Conan's other self

Finding Edogawa Conan seems to be a hassle.

Not only is this guy's detective badge charging at the Doctor's house, but so is his cell phone. But even if he brings his mobile phone, there is a high probability that it will either lose signal or power out and shut down when something happens.

Tracking glasses are not very useful on this stretch of road.

After a flat road at the entrance, there is a long and deep staircase. So even if Conan's signal is near them, it doesn't mean that Conan is near them.

Thinking like this, Fengyuan carefully stood on the edge of the steps with the light of Haiyuan Ai's watch——

"Conan!"

Maplehara shouted loudly.

They were only delayed for two or three minutes.

And in this unknown environment, Conan is just one person and can't go far at all.

Conan really didn't get very far.

He was knocked upside down when he came in, and after a while he began to explore downwards. He almost fell down in fright when he heard faint shouts.

After steadying himself, Conan replied angrily.

"What did he say?" Hui Yuarai asked curiously.

Conan's voice was weak and she couldn't hear it clearly.

"He said he would wait for us in front, so he probably planned to continue walking forward."

"Oh...it looks a lot like him."

Now that Conan is fine, the task of finding the person becomes exploration, and the atmosphere becomes a little more relaxed.

Feng Yuan walked in front and used his watch to shine on the stairs to see the way. Haiyuan Ai followed closely behind, using the light of his watch to look around to see what was in this secret passage.

She soon made a discovery.

"Kudo," Haibara called out to Fengyuan, "there seems to be writing on the stairs."

The words look like they have been engraved for a long time.

"That guy pretended to be me... and wanted to seize the castle's treasure..."

Hui Yuan Ai squatted down and read the words on the steps, while Feng Yuan helped her illuminate.

"Treasure?" Fengyuan said.

The inscription breaks off here.

"Hmm. Pretending..." Haiyuan Ai thought thoughtfully, "Who could it be?"

"The people living here are all members of the Mamiya family. If you want to pretend to be someone, you have to——"

"Don't say it! I'll think about it myself."

"…good."

It was obviously a follow-up to Watson's topic just now, and Haihara Ai's interest in reasoning was at its peak.

The two stood up and headed back to find Conan. Haihara Ai also thought about the carving just now.

She had no idea at the moment...but for her, Fengyuan's words just now were an important clue.

First of all, the guy knew who the "I" in the engraving refers to after just one glance...

That means there are enough clues, and she has been with him during this time, so her clues should also be enough.

Secondly, although he didn't finish what he said, she could roughly complete the follow-up and knew what he wanted to say.

There is no need to pretend to be a servant, but to pretend to be a member of the Mamiya family, there must be no one familiar with this person in the castle.

"Is it related to the fire four years ago?"

Hui Yuan Ai asked tentatively. Thinking carefully about it, Fengyuan just listened to the conversation between the doctor, the gardener and the dowager with her.

"Um."

"Then the one being disguised is the Madam? She is already so old..."

Four years ago, Mrs. Mamiya returned to China to celebrate Mrs. Tai's birthday and was burned to death that night. This was too coincidental. And if it is because he is afraid that his "daughter" will expose him, then it makes sense.

However, this could also be a true coincidence. The only contact Feng Yuan had with Mrs. Tai was that conversation. If he felt something was wrong from here...

Haihara Ai recalled, "Oh... you suspected her because she knew about the passport size change?"

"That's right."

"Couldn't it be something she saw in the newspaper or on TV, or someone else told her?"

Good question, I've thought about it too.

Fengyuan was thinking in his mind, but still said: "She said she was used to this change."

Hui Yuan Ai was thoughtful.

"And since the madam is fake, then the one who engraved the words is the real madam." Haiyuan Ai then reasoned, "And judging from the fact that she didn't write her own name and only wrote "I", the real madam should be I haven’t left for several years, I’ve always stayed here.”

"She could have died here."

…

After walking for a while, Conan had reached the bottom and came to a straight passage.

Taking a watch-shaped flashlight and looking around, Conan tripped and fell onto something without paying attention to the ground.

When he looked over, he was momentarily shocked.

It was a skeleton.

And his hand happened to be pressed on the chest of the skeleton.

When he hurriedly climbed up and began to concentrate on observing the skeleton, a voice came from behind, startling him again.

"Judging from the degree of bone decay, it should be quite a while ago."

But the voice was very familiar, and Conan quickly reacted.

"Haiyuan! You scared me to death."

Conan breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and patted his chest.

"How come you two are here so quickly?" Conan asked next.

After glancing at Conan's hand that had just inspected the remains, Haihara Ai took a step back with a disgusted expression.

"We have two flashlights, and we can move faster than you." Fengyuan stood a few meters away and said, then paused, "So, have you found anything?"

"Hmm. It looks like-"

"The foot bones of this remains are much thinner than the bones in other parts of the body," Haihara Ai looked at the skeleton with the light of a flashlight and replied. Conan cast a surprised look, "And judging from the gender and age of the bones..."

"Is this the real Madam?" Haihara Ai concluded.

"...ah?"

While he was talking, a strange figure quietly approached.

…

The black shadow is the former maid Nishikawa Mutsumi who used plastic surgery to disguise herself as the dowager. A person with great perseverance who has pretended to be an old lady in a wheelchair for several years.

She originally quietly followed the child who came in accidentally, intending to kill him with a brick, but was frightened by the shouts from above.

So she used her familiarity with the passage to leave from the middle, took an iron rod, and went around to the back.

She plans to get rid of all these unlucky children here.

Although she couldn't see her face, the one standing at the back must be the brat who scared her just now...

Thinking like this, she approached quietly and skillfully, then raised the iron rod from top to bottom and hit the child's head hard.

clang.

The sound of impact made Conan and Haibara Ai turn around subconsciously, and then they saw a scene that would become the shadow of an ordinary elementary school student's childhood.

On the other side, the iron rod hit the air. The inertia made Mutsumi Saikawa stumble forward two steps and almost fell to the ground. The iron rod also fell out of his hand. However, she reacted quickly and quickly turned around to pick up the iron rod again.

But I only picked up half of it.

The iron rod that had just come off the ground was stepped back on by the child with her foot, and the huge force made her lose her hand again.

In her eyes, the child pulled back the iron rod with his feet and held the iron rod in his hand.

"Is your attack over?"

One end of the iron rod was almost touching Nishikawa Mutsumi's nose. In her astonished eyes, the child spoke seriously and looked eager to try.

"Then it's my turn next."

"No objection?

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