I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Ten minutes later, they were still in the secret passage beneath the tower.

Multiple footsteps echoed in the dark and long space.

Serabelle was still walking behind, holding her cell phone as a source of light, while the singing of the young detective team in front was becoming increasingly sparse compared to when they first set out.

"We...little hands...holding hands...green mountains...green waters..."

Yuantai couldn't sing any more halfway through. He stopped, took a deep breath, and turned to look at Serabel pitifully.

"How long do we have to walk? It feels like we're almost through the entire mountain."

"It's not that exaggerated."

Serabelle glanced at the time displayed in the upper left corner of the phone screen.

"In terms of time, it's been less than three minutes since we started from the bottom of the tower, and the distance we've walked is probably only about two hundred meters. As for why you feel tired, it's because you've been singing the whole time."

"Also, Genta-kun, you really need to lose weight." Ayumi followed.

"Losing weight...?"

Yuantai lowered his head and patted his belly, which looked exactly like Dr. Agasa's smaller version, with an innocent look in his eyes.

After all, he didn't want to gain so much weight.

Serabelle exhaled slowly: "Let's not talk about whether to lose weight or not, let's just keep moving forward, otherwise they will find the treasure first."

“But I can’t walk anymore…”

Yuantai's face showed an expression of "fat otaku despair.JPG".

Serabelle shrugged. "You can walk if you don't sing."

"But it's a bit boring just walking without singing..."

"Then I can play some music for you."

As Serabelle spoke, she operated her mobile phone and opened the music player app.

"I still have plenty of battery in my phone. What kind of music do you want to listen to? Something soothing or something intense?"

"Intense!" Yuan Tai got excited.

"It would be better if it was grand and domineering!" Mitsuhiko added.

"Intense... magnificent and domineering..."

Serabelle flipped through her favorites and suddenly said "oh".

"There is."

Tap the screen to play, and the song will immediately come out from the phone.

【And beneath the distant stars】

【T佟he Emperor's light shall cover us】

Since the lyrics were all in English, the three little ones who were only in the first grade of elementary school naturally didn't understand a word. But this did not prevent them from being infected by the low and rhythmic tune that sounded like a mobilization before a march. They continued to move forward while humming along with the melody, and even their steps were much stronger than when they first set out.

However, just because the former couldn't understand it doesn't mean that Haibara Ai couldn't understand it either. As a top student who went to the United States to study for a university and a doctorate when she was less than thirteen years old, the brown-haired girl's English level has always been top-notch, so when she heard the first two lines of the lyrics, she showed an expression similar to that of an old man talking on his cell phone on the subway.

Under the distant starry sky, the Emperor's light shines on us?

What weird stuff does this guy usually listen to?

……

Just like that, listening to this English ditty which they didn't understand but was very catchy, the three members of the Junior Detective Team finally came to a fork in the road after another two-minute journey.

"Huh? You can go left or right here. Which way should I go?"

It would have been fine if they had just walked along the same path until dark, but now a fork in the road suddenly appeared and the three children were at a loss as to what to do.

After all, the entire way here were made of the same old stone walls and floors, and there were no signboards or anything like that, no clues at all, and I had no idea which way to go, left or right.

"What should we do? Does Brother Sera know which way to go?" Ayumi looked back eagerly.

"Let me take a look..."

Serabelle said this, but she probably already had an idea in her mind.

Although the road under the tower was a bit circuitous, it was not difficult for him to construct a three-dimensional map of the entire underground of the castle with his spatial imagination. Judging from the direction in which Suzuki Tomoko and others came down, this was almost the coordinate where the two passages intersected.

Simply put, taking the fork on the right will lead you back to the study on the first floor of the castle, while taking the left will continue forward.

Serabelle came to the middle of the fork in the road, bent down and squatted to see if there were any footprints left by Suzuki Tomoko and her group on the ground.

At this moment, light shone from the darkness on the right.

Serabelle immediately stood up and returned the photo, only to receive a familiar complaint in return.

"Hey, who is this? Don't shine the flashlight into someone's glasses in such a dark environment!"

It turned out to be Kogoro Mori and others, who had just arrived here.

"Before you complain about others, could you please put down the flashlight in your hand?"

Serabel's hand holding the phone dropped, and the dim light produced by the diffuse reflection of the light on the floor barely illuminated a small area around him, including himself.

He turned to the children of the Junior Detective League who were leaning against the wall and looking out cautiously in the side alley.

"Come out, we have intercepted your friends."

Eh?

Conan, who was mixed in the large group, saw Serabelle suddenly appear in front of him and wanted to rush up to ask what was going on. However, when he heard the latter's words, his heart skipped a beat and the three words "No way" flashed through his mind.

The next second, he saw three familiar figures that looked similar to himself rushing out from the corner and rushing towards him like happy huskies.

"Hey! Conan!"

"Are you surprised?"

"You didn't expect that we are faster than you~"

"..."

Looking at the three people in front of him with proud expressions, Conan's mouth twitched slightly, and he glanced at Serabell who was standing with a brown-haired girl not far away.

This guy, it’s bad enough that he just wandered around alone, but why did he bring them here too!

Of course, Serabelle had no idea of ​​Conan's rich psychological activities. He turned the flashlight on his mobile phone to the left... There was no road there. There was a wall in front of him. On the wall was a painting of a giant bird with its wings spread. The bird wore a crown on its head, inlaid with sparkling gems.

It is worth mentioning that both the big bird and the crown on the mural are painted with paint, but the gems inlaid on the crown are real gems embedded in the wall.

Curious about the sparkling things, Serabelle moved closer and shone the flashlight a little more.

The slightly dazzling white light in the dark environment converges on several gems, and the surface of the gems is dotted with sparkling luster.

The next second, a muffled thunder-like sound was heard again from the ground.

Just like in the study before, accompanied by a tremor from the soles of the feet, the ground below the mural slowly opened to both sides, revealing a staircase that continued downwards.

In the room below the stairs, a coffin carved with exquisite patterns was placed horizontally in the center.

This is a tomb chamber.

Serabelle whistled.

"It looks like this is the end of our treasure hunt."

"It seems like you always manage to surprise me." Suzuki Tomoko smiled.

"Well, it's just a coincidence."

Serabelle told the truth.

Just imagine that the rest of the mural is just paint, with only a few gems being truly embedded. Any normal, curious person would try to shine a light on it to take a closer look, and if possible, touch and feel them with their hands.

But before he could reach the second step, the secret passage leading to the tomb opened by itself.

When Haibara Ai heard this, she rolled her eyes silently in her heart.

You now know how to be humble at a time like this, right?

Chapter 147: Construction with surplus materials!

The final destination of this treasure hunt was actually in a tomb.

Going down the steps revealed after the mechanism is opened, the tomb chamber seems to be a closed space, but when you actually step into it, you will find that it is not stuffy at all. Instead, you can feel a slight air circulation.

The coffin is placed at the end of the tomb chamber, and corresponding to it is a small platform similar to an altar. The base is connected to the curved pools on both sides, and candles are placed beside the pools as eternal lamps.

Occasionally a breeze blows, causing ripples on the surface of the water in the pool.

The only one who smoked among all the people present was Kogoro Mouri. He naturally took out his lighter and lit the candles one by one.

The warm firelight immediately filled the entire tomb.

"I didn't expect there would be such a place under the castle..."

Serabelle looked around, and finally her eyes fell on the coffin at the end of the tomb.

"So, Ms. Kosaka, is this your great-grandfather or..."

"Great-grandmother, I suppose."

Kosaka Natsumi stepped forward and said.

"My great-grandfather's grave is in the cemetery outside the castle, and my great-grandmother was Russian and couldn't be buried in the cemetery of her ancestors, so she was buried here."

She walked around the small circular platform in the middle of the pools on both sides and came to the coffin. She touched the surface of the coffin with her fingertips and was slightly stunned as she lowered her eyes.

It was a Western lock carved with retro patterns, fastened between the joints of the coffin.

The shape of the keyhole happened to match the key she took out on the cruise ship.

Serabelle came to her side and said, "Generally speaking, there are two situations when locking something. One is that you don't want the things inside to be seen or obtained by anyone. The other is that based on the former condition, you also hope that the lock can be opened by the right person in the future."

"I think my great-grandfather's idea is the latter." Natsumi Kosaka smiled.

"If it was the former, my great-grandfather could have locked the key inside as well, but he didn't. Instead, he chose to keep the key and gave it to my grandmother, who now gave it to me."

After saying this, as if she had made a great decision, Natsumi Kosaka leaned over the coffin with a serious look and took out the key from the bag she was carrying.

Just push it in gently and the shape will fit perfectly.

Another twist...click, the lock was unlocked.

“It actually opened…”

Natsumi Kosaka murmured as she stood up and looked at the western lock that had been taken off her hand. She stayed there for a moment and then turned to look at Serabelle.

"Then, Sera-kun, I'll leave it to you."

"Understood~"

After receiving the host's approval, Serabelle leaned forward slightly, placed her fingers on the edge of the coffin lid, and after muttering an insult, she lifted it up.

Inside the tomb, the candlelight flickered.

The light shone into the coffin, and there was a completely decayed and weathered corpse with only bones left, lying quietly inside, with his hands crossed on his abdomen.

And placed on its chest is another egg of memories.

Yeah~it’s here as expected.

Serabel felt nothing in his heart. He had anticipated that the final outcome would be like this before he stepped into the tomb.

However, just because he was calm doesn't mean others can be calm too.

Don't forget, this is worth more than 1.5 billion...

"I'm sorry, but could you please let me take a look?"

Sure enough, the next moment, the Russian clerk, who had not spoken much along the way, squeezed over.

The kind-hearted Natsumi Kosaka was not on guard and nodded after a slight pause.

"Yes, go ahead."

"Thank you."

Siruof was not polite either. He solemnly picked up the second egg of memory from the coffin with both hands and gently broke it open from the middle connection.