Chapter 18: The Incident at the Dusk Annex (5)
"As you say," Maori said, chucking a cigarette in dismay, "Is it Kidd the Thief who invited us to the feast?" ”
Ogami Zhushan stroked his beard and said, "It seems that he specially gathered eight well-known detectives here to have a mental contest here. He looked at Kogoro Mori, "Bet with all the wealth he's stolen so far and our lives." ”
"I wonder he's hiding somewhere watching our every move right now," Ikumi Yarata pointed with a sideways face, "because there are monitors in every corner of this building." ”
"Knock knock." Two slow knocks interrupted the conversation between the few people in the room, and Aki Ishihara opened the door and bowed to them, "Now serve the appetizers first," she turned to push the food cart.
"It's finally here, what he called the Last Supper." Lin Fei teased.
"That, Miss Maid," Seeing that Miss Maid deliberately made a big circle and walked in the direction of Hakuba, Shiki Maehara looked up at Aki Ishihara and asked, "Could it be that the order of serving food to the guests is also ordered by your master's sight?" ”
"Yes," Aki Ishihara nodded, "he said that the dishes were served in a clockwise direction starting with Mr. Hakuba. ”
Qianjian frowned and said: "Really, the game has just begun, just talking about the last supper, I really feel a little unsure when I hear it." ”
"Haha," said with a smile to the great lord Zhushan who was beside the Thousand Men Descendants, "How can there be any poison, because I made these dishes." ”
"But," Hakuba said, "the knives, forks, and spoons, as well as the wine glasses and teacups, are all placed on the table beforehand," he said, reaching out and pushing down the name tags in front of him, "and we are only seated according to them." I don't think he's going to kill anyone, but I think he's probably going to make a joke with us that isn't funny at all to test our abilities, so it's better to wipe down the glasses and utensils with his own handkerchief before eating. ”
"That's right," agreed Haruki Motegi, across from him, "I'm also upset that he's leading me by the nose." Why don't we change seats with guessing boxing? ”
"However, if you are unlucky enough to get poisoned...... Mori worries.
"Well, as far as I'm concerned." Lin Fei said: "I think it doesn't matter, isn't there a saying that is good, people are not as good as heaven, isn't it good to let God decide everything?" See whose luck is bad. ”
"How can there be such a reason...... Xiaolan palpitated.
In the end, the position was changed, after guessing the boxing, starting clockwise, they were Xiaolan, Lin Fei, Gunda Ikumi, Motegi Haruki, Hakuba Detective, Chima Demote, Maehara Shiki, Conan, Maori, Ojo Zhuzen, for the sake of prudence, after everyone arrived at their respective positions, they still simply wiped their cups with handkerchiefs, just in case, but they didn't think of it anyway, but the poison was in a place they didn't think of.
After the meal, Maori looked up and exclaimed, "It's so delicious," he turned to the left to wipe his mouth, "It's really a foodie detective, and the food is also first-class." ”
"Where," said Zhuzen Ohgami modestly, "in order to satisfy my taste, I have accumulated a lot of experience in cooking." ”
"It seems that we are overthinking," Ikumi Gunda, who also finished her meal, wiped her mouth, "It seems that we are overthinking." ”
"No, I don't know yet!" Haruki Motegi wasn't so optimistic.
"How about everyone? How did my final supper taste for everyone? As soon as Motegi finished speaking, the owner spoke again.
"Look, here we go again." Haruki Motegi said with a look that he had already expected.
"Then it's almost time to tell you," the owner continued, "why should I let this house that I have worked so hard to get used as the stage for this game?" First of all, please take a closer look at the various kinds of tableware you have at hand. ”
Mao Lilan picked up the spoon he had in hand and found a pattern at the end of the spoon, "Little bird, with a big, creepy little bird on it." ”
"Isn't this a crow?" Mori Kogoro also looked at it.
"It's hard to say that this is ......," Senma descended to find the pattern under the quilt.
"Family crest!" Shiki Maehara pushed his glasses and said, "This is the family crest of the monopoly Karasuma Renya!" ”
"You should know," said the owner, "this is the family crest of the tycoon Karasuma Renya, who died mysteriously half a century ago." ”
"Woo...... Karasuma Renya! Mori Kogoro immediately exclaimed.
Not only the tableware, but also the door of this house, the handrails on the floor, the chess, Go and playing cards in the living room, etc., were specially ordered by him with this family crest. In other words," the owner paused, "this house is the Karasuma family's villa. No...... It should be said that it used to be his villa. Until that stormy night forty years ago, a gruesome tragedy took place here. ”
Everyone's eyes were on the hall owner, but Lin Fei was looking around at everyone's movements, and the most obvious thing was Mao Lilan's scared expression and ...... Dashang Zhushan bit the edge of the nail of his right thumb, Lin Fei secretly shook his head in his heart, the method he came up with hurt himself, it can really be described as nozuonodiewhyyoutry, youtryyoudiedon'taskwhy. (Chinese meaning: If you don't die, you won't die, why should you try to die?) You try and you die, don't ask why! )
"A good detective like you must have noticed it when you stepped into this house," said the proprietor, "and there was blood splattered or dripping in many parts of this house, and yes, that tragedy happened forty years ago, and this house still retains its beautiful splendour." A banquet was held in the museum, and many celebrities from the political and economic circles were invited to the museum, ostensibly to mourn the death of Karasuma Renya at the age of 99, but in fact it was an auction for the artworks collected by Karasuma during his lifetime. More than 300 items were auctioned at the venue, so the entire auction was scheduled to take place over three days. Then on that stormy night the next day, two soaking wet men suddenly visited the house. The two men said with their shivering mouths, 'We're lost in this storm, can you give us shelter until the storm is over?' At first, the auction organizer was reluctant to let them in, but the man gave him a small bag of things that he said was to be used as a thank you for sheltering them. The small packet contained something similar to a cigarette, and the organizer picked it up as they said, and in a moment it became very energetic, and invited them into the house. The other guests who saw this also smoked the stuff at the persuasion of the two men. ”
"If you guessed correctly, it should be a big 2 hemp!" Shiki Maehara said.
"After a while, the crowd continued to be in a state of agitation, but the situation changed," the owner continued, "and a man screamed as if he had seen a demon, and then picked up the artwork he had bid for and ran out of the house. There was a woman who kept crying as if she was begging for forgiveness, and her tears were almost dry. Another man excitedly picked up the pen in his hand and stabbed his wrist continuously. Soon, the guests in the house began to compete for the artwork and picked up the famous knives and swords in the venue to slash each other, and the entire auction hall suddenly became a purgatory on earth. After a nightmarish night, only eight dead and a dozen or so sleepy guests were left in the venue, and the two men and the artwork were all gone. ”
"But how could the public not know about such a serious incident?" Mori Kogoro asked.
"Maybe it's the guests," Ogami looked down at Mori Kogoro, "because they're all political celebrities or family members of celebrities." ”
"I see," Senma raised his eyes, "and I don't know who killed whom. ”
"Besides, if the public knows that many celebrities and their families are collectively smoking big 2 hemp, it will cause an uproar in society." Lin Fei said.
"So they immediately decided," the White Horse Detective thought, "that it would be better to keep it down in its entirety than to expose it." ”
"Hmph, maybe that's the outcome," Shigeki Haruki shrugged, "as those two men expected." ”
After knocking twice on the door, the maid walked in with a teapot.
Ikumi Gunda chuckled, "These old things can really be regarded as appetizers that arouse people's appetite." ”
"That's interesting!" Shiki Maehara pushed his glasses and smiled.
"Now, you should understand why I chose this house to set the stage for the game, because I want to ask the detectives to reenact the tragedy of forty years ago, and to play the ugliness of killing each other for the sake of treasure."
"Hmph, that's boring." Dashang Zhushan snorted disdainfully.
"Ah, by the way," the owner seemed to think of something, "it's too hard to make you look around like this in this huge museum, so I'll give you a hint here." ”
"Two travelers look up at the night sky, demons descend on the castle, kings scurry treasures, princesses cry for forgiveness, and soldiers raise their swords and kill themselves." The hall owner didn't give them time to ask before continuing, "Don't you think these quotes are very appropriate for the next intellectual contest to be held in this hall? ”
"Stupid," Ikumi Gunda said unceremoniously, "The so-called cannibalism has to mean that in addition to what the other party wants to do." ”
"Either way, it's impossible for you to quit this game," the owner continued proudly, "because you've fallen under my magic." ”
The movement of everyone drinking tea was stagnant.
"Well, when one of you screams, the intellectual contest officially begins." He officially announced, "Listen, whoever finds the treasure goes to the room with the computer on the fourth floor of the central tower and enters the location of the treasure into the computer." I will keep my promise to give him half of the treasure and tell him how to escape from here. ”
As soon as the words fell, Haruki Motegi stood up and screamed in his throat, but then Motegi smiled: "It's just kidding." ”
"What a bad uncle!" Ikumi Yanita said.
"I'm sorry," Haruki Motegi said, "I'm sorry, but I'm quitting because I'm not interested in scavenger hunting at all." ”
Just as Haruki Motegi wanted to leave, Ogami Zhuzen stood up, and after a miserable scream, Ogami Zhuzen fell to the ground motionless, and Hakuba Detective and Mori and Maehara Shiki immediately ran over.
"Hey, uncle, no one will be fooled the second time." Motegi thought that Zhuzen Ojo was also acting, and said with a smile.
Bai Ma Tan leaned over to check Ojo Zhushan's pulse, looked at his pocket watch and whispered, "Twenty-two thirty-four minutes and five seconds, confirm that the heart has stopped beating." In this case, it is impossible to wake up again. ”
Maehara Shiki examined the body and said, "The lips are not bruised, and there is an almond smell in the mouth, it is potassium cyanate." ”
"Could it be that the black tea that this uncle drank just now was given potassium cyanate?" Motegi said with a frown.
"No, there is no redox reaction! It seems that the reason is not this cup of black tea. "Senma mother-in-law put the ten-yuan coin into the black teacup of Daijo Zhuzen, but found that the coin did not become shiny, here is a little knowledge: potassium cyanate and copper will undergo redox reaction, making the copper surface shiny, and the Japanese ten-yuan coin is made of bronze.
"Damn...... How, exactly. Maori said angrily.
"Sa, the dice have been thrown, and in order to repay the great detective, he sacrificed his life, so that this intellectual competition for the performance has a gorgeous start!" The dummy said, and at the same time, the grumpy Motegi could not hold back any longer and strode forward.
"It's useless, the murderer didn't talk to us while looking at us, don't you notice the awkwardness in his words." The corners of Lin Fei's mouth raised a slight arc.
"Nani?" Everyone screamed in surprise, and in order to verify Lin Fei's words, Detective Motegi still insisted on stepping forward and pulling the hall owner's collar, and then found that the fallen skull was equipped with a tape recorder and a timer.
Suddenly, the detectives' eyes changed a little when they looked at Lin Fei.
"The order of serving starts with an appetizer, then a soup, a main course, and finally a dessert, and the time is completely booked!" Shiki Maehara said.
"In other words, so far, our every move has been guessed by the prisoners, which is really unpleasant! It's a shame that we're still detectives, and we're being led by the nose. Lin Fei laughed to himself.
There was silence in the hall for a while, and it was still raining heavily outside the window.
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PS: The author no longer knows how to roll around and beg for tickets and collections!! The second change is coming, laal!!