Mihana-cho 5-chome, the Pororo Coffee Shop located downstairs from the Mori Detective Agency.
After dealing with the psychological clinic, Gu Jue sat by the window, holding a spoon and gently stirring the coffee on the white tablecloth.
“Mr. Gu, is the coffee not to your liking?”
The coffee shop’s waitress, Enomoto Azusa, came over, a sunny smile on her sweet and lovely face.
“No, I just remembered something.”
Gu Jue chuckled and chatted with her. Within a few sentences, he made the cute girl laugh and cover her mouth.
“Gu-kun, so you are a psychologist?”
Effective communication quickly brought the two closer, and Enomoto Azusa naturally changed her way of addressing him.
“I just got my license.”
Gu Jue smiled, reached behind her hair, and pulled out a bright red rose.
“For you, I’m actually also a magician.”
“Thank you. I love magic! Gu-kun is as handsome as Kid-sama.”
The cute waitress gasped.
Hearing that she was also a fan of Kaito Kid, Gu Jue shook his head with a smile and shifted his attention to the few crows he controlled.
As far as he knew.
Kid’s situation wasn't good right now.
...
“To go or not to go?”
Egota High School, second year, class B, Kuroba Kaito was wearing his school uniform and lying on his desk, caught in a dilemma.
He didn’t know if he should ask Aoko Izumi about the Slaying Stone and the Cursed Sword, Onimaru.
That woman’s personality was very nasty.
“Kaito!!”
Nakamori Aoko sat behind him and nudged Kuroba Kaito’s shoulder, whispering, “What’s wrong with you today? You seem down.”
“Nothing.”
Kuroba Kaito sat up, deciding to take a chance.
Ring-ring——
Soon, the bell rang for the end of class.
Nakamori Aoko had just raised her hand when Kuroba Kaito rushed out and stood in front of Aoko Izumi.
“Heh heh, you finally couldn't bear it anymore?”
Aoko Izumi crossed her arms, her white neck held high, and a smug look filled her delicate face.
“You know what I want to ask?” Kuroba Kaito was taken aback.
“Of course, I’m a witch.”
Aoko Izumi’s voice was full of arrogance, but she was actually lying. She just noticed that Kuroba Kaito kept looking at her.
Even as a legitimate practitioner of Red Magic, in modern times, it was very difficult to cultivate a vast amount of magic.
Aoko Izumi usually used magic by relying on her family’s magic props.
Without them, this witch would be completely useless.
“Great!”
Kuroba Kaito didn't know any of this.
According to his idea, the more powerful Aoko Izumi was, the greater the probability she knew about Onimaru and the Slaying Stone.
He glanced at the classroom, where most students had already left, and whispered, “I have a question, I need to ask you.”
“No problem.”
Aoko Izumi agreed readily, provocatively glanced at Nakamori Aoko who hadn't left yet, motioning for Kuroba Kaito to follow her.
“Kaito!!”
Nakamori Aoko couldn’t help but speak.
“Aoko, you go back alone today.”
Kuroba Kaito didn’t notice the tension between the two girls and hurried after Aoko Izumi.
“Caw caw——”
After they both left, the crow with blood-red eyes perched on the big tree in the school, also flapped its wings and flew away, as if to say, ‘This guy is a fool.’
......
“Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, tell me the origin of the Cursed Sword Onimaru.”
In a gloomy yet grand castle, Aoko Izumi changed into her witch’s costume and started divination.
Well, it was just asking a magic mirror that could answer questions.
“The Cursed Sword Onimaru, the sword of the Warring States sword master Tsukahara Bokuden, has a history of 531 years.”
The Magic Mirror’s answer was ordinary, basically information that Kuroba Kaito could look up.
He frowned and asked, “Then, inside this sword, is the great demon, Shuten-doji, sealed?”
“This question cannot be answered.”
“This question cannot be answered.”
The Magic Mirror obviously had its limits, unable to answer questions that didn’t exist, or questions that were beyond its understanding.
“How could this be?!”
Aoko Izumi, who had been confident, felt a little embarrassed.
She channeled a bit of magic into the Magic Mirror and changed the question: “What about the Slaying Stone? Is the legend of the Slaying Stone true?”
“The Slaying Stone, the Slaying Stone...... ”
The Magic Mirror suddenly froze. Various illusions flashed on the surface of the mirror, and finally, a giant fox with nine tails, fierce and ferocious, appeared in the mirror, roaring at Kuroba Kaito and Aoko Izumi.
Crack crack!!
Cracks appeared on the Magic Mirror, and it exploded violently.
Aoko Izumi’s face turned white, and she took a few steps back.
“Are you alright?”
Kuroba Kaito felt a bit guilty.
“Humph, I’m a witch, how could anything happen to me.”
Aoko Izumi snorted arrogantly, then pulled out a crystal ball from her family's treasure vault, trying to put on a brave face:
“That mirror must have been broken.”
“You have any questions, I’ll try this one.”
“......”
Kuroba Kaito thought for a moment: “I want to know, where are the Cursed Sword Onimaru and the Slaying Stone now?”
“This is easy.”
Aoko Izumi held the crystal ball in both hands, closed her eyes, and after a while, a clear image appeared on the crystal ball.
“It’s still in the Police Department, as expected.”
Kuroba Kaito looked at the image of the Police Department, and he understood.
But a moment later, when he saw his classmate, Hakuba Saguru's father, and several other high-ranking officials in the Police Department, all gathered around the Cursed Sword Onimaru, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled.
What are they doing?