Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 660: Cursed Mask's Mansion

Fortunately, the sound of so many car engines must have attracted the attention of the owner of the mansion.

People like Kogoro Mori didn't have to hesitate for too long.

Just when they were about to choose a gate to visit, the door on the right was pushed open by a maid.

"Dear guests, welcome."

The maid said a respectful welcome.

Maori Kogoro and the other two were no strangers to this maid, who even looked at them and blinked at them deliberately.

The three of them recognized him at once:
Isn't this the maid of the client named Okura Kazukatsu? She has changed her job...

However, they still remembered that they should be twin sisters... Was their name Shimokasa Honami or Shimokasa Minaho?

"Oh! Are you going in through this door?"

Among the people other than Maori and the other four, the baseball player named Matsumoto Mamoru thought this was the correct answer, and when he was about to take a step forward, the door on the left also opened.

"Dear guests, welcome."

Everyone was stunned by the two maids who looked exactly the same.

The person on the left, who was not sure if she was the elder sister or the younger sister, Shimokasa Honami, also recognized Maori Kogoro and his companions and blinked her eyes, but did not make any special expression. Instead, she smiled and said, "Mr. Maori and his companions, please enter from the east entrance."

Maori Kogoro looked at Lie and said blankly: "Just us?"

"Mr. Katagiri, Mr. Matsudaira, Ms. Nagara, please enter from the west entrance." The maid Shimokasa Minaho on the right also followed and made an inviting gesture.

The people who were robbed were divided into two groups, and everyone looked at each other.

"Hey, let me ask you a question. Why do we have to go in two directions? Is this a rule set by the owner of this house?"

Lie raised his hand and asked the question naturally and familiarly.

Shimokasa Honami smiled and said, "Yes, because the interior of this house is divided into two different parts, east and west."

"Guests that the host has arranged to stay in the west wing can only enter through the west entrance."

"Guests who are assigned to the east wing can only enter from the east entrance."

"This is the usual practice at this house."

The two sisters Xia Li explained it concisely and clearly, one after another.

This strange rule made Conan's eyes twitch twice.

Lie's eyes gradually lit up: "Well, what will happen if you don't follow the rules? For example, I take Conan in through the west door..."

Everyone: "..."

Conan: "..." Qiudou Sack! Why bring him? !
"If you don't follow the rules, disaster will happen afterwards." Shimokasa Honami still smiled.

But her words frightened the others a little: "Disaster? Disaster? What's going on?"

“Because here…

This is the mansion where the Cursed Mask lives."

……

After the initial shock from the maid, everyone finally split into two sides and entered the mansion.

Since the lobby on the first floor is also divided into two sides, it appears a little small... but only relatively speaking.

On the wall from the first floor lobby to the stairs, there is a mask decoration hung at intervals.

According to the maid Shimokasa Honami, Soho Akako herself had a hobby of collecting various masks, and those hanging outside were carefully selected for entertaining guests.

But most people probably find it difficult to appreciate this kind of mask decoration...

Especially at night, if a person walks in a dark corridor with a flashlight, even if he is not scared to death by these strange masks, he will still be scared walking in this weird place.

——Of course, this definitely does not include Lie.

"Hey, can I take this cat-ear mask off and wear it?"

Lie looked at the mask hanging on the wall, his eyes sparkling with stars, and he even reached out to take it down.

"No, these are all Sufang teacher's collection. If you touch them casually, Sufang teacher will be angry." Shimokasa Honami stopped Rei's action of grabbing the mask with a smile on her face. "What about this dog head?"

"that's not allowed."

"Where's the helmet of that armor~?"

“That’s not possible.”

"I want to put that one-meter-tall black mask on Conan~"

Conan: "???"

Mr. Lin, please be a human being! That mask is not meant for humans to wear!

"Dah ah."

Shimokasa Honami's refusal became shorter and shorter. When they arrived on the second floor, she immediately said, "I will be responsible for storing your luggage. Please wait in the mask hall first."

"Mask Hall?" Kogoro Mouri heard a new term.

"Yes, it's this room." Shimokasa Honami briefly introduced, "The Mask Hall is a showroom where Teacher Sufang specially stores masks. It is also the first stop for entertaining guests."

The door of the mask hall is pure white, forming a very obvious contrast with the original wood color of the walls of the corridor outside.

Out of curiosity, Kogoro Mouri took the lead in pushing open the door and entering, followed by Ran Mouri and Conan...but it was Rei who lagged behind them by a long way.

Rei walked slowly and passed by Shimokasa Honami who was carrying her luggage. "Hey~ Do you have any mission here?"

Shimokasa Honami blinked and said briskly, "No, it's just that Mr. Kamikawa asked us to find a rich family to wait on, so I came here to work as a maid. Next week, Sufang Hongzi will go to Osaka to attend the auction party held by the Ooka family..."

"Well, I know this." Lie blinked and finally chuckled, "It's just that you probably need to find a new employer~"

Shitagasa Honami: "...?"

Is there something wrong with the family they found? Although their character may be a little bad...but why change?

Before I could even ask why, Lie had already rushed into the mask room and considerately closed the door.

Just as Lie entered the mask room, a door opposite opened and the three people who entered from the other entrance came in.

I have to say that this mansion does have some clever features - from the first floor to the third floor, the only connection between the east and west sides is this mask hall.

The Mask Hall lives up to its name, as the display cabinets are filled with masks of various shapes, roughly estimated to be nearly a hundred.

Seeing these spectacular masks, Rei whistled and then followed Conan to visit them.

"…Hmm? What is this?"

Conan wandered to a counter and found a remote control hanging on the cabinet.

Out of curiosity, he took the remote control and took a look at it.

There are only two buttons on it, one with two arrows facing each other, and the other with two arrows facing each other...

Following behind Conan, Rei narrowed his eyes, "Ah~ Could this be some kind of mechanism?"

"…Rather than a mechanism, this is more like a switch, right?"

Conan rolled his eyes and was about to press the button with the opposite arrow on it, but Lie got there first and pressed the opposite button several times.

"Hey~ Why are you not responding?"

"Nonsense, how can I close it if there's nothing to open it?" Conan continued to roll his eyes and pressed the button above.

hum-

The sound of gears turning suddenly rang out, startling everyone present.

The next moment, the red curtains on both sides of the hall slowly opened, revealing display racks with more than a dozen rows of masks hanging on them.

“These masks…”

Except for Lie, everyone else felt a little creepy when looking at these masks.

Because there are probably hundreds of masks on these display stands, and they all look... exactly the same.

(End of this chapter)