Chapter 847 The Charming Moment of the Onion Trick
“Hey, are you the new guests this morning? There are actually very few new faces here... Madam, I don’t really know about this, she is living abroad. For more than 20 years, as you know, the more senior servants in the family died in the fire..."
"As for this castle, I don't know that it is actually owned by the Taifu now. In his name. Oh, there is a saying in the family about the death of the lady. It is said that the nobles who lived here in the past were very particular about exchanging the lifespan of their descendants for their own lives..."
I feel the charm of this castle. There was no need to discuss how the servants spoke and behaved when they were out of sight of the master. Almost everyone in the Phantom Thieves dispersed in twos and threes in a tacit agreement, ostensibly wanting to observe the castle lawn from multiple angles. The huge chessboard on the table was actually used to draw servants from all over the place to understand the situation.
After such a long period of getting along day and night, the members of the Phantom Thieves have already understood each other's work styles, and have developed several sets of fixed partners in a tacit understanding, and can make very targeted suggestions. It is too easy to solve problems, process information, integrate communication, and build a good relationship with a group of helpers who are unprepared and live a boring and leisurely life in a castle in the suburbs all day long.
When it passed noon, Dr. Ali and the Young Detective Team, who had returned without success, approached in the round little Beetle, and what they saw was a completely unexpected scene.
“I forgot to bring the most important tent when I went camping.” Kojima Motota stepped out of the passenger seat and walked on the soft humus layer of the forest. While complaining, "The doctor's carelessness is beyond imagination."
"I got lost on the way back. I don't even know where I went." He led Haiyuan Ai and walked down. Ayumi Yoshida echoed, "If I hadn't discovered that there was a castle here, I wouldn't have known where I would sleep at night. Sleeping in the car?"
"It's all you guys who have been chattering in my head. I don’t even know anymore..." Dr. Ali patted his bald forehead, sighed loudly, and led a group of naughty children towards the castle. He warned, "Go inside without hesitation in a while. If this is If it is a private residence, it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings..."
When he turned his head and looked through the huge iron gate of the castle's front gate towards the main building behind, he was surprised to find a very familiar face. .
Ignoring the children who were eager to touch the door directly, he couldn't help but raise his voice and shouted to the person who was talking to the gardener: "Karasawa, what a coincidence! Why are you here!"
It was not unexpected. It could even be said that Tang Ze, who had been waiting here for a long time, turned his head, smiled and waved to a few people, and asked knowingly: "Doctor, Conan, Xiao Ai, and a few classmates, why are you here? Here? Didn’t you say you were going to camp by the lake?”
The members of the Young Detective Team were naturally surprised when they saw him. Conan looked slightly surprised, but after thinking for a few seconds, he seemed to be able to digest it. an emergency situation.
Only Haihara Ai walked through the gap between the fences, faced Tangze's smiling expression, raised his finger and tapped it in the air.
This guy knew so much about the doctor’s situation and seemed to have the upper hand. She even suspected that they might have gone next door and stolen the doctor’s tent from the car...
"Well..." Dr. Ali couldn't help but his eyes wandered, and he scratched his head in embarrassment, "Accidents, accidents, just small accidents... Well, are you here for fun? Then you can help me. Ask the owner here if he would mind if we stayed here for a while. Or he could give us a map to show us the way.”
“What’s the matter?” Mamiya Mitsuru, who seemed to be looking for a suitable place to study in the garden, reacted quickly and walked to the bustling door. He looked at the rows of large and small bean sprouts on the door with a hesitant expression, "Is today a special day? ? Why are there so many tourists passing by..."
Their castle is indeed inconvenient for external transportation, but after all, it is located in the middle of the forest, and there are not many branches for vehicles to pass, which is special. It's not easy to identify, and saying it's easy to get lost would be an exaggeration.
What kind of fate must it be that two tour groups can be crammed into this remote building on the same day...
“Well, we were passing by here and found that there was something here. Such a majestic castle, I can’t help but want to come over and visit it.” At this point, Dr. Ali was embarrassed to say that he had to find a place to stay because he was stupid, so he said in a more pleasant way, “I didn’t expect this place. And friends I know.”
"Oh? Do you know these children and old people?" Mamiya looked at Tang Ze in surprise, with a subtle expression, and glanced at the other people scattered in the courtyard with his peripheral vision.
Because of the huge chessboard on the lawn, the open space of the Mamiya castle is cut open by sculptures, shrubs and other decorations, and the line of sight is not wide, so it is difficult for people outside the door to see clearly the situation in other locations, but standing there Mamiya Mitsuru could see clearly on the stairs.
It was said to be the reasoning research club of some university, but there was a group of handsome men and women who came down as if they were going to take a magazine cover photo, and there were also a bunch of old men and elementary school students outside...
Today was really strange. People...
"Oh, I know you. The old man over there is an inventor with a doctorate, and he is proficient in mechanical circuit design and research and development. From those children, it seems that they call themselves the 'Young Detective Team' Kids, it has been in the news. You know, we always have to pay attention to some relevant information..." Tang Ze curled his eyes and answered politely.
"That's it." After listening to the job introduction, Mamiya Mitsuru was immediately in awe, "Okay, you can come and stay for a night. I haven't seen children in many years, and it's rare for the castle to be so lively."
"Yes!"
The members of the Young Detective Team let out carefree cheers. The unlucky gardener held up the hat on his head and resignedly went to get the key to open the door again.
Haihara Ai, who had roughly guessed that there was a problem here, moved to Tangze's side in a small step and kicked his heels without leaving any trace.
He said yesterday that he came out with the people in the group, just standing in front of that guy Kudo without any disguise...
She knew that Kudo was being tricked by Karasawa's fake identity trick, but she didn't even try to pretend. Is it really okay? That guy has been staring here.
Tang Ze raised his hand as if to check the time, and gently touched Haihara Ai's shoulder, signaling her to calm down.
He had already prepared the idea of "encountering by chance", so how could he really not make any preparations.
"Brother Karaze?" Sure enough, within two seconds, Conan, who was full of suspicion, came closer and tugged on his trouser leg, half puzzled and half defensive, "Why are you here? Sister Lan said, you have a review meeting to attend..."
Tang Ze raised his eyes and looked around. Dr. Ali led several children to spread out and curiously touched the chess statue. The three of them stood in the middle and were not very conspicuous.
So he bent down and oppressively covered Conan's body with shadow, looking down at his face from top to bottom with the light behind him, and the red light in his eyes lit up in the shadow.
"Guess what?" Only a red light flickered in his eyes, Tang Ze curled his eyes and showed a smile that was the same as usual.
Conan, who had good eyesight, could not miss such a close change, and his expression was horrified: "Hey..."
He opened his mouth and wanted to shout out the word joker directly, but he hesitated He glanced at the excited and screaming children, rolled his tongue, and had to change his name: "Amamiya, what are you... don't cause trouble to Karasawa, he has an important meeting today, and he should be on police duty now. It's impossible to leave the city of Tokyo over there..."
While speaking, he quickly glanced at Haibara Ai who was standing on the other side. Seeing the dull reaction on the other person's face, he guessed it. She was probably able to recognize something was wrong with "Tangze" just by looking at him outside the door. The gesture just now was to express that she had seen through this.
"Isn't this just right? It's better to prove that I am not here. There is no way, handsome guys who are too recognizable will be turned away." Straightening up again, Tangze shrugged and threw the pot lightly. " Anyway, these children don’t know us, so it doesn’t matter.”
It’s a joke, he doesn’t even attend the school in person, so does he need to go to the meeting in person during the protective observation stage?
His current official review officer is Kazami Yuya. As long as he is not carrying an RPG to bomb the Metropolitan Police Department, generally speaking, there will be no problem with his protective observation.
If there is any problem, it is Group Zero's problem, not his problem, so of course it is Tang Ze who has the final say on how to arrange it.
"Hey, don't speak like that with Karasawa's voice..." Shocked by the gorgeous and narcissistic tone of Karasawa's voice, Conan's mouth twitched, wanting to continue to refute, and then thought about it. It took a few seconds to realize that this was indeed the case.
If the current members of the Phantom Thieves are correct, except for Joker himself, Kitagawa Yusuke, the boy who calls himself Hoshikawa Teru, and Miyano Akemi, who was saved by someone without knowing it, the rest should be those who he has witnessed the Phantom Thieves one after another. Naomi Asai, Kimie Shimabukuro and Noah's Ark were taken away directly.
Oh, there is also the more suspicious identity of the man with black hair in a cloak who was brought here to dispose of the bomb last time. He was wearing sunglasses in the dark and performing high-risk operations. He is highly suspected of being the former search officer who has been deemed dead. Section 1 Police Officer Matsuda Jinpei...
The cases of these people were mainly participated by Kogoro Mori, and they had no interaction with the carefree children of the Young Detective Corps, even if they were told directly The kids wouldn't react to their real names. As for Tangze himself, whose account was suddenly hacked, he has been under the police's nose all day, so what happened here has nothing to do with him.
Seeing the expression on Conan's face that he had convinced himself again, and hearing the content of his protest, Haihara Ai silently pressed his forehead, speechless.
No, that's his real voice and speaking style.
She has no need to worry about this problem. Kudo is the guy who is full of misunderstandings and excessive beautification of Karasawa...
While the three of them are talking, the gardener Masaru Tabata once again acts as the commentator. The man had once again taken the trouble to introduce the origin of the chess garden, led the guests into the hall, and introduced the family members of the Mamiya family.
"...The grand master is a historian and has always liked to study buildings such as ancient castles. It was also because of his request that he and his wife moved here." Tabata Katsuo raised his head and said, He introduced the largest oil painting with emotion, "Mr. Zhenzhao got along well with him, but my wife didn't agree with him. She often said to Mr. Zhenzhao..."
"'Dad is just a man. Just a reasonable intellectual, right?”
A hoarse voice came from the side, and everyone turned their attention.
A wheelchair, carrying an old man with his body hunched into a ball and his body almost completely deformed, slowly approached.
"Madam, why are you out here?" Tabata Katsura looked at him in surprise, and quickly took off his hat and went up to salute.
He keeps talking behind his back, but he still has the proper attitude when facing the boss who pays wages.
As if Mamiya Masuyo couldn't hear his voice at all, he continued talking: "Master also knows about this matter, and he doesn't feel dissatisfied, but has always been very happy about it. ! The most important thing is for children to have their own lives. ”
"I'm sorry to remind you of sad things..." Tabata Katsuo lowered his head.
"How could it be? I have long been used to the days when he is not around. It's like the banknotes are constantly being changed. I wasn't used to it at first, but over time, that's all. "Mamiya Masashiro sighed calmly in a hoarse voice, "Time is such a thing, no matter how much happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy it will fade away."
She seemed to have seen through the world. At the end of the old man's sigh, Dr. Ali nodded in agreement, and several children also showed expressions of respect.
Only Conan lowered his gaze, looked at her legs covered by a roll of blanket, and touched his chin.
No matter how you look at it, this face with rough, loose skin, spots, and curled up body is undoubtedly an old man in poor health, like a candle in the wind.
But for an old man who has been relying on a wheelchair for a long time, why does his legs and feet seem to have no trace of deformation...
It is difficult to see clearly through the thick cloth, and after Mamiya Masashiro said this , he grabbed the wheelchair with his dry fingers, adjusted its orientation, and did not let him continue to observe.
"He is my son-in-law's scientist friend, so please stay." Masuyo Mamiya nodded slowly, "You must work hard for the puzzle left by the old man. I Where is my daughter, hasn’t she come back yet? Didn’t she say she was coming to celebrate my birthday today?”
“Ah, madam, madam...”
“Okay, I understand. , this girl has never been obedient. I asked her to come to my room as soon as I got back. She must come and apologize to me for being late on such an important day.”
After saying this, she pushed her wheelchair and left in the direction she had just come from.
"I'm sorry, my wife, I didn't mean it." Tabata Katsura watched her go away and immediately apologized to Dr. Agasa, "My wife has been like this after the fire, for several years. The doctor said it might be Some Alzheimer's disease, cognitive confusion and so on..."
"Oh, maybe it was stimulated by the death of my daughter..." Dr. A Li nodded in understanding and sighed twice.
Conan was thinking about the "puzzle" in the courtyard, and was about to skip these lyrical parts and directly ask if there was a room where the puzzle could be directly seen, when he heard "Karasawa" standing aside chuckle. There was a sound.
He immediately turned his head and his attention was suddenly drawn away from the puzzle: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Compared with solving puzzles or something like that, the fact that the Phantom Thieves of Heart are haunting him makes him more nervous now. After all, as long as there is a place where the Phantom Thieves appear, something will happen.
In the Shitara family, he hesitated because he did not investigate the situation clearly. The only person who died overnight in the Shitara family was Renki Shitara.
There are only a few living members of the Mamiya family, so if possible, it would be better to cause less harm to others.
Tangze glanced at him, and felt from his overly solemn expression that this naughty kid might be slandering him in his heart, and immediately raised the question: "Don't you think it's strange? Let such a person with limited mobility The elderly person walks around alone at home. If she can only travel in a wheelchair, then she can't even go to the bathroom."
Conan looked thoughtfully at the entrance hall. There were stairs connecting the first and second floors on both sides of the oil painting, and he nodded slowly.
He had just seen a hall with this design two days ago and two people fell to death. He would not believe it if an old lady who looked like she was in her seventies would not get into trouble here.
This castle looks majestic, and the rococo-style interior can be called magnificent, but its age is genuine. Not to mention retirement, even a normal young person would feel inconvenience living here.
The old man suffering from Alzheimer's disease has weak legs and feet. There is obviously no shortage of servants at home, so why doesn't he even have a dedicated caregiver?
“Look over there.” Tang Ze held Conan’s shoulders and turned him towards the corridor on the side of the first floor. “Look over there, at the end of the corridor, are there no windows? Don’t you think it’s very strange? Isn’t it strange that this corridor is not connected to any room, but it stands to reason that the outside is the west side of the garden. Why not open a door or window and let it play a normal traffic role? "
This is Mamiya? The direction Masudai left.
According to what she just said, her room is nearby.
Conan touched his chin and frowned slowly.
"There is something wrong with the layout of this castle..." Conan squinted his eyes as he established the shape of the building observed from the outside in his mind and compared it with the structure he could see now.
It’s not surprising that a castle like this that was once used by nobles would have some secret cellars, dungeons or storage rooms, but it doesn’t seem entirely right to say that it just has a few more rooms. number.
Tangze raised his eyes and looked at the landscape oil painting hanging there at the end of the corridor, and he bent his eyes again.
He probably found where the "special world entrance" to this strange place is.
(End of this chapter)