The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Damn it, who is that person?!

……

However, Ai Haibara had no time to think about it.

Just as Sileu finished entering the password, a sound of a mechanism activating suddenly came from beneath the floor of the room.

Because the floor beneath their feet began to shake, everyone instinctively took a few steps back.

Then, amidst everyone's surprised and excited gazes...

The floor of the room slowly moved to both sides, and before long, a secret passage leading underground suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

Even the butler, Mr. Sawabe, never imagined that there was such a secret passage inside the castle.

Miss Natsumi Kosaka blinked her bright, watery eyes in shock.

Judging from the dust that billowed up from the ground when the mechanism was activated, this secret passage had not been opened for a long time.

Perhaps because they thought the treasure was so close, they didn't think much of it and went down the stairs one by one, entering a deep and dark tunnel.

At this moment, the flashlights in everyone's hands finally came in handy.

Mr. Inui, who had previously shown some dissatisfaction, was now happily using the flashlight that Officer Shiratori had given him not long ago.

While everyone was moving through the tunnel, Cyrus, to pass the time, looked at Natsumi Kosaka walking beside him and said, "By the way, Natsumi-san."

"Yes." Because it was pitch black all around, Natsumi Kosaka's voice sounded a little nervous.

Why is the password "The Magician of the End of the Century"?

After a moment's hesitation, Natsumi Kosaka replied, "I think that might be my great-grandfather's title. When my great-grandfather was 16, he participated in the 1900 World's Fair, where he exhibited animated puppets. Later, he settled in Russia, and that's how it is."

"Oh, I see. 1900 is indeed considered the end of the last century." Kogoro Mouri, who was walking ahead, turned around and sighed after hearing Natsumi Kosaka's words.

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"Ugh, there's still a road ahead!" The underground passages stretched in all directions. After turning a corner along the main road, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but complain as he looked at the road that seemed to have no end in sight.

Just then, Conan suddenly looked into the cave in the stone wall beside him.

"What's wrong?" Ran, who had been watching over Conan, looked at him with a puzzled expression as he suddenly stopped walking.

Conan shone his flashlight into the cave in the rock wall. "I heard a sound!"

"Is it Scorpion?" Kogoro Mori, standing to the side, immediately became wary.

The others couldn't help but feel nervous after hearing the name Skobing.

Of course, besides Conan, Aragaki Yu, and Officer Shiratori, there was another guy who just gave a nonchalant sneer.

That's right, it was Pu Siqinglan who had been lagging behind in the back of the group.

Ha, Shi Kaobing?

What's there to be nervous about? I've been right here all along.

"I'll go check it out!" Sure enough, Conan, as always, displayed his reckless nature.

Before anyone could react, they darted off in the direction the sound came from without looking back.

"Conan!"

Just as Xiaolan came to her senses and was about to chase after them, Officer Shiratori stopped her. "Miss Xiaolan, you should stay with the team. I'll go over there!"

As he chased after him, he didn't forget to say to Kogoro Mouri behind him, "Then I'll leave this place to you, Mr. Mouri!"

Of course, although he was speaking to Kogoro Mouri, his eyes were glancing at Yuu Aragaki standing to the side.

Aragaki Yuu's mood was a subtle way of telling him to keep an eye on Urashi Seiran.

Aragaki Yu naturally did not refuse this request, and secretly nodded in response to Officer Shiratori.

"Understood!" Kogoro Mouri nodded in agreement.

Soon, Conan and Inspector Shiratori found the source of the noise in the cave.

"Conan!"

As Conan expected, the group of children did indeed run in.

I have no idea how Dr. Agasa views these children!

Conan seemed somewhat speechless at this point.

After Mitsuhiko and the others explained, Conan and Officer Shiratori finally understood.

It turns out that the children were indeed exploring in the courtyard outside the castle at first, but after entering an old tower behind the villa, they were accidentally triggered by Professor Agasa, who had caught up with them.

As a result, all the children fell into the tunnel.

While Professor Agasa, who was still upstairs, went to find a rope for a rescue, Mitsuhiko and the others mustered their courage and headed deeper into the tunnel.

After Conan and Officer Shiratori returned to the main group with several children.

Conan, who had hoped that Kogoro Mouri would teach these arrogant brats a lesson, ended up getting a hard knock on the head from Kogoro instead.

At the same time, she grabbed Conan by the collar, lifted him up, and threw him to Ran, who was standing to the side with a worried look on her face. "Ran, you better hold this brat tight and don't let him run around again!"

"Got it, Dad!"

Just as everyone was getting a little flustered because of the sudden appearance of several children.

Qian Jiangyi, who was at the very back of the group, seemed to vaguely see a figure behind him.

Upon noticing Qian Jiangyi's gaze, the figure immediately turned and ran away.

After a moment's hesitation, Qian Jiangyi decided to follow and see what was going on.

Just as he was about to sneak away, Aragaki Yu, who had appeared beside him at some point, grabbed his arm.

"what?"

Caught off guard, Inui was startled by the hand that suddenly grabbed his arm. Just as he was about to cry out, he turned his head and saw that the owner of the hand, Aragaki Yu, was making a shushing gesture to him.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Inui Shoichi obediently swallowed back the exclamation that almost escaped his lips.

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the other side.

The figure who ran away after being noticed by Qian Jiangyi, hearing the footsteps chasing him from the tunnel behind him, couldn't help but reveal a cruel smile on his face.

It seems that his prey has indeed taken the bait!

Just after the figure turned a corner, she immediately pulled out her pistol from her pocket and began skillfully installing the silencer.

Once everything was ready, and hearing the approaching footsteps, the figure sneered as he raised his silenced pistol, aiming at the corner, ready to give the newcomer a big surprise.

However, to the figure's surprise, the approaching footsteps suddenly stopped when they appeared behind the corner.

Yes, the sound just stopped abruptly.

Not only were there footsteps, but no sound came from in front of the figure.

The figure couldn't help but hold its breath and strain its ears, but found that it couldn't catch any sound at all.

The guy chasing after him seemed to have vanished just like that.

The black-clad figure's heart skipped a beat.

"Damn it!" The figure in black couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath. "Could it be that Qian Jiangyi accidentally took the wrong path and got lost while chasing me?"

With no other option, the black-feathered figure could only hold up his phone and tiptoe back the way he came.

The figure tried his best to control his steps, and in order to avoid being discovered by Qian Jiangyi, he tried to keep moving as he went.

After a considerable amount of effort, the figure finally managed to hide behind the wall at the corner.

The next second, the figure who had been holding his breath also raised his gun, and with a swift turn, he went around the corner.

The figure, holding a gun, was also subconsciously searching every corner of the tunnel.

But they found that not only was there no sign of Qian Jiangyi, but they couldn't even see a shadow of a ghost.

"This, how is this possible!" A girl exclaimed in a cold voice, her expression suddenly changing.

She clearly heard someone running behind her!

Chapter 384 The Magician at the End of the Century (2-in-1)

Just as Pu Siqinglan was looking at the empty tunnel in front of her, completely bewildered.

She suddenly felt a sharp, piercing pain in her palm, and the pistol she was holding instantly turned as cold as ice.

Pu Siqinglan subconsciously loosened her grip, watching helplessly as her pistol fell to the ground.

The pistol made a dull thud as it struck the stone floor of the tunnel.

She didn't have time to pay attention to the pistol on the ground; instead, she stared at her hands, which had turned bluish-gray from frostbite, with great confusion.

The next moment, she suddenly noticed a whooshing sound behind her.

"not good!"

Pu Siqinglan, somewhat slow to react due to her bewilderment, sensed something was wrong and instinctively turned around to try and dodge.