Conan: Another Famous Detective

Castle foyer.

"Look, that's the portrait of the great master." Tabata pointed at the carefully framed portrait hanging on the wall.

"Oh! Anyone who looks at it will think that he and Mr. Guiren are biological grandparents!" Dr. Ali sighed as he looked at the photo.

The portrait shows a man whose face is roughly similar to that of Mamiya Takato, but he looks older.

"Yes, many people say that compared to my father, my grandfather and I look more alike." Mamiya Takato also said.

"Eh? What are the portraits on these two sides..." Dr. A Li asked.

"That's Mr. and Mrs. Masaaki." Tabata continued to introduce.

"Mr. Zhenzhao was brought in. He has great respect for the old man who is also a historian."

"Even my wife is often jealous and feels unfair for Mr. Zhenzhao!"

"She often says that dad is just an intellectual who talks nonsense, right?"

An old and hoarse voice suddenly sounded, and an old woman with a wrinkled face and glasses but still squinted her eyes pushed her wheelchair to a few people.

When Tabata saw the old woman, he immediately jumped up in fright: "Big...big lady!"

The old woman ignored Tabata's reaction and said to herself: "Actually, the child's father often hears about this matter, but he is not angry at all, but is very happy!"

"I'm... I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have reminded the eldest lady of these past events!" Tabata said with a look of panic.

"Don't be so nervous..." The old woman's chapped lips wriggled slightly, revealing a somewhat ugly smile:

"I have long been used to living without him..."

The old woman raised her head slightly, her expression seemed to be somewhat thoughtful: "It's just like the pattern of banknotes and the change in the size of the passport. Although it was a little uncomfortable at first, it didn't feel weird anymore."

"Time is really a terrible thing. Whether it is joy, anger, sadness, or joy, it will all disappear with time..."

She looked at Yu Gongming and his group: "Oh, by the way, these are..."

"Ah! These two young men are friends of the noble young master. In addition, this old gentleman and these children are guests of Master Aman, and this old gentleman is also a scientist!"

"Oh? Scientist?" The old woman's expression moved slightly and her eyes opened slightly:

"That's great. Then we have to ask you to help solve it and see what mysteries he has buried in this castle."

"Uh, a mystery?" Dr. Ali was stunned.

Tabata explained: "The great master once said that whoever can solve the mystery of this castle, he will give his most precious treasure to him."

"Oh! By the way, will my daughter be back soon?" the old woman suddenly asked.

"Huh? This..." Tabata's expression froze.

"Didn't she promise to come back to celebrate my birthday?" the old woman continued.

"But Madam..." Tabata wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by the old woman.

As she pushed the wheelchair away, her voice came faintly: "When she comes back, let her come to my room. Oh, you will see my daughter soon..."

The old woman's voice gradually faded away along with the creaking sound of the wheelchair.

Tabata sighed: "Since the last fire, she has become like this."

"After all, she lost her daughter and must have been hit hard." The doctor also sighed.

Tabata nodded: "Yes, and since the eldest lady injured her foot ten years ago, she has been trapped in this castle without leaving. She has been exposed to fewer and fewer things, and her memory is getting worse and worse."

"Huh? Has the eldest lady not left the castle in ten years?" Conan suddenly asked.

"Yes, even if the wheelchair is broken, other people will go out to help her repair it or replace it with a new one." Tabata replied.

Conan's eyes flickered, thinking deeply.

He raised his head and looked at Tabata: "Uncle Tabata, which room can see the chess set in the entire yard?"

"Eh? Chess in the entire yard?" Tabata was stunned, then pointed in the direction of the stairs and said, "Come with me."

………………

In a room on the third floor of the castle facing the front yard.

"Wow! That's great! These chess pieces are arranged so beautifully!" Ayumi looked at the chessboard and chess pieces below with bright eyes.

"Hey! Let me have a look! I can't see anything!" Yuanta also squeezed towards the window as hard as he could.

"Genta, please don't squeeze me!" Ayumi glared dissatisfied at Genta, who was about to press on her back.

I didn't notice anything when I was in the front yard, but when I got to a high place and looked down at the entire chessboard, I realized that the chess pieces were arranged in several patterns, which looked both spectacular and interesting.

"Hey! You can see it from this room too!" Mitsuhiko's voice came from the next room.

"Eh? Really? I want to go take a look!" Yuantai immediately ran to the next room with excitement on his face.

Compared to the excitement of the three little ones, Conan was very serious about observing the arrangement of the chess pieces below and writing and drawing seriously in his notebook.

He left the window, leaned against the side wall of the room, stared intently at the traced chessboard pattern, and muttered: "Does the arrangement of these chess pieces hide some information?"

"Why, has the great detective entered puzzle-solving mode again?" Haiyuan came to Conan's side at some point and looked at the chessboard on his notebook with interest.

Conan glanced at Xiao Ai and said calmly: "I think you are quite bored. Do you want to help me see what the mystery of this chessboard is?"

Xiao Ai crossed his arms and said calmly: "Isn't there another famous detective in the castle? Wouldn't it be better for you to discuss it with him? I'm not interested in wasting my brain thinking about this kind of thing."

Conan was stunned when he heard this, and then raised his eyebrows: "By the way, I still don't know why Yumiya is here. Is he also here to investigate this mystery?"

"No, my business has little to do with this mystery."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Gongming and Meng Yu walked into the room.

"Oh? Then what is your purpose here?" Conan asked.

"Hey! What are you doing!?" Ayumi suddenly exclaimed from the window.

"What's wrong?" Yu Gongming looked at Ayumi.

"Genta is about to fall!" Ayumi said anxiously.

"What?" Several people's expressions changed and they quickly ran to the next room.

As soon as he rushed into the room, he saw Mitsuhiko struggling to hold one of Genta's hands, and most of Genta's body was already hanging out of the window!

Seeing this, Yu Gongming quickly ran to the window sill, grabbed Genta's other hand, and with a slight force, lifted Genta up and put him back in the room.

"Phew! I was scared to death just now!" Yuan Taichang breathed a sigh of relief.

"I told you not to get so close, are you being punished now?" Guangyan said sarcastically.

"Really, can't it make people worry less?" Conan leaned against the wall and took a breath, looking at Genta with some dissatisfaction.

But the next moment, he glanced ahead and suddenly frowned.