"Well...Xiaolan, I'm so sorry, I haven't heard of it..."
At Dr. A Li's house, the doctor was talking on the phone with Mao Lilan.
"Will Mauli go to that dinner party? It will be tomorrow, right?"
Xiaolan on the other end of the phone glanced at her father, who was putting on makeup for Yuanzi, and replied: "Well, what he said is that a man can't just take a beating without fighting back..."
"Now Yuanzi is helping him put on makeup. I will see which look is better when I see it..."
"Make up?" Dr. A Li's puzzled voice came from the other end of the phone.
“The invitation stated that since the theme is Halloween, all participants must dress up as monsters and wear formal black suits and black dresses to attend, as well as their companions.”
Xiaolan read the requirements on the invitation letter.
"Comeer... Xiaolan, are you going too?"
"How could I go to that crappy monster party!!"
Xiaolan's high-decibel voice came from the phone, and Dr. Ali weakly took the phone away: "I think so..."
Dr. Agasa also found it a bit incredible that a female high school student who could break telephone poles with her bare hands would be afraid of monsters and monsters.
"Ah, by the way, I have something to ask you, doctor... My dad has received the invitation letter, maybe... he has received it too... Can you help me check his mailbox?"
Xiaolan's voice suddenly became softer, mixed with the emotion of longing.
"Oh, you mean Shinichi...Okay, I'll tell you if I see it..."
Dr. Agasa looked at Conan aside.
"Ah, and don't tell Conan about this, because that guy always likes to go to such dangerous places...and..."
Xiaolan hesitated to speak. She remembered that in a certain case a few days ago, she happened to see Conan's photo behind the mirror at Teacher Judy's house, with the English word "cool guy" written on it.
"Anyway, school starts the day after tomorrow! Please tell him to come back early and stop causing trouble outside..."
Dr. A Li hung up the phone and walked to the living room.
Conan was staring at the invitation in his hand with a serious face.
"What, Conan, are you going to the party on that ghost ship?"
Yuan Huaiyu, who was sitting opposite Conan, leaned on the sofa and asked.
"Yes... I'm quite interested in the signature at the end of the letter." Conan's eyes turned to Haihara Ai, who was sitting next to Yuan Huaiyu, "Haihara, you should have more ideas than me, right? Vermouth, originally from Italy.
Wine...generally we call it Vermouth, that is, Belmode."
Hearing this code name, Haiyuan Ai, who was coughing while wearing a mask, suddenly opened his eyes wide, with an expression on his face as if he had seen something terrifying.
"Then what are you going to do?" Yuan Huaiyu put his hand on Haiyuan Ai's trembling shoulders and patted her gently, hoping to alleviate her inner fear.
"I don't know if this is a trap or if she's tired of playing, so we'll try to use the trick..."
Before Conan finished speaking, Haihara Ai objected fiercely:
"No! This must be a trap..."
She was about to express her firm objection when she saw Yuan Huaiyu put his index finger up on his lips.
"Shh..."
She quickly realized something and shut her mouth immediately.
Yuan Huaiyu took a piece of paper and wrote on it: "Cooperate with me. There is a bug in this room!"
After seeing these words, Conan and Haihara Ai's pupils shrank, and their bodies suddenly became stiff. Dr. A Li took a deep breath, and sweat dripped from his head.
"By the way, when you put Xiao Ai down with an anesthetic needle, do you want to leave her here and go to the party?"
Yuan Huaiyu asked Conan.
After all, Conan had the blood of a national-level actress in his body, and he immediately took over the words: "Teacher Yuan, look, the invitation letter sent to me... the name of the recipient, the envelope and the invitation letter are written by Kudo Shinichi.
, but the letter that was put inside together..."
Dr. Agasa came closer and saw the title above, his expression changed drastically: "Dear, dear...Edogawa...Mr. Conan?!"
"Yes, my true identity has been revealed by the other party. The other party already knows that I am Kudo Shinichi who was turned into a child by that drug...I am afraid that Haihara is their former accomplice Shirley..."
Conan coughed twice.
"But... why didn't they get rid of all of you immediately after knowing this?" Dr. A Li raised a new doubt.
"Well... I don't know the reason yet. But I can probably guess one of the reasons..."
Conan has known for a long time that Belmore is the American actress Chrissy Wynyard, and now this invitation letter is obviously a way to lure the tiger away. If the other party wants to achieve the goal of getting rid of the traitor Shirley, there is no need to go to such trouble to send him away.
, the biggest and most reasonable possibility of this situation now is——
Chrissy Wynyard was the same Sharon Wynyard he had met.
This can also explain why the other party knew that he was Kudo Shinichi, because Sharon, who was a good friend of Kudo Yukiko, had seen the appearance of Kudo Shinichi when he was a child, and was able to recognize him.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Yuan, have you received the invitation letter as well? What are you going to do?"
Conan threw the question back to Yuan Huaiyu.
"I..."
Yuan Huaiyu looked at the invitation in his hand.
In this invitation letter, Belmode fully informed Yuanhuaiyu of his plan, and did not make any requests. He simply told him:
I've put my cards on the table, you can do whatever you want.
Belmode could not accurately guess Yuan Huaiyu's thoughts, so he decided to be more straightforward and tell her plan in full.
Anyway, if Yuan Huaiyu wanted to interfere with her, there was nothing she could do to stop him.
How could Yuanhuaiyu not understand Belmode's weakness and calmness? He smiled slightly and said:
"If it's a trap, it's too dangerous for you to go alone. I will also go to that ghost party with you."
"Xiao Ai will stay at the doctor's house and have a good rest. She has not recovered from her cold yet, so she is not suitable to get involved in this matter."
Yuan Huaiyu looked at the two of them, and while talking, he wrote down his true thoughts on the paper, and presented them in front of Conan Haiyuan and the others.
…
In a dark room, Belmore was sitting among the listening devices. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Yuan Huaiyu say that he was going to the party.
Mr. Chun said that he wanted to attend the party. In her opinion, this was the message the other party responded to, indicating that it would not hinder her actions.
After all, the main stage for her and her opponent's game was not the party as a cover, but somewhere else.
Of course, she had already made arrangements at the party. If Yuan Huaiyu and Kudo Shinichi had not shown up at the party, the news would have reached her ears immediately, allowing her to adapt accordingly.