Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 401 The Villa of the Cursed Mask×The Villa of the Pale Mask
important guests
It was the first time that Qin Zhibo was treated as an important guest since reaching a social credit of over 5000.

Qin Zhibo asked again if he could bring other people with him, and the secretary replied yes.

After seeing off the guests, Qin Zhibo set off again and drove to the Witch's House.

Today is Wednesday, a once-in-a-century working day.

After arriving at the Witch's House, Qin Zhibo waited in the car for a while until the butler man drove the extended Maybach and drove Koizumi Hongzi home after school.

After getting out of the car, Koizumi Hongzi walked over and tapped on the window of Mazda 929 with his fingers.

There is an enchantment near the Witch's House, even if Hongzi Koizumi is not at home, she can still sense someone breaking into the area near her home.

It's just that the enchantment can't sense who it is, otherwise Qin Zhibo will suggest that Conan be permanently added to the blacklist of the enchantment.

Conan + villa = haunted house
Qin Zhibo lowered the car window, Koizumi Hongzi was a little surprised.

"Why did you come here suddenly when I was in school? Did you get any news about Enkai?"

Since Qin Zhibo told Koizumi Hongzi about MI-GO and Enkai last time, Koizumi Hongzi has been thinking about it.

But Qin Zhibo shook his head, and said with regret: "The matter of Enkai has not been resolved yet, but I need to find a mask now."

"Mask? What kind of mask?"

"A pale mask, this is an important prop for me to gain MI-GO's trust."

Of course, Qin Zhibo couldn't say that he wanted to find the mask because of the system's mission, and this matter was indeed related to MI-GO, so he came up with this excuse.

And hearing this, Koizumi Hongzi immediately became interested.

"Come on, let's talk inside."

Back home, Koizumi Hongzi immediately went to change the formal school uniform into a red robe worn by an old witch, and then took Qin Zhibo into the magic room, and then began to discuss business matters.

"What exactly is the pale mask you're talking about?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, then asked tentatively: "Have you heard of 'King in Yellow'?"

Koizumi Hongzi frowned, and thought for a long time with her chin tilted, before shaking her head.

"I have never heard of the king in yellow, but I have heard of yellow documents."

"The incantation of 'creating the gate of time and space' is recorded in that book, but it is said that anyone who reads it and tries to travel through time and space and change history according to the above incantation will end up in a very miserable end."

After listening to it, Qin Zhibo felt that it was not the same book as "The King in Yellow", because the only incantation in "The King in Yellow" was the invisibility spell.

But Koizumi Hongzi's words reminded me, why not try the invisibility spell described in the book?
Qin Zhibo silently remembered this matter in his heart, and continued: "That pale mask should be a magic item, maybe it has a certain history."

"This prop is now in the villa of a former singer, I just need you to help me find where this magic prop is stored in the villa."

According to Qin Zhibo's guess, the "pale mask" that is required to find in the mission should not be a mortal thing, there must be magic on it.

Although I can use a magic power extractor to tell whether it is a magic item, I can't touch all the masks in a big villa.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo needed to find Hongzi Koizumi, a magic expert, to determine the approximate location of the "Pale Mask".

At this moment, Qin Zhibo felt like the protagonist in some thief movie, recruiting his own gang of thieves.

Koizumi Hongzi silently walked to the side of the crystal ball, picked up the crystal ball, and asked in a superior tone: "Crystal ball, let me ask you now, what is the 'Pale Mask'?"

Crystal Ball replied in a shrill voice, "I don't know what Pale Mask is."

Maybe it was because Koizumi Hongzi raised the sledgehammer angrily, and the crystal ball quickly added: "But I know the stone ghost mask. It is a mask that a human being can turn into a vampire when wearing it."

"I didn't ask you about the stone ghost face!"

Koizumi Hongzi threw the crystal ball back on the base with a sullen face, turned to Qin Zhibo and said seriously: "If it is to measure the general orientation of magic items within the range of a house, I have a way."

"But after finding the Pale Mask, I want you to keep reporting to me about your contact with MI-GO."

"If you can get news about Enkai from it, you should report it to me as soon as possible."

To Qin Zhibo, this was not a condition.

After all, I don't know what will happen after handing the "Pale Mask" to Mr. Clock, so it's good to have a magician as a backup.

"make a deal."

It makes sense that Wednesday follows Sunday.

At 9:00 in the morning, the housekeeper of the Witch's House drove Koizumi Hongzi to the downstairs of Zhibo Detective Agency in an extended Maybach.

Qin Zhibo then connected Koizumi Hongzi to his Mazda 929.

During this period, the housekeeper's expression was quite gloomy, as if the daughter he had raised for more than ten years had been pried away by a wild boy of unknown origin.

Because I heard that she was attending a banquet, Koizumi Hongzi was dressed more gorgeously, a crimson dress with a black waist, suspenders on the swan neck, and black silk on the pencil legs.

"But it's winter outside now, miss."

Koizumi Hongzi raised her drifting long hair confidently, "I am the only heir of Red Magic, how can I be afraid of winter?"

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho—"

Koizumi Hongzi's signature smile sounded in the car.

But the actual situation is that Koizumi Hongzi posted a few warm babies under the black silk.

Driving on the winding and snow-covered mountain road, Qin Zhibo was still able to drive the car smoothly and smoothly.

"Your driving skills are not bad, can you drive so steadily on this kind of road?"

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly, without explaining.

After all, I am an old driver with a level 4 driving proficiency, and I have driven it back and forth before, so I am familiar with the road conditions here.

Just after Qin Zhibo made a smooth and sharp turn, he suddenly saw a car parked in the middle of the road less than ten meters away from the turn.

"careful!"

Koizumi Hongzi gasped and screamed.

Qin Zhibo remained unruffled in the face of danger, he slammed the steering wheel with both hands, made an emergency drift, and turned the car sideways at the moment he was about to hit the car in front.

Although the situation is critical, but fortunately there is no danger.

But Hongzi Koizumi in the co-pilot was unlucky. She didn't wear a seat belt because she didn't want the seat belt to pleat her skirt.

When drifting urgently, Hongzi Koizumi's head hit the glass of the car due to centrifugal force, making a muffled bang.

Hongko Koizumi fiddled with her hairstyle, then angrily pushed open the car door, intending to issue a "friendly" question to the car in front.

The owner of the vehicle in front was also very embarrassed and came over from the front of the vehicle to apologize.

"I'm really sorry, we...eh?"

"Eh?"

Koizumi Hongzi looked at the person who apologized in front of her, and was very surprised, because it was her classmate.

"Student Nakamori?"

It was Qin Zhibo who got out of the car and corrected Koizumi Hongzi's wrong judgment.

"Maolilan?"

"Mr. Qin?" Mao Lilan was also very surprised.

"Maolilan?" Koizumi Hongzi was also very surprised.

Qin Zhibo leaned into Koizumi Hongzi's ear, and whispered, "This is Mao Lilan, with horns on his head, and the one you mentioned, Aoko Nakamori, has no horns on his head."

After Qin Zhibo's teaching, Koizumi Hongzi looked at Mao Lilan's hairstyle again, and nodded suddenly, "It's true when you say that."

And Qin Zhibo glanced at the front of the car, after all, where there is Mao Lilan, it is inseparable from
Sure enough, Mori Kogoro and Conan poked their heads out from the left and right sides of the car respectively.

After a little understanding of the situation, it turned out that Mori Kogoro was also one of the important guests invited to Su Fang Hongzi's banquet.

As for the car stopped halfway, it was not because of a breakdown.

After all, Kogoro Mori spent a lot of money to rent a Toyota Crown in order to attend the banquet decently and on time.

This is a high-end luxury car that the Maori family, who live in poverty no matter whether they are short of money or not, would never rent it.

Having said that, Mori Kogoro patted the front of the car showing off, and then looked at Qin Zhibo's car.

Mazda 929
Conan, who showed his half-moon eyes, complained lightly in his heart: the white Toyota Crown and the black Mazda 929 are both uncle detectives, and even the rented cars are competitors.

Under Mao Lilan's leadership, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi knew the reason why Mao Li's family stopped.

It turned out that there was a tree stump in the middle of the road blocking the way, and the Maori family was trying to remove the stump.

And there was a threatening letter nailed to the stump.

Mao Lilan snatched the threatening letter from Mao Li Kogoro, who wanted to share the information exclusively, and handed it to Qin Zhibo for inspection.

[Don't assist Su Fang Hongzi's charity gala, or you will regret it——The Messenger of the Cursed Mask]

Masquerade = mask.

This made Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi who had come to look for the "Pale Mask" immediately lift up their spirits.

"The blocks on the paper are all cut out from newspapers and pieced together. The word 'curse' is not common in newspapers, especially the red word 'curse'. I remember it was only ten days ago." Featured in the headlines of the 'Spider Curse Returned' edition."

"This shows that this person has been eyeing this charity gala for at least ten days ago."

"And this person may be the guest at the party tonight."

The first inference is that Qin Zhibo recently planned to make a collection of newspaper clippings of the cases he had handled, and found it by accident.

The bright red word "curse" was a word in the headline of the news report on the Tottori County Spider House case, because it was marked in red alone, so Qin Zhibo remembered it deeply.

As for the second inference, Qin Zhibo judged it based on Conan's existence.

Conan: What a powerful memory ability.
"Cutting this, I already knew."

Mouri Kogoro, who didn't deduce any useful information from the threatening letter, was a little unconvinced, snatched the threatening letter from Qin Zhibo's hand, and put it back in his arms.

"Everyone." Koizumi Hongzi who was standing next to the tree stump reminded with a serious face: "Let's find a way to remove this tree stump blocking the way first."

As for how to remove the stump, three methods were proposed.

One is to drive the tree stump away with a car, but neither Moori Kogoro nor Qin Zhibo wanted to scratch the front bumper of the rented luxury car, so Conan's proposal was rejected on the spot.

The second is to burn the tree stump with fire, which was proposed by Koizumi Hongko, and if this method is to be used, Koizumi Hongko has a method (magic) to quickly ignite the fire.

However, it will take a long time to wait for the stump to burn out, and it must wait for the fire to be extinguished before leaving, which was also rejected.

So Qin Zhibo proposed the last solution, which was to lift the stump away together.

Qin Zhibo did some calculations. He had five people on his side, and Conan had four. It should be no problem to move a tree stump.

However, Koizumi Hongzi immediately said that the clothes she was wearing were inconvenient, and if she had to lift them, she would be helpless.

"It doesn't matter, Koizumi-san's share of strength will be shared by me."

Mao Lilan and Koizumi Hongzi met when the TV station's location team was filming at the Mihua Shrine.

At this moment, Mao Lilan looked at Koizumi Hongzi with a smile, making Koizumi Hongzi's face a little flushed, and her eyes dodged to the side.

Just like that, Mori Kogoro, Qin Zhibo, and Mao Lilan were ready to take their positions, all at one end of the tree stump.

Although it is said to lift the stump away, it should be pushed away in actual operation.

At Conan's order, the three of them exerted their strength at the same time, but the stump hardly moved.

Conan quickly squatted down to check the situation, and found that the tree stump was frozen on the icy road.

Even if Qin Zhibo quietly put the [Gift of the Golden Tree] on his wrist, the power of 65+70+90 still failed to shake the tree stump.

Seeing this situation, Conan was a little anxious. He squatted on the ground and was about to activate his full fitness, ready to kick the tree stump quietly.

But at this moment, Hongzi Koizumi came over and patted Conan on the shoulder.

"Little friend, are your legs frozen?"

Conan: "?"

It turned out that even though it was cold below zero today, Conan was still wearing the shorts he wore in summer, and his legs were exposed to the cold air.

Being reminded by Koizumi Hongko, Conan really felt his lower body trembling.

Koizumi Hongzi took out a few warm babies from the gap at the chest of the dress, "Go over there and stick it on your legs."

"thanks"

Conan with pea eyes flushed a little, he quickly grabbed Nuan Bao, and ran to the side of the road to squat and stick Nuan Bao.

After taking Conan away, Koizumi Hongzi began to quietly cast red magic between her fingers.

The fiery red shimmer flew from the fingertips to the connection between the tree stump and the ground, quickly melting the frozen part.

Suddenly, the tree stump was pushed by three people, and as if it had been lubricated, it was pushed to the side of the road in one breath.

"awesome!"

Looking at Mao Lilan who was cheering enthusiastically, Koizumi Hongzi smiled knowingly.

After all the hardships and obstacles, the Toyota Crown and Mazda 929 finally rolled into the yard of the destination villa.

Since he had already visited the house before, Qin Zhibo was not surprised by the house itself, but Mao Li and his daughter were more surprised.

"This is really necessary"

"This mansion is magnificent."

Don't worry, it will soon become a haunted house. Qin Zhibo secretly complained in his heart.

At this time, the sharp-eyed Conan first saw a man on the east side of the villa, and he was taking pictures of the villa with a camera.

"Isn't that person the photographer Masaki Katagiri?" Conan murmured.

Mao Lilan followed his gaze and recognized the identity of this person, "Yes, it is the photographer who has traveled all over the world and photographed the beautiful scenery of various countries for many years."

At this time, two more cars sped up from the road outside the mansion.

The man who got out of the black private car in front had dark skin. Qin Zhibo looked at the information on his head. His name was Matsudaira Mori, a professional baseball player with a social credit of 5000.

After getting off the car, Matsudaira immediately scanned Qin Zhibo and Mori Kogoro back and forth with his eyes, and soon thought of their identities.

"Eh? Aren't you two famous detective uncles?"

"Hello."

Although Qin Zhibo didn't know this person, judging from the information above his head, it would be better to say hello.

But Mori Kogoro was even more enthusiastic, "It turned out to be the home run player Wang Songping!"

Masaki Katagiri, who was still taking pictures just now, also came over to say hello, "Are you guys also invited to be guests at the charity gala next week?"

Mori Kogoro and Matsudaira Mori: "Exactly."

At this time, the taxi behind also put down a person and drove away.

The one who got out of the car was a slender, ascetic beauty with a very cold expression on her delicate face, and a well-placed tear mole at the corner of her eye.

Qin Zhibo had seen this person before. He had seen her doing metaphysical tarot card programs on TV.

"Beauty!"

Seeing the beauties of the right age, Mori Kogoro was even more excited than seeing the ace baseball player just now, clenched his fists in front of his chest like an LSP.

Mao Lilan was also a little surprised, "That is Miss Haruka Nagara."

"She is the tarot card reader who is very popular in magazines and on TV!" Mamoru Matsudaira looked happy when he saw his idol, "Actually, every time I want to play, I will use her divination to match my schedule of the day." Lucky color to choose different gloves."

Conan with half-moon eyes complained secretly: This is how your home runs came about.
"right here."

Nagara walked slowly, looking at the symmetrically designed large villa in front of him, muttering to himself.

Some superstitious Mao Lilan hurriedly asked: "Is there something wrong here?"

"This house has a very ominous feel to me"

Saying that, Nagara Haruka took out a Tarot card with a picture of a tower collapsing from his pocket, and said lightly: "I feel that a catastrophe will happen here."

At this moment, Hongko Koizumi, who had been quietly observing the beautiful fortune teller from just now, suddenly spoke.

"I thought the super-popular fortune-teller on TV would be capable. Is that all there is to it?"

The words were full of gunpowder, Nagara Haruka immediately turned to look at Hongzi Koizumi who said this.

She looked up and down Koizumi Hongzi who was dressed in red and black, her slender eyebrows twitched slightly, "Excuse me."

"It doesn't matter who I am, you just need to remember that there are others."

Koizumi Hongko's overbearing answer made Nagara Haruka a little uneasy.

"You seem to be walking with me. But wouldn't it be a bit arrogant to say this?"

Facing Nagara Haruka's counterattack, Koizumi Hongzi snorted coldly, "Who is arrogant after all, wouldn't it be enough to have a competition?"

"How to compete?" Nagara Haruka was also aroused to win.

"You just said that there will be a disaster here, can you divination the specific type of this disaster?"

Faced with Koizumi Hongko's questioning, Nagara Haruka parted her thin lips, but she didn't say anything after all.

"Humph"

"Let me tell you, this journey will kill!"

Koizumi Hongzi's words startled everyone, almost everyone gasped, with surprised expressions on their faces, only Qin Zhibo was calmer.

You only need to see Conan to know this.
Of course, Koizumi Hongzi didn't know that people would die according to the laws of science, but when he set off this morning, he determined through crystal ball divination that he would encounter the dead during this journey.

It's just that Hongzi Koizumi didn't know who the deceased was.

Kogoro Mori at the side was a little ashamed and helpless when he heard Hongko Koizumi's divination, and said awkwardly: "This, this is too bad luck."

Photographer Masaki Katagiri also quickly smoothed things over, "It's so cold here, I think everyone should go into the room first."

At this moment, the two main doors of the villa opened at the same time, and the twin maids came out separately.

Nami Shimokasa: "Mr. Mori, your companions, and Mr. Qin, please enter the house from the east entrance here to rest."

Shimokasami Naho: "Mr. Katagiri, Mr. Matsudaira, Ms. Nagara, and Ms. Koizumi, please enter the house from the west entrance here to rest."

Matsudaira asked in confusion, "Why do you want to enter from both sides?"

The twin maids explained each sentence as if they had telepathy. The general meaning is that the guests entering from the east entrance live in the east wing, and the guests entering from the west entrance live in the west wing.

"If you don't follow this custom in this mansion."

"It's bound to be a disaster afterwards."

Mao Lilan and Matsudaira, who are usually superstitious, were a little scared and asked why this happened.

The twin maids also answered their doubts in unison.

"Because this is the mansion where the cursed mask lives."

As if to set off the terrifying atmosphere here, a group of crows perched on the roof of the villa suddenly took off at this time, making an ugly cry.

Do as the Romans do, led by Nami Shimokasaho, Qin Zhibo and the Mori family entered the east entrance.

Qin Zhibo asked why he and Hongzi Koizumi were companions, but they were not in the same room on the same side.

The maid's answer was that the "hongzi" in Koizumi Hongzi's name is the same as Su Fang Hongzi's "hongzi", so it is suitable for the room on the west side.

"So, Teacher Su Fang lives in the room on the west side?" Qin Zhibo added clues.

"Exactly."

As soon as he walked through the entrance, Qin Zhibo saw all kinds of masks on the walls on both sides of the corridor, white and red masks, golden sun masks.
Here, there is a strangely shaped mask hanging on the wall almost every two meters.

The Maori family was amazed that there were so many masks here, and the maid explained again: "Ms. Su Fang has always had a hobby of collecting masks."

"Please go this way, everyone."

Qin Zhibo looked around at the masks here. There were no less than 30 masks placed in this corridor alone. It is really not easy to confirm each one with a magic power extractor.

It's really the right decision to bring Hongzi Koizumi here
Going up the stairs, Qin Zhibo and the Maoli family were brought to the mask hall by the maid.

When the white door of the Masquerade Hall was pushed open, the opposite white door was also pushed open by someone. It was Koizumi Hongzi and others who entered from the west entrance.

Qin Zhibo instantly understood the internal structure of this room, and the east and west sides of the villa were connected by this masquerade hall.

At this time, Mao Lilan bent down to look at the masks in the glass cabinet, and said in admiration: "Wow! It's amazing, there are so many masks here."

As Mao Lilan admired, there are all kinds of masks displayed in the showcase here, including ordinary masks, animal half-face masks, leather masks, stone masks, wooden masks, gold masks, and silver masks.
There are about hundreds of masks displayed here, just like a mask museum.

Everyone began to stroll in the hall of masks, admiring the masks here.

Qin Zhibo quietly walked up to Koizumi Hongzi, and asked in a low voice, "How is it? Do you have a clue?"

Koizumi Hongzi was bending over to stare at a stone mask in the glass cabinet, and after staring at it for a few seconds, she straightened her waist again.

"It's not clear yet."

"I'll need to use magic to see if there's that 'pale mask' you're talking about here."

"Then hurry up."

Qin Zhibo was a little anxious in his heart. After all, after the murder, the place might be blocked by the police, and it would be inconvenient to do anything at that time.

"Fool."

Koizumi Hongzi reprimanded Qin Zhibo, "I can't reveal that I possess magic. If I use magic here, these people will definitely see through it."

Qin Zhibo turned his head and glanced at the people who were sightseeing in the hall of masquerades. It was really not easy to cast magic in front of them.

"But since you don't want to be exposed, why are you getting angry with that fortune teller?"

Koizumi Hongzi glanced at Nagara Haruka, who was admiring the half-face mask of an animal not far away, and said with some pride on her face: "I just can't understand her kind of half-face divination."

"Oh, so she has real skills?"

Although unwilling to admit it, Koizumi Hongzi still nodded, "That woman should have some inspiration."

"But she is still far from me."

While Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi were whispering, Conan, who was a curious boy, had successfully opened up a new area for everyone.

Conan picked up the remote control on the table and pressed the "←→" button, and the curtains scattered on several walls of the mask hall slowly opened.

The transmission shaft drives the dark red flannel to shrink to both sides, and a pair of pale masks are displayed on rows of shelves.

Pale Mask!

Qin Zhibo was attracted by these masks at first sight, because the color of these masks was that very pure pale color.

The two eye corners of the mask are very narrow, reminiscent of the Asian eyes in Western impressions, but it is a completely inhumane way.

The pale mask was noseless, with a mouth that curved upwards slightly like a crescent moon, revealing a haughty sneer that horrified the beholder.

And there are hundreds of masks like this displayed in the entire hall of masks!
"What the hell are these masks!?"

"How come there are so many?"

Everyone in the exhibition hall was amazed by the number of masks. At this moment, a voice came from the door and answered for everyone: "These are all Xiaobu's masks."

Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was Su Fanghongzi, the owner of the villa and the host of the charity party, standing at the door, followed by a female secretary wearing glasses.

"You are Ms. Su Fang Hongzi!" Mori Kogoro said in surprise.

"Everyone is here, it really makes my place flourish." Su Fang Hongzi walked towards the crowd with a kind smile on her face, "I don't know how you like it? I think it's okay for my favorite collection."

Mori Kogoro, who had a relatively normal aesthetic, scratched his head, and the smile on his face was a bit far-fetched, "How about this?"

It was Qin Zhibo who came over and praised solemnly: "The masks here really opened my eyes. Can you tell me about the origin of these masks?"

Conan on the side was a little surprised, he didn't expect Qin Zhibo's aesthetics to be so unique
Hearing that someone appreciated her collection, Su Fang Hongzi was a little happy, and immediately introduced it enthusiastically.

"These masks are the legendary [-] made by the Spanish sculptor Chauble de Reis shortly before his death."

Nagara Haruka came over at this time, and added lightly: "It is also called the 'Cursed Mask' by the world."

"Well, there is such a saying." Su Fang Hongzi continued to introduce, "Schaub Dreis is a sculptor with a tragic life experience. Although he himself is very talented, he fell into the trap set by his jealous brother. inside."

"In the end, his fame, status, and even his property were all robbed."

"That's why Schaub, full of complete despair of humanity, kept carving these masks as if possessed by something."

"Just after he finished carving the [-]th mask, he ended his life with a dagger, and those masks scattered around his body were all stained with blood, as if they were sucking his blood. "

After hearing the background story of this mortal gradually falling into madness, Qin Zhibo felt that he was sure of everything.

These masks should contain the "Pale Mask" required for the mission.

At this time, Nagara Haruka continued to add: "Shoble's reputation was rehabilitated after his death, and these masks were scattered into the hands of different people, but these people all ended in tragedy in the end."

"The general manager of a certain bank in the UK accidentally fell off a cliff while riding a horse the day after he got one of the masks, and died from then on."

"There was also a French jeweler who was attacked by robbers and lost his life in the end."

"These masks have since been rumored to suck the blood of their bearers and have been shunned by collectors around the world."

Mao Lilan's shoulders trembled a little, and she shrank to Mao Li Kogoro and asked, "Then you have collected two hundred masks now? It will be all right!"

Su Fang Hongzi smiled slightly, and comforted: "Don't worry about this, I have already invited a powerful psychic to seal the curse of these masks."

After hearing this particularly extraordinary background story, Conan subconsciously felt that it was all nonsense.

But when I think of my previous experience, I feel like maybe it might be
Conan walked to the mask display rack, stared carefully at the mask above with his chin raised, and suddenly discovered something.

This mask is actually somewhat similar to the mask worn by the "Night Baron"
Could it be that Dad copied the shape of this mask?

But after a closer look, Conan found that these masks were still somewhat different from the descriptions in Yusaku Kudo's book.

The "Night Baron" mask has a more upward curvature at the corners of the mouth, and a deeper droop at the corners of the eyes.

Moreover, the gap between the eyes and the mouth of this mask is too narrow and long, and there is no nose. It feels that the mask is not designed for humans to wear.
Qin Zhibo on the other side asked Koizumi Hongzi, "Do you feel that there is a seal arranged by a psychic here?"

Koizumi Hongzi shook her head resolutely, "No."

Qin Zhibo guessed it. After all, there are so many psychics seeking fame and fame, and most of them are just for psychological comfort.

At this time, Moli Kogoro frowned and said to Su Fang Hongzi: "But Ms. Su Fang, the evil thoughts of human beings in the real world are probably more terrifying than any curses."

"I was blocked by a big tree on the way here just now, and this piece of paper was nailed to it."

Mori Kogoro took out the threatening letter from his pocket and showed it to everyone.

When other people read the threatening letter, they also said that they had received the same letter, including a rock singer named Aichuan Fuyuya who arrived at the end.

He took out the letter from his hand, saying that it was received by the company, and the content inside was the same as other threatening letters.

Mori Kogoro reasoned: "The red word 'curse' on this letter was from a newspaper ten days ago, which means that the person who sent this letter had learned about the charity gala ten days ago. "

"Mr. Su Fang, who are the people who knew about this incident ten days ago?"

As soon as Mori Kogoro uttered this wonderful reasoning, Mao Lilan objected, "Dad! This is Mr. Qin's reasoning!"

Conan also nodded sharply, "Mmm! Mmm!"

Mori Kogoro pretended not to hear, but in his heart he was lamenting why his daughter's elbow turned outward.

Su Fang Hongzi glanced at the secretary behind her, and the secretary looked at everyone present, and said, "Except for the two detectives, everyone else here received the invitation ten days ago."

Using Qin Zhibo's reasoning to rule out the loneliness, Mori Kogoro was a little unhappy.

In addition, what makes Mouri Kogoro even more frustrated is that he only received the invitation three days ago, which means that he is not a very important guest.

But fortunately, Qin Zhibo was with him, which made Mori Kogoro feel better.

Under Su Fanghongzi's insistence, no one called the police, and the banquet continued as usual.

"Honestly speaking, I am really grateful to all of you who agreed to participate in this charity gala hosted by me so readily."

Su Fang Hongzi raised his glass to toast, except for Mao Lilan, Koizumi Hongzi, and Conan who were fruit juice, the others also raised their glasses in return.

During the period, Su Fang Hongzi talked about her idea of ​​holding a charity party to raise money for children who lost their parents in a car accident.

This reminded Qin Zhibo of what Matsumoto Ryohei reminded himself, that there was a shady scene in the charity party held by Su Fang Hongzi.

Before anyone could say anything about it, the female secretary said without a silver 300 taels that the outside world's criticism of the charity gala was all rumors.

"That's right. I have received a lot of threatening letters since I started doing charity, and I have long been used to it."

"However, I will still carry on the charity firmly, just like a lonely brave man."

Baseball player Mamoru Matsudaira was very moved by Su Fang Hongzi's self-comparison with a brave man, and immediately said that she would do her best.

As for what this effort is, the charity gala is of course paid for.

Photographer Masaki Katagiri and rock singer Fuyuya Aikawa also said that their wife and mother also died in a car accident, so they empathize with each other and will fully cooperate.

After dinner, all the guests assembled in the recreation room.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi stood by the window, discussing quietly about finding the pale mask.

"Those masks are placed too densely. If you want to find the specific one, you can only find a way to go back to the mask hall." Koizumi Hongzi analyzed calmly.

"Um"

Just as Qin Zhibo was about to speak, he found that Conan was approaching him quietly from behind.

"Go! Go! Go"

Qin Zhibo waved his hands impatiently, and then drove aside Conan who was about to eavesdrop on gossip.

"At midnight, you can find a way to enter the Hall of Masks"

"Do you have a solution?" Koizumi Hongzi asked.

"Well, sort of." Qin Zhibo glanced back at the twin maids standing at the door waiting to be served, and then looked up at the ceiling.

"If I'm not wrong, you think that should be a ventilation duct?"

Koizumi Hongzi looked towards Qin Zhibo, and saw a square iron grid on the ceiling.

Qin Zhibo continued: "I saw the same grid in the mask hall and corridor just now, which means that the ventilation ducts in this villa should extend in all directions."

"really?"

“Just had to try it out”

At this moment, Qin Zhibo felt that someone behind him wanted to eavesdrop, and immediately looked back, only to find that Su Fanghongzi's female secretary was standing behind.

"Mr. Qin, our president invites you to come over."

Following the secretary to Su Fanghongzi's exclusive rest room, Qin Zhibo saw a lot of trophies and masks again.

There are also here.
Su Fang Hongzi leaned gracefully on the armrest of the sofa with a red wine glass in her hand, making Qin Zhibo think that he was a young guy who was about to sell his body to a rich woman.

Of course, Su Fang Hongzi did not covet Qin Zhibo's young body, but took a fancy to Qin Zhibo's reasoning ability.

"Mr. Qin, I would like to ask you to help me investigate one matter, which is the car accident of Mrs. Katagiri's wife."

"After hearing Mr. Katagiri's deeds, I can't let go. I will give you 200 million rewards after the incident is completed. What do you think?"

Originally, she planned to hand over the investigation of this matter to Kogoro Mouri, but after listening to Kogoro Moori's embezzlement of Qin Zhibo's wonderful reasoning, she temporarily changed her mind.

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, Masaki Katagiri seemed to have said that his wife died in a car accident at the dinner just now, but because Qin Zhibo was thinking about the pale mask, Qin Zhibo didn't pay much attention to it.

But judging from the fact that Su Fanghongzi cared and needed to spend 200 million to investigate, this matter should not be simple.

Maybe it's the motivation.
"I've been entrusted to take over, but I don't want a reward of 200 million yen."

"Oh?" Su Fang Hongzi asked with a puzzled expression, "Then what do you want?"

Qin Zhibo said seriously: "If I investigate this matter for you, I would like to ask you to give me a mask from this villa."

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