Chapter 2325 2337 [Osaka Detective]
Unfortunately, Vodka's expectation did not work. Under his resentful gaze, the bus sent by the resort to pick up people finally arrived safely.
The bus was spacious and upscale. Looking through the windows covered with light-tinted blackout film, one could see that there were already several people sitting on the bus.
"It looks good!" Suzuki Sonoko was quite satisfied with this means of transportation. "Before coming here, I was worried that the 'original' forest life and the hardship of surviving in the wilderness would be restored. Fortunately, it seems that this is indeed a resort for people to relax."
"Haha, of course." The tour guide couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He took the invitation and looked at it, then gestured to the new group of people, "You are the last group of guests. You can sit anywhere in the empty seats. Choose a place you like."
Vodka: “…” I want to choose outside the car.
He hesitated and didn't want to move forward, but the others had already got into the car. Vodka looked at the car full of laughter and then at the empty forest behind him. A mountain breeze blew by, and he remembered Wuzo's words "Bon voyage", and silently lowered his head and followed into the car.
He was looking around, trying to find a low-key and safe position, when a man stood up from his seat.
Vodka looked over warily and saw a young man dressed neatly.
The man was a little surprised to see Suzuki Sonoko, then he smiled and greeted her: "Ms. Suzuki? I didn't expect you to participate in this experience activity. I feel more at ease knowing that someone I know is here."
Suzuki Sonoko laughed out loud, with a hint of guilt in her laughter. She nodded and greeted them perfunctorily, then pulled Mao Lilan and Jiang Xia to find a seat at a speed that was like fleeing in a panic, and sat down.
She still remembered that when Mr. Haibu handed them the invitation letter, he asked them to conceal their identities and not reveal that it was sent by someone else - because the invitation letter was based on real names, and they were coming to play under false names, which was against the regulations.
Suzuki Sonoko agreed immediately, thinking that the difficulty in hiding her identity lay in the celebrity Jiang Xia. Unexpectedly, she was the first person to be recognized.
Mao Lilan glanced at the young man and asked curiously in a low voice: "Is that your friend?"
Suzuki Sonoko also responded stealthily in a low voice: "Not really a friend, I've only met her a few times at parties. Speaking of which..."
She touched her arm and felt a chill on her back. “I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I always feel like someone has been staring at me since I got on the bus.”
Conan was stunned and blurted out: "Do you feel the same way?"
"Me too!" Mao Lilan joined the team. She shrank back into her seat and suddenly remembered something. Her heart skipped a beat. "The name 'Lake of Sadness' sounds a bit scary. This... this car could be haunted."
Vodka, who was sitting quietly in the back row and eavesdropping, said: "..."
Oh, idiot, where in the world did the devil come from? You all felt that someone was staring at you, of course, because someone was really watching you - right there in the second to last row of seats, a man and a woman, staring at you since you got on the bus.
I don’t know where Uzo got those extras from, their eyes were very sharp. It’s a pity that the two of them were hiding their faces, so he couldn’t see them clearly.
Just as I was thinking about it, someone suddenly stood up next to me.
Jiang Xia seemed to have discovered something as well. He turned around and walked straight to the second to last row.
Vodka, who was watching the show leisurely, said: "!"
What are you doing? The show is about to start so early?! But I'm not ready yet!!
He sat up straight, turned his head in the direction Jiang Xia was walking, and looked at the back seat vigilantly. At the same time, he glanced at the window: Now that the car has not started, if something happens in the car, it is still not too late to jump out of the window!
…
While Vodka was on high alert, Jiang Xia quickly reached his destination.
At first, the man and the woman were sitting leisurely in their seats, observing secretly through the gap between the headrests of the front seats.
However, as Jiang Xia approached, the two men became visibly flustered. They began trying to cover their faces and pretended that they were just looking at the scenery, trying to reduce their presence.
Finally, when Jiang Xia stopped next to them, the two could no longer pretend not to see it.
The man held his baseball cap and a large mask over his face. He lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "What are you looking at? The car is about to leave, why don't you go back and sit down!"
The woman next to him spoke almost at the same time as him: "Jiang Xia... Alas, I knew I couldn't hide it from you - then please keep it a secret for us."
Young man: “…”
He ripped off his mask, revealing a dark face, and shouted to the high school girl next to him, "We agreed not to reveal our identities. You're so quick to reveal yourself!"
Yuanshan Heye rolled his eyes: "You are also a detective, don't you understand the detective's observation skills? Jiang Xia has come this far, he must have recognized us. If we continue to pretend, we will only bring shame upon ourselves, just like you just did."
Hattori Heiji's face turned red: "Nonsense! If you hadn't been exposed, he might not have recognized me. At most, he would have thought I was suspicious!"
Jiang Xia: "..." It's really hard to recognize you, after all, neither of you looks murderous. But fortunately, the ghosts are very curious, and they looked around at everyone as soon as they got on the car, so of course they recognized everyone they should recognize.
Next to him, Conan didn't expect that the two guys from Osaka would scare him so much.
The corner of his eye twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but sneer at Hattori Heiji: "Forget it, your features are so obvious that you can't hide them with just a mask."
The sullen Hattori Heiji snorted coldly and held his chin with his hand, mockingly: "You just discovered it now."
"..." Conan, "That's just because I'm not tall enough. You guys peeked at me and I immediately retracted my head. When I looked back, I could only see the back of the chair. Of course, I couldn't recognize it!"
"Okay, let's talk about this later." Jiang Xia picked a seat nearby and sat down. "Why are you here? What were you trying to do just now?"
Hattori Heiji: "..."
Yuanshan Heye: "..."
…
"Well, actually I just helped a friend a little."
The bus started off slowly. At the back of the bus, four people huddled in the back seat and talked in low voices.
Hattori Heiji felt in his pocket and pulled out an envelope. "A journalist friend of mine took a job writing a promotional report for the Lake Betrayal Resort, but he had something urgent to do and couldn't come, so he gave me the invitation letter for this experience."
Conan understood immediately: "This report was paid by the villa owner to be written by that reporter, but he didn't come, and instead asked you, a guy with average writing skills, to take his place... No wonder you two are so sneaky."
Hattori Heiji: "Hey! How can helping someone be called an impersonator?"
(End of this chapter)
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