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

Chapter 662 Death Notice

"…Um, Ms. Sufang, I think sometimes, the human heart may be more terrifying than a curse."

I don’t know if Kogoro Mouri got a headache from listening to them talking about curses, but he suddenly walked up to Souho Akiko and said these words.

Sufang Hongzi was a little surprised by his words, "Mr. Maori, why do you say that?"

Maori Kogoro coughed and said seriously, "In fact, on the way back, there was a tree that fell in the middle of the road, and this note was left on the tree."

After saying that, he took out the 'warning letter' from his arms.

When others saw this letter, they also shouted:

"This? Mr. Mori, we actually received such a letter before." Katagiri Masaki said in a lost voice.

Matsudaira Mamoru immediately expressed his opinion, "I received it too, about three days ago!"

Nagara Haruka nodded, "Me too."

The four main guests who were invited all received the same "warning letter"...

It seems that this is more than just a prank!

Conan's eyes narrowed, and he swept a suspicious look over the people present - and the next moment, he was taken aside by Lie.

Just at this moment, the door on the east side was pushed open, and another blond young man walked in. He walked straight behind the group of people and raised the letter in his hand, "Actually, my company also received a strange letter today."

"...Ah! Touya, why are you here just now? It's so late." When Sufang Hongzi saw the other person, she was surprised, but her tone was also a little angry.

The latter shrugged helplessly, "Teacher Su Fang, there are a lot of things going on in the company. I finally got time to come here. Please don't blame me."

Seeing that the others looked confused, Su Fang Hongzi also introduced the visitor.

The young man who just arrived here is named Aikawa Fuyuya. He is a rock singer who has recently gained some fame and is also the recipient of sponsorship by Sofang Hongzi.

To be on the safe side, Kogoro Mouri asked to see the contents of the envelope the other party was holding.

The stationery in the letter was the same style as what other people received, and the pseudonym was cut out from newspapers and magazines, so it was impossible to tell who wrote it.

What concerned Maori Kogoro more was the content of the letter:

"'The Cursed Mask will suck fresh blood tonight... Respectfully presented to the Messenger of the Cursed Mask.'"

Everyone in the hall fell silent all of a sudden.

We have all just finished listening to these fake ghost stories, and now we are playing a joke like this. Are you sincere?

However, some people are worried about these letters, while others are fearless.

The former is naturally the well-behaved Maori Kogoro who takes money to do everything. He said seriously at the moment: "Ms. Sufang, in my opinion...it is better to call the police for this matter."

"Well, please don't worry too much." Sufang Hongzi was the fearless one. "Since I started doing charity work, I have received countless threatening letters like this."

Maori Kogoro frowned and wanted to give him some more advice, but was interrupted by Rei who came over out of curiosity:
"Mr. Maori~ What does this Nobunaga look like? Let me take a look~"

While Kogoro Mori was distracted, Rei had already snatched the letter.

Not only the letter from Aichuan Fuyuya, but also the "warning letter" nailed to the tree trunk that Conan and his friends encountered on the way.

Noticing Lie's actions, Conan's heart moved, and he quietly moved to Lie's side and whispered, "Mr. Lin, did you find something?"

"Well... that's right."

Lie rarely looked serious, and he didn't even look Conan in the face. This made the latter more certain that Lie must have made some important discovery.

While the others followed Sufang Hongzi to the restaurant for dinner, Conan kept following Rei's steps, wanting to see what Rei had discovered.

I saw——

Lie solemnly placed the two pieces of letter paper on one of the display cases, spread them out, took out his cell phone, and clicked twice at the contents on it.

——Yes, he is taking pictures.

Conan asked anxiously again, "Mr. Lin! What did you find?!"

Lie put away his phone, his eyes slightly curved, "Eh~ Conan, didn't you notice?"

"So what is it?"

"I found out~"

Lie kicked the two pieces of letter paper into his arms as if he had found a treasure. His left hand slid across the display stand where the Xiaobul mask was placed, and he said excitedly: "This cursed mask actually has a messenger! So cool~ I also want a messenger~!"

Conan: "???"

So you discovered this?

Crumbs!
Conan took a deep breath and tried hard not to roll his eyes. "Mr. Lin, it's obvious that the people who wrote these threatening letters deliberately used the legend of the cursed mask to make Ms. Sufang feel fearful, right? What about the messenger or not..."

"Ah~ Do you think so?" Lie slightly restrained his smiling expression, "But this is more like a crime notice, right? Combined with the rumors of the 'curse' I heard before~ the so-called 'sucking blood' means that someone will die~"

"Ah, yes, I thought so too." Seeing Lie become serious, Conan breathed a sigh of relief and began to analyze with a frown, "But who could it be..."

Before the crime was committed, Conan had already started thinking about who the murderer was.

Lie didn't mind playing detective games here. It just so happened that he hadn't done any reasoning for a long time. He touched his chin and said, "From these letters, if we take the legend that the other party wants to use the cursed mask as the starting point, we can probably know:

First, the sender had some knowledge of Sufang Hongzi, or was even familiar with her, and it was very likely that he had been to this mansion before, so he knew that there was Xiao Buer's mask in Sufang Hongzi's house;
Second, the sender may have just learned today that Mr. Maori was invited to come. "

Conan looked up in surprise.

Noticing Conan's look, Lie blinked:
"Why~ why are you looking at me like that?"

"...No, I just feel like you haven't been this serious for a long time, Mr. Lin."

"It can't be helped~ How long has it been since I encountered a case? Fortunately, you are here~"

Conan: "..."

Why does this sound so weird?
The inner complaints only lasted for less than a second, and Conan quickly ignored this irrelevant question, "By the way, Mr. Lin, how can you be sure that the other party only knew that Uncle Maori was coming to this mansion today?"

Lie shrugged his shoulders and said in a relaxed tone, "I can't be sure~ It's just an inference! Conan should have noticed it too, right? Except for the little brother named Aichuan Fuyuya and Mr. Maori, everyone else received it three days ago~ What does this mean?"

"If the letter was sent to little brother Lanchuan in order for him to bring it here today, then using a tree trunk to stop you on the road and deliberately placing that 'warning letter' is very interesting."

"In fact, if we just ask Miss Sufang who she told today or yesterday about Mr. Maori's visit, we can quickly rule out the identity of the sender~"

At this point, Lie's smile became even brighter. "But~ I think that self-righteous elder sister Su Fang would not be willing to answer questions like ours that have the tendency to infringe on others~"

"So Conan~ let's just follow the routine, shall we?"

Ah, Qianqian has published a new book, "Detective Conan: The Favorability System of the Soul", those who are interested are welcome to check it out~qwq
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