The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Aragaki Yu suddenly reached out and patted his head, explaining, "It's nothing, that bird just looks delicious."

Conan: "..."

bird?

Pretty delicious?

I don't believe you for a second!

However, although Conan knew that Aragaki Yu was just making excuses for him, as a child, he couldn't do anything about Aragaki Yu's behavior.

……

After the doctor opened the villa's door.

Several children excitedly ran into the villa first.

Pushing open the dusty door, Genta excitedly called out to Mitsuhiko and Ayumi, "Let's start our search from this room!"

After hearing Genta's words, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi rushed into the room without hesitation.

Lured by the treasure, the three children quickly began rummaging through drawers and cabinets in search of clues.

The others, who had been following the three children at a leisurely pace, finally entered the room at this moment.

The room was very large; even after everyone had entered, it still felt spacious and not crowded at all.

As soon as Conan entered the room, he immediately noticed the clock hanging on the wall.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Conan immediately understood the anomaly on the clock and smiled with narrowed eyes.

However, he did not remind Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko.

After all, this was an adventure and treasure hunt specially prepared by the doctor for these little guys. If they could easily crack the code prepared by the doctor with his hints, it would be too disrespectful to the doctor.

At the same time, he also noticed that Ai Haibara, Yu Aragaki, and even Masami Hirota all unconsciously lingered on that clock for a moment.

They had all noticed the odd thing about the clock, but they didn't say anything. Instead, they watched the children jumping around happily.

They clearly shared the same thoughts as me.

Chapter 344 Treasure Hunt

"It doesn't seem to be here!"

"There's nothing here either..."

"This is really strange!"

After searching high and low, the three of them, including Genta, found no treasure hidden in the villa. Instead, they ended up covered in dust and cobwebs.

Just as they collapsed on the ground, exhausted and sighing in frustration, Conan, standing nearby, reminded them irritably, "If the treasure were really hidden in such an obvious place, wouldn't it have been taken long ago? You should take a good look around and see if there's anything special about it."

"Yeah, that's true..." Genta smiled and scratched his head, as if he had regained his spirits and jumped up from the ground, his eyes wide as he looked around.

However, even after staring intently, he couldn't find a single clue.

Just then, Akemi Miyano, who had been standing quietly next to Yuu Aragaki, suddenly pointed to a painting on the wall and asked Professor Agasa, "Professor Agasa, is the man in this painting your uncle?"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing Miyano Akemi's words, Professor Agasa turned his head to look at the oil painting on the wall, then nodded in response, "That's right, Ms. Akemi, he is my uncle."

"So, Professor Agasa, your uncle really is a very wealthy man!" Conan suddenly walked over and remarked to Professor Agasa.

"Huh?" Professor Agasa was taken aback.

He didn't quite understand why Conan would suddenly say that.

“Professor Agasa, look…” Conan pointed to the painting on the wall and explained to Professor Agasa.

"The fireplace in this painting is exactly the same as the fireplace in this room, which means that they specially hired a painter to come to the villa to paint this portrait for them. Being able to do this kind of thing is the best proof of being rich."

As soon as Conan finished speaking, Aragaki Yuya, who had already walked up to the portrait and was admiring it up close, added: "And that's not all. This painting is first-rate in terms of composition, color, and even brushstrokes. You can imagine that the person who painted this was definitely not an ordinary painter."

"Yes, yes, this painting was commissioned by my uncle a year before he died. He specially commissioned a painter to paint it here. It is said that although the painter was very young at the time, his painting skills were indeed first-rate." Professor Agasa nodded, confirming Conan and Aragaki Yu's statement.

"Who is the girl standing behind your uncle in that painting?" Ai Haibara, who had no interest in participating in the treasure hunt game with the group of children whose answers were obvious at a glance, walked over and suddenly asked her question.

“That’s his sister,” Dr. Agasa recalled, glancing at the woman in the painting. “Aunt Teiko lives here to take care of my uncle’s illness!”

Professor Agasa paused for a moment before continuing, "My uncle always hated seeing people, and this was the only sister he would ever meet. I heard she used to teach at an elementary school nearby. My aunt went back to her hometown after my uncle died, and for the next 50 years, no one has ever set foot in this villa."

"I see!" Ai Haibara nodded. "She really does seem to be a very gentle and beautiful person."

“Yes!” Dr. Agasa said with a smile, “I heard that many people praised Aunt Teiko back then…”

"So you see, she really doesn't look like Professor Agasa at all!" Before Professor Agasa could finish speaking, Ai Haibara sighed again in a melancholy tone.

Professor Agasa, who was about to say something more, was instantly petrified by the blow and stood there motionless.

"But speaking of which, they left behind so much stuff, especially books and tableware..." Conan looked at the various items in the room and couldn't help but sigh.

Determined to quickly escape the topic that had deeply affected him, Professor Agasa quickly echoed Conan, saying, "That's mainly because my uncle's last words were that he hoped this villa could remain as it is for 50 years after his death."

After turning his head, Professor Agasa noticed that Genta and the others hadn't noticed them, and then whispered to them, "So, naturally, he wouldn't hide any treasure here, because this place is going to be demolished next month."

"I see..." Conan put his hands in his pockets, looked around the room briefly, and then looked at Professor Agasa and said, "So, before this place gets demolished, you plan to use this dusty villa to let those kids have a treasure hunt, right!"

"Haha, that's absolutely right!" Professor Agasa said with a laugh. "After all, it would be such a shame if it were just demolished like that."

Meanwhile, Yuan Tai, who was lying on the ground, was rummaging through the cupboard while muttering, "Where is the treasure?"

Because of his careless movements, the various bottles in the cupboard couldn't help but make a "clanging" sound.

"Hey, Genta, be careful. Don't rummage around like that." Seeing Genta rummaging aimlessly, Professor Agasa, not wanting him to cause any damage, reminded him helplessly, "If you just pay more attention to your surroundings, you should find important clues."

“That’s right.” Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko, who hadn’t found anything after all this time, rolled their eyes and took a few steps. Conan also took a few steps.

Then he suddenly stopped in one spot and said to them, "For example, right now under my feet, it looks like someone deliberately carved a line of strange characters."

As Conan spoke, he couldn't help but glance at the "real culprit," Professor Agasa.

"Ah!"×3

Upon hearing Conan's words, Genta and the others excitedly ran to his side and looked at the wooden floor at Conan's feet.

"It really is!" Ayumi exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the words carved on the floor.

"mo za ri sa wa so de ru"

"What does this mean?" Genta scratched his head, completely bewildered, unable to understand the meaning of the words.

"Is it in English?" Ayumi asked, puzzled.

"It doesn't seem like it!" Mitsuhiko looked at the writing on the floor, shook his head, and rejected Ayumi's guess. Then, he stroked his chin and made his own analysis, "I think it might be Arabic!"

Professor Agasa, watching the children huddled together studying the coded message, couldn't help but chuckle to himself, "It's not that easy! Even Shinichi..."

Chapter 345: Saves a lot on air conditioning costs

"what?"

When Professor Agasa turned around, he suddenly realized that Conan had disappeared without a trace.

Not only Conan, but even Yuu Aragaki, who was standing next to him, disappeared from the room.

"Where are people...people?"

Just as Professor Agasa was looking around for Conan and Yuu Aragaki, Ai Haibara gestured towards the direction of the villa's bedroom.

"Could it be that Shinichi..." Dr. Agasa's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the bedroom door.

After hesitating for a moment, Professor Agasa walked towards the bedroom. Just as he was about to turn the handle, the door was opened from the inside.

Then, to Professor Agasa's astonishment, Conan walked out of the room with his head down and without saying a word.

Aragaki Yu followed him out, but his face showed no particular expression.

Conan's brows were furrowed, clearly deep in thought.

Seeing this, Professor Agasa breathed a sigh of relief and said smugly, "So, you, the famous detective, have finally been stumped by the difficult question I posed!"

"Huh?" Conan was stunned for a moment.

"No wonder, after all, it took me three days and three nights without sleep to come up with this idea." Dr. Agasa stroked his beard and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"What?!" Conan finally realized what Professor Agasa was thinking. He shrugged and explained to Professor Agasa with some helplessness, "If you mean the wooden box where you hid your treasure, Aragaki-nii and I just found it under the bed in the opposite bedroom."

"Ah!" Upon hearing Conan's words, Professor Agasa abruptly stopped stroking his beard.

“Although we didn’t see what was in that box, Aragaki-nii said it was too obvious, so he covered it with a cloth and even pushed it under the bed a little further.” Ignoring Professor Agasa’s expression, Conan continued.

"Well, well... thank you so much!" After realizing that the puzzle he had been racking his brains over had been figured out by them in an instant, Professor Agasa was instantly emo.

Akemi Miyano, who had been chatting with Ai Haibara who was always sticking to her side, also noticed the conversation between Professor Agasa and Conan.

She smiled slightly as she watched Yuu Aragaki walking towards her, and couldn't help but ask him, "Is Professor Agasa always such an interesting person?"

Ai Haibara was somewhat annoyed that Yuu Aragaki had come over and disturbed her and her sister's time alone. In addition, she remembered that Yuu Aragaki had secretly taken pictures of her in the car earlier, so she couldn't help but glare at Yuu Aragaki fiercely.

She then answered her sister before Aragaki Yu could, saying, "Yes, although he can be boring and frustrating at times, he is definitely a good person."

"Besides, puzzles of this level are really interesting for kids, aren't they?" Aragaki Yu chuckled as he rubbed Haibara Ai's head, who was staring at him, while explaining to Miyano Akemi, "Of course, if you ever have the chance to hear Professor Agasa's jokes in the future, you'll like him even more."

"Hmph~" Because her older sister was watching, she couldn't resist too fiercely when Aragaki Yu rubbed his head.