Stay away from Conan.

That night, after Gao Yuan searched through Kosaka Kiichi's office and found no books or materials that could explain his relationship with Karasuma Renya, he left the castle with Ai and Kuroba Kaito, taking the photo of Karasuma Renya and the Russian handwritten materials that Kuroba Kaito had found.

As for Qian Shouyi, according to Kuroba Kaito, he has been trapped by a mechanism in the castle, and he cannot unlock it by himself without the help of outsiders.

Therefore, in order to teach this guy who sneaked into the castle a lesson, Gao Yuan and his friends considered waiting at least a day before trying to find a way to notify the police or Miss Kosaka Natsumi and others, so that they can find the thief who sneaked into the castle.

After all, in order to enter the castle, this guy actually used an electric saw to cut off the lock of the castle gate. This alone was enough to convict him.

Therefore, after leaving the castle, Takato and others drove back to Tokyo overnight. After parting with Kuroba Kaito, they stored the information in the basement of Akechi's house. Takato and Ai then went to rest. As for whether to start using the main computer in the basement to scan and organize the information and then translate it, they could only consider it after they had rested.

As a result, the next day, Gao Yuan saw the news that the German-style castle in Yokosuka had caught fire late last night. After waking up, he saw -

Suddenly, this situation surprised Gao Yuan and others who had just left the castle last night.

In this regard, because the castle in Yokosuka has not been inhabited all year round, everyone followed Kosaka Natsumi and the others to the castle yesterday in order to find the second "Memory Easter Egg", so naturally, for this matter, Gao Yuan, Conan, Maori Kogoro and others, all went to Yokosuka again and met Miss Kosaka Natsumi.

"Ms. Xia Mei, are you okay?"

  Concerned, after seeing Kosaka Natsumi, Xiaolan first asked:

"The castle left by your great-grandfather..."

  In response, Kosaka Natsumi didn't seem to care too much about the point of Xiaolan's question. She just shook her head and said:

"It's just that a lot of things in the castle were burned, but the structure of the castle was not seriously damaged... And, for me, as long as my great-grandmother's tomb is fine..."

With that, Kosaka Natsumi spoke candidly about her thoughts on the castle fire:

"only……"

However, the subject changed and Natsumi Kosaka seemed to remember something else, which made her sigh.

  Seeing this, Maori Kogoro couldn't help but ask:

"What's wrong? Miss Xia Mei? Could it be that even the underground..."

"Oh, no, no..."

  Facing Maori Kogoro's concern, Kosaka Natsumi shook her head and lowered her head and replied:

"I just didn't expect that when the castle was on fire, there was actually..."

"That's actually true."

Seeing that Kosaka Natsumi looked a little regretful, Butler Sawabe couldn't help but help explain:

"When firefighters inspected the castle after the fire was put out, they found a charred body inside."

"The charred body!"

  Immediately, hearing this, Conan and Maori Kogoro were all shocked:

"Could it be that when the fire broke out, there were still people in the castle?"

Conan asked in surprise.

At the same time, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai, who were listening to this, probably had a guess in their minds - the fire in the castle last night, and the charred body inside...

No matter how I think about it, it seems that it can only be Qian Jiangyi who was trapped in the castle last night?

If that's the case...

  I really didn't expect that this guy would end up like this.

But why is this?

Why did the castle catch fire?

In response to this, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai looked at each other quietly. It was obvious that they were thinking the same thing at the moment -

"After the police investigation, the deceased should be Mr. Qian Jiangyi. The police also found his car in front of the castle gate, and the castle gate lock was broken by someone with an electric saw..."

Soon, Butler Sawabe also gave his conclusion about the identity of the deceased.

  Hearing this, everyone present was somewhat stunned. Then Maori Kogoro naturally thought of what had happened and couldn't help but say:

"So it was that guy! When he went to the castle with us yesterday, he had been wanting to steal the treasures in the castle. It seems that he didn't give up after returning yesterday and sneaked back again... In this case, he deserves it!"

Obviously, he was very indignant about Inui Shoichi's behavior. Kogoro Mori scolded him and also advised Natsumi Kosaka not to feel psychologically burdened by it.

  However, although Conan basically agreed with Maori Kogoro's views, after thinking carefully, there are actually many problems here, so he couldn't help but interrupt and ask:

"Well...if that's the case, does the fire in the castle have anything to do with Mr. Qian Jiangyi?"

  So, hearing this question, Kosaka Natsumi shook her head and replied:

"Well... Mr. Qian Jiangyi seems to have triggered the mechanism left by my great-grandfather in the castle and was trapped in a cage... As for whether he set the fire, it is not clear, and the police are still investigating."

In response to this, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai looked at each other quietly after hearing this answer.

Obviously, the conclusion that the deceased was Qian Jiangyi was correct, and now it seems that he was trapped in the mechanism, which was also the key reason why he could not escape after the fire.

However, although Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai might be slightly touched because they were responsible for Qian Jiangyi's death, they would obviously not expose themselves because of this. After all, this was Qian Jiangyi's own fault.

However, the key question still lies in the cause of the fire. What exactly caused the castle to catch fire?

Now, because of the fire, the flammable books, photos and other things in the castle have probably been destroyed. There is no need to worry about the exposure of some of the information that he and others secretly took from the castle. However, this unexplained fire cannot be started by Qian Jiang, right?

So, what exactly happened to this fire?

Could it be that after I and others left last night, someone else entered the castle?

……

"Nothing was found in the tomb of the Tsar's third princess, Princess Maria, and all the information in the castle has been burned. You don't have to worry about whether there might be anything related to you left there.

"——Vermouth."

As an email signed by "Vermouth" was written, a police officer in a technician's uniform who was investigating the fire scene at Yokosuka Castle quietly sent such an email on his mobile phone after completing the on-site investigation inside the castle... (End of this chapter)