I'm in Mihua, and all the ladies like me.

Motegi was even more confused.

The organizer invited all of their detectives here, but he didn't come forward or say why. Instead, he placed such a cock Buddha in the restaurant.

What, are you planning to scare them all to death with this?

Funny.

At the same time, Serabel leaned over and grabbed the half-covered black pointed bag hood on the dummy's head, and pulled it off with a slight lift.

Without the cover of the cloth bag, the dummy's face was completely exposed to everyone.

It was indeed the most common kind of dummy found in clothing stores, except that its nose was hollowed out from the base of its nose up to its upper eye socket, and a loudspeaker was installed in its place.

"The dummy equipped with a loudspeaker..." Kogoro Mouri rubbed his chin and hissed, "So, are the organizers planning to use this dummy to communicate with us on his behalf?"

"It seems that is the case." Bai Ma Tan said calmly.

"Hmm~"

Serabel pondered for a moment, and after a brief pause of two seconds, he helped the dummy back to the chair, straightened the left leg of the dummy on the table, and put the right leg on the left side in a cross-legged posture. On the legs and knees, hands and fingers interlocked behind the head.

other people"……"

How should I put it, although it is indeed a little less weird than before, it has also become more tricky.

Does it really have to be like this?

While everyone was hesitating, the dummy on the main seat spoke as if the program had started working. The sound was obviously processed by a voice changer.

"The seven famous detectives who have been invited here, I sincerely welcome you to this dusk villa. Well, first of all, please sit down."

"..."

Because the hood was taken off and the person was put in this pose, the mysterious atmosphere that the organizers originally wanted to create completely disappeared.

In order to avoid laughing out loud, Kogoro Mouri, Ikumi Gunda and others could only turn their heads away silently, not looking at the dummy sitting on the main seat with his legs crossed and his head in his hands.

There is no objection to the arrangement of the seats. They are all arranged according to the name tags, and the corresponding people sit with the corresponding name tags.

In less than ten seconds, everyone was seated at the long table.

The chief dummy continued: "There is only one purpose for inviting you here this time, which is to hope that you can help me find the treasure hidden somewhere in this annex. It took me many years to discover this secret, so even if I will risk my life to get it."

"Fight your life..."

Mouri Kogoro's Adam's apple rolled, and a drop of cold sweat quietly slipped from his forehead.

I don't know if it's his imagination, but I always feel that there is an almost crazy determination in every word of this organizer.

Sure enough, the 200 million is not easy to get.

boom!

At this moment, there was a sudden explosion outside the annex. The sound was so loud that the ground beneath everyone's feet trembled.

"What's going on? What happened!" Zhu Shan shouted.

"It's nothing, it's just a necessary insurance measure to ensure that you don't run away midway because you feel the task is too difficult."

The chief dummy continued.

"You have always been chasing me in the past. It seems like it is time for us to reverse our positions... By the way, the wooden bridge you passed when you came here has now crashed into the cliff in the explosion. Well, to put it simply, there is no way for you to leave on your own."

"Oh, luckily I parked my car in front of the bridge and didn't drive over."

Serabel shrugged.

"But one thing I don't quite understand is what 'you have always been chasing me in the past' means. I don't remember when I chased a guy who likes to use a voice-changing dummy."

"Huh~ Is it really true?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gunda Ikumi, who was sitting across the table, chuckled.

"The invitation letter has already written it very clearly. It is the phantom of the God-forsaken son. Phantom is phantom, which means elusive and has no entity, and the son refers to the puppy. God-forsaken dog means "God-forsaken dog" in the New Testament. The 'goat' that is not blessed by God, the baby goat is also a kid. Although goat is pronounced goat in English, kid is referred to as kid, which is kid the phantom thief."

That is... Kaitou Kidd!

Ignoring the long-legged female detective who raised her chin slightly proudly after successfully deducing, Sera Bell groaned for a moment, and then took out her mobile phone from her body.

Open the phone book, find a phone number that has never been called since adding it, and click to dial it.

beep--

The waiting tone only rang for a long time before a connection sound came from the other end of the phone, followed by a slightly drunken female voice.

"Oh, it's really rare. I thought you would never take the initiative to call me. What's going on today?"

"Probably a northwest wind."

Serabel recalled the wind direction given in today's weather forecast and said.

"I just want to ask something. Have you bought a villa in Gunma to dig for treasure?"

"……what?"

The other end of the phone was silent for two seconds. When the voice rang again, the woman couldn't help being surprised and confused.

"What are you talking about? How is it possible? I'm not that bored. What treasures can I dig? Really, wouldn't it be nice to have a little drink at home to entertain my daughter during this time?"

In the background, there was also the voice of a certain phantom thief girl asking her mother who she was calling.

"Okay, that's all right."

Before the Kaitou Wife had time to reply, Serabel clicked the hangup button, then raised her head to face the rest of the people at the table.

"I asked, and she said she wasn't that bored."?

Chapter 263

"Wait a minute, that phone call you just made was..."

Mouri Kogoro hesitantly raised his hand and pointed at the cell phone in the boy's hand that he hung up just two seconds ago.

Serabel calmly shrugged: "Of course I called me to ask about the situation. Do I need to lie to you about this kind of thing?"

"Uh, that's not what I meant."

Due to the excessive surprise, Mouri Kogoro was almost speechless.

Is it okay to call me directly and ask me? Then according to this logic, this guy can actually contact Kaitou Kidd at any time?

Did they know each other?

Is it possible to use this...

"Well, don't worry about these little things."

Without giving Mouri Kogoro a chance to speak again, Serabel dismissed the topic lightly and turned his gesticulating gaze to the trumpet dummy on the main seat.

"So, is there anything else you want to say? Do you want to give a speech for this dinner?"

As if in response to the boy's request, he heard that someone wanted to give a speech, so the trumpet dummy also gave a speech.

"...You can't fight when you're hungry, so please enjoy this dinner."

Although it was a congratulatory message, it sounded more like special care for the prisoner's last meal before execution.

Almost the next moment the dummy finished speaking, there was a familiar three-part knock on the door of the restaurant.

Then, under everyone's gaze, the maid who came to the restaurant with a dining cart pushed the restaurant door completely open to both sides and leaned forward.

"The appetizers will be served to you next."

Oh yes, let’s have dinner.

A series of strange things happened that made everyone almost forget that they came downstairs to have dinner.

During the whole process of serving food, it was so quiet in the huge restaurant that the only sounds were the wheels of the cart rolling across the ground and the faint sound of heavy rain pouring outside.

It looked like the rain was heavier than when they came before.

"Look at this, even if we call the police, the police won't be here until at least tomorrow morning." Motegi took a deep breath of cigarette.

This has nothing to do with the local police not dispatching the police in time. All of them came to this dusk villa by car, and they knew how hard it was to drive up the mountain road.

It takes more than three hours of winding roads during the day, and even more time is spent at night. After all, driving on mountain roads at night is inherently dangerous.

What's more, the wooden bridge that is the only entrance and exit here has also been blown up. It will take a lot of effort to restore it to a passable state.

The helicopter would probably be useless in such a stormy weather.

"Okay, it's time to eat and drink. Don't think so much. Let's start the meal."

The person who said this was Serabel. He took a baked snail on the plate in front of him and stuffed it into his mouth without any hesitation.

Mouri Kogoro, who was still hesitating next to him, his eyes widened.

"Hey...you kid, you really eat it. What if it's poisonous? Spit it out!"

"Gu Hui La~ (I can't)"

Serabel swallowed the food in her mouth hard and cleared her throat.

"Didn't he say that we should eat well before fighting well? If we are not even allowed to eat, that would be too much. What's more, there is a saying that there is strength in numbers. Since he invited so many of us I came to help him hunt for treasures, but one or two were lost first. What’s the point, so that the remaining people can be too frightened to use their chopsticks?”

"Haha, it's true." Zhu Shan smiled loudly, twirling his artistic mustache and said, "And you can rest assured that today's dinner will be prepared by me alone. There is no possibility of poisoning or anything like that.”

"I agree."

Gunda Ikumi raised her hand to signal, and then started to eat.

It's like eating crabs, there is the first one, there will be the second one, and then there will be more.

Soon there was the sound of knives and forks crossing in the restaurant.

Mouri Kogoro, who was originally full of worries, saw that everyone was starting to eat, and he stood there alone like a fool. After hesitating for two seconds, he gritted his teeth and picked up his fork to join the gluttonous army.

After one sip, my eyes lit up and I couldn't stop.

Really fragrant.

One hour passed in the blink of an eye, and when they put down their knives and forks, everyone had a satisfied smile on their face.

Mouri Kogoro, who had been worried about whether he would be poisoned before, even spared no effort to praise Ohgami Shuzen's craftsmanship.

"You are worthy of being a gourmet detective, your craftsmanship is truly unparalleled!"

"Where, too much praise, too much praise..."

The delicious food diluted the solemn atmosphere in the restaurant, and everyone was still immersed in a relaxed and happy atmosphere until the end of the dinner.

The maid who appeared at the right time took away the empty plates and poured everyone with after-dinner coffee.

Serabel picked up the coffee and was about to take a sip, but she glanced at the amplification dummy on the main seat next to her.

"Aren't you going to say something, huh?"

"..."

It was completely different from the quick response before, where the dummy responded immediately. This time, it took several seconds for the dummy to make a sound.

"It seems that everyone is full. Are you still satisfied with the last supper I prepared?"

"Let's not talk about my dissatisfaction. I have a question."

Serabel raised her index finger in an attempt to interrupt.

"Who...are you? You sent each of us a check for 200 million. In theory, it can be regarded as a hired treasure hunt and the method is legal. There is no need to go through all these twists and turns. Everyone should be honest, right? Is it not good?"

However, it seemed that his words were not conveyed to the other party, and the dummy kept talking to himself.

"Then we can get back to business. You must be curious as to why I want to use this annex that I spent a lot of money to acquire as the stage for this game?"

"Hey~ I said you should answer my question first?"

Serabel raised her hand and waved it in front of the dummy.

Still useless.

The dummy continued: "Now please pick up any tableware at hand and look at it. You will find that there are crow-shaped coats of arms engraved on them."

"...Indeed." Mouri Kogoro followed suit.

Senjian Yushiro also picked up the finished coffee cup and looked at the bottom of the cup. There was also a pattern of a crow.