When Xiaolan saw Tang Ze standing at the door, she was surprised and asked, "Why are you here?"
"It was Conan who contacted me. He said this place is haunted and it would be more convenient if I was here."
Karasawa waved his hand to say hello to Mouri Kogoro, and under Conan's introduction, he got to know the old man named Otonashi Hoichi.
"Would it be more convenient?" Xiaolan looked at Tang Ze in surprise and said, "Does Tang Ze Criminal also catch ghosts?"
"No, sister Xiaolan!"
Conan's head was filled with confusion when he heard this, and he looked helpless at Xiaolan's fear of ghosts, "Have you forgotten? Tangze Criminal's sense of smell is very powerful, and it will come in handy when he encounters ghosts.
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"It comes in handy?" Xiaolan asked doubtfully.
"That's right, I don't believe in ghosts or anything like that. Someone must have used something to act like a ghost in the apartment."
Conan explained: "The reason why I called Tangze Criminal is to wait until the ghosts appear and let Tangze Criminal use his sense of smell to determine what the ghosts are made of."
"Oh...that's it." Although Xiaolan nodded, she looked nervous, and she was obviously still afraid of ghosts and didn't believe what Conan said.
Conan had no choice but to hold on to this, and it seemed that he could only wait until Tangze Criminal cracked the true identity of the first "ghost" before he could convince Xiaolan that there really were no ghosts here.
"Hmph! You self-inflicted brat!"
Regarding Conan's act of calling Karasawa over without authorization, Kogoro Mouri went up to him and punched him on the head. He then looked at Karasawa and apologized: "I'm sorry for troubling you, Karasawa Criminal. You don't need to pay attention to the words of such a brat. Why?"
I specially asked you to make a trip..."
"It's okay, it's okay." Tangze waved his hand and explained, "I'm also quite interested in this haunted apartment.
Although I don’t believe in ghosts, I am somewhat concerned about the purpose of this person who creates “ghosts”.”
After all, the "Iron Triangle of Case Triggers" were all present. Knowing that this situation could not happen, Tangze still thought about getting rewards.
"I didn't expect that a criminal would be interested in this apartment."
The old man looked at Tang Ze and slowly said: "When the incident was haunted before, the residents in the apartment also called the police many times, but the criminals who came in did not take it seriously and ended up hastily after walking around the apartment.
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"After all, ghosts and criminals are the two most incompatible entities."
Tang Ze spread his hands and said with a smile: "After all, criminals are one of the professions where ghosts are most likely to be seen.
There are so many murder scenes. If you can become a ghost because of resentment or unwillingness, then I don’t think any of the victims would be willing."
"That's true." The old man nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for Criminal Sang and Detective Maori to solve the mystery of the "ghost"."
"So, what should we do next?" Mouri Kogoro looked at the old man and asked, "Just wait here?"
"The current situation is all we can do is wait."
Mr. Otonashi smiled and stood up and said: "Generally speaking, "ghosts" appear at night. If you haven't eaten, you can have a light meal if you don't mind. It's dinner time now."
Seeing Mr. Otonashi walking towards the kitchen, Xiaolan quickly stood up and said, "If it's cooking, I'll do it."
Watching Xiaolan push Mr. Otonashi back to his seat, Tang Ze also stood up and walked to the kitchen to start helping.
Although the old man lived alone, he bought quite a lot of ingredients. Tangze and Xiaolan discussed it and each made three dishes from [District 8], and also made miso soup, and dinner was done.
"It looks really good... I expected that the little girl would be good at cooking, but I didn't expect that Xing Sang's cooking skills would be so good."
Mr. Otonashi looked at the sumptuous food in front of him and praised: "It seems that we can enjoy a delicious meal today!"
The meal was a feast for the guests and the host. After washing the dishes and chopsticks after dinner, everyone fell into boredom and waiting.
But after some discussion, everyone decided to play cards to pass the time. It happened that Mr. Otonashi had mahjong at home, so they happily decided to play mahjong.
But when Ou Huang Xiaolan is present? Everyone’s mahjong experience is extremely poor.
To be precise, it's Kogoro Mori and Mr. Otonashi? Because Karasawa still has a chance to win with his mental calculations and strong memory. Although he doesn't win as many times as Ou Huang, he is still ranked second.
Not long after, Mr. Otonashi, who had never experienced such a battle before, chose to "sleep away" first because he was old and lacked energy. He refused to continue playing no matter what.
There was no way, in the situation where three were missing and one was missing, Xiaolan had to agree to volunteer Conan to join in and play a few games with her.
And then... there was no more.
A rough description is "Both people and ghosts are showing off, only Mouri Kogoro is being beaten"? Needless to say, Xiaolan's European ace card goes without saying? The calculation power competition between Conan and Karasawa also made the card game even more confusing.
It became so popular that it even affected Xiaolan's luck in Europe.
Then the winning rates of the three of them reached an almost even level, basically splitting the wins, while Kogoro Mouri had not won a single victory until the beginning.
When the time came to around ten o'clock, Mouri Kogoro, who had been beaten all over his head, was also tortured to the point where he couldn't bear it anymore and was about to go on strike.
Suddenly? The TV behind him turned on automatically without warning, and a long-haired female ghost with a terrifying face and hideous scars suddenly appeared on the TV screen.
"Get out...!"
"Get out...!"
"Wow!!"
Mouri Kogoro, who was closest to him, turned around when he heard the sound and was "killed in the face". He was so frightened that he screamed, and Xiaolan on the side hugged Conan in an instant, looking like he was about to cry.
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On the side, Tang Ze calmly glanced at the TV screen and watched as the TV turned into snowflakes again.
"Don't be afraid? It's a little trick." Tang Ze looked bored.
"But...but a ghost just appeared!" Xiaolan said in panic.
"Is it okay, Sister Xiaolan? This is probably just a trick of the mastermind behind the scenes? You can just use the common antenna in the apartment."
Conan comforted Xiaolan while explaining the principle: "As long as the antenna is connected to the output end of the video recorder, and then the influence of the camping tape is transmitted to the TV in the soundless room, the influence will be suddenly displayed."
"But the TV was never turned on before..." Xiaolan said tremblingly.
"Using a multi-function remote control can solve this problem."
Karasawa smiled and said: "The important thing is to have a remote control that can be used regardless of the brand of the machine. You can control Mr. Otonashi's TV. It's a very simple trick."
Under the calm explanation of the two people, Xiaolan gradually calmed down and was replaced by an angry look.