Conan's other me

Chapter 78 Your Attack Is Over

Finding Edogawa Conan seems to be a hassle.

This guy not only charged the detective badge at the doctor's house, but even the mobile phone.But even if he brought a mobile phone, there is a high probability that there will be no signal or the phone will be turned off when something happens.

Tracking glasses aren't much use on this stretch of the road either.

After a flat road at the entrance, there is a long and deep staircase.So even if Conan's signal is near them, it doesn't mean that Conan is near them.

Thinking of this, with the light of Haibara Ai's watch, Fengyuan carefully stood on the edge of the steps——

"Conan!"

Feng Yuan shouted loudly.

They were only delayed for two or three minutes.

And in this unknown environment, Conan is just a person, and he can't go far at all.

Conan really didn't go very far either.

When he came in before, he was thrown in a mess, and he waited for a while before he started to explore downwards. He almost fell down in fright when he heard the faint cry.

Stabilizing his body, Conan replied angrily.

"What did he say?" Hui Yuan Ai asked curiously.

Conan's voice was weak, and she couldn't hear it clearly.

"He said he would wait for us in front, so he probably planned to move on."

"Oh...it looks like him."

Since Conan is fine, the task of finding someone has become an exploration, and the atmosphere has become a little more relaxed.

Feng Yuan walked in front and looked at the road with his watch on the stairs, and Hui Yuan Ai followed closely behind, using the light of his watch to observe the surroundings to see what was in this secret passage.

Soon she made a discovery.

"Kudou," Haibara wailed to Fengyuan, "there seems to be writing on the stairs."

The words look like they have been engraved for a long time.

"That guy pretended to be me...to take the treasure of the castle..."

Hui Yuanai squatted down, reading the words on the steps, and Feng Yuan helped her illuminate.

"Treasure?" Feng Yuan said.

The words are cut off at this point.

"Hmm. Pretending to be..." Hui Yuanai was thoughtful, "Who could it be?"

"The people living here are all from the Mamiya family, if you want to impersonate you have to—"

"Don't say it! I'll think about it myself."

"…it is good."

Obviously, it is still a follow-up to Watson's topic just now, and Haibara Ai's interest in reasoning is at its peak.

The two stood up and went back to find Conan, Hui Yuanai also thought about the lettering just now.

She didn't have any ideas for the time being... But for her, Feng Yuan's words just now are important clues.

First of all, that guy knew who the "I" in the lettering was referring to just by looking at it again...

That means that the clues are enough, and she has been with him all this time, so her clues should also be enough.

Secondly, although he didn't finish what he said, she can roughly make up the follow-up and know what he wants to say.

There is no need to impersonate servants and the like, but if you want to impersonate someone from the palace family, there must be no one in the castle who is very familiar with this person.

"Is it related to the fire four years ago?"

Hui Yuanai asked tentatively.Thinking about it carefully, Fengyuan just listened to the conversation between the doctor, the gardener and Mrs. Tai with her.

"Ah."

"Then it's Madam Tai who is being disguised? She's so old..."

Four years ago, Mrs. Jiangong returned to China to celebrate Mrs. Tai's birthday, and she was burned to death that night, which is too coincidental.And if it is because he is afraid that his "daughter" will expose him, then it makes sense.

However, it could also be a true coincidence.The only contact between Fengyuan and Mrs. Tai is that conversation, if he thinks there is a problem from here...

Hui Yuanai recalled, "Oh...you doubted her because she knew about the passport size change?"

"Yes."

"Can't it be seen in the newspaper or on TV, or someone told her?"

Good question, I thought the same thing.

Feng Yuan thought about it, but still said: "She said she is used to this change."

Hui Yuanai was thoughtful.

"And since that Mrs. Tai is a fake, then the person who engraved the lettering is the real Mrs. Hui." Hui Yuanai continued to reason, "From the fact that she didn't write her name, but only wrote [I], the real Mrs. Tai should have stayed here for several years without leaving."

"She may have died here."

……

After walking for a while, Conan has reached the bottom and came to a straight passage.

I looked around with a watch-shaped flashlight, and Conan, who didn't pay attention to the ground, tripped and fell onto something.

When he looked over, he fell into shock for a moment.

It was a skeleton.

And his hand just happened to be on the position of the skeleton's chest.

When he got up in a hurry and began to concentrate on observing the skeleton carefully, a voice came from behind, which startled him again.

"Judging from the degree of ossification, it should have been a while."

But the voice was very familiar, and Conan quickly realized it.

"Hui Yuan! You scared me to death."

Conan breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and patted his chest.

"How did you two come so fast?" Conan asked.

Glancing at Conan's hand that had just checked the remains, Haibara Ai took a step back with a disgusted expression.

"We have two flashlights, and we can walk faster than you." Fengyuan said standing a few meters away, and paused, "So, did you find anything?"

"Hmm. Looks like—"

"The foot bone of this remains is much thinner than the bones in other parts," Haibara Ai looked at the skeleton by the light of the flashlight and replied, Conan cast a surprised look, "And judging from the gender and age of the bone..."

"Is this the real Mrs. Tai?" Hui Yuanai concluded.

"...Huh?"

While speaking, a strange figure approached quietly.

……

Black Shadow is the person who disguised himself as Mrs. Tai through plastic surgery, the former maid Mutsumi Nishikawa.An old lady with great perseverance who pretended to be in a wheelchair for several years.

She originally quietly followed the child who accidentally entered, intending to use bricks to finish him off, but was startled by the shout from above.

So she used her familiarity with the passage to leave from the middle, took an iron rod, and went around to the back.

She intends to get rid of these unlucky children here.

Although I can't see the face, but the one standing at the back should be the stinky brat who just made a noise to scare her...

Thinking of this, she quietly approached skillfully, then raised the iron rod from top to bottom, and slammed it down on the child's head.

clang.

The impact made Conan and Haibara turn their heads subconsciously, and then they saw a scene that could become the childhood shadow of ordinary elementary school students.

On the other side, the iron rod smashed into the air, and the inertia caused Mutsumi Nishikawa to stagger two steps forward and almost fell to the ground, and the iron rod also fell out of his hand.However, she reacted quickly, quickly turned around and picked up the iron rod again.

But only picked up half of it.

The iron rod that had just come off the ground was stepped back by the child again, and the huge force made her let go of it again.

In her gaze, the child pulled back the iron bar with his feet and held the iron bar in his hand.

"Is your attack over?"

One end of the iron rod was almost touching Mutsumi Nishikawa's nose. Under her astonished gaze, the child spoke seriously, looking eager to try.

"Then it's my turn."

"Is there any objection?
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