Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

"In short, this sect is dangerous, and their witchcraft is quite troublesome even for magicians to deal with."

"If we run into each other in the future, it's better to keep your distance..."

After some preparation, Koizumi Akako finally filled a huge crucible with all sorts of indescribable materials.

As a drop of snow water from the Snow Woman was carefully dripped into the cauldron, Koizumi Akako began chanting her chuunibyou-like incantation.

"The Demonic Path of the Underworld, the King of the Dark Feast!"

"In accordance with the Crimson Covenant—"

"Lend me your power!"

"Lend me your power!"

Click!

A golden bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky.

"Finish……"

Koizumi Akako gave a wicked smile, then picked up the small bottle she had been holding in her hand and scooped up the dark green solution floating in the middle of the crucible.

The following day, Lin Xiaofeng handed over the potion made by Koizumi Akako to Okino Yoko.

"This……"

Looking at the green solution in the bottle, Yoko Okino looked troubled.

"Don't be afraid, Yoko, this is a miracle cure that can save you."

"I see."

Yoko Okino drank the medicine in front of Lin Xiaofeng.

After drinking the sub-zero potion, Okino Yojiko's spirit and energy underwent a complete transformation; she turned from a seemingly unlucky person into a goddess of fortune.

This reminded Lin Xiaofeng of a movie called "Constantine".

At the end of the movie, the protagonist Constantine is about to die from lung cancer caused by long-term smoking, but God decides to make an exception and let him go to heaven after death.

As the protagonist was floating upwards, he was forcibly pulled back by Satan simply because he made an international friendly gesture to the demon Satan.

Satan emptied all the carcinogens from his lungs, curing his terminal illness.

The two curses within Yoko Okino are similar to the relationship between God and Satan, both wanting to arrange a person's fate at the time of death, so that they can't die.

Yoko Okino was deeply moved and thanked him repeatedly, saying she would repay him with her body.

"Yoko, unless you truly fall in love with me, I will not accept your offer of yourself."

"Lin Xiaofeng, you are truly a gentleman!"

……

The day after Wednesday is Sunday, which makes perfect sense.

Lin Xiaofeng drove Koizumi Akako to the banquet. Since it was a banquet, Koizumi Akako was dressed quite glamorously, wearing a crimson dress with a black belt, a halter neck, and black stockings on her pencil legs.

"But it's winter outside, Miss..."

Koizumi Akako confidently tossed her flowing long hair. "I am the sole heir to the Red Magic, how could I possibly be afraid of winter?"

“Oh ho ho ho ho—”

Koizumi Akako's signature smile rang out inside the car.

But in reality, Koizumi Akako had several hand warmers stuck under her black stockings.

Driving on the winding, snow-covered mountain road, Lin Xiaofeng remained adept, driving the car steadily and smoothly.

"Your driving skills are pretty good. You can drive so steadily in this kind of road condition?"

Lin Xiaofeng smiled slightly, offering no explanation.

After all, he was an experienced driver with a level 4 driving proficiency, and he had driven this route before, so he was already familiar with the road conditions.

Just as Lin Xiaofeng made a smooth, sharp turn, he suddenly saw a car stopped in the middle of the road less than ten meters from the turn.

"Watch out! 1.4"

Koizumi Akako gasped and screamed.

Lin Xiaofeng remained calm under pressure, sharply turning the steering wheel with both hands and performing an emergency drift, managing to steer the car sideways just before it was about to crash into the car in front.

Although the situation was critical, thankfully it ended without serious harm.

But Lin Xiaobaquan Hongwuzi, who was in the passenger seat, was in a really bad situation. She didn't wear a seatbelt because she didn't want the seatbelt to wrinkle her skirt.

During the emergency drift, Koizumi Akako's head slammed against the car window due to centrifugal force, making a dull thud.

Koizumi Akako adjusted her hair, angrily pushed open the car door, and was about to issue a "friendly" question to the car in front.

The owner of the car in front was also very embarrassed and walked over from the front of the car to apologize.

"I'm so sorry, we... eh?"

"Eh?"

Koizumi Akako remembers these two lovable duo: "The clumsy old man Kogoro Mouri and the mischievous kid Conan Edogawa."

Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa were both speechless!

I have to say, what a coincidence!

507. Another curse!

After learning a little about the situation, it turned out that Kogoro Mouri was also one of the important guests invited to Suho Akako's banquet, and he brought Conan with him.

The car stopped halfway not because it broke down.

After all, Kogoro Mouri had spent a lot of money to rent a Toyota Crown so that he could attend the banquet in a presentable manner and on time.

Next, Lin Xiaofeng and Koizumi Akako learned why Kogoro Mouri had parked the car.

It turned out that a tree stump was blocking the way in the middle of the road, and Kogoro Mori was trying to find a way to move the tree stump.

Furthermore, a threatening letter was nailed to the tree stump.

Conan took the threatening letter from Kogoro Mouri and handed it to Lin Xiaofeng to examine.

[Never assist Su Fang Hongzi's charity gala, or you'll regret it—The Cursed Masked Messenger (Part 1)].

Mask = fake mask.

This immediately piqued the interest of Lin Xiaofeng and Koizumi Akako.

“The words on the paper were cut out and pieced together from newspapers. The word ‘curse’ is not commonly seen in newspapers, especially this red ‘curse’ character.”

"This means that this person had been eyeing this charity gala for at least ten days."

"And this person might even be a guest at tonight's party..."

The first inference is that Lin Xiaofeng recently made a collection of clippings of the cases he had handled, and this discovery came by chance.

The bright red character "curse" was a word from the headline of the news report about the Spider House 17 case in Tottori Prefecture. Lin Xiaofeng remembered it vividly because it was highlighted in red.

The second deduction was based on Lin Xiaofeng's judgment of Conan's existence.

Conan: What an amazing memory...

"Tch... I already knew that."

Somewhat dissatisfied that he hadn't been able to deduce any useful information from the threatening letter, Kogoro Mouri snatched it back from Lin Xiaofeng's hand and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Everyone..." Koizumi Akako, standing next to the tree stump, reminded them with a serious expression, "Let's try to move this tree stump that's blocking the way first."

……

Regarding how to move the tree stump, three methods were proposed.

One suggestion was to use the car to pry the tree stump open, but neither Kogoro Mouri nor Xiaofeng Lin wanted to scratch the front bumper, so Conan's proposal was rejected on the spot.

The second method is to burn the tree stump, a suggestion made by Koizumi Akako. If this method is to be used, Koizumi Akako has a quick way to start a fire (magic).

However, the idea of ​​waiting for the tree stumps to burn completely, which would take a long time, and that they could only leave after the fire was extinguished, was also rejected.

So Lin Xiaofeng came up with one last solution: everyone should work together to carry the tree stump away.

Lin Xiaofeng calculated that there were four people on his side, so moving a tree stump shouldn't be a problem.

However, Koizumi Akako immediately said that her clothes were inconvenient and that if they had to be lifted up, she couldn't help them.

"It's alright, I'll do my part for Koizumi-san." Lin Xiaofeng said with a relaxed expression.

Kogoro Mouri glanced at Conan, knowing Conan was of no use: "In the end, it's just you and me."

And so, Kogoro Mouri and Xiaofeng Lin took their positions, both standing at one end of the tree stump.

Although it is said that the tree stump should be lifted away, in practice it should be pushed away.

Suddenly, the tree stump was pushed by the two men, and as if lubricated, it was pushed to the side of the road in one go.

"awesome!"

Seeing Conan cheering enthusiastically, Koizumi Akako smiled knowingly.

……

After overcoming numerous difficulties, the two cars finally drove into the courtyard of the villa they were heading to.

Since Lin Xiaofeng already knew the plot, he wasn't surprised by the house itself, but the Mori father and daughter were quite surprised.

"There's really no other way..."

"This mansion is magnificent."

Don't rush, it'll turn into a haunted house soon... Lin Xiaofeng thought to himself.

At that moment, the sharp-eyed Conan spotted a man on the east side of the villa, who was taking pictures of the villa with a camera.

"That person... isn't that photographer Masaki Katagiri?" Conan murmured.

Ran Mouri followed the gaze and recognized the man's identity. "Yes, it's that photographer who has traveled all over the world for many years, capturing the beautiful scenery of various countries."

At that moment, two more cars sped up from the road outside the mansion.

The man who got out of the black private car in front had dark skin. Lin Xiaofeng glanced at the information above his head; his name was Matsudaira Mamoru, a professional baseball player.

Matsudaira got out of the car and his eyes immediately scanned Lin Xiaofeng and Kogoro Mouri, quickly figuring out their identities.

"Hey? Aren't you two famous detective uncles?"

"Hello……"

Although Lin Xiaofeng didn't recognize this person, judging from the information above his head, it would be better to say hello.

Kogoro Mori was even more enthusiastic, exclaiming, "It's home run king Matsudaira!"

Masaki Katagiri, who was just taking photos, came over to greet us, "Are you all invited to be guests at next week's charity gala?"

Kogoro Mouri and Mamoru Matsudaira: "Exactly."

At that moment, the taxi behind also dropped off one person and drove off.

The woman who stepped out of the car was a slender, aloof beauty with a delicate face and a perfectly placed beauty mark under her eye.

Lin Xiaofeng had met this person before; he had seen her on television doing a tarot card program with a metaphysical element.

"She's beautiful!"

Upon seeing a beautiful woman of marriageable age, Kogoro Mouri was even more excited than when he had just seen the ace baseball player, clenching his little fists in front of his chest like a pervert.

Ran Mouri was also somewhat surprised, "That's Haruka Nagara..."

"She's that tarot card reader who's so popular in magazines and on TV!" Matsudaira Mamoru exclaimed happily upon meeting his idol. "Actually, every time I'm about to go on stage, I choose different gloves based on her reading and my lucky color for the day..."

Conan, with his crescent-shaped eyes, thought to himself: So that's how you got your home runs...

"right here……"

Nagayo walked over leisurely, gazing at the symmetrically designed villa in front of him, muttering to himself.

Ran Mouri, who is somewhat superstitious, quickly asked, "Is there something wrong here?"

"This house gives me a very ominous feeling..."

As he spoke, Nagara Haruka pulled a tarot card depicting a collapsing tower from his pocket and said calmly, "I sense that a great disaster is about to occur here..."