Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 440: The Bride of Halloween (Part 2)

[Puppeteer: What the hell is this?]

[Madam Red: This is outrageous. Amuro Toru would never agree to such a request.]

[Embarkantist: You can give it a try. I asked Miss Violetta for needlework lessons.]

[Cowboy: Huh? Are you serious?]

"I'm sorry, but this proposal is a bit too far-fetched for me." Amuro Toru reluctantly helped Kazami Yuya to his feet. "Since you have no other options, I'll go back first."

Amuro Toru left through the rain.

A few days later, at Dr. Agasa's house, Genta complained about the wedding rehearsal a few days ago: "Really, I thought I could finally have a wedding banquet."

Several other people were gathering together to make Halloween costumes. Ayumi and Mitsuhiko also suggested that Conan and Haibara should wear Halloween costumes and play together.

Ayumi was mending her own clothes while discussing with a few people: "What do you think Alice will wear?"

"If you ask me, it should be a witch's outfit. It's normal for girls to wear such an outfit." Mitsuhiko said in a pretentious manner.

Conan, with his eyes half-mooned, thought to himself: No, Alice was wearing the costume of "Eurydice" before.

At this moment, there was a loud noise outside the room. When they opened the door, they saw that a big hole had appeared in the yard of Dr. Agasa's house, and even the wall was damaged.

Yuan Tai, who ran out, almost slipped into the pit: "Doctor, what are you doing?"

"Isn't this Conan's belt that shoots footballs?"

"Ah, I want to make some modifications. I thought it was almost done, but now it seems that there are still many places that need to be adjusted." Dr. Agasa climbed out of the pit.

"Conan, what are you doing?" The little girl walked in from the broken courtyard wall, holding a small pumpkin-shaped basket in her hand.

"Ah, it's Alice." Ayumi was also very happy to see the little girl coming to visit. "Ah, who is the grandmother behind?"

"This is Grandma Valentina. My father has been in poor health recently, so he asked some friends to help take care of me." The little girl introduced the grocer to everyone.

"Hello, children, would you like some candy?" The grocer took out a handful of exquisite candies from his basket.

"Great!" The three little ones immediately cheered and surrounded them.

Conan was no longer so wary of Oritis's people. He still believed that the reporters would control all the members of the manor, but he was still curious about the grocer as usual.

In addition to the candies, the grocer's basket seemed to contain some strange stones and toys. He walked forward, tiptoed to look at the part of the grocer's basket covered by the red cloth, and could vaguely see a small Russian nesting doll inside.

"Do you like this?" The grocer looked like a kind mother-in-law. Seeing that Conan was curious about her toy, she took it out.

Just as Conan was about to take the Russian doll to see if there was any hidden secret inside, he saw the little girl shaking her head slightly behind the grocer, so he quickly changed his words: "Ah, sorry, grandma, I prefer toys like footballs."

"Oh, really? It seems that toys also need to keep up with the times. I'd better ask Miss Anne in a few days what kind of toys children like nowadays." The grocer did not show any embarrassment, but calmly took back the nesting doll toy.

While the grocer was playing with the three little ones, Conan got together with the little girl.

"Alice, does that toy have any dangerous abilities?"

"No, it's just an ordinary toy. I stopped you because I was worried you would break it in your attempt to find out what it was." The little girl pulled Conan closer to her. "Grandma Valentina's full name is Valentina Yaga Vasilyeva."

"He's from Eastern Europe, no wonder he's so tall."

"Mother Valentina's family members all left her due to various accidents, so she has always longed to rebuild her own family. As a 'grocer', she believes that everything can be put on that small scale. She once used those toys to make 'equivalent exchanges' with orphans abandoned by their parents."

"What do you mean?" Conan was a little worried that the grocer was also a person who looked kind but was dark inside.

"She wants to rebuild her family, and orphans also hope to have a home, so she hands out a toy, and the child who receives it becomes her 'family'. However, Granny Valentina never hurts children, but bad children who destroy toys will be punished." The little girl puffed up her cheeks, like an angry little bun.

Conan showed half-moon eyes: "I know, I won't move."

"Okay, kids, even though the candy is delicious, don't eat too much." The grocer took back his shopping basket.

"Although candy is delicious, I really want to eat eel rice now." Yuantai rubbed his stomach which was almost bursting with hunger.

"I know who can treat us to a meal now." Conan looked at Genta with a smile.

Sure enough, the one Conan mentioned who would treat the children to a meal was Maori Kogoro. He said impatiently: "Why should I treat these little ghosts to a meal? And who is this old lady?"

"This is Grandma Valentina. Uncle Maori, I heard you let Genta and the others go to the wedding without telling them it was a rehearsal, and ended up wasting their time." The little girl stood next to the grocer. "Genta's been complaining for a long time. Why don't you treat him to some eel rice to comfort his wounded heart?"

"I think his stomach is injured, not his heart." Conan smiled crescent-shaped after hearing what the little girl said.

Under Xiaolan's persuasion, Kogoro Mouri more or less agreed to treat them to a meal. When they were on the way, a Russian man passed by them carrying a broken tablet, and a piece of paper fell from his body.

When Huiyuan saw this, she picked up the paper and returned it to him, but she didn't expect that not long after the man took the paper, the tablet in his hand exploded.

Pink-purple flames shot up into the sky. Haibara was caught off guard and was thrown into the middle of the road by the force of the explosion. A large truck was hurtling towards them. In that critical moment, Maori Kogoro stepped forward and protected Haibara. Although the truck eventually stopped, Maori Kogoro was still seriously injured.

Conan ran over and asked anxiously: "Habara, are you okay?"

"Call an ambulance!" The little girl reminded the three little ones who were still in a state of shock. Mitsuhiko was the first to react and took out his cell phone to make a call.

At this time, the piece of paper with flames slowly fell on the flower bed in front of Xiaolan, and the green belt immediately caught fire. Xiaolan used the backpack she was carrying to pat the flames and try to put out the fire.

Since this place is at the entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department, many police officers who heard the noise ran out to check the situation. However, the fire at the center of the previous explosion was so severe that several police officers could not get close.

Fortunately, the fire investigator arrived at the scene in time: "Kids, get out of the way!"

The fire investigator packed a lot of fire-fighting props in his backpack, and through flexible use of his props, he quickly brought the fire under control.