Chapter 2663-2675 [Lethal Weapons]
Akai Shuichi: "..."
At first glance, the idea is a bit jumpy, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems quite reasonable - after all, from their professional perspective, this middle-aged man's stalking is really amateurish. If it is classified as a sasaeng fan, it makes sense.
However, the stalker who appeared at this node always felt that it was not that simple. After thinking about it, Akai Shuichi did not act rashly: "Let's take a look at the situation first."
As he spoke, he turned up the volume of the eavesdropping device a little, making sure not to miss any information from the other side.
…
In KTV.
Jiang Xia didn't seem to care about the mess behind him. He came to the front desk, looked through the menu, ordered some food and water, and then took his classmates to the reserved private room.
After the group of people walked away one by one, the door opened and closed, and another figure walked in.
The receptionist looked up and was slightly stunned by the guest's attire.
——The man was wearing a dark baseball cap with its brim so low that it almost covered his eyes, causing the dark glasses on his nose to slide down a little.
Receptionist: "..." Forget about the hat, why do so many people like to wear sunglasses when going out at night? Can you see the road clearly?
But this had nothing to do with him. The receptionist smiled politely and said, "Welcome. How many people are you?"
The middle-aged man pressed down the brim of his hat and did not answer. He only said, "Did a group of high school students with children just go in? When they are about to leave, let me know."
Front desk: “Huh?”
Middle-aged man: "When I came here this morning, I forgot something in the box where they were. I'll go look for it after they leave."
"Is that so?" The receptionist flipped through the notebook on the table doubtfully, "But we don't have any lost property records here..."
The middle-aged man laughed and said, "Of course, because my friend hid it on purpose to trick me."
As he spoke, he glanced at the front desk's expression and said, "How about this, open a private room for me and bring me some drinks. I'll sing while they finish."
When the receptionist heard this, she finally quietly moved her hand away from the alarm button - there is a way to deal with stalkers, and there is a way to entertain guests.
Facing this seemingly generous guest, he put on a professional smile and said, "Okay."
…
After entering the box, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko happily sang the first song together.
Conan and Hashimoto Maya looked outside from time to time, but after looking around, the suspicious tracker never came in.
Gradually, Conan withdrew his gaze from the door and his eyes fell on Hashimoto Maya's pocket: "..." Thinking about it carefully, this guy has a mobile phone on him. If the stalker is really his accomplice, then they can just send messages to communicate, there is no need to meet.
"According to my observation, during this period, Hashimoto Maya never touched her phone and had no communication with that person."
Conan muttered to himself: "Plus, the middle-aged man's tracking skills are really... not very professional. Could it be that I guessed wrong before - these two people are not accomplices, and the stalker followed because of something else?"
Since the other party won't make any move for the time being, there's no need to panic. It's better to just do your own thing first.
Thinking of this, Conan looked at the song request station beside him, his fingertips curled up and he felt itchy.
——As a former contemporary high school student, he also likes karaoke like other students. However, his singing skills are a little lacking, so gradually, no one is willing to go to karaoke with him.
"If I were Kudo Shinichi now, I'm afraid Xiaolan and Sonoko would never agree to this proposal to go to KTV."
Conan raised his evil finger and quietly ordered a song for himself: "Fortunately, I have changed. Now I am Edogawa Conan, and I have taken the music class in elementary school again from the beginning - it's time to show my progress!"
…
With a burst of passionate and cheerful music, the chorus of Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran came to an end.
The two were about to order another song, but when they looked at the song request board, they found that there was already another song in the queue.
"Hmm? Oh, this should be Jiang Xia's choice." Suzuki Sonoko quickly handed him the microphone and said expectantly, "This is my favorite song this year. We are so in sync!"
As he was praising, Jiang Xia moved his arm and handed the microphone to Conan who was standing beside him.
Suzuki Sonoko: “?”
Mao Lilan: "Well, could it be..."
Jiang Xia patted Conan's head: "He ordered it."
“…”
The two high school girls fell into a long silence.
——If I remember correctly, they once took this elementary school student to a KTV, and at that time, Conan's singing voice...
Next to him, Maya Hashimoto looked at the two pale-faced high school girls, puzzled but also a little alert: "..." What's going on? Some intuition seemed to be telling him that something bad was about to happen that he didn't know about...
As the prelude of the song sounded, Hashimoto Maya quietly moved towards Mao Lilan and whispered to this seemingly easy-going female high school student: "Your expressions look a little strange, is there something wrong?"
...but don't tell him that "the classmate who sang this song X years ago has died" - these words that mean the opening of the stage, if they happened to the people in the box and him, it would undoubtedly be a ghost story within a ghost story!
"This..." Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko looked at each other and did not answer the question. They just said tactfully, "You will know in a while."
Hashimoto Maya was even more confused: "......?"
Although she wanted to grab the two riddlers by the neck and shake them hard to make them tell the truth, in the end, reason forced Hashimoto Maya to take a deep breath and return to her original position cautiously.
He mobilized all his senses, paying close attention to his surroundings, ready to deal with any unexpected events that might come his way at any time.
…
Outside the KTV.
Maya Hashimoto is not the only victim of the Riddler.
In the car, a certain female FBI agent was just as curious and wanted to get into the box. Judy pricked up her ears: "Why is that expression wrong? What happened?... Really, the music is so loud that I can hardly hear the conversation between the two female students."
Akai Shuichi: "There is no need for Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko to lie. Since they said 'We will know in a while', let's do as they wish and wait for a while."
As he spoke, he turned the volume of the eavesdropping device to maximum.
The two girls' whispers could be heard a little more clearly, and at the same time, the sound of music flowing in the room suddenly became clearer.
At this moment, the cheerful prelude of the music changed and came to the part that needed to be sung.
(End of this chapter)
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