Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 1020 Séance

Having spent so much time in Japan, Frank had clearly noticed a mysterious pattern known as 'Final Destination'.

Wherever Kogoro Mouri appears, a case is bound to occur.

Although the famous detective himself felt that the case was calling him, everyone else, including Inspector Megure, suspected that it was Kogoro Mouri's curse.

"A screenwriter died a month ago, and now seven people have gathered. It's not impossible."

Shinichi touched his chin, a look of sudden realization on his face: "I know, this must be a revenge plot against the death of actor Yasuharu Masahara a year ago."

I just looked at the information. A year ago, Yahara Akira said that she drove her car into the river on her way back to Tokyo from the villa, but her body was never found. Maybe she wasn't even in the car, but was murdered before that.

After the murder, the others, for reasons unknown, did not reveal the news, which led to the victim's resurrection and subsequent killings a month later.

Shinichiro's eyes lit up as he flipped through the data collection and quickly found a document.

"Of the seven people at this séance, four of them participated in the villa's gathering a year ago. The murderer should be among them."

“Apart from Izumi Maho, Mifune Ryuichi, and Kani Yutaka, the rest of them attended the villa party a year ago.”

Upon hearing this, Frank crossed his arms and clicked his tongue in amazement: "It looks like a case is definitely going to happen."

"Xia Chuan, you'd better be careful, or you might get killed by the murderer."

Xia Chuan smiled slightly. He didn't care about the murderer or the so-called murder case. His main concern was to prevent Ran and Kogoro Mouri from appearing at the scene.

"Shinichi, go out right now and find a way to stop Kogoro Mouri at the location leading to the villa. I don't care what method you use, just don't make him suspicious, don't let Conan know, and let him continue to Chiba Prefecture according to the original plan."

"no problem."

After giving his instructions, Xia Chuan had finished making the disguise mask.

"By the way, I've already told Kaito that he'll be disguised as me for the next two days and will occasionally show up."

"As expected of you, you even prepared a backup plan."

Frank nodded in satisfaction. With Xia Chuan in charge, his job was much easier.

Now he just needs to pack his things, and he should be able to move into the villa in the next day or two.

"By the way, what about Curaçao?"

Frank didn't mention it, but Xia Chuan almost forgot.

"This is a bit troublesome. I feel like I'll need her help sometime."

He pondered for a moment, then said, "I'll bring her along later. We'll meet at the villa then."

The forest at night was filled with an eerie atmosphere.

Although we hadn't arrived at the villa yet, the surrounding fog already created a strong sense of oppression.

However, Xia Chuan knew that this area was close to the coastline and had a river nearby, so the moisture was very abundant, and this situation would occur every night.

This applies not only to the area around this villa, but also to the winery site.

"It looks like we'll need to bring infrared thermal sensors, otherwise this level of visibility will easily cause problems when executing tactics."

As he muttered to himself, the villa came into view.

Xia Chuan stopped the car, got out, and fiddled with her hair in the rearview mirror.

This time, he disguised himself as Hiroshi Hachigawa, an assistant director at Nichiuri TV and a member of a fan club.

He also attended the party a year after the filming of the tokusatsu series "Witch" ended.

"After entering the mountains, did the phone lose signal because of the fog?" Xia Chuan glanced at his phone and frowned.

Due to time constraints, he only learned about Hiroshi Hachigawa's personal information and interpersonal relationships in the afternoon, and handed over the task of intercepting the other party to Kaori Shinmei and Franky halfway.

The original plan was that after he arrived at the villa, they should have already interrogated him about what happened a year ago.

But plans can't keep up with changes; the fog caused satellite phones to lose signal.

"No wonder Gin chose this location as his base. The signal is always weak, which makes it easy to hide. However, they must have other special communication methods to avoid this problem."

As he muttered to himself, the villa gate opened.

The people inside had clearly noticed his arrival.

"Yakawa, why are you only arriving now? We've already finished dinner and were getting ready to start the first séance."

The speaker was wearing an eerie dark purple wizard's robe, and his face and hairstyle looked somewhat like the Half-Blood Prince Slip from Harry Potter, but he was clearly not a wizard.

His name is Hirasaka Reiki, the author of the original manga for the tokusatsu drama that was filmed a year ago, and also the owner of this villa.

Behind him followed a man, also in a purple robe, but with his hood up, revealing a head of short hair that appeared somewhat bald under the light of the overhead lamp at the doorway.

He was also wearing glasses and stood half a step behind Hirasaka Reiki, clearly indicating a primary relationship between them.

He should be Park Ji-mok and Woong, which matches the information we received.

"Sorry, I encountered a problem on the way and had to change a tire, which caused a delay."

He was supposed to arrive at 5 o'clock, but he was at least three hours late.

It's already eight o'clock.

Inside the villa, there were four other people dressed similarly, clearly indicating that the planned séance would still take place even if Hiroshi Hachigawa hadn't come.

It seems that Hiroshi Hachigawa is probably not in too much trouble, otherwise the mastermind would have tried to stop these people and start the séance once they arrived.

Needless to say, there's definitely something fishy going on at tonight's séance.

I just don't know what method the person planning to commit the crime will use.

There were seven people present, including him.

Besides the manga artist Reiki Hirasaka and doctor Kazuo Park, who were mentioned earlier, there is also the fan club president, Yutaka Kani, the idol debutant Akiko Utagura, cosplay enthusiast Maho Izumi, and cosplay shop owner Ryuichi Mifune.

It's worth mentioning Ke'erfeng.

This guy's name sounded a bit like a girl's, and when Xia Chuan saw his photo and information, he almost threw up.

He is a fat, nerdy guy.

Actually, being a fat otaku isn't a big deal; the key issue is that this guy is rather perverted. As the president of a fan club, he used to stalk Yahara Akira every day.

Furthermore, after the other party died, he spread the news that the other party was about to be resurrected, and Xia Chuan once thought that the murder case that might happen today was related to him.

Xia Chuan went up and greeted the other people, getting a general understanding of their personalities.

The others were also a little annoyed, but they didn't say anything. Compared to Hirasaka Reiki, their attitude was much better.

"Now that we're here, let's get right to the séance."

Hirasaka Reiki was clearly getting impatient. He glanced at the time and said, "We were supposed to start the event at eight o'clock, but we've already missed the perfect time."

(End of this chapter)