The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Upon hearing this, even Inui, who had finally been rescued, couldn't help but blush.

Chapter 382 Secret Room

"In other words, please stop acting on your own, Mr. Inui!" Officer Shiratori warned while checking the contents of Inui's backpack.

Notably, he actually found quite a few things in Inui Shoichi's backpack, including various lock-picking tools, as well as ropes, electric drills, saws, and so on.

Officer Shiratori remained calm, but picked out a flashlight and tossed it to Inui Shoichi, saying, "All you need is a flashlight!"

"Hmph!" Qian Jiang hurriedly took the flashlight and couldn't help but curl his lip.

"But Mr. Kiichi, the master here, really has a thing for mechanisms!" Aragaki Yu remarked after inspecting the safe on the wall and the swords hanging from the ceiling.

“Yes,” Mr. Sawabe, the butler, nodded. “That’s why I’m reminding you to be careful in this castle, because there are many traps and mechanisms here that even I don’t know about!”

"In other words, if Mr. Kiichi really wants to hide something, he'll definitely hide it in some kind of mechanism!" Aragaki Yu suddenly said with a smile. "When you think of castles and villas, the first thing that comes to mind is probably some kind of secret room that ordinary people don't know about!"

Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing what Aragaki Yu said.

"That's right! That's right!" Kogoro Mouri suddenly clapped his hands and excitedly asked Mr. Sawabe, "Mr. Sawabe, is there any basement in this castle?"

“No,” Mr. Sawabe shook his head. “Of course, it’s also possible, as I just said, that there might be a secret room that I’m unaware of!”

"Ah! I see. Well then..." Kogoro Mouri said with some regret after hearing what Mr. Sawabe said.

However, when the topic of locked rooms came up, Conan had a sudden inspiration. He looked curiously at Mr. Sawabe and asked, "Is there a room on the first floor that belongs to Mr. Kiichi?"

Although he didn't know why the child asked that question, Mr. Sawabe thought for a moment and then answered Conan's question, "There is indeed an office that belongs to him."

Since this topic has been brought up, Mr. Sawabe, the butler, led everyone to Mr. Kiichi's office on the first floor.

"Please come in. There are many photos and photographic works by the gentleman here. Feel free to take a look."

In this room, besides a desk and a sofa, the most striking things are undoubtedly the numerous books on the surrounding bookshelves and the photos hanging on the walls.

After briefly glancing around the photos in the room, Conan was surprised to find that there wasn't even a single picture of Ms. Kosaka Natsumi's great-grandmother. So he turned to Ms. Kosaka Natsumi and asked, "Ms. Natsumi, where is the picture of your great-grandmother?"

“Speaking of that, there really isn’t a single one.” Natsumi Kosaka leaned down and explained with some distress, “So I never knew what my great-grandmother looked like.”

"Oh?" Conan couldn't help but frown, a hint of doubt creeping into his mind.

This is really strange, considering there are so many photos of the male owner, Mr. Kiichi, here.

Just then, Inui Shoichi, who was standing to the side, suddenly let out a surprised sound.

Everyone turned to look, and saw Inui pointing in surprise at the photo on the wall, exclaiming, "Isn't that Rasputin?"

Sileuf, who was standing not far from him, took two steps toward him, looked at the photo he was pointing to, and confirmed, "That's right, it even has his signature on it!"

"Rasputin?" Conan muttered to himself, looking at the photo on the wall.

Ran, who knew nothing about this history, asked Kogoro Mouri in confusion, "Dad, who is Rasputin?"

"Huh? Well..." Kogoro Mouri only had a vague understanding of this, so he stroked his beard with some distress and said, "All I know is that he's a sinner in history..."

Seeing this, Mr. Inui also helped Kogoro Mori explain: "He was called the evil monk Rasputin, a criminal who caused the downfall of the Romanov dynasty because he was good at flattering the emperor's family! He once held power, but in the end he was killed by the royal nobleman Prince Yuspov. His body was found in the river, his skull was dented, and one of his eyes had been gouged out!"

"Ah!" Xiaolan seemed a little nervous and scared when she heard the story.

Even Akemi Miyano unconsciously tightened her grip on Ai Haibara's hand.

When Conan heard Mr. Inui describe Rasputin's eye being gouged out, he suddenly thought of Scrooge, the sniper who specialized in targeting people's right eyes. "Could there be any connection between these two things?"

Listening to Kogoro Mouri and Inui's evaluation of Rasputin, Yuu Aragaki subconsciously looked at Seiran Urashi in the corner.

Sure enough, Aragaki Yu noticed a fleeting hint of murderous intent on her face.

It seems that Urashi Seiran has already set her sights on Kogoro Mouri and Mr. Inui Shoichi.

Officer Shiratori had clearly noticed this detail as well. To prevent Mr. Inui from going further down the path of self-destruction, he couldn't help but change the subject, saying, "Mr. Inui, I think the most important thing right now is to find that egg!"

“Ah, right!” Mr. Inui nodded.

However, Kogoro Mouri impatiently lit a cigarette and complained to the group, "But this castle is so big, where are we even supposed to start looking for it? Honestly!"

Just as everyone was struggling with their problems, Yuu Aragaki suddenly spoke up: "I think we don't need to look anymore."

"No need to look anymore?" Upon hearing Aragaki Yu's words, Mouri Kogoro was also taken aback and looked at Aragaki Yu in confusion.

"Why don't we stop looking... Wait a minute!" Looking at Aragaki Yu's smiling face, Mouri Kogoro immediately realized something. "Could it be that you already know where the egg is?"

"What!?" Upon hearing this, everyone in the room couldn't help but look excitedly at Aragaki Yu.

Even Pu Siqinglan, who had just been filled with murderous intent, couldn't help but feel excited at this moment.

“Heh, that’s right!” Yuu Aragaki didn’t mince words, pointing to the cigarette burning in Kogoro Mouri’s hand, “Rather than saying I know where the egg is, it’s more accurate to say that Mr. Mouri has discovered a secret room where the egg might be hidden.”

"Me?" Kogoro Mouri followed Yu Aragaki's gaze to the cigarette in his hand, but still scratched his head in confusion. "Hey Aragaki, what exactly do you mean?"

Chapter 383 The classmate at the next table who occasionally whispers in Russian to cover up his embarrassment (2-in-1)

The sharp-eyed Conan noticed that the smoke from the cigarette in Kogoro Mouri's hand was being blown by the wind.

Taking advantage of Kogoro's stunned silence, he snatched the cigarette from Kogoro's hand, pressed himself close to the floor, and finally confirmed, "There's a breeze blowing up from below; there's a hidden basement down there!"

"What!" Upon hearing Conan's words, the various people in the room, each with their own thoughts, eagerly crowded around.

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's hesitant expression, Conan, who casually stubbed out his cigarette, quickly found a password input pad hidden under the floor.

It was a password input pad with Russian letters.

"Can this open the door to the secret room?" Qian Jiang's expression was somewhat excited.

"I think there must be a password!" Conan hesitated for a moment, then, not understanding Russian, looked at Mr. Sirulov, the secretary of the Russian embassy beside him, and said, "Uncle, please enter the password!"

“Okay!” Sireuf nodded, walked to the keypad, and squatted down.

"Memory! The password must be memory!" Because they were about to find the second egg, Kogoro Mouri's emotions were unusually high.

"B,O,C,N,O,M,N,H,A,H,N,E"

Sireuf tried typing the memories into Russian, but there was no response from the room.

Obviously, this isn't the correct password.

"Wait...that's strange!?" Kogoro Mouri's expression froze when he realized he had provided the wrong password.

“Then let’s try Mr. Kiichi’s name!” Inui Shoichi suggested to Sylph as well.

However, the password was still incorrect.

"Why isn't there any sound at all?" Everyone's expressions began to show concern.

They were just one step away from the final treasure, but a password blocked them from entering the basement.

“Miss Natsumi, have you heard anything about this code?” Sylph looked at Natsumi Kosaka expectantly, but received a denial from her.

"Barushenikukatameka".

Just when everyone was frowning in worry, Aragaki Yu suddenly blurted out a sentence.

"what?"

Now, everyone's eyes instinctively turned to Yuu Aragaki, and a strange light flashed in Natsumi Kosaka's eyes.

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Aragaki Yuu spread his hands and explained to Kosaka Natsumi, "Miss Natsumi, didn't you say that sentence was strange at the time? Perhaps it's not because it's Japanese. If you think of it as Russian and then punctuate it..."

"I see!" Sileuf's expression immediately turned serious, and he began muttering, "Barushe... Nikuka... Tameka..., Barushe... Nikuka... Tameka..."

“BONWEGHNK KOHUA BEKA.” A slightly awkward sentence in Russian came out of Aragaki Yu’s mouth, which made Siluov freeze on the spot.

"Huh?" Sylph looked at Aragaki Yu in surprise, and after a while, he reacted and said excitedly, "That's right, that's how it is!"

"What does that mean?" The people around looked at each other, completely unable to understand the meaning of the sentence.

“Ah! Its English meaning is The Last Wisard Of The Century, and in Japanese it means…” Just as Sileo was considering the Japanese wording.

Pu Siqinglan, who was standing nearby, subconsciously interjected, "The magician of the end of the century."

"Ah!" Upon hearing this name, Conan's expression changed slightly.

Kogoro Mouri, resting his chin on his hand with a puzzled expression, said, "The magician of the end of the century... I feel like I've heard that somewhere before."

"Dad, it's on Kid's notice!" Ran, standing next to Kogoro Mouri, reminded him somewhat helplessly.

"No, that's right! This is such a coincidence!" Kogoro Mouri exclaimed.

Conan, however, had a different opinion about this coincidence.

"But how come you know Russian?" Ai Haibara, who had been staying by Akemi Miyano's side, couldn't help but tug at Yuu Aragaki's sleeve and ask.

"Yes, Aragaki, how come you've never mentioned this before?" Ran's face suddenly filled with curiosity.

Conan, who was still pondering the matter of Kaito Kid, looked at Aragaki Yu with suspicion.

If it were English or Chinese, or even just a little French, Conan could understand some of it, but Russian is a very rare language in Japan.

"Oh, this?" Aragaki Yu didn't react much to this, only smiling and saying, "Because I only know some basic everyday conversational phrases. As for the reason I know some Russian, it's because before I transferred schools, my classmate sitting next to me was a transfer student who would occasionally whisper Russian to cover up his embarrassment."

"So that's how it is!" Perhaps because everyone's attention was focused on that secret room, they didn't delve into the matter of Aragaki Yuuki's Russian language skills.

Only Ai Haibara stared strangely at Yu Aragaki's retreating figure. "Covering up? The classmate at the next table?"

He actually went to learn Russian specifically for this classmate sitting next to him?!