"Ah, I'm a little tired...... "Stretching, Noriko Ayajo wiped the sweat from her face and glanced at the time, "Is it already past three o'clock?" Should I call Yumi? She also slept too long. ”

Although Yumi Horikoshi usually likes to be cheerful and outgoing, several of them know in their hearts that she is not so easy to get along with. If there is really any group activity, if you don't notify her, some people will complain when they turn around.

"Whatever she wants, I don't think she wants to deal with people today, and she talks weirdly." Mori Kogoro shook his head and said not very happily.

"Oh, tell her to get up or something, no need." Kazushi Nakamichi, who was leaning against the wall with his arms in his arms, said loudly, "Yumi, she gets up so angry, she hates being woken up when she sleeps the most." ”

"That's the truth...... "Noriko Ayajo hesitated, "she used to be called up during her nap, and she would stink for a long time." ”

"If you don't wake her up now, when the fireworks festival begins, won't she still be scolded if she misses the opportunity to watch." Yukio Ayaki shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "Let's go, let's go and call her." ”

Several people responded one after another, and slowly walked out of the billiard room one by one, towards Yumi Horikoshi's room.

So soon, the fact that Yumi Horikoshi disappeared was also discovered by them.

And that's not all......

"A pair of larger clogs, and a pair of small ones." With a solemn face, Mori Kogoro picked up the two lonely pairs of shoes in the corridor and said solemnly, "This inn is in a remote location, so there should be no other guests except us." Well, these two pairs of shoes ......"

"Tang Ze, and Conan, they too?!" Mao Lilan covered her mouth tightly, shocked, and took out her mobile phone with her backhand and began to call the two of them in turn.

Over there, the participants of the class reunion also took turns dialing Yumi Horikoshi's number.

After a long ring, in the end, several calls were automatically hung up because no one answered.

"Yumi's phone is not in the room." The Ayajo couple, who had rummaged through it, were sweating on their faces, and their expressions became more and more uneasy, "But her other luggage is still there, and she hasn't taken her makeup bag, purse, and other personal belongings with her." ”

"What's going on?" Kazuchi Nakamichi looked around anxiously left and right, looking at Mao Lilan, who was anxious with tears in the corners of his eyes, and then at his old classmates with ugly faces, "Someone, have you taken all three of them away?" ”

“…… Let's split up and find out. Mori Kogoro took a breath and proposed, "There are rice paddies for a kilometer or two near this hotel, and the commercial area is further away, and it takes nearly half an hour to walk. None of them changed their clothes, and even the clogs were left here, and there was no reason to be far away. Maybe I just went out for some reason and got lost. ”

Mao Lilan clenched the mobile phone that was hot by herself, pursed her lips, and had the intention to refute, but she couldn't help but feel lucky.

I didn't bring my mobile phone or wallet, and I didn't even change my clothes, and Tang Ze, who has a stable and reliable personality, would not take Conan, a child, to do such a risky thing.

But if they didn't take the initiative to leave, wouldn't that mean that something terrible happened to Tang Ze and Conan?

"Well, let's all look around, if they weren't at the inn, they wouldn't be too far out." Several people looked at each other, exchanged glances, and agreed to the suggestion.

Soon, several people scattered in different directions, and with the call, they searched for three people in a field that was rarely populated.

As a result, half an hour later, a time for a punctual rendezvous was agreed, and only five people returned.

"What about Uncle Nakamichi?" Looking at Jun Omura, who was supposed to act with him, Moriran's hand trembled slightly.

She couldn't help but think of the horror game that Tang Ze told her and Suzuki Sonoko after playing it once before.

A group of people ran to the suspicious buildings in cheap locations, and as the night wore on, one by one they disappeared or something......

Unable to help but wrap the short feather weave around his body, Maolilan took a step closer to his father and clutched the clothes on his back.

"I, I don't know......" Jun Omura's face turned pale, and cold sweat crawled all over his face, "He said that he seemed to see someone in a certain direction, and asked me to wait in place for a while, and he went to see it himself, but after he ran away, I waited left and right, and I didn't wait for anyone to come...... I ......"

The Ayajo couple glanced at each other, and couldn't help but grasp each other's hands, and they were also nervously next to each other.

The good ones disappeared three people, and they went out to look for another one for a long time......

"Isn't it time to consider calling the police?" Mori Lan leaned behind Mori Kogoro and whispered, "If you go missing in this location, it's still very dangerous if you don't find it in time......

"But since there is no one else nearby, how the hell are they ......?"

"There are others!" Jun Omura, who had been looking bad, raised his voice and interrupted their discussion, "Right in this inn, there are other people!" ”

Everyone's eyes turned to him scrutinically.

"I, I just left the billiard room to go to the bathroom, passing by the hall...... I see, I see ......" Jun Omura swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at Kogoro Mori uneasily, and gritted his teeth and said, "I saw a white-haired man standing by the window on the second floor, looking down at me with a very unkind look. Seeing that I had spotted him, he sneered at me and quickly disappeared into the window. ”

"White hair?" Mori Kogoro frowned, "Someone very old?" Why didn't you just say that? ”

"No, he looks young......" After hesitating and looking at the others, Jun Omura finally found something out of his sleeve pocket and handed it to them.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Mori Kogoro felt a sense of familiarity.

This dense paper, this slightly uneven ink traces......

"Teaser letter from the Monster of the Heart?" Saying this in a strange voice, Mori Kogoro flipped the paper over.

Fortunately, this is not a sneaking notice for Jun Omura or anything, and it seems that the Monster Thieves are not here to add fuel to their already complicated situation.

However, the situation does not seem to be much better, because the current scene of these 9 people losing 4 may have been caused by this group of strange thieves.

"To all travelers of the Benkei Hotel:

The special programme we have prepared for you will be officially staged soon.

Please come to the lobby on time at 3:40 p.m. and give us your valuable suggestions for this new show.

Thank you for your free time for this, I would appreciate it."

Mori Kogoro's brows trembled when he saw this strange invitation, not quite understanding what new tricks these strange thieves were playing.

Ever since he became a slightly famous detective, these guys who came out of nowhere have been active around him, and they are annoyed.

He's not the only detective in Tokyo, so do you have to keep an eye on him?

However, the point of the letter is not this, but on the final "invitation list".

"There are no names of Karasawa, Conan, Uncle Nakamichi, and Aunt Horikoshi." Mao Lilan frowned and looked at the five names at the end, and let go of some of his hanging hearts slightly, "It seems that several of them were taken away by the people of the Monster Thieves Group." ”

Although these people of the Monster of the Heart Bandit are mysterious, they seem to have many hidden means and purposes, but they never affect innocent people, and in the few exchanges they deal with, they not only hurt others, but also help others in distress many times.

If they had taken Tang Ze and Conan away, there should not have been any serious consequences.

Maolilan put his heart down, but the hearts of others hung higher.

will be targeted by the Monster of the Heart Thief Group, doesn't that mean these people......

They were staring at the invitation, and when their minds were drifting, a string of soft music, coming from the pantry on the first floor, immediately attracted their attention.

On the TV screen that turned on automatically, the bright red logo of the Monster Thieves group danced gently in the melodious and brisk piano sound.

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"Shhh Is this necessary? ”

In the same position where Yumi Horikoshi was taken before, he is now in such a Japanese room.

It was not in vain to try to open the door, push the window open, etc., he knew very well that he was probably already in the game.

"I'm sorry, Kudo." A metallic robot boy appeared in front of him for the next moment, tilted his head, and laughed slyly, "If you are allowed to move freely, I am afraid it will interfere with our next plan." Who made you find out so fast detective? ”

"What's next......" Although he knew that the pain in his neck was most likely just an analog digital signal, Conan involuntarily rubbed it a few more times, and then caught something from his remarks, "Are you going to bring in other Maori Uncle classmates as well?" ”

Since he had listened to the whole process of Noah's Ark and Yumi Horikoshi, he had already deduced from their conversation what might have been found in this hotel.

Kazushi Nakamichi, the bald Chiba Prefecture criminal policeman, he has the deepest emotional entanglement with Yumi Horikoshi, and the fact that he concealed Yumi Horikoshi's blind date and preparing to get married completely detonated the landmine between them, and the contradiction has escalated to this day, and he has already had murderous intent towards Yumi Horikoshi.

This should be the reason why the members of the Monster Thieves showed up today and did this special show.

"Do you think that we will really give Nakado Kazushi 'change his mind' and force him to give up his original life plan because of Yumi Horikoshi's request?" Noah tilted his head and glanced at Conan in surprise, "You think we're so bad, Kudo-kun." ”

"So, you promised Yumi Horikoshi so easily, are you lying?" Eyebrows jumped, and Conan glanced at Noah's Ark.

AI has been taught how to deceive humans, and even deceive customers...... What the hell are you teaching Chunliang's ten-year-old computer, fellows of the Strange Thieves!

"You'll find out later." Noah smiled and bent his eyes, and mysteriously raised a finger and waved, "There's a special surprise!" ”

Conan looked at his expression, shook his head, and inadvertently turned his head and continued to look at the Japanese room, only to remember something as if surprised: "...... What about Tang Ze? ”

"He's in another room." Another familiar young man's voice came, Conan was stunned, turned his head to look, and saw the white-haired thief go straight through the wall and into the room, "Good afternoon, little detective." Don't worry, it's impossible for us to hurt Tang Ze, it's just that there are some things, and it's inconvenient for you to let him know, right? ”

Knowing in his heart that what Joker said was basically true, Conan would not really worry about them hurting his friends, but he sighed a little regretfully, and sat down cross-legged on the tatami mat: "I didn't have to hide it from Tang Ze, I thought that there would be a chance to sit down and communicate together." ”

The fact that he has a connection with the Monster Thief of the Heart is not well known to anyone except himself.

In Conan's understanding, Tang Ze must not have known about the existence of the strange thieves, otherwise, the last time he was on the verge of falling off his horse, he should have gone to Joker to move the rescuers, instead of suddenly taking out a black feather Kaito.

After all, Joker lives next door to him, how convenient it is.

This is not only a good opportunity to explain the situation to Tang Ze, but also an opportunity for Joker to ventilate with Tang Ze head-on. It seems that there is no need to hide the matter of the Monster Thieves from Tang Ze, if Tang Ze can see it with his own eyes, maybe he can also take the opportunity to find out what happened to Joker......

"Thank you for your concern, little detective." Responding to this little friend's concern with a pun, Tang Ze waved his hand at Noah, "Come on a sofa." ”

It's true that tatami mats can be sat on the floor, but Karasawa still prefers a bean bag sofa with a certain amount of support and a very soft fit.

It's all his own territory, there is no need to settle for it, Tang Ze unceremoniously commanded Noah.

Noah, who had already fully experienced Tang Ze's soft furnishing preferences in the No. 22 base, waved his hand and created a wide soybean bag that was no different from the sofa in their villa, and even the colorful pillows on it were restored.

After thanking him, Tang Ze slumped into the sofa skillfully and made a "please" gesture to Conan: "What about what we are going to do...... See for yourself. ”

As he finished speaking, an entire wall on the side of the room suddenly flickered twice, revealing a picture that looked like a huge screen that spread across the entire wall.

The picture is set against a simple, utility room-like cabin.

The windows of the unoccupied cabin were closed, but it was not difficult to guess from the cracks in the broken timber that it was outside, probably in the afternoon.

Soon, the door of the cabin creaked, and a figure walked into the cabin, with its back to the doorway, as if waiting for something.

It was Yumi Horikoshi who was wearing a yukata and was barefoot.

Before Conan could ask questions, a few seconds later, another figure entered the room.

"Yumi, why are you here?" Looking at the woman who turned her back to this side without saying a word, Nakamichi Kazushi narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but look left and right at the environment they were in.

The hotel they chose was surrounded by farmhouses, and they couldn't see a single person after walking a kilometer or two, and as long as they weren't seen by other old classmates in the same company, his actions could be said to be very hidden.

It was precisely because of this that he chose to take action against Yumi Horikoshi in this party, which was the most likely chance for him to get away with it.

And at this moment......

Yumi Horikoshi didn't know why she came to this kind of place, but she was already alone, and the environment of this small room was messy and complicated, and it seemed that no one had visited for a long time.

As long as he subdues Yumi Horikoshi, whether to kill her here, or simply hide her and throw her in a more remote place, it will be a more perfect thing to do than his original plan.

After meeting her classmates, she had an emotional breakdown and disappeared, all of which were her own choices and actions, in which he did not exert any influence.

All it takes is to make her disappearance a reality.

So when he gently called Yumi Horikoshi's name in his mouth and slowly approached the woman, the fierce light in his eyes could not be concealed at all, and the hideous expression of his determination was like a demon.

He pounced on it fittingly, pinching the woman's neck with both hands, ready to subdue it, or even break it directly.

However, this time, he pounced.

As soon as the surrounding environment changed, a dazzling vortex spread, engulfing the entire cabin, and in the next second, a pure white space appeared in front of Nakado Kazushi.

"He is worthy of being a murderer with murderous intentions." The two palms slapped and knocked out the applause of the resonance of the metal impact, and Noah stood in the middle of an empty white space, looking at Nakamichi Kazushi with a smile, "It's a wonderful move, Mr. Nakamichi." ”

Surprised and panicked, Nakamichi and Zhi, who threw his strength into the air, stumbled a few times, took a few steps back in a panic, and looked at the little boy who was standing a few meters away in shock, no matter how he looked like a human being, and his first reaction was to raise his hand and give himself a slap.

"Poof." Amused by his decisive slap of his face, Noah clapped his hands a few more times, "It's really exciting, should I say that you deserve to be a criminal policeman?" He has amazing determination and execution. ”

“…… What is this place?! The burning pain on his face reminded him that he was really not hallucinating, or that he was not dreaming, and Nakamichi Kazushi said sharply, "Who are you!" ”

"Well, how do you say that?" Noah tapped his cheek, poked out two metallic sounds, and snapped his fingers.

Soon, Nakado and Shi's follower Yumi Horikoshi walked into the house, and the video of the attack and killing suddenly appeared in mid-air and began to play automatically.

The image came to an abrupt end the moment he grabbed the woman's neck, but the realistic image was enough to make Nakamichi Kazushi tear his eyes apart.

Although this video is not real, it is likely to be just an illusion of the other party fooling him, but combined with the fact that Yumi Uehori is missing, it is enough to make him a worthy first suspect.

Plus his relationship with Yumi Horikoshi...... His handle has been held in the other party's hand.

"It's good that you're willing to listen to me." Noah nodded, "Have you ever heard of the 'Monster of the Heart'?" ”

Things have come to this point, and Nakamichi Kazushi, who has been pinched by the monster thief group, has naturally followed in the footsteps of Yumi Horikoshi, a complete set of processes of peeling, painting cakes, and signing contracts, smooth and natural, sincere feelings, and a sense of rhythm.

Even the last two or three meters long, which is not readable at all, and will be automatically confirmed in 10 seconds, is the same.

Conan, who saw his facial features flying in front of the screen: "......"

Even if Noah's Ark is not a human and should not be treated with human ethics and morality, his mind is indeed only ten years old for humans, right?! You're all teaching kids something, joker!

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