Hey, hey, don't expose it! During the sniper case, I used the reason to come to the doctor's house many times to do my summer homework...
"Cough cough cough..."
Conan hurriedly coughed and stammered to cover up: "No, there's nothing I can do...because I was also sick a few days ago, and I was wondering before if it would be too much to use this model to hand in summer homework. Exaggerated?"
"So, do you have any good suggestions?"
In fact, Haibara Ai thought so too. She also asked Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta for their opinions. After confirming that the three children all held the same views, she went to ask a certain professor named Ye with questions, but was The other person choked back when he said, "This model is barely passable. If you want to do some random crafts, don't come to consult me."
"I..." Conan was speechless for a moment.
He seems to have no say in summer homework or anything.
Mao Lilan listened to the conversation between the two and suddenly smiled and said: "I have a good suggestion."
"ah?"
"What?"
"Really, Sister Xiaolan..."
the three children asked in unison.
Conan and Haihara Ai also looked over curiously.
"Look at this."
Mao Lilan took out a cylinder from his pocket that was similar to a monocular but much smaller than a telescope and handed it to the three children.
That's... a kaleidoscope.
Conan's eyes lit up when he recognized this toy.
yes! You only need to cut and paste the prism lenses, and then make a few cylinders. The patterns inside can be drawn entirely by hand. In any case, it looks more like the handiwork of elementary school students than that ridiculously exquisite city model!
"Wow~ so beautiful."
The three children took turns placing the toy in front of their eyes and admiring the geometric shapes reflected by light through the lenses above.
Conan asked in confusion: "Sister Xiaolan, why do you bring this with you?"
You must know that neither uncle nor Xiaolan has ever bought toys for themselves.
Mao Lilan explained: "This was given to me by the senior sister I happened to meet when I went shopping in the department store in the morning. I forgot to take it out..."
Senior sister, give Xiaolan a kaleidoscope... why?
Conan was at a loss for a while, then seemed to remember something, and said, "Is it Miss Kagami Nanami from Sister Xiaoran's karate club?"
"Yes, that's her."
Mao Lilan nodded: "Senior Sister Jingtang's home is a company that manufactures mirrors and lenses. Because we mentioned that you were also hospitalized during the chat, Senior Sister asked me to bring this little toy back to you first."
Haha, are you worried that I will cry... Conan cursed and asked curiously:
"First... give me this?"
"Yes, the senior sister said that she has a lot of small toys related to mirrors at home, and asked me if there is any child I know that I want to give to, and I can take them to her home to play with." Mao Lilan said.
"But, the Jingtang family..."
Conan looked at Mao Lilan with some hesitation.
"Hey, the home of Senior Sister Jingtang?" Mao Lilan suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart.
Sure enough, Xiaolan didn't know...
Conan thought for a moment and looked at everyone: "Do you all know what urban legends are?"
It's... an urban legend! ?
Mao Lilan's expression changed.
"Uh..." Mitsuhiko thought for a while: "It should be those rumors that often circulate in the streets and alleys, which seem 'true' and 'false', right?"
"Ah! I know!" Ayumi added: "For example, women wearing masks, and dogs with human faces and the like!"
"Well, those are one of them, and the most famous one is 'Dark Tower'..."
Conan's voice also became a little deeper: "It's just an incredible tower with no entrance or windows."
oh? Is there still a place like that...
After the topic shifted to 'Kaleidoscope', Ye Gengyi, who had not looked here again, finally looked away from the laptop screen.
Just listening, Yuantai said in surprise: "Could it be the tower located in the 'Mirror Hall' courtyard?!"
"Jingtang? He has the same surname as the senior sister Xiaolan just mentioned."
Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta all looked at a certain unicorn girl.
"That...rumor..." Mao Lilan's throat rolled, and then asked, "Could it be true?"
"Didn't that Jingtang classmate tell you?" Ye Gengyi walked over and asked.
"No...no."
Mao Lilan shook her head: "She only said that there were a lot of toys at home, and there seemed to be some treasures, because the father of Senior Sister Jingtang married another wife. From what Senior Sister said, the other party seemed to be for her family's wealth. , so she jokingly told me that it would be great if I could help her find the treasure from home."
"Treasure?!"
"Is there really a treasure?"
"Then our young detective team must go!"
The three children cheered excitedly.
Ye Gengyi observed Mao Lilan's expression.
If you want to entrust yourself with help, just say it directly. Besides, there is a famous detective at home...
Therefore, the truth may be that the mirror hall invited Xiaolan to play with the children, but in fact he planned to ask Mouri Kogoro to help find the family's wealth, so as to fight against the stepmother who married for the treasure.
Um……
There are still doubts.
I happened to be carrying a kaleidoscope, and then I met Mao Lilan by chance?
Ye Gengyi thought for a moment, but still wanted to figure out the other party's motives, and continued to ask: "Xiaolan, is the Jingtang family rich?"
Mao Lilan shook her head slightly: "Senior sister said it was pretty good before, but recently it seems that she has almost spent all her money..."
It turns out that because he was unsure about the authenticity of the treasure, his family was in trouble and he was still a student, and he was worried that he could not afford the commission fee of the famous detective Mouri Kogoro, so he wanted to compromise through Mourilan.
but……
These are all insignificant little thoughts, the key lies in what Conan said before about the 'Dark Tower' without entrances and windows.
Light……
Mirror……
dark……
Easily inaccessible.
If there are a few more corpses and one or more crazy people inside.
It simply doesn't fit the breeding environment of 'heartworms'.
"Xiaolan, your senior sister must have encountered difficulties and wanted to ask you for help. Have you told Mr. Maoli about this?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"No……"
Mao Lilan couldn't sort out the context of things just by relying on details like Ye Gengyi. When she heard the other party mention Maori Kogoro, she couldn't help but sigh:
"Dad should have gone to a small steel ball shop or a racetrack to bet on horses."
"Then I'll go with you." Ye Gengyi said.
"Eh? Brother Gengyi, you want to go..." Mao Lilan was startled.
"Um."
Ye Gengyi nodded slightly and said bluntly: "I am somewhat interested in the 'Tower of Darkness' and I just happened to go visit it."
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