"What did you say?"
Haihara Ai expressed that he was shocked.
"Coins and passports."
Ye Gengyi explained: "When Masuyo Mamiya said those words, I felt very strange. Putting aside the age issue, her exposed skin was too fair. It was the result of not being exposed to the sun for a long time. Her body reaction, I guess, let alone going out, she rarely even goes to the courtyard of the castle, she is really a trendy old man..."
"But at that time, Edogawa and the doctor have not disappeared yet." Haibara Ai was confused. "And even if she doesn't go out, she can still listen to Mamiya Mitsuru or Mamiya Takato about the coins and passports."
"Yes," Ye Geng nodded, "So, I quickly discovered the second problem. An old man with handicapped legs and feet does not have a maid to take care of him. Why?"
He paused and gave the answer directly: "So, when I went to her room to get sleeping pills, I checked the crutches, shoe soles and changes of clothes in her cabinet for signs of wear, and tried to use this height..."
Ye Gengyi put on his gloves at some point. As he spoke, he roughly gestured with his hands to show Mamiya Masuyo's height in the wheelchair.
"It was difficult to open the door and go to the toilet. Finally, it was confirmed that her legs should be fake..."
"Hey, I said..." Hui Yuan Ai couldn't help but complained: "Actually, you were the one who took the sleeping pills by the way!"
"That's not important..."
Ye Gengyi stretched out his hand to hold a hanging lamp for lighting, and gently turned it to the side: "Actually, after assuming her as a suspect, the clues are quite obvious. The reason why she did not leave the castle, and the related... The puzzle of "Treasure" is like writing the words "there is a secret passage in the castle" on his face."
"You...you also found out the entrance to the secret passage..."
Haibara Ai was shocked again. She also had some guesses about the secret passage, but the place Ye Gengyi opened was not at all the place where Edogawa or Dr. A Li disappeared.
"You mean this?"
Ye Gengyi bent down, took off Haiyuan Ai's watch, turned on the flashlight mode, and explained: "Because human skin secretes oil, touching these metals with your hands will leave traces, oh... I almost forgot , you’re too short to see.”
Haibara Ai:"......"
What's the point of talking to oneself like this, taking her watch and making sarcastic remarks at the same time?
Ye Gengyi seemed to be telling Haiyuan Ai his reasoning, but in fact he was reviewing it. At this moment, he already knew very well that the so-called treasure was the castle and the scenery outside the castle. As for the remaining 33% progress, Sure enough, Masashiro Mamiya was arrested...
The two went around in circles, the weak light of the watch-shaped flashlight illuminating the way forward. Due to the height difference, Haihara Ai had to follow Ye Gengyi step by step.
Crunch...
Suddenly, a slight sound under her feet caught her attention.
Even though she was mentally prepared, in this silent environment, Haihara Ai's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a skeleton," Ye Gengyi said, shining the light of the flashlight: "I saw it when I came in before, it should be the real Masuyo Mamiya."
Don't be nervous...skeletons...
(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
Don't say that in a tone that sounds like you've stepped on a branch, okay?
"you you you...."
Haiyuan Ai was speechless for a moment. She suddenly felt that it was a wise decision for this guy to let the three children sleep in the room.
"By the way, that's where the problem kid is imprisoned." Ye Gengyi pointed to a certain direction in the darkness: "I suggest it's better to let him suffer a little. The doctor is older, so save him first?"
The corners of Haiyuan Ai's mouth twitched, and he suddenly made him feel no tension at all.
And listen to the meaning of his words...
"Have you seen Edogawa before?"
"Well, his head was injured and he was tied up." Ye Gengyi didn't mean to hide it. "I disinfected his wound and left him a folding knife..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound, and then a face full of resentment suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.
I saw the man using a watch-shaped flashlight, shining the light from bottom to top. On the right side of his forehead, there was a bright red blood scab, as if telling the cause of his death...
However, this scene that could scare a little girl to tears only brought two pairs of half-moon eyes.
Ye Gengyi didn't hesitate at all, and punched the man on the left side of the head decisively.
Boom!
Familiar feeling...
"Oh? So it's not a ghost." Ye Gengyi said calmly.
"It hurts...Brother Gengyi, why did you hit me..."
Conan held his head and was very depressed. He was a wounded person now! It's a wounded person!
What should I do if my head keeps being hit and I become stupid?
"When did you escape?" Ye Geng asked.
"When I heard you said that you wanted to save the doctor first," Conan said with half-moon eyes, "I said...Brother Gengyi, since you have discovered me a long time ago, why don't you just rescue me?"
Thanks to him, if it were the other three members of the Young Detective Team, even if they had that folding knife, they would probably be frightened and panicked because they were in a strange environment.
"Your life will not be in danger in a short period of time. If you are released, you will be silenced if you are caught again." Ye Gengyi said.
"Huh?" Conan was startled.
While he was imprisoned, although he solved the code about the 'treasure', he still failed to figure out the relationship between other things in the castle.
"Mamiya Mitsuru said that a certain servant hired by the castle suddenly disappeared a few years ago. Before his disappearance, he mentioned the tower that was burned by fire. The police found his body in the forest. The cause of death was that he was starved alive. Death. This is probably the atmosphere that the prisoner is deliberately creating. The wound on your head is not fatal, but if you are imprisoned here until you die of starvation and throw the body into the forest, you can create a new panic, which will make the castle full of people. People, connect the tower with bad luck, and keep those who are interested in the treasure away..."
Ye Gengyi said, suddenly shining the flashlight into a corner and saying: "Fake Old Madam Mamiya, are you planning to do this?"
"hateful!"
It's okay to attack her secretly, but confront her head-on? She must have been bullied by the other party...
Masuyo Mamiya cursed secretly, turned around and ran away. His speed was definitely not that of an old man.
"Stop!"
A detective who never learns his lesson would obviously not be able to let go of the criminal in front of him and chase him at the first step.
If he is fast, the people behind him are faster.
Although he is not as familiar with the secret passage as Mamiya Masuyo, Ye Gengyi's explosive power is enough to make up for this gap.
Masuyo Mamiya felt that the clothes on her back were wet with sweat. The potential inspired by fear gave her the illusion of being 18 years old again.
The more desperate a person is, the more they yearn for light and flame. In a hurry, she chose the most stupid path.
Abandoned the secret passage and chose to return to the castle...
So, Masashiro Mamiya lifted up the floor and prepared to escape to the lobby on the first floor of the castle...
Suddenly, a hand grabbed her ankle.
