Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi made faces and hid in front of Winnet. Winnet mediated and said, "Mr. Maori is also thinking about your safety, so when you get to the castle, you must stay close to me, understand?"

"Ok!"

In other words, they could still go, and the three of them were very happy.

Conan pointed at himself, as if to say: What about me?

"I think it would be a good idea to take Conan with us," Shiratori said suddenly, "His interesting thoughts might be helpful to us."

"This guy?" Kogoro pointed at Conan.

"Yes."

The white bird with his hands in his pockets leaned back slightly.

If his previous proposal showed that he was kindhearted, then his current appearance of supporting Conan made Winnett suspicious. He discovered Conan's true identity? That made sense, but she felt something was wrong. Officer Shiratori seemed to be much more restrained today. Winnett remembered that he was an arrogant person who liked to make inferences but didn't like detectives. Putting these aside, he didn't talk about art and history today, which was totally unlike him.

However, her impression of him basically came from the Moriya Teiji case, which might not be very accurate.

Considering the possibility that Scott might still be on the ship, the police did not leave immediately. Winette took this opportunity to communicate with Megure and asked him about Officer Shiratori. Megure thought there was nothing strange, but he said that Shiratori suddenly participated in the mission. Today was originally his day off, and he specially rushed back to the police station from the villa in Karuizawa.

Winnet smiled and thanked him. "Kaito Kid is still alive," she thought, "and he has replaced Shiratori."

Even now, she would not expose him.

She returned to the room and saw Xiao Ai sitting on the bed. She yawned and seemed to have been waiting for her for a while.

Xiao Ai put down the magazine. "What do you think about Scott's case?" she asked.

"I think he's still on the boat, between those three people."

"I think so."

"Also, Shiratori might be Kaito Kid in disguise."

"Kaito Kidd? Pretending to be Shiratori? Is this to get into the castle naturally?"

"Probably for the eggs," Winnet said. "And the bad news is that I'm afraid Kid has guessed Conan's identity."

"Then do we want it?"

Ai made a gesture on her neck, but her brows were furrowed, and she was obviously reluctant to be silenced. Winette saw her conflicted side and shook her head gently. Anyway, Hattori, his parents, and Dr. Agasa already knew about this matter. Kaito Kid was just an irrelevant person, and he even had a good impression of Edogawa - otherwise there was no way to explain his behavior of helping him.

"No, it seems like he has a pretty good relationship with Edogawa, right?"

Ai smiled. "That's right," she said, "A thief and a detective, a pair of old enemies. Stories nowadays also like this tone. Art is really a cyclical field."

Winnett also sat down and tapped the mattress lightly with her index finger.

"It's so late, are you going to sleep here with me?"

Xiao Ai protected her left arm, stretched her waist, and yawned, "I'm a little sleepy indeed. Bye, it must be uncomfortable to sleep on such a narrow bed." After saying that, she shook her hand and walked out of the room.

Winnet glanced at the bed. It was indeed a little crowded given its size. They would probably have to sleep together.

……

The next morning, they disembarked.

Clyde could get back to Tokyo much faster, so he came to meet the ship after receiving the call. Due to space constraints, the Mori family took a taxi. Three cars lined up in a row and went up to the castle on the top of the hill. What surprised Winette was that Dr. Agasa also came with them for some reason, but then he started to talk to Conan in private.

Seeing that Winnet was curious, Xiao Ai waved her hand and motioned her to bend down.

"You guys..."

Before she could say anything, she saw three funny guys coming close to Winnet's ear.

"Well, actually he just asked the Doctor for a new pair of glasses."

Winette understood quickly that Edogawa had reinforced his lens to prevent a blow from the skull from going through it. It seemed that he had learned his lesson and would not rush to his death.

The three of them immediately lost interest and started observing the castle.

“What a beautiful castle.”

"There must be a lot of treasures in this castle."

"How many bowls of eel rice can I have..."

Kogoro warned them: "Don't run around in the castle. Stay with Miss Winnet. If you run around, I will kick you out immediately. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" the three of them said in unison.

However, not everyone has arrived yet. When the art dealer Qian Jiangyi got off the boat, he said he needed to get ready. About five minutes later, he appeared in a red car, dressed like an archaeologist - a dirt-resistant jacket and a mountaineering bag.

"Be careful." Xiao Ai whispered to Winnet.

Winnet nodded. She was not unprepared. Although she didn't feel it was necessary, she still carried some concealed weapons and a pocket pistol with her. Even if she was discovered, the latter could be said to be for self-defense. After all, given her condition, no one would think that this pistol was prepared to attack others.

"This castle looks a lot like a castle in Germany," White Bird said with emotion. "It was modeled after Cinderella's castle."

German style?

Winnet also looked up. Indeed, this layout built on the ridge was a completely German-style castle. Even a certain Di was designed based on this prototype. Although there is no Di in this world.

Led by the butler, they went inside for a tour. Winette held one child in each hand, Ayumi on the left and Mitsuhiko on the right, and then Genta to prevent them from running around in the castle. According to the butler, there are many mechanisms in the castle, which quickly reminded her of the Blue Castle. Although it is unlikely that someone like Nishikawa Mutsumi will appear, many castle mechanisms are used to prevent theft and may accidentally hurt curious children.

Between knights, between ladies, between emperors.

The butler introduced the rooms to be visited according to their decoration styles. In fact, this naming method is more to fit the tourism industry. Yokosuka Castle often appears on advertisements. Until the death of Miss Kosaka's grandmother, it was open for one or two days a week.

This was the first time Winnet had seen such a majestic castle. It was completely different in style from the castles in the suburbs of London, and the interior layout was more practical.

Just as Winnet was about to touch the fireplace that she had envied as a child, she heard a scream.

The voice came from Qian Jiangyi who had run to the toilet earlier.

They immediately rushed to the room between the noble ladies and saw Qian Jiangyi squatting under a pile of swords tied with iron chains, curled up in fear. Opposite him was a safe filled with gold and gemstones.

He ran into someone else's castle and acted like a thief.

Winette looked at his toolbox, which was full of lock picking tools, saws, and wrenches. Then, she noticed Bai Niao's hands. His hands were waving flexibly between the tools, picking them up from time to time to check, and then throwing the flashlight to Qian Jiangyi who had just been released - his hands were locked with mechanical handcuffs.

"That's all you need."

Winnet was sure.

Shiratori is indeed Kaito Kid in disguise.

"Hey, does this castle have a basement?" Conan asked the butler.

"No."

"What about great-grandfather's room on the first floor?"

"There is an office, all right."

……

398 Matryoshka doll

"Please come in."

"Here are photos of the master and some of his photographic works. Everyone, feel free to take a look."

This room is very plain, with only a desk and chair in the middle of the room and a sofa for entertaining guests. Contrary to the simple decoration is the rich collection of books, which are scattered in the built-in bookshelves on the walls. In the gaps between these bookshelves are some photos of Miss Xia Mei's great-grandfather Kiichi. Winette followed Xiao Ai and soon found something strange: there was no photo of Miss Xia Mei's great-grandmother among these photos.

It wasn't just in this room, it was missing from all the rooms they visited, as if it had been deliberately erased.

On the contrary, the answer she got from Miss Xia Mei was "respectable". Both her great-grandfather and grandmother loved this mysterious great-grandmother deeply. Conan asked her why there were no photos, but she replied that there were none. Even Miss Xia Mei herself did not know what her great-grandmother looked like. There must be some deep reason. These were not allowed to be explored by outsiders. Winnet did not care. She listened carefully. The footsteps were different from the previous room, but it did not mean that there was any mysterious space under her feet. Instead, it was a more down-to-earth feedback.

"This man is Rasputin!" Qian Jiang shouted, pointing at a photo.

Siruov, who was attracted by him, nodded. The person in the photo was indeed Rasputin, and there was his autograph on it.

"Rasputin is what Ai mentioned..."

Ai responded to Xiaolan's doubts. "Yes, he was called the evil monk Rasputin, and he was closely related to the fall of the Romanov dynasty." She said, "This man once held power, but later he was assassinated by his royal relative Prince Felix Yusupov and his opponents. It is said that his body was found by the Neva River, and one of his eyes was dug out."

Xiaolan was frightened by her story.

Seeing her frightened look, Xiao Ai added faintly, "Yes, just like Mr. Hanchuan who was killed before, he lost his right eye."

"That's amazing, little girl!" General Qian praised.

Genta and the others also stared at Ai with shocked expressions. Mitsuhiko said with emotion: "Haihara-san is really knowledgeable!"

The white bird coughed and said, "I think it's more important to find the eggs right now."

"Yes, why are we discussing this bad guy Rasputin?"

In order to make up for the embarrassment of not knowing Rasputin, Kogoro took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and took a deep puff.

"Rasputin...right eye..."

"Scorbing..."

Winette moved her feet and came to the photo of Master Kiichi and Rasputin. When she saw Rasputin's signature, she suddenly realized. If Rasputin was rearranged, she would get Pu Bingsi Qinglan. She was not sure about this idea for a while. It was an arrogant and failed move to add meaning to the pseudonym. Not everyone likes to play word games like Edogawa. However, this possibility cannot be denied.

Pay more attention to her, she thought.

After Kogoro exhaled the smoke, he denied his own words: "That's true, but I really don't know where to start looking for such a big castle."

Sudden--

"Uncle, lend me your cigarette!" Conan snatched the cigarette from Kogoro.

"what happened?"

"When the wind blows up, there is a secret basement below."

"What!?"

Winnet was also shocked by his discovery. She was sensitive to air currents but failed to notice it. But soon, she was relieved. She was standing at a considerable distance from Maori. So it seemed that the entrance to the basement was not large. Conan held a cigarette and explored the area of ​​the secret passage, like a detective.

Conan used the plate that Xiaolan was holding to knock off his cigarette butt, completely ignoring her gaze.

"So, Mr. Kiichi, who loves making mechanisms, must have hidden the switch somewhere."

As he spoke, he searched for a floor with a noticeable gap, opened it, and revealed a combination lock that looked like a calculator. The keys on the lock were Russian letters, and everyone was shocked, but they all agreed that this was the way to activate the dark room.

"There should be a code," Conan said to Siluofu, "Uncle, can you type in Russian?"

"Oh."

"Memories, that must be the Russian word for memories!" Kogoro concluded firmly.

Xiluofu inputted the information, but there was no change in the room. Kogoro looked embarrassed, and Qian Shouyi suggested inputting Mr. Kiichi's name, but the result was the same, no response; Xiluofu also felt anxious, he asked Miss Xiamei, but she had no impression, Conan mentioned the strange words that Miss Xiamei had said on the boat - Baruxunikukadame.

"This sentence that Miss Xia Mei said might be in Russian."

His words made Xiaolan's eyes sharper.

Seeing this, Winette thought it would be better not to give him another chance to perform.

"I think it should be Barushep Nicol Canzhimei," she interrupted. "If this sentence is translated into English, it is 'The last wizard of the century', which is -"

"The magician at the end of the century..."

Pu Siqinglan answered quickly and Winette glanced at her.

"The magician at the end of the century?" Kogoro stroked his chin, "I think I've heard of it somewhere."

"Kid's notice letter." Xiaolan reminded him.

"Yes," he said in astonishment, "this is such a coincidence."

Coincidence? Of course not.

"Anyway, just press it first."

Siruov muttered his Russian and entered it. After pressing the last character, a strange sound rang out in the room: like the sound of gears running. Soon, the area where Conan explored and where the wind blew up opened like a crocodile's mouth, forming a rectangular entrance. The entrance had been sealed for a long time, and was filled with rubble and dust. Its full appearance fell into their eyes. There was a spiral staircase below.

"The password has been revealed..." Qian Jiangyi sighed.

He turned on the only flashlight that Shiratori had left for him to illuminate the way ahead, and so did Siluofu; Conan turned on the watch-shaped flashlight, and Kogoro took out a lighter to illuminate. Thanks to the Junior Detective Team, Winnett's body was also bright, and they did not forget to remind her to be careful with her steps.

For her, it was easy to walk freely once she got used to the length of the stairs.

"Ms. Xia Mei, why is the password the magician at the end of the century?" asked Siruof.

“I think that was probably my great-grandfather’s nickname,” she said. “My great-grandfather went to the 1900 Expo when he was and then went to live in Russia, that’s it.”

Kogoro nodded and said, "I see, 1900 is the end of the century, that's absolutely correct."

They chatted as they moved forward, going further and further, and deeper and deeper; the surroundings were damp and dark, without any light. The stairs had disappeared, and now it was as if they were deep in a cave. Although there was air flowing, there was no sound of water or animals.