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Matsuda, no longer caring about saving face, directly asked Koshimizu for advice.
"In my memory, there is only one famous detective associated with the name Mogi Harufumi."
Yue Shui thought for a moment and replied in a low voice.
"Hey, isn't it a bit impolite to discuss someone's name like that? A famous detective in Tokyo?"
Mogi Harufumi gritted his teeth in annoyance. Asking his name so openly meant that his reputation was not good enough.
Otherwise, if he were famous enough, how could this renowned Tokyo detective not know him?
At this moment, Senma Kōdai interjected,
"Are you alright, Shigeki-kun? I saw in the newspaper last week that you were attacked by the Mafia in Chicago."
"I've long forgotten those old stories," Mao Shu replied with a hint of smugness.
The two seemed quite familiar with each other. After hearing the question, Shigeki didn't bother to argue with Matsuda anymore and instead chatted with Granny Senma about everyday things.
This person seemed extremely proud of his car; during casual conversation, nine out of ten sentences were spent talking about how awesome it was.
Moreover, he always likes to compare his car to his wife.
"Trying to treat a car like a woman, is this guy crazy?"
Matsuda couldn't help but chuckle as he recalled what Shigeki had just said.
"Hehe, anyway, with your salary, you definitely can't afford a wife like that!"
The irony of Mao Shu's confrontational stance.
"Why would I buy this car? I prefer the 86!"
Matsuda looked at Shigeki with a puzzled expression.
"Furthermore, I will definitely get married in the future, and I won't stoop to treating my car as my wife."
"you!"
Shigeki's face flushed red with anger, but he didn't know what Chima Kazuyo had said to him earlier.
Shigeki finally suppressed his anger, turned around, and started banging on the villa's door with a frustrated expression.
"welcome."
The villa door opened quickly from the inside, and a maid appeared in the doorway, bowing to everyone.
"Are you Mr. Shigeki, Mr. Mori, Mr. Matsuda, Ms. Senma, and Ms. Koshimizu?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, the maid invited everyone into the house.
Before entering, Matsuda glanced back at the row of cars outside.
Indeed, in the world of famous detectives, being a detective is still the most promising career path.
They can all drive such nice cars.
"Please put the umbrella here," the maid gently instructed.
"Umbrellas or not don't matter." Matsuda shook his wet clothes. "Is there hot water here? Do you have any extra clean clothes?"
"Yes, it is..."
Just as the maid was about to point it out to Matsuda,
At that moment, a slightly gruff voice suddenly interrupted her.
"Come here for a moment."
"Yes." The maid nodded apologetically to Matsuda. "Excuse me, please wait a moment."
Matsuda turned his head and immediately saw a middle-aged man with a large belly.
Seriously? This guy's a famous detective too?
“That person seems to be…” Mogi said uncertainly.
"Food Detective".
Although Mori is not very capable, he knows his fellow detectives quite well. Is that the Gourmet Detective, Ookami Shuzen?
Conan immediately felt a chill run down his spine.
This gathering actually invited five famous detectives, making six with Matsuda.
"Who is this guy, Da Shang Zhu Shan?"
Matsuda scratched his head, somewhat annoyed.
He got soaked in the rain while checking the vehicle on the dirt road, and he's still wet.
"Are you kidding me! I came all this way specifically to enjoy this dinner, and now you're telling me the chef isn't here?"
The head maid stepped forward and immediately rebuked him.
"I'm sorry, the ingredients for dinner were already prepared. The chef had an accident, so..." the maid quickly explained.
"Alright, alright, stop talking." Da Shang waved his hand impatiently. "You can use the kitchen now. Leave dinner to me. Cooking and killing are the only things that can activate my brain cells."
After saying that, the man turned and walked towards the kitchen.
"I'm so sorry to have kept you all waiting."
The maid waited until the emperor had gone far away before remembering the people on the side.
"I said......"
Matsuda, seeing the maid's pitiful state, couldn't bring himself to scold her.
Just as I was about to ask where I could take a shower, I was interrupted again.
"Could you please tell us why you summoned five detectives to this remote mountain area, and even a suspended police officer came?"
Senma Kazuyo asked calmly.
"No, actually we invited eight guests in total." The maid shook her head.
"Hey, no way, there are two more people?"
Shigeki seemed to feel that his status had been lowered.
“Yes, it was a lady and a boy,” the maid replied.
"Young man? Could it be Shinichi?" Ran asked instinctively.
"No, it must be Heiji-nii." Conan quickly interrupted Ran's dangerous thought.
"no,"
The maid denied their guesses.
“My master did give me these two names on the invitation list, but I couldn’t get in touch with Mr. Shinichi Kudo, and Mr. Heiji Hattori had to decline because his mother called him directly because of his midterm exams. So, I gave these two empty spots to Mr. Mori, who made the request.”
"However, I didn't expect to have an extra little guest today,"
The maid spoke, glancing at Ai.
"What, can't I bring other people?" Matsuda asked.
"Because the food and rooms in the villa are prepared according to the number of people,"
The maid explained with a smile,
"But it's just a little girl's, so it shouldn't matter."
"It seems the host of this gathering is a madman who loves playing detective games."
Shigeki looked around and asked,
"By the way, where is your crazy master? Where is he? We guests are all here, isn't he going to show up?"
Chapter 304 Strange Recruitment
"Well... I'm sorry, I don't know either," the maid explained. "Actually, I haven't seen him in person yet."
"Really? Didn't you get the list from him?" Mori asked in surprise.
“No. I got that list when I applied for a maid position,” the maid recalled. “It was a very strange interview.”
"Strange?" Yue Shui asked in a deep voice. "Could you tell us more about it?"
“Of course,” the maid nodded. “This maid recruitment has attracted many applicants because of its very high pay. When I entered the interview room, there was only a computer there.”
"On the table were the banquet instructions and a list of invitees. Since there was no one there, as I was reading the documents according to the computer's instructions, the words 'You have been accepted' appeared on the screen."
So, you don't even know why you were accepted?
Ai frowned as she finished speaking, then subconsciously moved closer to Matsuda.
Currently, although this gathering is unrelated to any organization, it still seems quite strange.
"What about his voice? Haven't you even heard his voice before?" Yue Shui pressed.
"No, we've always communicated via text message," the maid replied.
"This is really interesting." Chima Kyoudai laughed.
"Really?" Shigeki shrugged. "I started to get a chill down my spine after I saw the strange pattern on the door."
Huh? What pattern?
Hearing what Maoshu said, Xiaolan curiously leaned over to take a look.
"There are indeed some very strange patterns. What are these patterns made of?"
"You'd better not know. Trust me, you definitely don't want to know," Ai kindly reminded him.
She had also seen the documents that Koshimizu had given to Matsuda in the car he had rented earlier.
"Why wouldn't I want to know?" Ran looked at Ai with a puzzled expression.
"Because these could very well be bloodstains that have been dried for many years..."
With a trembling voice, Shigeki, using a wicked sense of humor to frighten children, revealed the truth.
"No way?" Xiaolan took a step back in fright. "You must be lying to me, right?"