Wednesday, December 14, 2011 ?
The tales of Tale 6: Detectives Arrived! (Part 1)
--- Intro ---
“Why not we do this Tuan?” a voice echoed across the room.
“Hmm, great idea Hong! Let’s invite all of them!” Tuan agreed.
“Are the three of us invited too?” another voice came about.
“Zen! Qin! Marc! Of course the 3 of you are invited too!” Hong shouted.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” Qin claimed.
“What’s wrong with this Qin?” Hong questioned.
“Nothing, but, I just have a bad feeling about this.” Qin whispered.
--- Story ---
The sun was shining brightly into Looze’s bedroom. It was already 8 am and Looze had not waked up yet. The school holidays had started and Looze decided to sleep in late. But yet, he doesn’t know that when he was sleeping, someone had placed a letter at the footsteps in front of the house door.
“Ding… Dong!” the doorbell rang.
“Its only 8 am. Who would be so early especially during the holidays?” Looze complained.
Just as Looze opened the door, he noticed the white envelope placed right below him. He picked it up and read the content of the letter that is inside.
Dear Looze,
We are inviting you to a dinner at my house.
It would be at the Rose Mansion in Towns City this coming Sunday.
We would be please if you were to come.
-Hong
P.S. Many other detectives are coming too.
“Other detectives are coming too. This sounds fun, I’m definitely going.” Looze smiled.
That Sunday, everyone gathered outside the Rose Mansion. About six other detectives were present. They were, Gregson Tame from London, Amy Jules from New York, Ada Hertz from Germany, and Raul Costa from Italy. The two other were kind of shocking. Steven Luster, also a high school detective from Gallant City. Masaki Souno, a detective from Japan.
“What a coincidence to see you here Looze.” Souno greeted.
“You are a detective too?” Looze jumped.
“That’s right! Sorry I didn’t helped you out that time. I wanted to look at you deductive skills.” Souno laughed.
At that moment, the doors of the mansion swung opened. Behind the doors, there stood five men ready to greet them.
“It seems like all of you are here! Gregson Tame, Amy Jules, Ada Hertz, Raul Costa, Steven Luster, Looze Tale and Masaki Souno I welcome all of you. My name is Hong, next to me are Tuan and Qin. Next to Tuan will be Marc and next to Qin is Zen.” Hong welcomed everyone.
“Now, will all of you please come in and settle down at the dining table. The food had all been placed neatly on the table.” Hong instructed.
Everyone went into the mansion, looking forward to the dinner that the five hosts had prepared. They settle down in a rectangular dining table of twelve.
The detectives sat at one side and the hosts at the other, Ada had to sit with the host as there were no seats available on the other side.
“Alright everyone, let’s start digging!” Tuan shouted.
Everyone ate with joy while they started sharing about their adventures in solving crime. The five hosts were not detectives, but they were fans of mystery novels and crime stories, especially the novels on Sherlock Holmes.
Just as everyone had finished their meals, Gregson, Souno and Raul went outside to take a smoke. Ada and Amy helped out Hong and Tuan in the kitchen to wash the dishes. Looze, Steven, Qin, Zen and Marc were chatting in the living room.
“I’m a little tired. I shall go take a rest in the room upstairs.” Zen commented.
“Me too, I shall go with you.” Qin suggested.
Soon they took off to their rooms. Gregson, Souno and Raul came back into the mansion and settle down with those in the living room. Soon after, those in the kitchen came out too.
“Hey, anyone want to play some cards?” Hong asked.
“Sure! We have nothing to do anyway.” Looze consented.
“Alright, give me a moment, I shall go to my room and take the cards.” Hong walked off.
“Should we call Zen and Qin out to play too?” Amy wondered.
“Why not? Let me come along with you.” Ada smiled.
Both Ada and Amy went up to the second floor and knocked on Zen’s room. But no matter how hard they knock, nobody answered. Just then, Hong walked out of his room.
“What’s wrong?” Hong questioned.
“Zen doesn’t seem to be answering the door.” Ada replied.
“Zen! Zen! Are you in there?” Hong shouted while knocking.
Just at the moment, Qin came out from his room.
“What’s with the noise?” Qin asked.
“Zen isn’t answering the door. He doesn’t usually do that.” Hong answered.
“Can it be that he is sleeping too soundly?” Qin advised.
Just then, everyone from the living room came to the second floor due to the fuss.
“What’s wrong?” Looze wondered.
“Zen isn’t answering the door.” Qin replied.
“That’s weird. Zen doesn’t do that.” Tuan commented.
“Could it be that something happened? Is there a master key?” Souno asked.
“Yes there is. I shall go get it.” Hong ran off.
“I can’t find it anywhere!” Hong shouted as they ran back.
“No choice, we have to break down the door.” Raul advised.
Raul, Gregson and Souno stood in front of the door. At the count of 3, the door broke down. But, that revealed a shocking scene in front of everyone’s eye. The body of Zen was at the foot of his bed on the floor. Covered with blood and a knife right in his chest, Zen was murdered.
Looze and Steven rushed towards the body. Gregson took out his phone. Raul put on his gloves. Souno brought the 4 hosts back to the living room. Ada and Amy stayed outside. The detectives were ready to work.
... to be continued.
Blogged @ 3:45 PM