Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1324 The Disappearing Castle

Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge.

The warm sunlight is like a curtain that slowly opens, dispelling the darkness and allowing the earth to once again exude lush greenery.

As soon as several cars on the plain stopped not far away, a woman rushed out of the car.

Qin Zhibo also knew this woman, she was Kudo Shinichi's mother, Kudo Yukiko.

Yukiko took two steps at a time and hurried to Kudo Shinichi's side.

Kudo Shinichi was in a very bad condition at this time, but he had not completely fainted. He saw a blurry figure in front of him through his slightly opened eyes.

"Mom..." His breath was weak and his brain no longer had the energy to think about why he saw Yukiko here.

"Shinichi! It's mom!"

Yukiko responded, holding Kudo Shinichi's head in her arms and brushing away the messy hair on his forehead with care.

At this time, Kudo Yusaku also stepped forward and said to Yukiko: "The ambulance is on the way..."

He squatted down next to his son again and praised him, "Shinichi, you did a great job this time."

"Dad..."

"Lan she..."

Without paying attention to his father's affirmation, the first person that came to Kudo Shinichi's mind was Mao Li Ran.

Kudo Yusaku turned his head and looked at the ground next to him. A short-haired woman was giving Mao Li Ran a simple physical examination.

"The child is fine, he just fainted..."

Hearing that Ran Mouri was fine, Kudo Shinichi's tense nerves finally relaxed and he closed his eyes peacefully.

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised when he saw the Kudo couple suddenly appear.

It is understandable that Hei Yu Daoyi appears here. After all, this matter is closely related to him.

However, when Qin Zhibo heard from Minase Yangmeng that people who looked like the Kudo couple were also here, he was a little confused.

At this time, Kuroba Kaito also walked out of the stone circle with the gem.

When he saw Kuroba Toichi without his disguise and the short-haired woman taking care of Mouri Ran, an expression of surprise appeared on his face.

At this time, a bald old man wearing glasses also got off the car, waved excitedly and shouted: "Master!"

"Father Terai?!" Kuroba Kaito stared, "And dad and mom too!"

"Why are you here?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at his parents and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"It's a long story..."

Kuroba Toichi did not answer Kuroba Kaito's question immediately, but turned his gaze to Qin Zhibo.

"These gentlemen are all our own people now. I think you can take off your torn disguise..."

With the reminder from Heiyu Daoyi, Qin Zhibo realized that his human skin mask had been damaged due to the previous fight and was no longer suitable for disguise.

Moreover, as the only person who knows that Kuroba Kaito came to London with him, Kuroba Toichi is also clear about his true identity.

Qin Zhibo simply took off the mask on his face.

When the mask was revealed, a refreshing feeling instantly swept across the entire face.

At this time, another middle-aged man got out of the car.

He walked up to Qin Zhibo and said with a slight smile: "We meet again, Mr. Qin."

Qin Zhibo turned to look at the man, was slightly startled, and then he remembered the man's identity.

This person was the one sent by the Nine Angels Organization to recover the "Shining Trapezohedron" after the Las Vegas incident.

Luc Villiers.

……

Then an ambulance and a police car arrived at the same time and sent the injured Xinlan and the believers who were left behind to the hospital.

When the British doctor asked the believers what injuries they had suffered, Qin Zhibo replied that they had suffered crushing blows below the ground.

The wounds on Qin Zhibo's body were simply bandaged.

Now he wanted to find out what was going on.

Everyone returned to Salisbury in Wiltshire to rest and hold a brief briefing.

It turned out that after Kuroba Toichi returned, he immediately set off to the United States with Terai Kōnosuke to look for Kuroba Chikage.

In addition to finding Hei Yu Qianying, he also successfully contacted the Nine Angels Organization behind it.

In fact, ever since Harui Fuden's sacrifice, the Nine Angels Organization has been sending agents to secretly monitor the Beast Brotherhood's every move.

At the same time, the Nine Angels Organization also used the FBI channel to thoroughly investigate the situation of the Beast Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood of the Beast's main resources are in Europe, but the Nine Angels have investigated a company owned by the Brotherhood in the United States.

The company is called New World (NWI), a science and technology company that serves as a front for the Brotherhood's political and economic activities. The actual controller is currently named Edward Chandler.

This person's other identity is Günter von Goldberg II, the world's number one illusionist.

The Nine Angels organization also found out that Edward Chandler went to Europe when he was 11 years old. It was rumored that he went there to seek medical treatment. He did not return to the United States until he was 20 years old.

Shortly after he returned to the United States, his parents died unexpectedly in a car accident, and Edward Chandler inherited NMI from his parents.

After that, Edward Chandler used the pseudonym Günther von Goldberg II, performed magic tricks around the world, and became the world's number one illusionist.

At almost the same time, the notorious international killer "Spider" also appeared.

The original plan of the Nine Angels Organization was to use NMI as a breakthrough point to investigate the Brotherhood of Beasts.

After the two sides exchanged the information they had, Hei Yu Daoyi analyzed the plan of the Beast Brotherhood.

The Demon's Eye Organization once wanted to stop the Beast Brotherhood's conspiracy by finding a reincarnation.

But the Demon Eye discovered that searching for a reincarnated body was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and required a large amount of manpower, financial resources, and material resources.

The Beast Brotherhood far away in Europe brought Edward Chandler all the way to Europe and trained him to be an illusionist. It was definitely not just for the purpose of setting up a puppet.

In addition, after finding out that he is currently holding a comeback performance in the UK, Kuroba Touichi judged that Edward Chandler is most likely the "reincarnation" mentioned in the prophecy of the Beast Brotherhood.

The next location of the Beast Brotherhood's action will be in London.

So they came to London to investigate...

"According to the information provided by Mr. Luke, the Beast Brotherhood and its brother organizations in the same camp are also planning to revive the Black Pharaoh..."

At this point, Luc Villiers stepped forward and took the initiative to introduce himself.

"This organization is called the Black Pharaoh Brotherhood. It is a religious organization that fanatically worships the Black Pharaoh. In the past, most of its members were of Egyptian descent, but in the past decade, it has become relatively tolerant."

"The Nine Angels found out that the Black Pharaoh Brotherhood has an important member in London named Edward Gavigan."

"This man is a famous British Egyptologist, a director of the Penhew Foundation controlled by the Black Pharaoh Brotherhood, and the high priest of the Black Pharaoh Brotherhood in London."

"Mr. Kuroba Touichi guessed that this person must have mastered the entire action plan of the Brotherhood, so he investigated him."

"But unfortunately, this person has a strong sense of anti-investigation. He usually acts flawlessly and even uses secret codes when talking to the organization on the phone." "This caused the investigation to stagnate for a while..."

"Thanks to the help of Mr. Kudo Yusaku, we were able to decipher the code and found out that the final location for the reincarnation ceremony was Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain."

"Next, we will set up the reversal array in the Stonehenge in advance, and when the ritual array is activated, we will reverse the array..."

Regarding the reversal of the magic circle, Qin Zhibo had seen it before at a séance held by a psychic enthusiast.

Simply put, reversing the magic circle can reverse the effect of the magic circle, turning the spell of summoning gods into the spell of sending gods.

The effect on the Black Pharaoh's reincarnation ritual is to send the Black Pharaoh's soul back to the Dreamland, and even expel Ghroth who created this ideal opportunity.

However, the reversal array can only be activated after the original array has begun to take effect.

This is also the reason why we have to wait until the critical moment to take action.

What Qin Zhibo didn’t understand was why Kudo Yusaku appeared here?
Although Yusaku Kudo is one of the world's top mystery novelists with unrivaled reasoning abilities, Kuroba Toichi is Kaito Kid and has fought against him before. It's impossible for him to take the initiative to find Yusaku Kudo, right?
Could it be that Yusaku Kudo is also the agent of the Nine Angels group?
Qin Zhibo asked the doubts in his mind.

This made Kuroba Toichi and Kudo Yusaku look at each other in tacit understanding, and the corners of their mouths rose slightly at the same time.

Kuroba Touichi: "I took the initiative to find Yusaku."

Excellent work?

Qin Zhibo narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Because we are... brothers."

brother……

"What? You're brothers!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Qin Zhibo and Kuroba Kaito in the room suddenly widened their eyes, with shock in their eyes not concealed at all.

Especially Kuroba Kaito, his eyes were almost falling out of shock.

"Dad!"

"Are you serious?"

Facing his own son's question, Kuroba Touichi nodded affirmatively and replied: "My parents divorced when Yusaku and I were still young. I was taken away by my father to be raised, and Yusaku was given to my mother..."

After hearing this, Kuroba Kaito was still in shock and couldn't speak for a long time.

He would never have dreamed of such an outrageous plot in his life. The famous detective he had been fighting against for such a long time was actually related to him?
That Conan kid should be my cousin...

Kuroba Kaito recalled the birthdays written on their passports. They were the same age, his birthday was June 6st, and Kudo Shinichi's was May 21th...

Oops! My birthday is smaller!
Kuroba Kaito's pupils suddenly shrank, and he suddenly realized that he had a "cousin" for no apparent reason.

The key is that this cousin is still his "opponent".

Japan is a country that is very particular about seniority and hierarchy. Even if a cousin is born a month earlier, his status is much higher.

At this moment, Kuroba Kaito understood one thing.

If there is anything in life more frustrating than not being able to steal a gem, it must be having to bow down to your opponent and call him "brother" politely.

Compared to Kuroba Kaito who was quickly sorting out the generations in his mind, Qin Zhibo quickly regained his composure.

Now he knew why Kuroba Kaito and Kudo Shinichi looked so similar.

There is no such thing as a popular face in this world, it's all about relatives...

"Um, this matter..."

Qin Zhibo was just about to ask whether Kudo Shinichi knew about this?
But then I thought, he is still lying in the hospital, so he probably doesn't know.

Alas... I wonder how the kid will feel when he wakes up and finds out that his uncle and cousin are two generations of Kaito Kid?

When that time comes, all I can offer you is a few words of comfort.

Your house is a mess...

……

evening.

Shrewsbury, northern England, UK.

A white car was driving along the Severn River, its dim headlights flashing like will-o'-the-wisp as it passed through the woods.

In the back seat of the car, Bai Ma Tan gently rubbed his temples to relieve the fatigue of the past two days.

After leaving Blythechester, he headed north, first arriving in Worcester.

This is where Ah Fu found the clue about Twilight Villa, and the clue was an old-fashioned architectural sketch kept in a British family.

The building in the sketch is almost identical to the original Dusk Villa.

This sketch comes from the great-great-grandfather of the mistress of the family.

Her great-great-grandfather was a boatman who often worked along the canal tracks of the River Severn.

About 110 years ago, my great-great-grandfather saw a magnificent newly built castle on the banks of the River Severn.

Since my great-great-grandfather was very interested in painting and architecture when he was young, he drew a sketch based on the appearance of this castle.

But when he passed by there again thirty years later, he found that the castle standing on the river bank had disappeared.

This incident continued to bother my great-great-grandfather, and he was still brooding over it until his death, so he passed the matter on to the next generation.

Of course, the hostess's great-grandfather and grandfather had never seen the magnificent palace-like castle on the banks of the Severn River.

However, this story has been passed down in the hostess's family.

Her great-great-grandfather had said that stretch of riverside, located in Shrewsbury, north of Worcester, was said to have been built by a man of prominent status at the time.

Following this clue, the White Horse detective came to Shrewsbury to investigate.

However, the White Horse Detective did not find any information about the castle in the local historical logs.

But when he visited the local elderly people, he heard from one of them an experience very similar to that of the boatman.

The old man's grandfather used to work on an estate three miles from the town of Shrewsbury.

The manor was extremely luxurious. At that time, it was definitely impossible for an ordinary person to live in such a manor.

However, he was not very clear about the host's background. He just heard that he was related to a prominent nobleman in London.

When the man was less than thirty years old, he planned to build a castle in a sparsely populated area near the River Severn.

Since the old man's grandfather was a gardener in the manor, he was sent to the construction site of the castle to clear the weeds and trees around the river.

After a few years, the castle was built.

It was truly a magnificent castle. The old man’s grandfather swore that he had never seen such a magnificent building in his life.

However, just when he thought that the male owner of the manor would move into the new house soon and he could then work around the magnificent castle, the male owner had no plans to move.

Later, the man left the estate for another place and most of the servants were fired, including the gardener.

Many years later, when the gardener was dying of lung disease, he remembered to visit the castle again.

But when he finally got there, he found that the castle had disappeared.