Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 162 Coffin
"What, it turned out to be a rope, Yuantai, don't be scary, okay?" Mitsuhiko exhaled and complained after seeing the things on the ground clearly by the light of the flashlight.

Conan squatted down and picked up one end of the rope ladder to observe for a while and said: "It seems that the rope ladder was originally hanging on it, and it should have broken after aging."

As he said that, he took a look at his mobile phone from his pocket, and asked the others helplessly, "There is no mobile phone signal here, so should we stay where we are and wait for the doctor to come to rescue us, or keep going?"

The three little ones looked at me and I looked at you, unable to hide the excitement on each other's faces, and shouted in unison: "Does it need to be said, of course, Let's go!"

After finishing speaking, the three of them turned on the flashlight switches on their watches at the same time, and walked towards most of the aisle in front of them. Conan followed behind the three of them with a helpless face, but Xiaosaki and Xiaoai smiled at the corners of their mouths, doting on their faces. Looking at the three children, they were at the end of the line.

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On the other side, Ishino and his team walked through the not-so-narrow underground passage holding a flashlight, shocked by the huge underground project in front of them.

"Speaking of which, Miss Natsumi, why is the password 'the magician at the end of the century'?" Ovchinnikov asked the doubt that had troubled him since just now.

"I think this may be the title of my great-grandfather." Xia Mei recalled and explained, "I heard from grandma that Xiyi's great-grandfather took his mechanical doll work to participate in the 16 Paris World Expo when he was 1900 years old. , and then went to live in Russia."

Hearing this, Mori Kogoro, who was walking in front of the two, also echoed: "I see, 1900 is indeed the end of the 19th century, and Mr. Kiichi Kasaka, who has the ability to represent Japan in the World Expo, is called the magician of the end of the century." That makes sense."

Just as they were speaking, everyone walked out of the long passageway of steps, came to an empty cave, and continued to grope forward.

"It's so big, I didn't expect that there is such a large space under the castle, and there is still a long way ahead?" Looking at the endless underground passage, Xiaolan couldn't help but sigh.

When a group of people passed by a narrow opening, Ishino noticed the voice coming from the narrow passage with his super hearing, and reminded him: "There seems to be movement here, it seems that someone is coming."

"Officer Shiratori, you and Mr. Mori are here with everyone, I'll come after I go and have a look." After speaking, he picked up the flashlight and went into the passage.

It didn't take long for Shi Ye to bump into a few children walking in the tunnel with great interest as if they were on an outdoor picnic at the corner.

"Ah, it's Uncle Ishino, why are you here?" San Xiaozhi, who had seen the appearance of the visitor clearly, found that the person was actually Ishino, and asked curiously.

"We found a secret passage in the castle, so we came down to find out." Ishino patiently explained to a few people, and then asked in turn, "Why did you come here? Aren't you holding a tea party in the courtyard?"

"It's actually like this..." Seeing her father's question, Xiaosaki stepped forward and slowly told the other party what happened to them and the group.

While listening to the eldest daughter's explanation, Ishino led the children towards the direction they came from. After a while, they walked out of the cave and joined the others.

Looking at a group of children who suddenly appeared, Kogoro Mori turned his dead fish eyes and complained: "What the hell did these little devils do? They came here to join in the fun."

On the other hand, Xia Mei looked at the two daughters talking and laughing with the other children and said happily: "It's okay, Mr. Maori, it will be more lively if there are more people, besides, the children are also very happy, aren't they?"

"But..." In the middle of speaking, Uncle Mao Li suddenly realized that the other party's daughters were also among the group of children, and thought that there would be no danger with so many adults here, so he didn't say anything more.

In this way, a group of children hummed a ditty and walked at the front of the line. After a while, they came to the end of the passage and stopped in front of a wall carved with murals.

"This seems to be a dead end, is it the wrong way?" Looking at the wall in front of him, Mori Kogoro asked.

"Impossible, this is the only way we have traveled all the way." Kaito stepped forward to the wall, and said with a flashlight to illuminate the mural, "It seems that there should be a mechanism here too."

As the light of the flashlight moved on the mural, the three little ones cried out excitedly looking at the illuminated pattern: "Ah, there are so many birds on it! The biggest bird in the middle has two heads!"

Xiao Ai behind the three little ones communicated with Conan in a low voice: "The double-headed eagle is the Czar's coat of arms."

"Yeah, is the sun behind the crown? The sun... the light... maybe..." Seeing this kind of mural with obvious secret meaning, Conan immediately turned his brain at full speed and entered the decryption state.

But before he could express his guess, a bunch of converging lights passed over his head and directly shone on the crown of the double-headed vulture. The five gem patterns on the crown immediately reflected light of different colors. The ground trembled accordingly.

Everyone turned their heads to look at Shi Ye who was walking forward with a flashlight, and asked curiously, "Mr. Shi Ye, what's going on?"

"I looked at the crown on the mural and thought it was a bit strange, so I used a strong light to take a closer look, and it seemed that the mechanism was just triggered." Shi Ye explained calmly, and at the same time prevented him from doing it again. Conan who does not conform to the behavior of a first-grade elementary school student.

Seeing that the floor in front of him was gradually sinking, revealing the hidden underground entrance, Kaito suddenly said: "So, this jewel in the crown is a combination of luminance meters, which use light to open the mechanism of the secret room."

"What a powerful mechanism, let's go in quickly!" San Xiaozhi exclaimed in unison when he saw the steps and the doorway appearing under his feet.

Seeing that the entrance to the secret room had been opened, everyone entered it one after another without stopping, and came to a huge stone room with a towering dome.

Kaito and Mori Kogoro found the candlesticks placed around the stone chamber after a little exploration, and took out their lighters to light the candles. Each candle gradually displayed the entire stone chamber in front of everyone.

"Wow, it looks like it's inside a huge eggshell!" Seeing the shape of the entire stone chamber, Ayumi couldn't help being surprised, while Conan was attracted by a cylindrical pedestal in the center of the stone chamber, and began to study it curiously.

As all the candlesticks were lit, everyone's eyes were finally attracted by a coffin placed on the platform directly in front of the coffin, and at the junction of the coffin and the coffin, a beautifully carved big lock was facing the direction of everyone. Reflects metallic luster.

(End of this chapter)