"Hehe, it does seem a bit familiar now..."
The three of them, bickering and joking, arrived at the top of the mountain. Looking at the only suspension bridge leading to the villa, Xiaolan and Sonoko's expressions instantly turned sour, and some unpleasant memories involuntarily surfaced in their minds.
The villa stood alone deep in the mountains, surrounded by dense forest, with only a swaying suspension bridge as its access route.
Recalling a similar scene they had experienced before, a sense of unease welled up in their hearts.
"Alright, alright, don't worry! I'm here." Although Yu Sheng Nan was also a little speechless, he still remained very calm.
After all, he's someone with superpowers!
"That's right, with Nanami here, what do we have to be afraid of!" Ran and Sonoko, who were initially a little worried, immediately relaxed after hearing Nanami's words of comfort.
One person grabbed one of Yuzuru Nan's arms and bravely stepped onto the suspension bridge.
"Charge! Charge! Charge!"
As soon as she crossed the suspension bridge, Sonoko couldn't wait to break free from Hanyu Nan's hand and ran to the villa's door like a happy little bird, banging on the door.
Yuzuru followed behind, holding Ran's hand at a leisurely pace, glancing casually at the trail of liquid stains on the suspension bridge.
It's quite remarkable that no one noticed such a strong smell of gasoline.
"Coming, coming!" A middle-aged man in a brown sweater opened the door when he heard the noise.
"I am..." Before Sonoko could finish her self-introduction, the middle-aged man interrupted her with a smile, "Welcome. You must be the magician's apprentice, right?"
Sonoko froze, her eyes wide as she stared blankly at the man in front of her, her little head filled with confusion and bewilderment.
She, Sonoko, has always communicated online as a middle-aged man's "apprentice of a magician," never revealing any flaws.
She was so good at disguising herself, how could the other party have seen through her so easily?
"Hahaha, my name is Ara Yoshinori, and online I'm known as the Silent Ventriloquist. Although you're arguing with us online as a middle-aged man, anyone can tell it's a girl imitating your tone."
The middle-aged man, Huang Yi, chuckled softly and turned to the group behind him, asking, "What do you think? Am I right?"
“Yes! We often chuckle to ourselves on the other side of the screen! I’m Naoko Kuroda, my online name is Phantom.” Standing behind Yoshinori Ara, Naoko Kuroda, a girl with glasses and long black hair (truly long and straight black hair), covered her mouth with her hand and chuckled softly.
This made Sonoko blush deeply. She had thought her pretense during the argument was flawless, but she hadn't expected that it had been seen through long ago.
“Indeed, if we’re talking about disguise skills, you should really learn from Tianzhong. My name is Hamano Toshiya, and my online name is Disappearing Barney!” Hamano Toshiya, a cross-dressing man in a white suit, said to the woman behind him with her arms crossed.
"No way! You're actually a man?" Sonoko swallowed hard. She never expected that the missing Bannie, with whom she had argued several times, would actually be a man. She had always thought he was a girl!
"Yes, I thought he was a girl just like you! My name is Tanaka Kikue, and my online name is Fraudulent Child." The pretty young lady, Tanaka Kikue, with a beauty mark on the corner of her mouth, smiled slightly, as beautiful and charming as a blooming flower.
"Wait, wait, wait... Isn't the Deceitful Child a boy?" Sonoko's little mind was completely blank, her eyes wide with disbelief.
After all that, it turns out only her own identity was discovered! And she was so smug about it for so long—how embarrassing!
"Well, the deceased and the murderer have made their grand entrance!" Yuzuru looked at the group of people introducing themselves, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
He subconsciously squeezed Ran's soft hand, secretly wondering whether he should save Tanaka Kikue this time.
After all, she committed the crime to avenge her grandfather, so her actions are understandable.
Yuzuru also felt some sympathy for this poor young lady; it would be such a pity to send her to prison like this.
Of course, he had absolutely no other intentions; he simply wanted to help her out.
"Haha, everyone, come on in." The villa's owner, Araki Yoshino, greeted everyone with a big smile and pointed to a stiff-faced man standing to the side: "His name is Sugawara Kiyohiro, and he's a trainee who's been working here for two and a half years."
"Hello..." Sugata Kiyoharu slowly began to speak, his voice slow and deep like that of an elderly person.
(I wonder if anyone had a gut feeling that this person was the murderer when they first saw him appear in this episode?)
"Hehe, hello to you too!" Sonoko was startled by Sugata Seihiro's unique voice.
"Oh, right!" Sonoko put her hands on her hips, nimbly walked around Arayonori's body, and looked back. "Doi Takuki, no, I mean that red fish, hasn't that guy arrived yet?"
This guy is always arguing with her on the forum, even though his magic skills are really not that great!
"Oh, he's already here, probably upstairs!" Araki smiled slightly, pointed to the stairs above, and told Sonoko that the red fish was there.
He was all too familiar with Sonoko's sullen expression.
After all, every time these two people argue on the forum, they would try to mediate (add fuel to the fire).
"It's good that he's here. I was worried he wouldn't dare to come!" Sonoko turned around and looked at Hanyu Nan, who was nodding at her, and excitedly rubbed her hands together, ready to give Doi Takaki a good look in real life.
With Yuzuru Nanako around, Sonoko felt that no matter who the other party was, she wasn't afraid.
"Ah, he's coming down." Naoko Kuroda heard the sound of someone coming downstairs and turned around to look.
A round, chubby man with squinting eyes and a big smile walked down.
"Just as I expected!" Sonoko said with an expression that said, "I was just as I thought."
Since Hanyu Nanami came into her life, Sonoko has lost all interest in other so-called handsome men.
In her eyes, men who are only good-looking on the outside are nothing more than pretty but useless decorations.
Sonoko clenched her fists, ready to rush forward and give the other party a hard time, when she was suddenly pulled back from behind by Yuzuru.
"Wait a minute, Sonoko. Take this." Yuzuru smiled and took out a red croaker that he had Akemi had carefully prepared and packaged in a transparent box from his bag, handing it to Sonoko.
This was a special gift he prepared for Kaito Kid.
I hope the other person will like it.
"Oh, it's a red scarlet fish! Nan, why did you prepare this?" Sonoko curiously took the box from Nan's hand and examined it carefully.
Xiaolan looked at Yusheng Nan with a puzzled expression, wondering to herself: Why bring a fish to a party?
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