The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Conan, Ai Haibara, and Professor Agasa temporarily put aside their previous topic and looked at the Junior Detective League members with suspicion.

As he gestured, Mitsuhiko explained to Conan and the others, "It's a box with round holes on both sides, looking like an old chest. When we looked through the holes, we saw a lot of writing, like something like 'The Stone of Nioh,' because there were so many Chinese characters we couldn't understand..."

The Nioh Stone! ?

Upon hearing this, Conan, who had initially shown little interest in the children's discovery, suddenly perked up. "Could you take me to the place where we found that stone box?"

"Huh? Oh, good!"

……

Watching the children excitedly running ahead to lead the way, Ai Haibara couldn't help but show a helpless expression. "Doctor, I think we should invite Yuu Aragaki along next time we go camping, otherwise we really won't be able to keep an eye on these kids."

They had followed the Junior Detective Club for quite some time, but they still hadn't reached their destination.

Heaven knows why they would travel so far to find firewood.

Thinking about it this way, it's quite an achievement that they were able to run back to the campsite safely without getting lost.

“That’s what I think too!” Dr. Agasa scratched his head sheepishly. “So I contacted him yesterday, but it seems he couldn’t make it because of work.”

Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara was about to say something when the children running in the lead suddenly stopped and excitedly pointed to a house not far away, saying, "Look, it's over there!"

Following the direction Mitsuhiko pointed out, everyone saw a dilapidated yet magnificent ancient mansion appear before them.

"I never expected there would be such a large mansion in a place like this."

As they walked along the path into the courtyard, Professor Agasa couldn't help but sigh at the sheer scale of the building.

"Conan, over here!" The Junior Detective League children called Conan and the others to the lakeside in the courtyard, pointing to a stone box on the side and saying, "This is the stone box you said you wanted to see!"

Seeing Conan walk up to him, Genta quickly added, "By the way, when we came to see it before, it was submerged in the water next to it, and there was a carp swimming in it!"

"We originally wanted to catch the carp in the box, so we fished out the stone box, but we ended up discovering words inside."

Mitsuhiko then recounted how they discovered these writings.

Ai Haibara shook her head helplessly as she looked at these audacious children.

Sure enough, if I take them camping again in the future, I'll definitely have to invite a few more reliable guys along.

"This should be a stone lantern!" Professor Agasa looked at the stone box on the ground and suddenly recognized its identity.

"Stone lanterns, what are those?" The children turned around and looked at Professor Agasa in confusion.

Dr. Agasa explained, "Yes, it's like the stone lamps you often see in Japanese gardens. This should be the part inside that holds the candle and is called a fire bag."

Upon hearing this, Mitsuhiko couldn't help but squat down and examine the stone box in front of him from head to toe. "Now that you mention it, it really does look a bit like one. If that's the case, then where are the top and base of the umbrella?"

"It's right there!"

At this moment, Conan, who had been observing the surroundings, drew everyone's attention to the lake. "The umbrella tops and bases are also submerged in the water, and there are more than just one or two..."

"It really is!"

"At first, we were so focused on catching carp that we didn't notice these things at all!"

Amid the children's exclamations, Conan suddenly rested his chin on his hand and began to ponder, "It seems that someone deliberately sank these stone lanterns that were originally in the courtyard into the water."

"But why would he do that?"

The Junior Detective League members were quite puzzled by the behavior Conan described.

"Of course that's because..."

Conan looked up, about to explain something, when a voice that was all too familiar to them came from behind them.

"That's because someone finally discovered the code, how could it be discovered by someone else?"

Chapter 714 Aragaki Yu: I'm just here to work.

"It's Aragaki-nii-san!"

"Oh, it's Aragaki!"

Startled by the sudden sound, everyone turned around and, upon seeing who it was, showed expressions of surprise or delight.

"Hello!"

Aragaki Yu smiled and waved to the children.

"Why are you here?"

Seeing Aragaki Yu walking towards her, Haibara Ai's expression first lit up with joy, but then turned suspicious.

Even Professor Agasa looked at Yuu Aragaki with a puzzled expression and asked, "Aragaki, didn't you say you had work today? Why did you suddenly end up here?"

"Well..." Aragaki Yuu shrugged helplessly and explained, "Actually, I came here because I received an anonymous request."

"An anonymous request!?" Upon hearing this, Conan immediately became excited, like a curious child, and pressed closer to ask, "Aragaki-nii-san, what kind of request is it?"

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure about the specifics either," Aragaki Yu shook his head at Conan, "but I think it's probably related to a treasure hidden in this place."

"treasure!?"

Is there really treasure here?

Upon hearing those two words, the children in the Junior Detective League jumped up excitedly.

I think there probably is.

Yu Aragaki didn't hide anything from the children about this.

However, the reason he came to this place was not because he received any anonymous request, but because he received an invitation from Kaito Kuroba, which is why he took the time to come here with him.

Unexpectedly, Professor Agasa and his friends, who had invited him to go camping the day before, also happened to end up at this place.

really……

In the world of science, wherever an event occurs, you'll find the main characters.

"Aragaki, what about these stone lanterns?" Professor Agasa suddenly remembered what the children had just mentioned and asked Aragaki Yu.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that Aragaki Yu arrived at this place quite some time earlier than them, and may have discovered some useful clues.

However, Aragaki Yu shook his head slightly and said, "Actually, when I came here, all of these stone lanterns had already been destroyed, and it looks like quite a few people have already come to this house."

Hearing what Aragaki Yu said, everyone lowered their heads and fell into deep thought, until a carp in the lake suddenly leaped out of the water, and the splashing sound attracted everyone's attention.

The Junior Detective League members focused all their attention on the carp, but Conan's gaze lingered on the stone lanterns around them.

The next second, Conan suddenly noticed something was wrong, his eyes narrowed, and his expression turned somewhat ugly. He turned his head, and only after noticing that Aragaki Yu was looking at him at the same time did he say to Professor Agasa and the children in a serious tone: "It seems that the stone lantern was left here not just to hide the code."

"What do you mean by this?" The children looked at Conan in confusion.

Ai Haibara immediately realized something from Conan's words, and her expression turned rather unpleasant.

"What he's trying to hide is probably the crimes he's committed!"

With Conan's prompting, the group quickly spotted a hand peeking out from among the pile of stone lanterns.

Then, with the cooperation of Aragaki Yu and Professor Agasa, the body was quickly retrieved from under the stone lantern in the lake.

The deceased was a man who appeared to be in his forties.

"The water temperature of this lake is probably around 20 degrees Celsius. Judging from the fact that the putrid smell is still lingering in his body, he should not have been dead for too long."

"Judging from the band-like marks on his neck, he must have been strangled before sinking into the lake. The murderer placed the stone lantern on top of him to prevent the body from floating up."

"Who's being so unreasonable!" Mitsuhiko complained instinctively.

"I don't know that yet, but judging from this guy's attire, he's probably a bounty hunter who came here to search for treasure." Aragaki Yu, who was crouching beside the corpse and examining it with Conan, suddenly found something interesting in the body's pockets. "I think he was probably killed because of a fight over treasure!"

"Terutaka Tamai, 42 years old."

This is the driver's license information found in the other person's shirt pocket, and the photo on the license is that of the deceased.

In the other pocket, they found a notebook filled with descriptions of treasures discovered all over Japan.

In addition, Aragaki Yu also found a small antique made of stone in the other person's boot—

It was a magatama-shaped stone with the character "炎" (yan) engraved on it.

Suppressing the urge to spend "648" (a Chinese internet slang term for 648 yuan), Aragaki Yu turned to Professor Agasa beside him, "Professor, please call the police right now!"

“Okay!” Professor Agasa nodded and immediately took out his cell phone from his pocket. Only then did he realize that the phone signal had long been lost because he had gone too deep into the forest.

These children don't seem willing to leave this place anytime soon.

Left with no other option, Dr. Agasa asked Yuu Aragaki to take care of the children and decided to return to the campsite to try contacting the police.

"I didn't expect this guy to have recorded even the entire treasure hunt in such detail!"

While the children were huddled together in a daze, Ai Haibara, who had somehow taken the notebook from Yuu Aragaki, actually found something useful in it.

Although the content has become somewhat blurry due to being soaked in water, the general outline is still discernible.

[I've found a useful partner; now we're sure to beat that scoundrel.]

A despicable thief!?

For some reason, upon hearing this title, Conan subconsciously pictured the back of Kaito Kid.

[That magician drank water boiled with that stuff several times...]

He had only some doubts at first, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, Conan became even more certain of his guess.