Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

They were busy from 11:30 at night to 2:30 in the morning. After the three people got the results, they gathered in the lounge and held a discussion.

Sawada Hiroki projected the results of the machine appraisal, "The materials of these eight items are very unique. It is difficult to judge how many years they have gone through just by looking at the materials. In terms of manufacturing style, they look like European sixteenth and seventeenth centuries." The items are usually identified as being from the 16th or 17th century, but after scanning and further testing, these eight items should have been manufactured only in the 18th century. Here are the internal scans of the items... "

"If the box and the sword are authentic, then the identification date should be the seventeenth century, but the identification date does not match the authenticity," Chi Feichi said. "The authentic jar was made closer to the eighteenth century, and the date is consistent with the identification, but there is no test in the jar. There are traces of the long-term soaking of the herbs, and the scan details do not match the originals. Therefore, it can be determined that these three items are imitations.”

"The red magic family's drinking corner and the little monkey stone statue were also made in the seventeenth century. The ring was made a little earlier, probably in the mid-sixteenth century," Koizumi Anko looked at the internal scan on the projection and said seriously. , "The identification time of the three items does not match the authenticity, and the internal scan details are also different from the authenticity in many ways. It can also be determined that this item is a counterfeit. In addition, although the other two items are not created by the Red Magic family, according to the classics According to the records, the bells of the Yin family are made of magical materials layer by layer. When scanning the interior, you should see obvious layering, but there is no layering in these scans. There is also the golden snake statue. The authentic ruby ​​snake eye should have been inlaid twice, and there will be traces of two inlays inside, but only one inlay trace can be seen in the scan, so these two items are probably not authentic. "

"The eight items are all imitations," Koshimizu Nanatsuki had already prepared himself mentally. He was no longer surprised when he heard the result, "and they should all have been imitated at the same time in the 18th century."

"The eighteenth century..." Koizumi Anko recalled, "It happened to be the period of the witch hunt that destroyed many families. The Red Magic family and the Montgomery family were all killed in the mid-eighteenth century, right?"

"That's right." Chi Feichi affirmed.

These eight items are still considered antiques now, but there is a difference of one or two hundred years between the actual age and the age indicated by the appearance and style.

If we calculate based on Chinese dynasties, people in the mid-Qing Dynasty probably imitated items from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and then spread them to the present, which is quite interesting.

"In other words, these items have been replaced since the time when Bill Hall's ancestors fled," Koizumi Hongzi laughed, "Son of nature, I seem to understand your mood when you laughed in the car before. The Hall family's The ancestors thought they had brought some magical creations, but what they brought out were a bunch of imitations. Looking at these things, it seems that you can see the ugly behavior of those people who had their own agendas and fought openly and secretly. It is really ridiculous. "

After laughing at it, Koizumi Anko continued with a smile, "Let me talk about the results here. I have explored the magic structures inside eight items. They are indeed holy magic structures, although they are all simple magic circles. , it has been ineffective for at least a hundred years, but I tried to restore those magic arrays. The magic arrays inside the eight items are slightly different, but the effect is the same. Taking the drinking corner of the Red Magic Family as an example, this imitation The magic circle inside cannot be like the real thing, allowing it to store a large amount of alcohol. It can only make it tremble, as if it is malfunctioning. The magic circle inside the other seven items is similar, or it is the magic that makes the item tremble. Arrays, or magic arrays that make objects flash randomly, are all so simple that they can be said to be rudimentary basic magic arrays.”

"But with these magic circles, even if someone finds that these utensils cannot be used, they will think that something is malfunctioning," Koshimizu Nanatsuki poked the bell on the table with his finger, causing the bell to make a not-so-clear sound, " Counterfeiters are very serious and even consider whether they will be discovered. However, the counterfeiter or group does not want to be discovered that they have substituted things. Does this mean that he or they were afraid of other forces at the time, and once someone If you find out that these are fakes, you will be suspicious of him or them, right?”

"It was done by people from the Holy See," Koizumi Anko said with a firm tone. "Even at that time, not everyone could possess magic and master magic. The holy knights cultivated by the Kingdom and the Holy See were a group of people who were close to magic and had extraordinary abilities. People with strong physiques can fight in person and use some holy magic creations, but they cannot truly learn holy magic. People who can learn holy magic and master holy magic have all been absorbed into the Holy See. The secular imperial power should not be able to organize enough. Only the Holy See can imitate these things with holy magicians.”

"Looking at the situation, it seems that the party that understands magic is using these imitations to fool the party that doesn't know much about magic." Koshimizu Nanatsuki said, stroking his chin and analyzing carefully, "In fact, the ancestors of the Hall family can survive in the whirlpool of the struggle. He escaped and was not hunted down. I think he should be the kind of person who has a little but not high status in the holy knight team, such as a squad leader, so that he can come into contact with magical creations without being exposed. He will be stared at by too many pairs of eyes, giving him the opportunity to escape with a lot of things. I have a guess... The Holy See not only imitated these eight items, but also made many imitations, using imitations to replace certain items. The treasures in the big treasury, these imitations may not be rewards or trophies obtained by the ancestor of the Hall family, but they may be secretly taken out of the treasury after he decided to escape. "

"I think so too," Chi Feichi agreed with Nanatsuki Koshizui's conjecture, lit a cigarette, stood up and moved away from the two girls and the outlet of the ventilation system, pulled up a chair and sat down. "The time when the ancestors of the Hall family fled should have been after the magic families were destroyed and the Avengers team organized by Phoebe were defeated. The Holy See and the imperial power had no enemies, and cracks began to appear in their relationship. At that time, the Holy See was still facing A big trouble is that the poison studied by the Avengers caused the members of the Holy See who surrounded the Avengers base to lose their magic power, and they found that the poison was still spreading, causing more people who mastered magic to gradually lose their magic power..."

"That's it!" Koizumi Anko stood up in surprise, "The Holy See discovered that people in the entire world are gradually losing their magic power. They realized that when all humans lose their magic power, no one can create magic creations. In this case, those existing magic creations become very precious, so even if they cheat or subtract, they still have to replace them with genuine ones! "

"Furthermore, the manpower of the Holy See is not as large as that of the secular imperial power. They were on equal footing with the imperial power at first, or even vaguely above the imperial power, relying on magic," Chi Feichi analyzed calmly, "After the people of the Holy See gradually lost their magic power, , their advantage no longer exists, and the balance is broken. This may also be the reason for the conflict between the two parties. The imperial power will feel that the Holy See is no longer qualified to dictate to itself, and if the Holy See wants to win this struggle, in addition to needing to win over people, A better way is to secretly gather those magical creations into your hands. Of course, the Holy See still lost in the end..."

"Ah?" Koizumi Hongzi was surprised and confused, "Did the Holy See lose?"

"Just look at the current situation," Chi Feichi reminded. "If the Holy See wins, there should be many missionaries active in politics now."

"Yeah, that's right," Koizumi Hongzi nodded, sat back again, and frowned, "The Holy See lost and asked those members who influence politics to withdraw from various countries and no longer interfere with the political power..."

"But they have not completely lost this struggle," Koshimizu Nanatsuki said with a serious expression. "They may have relied on some magical creations to prevent the imperial power from exterminating them. Therefore, the Holy See only withdrew from the political circle, but can still preach. , and the two sides should have held peace talks and reached a consensus before the full-scale war, so there are no records of a large number of missionaries being killed in history, and the two sides can coexist peacefully without any conflicts. "

Through analysis and reasoning, the general context of the struggle that began after the end of the witch-hunting era and was unknown to ordinary people was restored bit by bit.

The three of them thought about the whole struggle between the Holy See and the imperial power and fell silent.

Sawada Hiroki didn't speak anymore, and recorded all these analyzes in the files, allowing Ark to correct and improve this secret detail based on the historical stories that could be found.

After a moment of silence, Koizumi Hongzi picked up the cup and took a sip of the cold tea. She smiled sarcastically and said, "It is human nature to fight endlessly."

Koshizui Nanatsuki also picked up a cup and drank tea. Suddenly he remembered something and said, "By the way, the ancestors of the Hall family brought out nine magical artifacts. When his grandfather was in charge of the family, there was a cloak that allowed people to enter. The man in the collection room was in a coma, so his grandfather gave the cloak to the church. The cloak was different from the other eight items. Could it be a real magical creation? "

"That cloak should be authentic," Koizumi Anko stopped laughing and looked at the bells and jars placed on the table. "The magic circles in these eight items are very low-level. It is impossible for them to last ten years without being damaged. , during the time when Bill Hall's grandfather was in charge, these magic circles had long been ineffective and damaged, and it was impossible for these things to release magic power, so the cloak that could still affect people was most likely genuine, and it suddenly released magic power. The reason may be that the internal magic circle is malfunctioning, but the cloak has been given to the church by Bill Hall's grandfather, and I am afraid it has been sent to the Holy See headquarters. "