Chapter 3410 3422 [Full Moon Invitation] Ask for monthly ticket (`)
After calming down, Haibara Ai suddenly realized that Jiang Xia's praise just now had actually given her the answer to her question.
——It seems that there is a hidden story behind the tennis match that those children are about to participate in.
Realizing this, her heart suddenly tightened - long before she left the organization, she had been prepared to face all kinds of bad endings, but this obviously did not include involving the people around her, especially several innocent children.
After thinking about her words in her mind, Haibara Ai was about to speak, but at this moment, Jiang Xia actually spoke first.
"It's not good to stay at home all day. Now that you're almost recovered, why not go out for a walk?" Jiang Xia looked at her and suggested considerately, "That tennis tournament sounds great."
"Then I..." Huiyuan Ai hesitated, "go with them?"
Jiang Xia nodded.
…
It wasn't until she got home, washed up, and lay down on the bed ready to sleep that Huibara Ai shuddered and came back to her senses.
"Why do I feel like my boss is giving me a task..." She shook her head, "No, Jiang Xia was just giving me advice. I was just overthinking it."
"However, what is certain now is that this tennis match will probably not be peaceful." Huiyuan Ai wrapped herself in the quilt, turned over, and began to force herself to think about what to do next:
"It seems that Miss Maori will also be there. This way, our safety will be guaranteed to a certain extent. At least we don't have to be afraid of those gangsters.
"But if the people who go there are not thugs, but some illegal gun-carrying groups..."
As she thought about it, Haibara Ai couldn't fall asleep.
She sat up, walked to the table, opened a hidden drawer, and took out a self-defense tranquilizer gun that had been improved by Dr. Agasa.
Then she took out disposable hair dye spray, a small knife and other things that she might need, stuffed them into her small schoolbag one by one, and adjusted their positions to ensure that she could always reach them.
After all this preparation, the small backpack became heavier and heavier. After stuffing everything she might need into it, Huibara Ai felt the weight of the bag and nodded slightly, finally feeling a little relieved.
She climbed back into bed, yawned, and drifted off to a not-so-restful sleep.
…
The other side.
Late at night, some people were still awake.
Vermouth sat in a dark room, the computer in front of her emitting a faint fluorescent light.
She removed the slim cigarette from her lips and placed it in the ashtray, then danced her hands on the keyboard and typed out two invitations.
[TO Kogoro Mori]
[TO Edogawa Conan]
After writing the detailed content, press the print button and the printer starts to work with a creaky sound.
Vermouth stood up, stretched, then opened the floor-to-ceiling window and walked onto the balcony.
She looked at the nearly full moon outside and made a phone call:
"The time has been confirmed, just as we agreed before. Don't let us down on your end."
"Don't ask too much. This is a woman's secret. You just need to follow our agreement."
After chatting for a few minutes, she hung up the phone. When she returned to her computer, two invitations, scented with ink, had already spewed out of the printer.
Vermouth folded them and put them into an envelope, then burned soft sealing wax and sealed it with a seal.
Two exquisite and high-end invitations appeared on her desk.
"It's finally about to begin..." Vermouth picked up the two letters and said softly, "This leisurely campus life is finally coming to an end."
…
the next day.
When Mao Lilan came home from school, she passed by the mailbox at the door and opened it.
She thought there would only be some waste paper like advertising leaflets in it, but when she reached out her hand, she actually touched something that felt very different.
"Hmm?" Mao Lilan took it out and took a closer look, her face showing surprise: it turned out to be an exquisite envelope. Not only was it made of high-quality materials, but the seal was also made of sealing wax. Just holding it in her hand gave her an unusually formal feeling.
"Could it be a commission?" Mao Lilan muttered doubtfully as she took the letter upstairs. "If we want to find a detective, wouldn't Jiang Xia be a better choice? Why would such a high-end letter be sent to Dad?"
However, no matter how doubtful you are, it is always a good thing to have customers coming to your store.
Mao Lilan's originally heavy mood became a little relieved. She took the letter and went upstairs into the house: "Dad, your letter!"
"My letter?" Maori Kogoro turned to take a look, also looking surprised. However, he was busy shelling edamame to go with his wine, so he had no hands to take it. He could only say, "Open it and read it."
"Let me open it?" Mao Lilan hesitated for a moment: It seems more appropriate for the person involved to open such a delicate letter.
...But Dad didn't seem to care about it. She shook her head and sighed. While feeling sorry that no one had received the sender's letter, she carefully opened the letter and took a look.
Soon, she summarized the main point: "The sender wants to invite you to an 'inappropriate Halloween'."
"Halloween? Isn't it on October 31st?" Maori Kogoro looked puzzled. "It's only been a few months, how come it's already Halloween?"
Mao Lilan: "That's why it's called an 'inappropriate' Halloween."
"It's baffling." Maori Kogoro took a sip of his wine. "What exactly is written? Read it carefully."
Mao Lilan froze: "This..."
Maori Kogoro was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
"..." Mao Lilan hesitated for a moment and read out the truth, "To the incompetent detective, Mr. Mao Li Kogoro."
Maori Kogoro: "Hmm???"
Mao Lilan continued to read on with gritted teeth:
"Please allow me to invite you to this horrific banquet on the night of the full moon. It will be a bloody party on the boat. Of course, whether you are present or not, the innocent lambs who are about to die will curse their own fate, and the sinners will get drunk before their death."
After reading the contents, Mao Lilan scratched her head: "This client's mental state seems to be a little abnormal, but the materials used in this letter are very exquisite... Is this a prank?"
"Oh, of course it's not a prank." Maori Kogoro was so angry at the arrogant words that veins popped up on his forehead.
"This invitation is pure provocation! It must be from that guy I caught cheating on me, and he's holding a grudge and wants to mess with me—look who sent it!"
Mao Lilan looked at the envelope and said, "It looks like a foreigner. Look, the signature here is in English."
She pronounced the word: "Vermouth?"
"I don't remember." Maori Kogoro was also confused. "It sounds a bit familiar, like that kind of wine... I haven't received any foreign guests who like to drink recently. Did this guy find the wrong person?"
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