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After a brief opening statement, Igarashi Kiyoko quickly got to the point.
“For this banquet, we have gathered many famous detectives, mystery novel writers, and reporters from mystery magazines, and even idol celebrities who have appeared in detective movies and TV series.
We invited everyone who is related to the word "mystery" not only because you are very compatible with the atmosphere of our Beika Edo Street's theme of mystery, but also because you are related to the event we are going to hold next..."
While Igarashi Kiyoko was introducing herself on the stage, the people in the audience were whispering to each other.
"Sure enough, there is a special reasoning activity..."
With a slightly red face, Kogoro Mouri drank the red wine in the glass and exhaled a long breath of alcohol.
"I just don't know if there will be any rewards..."
"dad……"
Mao Lilan looked at him helplessly and sighed deeply.
"Please pay more attention to your image..."
"Oh, there's a reasoning activity~" On the other side, after hearing what Igarashi Kiyoko said, Okino Yoko suddenly leaned towards Hoshino Terumi beside her and asked with a smile: "Terumi, I'm going to rely on your performance later, okay?"
"Why do you say that?" Feeling a little uncomfortable with Yoko Okino's particularly intimate behavior, Hoshino Terumi moved a little to the side and asked back.
Her voice was very cold and there was no extra expression on her face, giving people a feeling that she was not easy to approach.
"Because~ aren't you a professional detective actress, Terumi? You've acted in so many dramas, so you must have learned a lot of reasoning techniques, right?"
"Those are just acting. I'm not a professional detective." Hoshino Terumi glanced at her.
"Even so, doesn't Hui Mei know that amazing little detective girl? We can ask her to help us quietly when the time comes..."
"Xiaoying..."
Knowing who Okino Yoko was talking about, Hoshino Terumi subconsciously took out her mobile phone, opened the chat software and took a look.
【Xiaoying, are you going back to Japan? 】
[Soon. I went to the hospital to visit a troublesome guy these past two days. I was so exhausted...]
【Well, come back soon. 】
"She must have some things to do in the United States. I don't want to trouble her at this time."
Having said that, Hoshino Terumi put away her phone.
"That's amazing. I didn't expect you two had such a good relationship..." After quickly glancing at the contents on the phone, Yoko Okino's tone sounded a little surprised.
Upon hearing this, Hoshino Terumi suddenly turned around and stared at her suspiciously.
"Yoko, why do I feel like you have something else to say?"
"No, that's not the case. It's just that you, Terumi, are too sensitive." Okino Yoko replied with a smile.
While these two were talking, the Junior Detective League, who had previously gone to chat with Amuro Toru, squeezed through the crowd and returned to Haibara Ai, who was standing quietly behind the Mori father and daughter.
"Ai, Ai, let me tell you, Amuro-brother and Amemiya-sister just told us something very important." Ayumi leaned close to Haibara Ai's ear and whispered.
Her expression was a little nervous, and not only her, but also Mitsuhiko and Genta felt the same.
"What's the matter?" Huibara Ai asked, moving two steps to the side.
"Brother Amuro and the others came to this party not just because they were invited..."
"Brother Amuro actually accepted a commission! I heard that a very scary fugitive sneaked into this Beihua Edo Street, and Brother Amuro is here to catch this fugitive!"
"what……"
"This is true!" Yuan Tai also came forward and said excitedly: "Brother Amuro is here to catch the criminal, and Sister Amamiya is here to help Brother Amuro!"
"This, this is it..."
[Catch the fugitive? It's amazing that they could come up with this idea. 】
Looking at the three little ones' extremely confident expressions, Haibara Ai nodded silently and didn't say anything more.
[Those two really have a way of coaxing children...]
What to catch the fugitive?
This is a police matter. No matter how useless the Metropolitan Police Department is, it is impossible for them to hand over such a matter to a detective, let alone a "not-so-famous" "detective".
All I can say is that these three kids are really naive. They don’t understand the twists and turns here and were easily fooled by those two people.
Even if Toru Amuro really received such a commission, it could only be a task he received in his capacity as a Japanese public security officer.
If that was the case, it would be even more impossible for him to tell these three little ones about this.
But the facts before us are the opposite.
Amuro Toru, Mizunashi Rena... What's your reason for doing this? Is it really just to tease these three little ones?
still is……
"Ai, why don't we tell Conan about this?" Suddenly, Mitsuhiko's voice interrupted Haibara Ai's thoughts.
"Yeah!" Genta nodded in agreement, "We also want to help Amuro-san. If we tell Conan about this, then we can ask Conan to help us catch the criminal!"
"But Conan's cold hasn't healed yet..." Ayumi's face was filled with worry and concern.
"It's okay! It's just in case. We don't need Conan's help with everything!"
【I see……】
Listening to the discussion of these three little ones, Haibara Ai suddenly had an idea in her mind.
[Edogawa Conan... So this is what you two are aiming for? ]
"Ai, what do you think?" Suddenly, Mitsuhiko looked at Haibara Ai and asked.
"Okay." After nodding, Huiyuan Ai looked up at the three little ones and said, "I will contact Conan now and tell him about this."
"Great!"
"Right! We don't seem to know what the fugitive looks like yet?"
"Why don't we go ask Amuro-nii again?"
"it is good!"
The three little ones ran over happily again, while Haibara Ai stood where she was, took out her cell phone, clicked on the contact number with the note "Edogawa Conan", and frowned.
She felt a little uneasy. Those two people...had they noticed something?
Chapter 460: Scared to death
"Well, next we would like to invite the host of this event, Xue Ding, to come on stage and give everyone a detailed introduction of our upcoming activities."
In the lobby of the guest house, as Igarashi Kiyoko finished speaking, a young woman walked out from behind the curtain.
The woman was wearing a kimono, had small freckles on her face, a pair of red-rimmed glasses on her nose, and two pigtails on the back of her head hanging in front of her chest, looking very cute.
"Hello everyone! I'm Xue Dingyao!"
Standing under the spotlight, Xue Ding waved enthusiastically to the people below the stage.
"I am a female college student, my specialties are advanced mathematics and complaining! Please take care of me!"
After she finished speaking, the guest house fell into silence.
"Hey, this is so strange. Why is everyone silent? It feels like the atmosphere in the museum is a little awkward..."
Unaffected by the atmosphere in the hall, Xue Ding complained about himself and continued with a smile:
"We can't be like this! Our event is about to begin, so we all need to be alert!
From now on, please come and enjoy the reasoning together... Ah, no, I can't put on an expression that says I'm annoyed. After all, everyone here must be good at reasoning, right?
Okay, okay, next, I have something to show everyone here..."
As Xue Dingyao finished her words, the curtain behind her that was originally closed opened a little to the left and right. Under the illumination of the spotlight on the stage, a small glass display cabinet appeared in front of everyone.
Inside the display case is a belt inlaid with dazzling sapphires.
"What a beautiful sapphire!"
Amid the whispers of the crowd, Xue Ding on the stage continued to introduce herself to everyone.
"What I'm showing you here is the treasure in our Edo town called the Night Belt! Okay, everyone~ open your eyes and take a look! This is a very valuable item~
Not only that, it has a special legend in our Edo Street..."
With her hands folded in front of her chest, Xue Ding gently closed her eyes and spoke to everyone as if recalling a memory:
"It is said that the Belt of Night is actually the 'Twin Belt'. In addition to it, there is another belt with the same name as it, the 'Belt of Dawn'.
And between these two belts, there is a very sad story.
It was a long, long time ago, it is said that in the Edo period, there was a pair of twins, the elder brother wore the Yo-no-sash and the younger sister wore the Akatsuki-sash, and they had a very good relationship.
But suddenly one day, the Xiao belt was lost, and its owner's sister also disappeared. No one knew where she went. Not long after that, the brother who owned the Xiao belt also died. In this way, these two belts seemed to be cursed..."
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, all the lights in the guest house went out, and the entire hall fell into darkness in an instant.
"Ah! What's going on? What happened?"
This sudden change frightened many people in the hall.
"what happened?"
"Xiaolan!"
"dad?"
"Don't walk around! Come to me!"
Kogoro Mouri went to find his daughter first, and behind him, Haibara Ai immediately grabbed the leg of the dining table next to her and looked vigilantly at the darkness around her.
[What's going on? Could it be that those people have already planned to...]
"Hahahaha!"
Just then, a boastful laugh sounded in the darkness.
With the help of the loudspeaker, the voice was clearly heard by everyone in the hall.