Chapter 71 The chat room leader disappeared before he even showed up

Chapter 71 The chat room leader disappeared before he even showed up

The venue for the party was a three-story villa.

To be honest, Yuya felt that there was a high chance that a murder would happen in the villas in the scientific world, especially the villa that Suzuki Sonoko brought here.

In fact, Youye did remember that a murder had occurred this time, but he just couldn’t remember who the victim was. It seemed like there was more than one?

Suzuki Sonoko raised her hand and knocked on the door: "Hello, is anyone there? I'm here to attend the party."

After a while, someone came to open the door. It was a man in his forties. He spoke slowly, "Welcome. If I'm not mistaken, you are the magician's apprentice, right?"

Suzuki Sonoko's online name is The Magician's Disciple.

She looked confused: "That's right, but why did you know it so quickly?"

The uncle smiled and said, "You can tell from your speech. You are obviously a girl, but you insisted on pretending to be a man and speaking there. Don't you agree?"

The uncle turned around and asked the other people who came to greet him.

One of them was a big sister wearing glasses, her name was Naoko Kuroda, and the other was a young man with slightly darker skin, his name was Toshiya Hamano.

Kuroda Naoko smiled and said, "Yes, every time I chat with you, I laugh secretly on the other side of the screen."

Hamano Toshiya smiled and agreed: "That's right."

Suzuki Sonoko's face turned red. She thought she had fooled everyone, but she didn't expect that they were just cooperating with her. She was immediately embarrassed.

Hamano Toshiya looked back and said, "If we really talk about pretending to be a man, it has to be Miss Tanaka."

There is a mole on the corner of his mouth. He looked at the intellectual Tanaka Kikue who came over and said calmly: "It's okay. If I really want to say it, it's Mr. Hamano. I always thought he was a girl."

Naoko Kuroda blushed and complained: "That's right, I also treated him as a girl and discussed private topics with him in emails."

Hamano Toshiya was embarrassed: "Sorry, sorry, I was also very embarrassed at that time."

After they finished talking, the uncle introduced himself as the owner of the villa, his name was Araki Yoshinori.

There is another person wearing black clothes and with a hairstyle that looks a bit like a mushroom. He is Sukama Kiyohiro who was hired as a part-time worker.

Suzuki Sonoko greeted him, looked at the uncle and asked, "Um, Mr. Katsuki, the red herring, hasn't he arrived yet?"

Araki pointed upwards and said, "It's upstairs."

As she was talking, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs. Kuroda Naoko turned around and saw: "Here he comes down."

Suzuki Sonoko looked towards the stairs expectantly, and saw... a fat man walking down. He was none other than the red herring, Takeki Doi.

Suzuki Sonoko was extremely disappointed and the smile on her face froze.

Yuya and Conan, who were standing at the back, looked at each other. They didn't expect that Sonoko was here to meet an online friend. She was hiding her true intentions.

But judging from her expression, she most likely doesn't have that idea anymore.

Yuya narrowed his eyes secretly. If he remembered correctly, that red herring seemed to be Kaito Kid?

Yuya was obviously not mistaken. Although Red Herring tried his best to pretend to be enthusiastic when greeting Suzuki Sonoko, his body was still a little stiff, but others could not see it.

After all, Suzuki Sonoko was the one who made him lose his reputation twice in a row!

By the way, Kidd must know that his current online dating partner is Suzuki Sonoko, right?

Huang Yi saw a few people behind him and asked in confusion: "Excuse me, who are you..."

Yuya introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, I'm Yuya Kamiya, the younger brother of Suzuki...the magician's disciple, and this is my girlfriend, Mio Amakura." He pointed at Shiho Miyano.

Miyano Shiho couldn't help but glance at Yuya.

Yuya remained calm and smiled.

Miyano Shiho didn't expose him: "Hello, I'm Amakura Mio."

Mao Lilan bowed slightly and said, "Hello, I am..." Youya poked her on the back. Mao Lilan thought of something and her face froze, but she still didn't follow Youya's instructions. "I was invited, Mao Lilan."

Conan also bowed obediently: "I am Edogawa Conan."

Kamiya Yuya? Edogawa Conan? Kid was shocked. Why are these two people here?

Kidd remembered it very clearly. When they were on the cruise ship, this high school detective easily noticed that something was wrong with him and that little brat.

Will there be any accidents today? Especially since the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family has also come along, Kidd is beginning to feel anxious.

Huang Yi looked at the four people, thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome. Although there are more people than expected, the room is barely enough. Come in."

Everyone came to the living room, where there was a long table with a total of 7 chairs.

Huang Yi said, "You guys sit down first, I'll go get two more chairs."

"Sorry for the trouble." Youye said quickly.

Araki smiled and left to get a chair.

Tanaka Kikue looked at the list in her hand and said, "The only two people left who haven't come are the chat room leader, Escape King, and Shadow Master."

Suzuki Sonoko was stunned: "Will Shadow Master come this time too?"

Mao Lilan noticed that her face looked a little strange, and asked in confusion: "Sonoko, what's wrong with you?"

Suzuki Sonoko showed a lingering fear on her face: "Because, every time when chatting, the shadow mage would say something like, I'm going to ascend to heaven, or I can disappear without a trace at any time, such creepy words."

Mao Lilan didn't think it was scary at all, but she still responded: "Is that so..."

Tanaka Kikue frowned and said, "Let's not worry about Shadow Master for now. If the chat room manager doesn't come, it will be a bit troublesome. After all, he is the organizer of the party."

Naoko Kuroda asked: "Does anyone know the phone number of the Escape King?"

The owner of the house, Ara Yoshinori, and the part-time worker, Sukama Kiyohiro, came over carrying chairs.

Araki said, "I know the Escape King's phone number and name. I'll call him and ask."

Then he walked to the phone and dialed the Escape King's number.

Huang Yi was stunned for a moment: "Mr. Xishan... um, it went straight to the voicemail." He hung up the phone helplessly, "Maybe he's on the way. Then let's play by ourselves before he gets here."

He turned around and said, "Please go to your rooms and tidy up first, and then gather in the living room."

Everyone agreed.

Yuya naturally shared a room with Conan, while Miyano Shiho, Mao Li Ran and Suzuki Sonoko squeezed into one room again.

"I'm sorry, it was me who invited you to come over, but I didn't expect the room wasn't big enough for so many people, so you have to squeeze into one room." Suzuki Sonoko apologized guiltily.

Mao Lilan didn't really care. She thought it would be more lively with more people around.

Miyano Shiho smiled and said, "It's okay. Didn't we sleep together last time we went out to play? Besides, I don't know the others, so it's not easy to sleep in the same room with them."

Then he walked to the balcony, looked at the snow outside the window and said, "Look, the scenery here is pretty good."

The two of them came over and admired it together.

After a while, Youya knocked on the door to call them for dinner.

A few people came to the restaurant and found that everyone else had already arrived.

The intellectual sister Tanaka Kikue looked at the time and said in distress: "It's so late, why hasn't the director come yet?"

The homeowner, Araki Yoshi, thought for a moment and said, "I'll make another phone call and check."

However, this time, the call could not be made.

"No way, is the telephone line somewhere broken? That would be a bit troublesome. There is no signal in this place and my cell phone can't be used." Huang Yize scratched his head.

Youye raised his eyebrows. Isn't this a sign of something happening? A villa deep in the mountains, the phone can't be reached, and someone didn't arrive on time.

That escape king is most likely dead.

But he still needed to confirm it, so Yuya thought about it and took out a satellite phone from his arms and handed it to Arara Yoshinori: "Use this."

Huang Yi was stunned: "This is..."

Youye smiled and said, "Satellite phone. Even if there is no signal on the mobile phone, this call can still be connected."

Huang Yi was very surprised: "You actually carry something like this?"

Yuya glanced at Suzuki Sonoko, who looked at him with a puzzled look, and said, "It's better to be prepared. After all, the communication at the villa in the mountains was cut off before, and I climbed the mountain for half a day to find a place where I could make a phone call."

"Oh, I see." Huang Yi nodded and called the Escape King with a satellite phone, but the other party was still on voicemail.

"The call can't be connected." Araki Yoshizawa sighed and returned the satellite phone to Youya.

Okay, no need to guess, the King of Escape is gone, Youya thought to himself.

Araki said helplessly: "If the head of the chat room doesn't show up, then tonight's show will be a headache. The head of the chat room makes the show arrangements."

Tanaka Kikue suggested: "In this case, how about we elect an acting director first?"

Naoko Kuroda said reluctantly: "Let me make it clear in advance that I don't want to be the acting director."

Doi Takeshu suggested: "How about we decide it by rock-paper-scissors?"

Hamano Toshiya suddenly stood up and said, "No, it would be meaningless if we just make a decision casually. Since we are a magic gathering, why don't we use magic to decide?"

Everyone agreed.

You also raised his hand: "I won't participate. After all, I'm not a member of your chat room and I don't know much about your activities and habits."

Miyano Shiho and Mao Li Ran also expressed their intention not to participate.

Hamano Toshiya thought about it and felt that what Yuya said made sense, so he did not object.

He stood up with some paper and a pen, looked at everyone, and then smiled and said to Suzuki Sonoko: "Can you please help me, Miss Sonoko?"

Suzuki Sonoko was stunned for a moment, pointed at herself and asked, "Me?"

Hamano Toshiya smiled and nodded, covered Suzuki Sonoko's eyes with a handkerchief, and then said to Tanaka Kikue, "Could you trouble Miss Tanaka to write everyone's names on a piece of paper?"

Kikue Tanaka nodded, wrote the last names of everyone on the paper, and then, under the instructions of Toshiya Hamano, handed the paper and pen to Sonoko Suzuki.

Hamano Toshiya said, "Ms. Sonoko, please draw a circle, a triangle, and a cross on the paper. The one with the circle will be the acting director for today, the cross will be in charge of the entertainment program, and the one with the triangle will have to trouble him to boil the hot water for tonight."

Suzuki Sonoko nodded, then picked out three cards at random and drew a circle, a triangle and a cross on them respectively.

The paper was spread out on the table.

Hamano Toshiya said mysteriously: "Before you turn over the paper, let me predict the three lucky winners!"