Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 198: Dusk Villa - Banquet
When Maori Kogoro saw the eerie dusk annex, he blurted out his inner thoughts:

"This house looks really spooky. Instead of calling it Twilight Villa, I think it would be more appropriate to call it Vampire Villa."

"vampire?!"

Maori Kogoro's words made Xiaolan shudder, "How about Dad, let's not go?"

Maori Kogoro glanced at Xiaolan speechlessly: "Huh? We are almost there."

"But, what if there really are vampires..."

Xiaolan has experienced more and more events, and now she is more afraid of ghosts and other things.

"Don't worry, there are no vampires in this place. At most there are old monsters in the mountains."

Kogoro Mori said something comforting that was not at all comforting.

Just as he finished speaking, Maori Kogoro narrowed his eyes as he looked at the road ahead, "Hmm?"

The one in front is...

someone!

Kogoro was so scared that he slammed the brakes on the floor.

Fortunately, the road was not very wet, so the car did not slip. It just stopped a few centimeters in front of the person in the middle of the road.

However, when Maori Kogoro looked up and saw the old man holding an umbrella in front of the car window, he was almost scared to death: "Mountain, old demon in the mountain!"

"...Isn't it very rude of you to address a woman you just met like that?"

Because one of the car windows was open, the voice of the old lady holding the umbrella was transmitted into the car unhindered.

Maori Kogoro finally came to his senses and smiled awkwardly, "Yes, I'm sorry..."

"Hey, grandma, why are you standing here?"

Conan poked his head out and asked a key question.

"Because my car suddenly stopped starting just now, I'm waiting here for others to pass by." The old man turned around and signaled to them, then walked to the driver's window, "You must be going to the Twilight Villa as well, right? How about giving me a ride?"

"Ah? That's not a problem..."

"Oh, by the way, I have some luggage in my car, can you help me move it over as well?"

"OK……"

"I'm sorry."

……

On the way to the Sunset Villa, they got to know the old lady who got on the bus.

The other party's name is Chikan Kyoudai, a famous detective who could solve cases just by sitting in an armchair and listening to other people talking about the case.

After knowing the other party's identity, Conan's little head started to work active.

If the sender of the letter is really that person...what's the point of calling the detective over?

……

Dusk annex.

A row of expensive cars were parked neatly at the door.

After getting off the car, Xiaolan was in a hurry to go to the toilet, so she ran into the villa first with her luggage.

Kogoro Mouri, Conan, and Chima Kyouyo who they had just picked up also met another person.

A man who must have just arrived and was still sitting in the car smoking: fellow detective Haruki Mogi.

The other party was an acquaintance of Qianjian's family, and he put out his cigarette the moment he recognized Qianjian's mother-in-law.

——Qianjian Jiangdai doesn’t like others smoking.

After entering the annex, they also saw Da Shang Zhu Shan, who was famous as the 'food detective'.

The plump middle-aged man got angry when the maid said the chef couldn't come because of something, and then he said he would cook for himself. The maid said that in addition to Mao Li Ran and Conan, there were a total of six detectives gathered together, including Mao Li Kogoro.

In addition, the new maid also recounted her strange interview experience: there was no interviewer, no guide, and the interview took place in a room upstairs with only a computer and files...

Then the other party was hired inexplicably, without ever meeting the "boss" here, and communication was also through phone calls or emails.

"That sounds really interesting."

Qianjian Jiangdai showed a smile, "I am eager to try it."

"Well... I got interested after seeing some strange marks on the door handle." Mogi Haruki shrugged.

Mao Lilan, who had just returned to the team, turned around and saw the slanted marks on the inside of the door. "Really? How did they do that?"

Mao Lilan even squatted down and took a closer look.

At this time, Mogi Harushi kindly reminded:

"Be careful little sister, this may contain some historical blood."

Mao Lilan: “?!”

No way?
"Not only on the door, but also on the handrails, walls...there are traces of blood everywhere."

A young female detective, Ikumi Gunda, sprayed a can of reagent spray on the handrail.

"Luminol reagent. I didn't expect you to bring this with you." A young man walked down the stairs.

Hakuba Tan, like Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji, is also a high school detective.

What is more unique is that there is an eagle perched on his hand.

Perhaps wanting to compare himself to Sherlock Holmes, the White Horse detective named his eagle friend Watson.

Except for Maori Kogoro and the others, everyone else seemed to have heard about the "tragedy" in this villa...

Conan frowned tightly.

What on earth happened in this villa?
-

Next to the annex at dusk.

In the forest, on a tree.

Gin took a telescope and looked inside the villa through the gaps between the leaves.

He was now dressed in an old black windbreaker, with a top hat on his head and small earphones in his ears.

[Master Blade, Conan is heading to the reception room now.]
Noah was reporting live in the headphones.

As for the source of information, it is naturally Conan's omnipotent tracking glasses. The eavesdropping function on them has been completely taken over by Noah. Combined with the recording function, Noah can conduct reverse eavesdropping at any time.

All the lights in the annex are now turned on. As long as the angle is right, Gin can have a clear view of the villa.

However, what he just heard made Gin a little concerned:
“Noah, when we came here a few days ago…were there computers and surveillance cameras here?”

Gin was a little surprised by what the maid said just now, so he asked Noah to take a look around the villa - Noah could easily access things like computers and surveillance cameras that required network lines.

[The blade-sama that is not there... maybe it was just installed in the past few days?] Noah made a reasonable guess.

"..."

Gin opened his mouth and almost wanted to ask how many days there were between the day before yesterday and today.

Installing network cable computer monitoring in a villa that only has a telephone, especially in a deep mountain where it takes an hour or two to get in and out, it doesn't look like it was just installed...

Forget it, there's nothing to worry about.

He is now more curious about who the current owner of the Dusk Villa is, because the unscrupulous boss has clearly stated that the owner's task of the villa is to help take care of the interior and clean it regularly.

...although some things can't be cleaned at all.

For example, bloodstains can still be seen sprayed out by luminol reagent.

(End of this chapter)