In the lounge of the ruined villa, apart from Mao Lilan who refused the horror story, there was also a person named Umitani Asaka who did not appear here. Considering that there was no one else here, the two of them should be fine even if they acted alone.
Hiragawa Tooru leaned on the load-bearing pillar at the entrance of the stairs, with an unknown smile on his face and said:
"Except for the two ladies who are all here, let's start telling the horror story of this village. This is what really happened! In fact, there once was a strange legend in Wulan Village."
"Strange legend?"
"It is the legend of vampires. The name of this village comes from the village of Brown in Transylvania, Romania. Brown Village is a famous vampire village, where various horrific vampire legends have been spread since ancient times.
Then, it seems that the Romanians who first immigrated here were expelled from Brown Village because they were suspected of being vampires."
Is the legend of vampire... related to the sender "Dracula"?
Fujiwara Yu frowned deeply, holding his chin and thinking, does the sender want me to decipher the hidden story behind the vampire legend? Or does he just want to provoke himself and kill people in front of him?
He used the corner of his eye to observe the changes in the expressions of the people around him, and there seemed to be no strange expressions.
There were some who listened carefully, some with expectant faces, and some who looked indifferent and seemed uninterested... Even Ershen Yufu, whom he had previously thought was a little strange, had a calm expression.
Hiragawa Toru paused, pushed up his round glasses, and said with a wicked smile:
"However, six years ago, something happened in the village, which just confirmed this legend. And this incident happened in this mansion. At that time, the residents of this village left one after another, and the houses everywhere began to become empty.
, the hotel that used to operate in this mansion has also closed.
The orphan of the boss and his wife suffered from a serious heart disease, and only the girl was left in and out of the hospital before it was turned into ruins. But late one night, several villagers saw a strange sight!"
Edogawa Conan has a serious face. He is a materialist and does not believe in the real existence of vampires. If this story is true, then maybe someone is deliberately creating fear and trying to turn Mailan Village into an uninhabited ruin.
So, the person who created the legend...did he want the villagers to leave here to hide something?
"A woman, dressed in white, like a puppet being manipulated, followed a man in a black cloak, and they were walking towards the closed hotel.
The next morning, the youth group in the village, holding crosses and wooden stakes in their hands, walked into the hotel where the vampire and the girl were going. Then they found in the underground room of the mansion, in the room that is now a warehouse.
The body of a young girl was found.
She clasped her hands and lay on the bed as if she was asleep. There were two wounds on the girl's neck, as if she had been bitten by something. The villagers thought that the girl had been attacked by a vampire and turned into a vampire, so they killed her.
The stake pierced the heart of the dead girl.
The girl's body was later autopsied by the police, but there was almost no blood left in the body, as if it had been sucked dry by a vampire."
Edogawa Conan thought seriously. He tried to find a flaw in this story, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't come to a reasonable conclusion. Just when he wanted to ask Brother Takaji for help, he didn't know that something fell into his lap.
on the shoulders.
Moving his gaze to the side, he saw a red-skinned hand with sharp claws.
"Wow!!"
"Ahahaha~ Little kid, you are really scared!"
The corner of Edogawa Conan's mouth twitched slightly. He looked at Kifune Yehei speechlessly, who was bullying the "child", and whispered in his heart: This guy is really worthless. Seeing that Takaji-nii can't scare him, he has no choice but to scare himself.
Aoko Minato knelt down and looked at Edogawa Conan, and asked gently:
"Kid Conan, would you like me to get you some hot drink? What would you like to drink?"
"Coffee... Juice!" Edogawa Conan almost blurted out coffee. A child would definitely be suspicious of drinking coffee. After all, no adult would give it to elementary school students.
"Then I'll prepare hot coffee for the others, okay?" Minato Aoko asked.
"Miss Aoko, can you get me some red wine? It's the bottle of devil's blood I ordered!" Sentaro Ryuyama asked.
Minato Aoko nodded, said no problem, turned around and left to prepare a drink.
Also leaving was Hoshiki Keisuke. He said he was going to the toilet, so naturally no one would stop him.
Fujiwara Yu smiled and sat next to Conan, with a teasing smile on his face, and asked in a low voice:
"How's it going? If you're scared, you can go back and find your sister Xiaolan."
"Oh no, I don't believe vampires exist in the world."
Edogawa Conan's half-moon eyes widened, and he quickly glanced at Nigami Ikuo, who was sitting in the corner with a somewhat unnatural expression on his face. He didn't seem to look like this after hearing the story, but more like he cared about someone's existence.
Nigami Ikuo would glance at the door from time to time. Was he concerned about Asaka Umitani who didn't come to listen to the horror story, or Keiseki Hoshiki who left to go to the toilet? Thinking of this, he deliberately waited until everyone who went out came back before taking advantage of the child's identity.
He asked innocently:
"Uncle Ershen, do you know Brother Feise?"
As soon as these words came out, Ershen Yufu showed a trace of panic on his face, and he stuttered and said:
"No, it's not."
Edogawa Conan raised his eyebrows. It seems that Futami Ikuo, Umitani Asaka and Hoshiki Keisuke are all acquaintances. Could the things they concealed be related to the abandoned hospital?
He thought about the vampire legend told by his boss. Could it be that... the death of the girl was real, but he was killed by someone?
Fujiwara Yu crossed his legs while holding the coffee, glanced at Ikami Ikuo, who was the better player between the two, and said in coordination:
"Mr. Ershen, you don't have to hide it. I asked Conan to ask you this."
"I...I didn't hide it deliberately, I just didn't have the chance to say it." Ershen Yufu realized that he had no way to quibble, so he lowered his head and replied weakly.
Minato Aoko, who was holding a stack of linen in her hands, looked at Takaji Sousuke with some curiosity and asked aloud:
"Well, can I interrupt? I thought you looked familiar, Mr. Takaji, and your name is the same as that person. Could it be that you are that famous policeman from the Metropolitan Police Department?"
"Huh? Ah, yes, I am."
Fujiwara Yu is somewhat embarrassed, admitting that he is famous and so on, it is really embarrassing.
"It's true~ I really like reasoning, just like ruins! Mr. Takashi, if you have a chance, can you tell me some reasoning?" Minato Aoko asked happily.
After Fujiwara Yu hesitated for a moment, he nodded and said:
"It's okay if it doesn't involve confidentiality of the case."
"Great!" Minato Aoko glanced at the time on the clock and said in a panic: "Oops, it's already half past nine, I have to finish the work quickly~ Mr. Takaji, please wait for me to finish my work.