Chapter 4
"Tell me about ninja!"
"What the bloody hell----" cursed Richard. His face was pale from the shock.
"Its mum! She came back to revenge!" cried Richard's sister, Anne. She was 3 years older than Richard and have lovely green eyes and brown hair, But now those eyes were filled with fear.
"Get me a ladder." Said Hakuba to the servants, they heard the scream and rush towards the scene.
"I am going to check this out, if that is OK with you, Richard?" asked Hakuba, looking at the painting above him.
Richard nodded. "Some sick joke, it must be."
"Why dont you just take the whole painting down?" asked Kaito, fascinated by the red blood.
"We might destroy any evident if we do take down the painting," said Heiji. "I think it is just some simple trick-----"
"Tricks eh?" grinned Kaito. "I am good at that, let me see-----"
"Hey! Get your hands off the painting!" shouted Hakuba. "Dont touch anything!"
"Why not? It is not yours! Dont boss me around!" answered Kaito. Then they started to fight again.
"There is nothing behind the painting----" Said Kudou, examine the painting when Kaito and Hakuba were too busy arguing and didn't noticed the ladder was already here.
"There are bits of the blood, scattered around the painting though----------"
"I thought there might be a tube or some sort, but there isnt--- are those real blood?" asked Heiji, he then carefully touched the red liquid on the girls face and bring it close to his nose, examine the texture "Fake blood." He announced.
"There is nothing on the wall either." Said Hakuba, already wearing his gloves and carefully touches the wall. He noticed Richard's face.
Richard is scared, there was no doubt about that.
"Hakuba--- this-this had happen before." Said Richard.
"This whole place is cursed!" cried Anne, still looking horrified, a servant was holding her arm, so she could stands up.
"It has?!" asked Hakuba. "On this exact painting? when? Tell me!"
"I wasn't home when it happened! It happened on my mothers other painting. The servant cleaned it up and it didn't happen again until today------"
"Look, there must be a logical explanation to this, dont believe in this cursed rubbish, ok? Someone put the fake blood there, and we will find out how."
"Guys----- there is no holes on the eye of the painting." said Shinichi. He then look at Kaito. "So, Kaito, can you tell us how this trick is done in such a short space of time?"
Kaito thinks for a while, staring at the portrait, which was now cleaned and the girls green eyes could be seen again. He shrugged. "I am not sure, but I got an idea." Kaito then grinned at each detective. "I will let you guys to figure it out."
He looked thoughtfully at Anne, and let out a strange smile, no-one saw it but Anne herself.
"Look---- can we just leave it?" asked Richard. "I-I dont want to be in this place anymore."
"But you live here." Said Heiji.
Hakuba just gave him an half-moon eyes for his remark.
"Lets attend to our dinner." Said Anne, who was now a lot calmer but still pale.
"I must apologies for my appalling behaviour, gentlemen. I was horrified and I am deeply embarrassed about the situation I put you into," She nodded at the boys and took a deep breath
"It would be an honor if you can join us, and I shall apologies formally. Please, follow me."
Richard grinned at his sister, then he saw the puzzled looks on the boys faces.
"Stacey is into talking *like* a Lady, so bear with her."
"Oh, and I thought there was something wrong with my ears" said Kaito sarcastically.
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At the dinner table, the boys met all Richard's family.
There was Richard's two brothers and two sisters. The oldest was William, 22 years old. Anne, 21 years old. Tracey, 20 years old, then Henry, 19 years old.
Sir Norferks two elder sisters were Alice, who married to John. Then Louise, who married to Mike.
The boys sat down on the chairs and was trying hard to cram all those English names into their brains.
After some friendly smiling competition, the dinner arrived.
Then they started to eat the dinner, which, was all going very well till the servant bought a plate of cod on to the table.
"Em--- Sorry, but I don't eat fish---" said Kaito, eyes turned into big circles.
"Why is that, may I ask?" asked Tracey, "You dont like it?" She smiled sweetly at Kaito.
"No I don't" said Kaito, then he noticed Hakuba was about to say something, quickly, he kicked Hakuba's legs under the table. Hakuba then glared at Kaito angrily.
"Tell me about Japan." Said William, "I have always wanted to visit the place, their culture are truly fascinating." He was one handsome guy with mature smile on his face.
"Well--- what would you like to know about?" asked Shinichi, he really wanted to discuss about Sir Norferk, but no-one on the table seems to be keen on the idea of even mentioning their father.
"Tell me about Ninja!" said Henry excitedly, "Can they fly? Become invisible?"
Of course, black lines appeared on people's head who were Japanese.
"Dont be silly, Henry!" giggled Tracey "It is not nice to bug the visitors with strange question like this!"
"Here, Hakuba! More beef?" asked aunt Louise, while putting more food into boys plate before they could say no. She certainly doesn't act like a member of a royal family.
Kudou looked around the table and decided to talk to Alice and John.
"So it must be hard work to keep the hotel in such a good condition?"
John nodded and smiled "But we do our work and things are going smoothly. If you like, I can show you around the garden!" .Alice just looked at Shinichi blankly. Her face was cold and moody.
"Not friendly." Thought Shinichi.
"So-how long do you intend to stay here?" asked Tracey, she was just as pretty as her mother in the portrait, Kaito blushed when she smiled at him.
"Well-until those boys sort out what they want and help Richard sort out what is going on in this weird place." Kaito replied
Everyone went quiet, Kaito could hear the "Doh!" voice inside his brain.
"Well, any help Hakuba and his friends can provide are welcome by us" Said William kindly.
"Yes, William is right, let us know if we can assist you in anyway." Added Anne.
"MORE MEAT!" shouted uncle Mike suddenly to the servant, he was one chubby man who always have food in his mouth.
"Mike! Behave! We have guests here with us!" said aunt Louise, gently slapped her husbands arm.
"Oh !I beg your pardon! Please forgive me rudeness." grinned uncle Mike to the boys, with food stuck between his teeth which the boys really didn't need to see. Hakuba noticed Richard was shaking his head embarrassingly.
"More beef please?" asked Heiji, he looked hopefully at aunt Louise "They are so nice! there are nothing like this in Japan"
Aunt Louise laughed her giggling laugh and hugged Heiji. "Oh! I do like this young man here!"
Heiji just choked in surprise and watched everyone laughed at the table.
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The dinner was finished quickly and the boys stomach were bulging, they returned to their rooms, but Shinichi and Heiji seems to be very frustrated.
"They wont tell us nothing!" shouted Heiji. "How are we suppose to investigate the case when none of them wants to talk! By the way, dinner was nice."
"Well---" sighed Shinichi. "We will just have to investigate the whole thing on our own. I like William, he seems to be in control and reasonable. The whole family are interesting."
Then he paused and look around "Where is Richard-------------and Hakuba?"
Kaito answered the question. "I saw them walking towards the beach, I think Richard wants to tell Hakuba something."
"What are we waiting for then?" asked Heiji "Lets go and catch up!" then he ran ahead with Kudou and Kaito following behind him.
"Why do I get a feeling that you lot are very nosy?" asked Kaito to Heiji.
"That is what you need to be a detective!" laughed Kudou. "But it is usually called curiosity!"
To Be Continue-----------------------------------
"Tell me about ninja!"
"What the bloody hell----" cursed Richard. His face was pale from the shock.
"Its mum! She came back to revenge!" cried Richard's sister, Anne. She was 3 years older than Richard and have lovely green eyes and brown hair, But now those eyes were filled with fear.
"Get me a ladder." Said Hakuba to the servants, they heard the scream and rush towards the scene.
"I am going to check this out, if that is OK with you, Richard?" asked Hakuba, looking at the painting above him.
Richard nodded. "Some sick joke, it must be."
"Why dont you just take the whole painting down?" asked Kaito, fascinated by the red blood.
"We might destroy any evident if we do take down the painting," said Heiji. "I think it is just some simple trick-----"
"Tricks eh?" grinned Kaito. "I am good at that, let me see-----"
"Hey! Get your hands off the painting!" shouted Hakuba. "Dont touch anything!"
"Why not? It is not yours! Dont boss me around!" answered Kaito. Then they started to fight again.
"There is nothing behind the painting----" Said Kudou, examine the painting when Kaito and Hakuba were too busy arguing and didn't noticed the ladder was already here.
"There are bits of the blood, scattered around the painting though----------"
"I thought there might be a tube or some sort, but there isnt--- are those real blood?" asked Heiji, he then carefully touched the red liquid on the girls face and bring it close to his nose, examine the texture "Fake blood." He announced.
"There is nothing on the wall either." Said Hakuba, already wearing his gloves and carefully touches the wall. He noticed Richard's face.
Richard is scared, there was no doubt about that.
"Hakuba--- this-this had happen before." Said Richard.
"This whole place is cursed!" cried Anne, still looking horrified, a servant was holding her arm, so she could stands up.
"It has?!" asked Hakuba. "On this exact painting? when? Tell me!"
"I wasn't home when it happened! It happened on my mothers other painting. The servant cleaned it up and it didn't happen again until today------"
"Look, there must be a logical explanation to this, dont believe in this cursed rubbish, ok? Someone put the fake blood there, and we will find out how."
"Guys----- there is no holes on the eye of the painting." said Shinichi. He then look at Kaito. "So, Kaito, can you tell us how this trick is done in such a short space of time?"
Kaito thinks for a while, staring at the portrait, which was now cleaned and the girls green eyes could be seen again. He shrugged. "I am not sure, but I got an idea." Kaito then grinned at each detective. "I will let you guys to figure it out."
He looked thoughtfully at Anne, and let out a strange smile, no-one saw it but Anne herself.
"Look---- can we just leave it?" asked Richard. "I-I dont want to be in this place anymore."
"But you live here." Said Heiji.
Hakuba just gave him an half-moon eyes for his remark.
"Lets attend to our dinner." Said Anne, who was now a lot calmer but still pale.
"I must apologies for my appalling behaviour, gentlemen. I was horrified and I am deeply embarrassed about the situation I put you into," She nodded at the boys and took a deep breath
"It would be an honor if you can join us, and I shall apologies formally. Please, follow me."
Richard grinned at his sister, then he saw the puzzled looks on the boys faces.
"Stacey is into talking *like* a Lady, so bear with her."
"Oh, and I thought there was something wrong with my ears" said Kaito sarcastically.
*******************************************************
At the dinner table, the boys met all Richard's family.
There was Richard's two brothers and two sisters. The oldest was William, 22 years old. Anne, 21 years old. Tracey, 20 years old, then Henry, 19 years old.
Sir Norferks two elder sisters were Alice, who married to John. Then Louise, who married to Mike.
The boys sat down on the chairs and was trying hard to cram all those English names into their brains.
After some friendly smiling competition, the dinner arrived.
Then they started to eat the dinner, which, was all going very well till the servant bought a plate of cod on to the table.
"Em--- Sorry, but I don't eat fish---" said Kaito, eyes turned into big circles.
"Why is that, may I ask?" asked Tracey, "You dont like it?" She smiled sweetly at Kaito.
"No I don't" said Kaito, then he noticed Hakuba was about to say something, quickly, he kicked Hakuba's legs under the table. Hakuba then glared at Kaito angrily.
"Tell me about Japan." Said William, "I have always wanted to visit the place, their culture are truly fascinating." He was one handsome guy with mature smile on his face.
"Well--- what would you like to know about?" asked Shinichi, he really wanted to discuss about Sir Norferk, but no-one on the table seems to be keen on the idea of even mentioning their father.
"Tell me about Ninja!" said Henry excitedly, "Can they fly? Become invisible?"
Of course, black lines appeared on people's head who were Japanese.
"Dont be silly, Henry!" giggled Tracey "It is not nice to bug the visitors with strange question like this!"
"Here, Hakuba! More beef?" asked aunt Louise, while putting more food into boys plate before they could say no. She certainly doesn't act like a member of a royal family.
Kudou looked around the table and decided to talk to Alice and John.
"So it must be hard work to keep the hotel in such a good condition?"
John nodded and smiled "But we do our work and things are going smoothly. If you like, I can show you around the garden!" .Alice just looked at Shinichi blankly. Her face was cold and moody.
"Not friendly." Thought Shinichi.
"So-how long do you intend to stay here?" asked Tracey, she was just as pretty as her mother in the portrait, Kaito blushed when she smiled at him.
"Well-until those boys sort out what they want and help Richard sort out what is going on in this weird place." Kaito replied
Everyone went quiet, Kaito could hear the "Doh!" voice inside his brain.
"Well, any help Hakuba and his friends can provide are welcome by us" Said William kindly.
"Yes, William is right, let us know if we can assist you in anyway." Added Anne.
"MORE MEAT!" shouted uncle Mike suddenly to the servant, he was one chubby man who always have food in his mouth.
"Mike! Behave! We have guests here with us!" said aunt Louise, gently slapped her husbands arm.
"Oh !I beg your pardon! Please forgive me rudeness." grinned uncle Mike to the boys, with food stuck between his teeth which the boys really didn't need to see. Hakuba noticed Richard was shaking his head embarrassingly.
"More beef please?" asked Heiji, he looked hopefully at aunt Louise "They are so nice! there are nothing like this in Japan"
Aunt Louise laughed her giggling laugh and hugged Heiji. "Oh! I do like this young man here!"
Heiji just choked in surprise and watched everyone laughed at the table.
***********************************************************
The dinner was finished quickly and the boys stomach were bulging, they returned to their rooms, but Shinichi and Heiji seems to be very frustrated.
"They wont tell us nothing!" shouted Heiji. "How are we suppose to investigate the case when none of them wants to talk! By the way, dinner was nice."
"Well---" sighed Shinichi. "We will just have to investigate the whole thing on our own. I like William, he seems to be in control and reasonable. The whole family are interesting."
Then he paused and look around "Where is Richard-------------and Hakuba?"
Kaito answered the question. "I saw them walking towards the beach, I think Richard wants to tell Hakuba something."
"What are we waiting for then?" asked Heiji "Lets go and catch up!" then he ran ahead with Kudou and Kaito following behind him.
"Why do I get a feeling that you lot are very nosy?" asked Kaito to Heiji.
"That is what you need to be a detective!" laughed Kudou. "But it is usually called curiosity!"
To Be Continue-----------------------------------