Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

On the media side, after the Suzuki Foundation intervened,

Soon, the media's stance shifted.

From the initial criticism of Matsuda for assaulting the reporter and having violent tendencies,

The sentiment quickly shifted to praising Matsuda for his concern for the safety of the people, and claiming that the alleged attack on the reporter was merely an accidental injury.

Matsuda could only sigh at this.

In a country like Japan, zaibatsu (conglomerates) really are omnipotent.

With enough money, even black can be made white.

After staying home for three days in a row, even Ai Haibara was starting to get tired of Matsuda Toki's life of eating and sleeping all day.

That day, a letter suddenly arrived in the Matsuda family's mailbox.

Ai threw the letter in front of Matsuda, puzzled.

"I never expected someone to send you a letter. And it was even in a pure black envelope with white lettering on it. Just looking at it makes me feel a little uncomfortable."

Matsuda picked up the envelope and looked inside; it was just as Ai had said.

The pure black envelope was addressed to "Officer Jinpei Matsuda".

In addition, there was no stamp on the envelope, let alone the sender's name.

strange?

How did the letter arrive without a stamp?

Filled with doubt, Matsuda opened the envelope. Inside, on a piece of paper, were only a few lines of text.

Officer Matsuda Jinpei, I humbly invite you to our dinner party.

The inscription below reads: "The phantom of the son abandoned by God."

"what is this?"

Looking at the strange envelope, Ai suddenly felt a little flustered.

"Could it have been sent by someone from the organization? Have they already discovered this place?"

"Don't worry, they definitely didn't send this letter,"

Matsuda shook his head with amusement, looking at the girl beside him who was still trembling. Helplessly, he reached out and pulled Ai into his arms.

"If it really were the Black Organization, Gin would have come knocking on our door long ago. Why would he send such a formal letter?"

"That's true..."

Ai also realized that sending letters was indeed not the organization's usual practice.

After confirming that she had nothing to do with the organization, Ai gradually calmed down and soon realized her current situation.

Her face flushed red, and she quickly broke free from Matsuda's embrace.

"What about you? Are you going?" Ai quickly changed the subject and asked.

“Go ahead, how can we miss such a chance to freeload?” Matsuda laughed.

“Then I want to go too,” Ai suddenly said.

“No.” Matsuda shook his head. “We haven’t figured out what’s going on with this letter yet. If you go with us, you might run into danger.”

"Of course I'm going." Ai glared at Matsuda. "You're not planning to leave me home alone, are you? What if Gin comes knocking on the door while you're gone?"

"Well, why don't you stay with Professor Agasa for a few days?" Matsuda suggested.

"I dont go."

Ai looked into Matsuda's eyes and said very seriously,

"Do you think Professor Agasa can handle the organization's people? Doing so will only harm him in the end."

"...Alright then, I'll go find out what's going on first."

Matsuda nodded helplessly.

"If it's convenient, I'll take you with me."

"Who are you going to ask?" Ai asked, puzzled.

"secret."

Matsuda said mysteriously,

"I'm a criminal investigator, of course I have my own ways of gathering information."

"Heh, do you think I don't know your little connections?"

Ai said disdainfully.

"You should go find Miyamoto Yumi or Koshimizu and investigate whether there's a problem with this address, right?"

"how do you know?"

Matsuda looked at Ai in surprise.

"It seems you have a detective's mind."

"Among the people you know, aren't the ones who can investigate these things all colleagues from the Metropolitan Police Department?"

Ai looked at Matsuda with an expression as if he were an idiot.

“Officer Sato is your darling. If she discovers the problems inside, it might implicate her, so you definitely won’t go to her. Among the remaining people, there are only two or three people you can trust who can investigate these matters.”

"All right......"

Matsuda shrugged helplessly.

"I was originally planning to ask Yumi, but if you're coming with me, I'll let Koshimizu come along too."

"Are you going to dump me on her?" Ai asked unhappily.

"We're not just leaving it to her; the two of us will protect you together, Miss."

Matsuda said helplessly, "Yoshimizu is very intelligent. If there is a problem, she will definitely be able to find it quickly."

That evening, Matsuda called Koshimizu.

When inviting her to the address mentioned on the invitation,

But unexpectedly, I heard it from Yue Shui.

She was also invited by that address.

“Senior, I was worried it might be a prank by someone. Since they invited you, let’s go together tomorrow, okay?” Yue Shui said happily.

“Okay,” Matsuda nodded.

"Does this count as a date?"

"I asked with a laugh on the other end of the phone," Yue Shui said.

"No, because there's another person coming with us tomorrow!"

Matsuda replied casually.

"what?"

Koshimizu on the other end of the phone immediately cried out in disappointment.

The next day, when Koshimizu met Matsuda, she learned that Ai Haibara was the one who had accompanied them to the appointment.

Koshimizu handed over the information he had gathered overnight to Matsuda.

While he was reading, Yue Shui secretly glared at Xiao Ai.

"You little rascal, why do you insist on coming along?"

"whispering sound,"

Ai pouted, too lazy to explain.

Over here, Matsuda looked at the information Koshimizu had given him.

The address in the previous envelope contained only one house, named Twilight Mansion.

More than fifty years ago, a wealthy man named Karasuma Renya built a villa there.

Forty years ago, a very strange incident occurred in that villa.

It was classified as a confidential file at the time and was not made public.

In the end, Yue Shui consulted many friends before finally finding out the specifics.

It turns out that one night forty years ago,

At that time, twenty or thirty social celebrities and elites from the upper class gathered in that villa.

However, an unexpected riot broke out, and eight people died that night.

It's simply because those who survived were all of extraordinary status.

It was only because of their pressure that this matter was not disclosed by the media.

Other situations are unclear even to Yue Shui.

"Senior, do you know who that shadow of God's child is?"

Koshimizu, sitting in the passenger seat, asked Matsuda, who was driving.

"I don't know," Matsuda shook his head. "We'll find out when we get there."

"That's true,"

Yue Shui nodded happily.

Even though Ai Haibara was sitting in the back row, acting as a third wheel.

But this also marks her return to the Metropolitan Police Department.

This was the first time I went out with Matsuda.

Chapter 302 The Detective's Superiority