Chapter 241 The beginning of the full moon, hot spring invitation ticket and horror party invitation
After school, Mao Lilan went to buy some ingredients as usual.
"Conan said he wanted to eat curry rice today... OK, we've bought everything!" Ran Mouri checked the shopping bag and nodded with satisfaction.
When it comes to housekeeping, Mao Lilan is still commendable. She takes good care of both the old and the young, and at least she has the attributes of a good wife.
"Dear guest," the cashier said to Mao Lilan with a smile, "Today we have a lucky draw in our store. As long as the customer spends a certain amount of money, they will have a chance to win the lucky draw. Your amount has reached the requirement. Do you want to participate?"
Mao Lilan was about to raise her foot and immediately stopped, and asked in surprise: "There is still a lucky draw?"
"Yes." The cashier nodded with a smile and pointed to a turntable next to it with a handle for drawing prizes. "The special prize is a two-day hot spring trip for two people!"
"Hot springs." Mao Lilan said with a longing look on her face, "I really want to go there."
Come to think of it, I've always had good luck in lotteries. Mao Lilan wiped her hands confidently, grasped the handle and started turning it.
The cashier smiled slightly and pressed something at the bottom of the box with his right hand inconspicuously.
"Kara!"
A yellow ball fell out.
"Congratulations to this customer!" The cashier took out a firework tube from somewhere, opened it with a bang, and small pieces of colored paper fell down.
"Huh?" Mao Lilan hadn't come to her senses yet and was staring at the cashier blankly.
"Beep beep!" The cashier picked up the small trumpet next to him and blew it a few times, then pointed to the notice board next to him and said with a smile, "Guest, you have won the special prize, a two-day trip to the hot springs!"
"Eh? Hey? Is this true?" Mao Lilan covered her mouth in surprise, very happy and surprised. I just thought about it casually, and it turned out to be true? Could it be that I am really the lucky guy that Yuya said?
Everyone around was so envious.
The cashier handed over two coupons with a smile on his face: "This is a gift ticket, valid until the end of this weekend, please use it as soon as possible!"
"Okay, thank you~"
After receiving the invitation ticket, Mao Lilan finally believed that she had really won the prize and left in a daze.
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Ran Mao Li returned home and told her father and Conan that she had won the grand prize.
"A two-day trip to a hot spring?" Conan's eyes widened. Is there such a good thing? Xiaolan's luck is too good. How come he has never won such a big prize?
"Yes!" Mao Lilan waved the invitation ticket in her hand with a proud expression, "It's the Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma Prefecture! And it's the highest-level invitation ticket. It's an independent hot spring, and you don't have to squeeze into the same pool with other people!"
"Is it true?" Maori Kogoro's eyes widened. "Isn't that the famous one?"
"Yes, yes!" Mao Lilan looked longing, but soon felt a little disappointed, "But there are only two invitation tickets!" There are three people in the family, so no matter how the arrangements are made, one person has to stay behind to look after the house.
Maori Kogoro curled his lips and said, "Forget it, you take this little brat with you."
Conan looked at Kogoro Mouri in surprise. When did the uncle become so kind?
Noticing Conan's look, Maori Kogoro became unhappy: "Why, you don't want to go? Then you stay at home, Xiaolan and I will go."
"I want to go!" Conan shouted immediately, hot springs! Let's go to a hot spring with Xiaolan! And it's a hot spring with a separate pool!
"Then Conan, come with me. The day after tomorrow is Saturday, so the time is perfect." Mao Lilan happily put away the invitation ticket, "I'll go cook~"
Having won the grand prize, Mao Lilan was in a good mood. She hummed an unknown song while cooking.
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The next day
Yuya got up, opened the mailbox as usual, and sorted out the things inside.
Apart from the bills, most of them are postcards sent by my parents who have been traveling for a long time, and some letters from my father's students.
Suddenly, a letter with "Kamiya Yuya-san" written on it caught his eye.
"Sent to me? Was it a commission?"
Occasionally, some people would hear of Youye's fame and send him a letter of commission, so Youye opened it and read it without thinking too much.
Inside was an invitation and a piece of letter paper.
Youya glanced at the invitation letter and frowned immediately. He opened the letter and started reading.
"Dear Detective Yuya Kamiya
On the night of the full moon this month, please allow me to invite you to participate in this terrifying banquet. It will be a bloody party on the boat.
Of course, whether you are present or not, the poor dying lamb will curse his fate, and the sinner will get drunk before he dies..."
This is? !
Yuya's pupils shrank slightly, and he turned the envelope over. Only then did he see the word "VERMOUTH" written in English under the seal of the envelope.
"Vermouth..." You couldn't help but narrow his eyes. Are you finally unable to hold back and are ready to take action?
At the same time, Kogoro Mouri also received an identical letter, but the only difference from Yuya was that the beginning of the letter was addressed to the incompetent detective Kogoro Mouri.
This made Kogoro Mori furious. He felt that someone was challenging him, so he decided to attend the party without hesitation to teach that person a lesson.
Conan didn't pay much attention to the invitation at first, but when he saw the signature VERMOUTH on the back of the envelope, he immediately realized that this was not a simple reasoning party.
He hurried home and searched the mailbox for a while. As he expected, Kudo Shinichi received the same invitation letter.
What made him sweat even more was that the name Kudo Shinichi was clearly written on the envelope and the invitation letter, but the letter paper with the content was written as "Mr. Edogawa Conan."
Conan came to Kamiya's house with a gloomy face and pressed the doorbell.
Yuya came out and saw Conan's expression, raised an eyebrow: "It seems that you have seen the invitation letter?"
Conan suddenly raised his head and looked at Yuya: "Did you receive it too?"
Yuya nodded: "Come in and talk."
"What do you think?" Yuya poured Conan a glass of water, sat on the sofa, patted the invitation letter on the table and asked.
Conan frowned and spread out his invitation and letter paper for Youya to see: "Look."
Yuya glanced at it and said, "Oh? The invitation and the envelope say Kudo Shinichi, but the letterhead says Edogawa Conan. It seems that this VERMOUTH has completely seen through your identity."
Conan nodded and said in a deep voice: "The most important thing is this VERMOUTH. Like gin and vodka, it is also the name of a certain kind of wine."
Yuya nodded and continued: "It is a wine produced in Italy. VERMOUTH is its English pronunciation. If we use Neon language..."
Conan spoke in a low voice, word by word: "Vermouth!"
"Yes, Vermouth, the one Shiho once mentioned, a very mysterious member of the organization who is proficient in disguise and voice changing."
Conan pinched his chin: "But what I can't understand is, since this Vermouth already knows my identity, why would she invite me to a party in this way? Not only me, but you, and the uncle are also invited."
"What party did she invite three detectives to? What was her purpose?"
"Why not just come and kill us?"
Yuya spread his hands: "Isn't it obvious? Vermouth's real target is not you, me, or Uncle Kogoro. He, or she, is targeting someone else."
Conan's expression changed slightly, and he asked hurriedly: "Who?"
"Hey, who is that?" Youye raised his head and turned to look in a certain direction.