Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

But the voice was not from Dr. Agasa, but from Ai, which made Winnet feel strange.

Logically speaking, Professor Agasa should have already notified the police by this time, so why should Ai fight again?

Not only that, she also borrowed the name of Kudo Shinichi.

Having been with Xiaolan for so long, Winette is also aware of Kudo Shinichi's power in the police. It is said that he has assisted Inspector Megure in solving no less than a hundred cases, and he has only been in high school for a little over a year; he has solved more than a hundred cases a year, and this is only linked to the police in Toudou, not including private commissions and commissions from other places. Xiaolan said that Kudo Shinichi's father has a lot of prestige in the police, which provides him with a shadow.

There was a double-headed lamp hanging on the wall where the telephone was stored, and a long shadow extended in front of Winnet.

He seemed to have been standing there for a while, because Winnet didn't hear any footsteps, and he was even trying to control his breathing.

Xiao Ai seemed to have not noticed his presence. While waiting for Inspector Megure, he moved slightly, and his shadow climbed over Xiao Ai's head, scaring her.

At first, Winnet suspected that he had some bad intentions, but the hands behind his back were empty and he had no weapons. He came forward only because Ai was about to end her phone call - waiting for Inspector Megure to answer the call.

Xiao Ai snorted in surprise and turned to see the person coming. He was Master Aman from the castle.

"Why, calling your friends, little sister?"

Master Aman hunched over, feeling quite oppressive.

Faced with the sudden situation, Xiao Ai quickly calmed down. This was not the first time she had encountered danger. Xiao Ai responded quickly and calmly:

"Ah, I just finished."

As she spoke, she slowly put the microphone back on the phone, but in her heart, she no longer trusted the people in this castle.

At this time, it was suspicious to still pay attention to their actions. The moment she turned around, she also found Winnett at the fork in the road. The verbal game she was thinking about was no longer necessary.

"Xiao Ai, so you are here, everyone is looking for you!"

Winnet smiled and noticed that Master Aman was a little polite. Xiao Ai followed her steps, slightly quickened her pace and came to her side, showing a meaningful smile and immediately grasped her hand.

Along with the smile, there is also the action of turning back sideways.

"Sorry for making you worry."

Winnet naturally knew that Ai was suspicious of the sudden appearance of Master Aman, so she took advantage of her and asked about Dr. Agasa: "Strange... Ai, isn't Dr. Agasa with you?"

She poked her head out as she spoke, a puzzled look on her face.

"No, I think he might be looking for the treasure in this castle."

These words caught the attention of Master Aman.

After saying that, Xiao Ai walked towards the room.

"Isn't this not good?"

"Let's wait until there's some distance between us," Winette said worriedly.

Xiao Ai's words were almost a provocation. Her speech at the dinner party had already told the people in the castle that she was a smart child.

If there really is a murderer in the castle, his target must be the treasure in the castle. Xiao Ai is using this to provoke the other party. If this person is Master Aman, Xiao Ai might be in danger.

"Well, what?" Ai didn't seem to care. "Oh, are you saying that the person hiding in the castle is planning to attack me?"

"You don't have to make yourself so conspicuous," Winnet advised.

"He's trying to lure us out of our hole," she said. "He won't stop there. He'll try to catch us all in one fell swoop. The result will be the same. Think about it. Dr. Agasa has disappeared in just a short while. He might want to reunite all of us and leave us all to die in the forest like the servant who starved to death." At this point, she felt that her words were a little too harsh. She slowed down her speech, squeezed Winnet's fingers, and said, "Don't forget, you are by my side."

Winette was moved by this last sentence. Although she did not support Ai's risk, this analysis made sense. Since Dr. Agasa was attacked, it meant that the other party did not want them to call the police, at least not now.

Perhaps what Master Aman did just now was for this purpose.

"What are you going to do?" Winnet asked.

Xiao Ai looked back and said softly, "Let's investigate the place where Edogawa disappeared tonight. The other party will definitely seize the opportunity to take action. We don't have much time left."

"But, those children..."

"It's okay. He can't possibly attack our residence directly. If he does that, the people in the castle will be in a panic. If he is also a person in the castle, his movements will definitely be restricted."

"You're very thoughtful."

Winnet nodded and added, "This person must be very familiar with this castle, including the secret passages. We must be careful when exploring his home ground."

"Ah."

……

Late at night, when Yuantai and others fell asleep, Xiaoai opened her eyes.

She first glanced at the doctor's bed, which was empty. The fact that he hadn't come back yet confirmed her thoughts.

After spending these days together, she has already figured out Dr. Agasa's personality.

Although he was bold and creative in his inventions, he was timid and did not have the adventurous spirit of Edogawa. His will was not very strong and he was easily influenced by others. Unless he discovered some critical information or the matter was urgent, he would not leave without saying hello.

Her subtle movements also caught Winnet's attention, and she couldn't help but sigh: She can't hide any movement.

Winnet made a hushing gesture and used sign language to tell her that there was someone outside the door.

Xiao Ai feels like complaining.

Why do people with poor eyesight know sign language?

During the years she lived in Japan, news channels often had sign language modules. With her extraordinary memory, she learned a little bit and understood what Winnet meant.

So he gently opened the door a crack.

Outside the house were the eldest wife and the noble young master of the family.

Xiao Ai narrowed her eyes and observed the two people.

Mr. Guiren asked the first wife why she was here, and the latter answered foolishly that she was still waiting for her daughter. Mr. Guiren comforted her while pushing the wheelchair, ready to take her away.

It seemed as if they had just met by chance.

She thought that the noble lady was wearing pajamas and must have gotten up to go to the bathroom. Their room was closer to the bathroom, so it was not surprising that she passed by here. As for the eldest wife, an old woman with limited mobility and memory impairment, she did not look like the murderer.

Instead, I felt a chill in my body.

She turned her head slightly and saw Winnet standing silently behind her. Fortunately, it was Winnet, otherwise she might have been scared and made a sound.

Her expression was serious, and her lifeless eyes seemed to be glowing. If they were green or blue, they might have been mistaken for wolf's eyes. The bad feeling just now was also detected from her.

The two of them understood each other tacitly, and after the two men left, they immediately took action and went to the room on the second floor where Conan disappeared.

As soon as they crossed the corridor, Winnett grabbed Xiao Ai's arm and whispered, "Someone is following us."

"Ah," Xiao Ai sighed, "Let's go to the corner ahead first."

With her hands in her pockets, she walked slowly around the corner, waited for about three seconds, then immediately turned around and ran, returning to the fork in the road.

"Oh, I knew it."

Xiao Ai sighed again. From Winnet's unhurried attitude, she guessed the true identities of the little tails following them.

"Hey hey hey..."

The young detectives showed awkward smiles as if they were trying to get away with it.

……

382 Trap and Attack

"What do you want to do hiding in this place?"

Ai, with her arms folded and an adult demeanor, looked at the giggling trio with an expressionless face.

"Because we are all worried about Conan."

"The doctor never came back."

"We can also help you with the investigation."

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko each expressed their desire to participate in the exploration.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, this is what the three of them wanted to express.

Although she didn't approve of the children's risky behavior, Xiao Ai shrugged her shoulders and looked indifferent. Anyway, if she and Winnet failed, these children would not escape the same fate, and they were with Winnet, so there was someone to take care of them.

"I won't be responsible if you get killed."

She added.

Winnet appeared from behind Ai, but the Junior Detective Team was not scared - they had already discovered that Winnet was also involved in the operation, but they were frightened by Ai's words. They all surrounded her and Ai, and asked Ai why she said such things.

Winnet smiled awkwardly.

Her little Ai was still aloof and just went upstairs quietly.

Winnet was surrounded by people, with a soothing and reassuring expression on her face, but she remained alert in her heart: "Strange, is this an illusion... maybe they are just people who came out to use the toilet."

The windows of the castle were not open and the interior was as quiet as death, which made it easy for her to catch other sounds. Among these sounds, there was the sound of a person's footsteps behind Yuantai and the others, but he did not continue to follow them.

"here it is?"

"Isn't this the same room we came to during the day?"

Mitsuhiko identified their destination, which was the room where he observed the chessboard during the day.

"Kojima-san, could you please move that chair under the clock on the wall for me?"

Xiao Ai opened the glass window of the bookshelf facing the entrance, took out a stack of books, and asked Yuantai for help. Then she placed the heavy cardboard books on the chair.

Just like what Conan does during the day.

Realizing that the reason Ai didn't ask her for help was because of her eyesight problem, Winnet felt like she was shooting herself in the foot. However, in this relatively dark environment, it was indeed difficult for her to clearly see the specific situation of the clock hands.

Boom!

The weight of the books, and the added weight of Xiao Ai stepping on them, made a clearer sound.

Her actions puzzled the Junior Detective Team, who asked doubtful questions, and Xiao Ai, who was adjusting the hands, did not answer immediately. Winnett thought of the chair falling down during the day, so she came to the wall and waited for Xiao Ai to adjust the hands. When the minute hand rotated a circle and the hour hand passed twelve o'clock, there was a rustling sound similar to the corner of a table rubbing against the ground, and the wall rotated around the center.

The rotating wall collided with the chair underneath, causing Xiao Ai to lose her balance.

"Are you okay?"

Eyes open and close.

She found herself in Winnet's arms.

After being stunned for about three seconds, Xiao Ai nodded to indicate that she was fine and asked Winnett to put her down.

There is indeed a secret passage here.

From the size of this wall, one can guess how wide the space behind it is. Witnessing the bizarre situation, the young detectives looked at each other and followed Ai into the door.

It was pitch black behind the door. Ayumi asked fearfully, "Where is this place?"

"It looks like a secret passage." Mitsuhiko replied.

"Just use your fingers to turn the hands of the clock, and the door to the secret passage will open." Xiao Ai explained briefly, then raised her left hand and turned her watch, "Okay, let's go."

Winette glanced at her and realized that this watch was a prop from Dr. Agasa, and it had the function of a flashlight. She wanted to remind her that if it emitted light, it might alert the enemy, but she thought that they had come to this room openly and had not deliberately lowered their voices when talking, so she had missed the best time to remind her. Besides, not everyone could move freely in the dark like her.

Unlike the darkness at night, there is almost no light in the secret passage. Without lighting equipment, it would be impossible to move forward.

"Okay, let's go."

Xiao Ai's watch lit up.

Seeing this light, Ayumi asked: "Haibara-san, could this be..."

"Yes, this is the watch-shaped flashlight that Professor Agasa gave me."

Ai introduced herself kindly, but Mitsuhiko's next words made her narrow her eyes slightly.

"So you have one too!"

"What do you mean?"

As Ai was confused, three more lights lit up, illuminating the grinning faces of the Junior Detectives. Seeing this convenient standard configuration, Winette also wondered if she could ask Dr. Agasa to modify one.

However, she didn't need a flashlight. Complete darkness was actually beneficial to her, especially when she was familiar with the terrain and the other party was not. Similarly, when both parties were unfamiliar with each other, it was also beneficial to her, but the current situation was not ideal - the murderer was familiar with the secret passage and she was completely unfamiliar with it.

Winette recalled that the first time she met Dr. Agasa was when he caused an explosion in his own home.

Maybe we could ask him to make some portable bombs?

The bomb watch is good.

Winnet was just thinking about it. If it was just a sleight of hand and a delaying prop, the current equipment was enough.