The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

No matter how powerful Kichiemon was, he could never have predicted that so many skeletons would appear here in the future.

Conan looked at the old woman curiously, "Grandma, you've seen the stone lanterns too, haven't you?"

Judging from her words and actions, the old lady clearly knew something about the contents of the stone lantern.

The old woman laughed and said, "Yes, but back then, those stone lanterns weren't sunk in the swamp like you said!"

"In short, the gem doesn't seem to be here!"

While everyone was talking, the short-haired woman and Sudo Izumo had finished inspecting the stone tablet.

Unfortunately, they found nothing suspicious on the stone tablet.

Chapter 722 Conan's Halo

"There's nowhere on this tombstone to embed a stone."

The short-haired woman looked away from the tombstone and shook her head at the crowd with a hint of regret.

Sudo Izumo looked at the tombstone and muttered to himself, "It seems we still need to find another one to solve the mystery."

"The other one?" Ayumi looked at Sudo Izumo curiously.

"They're known as the Three Sacred Treasures." Before Izumo Sudo could answer, Conan explained to the children, "Besides the mirror and the imitation jade pendant we've found so far, I think there should be another one."

"Three divine artifacts?" Ayumi was even more confused.

“That’s right.” Ai Haibara finally came to her senses. In order to quickly distract herself from the fear brought by Vermouth, Ai Haibara hurriedly continued Conan’s previous words, “The mirror is the Yata no Kagami, the imitation jade stone represents the Yasakani no Magatama, and the last one is the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, a divine sword named after the legend that a Japanese warrior was driven to despair by a wildfire and saved him by clearing away the thorns and brambles.”

Upon hearing about this third divine artifact, Aragaki Yu clearly noticed a change in the expressions of several people present.

Of course, apart from the children becoming even more excited, the expressions of the others held a more ambiguous meaning.

Even Kaito Kuroba is no exception.

However, unlike the other two, Yuu Aragaki felt that Kaito Kuroba's strange expression was more of a teasing tone, and his eyes were wandering between himself and Ai Haibara, as if he was thinking about something.

Kaito Kuroba: (゜-゜)

Kaito Kuroba wasn't too surprised that the young girl and Conan knew about this.

What truly excited him was that Aragaki Yu and Haibara Ai had somehow ended up holding hands.

As expected, that guy, Yuu Aragaki...

He's a lolicon!

……

"Ah, I know what the Kusanagi Sword is!"

"It's that really powerful knife that often appears in video games!"

Mitsuhiko and Genta couldn't help but start discussing this familiar artifact with excitement.

Even the Demon Blade Princess emerged from the Yin-Yang Domain and sat on Genta's head with great interest, listening to the two children discuss the game.

That's right. In a game she recently got, she's currently stuck on the level where she needs to obtain the legendary Kusanagi Sword. She wonders if she can get any useful information about how to pass the level from the conversation between the two children.

The short-haired woman didn't doubt the existence of the stone sword. "If we could see the inscriptions on the sword, we would probably understand what it was all about!"

"Hmph, before finding the treasure, we should think about how to escape from this dungeon-like place first!" The old lady seemed indifferent to the matter of the treasure.

Upon hearing the old lady mention this, the children in the Junior Detective Club realized what was happening and began to worry. They were now trapped in this place that resembled a basement.

As they descended the ropes, they didn't have time to consider how to get back up.

Leaving this place by climbing ropes is virtually impossible for them.

Judging from the fact that the surrounding area was littered with corpses, this place was by no means a good place.

"I think that gentleman knows how to leave this place!" The short-haired woman was not worried at all. Instead, she looked at Sudo Izumo with great certainty, "If you hadn't already been here once and seen the words on the tombstone, you wouldn't have kept that stone mirror hidden like a treasure from everyone else."

"Yes, yes." Seeing everyone looking at him, Sudo Izumo could only manage a wry smile, but he didn't hide anything. "Then come with me!"

Led by Sudo Izumo, the group soon entered a secret passage.

"Wow, this house is really big!"

"Especially the basement, it's absolutely terrifyingly huge!"

The group walked through the underground passage for a long time, but still hadn't reached the end.

At this point, everyone began to realize that something was wrong.

Judging by the length of this secret passage, the underground structure of this house is astonishingly large.

"And why is there water on the ground?" Ayumi asked, shining her watch-shaped flashlight on the ground and looking at the puddles with a puzzled expression.

"Where does the water come from? We've found it! It comes in from there!"

Just as Mitsuhiko was looking around in confusion, he suddenly noticed a small crack in the wall not far away, from which water was continuously flowing into the tunnel.

"Why are there crooked marks there?" Conan went closer to take a look and found that the supporting structure above the wall was obviously crooked.

Fortunately, the cracks in the wall were not large, and not much water flowed in; otherwise, this underground passage would probably have been flooded.

"Oh, this place? There was an earthquake here not long ago, wasn't there?" Sudo Izumo was very clear about this, obviously he had done a very detailed investigation of this place for the sake of Misui Kichiemon's treasure.

The short-haired woman echoed Sudo's explanation, saying, "That's why the house is leaning and groundwater is seeping in."

Hearing their words, the old lady suddenly burst into laughter, then said in a gloomy tone, "Isn't this just like what Misui Kichiemon said? It's possible that the King is really angry. I think we should give up the treasure hunt and go back quickly."

Having already arrived at this place, the group naturally wouldn't let the old lady's words deter them from their treasure hunt.

However, Yu Aragaki exchanged a glance with Kaito Kuroba, who was disguised as an old lady, without showing any emotion.

It seems that Kaito Kuroba already knows what this treasure is all about.

Moreover, this matter must not be a good thing, which is why he suddenly reminded them to leave this place.

However, even without Kaito Kuroba's reminder, Yuu Aragaki was already on his guard.

Conan, the Detective Boys, the underground passage, an earthquake recently occurred, causing water seepage...

Once these seemingly insignificant things are connected, nothing good is bound to happen next.

Yuu Aragaki has reason to suspect that if everyone lingers in this passage for too long, or successfully finds some treasure, something like a collapse or flood will happen here immediately.

Moreover, because of Conan's death aura, everyone will definitely be in danger.

Chapter 723 Yamata no Orochi (1)

Meanwhile, after Ai Haibara composed herself and temporarily put Vermouth's matter aside, she discovered that the notebook she had found on the body of the deceased in the lake had dried and its contents could now be viewed.

"It seems that the man was indeed killed by his partner." Ai Haibara glanced at the contents of the document, frowned, and muttered softly to Yuu Aragaki.

"To actually team up with someone like that, I have to hide this stone I found, or that guy will kill me, that poisonous rat who tried to kill his partner and take the treasure for himself..."

"The rest of the content was torn off and can no longer be seen."

After hearing Ai Haibara's description, Conan, who had followed, couldn't help but frown and ponder.

Meanwhile, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but start to have some doubts himself.

For some reason, in the world of Detective Conan, the victims always like to make the last things they leave behind mysterious.

Some people even turn death messages into riddles.

Wow! That's amazing!

At the same time, the group suddenly stopped in front of an underground pool.

"This heat... is it from an underground hot spring?" Looking at the scene before her, the short-haired woman couldn't help but exclaim.

The entire area around the pool was shrouded in a thick white mist, making visibility very low.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that eight rapid streams of water were continuously gushing out from the stone wall above the pool and cascading into it.

The artificial steps leading to the pool suggest that the hot spring's environment is not naturally formed.

It was probably accidentally unearthed by Misui Kichiemon when he was building this underground facility.

"I think Misui Kichiemon probably wants to use the mist generated by this hot spring to hide the exit of the passage!" Sudo Izumo recalled how he struggled to find a way out in the mist when he first came to this place, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"This looks like a red hot spring. Is it because it has a high iron content?" Ai Haibara walked to the hot spring and carefully observed the situation inside.

Perhaps it was because the hot spring steam was hitting her face that her face was flushed with a blush.

"Red hot spring? Iron?" Ayumi shook her head in confusion.

"Yes, groundwater naturally contains minerals such as iron, manganese, and sulfur. When it seeps to the surface, it reacts with the air to produce red compounds, which makes the water appear red."

As Yuu Aragaki explained to the children, he squatted down to test the water temperature.

Ok……

Perfect for a bath.

"Hey kid! The exit isn't over there!"

On the other side, Kaito Kuroba was originally overjoyed and preparing to lead everyone out of the secret passage with Izumo Sudo, but suddenly he found that Conan was running in another direction.

Kaito Kuroba, who already knew what that place was, widened his eyes instantly, and even his voice subconsciously became a little more urgent.