Chapter 40: The Mansion of the Cursed Mask (Part I)
The next day, due to the distance of the destination, Kurosawa set off early.
Before this, Qingchi also called him to take it easy, but the result was naturally that Kurosawa Silver didn't take his words to heart.
"I see that your careless attitude will cause a big deal sooner or later!"
Then he stared at the phone he was holding in his hand for a moment, pulled the corners of his mouth, and dialed a phone number with a shortcut.
"Hey, Gray Plains, it's me...... Well, it's almost over, that kid is going to the party...... Of course I go to your house, I will go outdoors to get snowy when I have a problem with my brain...... Lao Tzu will arrive later, just like that, hang up. β
When the words fell, Qingchi Kamiji almost walked downstairs, and while he took back his mobile phone, he looked up at the sky where the snow was constantly falling, snorted lightly, put on the helmet hanging near the motorcycle, and then straddled the car, leaned forward, and squeezed the handle hard.
"Heh, it's idiots on both sides. β
The corners of Aoike's lips pulled out sarcastic, and the mocking words drowned out in the voice of the motorcycle as it started.
......
On the other side, Kurosawa Silver didn't know that Aoike Kamiji had a century-long meeting with Ash Yuan after he left.
He drove the car, and the person sitting in the back seat was Toya Lankawa.
When Kurosawa Silver was about to leave, he met each other and came over together.
However, Lan Chuan Dongya didn't seem to be in a good mood, and kept holding his chin and looking out the window, not knowing what he was thinking.
Kurosawa Silver coughed lightly: "The weather in Japan is weird, isn't it? It's this season, but it's still snowing at every turn." β
"Hu......h? yes, but isn't that good?" Lan Chuan, who was driving, came back to his senses and smiled at Kurosawa Gin, "I think this snow is very beautiful, and the purity of the snow can cover up all the filth in this world, so that people can only see silver and white." β
"How do I feel like you're talking?" Kurosawa looked over with an eyebrow.
"Why, I live under the grace of a great philanthropist, and I see most of the laughter of human beings and the words of evil thoughts...... And only when you see those threatening letters. β
"Threatening letters?"
"Well, there are always some people who think that Ms. Su Fang is pretending. Lan Chuan pulled out a letter, "Do you want to see it?"
Kurosawa reached out and took it, then put it in front of him and examined it.
It was a letter, and the writing on the letter was neatly written, presumably in order to prevent people from identifying the handwriting and using a ruler to make a gesture of the handwriting.
Kurosawa's silver fingers nimbly opened the letter and pulled out the letterhead.
[The mask of the curse tonight will suck human blood]
γMessenger of the Maskγ
The words were cut out of the newspaper and pasted on.
"Interesting. After reading it, Kurosawa Silver returned the letter to its original appearance and handed it over with his backhand, "Lan Chuan, you were just entangled in this? There's no need, with Ms. Su Fang's situation, I probably often encounter this kind of thing, I think this time Bacheng is also who is pretending to be a ghost." β
"Ah, I agree that this time it's a prank. Lan Chuan put the letter back, "But I was just thinking about my mother just now." β
"Your mother?" I remember......" Kurosawa narrowed his eyes, thinking he had seen the news.
"Then again, Kurosawa, you're really good at driving, and you can drive so well on this mountain road with one hand. Lan Chuan didn't give Kurosawa Silver a chance to ask, his hand pressed the back of the driver's seat and leaned over, "It's almost time, let me see where you drive...... Uh, what is this place?"
Lan Chuan looked at the map displayed on the navigation with a confused expression.
Kurosawa Silver blinked his eyes and looked over, and then there was a whimper.
"It's over! I'm driving the wrong way again! I haven't looked at the navigation for ten seconds, how can I do that!"
β...... Again?" the corners of Lan Chuan's mouth twitched, "Kurosawa, you won't be ...... Road idiot, huh?"
......
Tossing for a while, Lan Chuan still drove the car to the destination by himself as a driver.
When he got out of the car, Lan Chuan slammed the door shut.
"In the future, I won't let you drive, and you can get lost if you pretend to be a navigator. β
"I'm just a little bit less directional......"
"Understood, understood, you're just a little bit less directional. Lan Chuan rubbed his hair, "Let's go in early, we're already late." β
"Ahem, sorry......"
When he got out of the car, Kurosawa Silver was shocked by the villa in front of him.
Ms. Su Fang's mansion can only be described as magnificent, very large, very classical, the whole mansion is symmetrical, even the main door of the mansion has two.
"The house is divided into east and west parts from the inside, and the accommodation is on the east side, and the wing room enters from the east side. Lan Chuan looked around and found that there were already more cars in the open space inside the iron fence gate and in front of the mansion, "Let's go in from the east side." β
Kurosawa Silver was very unfamiliar with this neighborhood anyway, so he followed Lan Chuan every step of the way.
Upon entering the mansion, Kurosawa first saw a medieval knight standing on the staircase directly opposite, and then was caught by the mask hanging on the wall of the hall.
Various masks are hung on the walls in the form of murals.
"Ms. Su Fang really has a hobby of collecting masks. Kurosawa Silver touched the cat mask next to him as he walked up the stairs.
"Did you do your homework? Lan Chuan glanced at Kurosawa Gin, "That's right, she likes it very much, so she collects masks from all over the world, but most of them are concentrated in the Masquerade Hall." β
"Oh, the hall, it's the passage that connects the east and west wings. Unconsciously, Lan Chuan had stopped, "It's here, that's it." β
The door of the Kamen Hall has been opened, and through this door, you can see that the door on the opposite side has also been opened, and the visitors from the east and west wings have gathered here, and even the figure of Ms. Su Fang can be seen.
"Photographer Masanori Katagiri, Mamoru Matsuhira, home run king Mamoru Matsudaira, and tarot card soothsayer Haruka Naga...... Wow, even Detective Mori Kogoro is here, and she really invited a lot of people. Lan Chuan stood at the door and looked at the interior of the Kamen Hall for a while, and couldn't help but smile with crooked eyebrows.
However, Lan Chuan quickly noticed the stiffness of Kurosawa Silver's face: "What's wrong?"
"Ahem. Kurosawa Gin stared at Conan and Mori Kogoro, "I don't think I should have come." β
The Grim Reaper elementary school student is here, this banquet is definitely good, plus his death reporter, hey, there won't be another murder case that will happen to him, right?
"What does it matter, although the guests here are all big shots, you are not bad. Lan Chuan thought that Kurosawa Silver cared about his identity, and reached out and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.
"It's fine. Kurosawa shook his head, "I just think we should take that letter seriously." β
"Oh?"
"Look at them. Kurosawa raised his chin at the head, "It seems that everyone has a threatening letter in their hand." This shouldn't be a prank......"
Before Kurosawa Yin's words fell, Lan Chuan directly dragged Kurosawa Silver in.
Conan was looking around at this moment, but suddenly his long legs walked in front of him, and he almost knocked him out. However, someone pulled him by the hand before he fell, allowing him to stabilize his body again.
"Who...... Black Kurosawa?"
Conan, who was standing firmly, looked at the man who had stopped in surprise, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Kurosawa Silver only glanced at Conan, ignoring the latter.
Compared with the appearance of Kurosawa who deliberately concealed his existence, the appearance of Lan Chuan attracted people's attention.
"Lan Chuan, why are you here now?" The one who spoke was a gray-haired and wrinkled old woman, she was richly dressed, and she must be the real owner of this mansion, Su Fanghongzi.
"Sorry, I'm on tour. Lan Chuan shook the letter in his hand with a smile, "It's just a little late, spare me." β
Lan Chuan didn't say a word about the real reason why he was late, and after finishing speaking, he handed the letter to Mori Kogoro, and patted Kurosawa Silver on the shoulder when the other party opened the letter and read it.
"Also, I brought a friend with me and wanted him to be a guest at the charity performance. Lan Chuan introduced Kurosawa with a smile on his face.
Everyone's gaze, including Ms. Su Fang, shifted to Kurosawa Silver.
"Ma'am, he's Kurosawa Gin, the famous journalist. Inaba Kazuyo, the secretary with short hair and glasses, whispered next to Su Fang, accentuating the tone when he said the last name.
"Hello, Ms. Su Fang. Kurosawa Silver walked over and stretched out his hand to Su Fang, "It's an honor to be invited to the dinner by Lan Chuan, and I will report this honor on the news." β
"I like a reporter like you, please enjoy it. Su Fang smiled at Kurosawa and also stretched out his hand.
The two of them shook hands, then quickly let go.
At this time, Maori Kogoro's eyes also moved away from the letter, he glanced at Kurosawa Gin, and then looked at Su Fang with a solemn face: "I'm sorry to disturb your interest, but so many letters are enough to prove that the person is not a simple prank, it's best to call the police......"
"No, I haven't stopped these boring threatening letters over the years of charity, but I'm not alive and well. Su Fang turned around, still not taking these things to heart.
"Well, look, she's never cared about that. Lan Chuan put his hand on Kurosawa's shoulder, and directly pulled him to take him around, as for Su Fang or something, let them continue to talk on their own, anyway, neither of them could interject and no one was interested in interjecting, "Don't worry about this, dinner is a good time to talk, before that, appreciate and appreciate the mask, tsk, the curtain has been opened, and Xiao Bule's mask has appeared." β
Kurosawa followed Lan Chuan's gaze and saw a full two hundred masks on the shelf, a full two hundred identical masks.
The mask was carved with crescent-like curved eyes and a mouth that curved to the base of the ear, and the permanent weird smile looked extremely terrifying, and the two hundred identical smiling faces looked even more intense.
"This is the mask of Shobuel, which is said to bring bad luck to the bearer, but like I said, their curse power has been suppressed. Lan Chuan turned his head sideways and smiled at Kurosawa, "The curse carried by you, the death reporter, cannot be stronger than the curse of the Shoble mask, don't worry, you will be suppressed by the mansion together." β
"Hehe......" Kurosawa Silver was noncommittal, but then he heard a slight "swish", and the beautiful soothsayer Nagara Haruka, who had long black hair and a purple dress, flipped over a Carrot card behind him, and then his eyes happened to meet Kurosawa Gin.
"The ominous aura is heavier...... "The soothsayer whispered, not knowing whether to speak to himself or to Kurosawa Gin.
Kurosawa Silver opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, but suddenly a low call came from beside him.
"Mr. Kurosawa. β