The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"You can see the entire chessboard from this angle. It's so beautiful!"

"Yes, you can see it from here too!"

Although the reason for entering the house was to help the current owner of the house solve the puzzle, these children obviously quickly forgot about their instructions. One or two of them lay on the window edge and shouted excitedly.

The ancient castle deep in the forest, intricate puzzles, and the ancient castle that has been in disrepair because of the fire that has never been repaired...

Everything was like the beginning of the most standard adventure story. This group of children who were already full of adventurous spirit were completely captured by this feeling. At this moment, their brain cells were not growing at all.

After observing for a while, Conan, who had already made some plans in his mind, took out his notebook and mobile phone, repeatedly photographed the chessboard below, wrote and drew in the notebook, and quickly got into the mood.

Karasawa observed Conan's movements for a moment, then looked down the window, looking at the other teammates scattered in the courtyard who were still using their brains to talk and understand the castle environment, and couldn't help but feel sympathy for Conan.

Now in this entire castle, except for the real and fake Mamiya family, who are almost dying of anxiety, the only one who is serious about solving the mystery is this unlucky detective.

After recording the mystery, Conan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and his attention shifted to the structure of the house as expected.

He turned his head and looked at Yoshida Ayumi who was waving to him excitedly. He looked at the excessively wide gap between the two windows and the wall that separated the two rooms not far away. He did a simple mental calculation and frowned quickly. Twist.

"Well, the distance between the two windows on these two sides..."

He had always felt that the layout of the house was a bit inconsistent. He finally couldn't hold it back and tentatively stretched out his hand, wanting to pat and touch the overly strong separation wall. As soon as his short hand touched the paint surface, he was struck by someone standing on the side. Tang Ze held it down.

"What, what's wrong?" Conan, who had been forgetful for a long time and forgot that there was a joker here, was slightly startled.

"Don't take pictures randomly." Tang Ze said softly, "The structure here is too complicated. If you accidentally get lost in it, it will be difficult to find you if something happens."

Conan raised his eyebrows. He was concerned that there were curious children here as well as the housekeeper and servants who were following behind and observing with smiles. He lowered his voice and said, "There are indeed secret doors and secret passages in this castle?"

"Yes, and there are quite a few of them." Tang Ze raised his hand and covered his eyelids, "As expected, it was once a castle where the exiled royal family lived. It is quite dazzling."

What he meant by dazzling was in a physical sense.

The ability of the third eye is now played strangely by Karasawa, but the meaning of its existence from the beginning is to detect mechanisms and discover hidden switches and pathways. It is a special visual reminder.

Now, the nameless castle of the Mamiya family is a mixture of factors such as a secret building and a special cognitive environment. As long as he opens the vision of his third eye, the entire castle is like a shining and bright place in his field of vision. The big dazzling light bulbs are really uncomfortable.

Although he had already combined the situation of the castle and wondered whether this would be a map with a special entry and exit mechanism similar to the world of P4, he even thought that this might be a good opportunity to mislead Conan or make him understand a little bit about the nature of the Phantom Thieves. , but after all, the strange structure and reasons for the formation of this castle have not yet been investigated clearly, and he will not let Conan take this risk rashly.

What will happen to ordinary people who break into that world without any ability... P4 also showed it.

"'Dazzling'...?" Repeating this somewhat strange statement in confusion, Conan instinctively looked at the old electric lamp on the wall.

Not only was it not dazzling at all, the old light bulbs were starting to turn black, and the light was even a little dim.

"Yes, it's as dazzling as the sticky desire here that is almost flowing." Tangze said meaningfully, and then before Conan continued to ask questions, he rushed up and almost jumped out of the window. Shimamoto pulled him back.

I don’t know what Joker said, whether he was suffering from chuunibyou, or whether he was really hinting at something...

Conan looked at the joker who was serious and began to educate the children not to be too naughty. He thought of a certain strange thief who was also glib and spoke and acted like King B, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Sure enough, no one who doesn't suffer from the chuunibyou will become a phantom thief." Conan complained softly.

"You don't seem to be any better, Mr. Detective, a famous high school student?" Haibara Ai, who followed Ayumi here, took over the words at the right time, "You always say that the media is making things up for you, but I After reading your report, I really can’t find any reason for you to be pretentious in front of the camera if it wasn’t to look cool.”

She believes that Kudo Shinichi is not pursuing fame and fortune when he becomes a detective, but just his self-pursuit of reasoning and revealing the truth, but if this guy has the nerve to complain about Karasawa...

You're half-assed, you naive high school boys.

"I, I just happened to meet him, so I helped, so I didn't..."

"Oh, so the, uh, posing photo that the doctor showed me that day was also to leave a good impression in front of the public?"

"! How could he show that kind of thing to others? Forget it, forget it quickly!"

"Pfft."

The two fake primary school students raised their heads at the same time, and what they saw was a delicate and beautiful face with bright features.

Haiyuan Ai's reaction was flat, but Conan's eyes suddenly widened.

"Miss Shimabukuro...!"

Shimabukuro Kimie smiled and raised her finger, making a gesture of silence.

"Shh. Although I don't mind catching up with you, I can't do that now." Shimabukuro Kimie showed a peaceful smile, "The host here asked everyone to come for dinner, and I came to inform you."

The Mamiya family members living in the castle are obviously not particularly wealthy, but they are not so poor that they can't even prepare a sumptuous dinner to entertain guests. Even if there are more unfamiliar faces in the house than a football team, the Mamiya family's kitchen has stubbornly withstood.

Having said that, Mamiya Mitsuru, who had to use the extra-long dining table, sat below the main seat. Looking at the dishes that the servants brought to the table like water, he still couldn't help but be dazed for a moment.

"I didn't know there was a table that could seat so many people at home." Mamiya Mitsuru patted the long table and said dryly.

Not only are there guests, but there are also a large table of guests with men, women, young and old.

His eyes drifted from the slightly stubbled Keimitsu Morifushi and Jinpei Matsuda, who took off his sunglasses until the dining table. His lips moved a few times, and he finally suppressed his doubts.

He doesn't look like he's just 20 years old. Is he also a member of the university's mystery club? Or do graduate students and doctoral students in your university have time to join undergraduate clubs...

"There used to be a lot of guests at home." Before his stepfather made an inappropriate comment, Mamiya Takato shook his head and explained, "Mom has a few brothers and sisters. When I followed her back when I was a child, the house was always very lively... It's just that after mom passed away, everyone didn't interact much."

Considering that Mamiya Mitsuru didn't know these situations because he had been married to his mother for a short time and the accident happened before he could understand the situation of the Mamiya family, he was more tactful, but the meaning was conveyed.

No matter what considerations they had for choosing to live here, it is a fact that this is an old building where more than a dozen people died four years ago and it has not been restored to this day.

The people who choose to settle down here, except for the servants who work for wages, are all weird people with different thoughts, and they are the part that other people in the Mamiya family don't want to contact.

"Oh, yes, I did hear them say that the two of you have lived here since the fire. Why?" Dr. Agasa put down the spoon and asked curiously.

Mrs. Mamiya, who died four years ago, lived abroad for so many years. She must have a little property, otherwise she would not have found a suitable son-in-law before she returned home, and sent the wedding photos home without asking for permission.

As soon as she died, her son and husband seemed to be in no hurry at all. They lived in her mother's castle and didn't leave. There must be something strange about this matter, otherwise the servants in the castle would not talk about it so much that they, who had just come for a day, could find out about it.

"Well, I had decided to live here for a few years after graduating from college. The scenery here is nice, and I want to continue painting here." Mamiya explained.

"At first, I was concerned that my mother-in-law hadn't seen my wife for a long time. She was originally reunited, but something unexpected happened. She suffered the pain of losing her daughter. I stayed and wanted to take good care of the old lady for a while. But after living here for a long time, I gradually fell in love with this place. This is where my wife grew up, and I want to get to know it well."

When he spoke, his posture was very warm, and his sighs and relieved emotions were just right. He played the role of a middle-aged man who finally found his life order after losing his wife.

However, it was obvious that some people didn't buy his tricks.

"Humph, you don't like my castle, you like the wealth hidden in the castle."

Sitting in the main seat far away, curled up in a wheelchair like a sculpture, Mamiya Masuyo suddenly spoke clearly when she heard this, with a sarcastic tone, and the words she said were even more sarcastic.

Everyone at the table couldn't help but look at her.

If the only guests today were the thick-skinned Dr. Agasa and the unsophisticated Boy Detectives, her words would not cause any emotion. At most, they would be regarded as the result of a change in temperament after losing their loved ones. The Phantom Thieves are not really some innocent and stupid college students.

Even if she used "forgetting that her daughter is dead and living in pain, so her personality has become paranoid and difficult to understand" as an excuse, her words were not what a mother should say.

"Grandma..." Mamiya Takato said helplessly, "There are so many guests..."

Mamiya Mitsuru was stabbed in public by his mother-in-law, and his expression stagnated for a moment, but he quickly adjusted and laughed twice: "Haha, indeed! If I say that I don't care about my father-in-law's last words at all, it would be too hypocritical. That's why I found you all and want to solve this mystery together."

"My daughter actually fell in love with a greedy guy like you. She was really deceived by you." Mamiya Masuyo snorted without giving face.

Seeing that a family war was about to break out again, Tang Ze cleared his throat, interrupting the somewhat tense atmosphere, and continued the previous topic with a natural expression: "Then it's not very kind of you to do that. Even if you really find some treasure, it has nothing to do with us passing tourists. You are trying to exchange a meal for a fortune for yourself."

This was because the few of them were lingering in the castle to inquire about news, delaying the time until around dinner. Another group of children came, and they couldn't turn a blind eye any longer. Otherwise, Mamiya Mitsuru might have just prostituted herself for nothing. idea.

"...No." Mamiya shook his head in denial after being exposed, "My father-in-law's last words did not allocate this 'treasure'. What he said was, 'I will give the treasure to the Castle of Solitude. If you solve this problem, I will definitely give you the reward."

Look, what is the skill of speaking? He is talking about "reward" and not "treasure". The subtext is that no matter what this inheritance is, it has nothing to do with them passing by.

Even though he knew that this was not tangible wealth at all and would not cause any property disputes, Tang Ze still rolled his eyelids and wanted to say something to this guy.

He didn't say anything. As Tangze, the opponent didn't take the initiative to offend him and it was hard for him to make any aggressive moves. However, his teammates obviously picked up on his emotions and immediately entered a state of preparation for battle.

"So, why not renovate the burned tower?" Narumi Asai, who ordered a glass of wine for herself, shook the glass and asked slowly, "Since the old lady is already depressed because of this case, her memory is even confused. It’s blurry, shouldn’t you clean up the scene as soon as possible to prevent the elderly from seeing things and missing others?”

"Indeed." Sitting upright, Shimabukuro Kimie put down her knife and fork gracefully and took over with a smile, "The servants said that the tower has been closed for several years. Not to mention repairs, even the cleaning work has not been completed. Two years ago, a servant of the family entered the tower and disappeared and was found starved to death in the forest. They all said that there was a curse in the tower, which sounds completely contrary to filial piety."

Mamiya Mitsuru's face was completely frozen.

What else could it be because, of course, it was because his visiting son-in-law didn't have the money.

"I know this is inappropriate, and it's not like I haven't tried to repair the tower before." He looked away and said evasively, "But it did cost a lot to build, and the family's money is mainly in my mother's account. , I can’t force myself to make the decision. Secondly, the architectural plan of this castle was part of my wife’s father’s research during his lifetime. Because he passed away early and my wife has not lived in the country for many years, I have not yet been able to find the blueprint. If it can’t be repaired well, it would be better not to repair it, but it would destroy the landscape here.”

His reasons were high-sounding and barely plausible, but half of the people at the table would definitely not be convinced by his words. They exchanged looks, and the look of "I'm quietly watching your nonsense" was almost written on their faces.

After listening to his teammates chatting for a while, Tangze, who felt very satisfied with his meal, swallowed the beef on his lips after hearing this, then turned his eyes and observed this large restaurant for a while.

"Speaking of curses, I have heard a story." He put the silver fork back on the porcelain plate and threw it with a crisp sound, "The rich man who couldn't find the answer to the castle riddle invited various people who he thought An expert who could solve the mystery came to the house. After the solution failed to make any progress, the wealthy man, who had exhausted his patience, killed everyone in the castle. It seemed that he wanted to impress God in exchange for the answer he was chasing... "

When he said this, a bolt of lightning flashed outside the window at the right time, illuminating his eyes with a slightly strange color.

Before the rumbling thunder came, everyone heard his last words clearly.

"If we don't survive tonight, then this story will be very similar, Mr. Mamiya."