At noon that day, the actor manager of Naritaya invited everyone to have lunch at an outside restaurant.
The occurrence of an incident is not something worth celebrating, especially since two people were killed in this incident. But for this reason, in the eyes of Naritaya's managers, they relied on their own strength to end the incident, so that Naritaya can get rid of the influence of public opinion as soon as possible.
Mouri Kogoro also became approachable and respectable.
And an excellent detective is like a good doctor. No one hopes that one day they will need help from the other person, but they understand that there are always accidents in life. In order to avoid having no way to ask for help when they encounter trouble in the future,
Everyone is also happy to make friends with each other.
So during lunch, the Naritaya actor manager thanked Kogoro Mouri repeatedly for helping with the investigation, which gave Kogoro Mouri a lot of face.
After lunch, the five children from the Junior Detective Group went to play football together, and the others separated at the door of the restaurant to do their own things.
Chi Fei Chi returned to the Seventh Detective Agency, went to the second floor and poured himself a drink of blood, ice cubes and whiskey. He sat on the balcony of the second floor and flipped through the experimental report on 'Human Brain Programming' on his laptop.
Use emails to contact multiple peripheral members and understand the work progress of those peripheral members.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chi Feichi closed the experiment report and confirmed that the experiment report file was automatically destroyed. Then he got up and took his laptop back to the room. Just as he was about to make dinner, he received a call from Kogoro Mori and changed his clothes.
Go out and go to the Iroha sushi restaurant next to the Mori Detective Agency and meet the Mori trio.
Mouri Kogoro brought Mao Lilan and Conan to the store in advance. When he saw Chi Feichi come in, he immediately happily asked Chi Feichi to sit down and turned to ask the clerk to serve high-end dishes.
Chi Feichi sat down at the table, "Teacher, did you win money betting on horses? Or did you win a lot of gifts playing small steel balls?"
Mao Lilan smiled helplessly, "Brother Fei Chi, you really understand my dad."
Conan chuckled from the side.
After all, uncle will only be so generous when he makes a fortune...
Maori Kogoro turned around and said to Chi Feichi with joy, "I went to a newly opened small steel ball shop this afternoon. I was really lucky. I gained a lot in just three hours."
Daily necessities and canned food! If you are interested, I will take you to that store to try it another day, and the two of us will win a year’s worth of daily necessities and come back..."
"Dad!" Seeing that Maori Kogoro was getting more and more outrageous, Mao Lilan quickly interrupted and complained with a black line, "How can you be a teacher like you? It's not a good habit to hit small steel balls. What don't you want?
I’ve brought my apprentices to do it!”
Conan: "..."
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Xiaolan was right to complain.
Brother Dekuichi is more independent and determined. If my uncle had found an apprentice who lacked independent opinions, he would have been led to the five evils of "eating, drinking, playing, gambling"...
Mouri Kogoro defended himself in a low voice, "I just thought that small steel ball shop was profitable, so I wanted to take Fei Chi to give it a try..."
"No, you are not allowed to go to that store recently! You are like this every time. If you make a little profit in a store, you will lose more money the next day," Mao Lilan complained, and saw Mao Li Kogoro
He remained silent with a guilty look on his face, the anger in his heart also subsided a little, and his tone softened, "And didn't you get a job? Just work hard these two days!"
Conan smiled and said to Chi Feichi, "Uncle won a bunch of things this afternoon. He received a commission as soon as he got home. The client asked him to meet tonight. He also sent him tickets for the puppet show and invited him to watch the puppets.
Come on, his luck is really great today!"
"Humph!" Mouri Kogoro said proudly, "Of course!"
Mao Lilan thought that Maori Kogoro had indeed earned enough face today, and she was willing to let Maori Kogoro be proud for a while. She turned to Chi Feichi and smiled and said, "Brother Feichi, you introduced the job to my father before and entrusted me with it."
Dad's work has allowed him to earn a lot of commission fees. We haven't had time to thank you. It just so happened that today my dad won a lot of things from small steel balls and received another commission, so he called you to come over and let's eat together tonight.
A big meal to celebrate!”
"And I heard from Xiaolan that you seem to have lost your energy these past two days." Mouri Kogoro calmed down the smugness on his face. Although he was still smiling, he looked more serious, "This time the client gave me
I sent several tickets and asked me to take my family to watch the show. I am going to take Xiaolan and the little devil with glasses. If you have nothing to do tonight, come and watch the puppet show with us! This morning
I watched a kabuki performance and then went to watch a Ningyo Joruri performance in the evening. It’s a wonderful day, isn’t it?”
Fei Chi looked forward to it, "Master, let's go and have a look too..."
Chi Feichi thought that there was nothing to do tonight, and seeing Feichi's interest, he agreed, "I have nothing to do tonight. If I won't cause you any trouble, of course I am willing to go with you."
"Then let's set off after dinner!" Mouri Kogoro shared with Chi Feichi enthusiastically, "It's said to be a puppet show, but it's actually a performance of ventriloquism plus bag puppets. The person who entrusted me this time is tonight
The star of the show, Xiaolan, said that he is a famous ventriloquist and is very good at performing horror-type plays. I think you might be interested..."
Chi Feichi recalled an incident in the original plot.
If nothing else happens, there may be an accident tonight.
However, the accident should happen after the show is over, and it will not affect the performance. Since he is free tonight, it would be a good idea to take Feichi to see the show...
"If I were to go to a horror show alone, I would definitely not dare to go," Mao Lilan said with some anticipation, "but if my dad, Conan and Brother Feichi are there to go with me, I won't be so scared!"
Conan laughed and teased, "Sister Xiaolan, please don't scream out in fright!"
"I don't know how," Mao Lilan paused and then added a little embarrassedly, "However, if there are very scary scenes in the performance, there should be other audiences in the theater screaming..."
Then it wouldn't be strange if she was so frightened that she screamed out, right?
…
In a relaxed atmosphere, the four of them had dinner at Iroha Sushi Restaurant, and then went directly to the theater where the client performed.
The client who wanted to entrust Moori Kogoro with help was named Riichi Tengan, a ventriloquist who has become very popular recently. As soon as the four of them arrived at the theater, they saw many promotional posters for Riichi Tengan's performances posted at the entrance of the theater.
Put up a publicity sign.
Even the layout at the entrance of the theater caters to Riichi Tengan's dark performance style. It is dark and dark. Because there are many people queuing up at the entrance, this scene will not make people feel scary, but will create a mysterious atmosphere.
The attractive atmosphere makes people look forward to the performance even more.
Mouri Kogoro took out the tickets presented by the client, brought Mao Lilan, Chi Feichi, and Conan in from the VIP channel, and was placed in the front row facing the center of the stage. Moori Kogoro couldn't help but feel proud again.
Just call today your lucky day.
The audience entered the venue one after another and took their seats around the round tables.
The waiter served free drinks to each guest and placed freshly lit candle cups on each table.
Before the performance started, all the lights in the venue were turned off, and the candles on the round tables lit up with weak candlelight, allowing only the blurry figures around them to be seen clearly.
Seeing Mao Lilan looking around curiously, Conan smiled and whispered, "Sister Xiaolan doesn't seem to be afraid at all..."
"Of course I won't feel scared when there are so many people," Mao Lilan deliberately pretended to be unhappy, "Am I the kind of coward who is afraid of the dark in your heart?"
Mouri Kogoro whispered, "If I let you sit here alone, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay for a second..."
Mao Lilan: "..."
What nonsense are you talking about?
Affected by the pleasant atmosphere tonight, Chi Feichi was also interested in talking to others and joined the chat in a low voice, "Let a person go to hell alone, that person will tremble, but if you let someone who can fill hell go there
Hell, it is the devil who should tremble."
Mouri Kogoro was amused, "That would turn into an army of humans fighting against demons!"
"Welcome everyone to tonight's performance..."
A strange voice came from the stage in front, interrupting the four people's chat.
A spotlight was lit on the stage, and within the scope of the light, a nearly one-meter-long doll sat alone on a chair.
The doll is wearing an orange suit, and its face is that of a square adult male with thick eyebrows and big eyes. The facial features are very realistic, but the skin color is paler than that of Asians. There are two obvious blushes on the cheeks and around the mouth.
There are two ravines where the wood is spliced together, allowing people to tell that this is not a living person.
This is a puppet with an uncanny valley effect in its light appearance. When the light shines down from the top of the puppet's head, the puppet's face is a mixture of light and dark, its eyes seem to be staring directly at the audience, and the smile on its face looks gloomy and terrifying.
Many people, including Mao Lilan, were so frightened that they screamed.
Chi Feichi looked at the dolls on the stage and felt a little more expectant.
This drama has a good start, I hope it won't disappoint him later...