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"In addition to Mr. Ranpo and the girl, they also invited Mori Kogoro, Edogawa Conan, Sera Masumi, Hattori Heiji, and Hakuba Tan."

In the dimly lit meeting room, the files of several people were projected on the big screen.

"According to the news from the Ability Secret Service Division, this activity was initiated by Pal's strategist Edward. The purpose should be to collect information about these famous detectives for the next step of the plan."

Kunikida pushed his glasses with a serious expression.

"Oh, Kunikida-kun~" Dazai, who rarely attended the meeting, lay lazily on the table, his body limp like a puddle of ooze, "Maybe he wants to take advantage of this meeting to catch everyone?"

All the people present had a meal.

"Catch those who pass their test, and kill those who fail?"

"Yeah, Dun-kun is very smart~"

Kunikida nodded, "It's not impossible..."

"However, if you want to restrict everyone's actions, it seems a bit difficult, right?"

"And the targets of pals are scattered in various regions, which is not conducive to our protection actions..."

"The most important thing is..." Yingzi looked down at the email sent to her by Shang Xiaolan, and slightly raised it to show it in front of everyone, "Mr. Maori and the others have happily gone."

"It seems that we have to fight."

"Hey idiot Sakurako, ask Tanizaki to come with us."

"OK, all right."

Tanizaki, who was named to accompany him, was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

The address on the invitation letter is a certain mountain villa in Hiroshima. This mountain is far away in the suburbs, backed by the Seto Inland Sea, and the location is remote. It is an excellent...

place of crime.

"And it happened to be on the weekend..."

"Because most of these invited people are still students?"

After briefly understanding the situation around the villa, Sakurako and Tanizaki were ready to set off.

Many detectives who have not been invited are still in danger, and the detective agency has no more energy and people to help them.

But with Mr. Ranpo here, there shouldn't be a big problem.

Due to the impromptu meeting held before departure, it was already afternoon when Sakurako and Tanizaki arrived at the villa, and all the invitees except them had already arrived.

The moment Sakurako and Tanizaki walked into the hall, the heavy door was suddenly shut tightly with a 'bang'. No matter how Tanizaki pulled it, the door didn't shake a bit.

"It seems that we are locked in the villa..."

Tanizaki had no choice but to scratch his head, and walked towards the interior of the villa with Sakurako.

The loud noise from the door obviously attracted everyone's attention, and the detectives who had been in each room came out one after another.

"Huh? Kasuga-san, you are indeed invited!"

Xiao Lanyi, who was standing in the corridor on the second floor, swung her down at the railing, and Yingzi looked to the right in the direction of Xiao Lan.

Mori Kogoro, Edogawa Conan, Sera Masumi, Hattori Heiji, Hakuba Tan.

It is consistent with the list provided by the Ability Secret Service Section.

The extra individuals are Ran, Tanizaki who are traveling with the detectives, and a strange girl beside Hattori Heiji.

"You..." Yingzi paused, "Do you know what this invitation letter is about?"

Xiaolan walked down from the second floor first, followed by Shiliang and Conan.

"This invitation letter suddenly appeared in the mailbox, but... the strange thing is that there is no sender's information on it."

"Then what was written in the invitation letter?"

"I only wrote the time and address. It said that there was a very important case that my father and Conan needed to solve. Later, when we got here, we found out that Sera's classmate Heiji was also invited."

Very important case?

Is it an excuse?

"It's their test."

Yingzi looked down at Luanbu in her arms.

It seems that what Dazai said was not wrong.

In addition to killing them all, they did intend to get rid of those detectives who did not deserve their names.

With that ridiculous excuse.

"Huh? Miss Kasuga? We meet again."

It's the White Horse Detective.

"Mr. White Horse."

The invited people came out of the room one after another and gathered in the hall. When the last Mori Kogoro also came down, the doors of the rooms on the second floor were suddenly locked with a 'click'.

Games start.

Four big bright red characters suddenly popped up on the big screen on the wall of the hall, and then, the short and fat robot slowly rolled in front of everyone from the corner.

"Good afternoon, detectives."

It was Edward's voice.

"Welcome everyone to this 'Detective Game'."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Mori Kogoro approached the droid strangely, and turned his body to look at the screen on the dummy's face.

But nothing can be seen on the screen except two points of light that act as eyes.

"I've heard about the reputation of everyone outside of the country, and I am deeply impressed, especially you..." Edward's voice paused, "Mr. Edogawa Ranpo."

Ranbu squinted his eyes, and then, as if he suddenly noticed something, his eyes scanned the hall.

Tanizaki took a slightly wrong step and stood between the robot and Sakurako.

Mori Kogoro looked around strangely, "There is no such thing as Edogawa Ranpo here, who are you? Don't hide behind the screen sneakily! Since you are going to make a commission, at least stand up and meet us." face?"

"Sorry, I have more important things to do, and next..."

"It's the first level of the game."

The robot turned around in a circle, "As you can see, the gate of the villa and the doors of all the rooms have been locked, and there are different cases in each room. While reasoning about the cases, you also need to find The key to the next room that was hidden."

"And the key to the gate of the villa is in the last room."

"Of course, the doors to your bedrooms, kitchens and bathrooms are always open for you."

"what……"

"Then why don't we just look for the key? Why waste that time solving the case?!"

Edward smiled softly, "Of course, I will monitor everyone's actions at any time, if someone doesn't cooperate..."

'boom--'

The vase in the corner shattered.

"Then..." Xiaolan approached Shiliang nervously, "Can we break the window and go out?"

Sera shook his head with a serious face, "I've already checked, the windows in the villa are all set facing north, if you jump..."

"It will fall from a [-]-meter cliff and fall into the sea."

Conan pushed his glasses, and took up Sera's words.

Heiji lowered his head and looked at Conan, "Then we can only do what that person said."

"Of course." Edward continued, "In order to increase the taste and competitiveness of the game, every night... I will choose the person with the worst performance..."

"Come what?"

"...to carry out some activities."

Tanizaki took a step forward with a slightly angry expression, "You mean killing, right?"

"Hahahahahaha...As expected of the Armed Detective Agency."

Everyone present looked cold.

"You and that Matsuyama from last time are together, right?"

Detective Baima stuffed his hands into his pockets and stared at the robot calmly.

"That kind of failed guy is not worthy of being with me."

"I only like smart people."

"However... if everyone's performance is very satisfactory to me, this additional item can naturally be cancelled."

"After all... I respect everyone very much."

"Respect? How can you respect this? It's obviously forced and imprisoned!"

"Hey! He Ye..."

"How you understand it has nothing to do with me. I just need to achieve my goal."

"You bastard...!"

"Everyone's meals for the day will be delivered by the robot on time, and the kitchen has enough water, fresh fruits, ingredients, and..." The robot slightly turned in the direction of Yingzi, and its eyes seemed to be looking at the girl in her arms. Luanpo, "Snacks and crude snacks."

"For special people, we always give preferential treatment."

The screen on the robot's face flickered suddenly, and then a few bright red words popped up in sync with the big screen on the wall.

first round.

Another robot of the same type slid into the crowd from the corner, with a white card on its tray.

Mori Kogoro reached for the card, but it was pure white with no content.

"Stupid Sakura, go to the kitchen."

"Ah, okay."

"This is the first hint of the first level."

"Every half hour, I'll give you a new hint to help you find the key to the first room."

"As the first level, the difficulty is naturally easier. There is no case for everyone to solve in this level."

"Take that metal mixing cup."

"Ok."

"Everyone can deduce the location of the key through these clues, or... search for it in the hall by yourself."

"The first level is limited to two hours, and there are four clues in total. Everyone needs to..."

'Boom--'

Before Edward finished speaking, he was interrupted by a crisp impact. Everyone heard the sound and saw that the sound came from the center of the hall.

Yingzi obeyed Ranbu's command, and threw the metal cup towards the gorgeous lighting in the hall. With the blessing of supernatural powers, the metal cup easily flew towards the nearly six-meter-high crystal lamp.

Yingzi grasped the strength very well, the cup just brushed against the most central pillar, but the whole crystal chandelier was still shaken back and forth by the sudden external force, and the drooping crystal pendant collided back and forth to make a crisp sound.

Under the illumination of the light, the silver object flashed an inconceivable light, Sakurako ran over in a hurry, lifted the metal cup and twisted her wrist again.

'Ding--'

With a crisp sound, something fell into the cup accurately.

Everyone looked over, and it was a silver key.

Edward: ...

Ranpo: Are you teaching me how to do things?