They made their way back but were stopped at the gate.
The gate of the castle was locked from outside at some point, and Mr. Sawabe was the only one who obviously had the key. After discovering this, the atmosphere in the room was filled with panic.
"Doctor! Can you hear me?!" Conan banged the door hard, shouting with a group of kids inside.
Kuroki Jin looked around at the room structure and stopped their wasted efforts.
"The soundproofing here is quite good. If you don't lean over the door and listen in, no sound will be transmitted."
"Damn it!" Conan cursed secretly.
Tears began to accumulate in Ayumi's eyes, and she said with a hint of sobs: "What should I do, doctor? Can we still go out?"
"It's okay." Heimuren touched her head. Seeing that Haiyuan Ai had already gone to help stabilize the morale of the soldiers, he said to everyone: "Since we can't get out, we might as well continue walking in and see if there are any Another exit."
It is unreasonable to think that there is only one entrance to such a large castle.
Edogawa Conan thought the same way. He pulled Mr. Sawabe and asked: "Is there a basement in this castle?"
"No."
"Is there Mr. Kiichi's room on the first floor?"
Sawabe thought for a while, "There is a master's office."
So everyone put away their emotions and headed towards the office.
Conan took the lead as usual, and Kuroki Jin walked last after some thought. I wonder if it was a coincidence that he happened to be a little ahead of Mao Lilan.
So he was not surprised to be spoken to by Mao Lilan.
"Mr. Kuroki..." Xiaolan considered her words, "Do you think Conan is a little too smart?"
Sure enough, Conan jumping up and down aroused Xiaolan's suspicion.
"Smart? A little bit."
Xiaolan looked very confused: "More than a little... Sometimes I feel that he and Shinichi are... similar."
Kuroki Jin didn't think it was necessary. Sometimes, Conan took off his glasses and looked exactly like Kudo Shinichi.
"Miss Lan, are you referring to Conan's talent in solving crimes? He is indeed a child who is good at discovery."
When the conversation changed, Kuroki Ren slowed down and walked side by side with Mao Lilan, "What is Miss Lan suspecting? She's not thinking about whether Conan-kun might be Kudo-kun, right?"
Xiaolan looked at him quietly and said nothing, and Heimuren tilted his head due to this gaze.
He smiled softly and said: "If there is something that can really rejuvenate people, I would also like to give it a try."
Unfortunately, he checked the gin usage records and found that the bodies of those who died after using APTX4869 after Haihara Ai were found, and the effect of rejuvenation was not achieved again.
Kuroki Jin also inquired about the reason for this, but as a drug developer, Haibara Ai has not figured it out yet, so he can only attribute it to chance.
"How about Miss Lan giving him a try?" Kuroki Ren said with a hint of ill-intention in his tone, "Conan-kun is so precocious and he cares a lot about Miss Lan on weekdays. Maybe he can try out something else. .”
It wouldn't matter if his identity was revealed in the end. I'm afraid Edogawa Conan would admit that he likes Xiaolan as Conan... Tsk, why don't you use Kidd's pigeon to set up a monitor to watch the scene.
Xiaolan fell silent thoughtfully, and Edogawa Conan, who was walking in front, suddenly felt a huge malice.
He looked around in confusion, and after finding nothing, he temporarily put this feeling behind him.
The group of people soon arrived at Kasaka Kiichi's office. Kuroki Jin quickly scanned a circle of photos and then lowered his head to look for the cracks in the floor.
This is the room in the entire castle that is most likely to have a secret passage. Even if it is for everyone to get out, he will put some thought into this aspect.
Researchers from the Romanov dynasty began to explain the photos hanging on the wall, and the curious children followed them everywhere to listen to the stories. Fortunately, they got over the panic just now.
Only then did Haibara Ai have time to walk up to Kuroki Ren, looking at his face that was about to touch the ground, and wanted to raise her feet to let him know what the dangers of society are.
She still held back, and saw that he looked serious and did not disturb him. Instead, she looked up at the photo hanging on the wall in front of her.
The photo is in black and white, and Mr. Siru of the Russian Embassy nearby is translating the deeds of the people in the photo.
"His name is Rasputin. He was once a guest of the Romanov dynasty, and he single-handedly led the dynasty to its destruction."
Kuroki Ren, who was lying on his stomach, could clearly feel the flash of murderous intent in the air.
He raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "Found it."
After saying that, he used his index finger to dig open the floor with obvious grooves, revealing a combination lock with a Russian button.
His actions attracted everyone's attention, and when they saw the mechanism on the floor, the eyes of the opportunists began to light up.
"The password must be 'memory'!" Mouri Kogoro said with determination. Kuroki Jin didn't know Russian, so he made room for Mr. Siru to enter it.
After entering the memories, there was no movement in the room.
After that, I tried Kasaka Kiichi's name and various other names, but to no avail.
"Can Miss Natsumi remember anything?" Conan frowned, "Recall if you heard any strange words when you were a child."
Kasaka Natsumi doesn't speak Russian, and even if Kasaka Kiichi told her about the code, she didn't know what it meant.
Kuroki Ren thought of the possible code from another angle.
"Mr. Xilu, how do you pronounce "The Magician of the End of the Century" in Russian?"
A magician at the end of the century? The first thing that half of the people present thought of was Kaitou Kidd's strange notice letter.
He has always called himself the magician under the moonlight, but this time he used the magician of the end of the century. For a time, police officer Zhongmori suspected whether Kidd was a fake.
Siru replied: "ВОЛШЕБНИК-КОНЦА-ВЕКА, I remembered that Mr. Kiichi was once called the magician of the end of the century!"
On the other side, Natsumi Kasaka also suddenly said: "I have heard this sentence before, and I have always wondered what it means."
Mr. Xilu quickly typed this sentence in Russian on the keys. Mitsuhiko walked up to Kuroki Ren and asked curiously: "How did Brother Ren know that this sentence was a password?"
Kuroki Jin glanced at Shiratori, who was standing on the edge as if he was about to escape at any moment, and explained with a smile: "I am more interested in Kaitou Kidd than the Romanov Dynasty. It was unexpected when I went to study the magician at the end of the century. I discovered that this was Mr. Kiichi’s former title.”
At this time, the password had just been pressed, and there was a rumbling sound from around the room. Everyone looked to the ground in panic. The floor around the password lock began to slowly move away, revealing a gloomy downward step.
"It's amazing..." Even the old butler Mr. Sawabe knew about this secret passage for the first time, let alone others.
"Maybe there's an exit down there."
Kuroki took out the flashlight from his pocket. I don't know when he prepared it. He pressed the switch and pointed it straight down the stairs.
Some people died, but not completely...
