The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

But before she could even see the figure behind her clearly, she felt a pain in the back of her neck, her vision went black, and she collapsed to the ground.

……

This process didn't even take five minutes before Aragaki Yu was back with the main group.

"Where did you go?" Ai Haibara asked, looking at Yuu Aragaki who had disappeared without a word, with a hint of reproach.

Although her tone was somewhat accusatory, there was an unconcealable worry in her eyes.

"It's nothing, there was just a mouse, I went to check on it." Aragaki Yu smiled and patted Haibara Ai's head.

"Humph!"

Feeling the large hand suddenly placed on her head, Ai Haibara also dodged away with a look of disgust.

……

A few minutes later.

Following this underground secret passage, the group finally reached the end and arrived at a completely sealed stone door.

Above the gate, there are also many colorful paintings.

"So many birds!" Ayumi pointed to the pattern on the gate and said curiously, "That's strange, only that big bird has two heads."

“A double-headed eagle.” Ai Haibara glanced at the pattern in the center of the gate that Ayumi was pointing to and explained to her, “That’s the symbol of the emperor.”

"Yeah," Conan muttered, stepping forward and staring at the crown atop the two-headed eagle's head. "Is that the sun behind that crown?"

"The sun, the light..."

Looking at Conan, who was deep in thought, Ran, standing behind him, had a somewhat confused look in her eyes.

"Wait, maybe!" Just then, a thought flashed through Conan's mind, and he excitedly said to Inspector Shiratori, "Inspector Shiratori, could you please focus the beam of your flashlight on the double-headed eagle's crown?"

“Okay, of course no problem!” Officer Shiratori nodded, while narrowing the beam of his flashlight and shining it solely at the crown atop the two-headed eagle’s head.

Then, under the intense light, the jewels inlaid on the crown atop the two-headed eagle's head began to emit a dazzling light little by little.

"It's glowing, what's going on?"

Just as everyone was surprised, the entire tunnel began to shake violently.

Before the group could even panic, the ground in front of the gate began to slowly sink, and a brand new set of steps leading even further down appeared before their eyes.

"Wow, this is really an amazing mechanism!" Upon seeing this scene, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Although the others didn't speak, their faces conveyed the same meaning.

Following the secret passage, the group finally arrived at a spacious secret room. After confirming that there was no danger around, Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Shiratori lit several candlesticks placed in the secret room separately.

The surrounding environment finally brightened up at this moment, and the most conspicuous thing in this secret room was a wooden coffin placed in the deepest part of the room.

Kogoro Mouri was the first to approach the wooden coffin and examined it from head to toe. "Although it has a Western style, the material is still wood. Speaking of which, the lock on this wooden coffin is really big!"

The moment Conan saw the lock, he immediately realized something and turned to remind Ms. Kosaka Natsumi of the key she was carrying.

"Huh?" Natsumi Kosaka was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly rummaged through her small bag and pulled out her key.

Hesitantly glancing at Mr. Sawabe, the butler behind her, and receiving his nod in reply, she took a deep breath, jogged over to the wooden coffin, and unlocked the large lock that secured it.

"It really is this key!" Natsumi Kosaka murmured as she looked at the lock that had been removed.

"Can you open it, Miss Natsumi?" Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri looked at Natsumi Kosaka, who was lost in thought.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Kogoro Mouri walked to the wooden coffin and somewhat laboriously lifted the lid.

With a cloud of dust rising, the contents of the wooden coffin were finally revealed to everyone.

It was a skeleton that had turned to dust, and an egg was nestled in its lap.

"Miss Natsumi, is this body your great-grandfather?" Kogoro Mouri asked Natsumi Kosaka beside him with a puzzled look.

“No.” Natsumi Kosaka looked at the body in the wooden coffin and shook her head. “I think it must be my great-grandmother. In the Yokosuka cemetery, there is only my great-grandfather’s grave. I’ve always found that incredible. Maybe it’s because she was Russian, so she couldn’t be buried in the graves of her ancestors.”

Just as Natsumi Kosaka's expression began to turn somewhat sad, Cyrus and Shoichi Inui, who had been standing at the back, stepped forward. "Miss Natsumi, perhaps the timing isn't right, but may I take a look at that egg?"

“No problem.” There was no need for Natsumi Kosaka to show any dissatisfaction. She nodded slightly and then carefully took the egg out of the wooden coffin and handed it to Sireuf.

“There’s a small hole at the bottom.” After taking the egg from Natsumi Kosaka, Sileof couldn’t wait to examine it.

However, after he opened the egg, he was utterly shocked. "It's empty! How is this possible?!"

"Empty?" Conan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Instead, Ayumi suddenly spoke up in a clear voice: "I think it should be a combination type!"

"A combination?" Kogoro Mouri looked at Ayumi with some confusion.

“We have one of those dolls at home. My dad’s friend bought it for me from Russia!” Noticing that everyone was looking at her, Ayumi explained somewhat shyly.

"What kind of combination is this?" Kogoro Mouri still didn't quite understand.

"Oh, that's a Russian toy where you put smaller dolls inside the larger doll." Seeing Ayumi's anxiety but unsure how to explain, Ai Haibara helplessly offered her explanation.

"Oh, I see, it's just a toy!" Kogoro Mouri finally showed a look of sudden realization, but then said dismissively, "But how can it be the same? This isn't one of those dolls or toys..."

“That makes sense!” Sireuf immediately offered a different opinion. “Look, the grooves inside this egg are for securing it.”

Before he could finish speaking, Kogoro Mouri was refuted. He looked rather awkwardly at the inside of the egg in Sileof's hand. "Damn it, if we had that egg, we could confirm it!"

"There is such an egg!"

Just as everyone's faces were filled with regret, a sudden voice immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and found Officer Shiratori opening the package he always carried with him. "I had anticipated this situation, so I borrowed it from Chairman Suzuki."

"Hey, you didn't steal this, did you?!" Kogoro Mouri, still a little annoyed by the rebuttal, suddenly approached Inspector Shiratori and stared at him with displeasure.

"Huh?!" Officer Shiratori was startled by Kogoro Mouri's sudden approach and stammered, "Really... really, how is this possible!"

Seeing the embarrassed expression on Officer Shiratori's face, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but rub his forehead.

It seems Kogoro Mouri was right after all.

Kaito Kuroba must have actually "borrowed" this egg from Chairman Suzuki.

That's right...

Since I'll return it anyway, how can it be called stealing?

However, no one else doubted what the policeman said.

"Then let's try it right away!" Sirius looked at the other egg in Officer Shiratori's hand, his expression becoming impatient.

Indeed, there was no mistake. The egg taken from Officer Shiratori fit perfectly inside the wooden coffin.

"As expected, Mr. Kiichi didn't make two eggs, but rather split one egg in two," said Sireuf, examining the treasure in his hand that was finally complete.

However, the confusion on Conan's face did not diminish much.

Ai Haibara, who was standing nearby, naturally noticed this scene as well. "You seem to still have doubts!"

"Hmm." Conan didn't mince words and nodded, saying, "That's right. I have a feeling this egg isn't as simple as it seems; there must be some kind of mechanism involved..."

Despite Ran's increasingly serious expression, Conan continued to act as if he were completely unaware of his surroundings.

“That’s right, there should be a mechanism on this egg that fits the title of magician at the end of the century!” Just after Natsumi Kosaka pointed out that the bricks on the eggshell that Kogoro Mouri was marveling at were actually glass, Yu Aragaki suddenly reached out and took the egg from Sileo’s hand.

"What are you doing?!" Kogoro Mouri angrily questioned.

Yuu Aragaki, however, slowly walked with the egg to a slightly out-of-place table in the secret room. "What are you doing?"

Yuu Aragaki suddenly smiled and glanced at everyone, saying mysteriously, "It was a grand performance left behind here by a magician from the end of the century!"

"The magician of the end of the century?"

"Performance?"

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd and the narrowed eyes of Officer Shiratori, Aragaki Yu first inserted the flashlight into the recessed hole on the stand, and then placed the egg in his hand on it.

Officer Shiratori, as if understanding perfectly, blew out the surrounding candles.

"What are you doing?" Kogoro Mouri asked, somewhat annoyed, because the surroundings had suddenly turned pitch black again.

"Mr. Mori, just you wait and see!" Officer Shiratori stopped Kogoro Mori, who was about to rush forward, and said with a smile.

The moment the flashlight beam shone on the bottom of the egg, bursts of golden light flashed from the bottom, and then beams of golden light spread along the patterns on the egg's surface to the entire egg.

After the golden light gathered at the top of the egg, the entire egg began to emit a red glow.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, the entire egg slowly turned translucent.

And the golden statue of the emperor and his family, which was not wound up, slowly rose at that moment.

"A photometer?" Conan muttered to himself as the book in the Emperor's hand was slowly opened.

At the same time, the beam of the flashlight at the bottom, after being refracted by countless pieces of glass inside the egg, converged onto the open book.

Before anyone could even marvel, the beam of light refracted again from the book, after being refracted by the surrounding glass, converged once more at the top of the egg.

That is, the glass that Kogoro Mouri mistook for a gemstone.

In an instant, this enormous piece of glass shone with a light more dazzling than the most expensive gemstones.

Then, countless beams of light were shot from the glass onto the walls of the secret chamber. Each beam of light was spaced equally and orderly, and every wall illuminated by the beams displayed numerous lifelike images, just like the castle everyone had seen before.

"This, this is a picture of Emperor Nicholas and his entire family!" Sireuf exclaimed as he looked at the picture on the wall and suddenly realized something.