Chapter 848 The Curse of the Castle
“You can see the entire chessboard from this angle. It’s so beautiful!”
“Yes, you can see it from here too!”
Although the reason for entering the house was to help the current owner of the house solve the puzzle, these children obviously quickly forgot about their instructions. One or two of them lay on the window sill and shouted excitedly.
The ancient castle deep in the forest, intricate puzzles, and the old castle that has been in disrepair because of the fire that has never been repaired...
Everything was like the beginning of the most standard adventure story. This group of children who were already full of adventurous spirit were completely captured by this feeling. At this time, their brain cells had not grown in this direction at all.
After observing for a while, Conan, who had already made some plans in his mind, took out his notebook and mobile phone, repeatedly photographed the chessboard below, wrote and drew in the notebook, and quickly got into the mood.
Karazawa observed Conan's movements for a moment, then looked down the window, looking at the other teammates scattered in the courtyard who were still using their brains to talk and understand the environment of the castle. He couldn't help but express his gratitude to Conan. Feeling sympathetic.
Now in this entire castle, except for the real and fake Mamiya family who are dying of anxiety, the only one who is serious about solving the mystery is this unlucky detective.
After recording the mystery, Conan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and his attention shifted to the structure of the house as expected.
He turned his head and looked at Yoshida Ayumi who was waving to him excitedly. He looked at the excessively wide gap between the two windows and the wall that separated the two rooms not far away. He did a simple mental calculation and frowned quickly. Twist.
"Well, the distance between the two windows on these two sides..."
Having always felt that the layout of the house was a bit inconsistent, he finally couldn't hold it back and stretched out his hand tentatively, wanting to pat it. After groping for this overly strong separation wall, as soon as his short hand touched the paint surface, he was held down by Tang Ze who was standing beside him.
"What, what's wrong?" Conan, who had been forgetful for a long time and forgot that there was a joker here, was slightly startled.
“Don’t take pictures randomly.” Tangze said softly, “The structure here is too complicated. If you accidentally get lost in it, it will be difficult to find you if something happens.”
Conan raised his eyebrows, thinking that there were curious children here as well as the housekeeper and servants who were following behind and observing with smiles, so he lowered his voice and said, "There are indeed secret doors and secret passages in this castle?"
"Yes, and there are quite a few of them." Tangze raised his hand and covered his eyelids, "As expected, it was once a castle where the exiled royal family lived. It is quite dazzling."
He It's dazzling in a physical sense.
The ability of the third eye is played strangely by Karasawa now, but the meaning of its existence from the beginning is to detect mechanisms and discover hidden switches and pathways. It is a special kind of ability. Cue visual.
Now, this unknown castle belonging to the Mamiya family is a mixture of factors such as a secret building and a special cognitive environment. As long as he opens the vision of his third eye, the entire castle will be in his field of vision. It's like a big, bright and dazzling light bulb, which is really uncomfortable.
Although he had already combined the situation of the castle and wondered whether this would be a map with a special entry and exit mechanism similar to the world of P4, he even thought that this might be a good opportunity to mislead Conan or make him understand a little bit about the nature of the Phantom Thieves. , but after all, the strange structure and reasons for the formation of this castle have not yet been investigated clearly, and he will not let Conan take this risk rashly.
What will happen to ordinary people who break into that world without any ability... P4 also showed it.
"'Dazzling'...?" Repeating this somewhat strange statement in confusion, Conan instinctively looked at the old electric lamp on the wall.
Not only is it not dazzling at all, the old light bulbs are starting to turn black, and the light is even a little dim.
"Yes, it is as dazzling as the sticky desire here that is almost flowing." Tangze said meaningfully, and then before Conan continued to ask questions, he rushed up and almost directly Kojima Motota, who fell out of the window, was pulled back.
I don’t know what Joker said, whether he was a chuunibyou, or he was really hinting at something...
Conan looked at Joker, who was seriously beginning to teach children not to be too naughty, and thought of someone who was equally glib. The Kaitou, who spoke and acted like King B, twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Sure enough, no one who doesn't suffer from the chuunibyou will become a phantom thief." Conan complained softly.
"You don't seem to be any better, Mr. Detective, a famous high school student?" Haibara Ai, who followed Ayumi here, took over the words at the right time, "You always say that the media is giving you It’s just nonsense, but I read your report and I can’t find any reason for you to be pretentious in front of the camera if it wasn’t for the sake of looking cool.”
It is said that Kudo Shinichi did not become a detective to pursue fame and fortune. , She believes that it is just her self-pursuit of reasoning and revealing the truth, but if this guy has the nerve to complain about Karasawa...
You're half-assed, you naive high school boys.
"I, I just happened to meet him, so I helped, so I didn't..."
"Oh, so the one the doctor showed me that day, uh, was a pose. The photo is also to leave a good impression in front of the public? "
"! How can he show that kind of thing to others? Forget it quickly! "
"Pfft. ”
The two fake primary school students raised their heads at the same time, and what they saw was a delicate and beautiful face with bright features.
Haihara Ai's reaction was flat, but Conan's eyes suddenly widened.
"Miss Shimabukuro...!"
Shimabukuro Kime smiled and raised her finger, making a silent gesture.
"Shh. Although I don't mind catching up with you, but not right now." Shimabukuro Kime showed a peaceful smile, "The owner here asked everyone to come to eat together, I'm here I just informed you.”
The clan members living in the castle are obviously not particularly rich, but they are not unable to prepare a sumptuous dinner for guests, even if there is a football team in the family. There were so many new faces that the Mamiya family’s kitchen resisted stubbornly.
Having said that, Mamiya Mitsuru, who had no choice but to use the extra-long dining table, sat at the bottom of the main seat and couldn't help but feel dazed as he watched the servants bring the dishes to the table like water.
“I didn’t know there was a table at home that could seat so many people.” Mamiya Mitsuru patted the long table and said dryly. Not only were there guests, but there were a large table of guests including men, women, old and young.
His eyes drifted back and forth from the faces of Kage Mitsuru Morofushi, who had some stubble, and Jinpei Matsuda, who had only taken off his sunglasses until he was at the dining table, and his lips wriggled a few times. Well, after all, I suppressed my doubts.
No matter how you look at it, he doesn’t look like he’s just 20. He is also a member of the university reasoning club. Or in your university, postgraduate and doctoral students still have time to join some undergraduate clubs...
“In the past, guests at home still didn’t. "Little." Before his stepfather made the inappropriate comment, Mamiya Takato shook his head and explained, "My mother has several younger brothers and sisters. When I came back with her when I was a child, the house would be very lively... But after my mother passed away, We don’t have much contact with each other anymore.”
Considering that Mamiya didn’t understand these situations because the other party had not been married to his mother for a long time, and the accident happened before he could understand the situation of Mamiya’s family, he It was put more euphemistically, but the meaning was conveyed.
No matter what their respective considerations were in choosing to live here, it is a fact that this is an old building where more than a dozen people died four years ago and has not recovered yet.
The people who would choose to settle here, except for the servants who work the same wherever they work for wages, are all weirdos with different thoughts. They are the part of the Mamiya family that others are not willing to come into contact with. .
"Oh yes, I did hear them say that you two have been living here since the fire. Why?" Dr. A Li put down his spoon and asked curiously.
Mrs. Mamiya, who died four years ago, had lived abroad for so many years. She must have had a slightly poor childbirth. Otherwise, she would not have been able to find a suitable son-in-law before returning home. Send wedding photos home.
As soon as she died, her son and husband seemed not to be in a hurry at all, and lived directly in her natal castle without leaving. There must be something fishy about this matter, otherwise the servants in the castle Nor would he talk about it to the extent that a guest like them, who had just arrived for the day, could inquire about it.
"Well, I have made the decision to live here for a few years after graduating from college. The scenery here is good, and I want to continue painting here." Takato Mamiya explained.
“At first I was worried that my mother-in-law had not seen my wife for a long time. They had been reunited but suddenly something happened, and she suffered the pain of losing her daughter. That’s why I stayed and wanted to take good care of her for a while. But living in Over time, I gradually fell in love with this place. This is the place where my wife grew up, and I want to get to know it better.”
When he spoke, his posture was very tender, and his peaceful emotions of sighing and relief were just right. He played the role of a middle-aged man who had finally found order in his life after losing his wife very well.
However, it is obvious that some people do not accept his trick.
"Hmph, you don't like my castle, you just like the wealth hidden in the castle, right?"
Sitting on the main seat far away, huddled in the wheelchair Mamiya Masuyo, who looked like a statue, suddenly spoke clearly and clearly when he heard this. His tone was sarcastic, and his words were even more acrimonious.
Everyone at the table couldn't help but look at her.
If the only guests today were the neurotic Dr. Agasa and the unsophisticated young detective team, her words would not arouse much emotion. At most, they would be regarded as the result of a drastic change in temperament after losing a close relative, and the Phantom Thieves are not real. What a clear and stupid college student.
Even if she used "forgot that her daughter was dead and lived in pain, so her personality became paranoid and difficult to understand" as the reason, her words were not what a mother should say.
"Grandma..." Takato Mamiya said in a helpless tone, "There are still so many guests here..."
Mitsuru Mamiya was stabbed in public by his mother-in-law, and his expression stagnated for a moment. He quickly adjusted and let out two loud laughs: "Haha, indeed! It would be too hypocritical to say that I don't care about my father-in-law's last words at all. That's why I came to find you all and want to solve this mystery together. Ah."
"My daughter actually fell in love with a greedy guy like you. She was really deceived by you." Masuyo Mamiya snorted in disgrace.
Seeing that a family war was about to break out again, Tang Ze cleared his throat, interrupting the somewhat tense atmosphere, and continued the topic with a natural expression: "Then you are not being honest. Even if you really find some treasure, it will not be the same as the previous one." It has nothing to do with us passing tourists. We are just planning to buy ourselves a fortune with a meal.”
This was because they were lingering in the castle until around dinner. , another group of children came, and it was hard to turn a blind eye anymore, otherwise Mamiya Mitsuru might have the idea of straight prostitution for free.
"...No way." Mamiya shook his head in denial after being exposed, "The last words left by my father-in-law did not allocate this 'treasure'. What he said was 'I want to The treasure is given to the one who solves the mystery of the castle. If you solve this problem, I will definitely give you the reward with both hands."
Look, what is the skill of speaking, he said. It is talking about "reward" and not "treasure". The subtext is that no matter what this inheritance is, it has nothing to do with them passing by.
Even though he knew that this was not tangible wealth at all and would not cause any property disputes, Tang Ze still rolled his eyelids and wanted to say something to this guy.
He didn't express anything. When he was Tangze, the opponent didn't take the initiative to offend him and it was hard for him to make any aggressive moves. However, his teammates obviously picked up on his emotions and immediately entered a state of preparation for battle.
“So, why not renovate the burned tower?” Narumi Asai, who ordered a glass of wine for herself, shook the glass and asked slowly, “Since the old lady is already troubled by this case I'm depressed, and even my memory is confused and blurred. Shouldn't you clean up the scene as soon as possible to prevent the elderly from seeing things and missing others? Knife Fork took over the words with a smile, "The servants said that the tower has been sealed off for several years. Not to mention repairs, even the cleaning work has not been completed. Even two years ago, a servant of the family entered the tower and disappeared and was found hungry. Died in the forest. They all said that there was a curse on that tower. This sounds completely contrary to filial piety."
Mamiya Mitsuru's expression completely froze.
What else could it be because, of course, he, the son-in-law who came to visit him, didn’t have that kind of money.
"I know this is inappropriate, and it's not like I haven't tried to repair the tower." He looked away and said evasively, "But it was really expensive to build, and the money at home is mainly in my mother's account. , I can’t force myself to make the decision. Secondly, the architectural plan of this castle was part of my wife’s father’s research during his lifetime. Because he passed away early and my wife has not lived in the country for many years, I have not yet been able to find the blueprint. If it can’t be repaired well, it would be better not to repair it, but it will destroy the landscape here.”
His reasons were high-sounding and barely justified, but half of the people at the table would definitely not be convinced by his words, and they exchanged glances. The look of me quietly watching your nonsense is almost written on your face.
Listening to his teammates' yin and yang for a while, Tangze, who felt very satisfied with his meal, swallowed the beef on his lips after hearing this, then turned his eyes and observed this large restaurant for a while.
"Speaking of curses, I have heard a story." He put the silver fork back on the porcelain plate and threw it with a clear sound, "The rich man who can't find the answer to the castle riddle, He invited experts from all over the world who he thought could solve the mystery to his home. After the solution failed to make any progress, the wealthy man, who had exhausted his patience, killed everyone in the castle. It seemed that he wanted to impress God in exchange for The answer he is chasing..."
When he said this, a lightning flashed outside the window at the right time, illuminating his slightly strange eyes.
Before the rumbling thunder came, everyone heard his last words clearly.
"If we don't survive tonight, then this story will be very similar, Mr. Mamiya."
(End of this chapter)
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