"Conan, are you mistaken? There is no one there at all."
Everyone focused their attention on the dark tower with a deep and cold background.
The tone of the environment is like a dynamic ink painting.
In the distance, a faint mist filled the surroundings of the tower, like a veil hiding the mystery. More than a dozen crows were circling, and their cries echoed in the dark clouds, refusing to disperse for a long time.
I read it wrong?
For a moment, Conan also had this idea, but the keen intuition from the detective told him that he must have seen something just now.
"No," Conan said with a hint of uncertainty in his tone, "I guess that person is probably the murderer."
"But... doesn't there be an entrance to the Tower of Darkness?" Yuantai said with a trembling voice: "Isn't what Conan saw a demon with wings living inside?"
Just then, a cold wind blew through, rustling the leaves in the grass. Everyone couldn't help but shudder, and an uneasy atmosphere quietly filled the air.
"I'm...a little scared..." Ayumi hugged her arms and trembled.
"Indeed, this kind of weather is really unusual," Conan looked up at the sky, frowned and said, "Let's go back to the villa first."
Seeing this, Haiyuan Ai couldn't say anything else.
A group of five people walked through the porch and returned to the villa again, walking to the corridor where they heard the scream of Jingtang Taozhi.
As the temperature rose, everyone's dull mood eased a little.
Ayumi looked at the sidewalk outside the window and murmured softly: "The last time we saw Aunt Taozhi, she walked past the garden light outside..."
"So, is the entrance to the Dark Tower in that direction?" Yuantai asked.
"this……"
"It's possible." Conan took up the topic: "The people who built this place like to use mirrors. Maybe they hid the entrance somewhere related to mirrors."
"Oh? Have you found any clues?" Haiyuan Ai asked.
"not yet."
Conan shook his head and reminded: "But... according to Sister Nanami, there are many mechanisms set up in this villa. Although it is not clear whether the entrance to the Dark Tower is inside, everyone must not get separated. You know Yet?"
"that……"
"Huh? What's wrong Ayumi?" Conan turned around and looked.
"I……"
Ayumi hesitated and said: "I want to go to the bathroom..."
Hui Yuan Ai noticed the tremor in her voice, smiled softly, and said, "I'll go with you."
"Then we'll wait for you in front." Conan pointed to the window on one side of the corridor and led Mitsuhiko and Genta over there.
In this unfamiliar environment, he planned to conduct observations at any time, maybe he could find some clues.
"good."
Huihara Ai and Ayumi responded and walked into the bathroom together.
As you can see, there is a row of ancient oil paintings hanging on the bathroom sink. The characters in the paintings have expressionless faces and stare straight ahead.
Ayumi felt a little numb at the sight, and couldn't help but hold Haihara Ai's hand tightly, and whispered in a low voice: "It's so gloomy here, it makes people feel very uncomfortable."…
"Yes, and the decoration style also leans toward medieval Europe..."
Haiyuan Ai looked around and sighed: "You must know that Europe in the Middle Ages was called the "Dark Ages". It was the most chaotic period. The economy, politics, culture, and military were all stagnant, and there was no strong political power to rule. Feudal separatism brought frequent wars, and the Catholic Church restricted people's thoughts, causing the development of science and technology and productivity to stagnate. The people lived in hopeless pain. I really don't know what those people think, but they want to imitate this style. building...but luckily we don’t have to live here.”
"Xiao Ai, you know a lot." Ayumi sniffed: "Hey... it smells so good. What does it smell like?"
Haiyuan Ai also smelled the fragrance, identified it carefully, and said, "It's a rose." "Rose?" Ayumi blinked: "Are there actually roses growing here?"
"It should be spices made from roses outside."
Huihara Ai didn't have the intention to explore, so he changed the subject and said: "Bumi, don't think about that."
"That's right..." Ayumi nodded.
The two walked into the cubicle, settled their personal problems, and returned to the sink to wash their hands.
Ayumi was afraid of the 'glance' of those oil painting characters, so she didn't bother to wipe off the water drops on her hands with a handkerchief, and hurried to the door.
Hui Yuan Ai washed her hands and comforted her: "I'll be fine soon. You go outside first."
"Yeah!" Ayumi breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door and left the bathroom.
Haibara Ai came to the mirror next to the pool and unconsciously remembered the story told by Jingtang Qin in the living room.
"I disappeared not long after...how could such a thing be possible..."
Her face was reflected in the mirror.
Haihara Ai was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly felt a wisp of cool breeze coming out of the frame and blowing onto his face.
"Huh? The air is circulating? Could it be that..."
She reached out to touch the mirror, but she didn't expect that the mirror rotated 180 degrees as if she couldn't bear it. The next moment, she only had time to let out a exclamation, and her whole body fell into darkness.
A few minutes later.
The bathroom door was opened from the outside, and Ayumi looked at the oil paintings nervously, "Xiao Ai... are you okay yet?"
No one responded.
Ayumi was startled, then bravely walked in: "Xiao Ai?"
She walked into the bathroom stall again to search, but there was still no trace of Hui Yuan Ai.
"No...it's not good!"
Ayumi ran back to the corridor and anxiously told Conan and others about Haibara Ai's disappearance.
Everyone immediately started looking for him, but found nothing.
"What happened before?" Conan looked at Ayumi and asked, "Did Haibara disappear before your eyes?"
"No, it's not... because I was afraid of the oil paintings on the wall, so I went to the corridor first and waited for a few minutes before I came in. Xiao... Xiao Ai was gone..." Ayumi's eyes were red and she was already crying. .
The secret room disappears...
Conan subconsciously looked up at the oil painting hanging on the wall, and his brain began to work rapidly:
"She must have found the secret door. UU Reading etｔ"
Secret door... Yuantai was stunned when he heard this.
"Conan, what should we do now?" Ayumi asked anxiously.
Conan thought for a moment and came to the mirror next to the pool: "It's windy... hmm? I can't push it... Do I need to open some mechanism? Damn it, there must be other entrances..."
"Conan! The room across the corridor is a wine cellar. It looks weird there." Mitsuhiko hurried back.
"Okay!" Conan said immediately: "Go over there and take a look first."
"Let's go too." The trio of young detectives followed closely.
(End of chapter)
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