Last night, although they personally experienced the excitement of the Twin Towers skyscraper, to the nervous Conan and his team, these were just a fragment in the long river of time.
In short, it's not enough.
The next day, early in the morning.
Ye Gengyi brought the fruit and visited the Maori Detective Agency.
He made an appointment to visit me.
Of course, the invitation letter was stuffed into the mailbox when he first arrived downstairs.
As for why Kaito was not allowed to put it in at night, the main reason was that he was worried that the family would find the letter too early. If they set off before he arrived, it would really be a big mistake.
"Problem, kid, you didn't have a nightmare last night, did you?" Ye Gengyi greeted a certain detective who opened the door for him.
Conan shook his head repeatedly, speechless and flattered for a moment.
Mao Lilan was also very happy, but she came back too late yesterday and there was nothing prepared in the kitchen. She hurriedly ran to the Poirot Coffee Shop downstairs to buy food.
On the other hand, a certain servant felt a little melancholy after seeing that there was no alcohol in the gift that Ye Gengyi was carrying.
Chatted for a while.
When Mao Lilan came up again, in addition to the pastries, there was also a black envelope in her hand, "...I feel so bad."
"What's wrong, Sister Xiaolan?" A certain detective came to his senses.
"Look, the person who sent the letter actually wrote dad's name in white pen on the completely black envelope." Mao Lilan laid the envelope flat on the coffee table.
"Tch...what's this? There's no stamp or address. From my opinion...it's probably an invitation letter sent by someone."
A certain tool man was well-informed and hit the nail on the head. He opened the envelope and read:
"I admire your wisdom, and I specially sent a letter to invite you to the dinner party for a drink...wait, have a drink! Yes, I will go, I will definitely go! Hum, they are discerning, they want to give me this name Detective, go and grace their party?”
A certain person did not read the content behind it at all. He folded the letter aside casually, got up and prepared to wash up.
"I don't think so..."
Conan picked up a check that fell on the ground from the envelope and said, "If I just invited my uncle to have dinner, I wouldn't come with the 2 million yuan, right? After all, the sender can't be sure. Uncle, will you or not?" I will attend."
"Yes," Mao Lilan suddenly realized, "could the person who wrote the letter be someone you know?"
"The phantom of God's abandoned son..." Ye Geng turned to look at the signature of the letter and muttered it twice.
Haha, I really like to play tricks...
Conan interpreted it instantly, his glasses reflected the white light, and said seriously: "Brother Gengyi, it is indeed the person who sent this letter."
"Huh? Who..." Mouri Kogoro asked hurriedly.
But he was looking at Ye Gengyi.
The latter shook his head, "I don't know, I just think... this name is really long enough."
"Tch..." Mouri Kogoro curled his lips.
Conan: "..."
Still pretending not to know, this person started again...
...
"The location of the annex is in Nagano Prefecture... Taking a taxi will not only be expensive, but it will also be troublesome when you come back, so we'd better rent a car."
After Mouri Kogoro finalized the plan, he called the owner of the car rental agency.
Not long after, a white Toyota Crown was driven downstairs to the Maori Detective Agency by employees of the car rental agency.
Ye Gengyi, Conan, Mao Lilan, and Mao Li Kogoro were together.
Gas up, buy a ticket, get on the highway.
During the first half of the journey to Nagano Prefecture, Ye Gengyi took the initiative to propose that he drive.
After getting off the highway, he exchanged places with Mouri Kogoro and rested against the passenger seat.
The journey was pretty smooth.
It wasn't until we were halfway up the mountain heading to the Dusk Annex that the tire on the left rear of the car suddenly burst.
After checking, there was no spare tire found in the trunk. The sky was getting darker and there seemed to be a vague tendency to rain.
Mouri Kogoro looked helpless, "It must be too bad luck..."
Weird, shouldn't be...
Ye Geng got out of the car and looked at the gap in the tire thoughtfully.
But when I turned around and noticed that there was a gas station 50 meters ahead, I suddenly understood.
They...they encountered road bandits.
Pedestrians meet road robbers, road robbers meet kidnappers, and the kidnappers are Kaitou Kidd...
Outside the restroom of a gas station.
Ye Geng looked at Kuroba Kaito for half a month: "You were also responsible for the flat tire?"
"Uh... they have tools here, I just borrowed them for a little while." Kuroba Kaito scratched his face in embarrassment, looked at the gas station employee and Mouri Kogoro who had passed out, and quickly started to disguise.
He only came half an hour earlier than a few others, and who would have thought that he would actually rob an acquaintance.
Seeing that it was getting dark, and there was no guarantee that anyone would go to the Dusk Annex later, it was already the best choice to sneak in by pretending to be Mouri Kogoro.
but...
"It's better not to be exposed if you pretend to be a little bit like you." Ye Gengyi reminded.
"Don't worry, I'm a professional!" Kuroba Kaito vowed, and he had already put on Mouri Kogoro's suit as he spoke, "Ahem...more brat."
This kid is a bad learner...
Ye Gengyi ignored him and went straight to the equipment room to change the tire.
"Hey, brother, you have to cooperate with me! Otherwise you will be exposed." Kuroba Kaito was dissatisfied.
He just wanted to show off his power in front of his brother. Is it so difficult?
"No, this is my usual attitude." Ye Geng picked up the toolbox and rolled the tire towards Kuroba Kaito, "Go and change the tire quickly, clumsy Mr. Maori."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
So, using this face is also a destiny?
The two of them returned to the car one after the other.
After replacing the tires, raindrops quickly fell from the sky.
Kuroba Kaito's camouflage skills were indeed excellent, and due to the distracting environmental factors, Conan and Mao Lilan did not notice anything unusual.
"That's the Dusk Annex over there," Conan said, pointing out the window.
Looking from a distance, there is an ancient castle at the end of the mountain road.
Because of the angle, only a corner of its side could be seen, but even so, a strange feeling arose in Conan's heart, as if...
"Ah! Granny Mountain Demon!" Kuroba Kaito noticed a figure in front of him and pretended to be panicked and stepped on the brakes.
"What?!" Conan, whose thoughts were interrupted, was immediately shocked.
Looking out the window.
In the rain, an old woman with gray hair wearing a brown-gray suit and skirt was standing in the middle of the road holding an umbrella to stop a car.
Kuroba Kaito thought for a moment, thinking about what he should say at this time if it was Mouri Kogoro.
Seeing the passenger seat, Ye Geng lowered the window and stuck his head out, saying very politely: "Old man, don't you want to live?"
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
Conan: "..."
Mao Lilan: "..."
For a while.
The whole place was silent except for the sound of rain falling on the ground.
