He was considering whether to use the skill upgrade scroll on this skill and continue down the path of showing off, never to return.
"So handsome..."
Sonoko, with her chin in her hands, was staring straight at Lin Yi, already in full fangirl mode: "I feel like... there's nothing you can't do..."
Lin Yi smiled, using humility to brush it off.
"It's my turn... I'll just shuffle them casually."
Ran picked up the cards and carefully divided them into two halves, holding a corner of the deck in each hand, and gently placing the cards down.
One card from the left, then one from the right, slowly placing the cards down in a rhythmic pattern.
But when she was halfway through, Ran used too much force and the cards flew everywhere.
"Ah..."
Ran complained with a frustrated expression: "Why can't I shuffle cards...? Why?"
"Maybe it's because you practice too much karate!"
Sonoko quipped, handing the collected cards to Lin Yi: "Let Lin Yi do it!"
Lin Yi didn't stand on ceremony, taking the cards and giving them a normal shuffle a couple of times, before suddenly stretching the deck out and quickly closing it, repeating twice.
"Tap."
He placed the cards on his left palm, then slowly stretched them out along his arm.
His left hand closed, and in a domino effect, the cards flipped over one by one!
His right hand swiped across his left arm, gathering all the cards back, then tapped them on the table, spreading them out horizontally in a neat line.
Touching the last card, he placed it under the first one, and with a slight flick, the cards flipped up, once again showing the domino effect.
Before the cards could completely flip over, his right hand scooped them up from the back, gathering the entire deck into his palm.
His right hand held the cards horizontally with four fingers, his thumb pressed against the deck, and with a flick upwards, a card flew out and landed in front of Ran.
His thumb flicked again, and a card landed in front of Sonoko.
His thumb flicked a third time, and a card landed steadily in front of him.
With a soft "swish, swish" sound, all fifty-three cards landed neatly in front of the three of them!
As the last card landed, Lin Yi gestured with his hand: "Check your cards."
Ran and Sonoko only then snapped out of their astonishment.
Sonoko shuddered all over, then quickly pulled out her phone from her bag, turned on the camera, and said excitedly to Lin Yi: "Quick... do it again... I want to record it!"
Chapter 27
"So handsome..."
Ran and Sonoko huddled together, watching the video they had just taken, and their faces couldn't help but show a lovestruck expression.
It was understandable that Sonoko would show a lovestruck expression, after all, she was a woman who easily fell in love.
But for Ran to show a lovestruck expression was not easy, her personality was relatively conservative.
Seeing Ran's expression, Lin Yi felt a great sense of satisfaction.
How could this card shuffling not be cool? It was the God of Gamblers' signature move!
He used to kneel before Gao Jin when he saw this card shuffling technique!
"Too cool..."
Sonoko carefully saved the video, then she looked at Lin Yi with a sparkle in her eyes: "Why do you have to be so handsome even when you're just shuffling cards!!"
"That's right, that's right."
The more reserved Ran was also conquered by the charm that Lin Yi displayed, although her eyes didn't sparkle as exaggeratedly as Sonoko's, there were also little stars twinkling inside.
He said with a slightly embarrassed expression: "It's just like that... shall we continue playing cards?"
Seeing Lin Yi's shyness, the two girls couldn't help but find it amusing. This easily embarrassed boy was so talented, which gave them the idea to further explore him!
"Okay, okay, let's continue playing cards."
Ran and Sonoko, as close as sisters, immediately thought of a way to uncover the treasure that was Lin Yi.
That was to play Old Maid!
After he lost, they could ask Lin Yi all sorts of questions!
............
Meanwhile, inside the art museum.
Shinichi and the police were investigating the crime scene.
After watching the recording, just as Lin Yi had said, Shinichi's attention was completely drawn to the pen that President Manaka had thrown out before his death.
He found the people from the forensics department and reconfirmed the pen at the crime scene.
He finally understood why the nib of the pen retracted.
Because that pen was not the one that President Manaka had used at all!
Ask yourself, would a dying man care whether the nib retracts when he throws a pen in a fit of anger?
Moreover, he had repeatedly watched that surveillance footage, and President Manaka did not make any action to retract the nib.
At this point, Shinichi had already locked down the identity of the murderer.
Without a doubt, it was Curator Ochiai!
However, what Shinichi found difficult was that he did not see Curator Ochiai carrying the pen that could not write!
After he told Inspector Megure his thoughts, Inspector Megure had his men quietly search Curator Ochiai's office, but they also failed to find the pen that could not write in his office!
Not to mention the office, the entire art museum had been searched by the police, but they did not find the pen that Shinichi mentioned!
"Hmm? Strange? Why isn't it there?"
After Shinichi received this news from Inspector Megure, he frowned, very puzzled.