlight again.
But what is different from the last time is that this time Kuroba Kaito appears next to the spotlight on the other side.
Seeing this scene, the audience suddenly understood and stood up and applauded.
For a time, applause and whistles came and went.
Kuroba Kaito stood in the center of the stage, bowing in thanks along with the other two assistants and the white "stand-in".
In fact, the principle of this magic is very simple. It is to use the magic chair to hide people and hide the assistant Bohr in advance.
When Kuroba Kaito is sitting on a chair and his body is covered with a plastic sheet, he can use the two assistants to arrange the plastic sheet, sneak around from under the chair to the back, and hide it first.
Bol, who is hiding in the chair, will stretch out his two hands and add the semicircular hood above the chair to pretend that Kuroba Kaito is still sitting on the chair.
Afterwards, when the two assistants were about to uncover the plastic sheet, Kuroba Kaito used his black clothes and black curtain to go behind the spotlight.
At this time, the lighting engineer will increase the power of the spotlight so that Kuroha Kaito behind the spotlight is in the backlight position, so that he can sit on top of the spotlight without anyone noticing.
When the spotlight is turned down again, the person will suddenly appear, creating the illusion of instantaneous movement.
As for the second performance, Kuroba Kaito referenced the tricks he used when he was Kaitou Kid, fighting wits and courage with the police, and deliberately sold a flaw to the audience.
Boll, who had been wearing a white jumpsuit for a long time, jumped down from his chair in full view and turned to the right to attract the audience's attention.
He himself moved in the opposite direction to Bohr just like the first time, and then appeared next to the spotlight in the same way.
As for the white jumpsuit, for Kuroba Kaito, one of the best skills he practiced as a Phantom Thief was "changing clothes in one second".
However, just as Kuroba Kaito was enjoying the applause of the audience on the stage, there was a sudden rumbling sound outside the performance hall door.
The people near the door heard it first, and the rumbling sound made the floor shake.
Just as these people were staring at the door with puzzled eyes, the door was suddenly rushed open.