Did I fall off the horse with Touzi today?

At dinner, the atmosphere at the table was anything but harmonious.

Probably frightened by Mr. Samukawa's crazy appearance, and muttering about the Aragami in his heart, Mori Kogoro was obviously not in a good mood when he entered the restaurant.

But because the red wine served by Yushaoshenzi is very delicious, and Mr. Hanchuan is smiling and persuading him to drink at the other end of the long table.Mori Kogoro, adhering to the principle of drinking today and getting drunk today, put all the matter of Rageshin behind him, chatted with the well-informed Mr. Samukawa, and drank to his heart's content.

Compared with Mori Kogoro, who used red wine to numb his brain, the three of them were not in a good mood.

Toru Amuro and Conan are both atheists. They don't believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, but they are curious about Mr. Samukawa's sentence "The wild god is here" and the extremely certain attitude when he said this sentence.

While Mr. Suzukawa and Mori Kogoro were drinking, they took on the role of detectives, keeping an eye on every move of the other people at the table.

No matter how delicious this French meal is, the two of them are tasteless.

As for Mao Lilan, who is clearly a karate master, but has always been afraid of monster legends, and firmly believes that "monsters cannot be defeated by karate"...

Although she was not as addicted to alcohol or detectives as the other three, but because she was afraid of the legend of the wild god and Mr. Hanchuan's crazy appearance, she ate the dinner with trepidation at the beginning.

Fortunately, Mr. Hanchuan never mentioned the matter of Rage God again, and Mao Lilan still had a very happy meal afterwards.

——if it wasn't necessary to constantly remind father not to drink too much.

On the other hand, the five Shane who didn't go to Mr. Hanchuan's study just now seemed to be completely unaware that Toru Amuro and Conan hadn't looked away from them since they entered the restaurant, enjoying this delicious meal contentedly. cooking.

They either joined the conversation between Mr. Suzukawa and Mori Kogoro—such as Reji Munakata and Bailan; There was no movement that was too eye-catching.

But the three of Xia Nai didn't make any more noise, which doesn't mean they have no sense of existence at all.

In fact, there is another person who has been watching every move of the three of them.

There is Chuya Nakahara between Toru Amuro and Shane. Although he intends to observe the overall situation, his attention is still drawn to the conversation between the three of them from time to time.

"It would be even better if there were crabs, Nana, don't you think?"

"...How many crabs have you eaten a while ago? Are you really not poisoned by crabs?"

"Crab poisoning! What kind of interesting death is this?! Hey Nana, please tell me how to achieve this happy DEADENDING!"

"Nai Nai, just leave this guy alone and let him make trouble. Anyway, even if this guy doesn't die from crab poisoning, he will have gout sooner or later."

"Even if you want gout, you should gout first. The red wine you bought almost filled the wine cellar at Nana's house."

"I won't get gout if I drink that little red wine!"

"That's because Chuya, you drink too little, and you'll get drunk after just one small cup."

"What did you say, mackerel bastard!"

"In the middle of the story, even if you want to go to a bar to experience the fun of adults, you will be stopped by people as a junior high school student."

Toru Amuro:  …

It's just elementary school students arguing.

Toru Amuro sneaked a glance at his girlfriend who had purposely chosen to sit between Nakahara Nakaya and Osamu Dazai when he was entering the table just now.But he saw that although the two on her left and right were arguing in the air, Xia Nai always had a conniving smile on her lips.

Obviously already used to such a scene, and feel happy and relieved.

Seeing that Nakaya was so annoyed by Dazai that he was about to stand up and start a fight, and the attention of the others was also attracted by the quarrel between the two, Xia Nai put down the knife and fork in his hand unhurriedly, Wiping her mouth with a handkerchief, she spoke slowly.

"Calm down, both of you. We haven't seen each other for so long. We are finally reunited today. You are actually very happy in your heart. Why do you need to express your joy in such a way?"

"Who is happy!"

"I'm not happy!"

Osamu Nakahara Dazai's refutation sounded at the same time, and he also successfully attracted the attention of others.

"Sorry, these two of our family have disturbed everyone by worrying."

With these words, Xia Nai successfully stopped the previous quarrel between Chuya and Dazai, and she no longer responded to them, but showed an embarrassed smile at the others, and attached an intriguing sentence.

Mao Lilan wanted to ask about the relationship between Xia Nai and these two people, but Jianzhong also started a new round of bickering with Dazai, so he could only swallow all his questions back to his stomach.

The atmosphere of this dinner was cold at the beginning, but it was quite lively at the end.

Mr. Hanchuan left the meeting early on the pretext of being unwell. The others looked at the time and decided to go to the lounge next to them to chat, play billiards, and connect with each other.

...By the way, look for information.

Amuro Toru and Mori Ran helped the half-drunk Mori Kogoro to the single sofa to sober up, while Munakata Reiji and Bai Ran met for a snooker game.

Mao Lilan and Amuro Toru, one who wanted to take care of his father and an excuse that he couldn't play billiards, sat on the edge of the sofa with Conan, who was not as tall as the billiard table, and chatted with the three of Shane.

Shana, Chuya, and Dazai still sat in a row according to the seats at the dinner just now, and Shana sacrificed his life to separate the two who would quarrel at any time.

Osamu Dazai took out a hardcover book out of nowhere when he entered the room, and read it with gusto; while Xia Nai and Zhongya were each holding a cup of black tea sent by Yushaoshenzi just now, discussing softly whether to put it away or not. lemon.

"I wanted to ask just now."

Seeing that the atmosphere of these three people was not as difficult to blend in as when they were at the dinner table just now, Mao Lilan, who didn't know what to talk to them, boldly asked what he cared most about.

"Miss Shana and Mr. Dazai...are they a couple?"

"Puff—cough cough cough cough—"

Xia Nai, who had just decided not to put lemons, never thought that Mao Lilan would ask such a question, and was suddenly choked, and Zhong Yuanzhong, who was sitting next to her, quickly put down the black tea in his hand, and frantically cheered for Xia Nai.

It was Dazai Osamu who was still reading just now, he put down the book in his hand a little bit, and looked at Mao Lilan with interested eyes.

"So Miss Maori thinks so?"

Seeing the reactions of these three people, Mao Lilan realized that she might have said something wrong, she murmured yes, and whispered the reason why she felt so, "When I met Miss Shane before... I heard her clarify But she and Mr. Nakaya are not in a relationship."

Looking at Xia Nai's way of getting along with the two of them, and how she just talked about "outsiders" and "our family", Mao Lilan felt as if she had discovered the truth.

"But it's a pity that Nana refused to leave with me at the beginning."

Osamu Dazai glanced at Toru Amuro, who had been listening to their conversation, and spoke in a strange tone that few people could understand. His tone and expression seemed extremely regrettable.

Toru Amuro remembered that Mori Ogai had mentioned before that he took away Osamu Dazai and Shana's reluctance to leave.

Xia Nai put down the tea in her hand, and took the words in a neutral manner, "Isn't it good now?"

Mao Lilan suddenly figured out that Osamu Dazai planned to study abroad, and invited Shana to leave with him, but Shana refused to leave his hometown.The two are clearly interested in each other, but they were wasted for several years because of different ideas. When Osamu Dazai returned to his hometown, he found that Shane was already with someone else.

It's truly embarrassing and embarrassing.

Conan felt that the atmosphere of these three people was far from being as innocent as they were secretly in love with each other. He glanced at the hardcover book in Osamu Dazai's hand, only to find that the cover of Osamu Dazai's book was written in fancy English.

And the English literal translation is——

"The Strange Disappearance Case of Blizzard Villa"

Conan:  …

This, this is really appropriate.

At this time, Mao Lilan and Amuro Toru seemed to have noticed the book in Osamu Dazai's hand. Mao Lilan couldn't understand what was written in the fancy English, but Amuro Toru pretended not to understand it, and moved away with a smile. topic.

"Mr. Dazai, what book are you reading?"

Osamu Dazai casually raised his right hand holding the book, and showed the cover to everyone, "It's a fantasy detective novel I just got a few days ago."

Fantasy... detective novels?

Conan, who thought it was an ordinary detective novel just now, suddenly laughed a few times. He really couldn't think of the relationship between the two themes of fantasy and detective, but Mao Lilan seemed to be interested.

Rather, she also wanted to change the embarrassing and melancholy topic just now as soon as possible.

She still didn't see what was written on the cover, so she asked ignorantly, "Then... what does this novel say?"

"It is said that in a snowstorm, ten people were invited to a rich man's manor, among them were the Mafia, the police, martial artists, high-level trading companies, and detectives. "

Osamu Dazai looked quite gloomy when he suppressed his smile, and his deliberately relaxed tone made the atmosphere in their area suddenly cold and gloomy.

"Most of them don't know each other, but they got involved in a case more than ten years ago."

This kind of Blizzard Villa model of detective novels has long been worn out. Conan, who has read all the detective novels in his father's collection, looks a little disdainful, and even almost rolled his eyes.

On the contrary, Toru Amuro, who knew the identities of most of the people present, looked at Osamu Dazai with much deeper eyes.

"This, this is somewhat similar to our current situation..."

Mao Lilan glanced out of the window and quickly looked away. The window without lighting looked dark and gloomy. With the light in the chess and card room, she could vaguely see that it was still snowing heavily outside the house.

Judging from the howling wind, the blizzard outside seemed to be bigger than when they came.

Knowing that Mao Lilan didn't want to hear this, Conan immediately raised his head, and showed a sweet smile at Mao Lilan who scared him, "Sister Lan, don't worry, we don't have mafia here either."

Having said that, he glanced at Toru Amuro again, implying that this three-faced gangster could barely be counted as one-third of the mafia.

And one-third of the mafias are staring at Osamu Dazai, knowing that this person's "blood" is more authentic.

"This, this is true," Mao Lilan swallowed, nodded and said yes, "and we only have nine guests here."

Seeing that they finished comforting each other, Osamu Dazai continued, "The owner of the manor returned to the room after dinner, and the guests chatted and entertained in the living room, and then returned to their rooms."

"It was a quiet night, as if nothing happened, and everyone in the villa fell into a deep sleep with the whimpering wind outside the house."

Conan secretly said that this mode is really bad, and something must happen next, and since the author used the Blizzard Villa mode, it must be related to the disappearing footprints on the snow.

Mao Lilan, who doesn't read much detective novels and only heard a lot of Sherlock Holmes from her childhood sweetheart, swallowed again, "Then, what happened after that?"

What does this have to do with fantasy?

"The next morning everyone woke up from their sleep, only to find that the corridors that were originally exquisitely decorated and gorgeous had many traces that did not exist overnight, some of which were scratched by sharp knives, and some of which were like bullet marks. , but more of a…”

Mao Lilan almost stopped breathing, "More, more...?"

"It's like the traces of something slowly wriggling all over the corridor."

Osamu Dazai's eyes were dark, his tone was gloomy, and he described the gloomy and strange scene in an extremely detailed manner.

"The air exudes the dampness and stench of sea water, and muddy mucus drips continuously from the wet|wet ceiling. Everyone stepped on the carpet that seemed to be soaked by waves, and came all the way to the master's room... but they saw that the room was empty. There was no one there, only the severed limbs of one hand and one foot twisted across the ground."

Mao Lilan shivered, and Conan, who had no interest in this vulgar and low-level detective novel, finally couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

No wonder Osamu Dazai said that this is a fantasy detective novel. In his opinion, this is simply inferior horror novel.

It's really boring.

Mao Lilan, who was ready to hear the plot of the detective novel, was really frightened. Xia Nai squinted at Osamu Dazai who purposely stated the story in this tone, and got a bright and innocent smile from the other party.

"This black tea is cold, let me make another cup for everyone."

Xia Nai put the cup in his hand back on the tray, "It happened that I brought soothing scented tea, and it's getting late, everyone, go to bed after drinking, don't worry about what this guy says."

Osamu Dazai blinked innocently, Mao Lilan, who was trembling with fear from Osamu Dazai's story, wanted to come forward to help, but Xia Nai declined with a smile.

Xia Nai put the black tea that was hardly drunk in front of everyone into the tray one by one, and was holding the tray to leave, but suddenly felt a light in her hand, and saw someone took her from her hand quite skillfully Tray in hand.

Xia Nai looked along the pair of dark-skinned hands, just in time to meet her boyfriend's baby face with an innocent smile.

"Let me go with Miss Shane."