The next morning, the three of them went home, but Kogoro Mouri went somewhere to fool around and didn't come back until the evening.
"Ou~dou~san~"
As soon as he entered the house, Maori Kogoro heard his daughter's "life-threatening cry". He shuddered and looked at his daughter with a flattering smile and said, "Hey, you are back. Did you have fun?"
"You came back early this morning." Xiaolan put her hands on her hips and looked at her father unhappily. "You didn't come home yesterday, right? The quilt is all neatly made. You played all the time and only came back now."
"No, no..."
Maori Kogoro looked at his daughter with a sullen expression and was in a panic. But then he remembered something and, as if grasping at a lifeline, he hurriedly pulled out an invitation from his pocket.
"Look at this, I received an invitation. Maybe the host of the party wants to entrust me with something!"
"Really? Then why don't you open it and take a look."
Seeing that her father had begun to beg for mercy, Xiaolan decided to give him some face and did not continue to pursue the issue of his previous night out. Instead, she continued speaking in accordance with what he said.
"Please help me take a look."
Maori Kogoro handed the invitation to his daughter and boasted proudly, "Maybe it's an invitation from my fans~ Let me show you how famous I, the famous detective Maori Kogoro, am!
But I don't really want to go. It actually says Halloween invitation on it, which is really inappropriate!"
"Eh? Inappropriate?" Xiaolan asked puzzledly as she opened the letter: "Why do you say that?"
"Don't you see what month it is?" Maori Kogoro said speechlessly as he sat on the sofa. "But Halloween is on October 31st every year, so I said it's 'inappropriate'."
Seeing that Xiaolan had already opened the letter and started to read the contents, Maori Kogoro half-lay on the sofa with his chin in his hand and asked, "What's written on it?"
"Uh... this letter says..."
Xiaolan looked at the letter and read it awkwardly: "Hello, incompetent Detective Maori Kogoro...
The night of the full moon is approaching, and I'm here to invite you to a spooky and terrifying party...
This is a bloody party on board...
Whether you choose to attend or not, the poor lamb to be slaughtered cannot escape the fate of its own death.
And the guilty will go unpunished..."
"Hahaha--!"
After hearing the contents of the invitation letter read by Xiaolan, Maori Kogoro could not help but grit his teeth, "How dare you... How dare you to challenge me, Maori Kogoro...
Does it say which jerk sent it to me!?? "
"Well...it's written on the envelope, but it seems to be a foreigner's name..." Xiaolan looked at the name on the envelope and couldn't help but read it out loud, "Vermouth..."
"Humph! Who cares who he is!"
Maori Kogoro said angrily, "I will definitely attend this banquet. I will slap that guy's face hard and let him know how powerful I, Maori Kogoro, am!!"
Conan, who would usually secretly complain about Kogoro Mouri after hearing his words, had no intention of complaining at all at this moment. He touched his chin with a serious look on his face.
Obviously, he had thought of something from the name.
.........
"Vermouth..."
"I'm so sorry..." Dr. Agasa apologized while holding the phone: "Xiaolan, I've never heard of it..."
"It's okay, I'm just asking..." Xiaolan's words came from the phone: "I just don't know what the purpose of the person who remembered the invitation letter is..."
"So, is Mori planning to attend the dinner tomorrow night?" asked Dr. Agasa.
"Yeah... Dad said there's no such thing as a man admitting defeat..." Xiaolan looked at the two people next to her and said, "Sonoko is helping Dad with his makeup now. Let's see which style is more suitable..."
"yes..."
Xiaolan looked at the invitation in her hand and said, "Because the theme of the party is 'Halloween', the organizers also require that each participant must dress up as a ghost and wear a black suit or dress to attend the party...
Even fellow travelers must dress according to the above standards..."
"Together?" Dr. Agasa asked after hearing Xiaolan's words: "Xiaolan, are you going to join your father as well?"
"What a joke! How could I possibly go to that crappy Halloween party!!" Xiaolan's voice suddenly soared in decibels like a balloon exploding.
Dr. Agasa said with a smile: "I...I think so too..."
"Oh, by the way, Doctor, besides asking if you know who's hosting the party, I also have something I want to ask you..."
Xiaolan looked at Maori Kogoro who was angry about his makeup and Sonoko who was smirking, and walked aside and said in a low voice: "My father received an invitation... Then maybe Shinichi... may have received this invitation too..."
"Shinichi..." Dr. Agasa glanced at Conan next to him and said with a smile: "I see. I'll help you check the mailbox of the Shinichi family later."
"Excuse me, Doctor."
Xiaolan made an excuse a little embarrassedly, "After all, it was the organizer who sent the provocative letter to the detective. If I don't send him an email to inform him about this kind of thing, he will complain again..."
"Yeah... no problem... if I see it, I'll let you know..."
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