Chapter 101: Detectives gather at the dusk annex

Two days later in the evening.

Xia He called a taxi according to the address on the letter and arrived at a very remote mountain forest at around seven o’clock in the evening.

As for why I came here for the appointment…

Not because of the check that fell out of the envelope.

After all, to be honest, two million yen is only equivalent to his sales revenue for two or three days.

The real reason was that he remembered that the owner of the “Twilight Villa” he was about to visit forty years ago was the boss of the Black Organization – Karasuma Renya.

He wanted to see if he could find any information about that guy in this place.

At the same time, I also want to see what the huge villa made entirely of gold looks like.

……

“Here you are, sir. The total is 15,450 yen.”

“Here.” Xia He took out his wallet, counted the money and handed it to the driver.

“Okay, here’s 50 yen for you. Take care.”

The taxi turned around, crossed the wooden bridge, and drove down the mountain.

Xia He glanced at the bridge and couldn’t help but show a little “sympathy”.

The ninth scientific law: Any bridge located deep in the mountains that could trap Conan or someone around him if it collapsed will be destroyed by the murderer.

The tenth scientific law: There is no signal in the deep mountains.

So the question is, what are the first eight laws?
Xia He said that he had just started writing from Article 9, so how would he know?

“Mercedes, Ferrari, Porsche, Alfa Romeo…”

His eyes swept across the various luxury cars parked in front of the villa, “It looks like everyone has arrived.”

He thought to himself that he was quite punctual.

“welcome!”

Immediately afterwards, a maid with freckles on her face greeted Xia He, and as expected, the other six invited detectives arrived here before him.

“Hello, my name is Bai Ma Tan. I’ve heard of the name Jiu Niang Xia He before, but I didn’t expect to see him here today.”

A handsome young man came over and greeted Xia He.

“Nice to meet you.” Xia He smiled politely in return.

Of course he recognized Bai Ma Tan.

And the way to understand it does not only come from the original work.

After all, Kuroba Kaito had complained to him on the phone many times about this Hakuba Tan who was chasing him relentlessly.

Besides the White Horse Detective…

Mr. Haruki Mogi is 39 years old and likes to collect luxury cars.

Mr. Zhushan Dashang, 51 years old, loves cooking and is known as a gourmet.

Ms. Ikumi Gunda, 29 years old, was previously a coroner.

Ms. Qianjian Jiangdai, 63 years old, has solved more than one case just by oral narration while lying in an armchair.

And the 38-year-old old Biden, Maori Kogoro.

Including Xia He, all seven of them were well-known detectives among the public. Although Xia He had always said that he was a milk tea shop owner, after many media reports, he was basically no different from a professional detective.

“Why are you here?” Conan, who was standing behind Kogoro Mouri, looked up at Xia He.

“What do you think?” Xia He looked like he was asking a question when he already knew the answer. Then he deliberately asked the maid, “But by the way, why didn’t I see Kudo Shinichi here?”

“It’s true that Kudo Shinichi’s name was on the list the villa owner gave me, but unfortunately, I could never contact Mr. Kudo. As for another detective named Hattori Heiji, I declined the offer because he has his high school entrance exam soon,” the maid replied.

“So that’s how it is. I thought that kid wasn’t worthy of being invited.” Xia He grinned.

Conan: (￢_￢)
“Mr. Okami is now preparing dinner in the kitchen. It will probably take about an hour. We have prepared various board games upstairs. You can go upstairs to have a rest and have some fun. The master will personally greet you in the restaurant at dinner time.” The maid said again.

“Board games? I’m an expert at chess!”

Kogoro Mori rolled up his sleeves eagerly.

At the same time, Xia He glanced at Maori Kogoro out of the corner of his eye.

“This kid, came here secretly without telling me…” He muttered to himself.

……

The Twilight Annex was very large, even two to three times larger than the castle of the Kosaka family that they had visited before.

There are buildings on all four sides, connected to each other, with a garden and a pond in the middle, just like a large courtyard.

For a villa of this size, even if only the outer walls were made of gold, the amount of money required would be estimated to be staggeringly high.

But at this moment, no one knew this secret except him.

About an hour later.

Kogoro Mori, who was defeated completely by the old lady on the chessboard, followed Xia He and others to the restaurant dejectedly.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw a mysterious man wearing a purple robe and covering his entire body tightly sitting at the front of the long table. He said to them: “I sincerely welcome the seven great detective masters present to visit this Dusk Villa…”

“Hey, hey, what’s wrong with the way you’re dressed? Have you watched too many cartoons?” Mogi Haruki took a look at the mysterious man’s outfit and complained speechlessly.

However, the other party did not intend to pay attention to his intention, but continued: “Everyone, please take a seat first.”

Everyone looked at each other, and except Xia He, they all thought that the owner of the villa was a senior patient with the second-year syndrome. Then they entered the room one after another and found a place to sit down.

“I invited you all here mainly because I hope you can help me find the ‘treasure’ currently hidden in this annex. It took me many years to get this treasure, so I must find it even if it costs my life.”

“Risk your life?” Kogoro Mori blinked in confusion.

Who knew that the mysterious man had just finished speaking.

boom–!
There was a loud bang.

The cars parked outside the villa exploded one after another, and then thick smoke began to billow.

The wooden bridge located not far from the villa, just as Xia He had summarized, collapsed off the cliff in an instant with a sharp explosion.

Xia He glanced out the window and couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows.

That’s why he didn’t let Uncle Kuan Tai drive him here.

“Now your way has been blocked by me. If anyone can figure out a way to help me find the treasure, I will not only give him half of the treasure, but also tell him how to leave here. This is the rule of this game.”

The mysterious man still sat there motionless, like a statue.

“Well, I hope you all like my arrangement.”

(End of this chapter)