Chapter 52 Chapter 52

◎ Encountering a ghost wall◎

Amuro Toru said with a very firm tone: "Yes."

Nakamori Ginzo asked anxiously, "Where is the gem?"

Toru Amuro walked to the front of the stage, bent over and groped around. Everyone watched his movements quietly, full of confusion.

Suddenly, Amuro Toru managed to pry a crack out of the crack-free base with his bare hands. It actually opened. Everyone gathered around curiously, watching the scene in amazement.

The pedestal for the gem was empty. Amuro Toru reached inside and fumbled around, then pulled out a transparent glass box. The gem appeared before his eyes.

Everyone gathered around in amazement. Xiaolan said, "This really is a gem."

Nakamori Ginzo stretched out his hand to take it, but someone was faster than him. Suzuki Jirokichi took the gem and held it under the light to look at it. He looked happy, excited and said, "It's a gem, it's real!" He wanted to take a closer look.

Nakamori Ginzo, standing nearby, took the gem from his hand and held it up to the light, saying, "It looks real." He then looked at Amuro Toru and asked, "How did you know it was here?"

Amuro Toru heard him, reached out and patted the base, then smiled and said, "When I was observing the base just now, I noticed it was empty. Plus, there's a slight crack under the pedestal where the gem rests. So I guess Kidd didn't take the gem away, but instead created a mechanism to move it inside the base."

Sonoko said, "I remember this base was solid. When did it become hollow?"

Mu'an Jiaxi glanced at Yuanzi and said lazily, "I guess he sneaked in among the employees when he was scouting the place earlier, and then he took out the mechanism installed in this hole."

Amuro Toru looked at her with a smile and agreed, "Yes."

At this time, Nakamori Ginzo said: "Now that the gem has been found, let's go find the intersection." Then he returned the gem to Suzuki Jirokichi.

After Suzuki Jirokichi took the gem, he immediately put it into a special box and held it in his arms, only then did he feel relieved.

Everyone nodded in agreement and turned to walk towards the door.

Mu'an Jiaxi deliberately walked at the back with Kidd, leaned close to his ear, and whispered gloatingly, "How do you feel now? Detectives are really your natural enemies."

Kidd, wearing the mask of Sera Masumi, turned his head when he heard her words. He still had a bright smile on his face, but he gritted his teeth and whispered, "Yeah, especially that dark-skinned guy and that kid."

Hearing this, Mu'an Jiaxi patted his shoulder sympathetically and said, "I sympathize with you for a second." After a pause, he asked curiously, "Do you want to steal this gem back? I can help you and cooperate with you."

She didn't say explicitly whether this was the gem you were looking for, because if she said that, he would definitely guess that she knew about him, so it was better to mind his own business.

Kidd shook his head and said, "No, this gem is not what I want."

She nodded in feigned confusion and said, "If that's not what you're looking for, then what kind of gem are you looking for? That's strange."

Kidd heard this, smiled but said nothing, and walked away.

Mu'an Jiaxi nodded helplessly, caught up with the main force and ran to the front.

The team was led by Toru Amuro and Kogoro Maori, with Conan huddled beside them. Toru Amuro held a map and said to Conan seriously, "We've followed the map all the way. Everything we've done so far is correct. Let's see where we went wrong next."

Mu'an Jiaxi followed them, listening quietly without disturbing them.

After walking for another five or six minutes, Amuro Toru suddenly raised his hand to signal everyone to stop. Maori Kogoro asked, "What's wrong?"

Amuro Toru frowned and said seriously, "Wrong."

Muan Jiaxi immediately understood what he meant, but Maori Kogoro beside him didn't understand and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Amuro Toru said: "We are wrong from here on. We have taken the wrong road." He turned around, pointed to the road, and spread out the map in his hand. Everyone gathered around.

He explained in detail, "Look at this road. It doesn't match the map at all. The map says it should turn here, but this road is straight. There's no turn at all."

Mu'an Jiaxi looked at the map and then at the passage in front of him. The map showed that there was a passage next to here. They wanted to turn around, but there was no passage here.

Could there be some secret passage or something? She thought so and raised her hand to pat the wall. It was solid, so there shouldn't be any secret passage.

Looking at the wall, she rolled her eyes, smiled, picked up a stone from the ground, drew a circle on the wall, and made a mark.

Seeing her movements, Sonoko asked curiously, "Is this a mark?"

She threw down the stone and said, “Yes, let’s do it first just in case.

Sera Masumi came over at some point and asked Amuro Toru, "So what should we do next?"

Amuro Toru put away the map and said, "The map is no longer useful. We have to find our way out and move forward on our own."

He took the lead and went ahead. Surprisingly, no one objected and followed his lead. Even Nakamori Ginzo remained silent.

Then they seemed to have turned on some mechanism, and they kept circling around one place, unable to get out. It was like they were going around in circles, and no matter where they went, they would return to the original passage.

When Mu An Jia Xi saw the pattern mark she had drawn on the wall again, he was so tired that he bent over with his hands on his knees and gasped for breath, thinking to himself: Oh my god, this is just a ghost wall!

A ghost! Mu'an Jiaxi suddenly realized something and jumped up in shock, her breath catching. She was alert, looking around and swallowing nervously. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew across her face, ruffling her hair. It felt like a hand gently caressing her face, the movement gentle and cool. Mu'an Jiaxi closed her eyes in fear and screamed, "Ghost!!"

Everyone was startled by her voice and thought something had happened. Xiaolan asked nervously, "What's wrong with Sister Jia Xi? Is there a ghost?"

Amuro Toru heard the sound and walked over from the front of the team. Seeing her expression, he asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Mu'an Jiaxi slowly opened her eyes, still feeling a lingering fear. She glanced around fearfully, but nothing was wrong. Seeing everyone's worried expressions, she suddenly felt embarrassed and said with a wry smile, "Sorry, sorry, I must have seen it wrong."

Amuro Toru held her shoulders and carefully looked at her slightly pale face, and asked with concern: "Are you feeling unwell?"

Mu'an Jiaxi waved his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I was just scared." Seeing that he still looked unconvinced, he pretended to be relaxed and joked, "You know I'm afraid of ghosts. It must have been the wind blowing just now, and I thought it was a ghost. I was scared, so my face is a little pale. Don't worry."

Xiaolan also frowned and said worriedly: "But you look a little pale. Are you really okay? Do you want to rest for a while?"

Mu An Jia Xi hurriedly stopped him, saying, "No, really no need."

Seeing her like this, everyone stopped insisting and dispersed. In the end, they all decided to rest for a while. After everyone left, Amuro Toru walked up and asked softly, "Are you having trouble breathing?"

Faced with his repeated inquiries and concern, Mu'an Jiaxi no longer concealed anything and nodded, "A little." Fearing that he would worry, he quickly added, "Just a little bit. I was scared by the ghost for a moment. I'm much better now."

Amuro stared at her face seriously, trying to find any signs of lying. After confirming that she was not lying, he finally reminded her with a worried look: "If you feel uncomfortable again, you must tell me. Don't hide it." He kept staring at her while speaking, and finally said seriously with a stern face, word by word, "Got it?"

Mu'an Jiaxi nodded quickly in response, "Okay."

Only then did Toru Amuro walk away again and discuss ways to get out with others.

Seeing that they couldn't leave for a while, Mu An Jia Xi simply sat down, not minding the dirt, and simply sat on the ground. Suddenly, the phone rang, for just two seconds.

She took out her cell phone and thought: 80% of the text messages I receive at this time are advertisements.

After she pressed the button and looked at it, she found that she had guessed wrong. Looking at the phone, Mu An Jiaxi's face became more and more serious. She immediately deleted the text message, put the phone back in her pocket, pretended that nothing had happened, and leaned against the wall to rest again.

Xiaolan was right beside her and noticed her change. She asked with concern, "Sister Jiaxi, did something happen? You looked quite serious just now."

Mu An Jiaxi heard her words, looked at her, and immediately put on a smile on his face. He pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "It's rubbish advertising, talking about plastic surgery and so on. Do you think I need plastic surgery when I'm naturally beautiful?"

Xiaolan believed her words, shook her head, and said seriously: "No need."

She moved up uncomfortably, adjusted her posture, closed her eyes and rested without saying anything.

Seeing this, Xiaolan didn't disturb her and turned her head to chat with Yuanzi.

Toru Amuro, who had been paying attention to Muan Jiaxi, noticed this scene and also saw the expression on her face when she picked up her phone to read the text message. She could deceive Xiaolan, but she couldn't deceive him. There was something wrong with that text message.

None of the people he was talking to noticed that Toru Amuro was distracted, and they were still discussing how to get out.

Here, Mu'an Jiaxi actually didn't sleep at all. How could she sleep? Although it was already 10 o'clock and she usually went to bed at this time, but looking at the current situation, it was impossible for her to fall asleep, unless she was heartless.

She closed her eyes and recalled the text message she had just seen, thinking to herself: This Gin is really known for his cold-bloodedness. Even towards the daughter of his former savior, he is so ruthless and merciless.

Mu'an Jiaxi leaned against the stone wall, which was uneven and uncomfortable for her. She frowned and moved, but it was still the same.

She stood up, turned her head with an unhappy expression and looked at the wall. She touched the uneven pebbles on it. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she thought of something. She began to press each stone continuously.

Xiaolan saw her movements and asked in confusion, "Sister Jia Xi, what are you doing?"

The group of people who were talking in front were attracted by Xiaolan's words. They stopped talking and looked at Mu'an Jiaxi.

She didn't stop her movements, and continued pressing while answering, "Looking for a trap. My sixth sense tells me there's a trap here."

When Kogoro Mouri heard this, he laughed and said, "Isn't this just pure guessing?" He thought it was all in vain and didn't believe it at all.

Conan and Amuro Toru looked at these stones and had different opinions. They also ran forward to observe.

Looking at Amuro Toru's actions, Maori Kogoro said in disbelief: "You don't really believe what she said."

Amuro Toru said: "Since we can't get out anyway, we might as well give it a try, just in case there really is some trap."

Maori Kogoro saw this and said, "Then you guys can look for it yourselves. I don't have the time for that."