Chapter Three: The Red Invitation (Part One)

Shinichi's POV

"Otou-san! Conan-kun! There's a mail inthe mailbox today!" I heard Ran shouted.

Me and Uncle Kogoro hurriedly go downstairs to see the mails with Ran. Ran pulled all the envelopes from the mailbox and go upstairs. Uncle Kogoro followed Ran. I was about to follow when a red envelope suddenly caught my attention.

Hmm... Probably Ran dropped it. But it's quite unusual to see a colored envelope in the mailbox. Who would it be?

I checked the back to see if there's someone's name written on there that has been mistakenly given to our mailbox. But I was wrong. It read:

Mouri Kogoro's Detective Agency

To: Kudo Shinichi

From: Molla Yo

The Red Invitation

Hmm... So it's an invitation for me. Wait, for me?! My body run cold as I read my name again on the invitation. How come this person knows where I am?

"Conan-kun," I heard Ran called. I looked up and I see Ran peeking out to the doorway. "Come here."

"Hai!" I shouted. As soon as she disappeared from my sight, my eyes go back to the envelope. I stared at the person's name.

Molla... I never knew someone who has a name Molla Yo. If we connect the two names together, it'll form a romanized form of mol-la, which means I don't know if it was translated from Korean.

Significantly, the person who sent this inviation might have hiding its identity. I put the invitation inside my blazer and go upstairs. I go inside the office and many unopened letters scattered on the table.

"Many of these are just a bunch of greetings for you, Dad," Ran said irritatingly as she open every single letter and read it for her Dad. "Oh, it was from Mom," she said as soon as she opened an envelope with a flower stamp on it. She reads:

Dear My Bastard Husband,

To celebrate your own special occasion, I would like to give you a Happy Birthday. Wish you have no bad luck for today because it's your special day.

Ran will always be there for you. I might not say this on personal but I do love you, idiot.

Love,

Your Lawful Wife

"O~kay. Let's see the next one," Ran said as she opened. Like the last time, Ran read it boringly to her father until one envelope was left. It has the double size from all the envelopes. Ran read the back, "Edogawa Conan's Files. From: Kudo Yukiko. Conan-kun, I think this is yours."

Ran lend it to me. I stared at it for a long time.

"How irritated it might be. It is my birthday yet the brat has a gift from his relative," Uncle Kogoro complained.

I didn't even bother to listen to his complain anyways. I looked at Ran and excused myself for a moment.

I ran towards my room and locked it fast before I slumped myself into the bed and open the envelope.

It was a rectangular gray leather box. It was pretty light when you hold it. The look is perfectly brand new, you could even smell the scent of a newly freshed product. I slowly opened it and soon, my body froze as I saw what's inside.

It was the thing that I requested my father to buy. It looks like an ordinary black notebook that you could write on but when you clicked the side of the notebook, it'll automatically be a detector in which you could use for see through the walls.

I closed the box and hid it under my bed. I took the red envelope and opened it up. There's a card. I unfolded it and it says:

WELCOME TO THE RED INVITATION WHERE YOU COULD ENJOY A BLOODY NIGHT WITH US

When: - - - - - - - -

Where:-----------

What Time: 8PM

What to Wear: Bloody Dresses and Suits

P. S. BE SURE TO TAKE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WITH YOU

Be Amazed. Be Victorius.

The Bloody Night will be starting soon as you go through!

I sighed as I tossed the card on the bed. The card doesn't even makes sense. It even lessens the happiness in there. And bloody night? What the hell does it mean by that?

I took the card again and read it again and again. "Bloody night, huh..." I stared at the word 'bloody' all over again until my eyes widened. Three bloody words which means there's three people who will be chosen to die tonight!

I hurriedly got out of my room as I hid the envelope on my blazer. I opened the door and shouted, "RAN NEE-CHAN, I WILL GO TO HAKASE'S HOUSE FOR A MOMENT." And then, I ran as fast as I could towards Hakase's house.

Ran's POV

"RAN NEE-CHAN, I WILL GO TO HAKASE'S HOUSE FOR A MOMENT," I heard Conan-kun shouted. I looked at him. As soon as I will call him, he banged the door closed.

"W-What the--" I ran towards the agency's window. I saw him running fast. "Conan-kun! Come back here!" I shouted at him but he didn't even stop. I sighed as I looked at him disappearing fast in my sight. "Psh. What a jerk."

"That brat never listens," Dad said. I looked at him to see him walking towards the couch while holding a bottle of beer. "He always run on his own pa-- Hey!"

I took the beer out of his hand and put it on to the table with a bang. My hand came to my waist. "Dad, I told you not drink beer anymore."

"But I am just getting started," he complied.

"Exactly!" I exclaimed and leaned into him. I gave him a glare. "Do you wanna die early?"

"N-No," he said weakly.

I moved away and bring back the beer to the refrigerator. "You could have at least one beer, Dad."

"But it is just once a day--"

"Once a month!" I shouted and slammed my hand to the table. "Did you know drinking beer is bad for your health, Dad, hmm?"

"Yes," he sang nervously as he looked at my gaze. "I-I-I won't do it again!"

"Good."

Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door. I looked at it. It opened and my best friend's head peek through.

"Sonoko!" I rushed towards the door and open it wide. I closed the door once she got inside. "What are you doing here?"

"Ahm, er, I wanted to give you this," she said and lend me a red envelope from her bag.

I took it and examine it. I looked at it and I frowned when I saw the name written om the back. "It's not mine. Sera's name is in here."

She nodded. "Yeah."

"Then, why did you give me this invitation?"

"I would like to invite you to the party but me and Makoto-san will come there as partners. I gave you that so you could be partnered with Sera."

"Why do Sera need a partner?"

"It was required. It said, "P. S. BE SURE TO TAKE AT LEAST ONE PERSOM WITH YOU.""

I looked at the envelope again. It says, "The Red Invitation." The envelope was red amd the ink is gold.

I felt some urge to find out what will happen to the party Sonoko is talking about. But there's a little bit of a weird feeling that I'm feeling right now.

Something will not be right into this party.

Conan's POV

"So, someone invited you to a party and sent an invitation to you with your real name on it," she said as she repeats everything I said earlier. "How could someone knows that you are living in the agency?"

"Exactly. That's what I was just going to tell you," I said. I lend the invitation at her. She observed it. "The party was named "The Red Invitation" meaning that there will be going to happen in that certain event."

"How could you be so sure?" she asked as she took the card out of the envelope and unfold it. "It just says here that have fun. What's the matter with that?"

"Technically, there are three words in their that are exactly the same. The word "bloody" which means they're going to plot something on three different people."

"Meaning?"

"Meaning that I have to get there. I have a gut feeling that this isn't going to be a normal party for everyone."

"Who wouldn't have thought that the missing famous high school detective would reappear at the Bloody Night event," she said with sarcasm. She throw the imvitation back to me. "Well, it is really weird someone would have invited you. You, who disappeared two years ago without a trace or so they thought."

"I had a feeling that the Black Organization is behind this."

"Don't get your highs up, Mentantei," she said. "This move is certainly a superb but still a lame one. If the organization wants you, they might plan a better plan than this cheap one. Being able to be stuck in a party with people? Huh, I don't think so." She looked at me. "I supposed you aren't here to discuss this, are you?" I nodded. "What do you need?"

"An extra pill," I answered.

Haibara uncrossed her arms. "Where's the pill that I gave you? You use it first."

"But, Haibara--"

"No! Kudo-kun, that pill is dangerous if you drink it. You might get overdose and could affect your body or worse, cause you death. Just one pill at a time, Kudo-kun. It' s hard to find the right ingredients for the medicine. You should just use what I gave to you last time. "

I sighed. "But, Haibara--"

"I said no! You may be smarter than me but you're an idiot about the side effects of that pill if you get too much of it. I'm the doctor here. You should listen to me. The pill could get you overdose. One pill at a time, Kudo-kun. One pill at a time."

I sighed. "I guess I couldn't insist that you'll give me a pill. I put my hopes to high up."

"So... About the invitation. The card said you should bring at least one person to the party. I supposed you are choosing me as your partner?"

"No," I answered bluntly.

She frowned. "Then, who?"

I grinned. "The Phantom Thief."

"Kaito Kid?!" Haibara groaned. "Why do you even think he would help you? You're rivals!"

I shrugged off my shoulders. "He is a lot of help for me when it comes to this things, and I think it is easier to cope up with him while in danger."

"Tsk. You're totally whipped through the cream. Are you now signing in defeat to him?"

"No. I'm just going to make him help me again," I answered. "Anyways, I come here to give Hakase this." I throw a tiny object on Haibara. She catches it quickly. "I want Agasa Hakase to know what's that. I just found it in the edge of the envelope when I was running."

Haibara put it up to the light. "Hmm... This is like a mini-CCTV," she said and put it down on the ground. Next, she stomped it, making my eyes widened.

"What did you do?"

"Smashed the recording device," she said and crossed her arms. "I have one of that when I'm still walking through the Black Organization. They monitored every move I have through that only one device. A device like that could last an hour to forget all what it heard from the beginning of the conversation. We should get it to the water so that they could have no access to our conversation. "

I nodded and picked up the broken pieces. We got down to the bathroom and flash it on the bathroom bowl.

"Well, for now, you need to getready for the party. You have many hours to shop."

"I guess I have many suits that fits me well in the house. Sure thing my mom is an ex-actress, she would buy stuffs I don't need before."

"Well, I guess you have all, Metantei," she said and smirked. She turned back at me and wave. "Chiao."

I left Agasa Hakase's house and walked to my house as I think what I will wear for the event tonight.