The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

A lecture on ancient Egyptology at a university in London, UK.

"In the ancient Egyptian civilization on Earth, many famous Egyptian pharaohs were born, such as Ramses II, Tutankhamun, Kamises III, etc."

"But in this long history, there has been one of the most mysterious and darkest pharaohs."

"His history is confusing, and only a handful of believers have passed down the name and deeds of this mysterious pharaoh."

"He is the Black Pharaoh - Nevren Ka..."

In a ladder conference room with 300 people, a white-haired scholar stood on the podium and talked.

The audience was packed with seats, most of them young college students, all listening attentively.

In the last row, an old couple who had come from afar were sitting and listening quietly.

"Black Pharaoh, Nevren Ka..."

"There is no clear record of his life experience, and the specific dates of birth and death are unknown. We only know that he was the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Egypt."

"After Nevren Ka took office, like all the previous pharaohs, he worshiped the animal-headed gods that have been circulated in Egypt, and whenever he held a sacrificial ceremony, he would call himself a 'shaman'."

"And he himself exudes a unique dark temperament, which attracts the messengers hidden in the chaos to notice him..."

"Speaking of which, I have to introduce to you the ancient Egyptian cosmology."

"The early ancient Egyptians believed that the universe was composed of water and chaos, and they believed that the sun god Ra was born from the two and created the world."

“Not only that, the ancient Egyptians named various natural phenomena with corresponding gods, and these gods controlled natural phenomena and things, such as Horus, the god of the sky, and the god of air, who controlled the air.”

"The messenger of chaos is a god who symbolizes chaos and is one of the origins of the universe that the ancient Egyptians believed."

"At the summons of the Messenger of Chaos, Nevren Ka was teleported to a place called the City of Thousand Pillars 'Erem', where he met one of the incarnations of the Messenger of Chaos."

"The amazing thing is that when the Messenger of Chaos revealed his identity as one of the origins of the universe, Nevren Ka withstood the fright brought by that powerful force, and his own dark temperament seemed to be affected by it at that moment. Inspiration.”

"This unparalleled pharaoh surprised the messenger of Chaos, so he proposed a bloody contract to Nevren Ka..."

"As long as Nevren Ka holds a grand sacrifice after returning and sacrifices a thousand compatriots in the ceremony, the Chaos Messenger will grant him the ability to predict the future."

"So, not long after Nevlen Ka returned to the throne, he used his power to sacrifice thousands of people. It is said that the Nile River was dyed red at that time..."

"The Chaos Messenger also arrived as promised and gave Nevren Ka the ability to predict the future."

"Nevren Ka has the power to predict the future as he wishes. While he sees through history thousands of years later, he also worships this messenger of chaos even more and continues to hold more grand sacrificial rituals."

"But he is only a mortal after all. Time passes year after year, and his body is getting older."

"Until he realized that his end was approaching, he carved all the predictions about the future into his underground tomb..."

"However, when Nevren Ka passed away, without the shock of his powerful witchcraft, the Egyptians, who had been oppressed by bloody sacrifices for a long time, set off a wave of resistance."

"The rebels broke into the city, killed all the guards, and overthrew the once glorious Third Dynasty of Egypt in a short period of time."

"But when angry people poured into the catacombs of Nefren Ka, they only found an empty black coffin and prophecies about the future carved all over the walls."

"Among these prophecies, Nevren Ka even predicted that after his death, people would rush into his tomb..."

"This fact frightened the Egyptian rebels so much that the leaders of the uprising ordered that the catacombs of Nevren Ka be completely buried, and the existence of the Black Pharaoh was also erased from Egyptian historical documents."

"But later, the Messenger of Chaos cursed the leader, causing the new kingdom he formed to only last for a short period of time before falling apart..."

"The above is the history of the most mysterious pharaoh, the Black Pharaoh Nefren Ka."

As soon as the white-haired man on the podium finished speaking, the audience was silent for a while, followed by applause.

The couple sitting in the last row also clapped their hands a few times symbolically, but the wife's expression was not good-looking.

"Husband, why does this lecture sound so creepy?"

"Are you sure this is the location indicated in the mysterious email?"

Kudo Yukiko leaned against Kudo Yusaku and asked in a low voice with some caution.

Compared with Yukiko's somewhat frightened expression, Kudo Yusaku nodded calmly, "The location of the mail is here..."

"But it seems that the person who sent the email is not here."

Kudo Yusaku looked at the seats on the steps below. There were hundreds of heads of different colors, but no faces could be seen.

But if you choose a meeting place, it is definitely not suitable because there are so many people and so many eyes.

A hint of thought flashed through Kudo Yusaku's eyes as he recalled the purpose of this place.

Just the night before yesterday, when Yukiko received a call from Ai Huihara, Kudo Yusaku also found a special email when he checked his email at the same time.

The email only contained a time and a place.

The place was the conference room of a certain university in London.

The time was also the time point at this moment.

The sender did not explain the meaning of the time and place, but only left a big "!" next to it.

If this exclamation mark was placed in someone else's hands, it might not make any sense and would only be regarded as a prank email.

But it brought back a long memory for Kudo Yusaku.

10 years ago, Kudo Yusaku assisted the police in catching Kaito Kid and successfully prevented a theft by Kaito Kid.

Afterwards, the media reported it extensively because Kudo Yusaku was the only man who made Kaito Kid fail in the 8 years of theft.

It happened that when a reporter was interviewing, he mistook the international criminal code 1412 written by Kudo Yusaku on the note as the word KID.

Later, reporters reported the news to the outside world, which made the name "Kaito KID" spread, and eventually evolved into "Kaito Kid".

In this process, Kaito Kid, who inexplicably became a "son", took the initiative to find Kudo Yusaku's son, the young Shinichi.

He handed Shinichi a wallet with "?" written on it, and left a code for Shinichi to crack.

Shinichi, who couldn't crack the code, could only ask Kudo Yusaku for help, but Kudo Yusaku only checked the wallet and found out the real identity of this person.

So, Kudo Yusaku also wrote back to the world-famous magician through Yukiko and replied with a "!".

? means, can you stop me next time?

! means, of course!

Therefore, when seeing this inexplicable punctuation mark again, Kudo Yusaku first thought of that man.

But this time it was the other party who sent an exclamation mark.

Could it really be him?

Kudo Yusaku narrowed his eyes and looked at the podium in front of him.

At this time, the lecture has entered the next stage, and the speaker will accept questions from the audience.

"Mr. Edward, why is there no god called 'Chaos Messenger' in the mainstream history of ancient Egypt?"

The white-haired man on the stage turned his head to look at the young student who asked the question, and said to the micro-mike beside his mouth: "It is because Chaos Messenger, like Nefren Ka, was erased from historical documents by the pharaohs of later generations."

"Due to the cruel behavior of the Black Pharaoh, the belief in Chaos Messenger has been resisted, and all related cultural relics have been destroyed."

Another young female student raised her hand and stood up and asked: "Then how do we know that such a god once existed in Egyptian history?"

The white-haired man replied: "Because the believers of the Black Pharaoh are also believers of the Chaos Messenger, so the existence of these two can be revealed now."

Another male student with natural curly hair stood up and asked, "Mr. Edward, is there any direct evidence that the 'Black Pharaoh' once existed in Egyptian history?"

When mentioning this, the white-haired man looked a little heavy.

"At present, our Penhew Foundation and its subordinate Sons of the Sphinx organization are committed to exploring the tomb of Nefren Ka."

"Although the location of the tomb of this mysterious pharaoh has not been found yet, I believe that soon you will see something more surprising than an empty tomb..."

The male student continued to ask: "What is the surprise? Can you tell me?"

The white-haired man raised his mouth and chuckled: "Haha~ Since it is a surprise, there is no reason to reveal it in advance."

"But I can guarantee that it is definitely a huge surprise that can shock the world..."

As soon as these words came out, the heated discussion in the venue was triggered again.

Kudo Yusaku narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at the pure British man at the lecture, and then entered his name into the search bar of his mobile phone.

Two seconds later, the person's information was searched out.

Edward Gavigan, a famous British Egyptologist, is 55 years old and a director of the Penhew Foundation.

The Penhew Foundation is a foundation organization specializing in Egypt-related businesses and activities, involving medical care, education, research, etc.

Sons of the Sphinx is one of the few international organizations specialized in Egyptology, with its main research directions being mummies and ancient Egyptian beliefs.

Kudo Yusaku put away his phone and looked at the man on the podium again.

Could it be that the exclamation mark refers to the "big surprise" that he said would soon shock the world?

What kind of archaeological discovery is enough to shock the world?

And after listening to the entire speech, Kudo Yusaku felt that this man named Edward Gavigan was simply saying that he was a descendant of believers who worshipped the Black Pharaoh.

Otherwise, how could he be so sure of the existence of the Black Pharaoh without any evidence?

At this moment, the microphone on the podium announced the end of the lecture.

"Okay, that's all for today's lecture."

"Thank you all for coming. If you have any questions, we can discuss it here separately..."

As Edward Gavigan's voice fell, there was a clatter of people standing up from their seats.

Most people were not very interested in this illusory history and chose to leave directly.

But a few people were curious about the "big surprise" that shocked the world, so they went against the flow of people and went to the podium.

Kudo Yusaku looked at the crowd leaving the venue, and knew that it was meaningless to stay here, and the person he was looking for was not here.

"Yukiko, let's go."

"Well, I don't know if Xiaolan's code has been solved..."

Kudo Yusaku and Yukiko stood up and planned to line up with the crowd to leave.

But just as they were about to reach the exit, suddenly a student looked at Kudo Yusaku's face, froze for two seconds, and then exclaimed loudly.

"It's the Dark Night Baron!"

"Excuse me, are you the Dark Night Baron!"

Kudo Yusaku was stunned, looking at the delighted British college students, not knowing whether to nod or shake his head.

Because more people who heard this name also gathered immediately.

"Dark Night Baron?"

"What? That best-selling author is here too!"

"Dark Night Baron himself is here! Signing soon!"

After a while, Kudo Yusaku was surrounded by a crowd, and even Yukiko beside him was squeezed out by the enthusiastic crowd.

Seeing that Kudo Yusaku was the center of attention among the fans, but she was squeezed out like a marginal person, Yukiko was a little angry.

Hey, I am also the "Dark Night Baron Lady"!

But there was nothing she could do. Yukiko dressed differently today, and even her future daughter-in-law couldn't recognize her, let alone these passers-by.

Faced with this situation, Yukiko could only stay where she was and wait for her husband to get away.

But the crowd behind her was also rushing forward along the aisle at this time, and a person bumped Yukiko's right arm from behind.

Yukiko turned around and saw a short-haired lady wearing a hat. The lowered brim of the hat made it difficult to see her entire face, but her delicate chin and bright red lips were impressive.

"Excuse me..." the woman apologized.

"No, I'm the one who's sorry. I'll make way now."

Yukiko stepped aside to let the woman in the hat pass.

But she didn't realize it until the woman left.

Eh?

This person seemed to be speaking Japanese?

At the same time, Edward Gavigan on the podium explained the problem to the few people around him while looking at the commotion on the stairs.

He narrowed his eyes and saw Yusaku Kudo who was dealing with the fans.

This made his breathing heavier.