Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 336, Section 330: Mori, the Advanced Hunter
"Hey, I have an idea!"

Of the three men, one would inevitably be chosen as the idea king, and it was obvious that Kaito Kuroba became the idea king this time.

Lin Longma and Bai Niao both looked at him at the same time.

"Since we're going to ambush Shi Kaobing in advance, why not do it thoroughly?"

Kaito Kuroba seemed genuinely proud of his idea and continued, "Didn't we catch so many zoo gunmen?"

"Since they all wear the same clothes, how about we take them off and replace them with ours?"

Listen to this! The mighty Phantom Thief Kid is acting like he's part of the group these days. He's saying "we"...
According to the pattern of the three men's actions, when one of them becomes the idea king, the other two will unconditionally carry out the idea king's proposal.

Moreover, Kaito Kuroba's suggestion really struck a chord with Ryoma Hayashi and Shiratori.

"I'll make the arrangements right away—our Kosaka family's castle assembly!"

After getting on the bus to cool off for a while, Shiratori excitedly got off and sent his men to strip the zookeeper of his clothes.

Lin Longma didn't wait for Shiratori and directly had Shiraishi drive to catch up with the Kosaka family's convoy.

The convoy finally arrived at the Kosaka family's castle after driving along the winding mountain road.

"It's truly magnificent!" Kogoro Mouri exclaimed as soon as he could see the castle. The closer he got to the castle, the more awe-inspiring the Kosaka family castle became.

Lin Longma couldn't agree more. The Kosaka family's castle sits atop a hill, overlooking the modern city below.

Its architectural style, similar to Neuschwanstein Castle, makes the castle look out of place with the city below.

In short, to be able to build such a castle on the mountain in the era of Natsumi Kosaka's great-grandfather, Kiichi Kosaka must have been quite wealthy back then.

"Why is Mr. Qian taking so long? What is he up to?" The group waited for a while at the castle gate.

After waiting for a long time without seeing Qian Jiangyi, they became a little impatient.

We're not really familiar with each other, so we can't just wait indefinitely, can we?

"Why don't we go inside first? Perhaps Mr. Qian will knock on the door when he arrives?"

Lin Longma knew that they most likely wouldn't be able to wait for Qian Jiangyi.

Why do all criminal gangs hate traitors so much? It's because traitors are so deadly.

Kaito Kuroba has become a double agent in the art theft business, directly sending Shoichi Inui to jail.

At Lin Longma's suggestion, everyone chose to explore the castle first without hesitation.

As for Inui Shoichi, who is always late, who cares about him?

After entering the castle, Lin Longma followed the Kosaka family's butler discreetly, listening to him introduce the rooms and facilities inside the castle.

Lin Longma didn't say anything more along the way, focusing solely on touring the castle.

Those familiar with Lin Longma know that he is not good at reasoning. Treasure hunting and puzzle-solving are actually alternative variations of reasoning.

With Conan, a brilliant strategist, in the team, Ryoma Hayashi didn't think there was anything in the Kosaka family's castle that could stump Conan.

In a whirlwind tour, the main buildings of the castle were quickly completed under the guidance of the butler.

After searching around for a long time, the group still couldn't find the second Egg of Memory shown on the blueprint inside the castle.

"What do we do? We seem to have absolutely no clues." Everyone's eyes turned to Kogoro Mouri. After all, Kogoro Mouri was the only detective they knew at the moment.

Kogoro Mouri, under the intense scrutiny of so many eyes, was starting to panic—he genuinely had no clue what to do.

This search doesn't seem like a murder case; given three options, he could probably guess who the killer is.

If you can't find something, you just can't find it; you can scratch your head until it bleeds and still not find it.

While some in the crowd pinned their hopes on Kogoro Mouri, others naturally didn't.

For example, Lin Longma is paying more attention to Conan right now.

"Butler, is there a basement or a secret room in the castle?"

"No, there is no room like that in the castle," the butler said firmly, denying Conan's statement.

"What about Mr. Xiyi's study? Can you take us to see it?" It's really unreasonable for a castle like this not to have a basement and a dark room.

In Conan's opinion, the only possibility is that they haven't discovered the entrance to the basement yet!

After consulting with Natsumi Kosaka, the butler led everyone back from the third floor to the first floor of the castle. At the end of the corridor on the first floor, they arrived at Kiichi Kosaka's study.

When Conan discovered that Kiichi Kosaka's study was on the first floor of the castle, his suspicions were strengthened.

Upon entering the study, Conan immediately began to investigate the surroundings.

Ran Mouri, who was traveling with Conan, was about to stop him from running around in someone else's study when she was suddenly taken aback when she saw the serious expression on Conan's face.

Conan's expression really looks just like Shinichi Kudo's when he's doing deductions!

In a daze, Ran Mouri even hallucinated that Shinichi Kudo was "jumping around" in the study conducting an investigation.

How could this be? — Shinichi Kudo's disappearance has been confirmed by Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo.

Furthermore, after the Kudo couple reported their son missing to the police, Shinichi Kudo didn't call her for a long time.

As for Conan, he's just a distant relative of the Kudo family.
Although Ran Mouri's rationality kept denying the outrageous conjectures that suddenly popped into her mind, her emotions and intuition were like an inextinguishable flame.

The doubts in my heart, like sparks, have already begun to spread like wildfire!

At this moment, everyone in the room was selectively ignored by Ran Mouri, who chose the most inconspicuous angle to observe Conan's actions.

"That little detective doesn't look too good," Kaito Kuroba said, his voice laced with barely concealed schadenfreude.

Although Ryoma Hayashi inflicted the most damage in the Suzuki family's "Dark Star" case, Kaito Kuroba still inevitably had several encounters with Conan in subsequent cases.

On these few occasions, Kaito Kuroba, while not suffering a major loss, was at least one of the few times his identity was exposed.

For Kaito Kid, as long as he isn't caught, he's invincible. But Conan is quite remarkable for being able to uncover his identity and disrupt his plans multiple times.

Faced with such a brat, Kaito Kuroba was naturally very curious—when did an elementary school student become able to cause him so much trouble?
And so, one more person learned Conan Edogawa's true identity.

"Didn't he bring this on himself? I think he'll never learn to be low-key in his life." Lin Longma was already paying attention to Conan, and now Ran Mouri's behavior couldn't escape his notice.

At this moment, Ran Mouri is like a patient and skilled hunter, subtly waiting for her prey to fall into her net.

Poor Conan, he still doesn't know anything about this?
Dude, you don't actually think your acting skills are that good, do you?
(End of this chapter)