Tang Ze was standing not far behind Shigehiko Swallow, and Hoshikawa Hui, who had just been persuaded away by him, adjusted his expression, holding a tray of wine in his hand, grinding foreign workers around a few tables not far from him.

The officers of the first search section gathered around the other side, looking around at all times, and were on full alert.

Although the guests at the reception were briefly attracted by the commotion, they quickly looked away when they saw that the conflict was over quickly, and continued their conversation and greetings.

It's all about the so-called high society...... There are some pickled things that can be guessed after just a few glances.

But everyone still has to maintain etiquette and decency, naturally they will not break it, and at most exchange a few meaningful glances while chatting.

For a while, the atmosphere in the arena was harmonious, and everything seemed to have returned to calm.

Tang Ze patiently waited for the process to advance, and from time to time he would pay attention to the situation in the field with his spare eyes, guarding against the gray plain mourning that might emerge at any time.

He was almost diagonally positioned and saw Kenzo Kazuyama's face.

Since he had visited his hall twice in the past two days, Tang Ze was already very familiar with him, and after observing his mental state for a while, he withdrew his gaze.

Conan, on the other side, tensed his nerves and clicked open the dial, preparing to use the anesthetic needle to control the killer once the attack began.

“…… This time, the daughter of the director of Sasumaki also brought a very valuable collection. Ladies and gentlemen," the master of ceremonies, who was standing in front of him with a microphone in hand, smiled politely, turned to look at the white curtain slowly lowering behind him, "Let's take a good look at these slides that Director Sakumaki treasured during his lifetime." ”

With a wave of his hand, a projector was pushed to the front of the stage, and as soon as the machine was in place, the lights of the entire banquet hall were extinguished.

What, slides ......?

Conan's eyes widened, and he reacted quickly, and when his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he looked in the direction of Shigehiko Swallow, and there was no one in sight.

Worst! I'm afraid the murderer is going to take advantage of this opportunity!

Conan gritted his teeth, watched the policemen who had also found that their target was missing, and began to check among the guests, and hurriedly ran into the crowd, trying to distinguish between their legs.

Originally, with his height, it was easy to be blocked between this group of adults, so he turned off the lights......

Ah, that's, wise?

Conan, who was looking around like a headless fly, suddenly saw a back with a somewhat familiar hair color in the dark.

Akechi Goro, dressed in pitch black, wondered if he was also looking for Shigehiko Swallow, was slowly walking through the crowd and towards the opposite corner of the venue.

Wise, but also a very observant detective...... With that in mind, Conan stared at the chestnut-haired head, squeezing through the crowd as best he could, and walked in the direction of sensible progress.

Tang Ze blinked his reddened eyes, glanced at the direction of the Death God Tarot, sighed secretly, and stopped with some pity.

If you get closer, you should be able to see it more clearly.

But if you get closer, Conan will be suspicious when he sees his movements, right?

Now, it's not time for him to know that there is something wrong with Akechigoro.

Thinking like this, he naturally stopped, stretched out his hand, and just in time to support Shigehiko, who was stumbling between pushes and shoves because he was eagerly passing through the crowd.

"This is a scene from director Sakamaki's masterpiece "Rainbow Handkerchief", which has won many world-class awards. Since the crew had not yet retained the habit of interlude footage at that time, we could only find many of the staff's narratives, and this one is a very precious video material. Moreover, this is a very important recording shot of the director before the hair of the wine roll is thin! The emcee stood by the projector and humorously told the audience, causing a burst of chuckles and applause.

"Watch your step." At this noisy moment, Tang Ze grabbed Shigehiko Swallow, staggered past him, and whispered softly in his ear, "'Kumail' greets and bids you farewell...... Father. ”

Without waiting for Shigehiko to react, Tang Ze let go of his hand and gently pushed him forward, who had already stood firmly.

Because of the organization's instructions, Shigehiko, who was eager to act, took advantage of this force, rushed forward a few times, and stood in the established position, and then slowly reacted to what he heard in his ears just now, which should have been said to himself.

"Kumail" ...... Is that......

Swallowing Shigehiko felt a chill down his spine, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the person who was supporting him just now.

- and then saw the smiling face of his bastard.

His face was contorted and frightened.

Before he could react, he saw Akechi Goro take a slight step to the side, revealing the person who had been standing behind him.

Hoshikawa Hui, who was dressed in a waiter costume, stood there indifferently, thought about it, simply stretched out his hand, took off the glasses that covered the upper half, and brushed his slightly long bangs back, revealing his smooth face in the faint light reflected by the slides.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, brought the same face closer to Tang Ze's side, and smiled grimly at Shigehiko Swallow.

"You, you ......" Shigehiko's faint voice gushed out of his throat as he raised his arm tremblingly.

However, before he could react, a bright light flickered.

The fateful flash lights lit up at this moment.

"Huh?" "Yikes!"

In the darkness, the sudden glare of light illuminated many people turned their heads and let out a small exclamation.

The master of ceremonies who saw this scene was only briefly flustered for a moment, and then calmly started the round: "I don't know who is taking pictures...... Is it a journalist friend on the scene? Don't worry, this photo is really precious, you can wait until then and take a photocopy directly, with a flash, but you can't shoot a slideshow? ”

In the sparse laughter of the guests, Conan's ears caught a slight sound.

What was that, the sound of a rapid piercing of the air......

Where did it come from? What is it?

Nervous, he turned his head desperately, looking for the source of the hollow-breaking sound.

…… Above?

"Smack-"

"Dang Chang—"

The crisp and fine cracking sound, and the sound of metal objects falling heavily to the ground, as if countless crystals fell to the ground and shattered, and the crisp jingle sound formed a brief gorgeous symphony.

The entire audience was shocked, and the words of the host on the stage were completely interrupted.

"What's wrong?!"

"What's going on...... Did something fall? ”

"Turn on the lights, hurry up and turn on the lights!"

The last sound was the shouting Twilight Police Department and Wataru Takagi.

They struggled to squeeze through the guests on either side, trying to get closer in the direction of the source of the sound. In situations where it is clear that someone is going to be attacked, this sound is too ominous.

Conan took two steps towards that position, and was suddenly covered by a soft cloth hood over his face, and his vision couldn't help but darken.

Nervous, he trembled with fright, raised his hand, and grabbed what flew to his face.

This is...... Handkerchief?

"Pap, papa, pap", the continuous sound of switching and closing, and the lights in the venue, with this series of sounds, were lit up again, softly illuminating the lavishly arranged banquet again.

It's just that the brightest one can no longer shine.

"Ahh

As the guests turned their gaze to the arena, several shrill female voices pierced everyone's eardrums.

The huge crystal lamp had fallen from the sky, and the tiny glass was crystal clear, refracting the fire like diamonds, like a rain of crystal petals, tightly covering the corpse of Shigehiko below, whose eyes were wide open and whose expression was terrified.

(End of chapter)