Chapter 598 looks ordinary

After waiting for a few minutes, Seeker turned to look at Bertrand, who was standing beside him with his head down, scratching at a weed with his toes, and asked tentatively, "Should we continue to wait?"

Bertrand looked up in confusion, casually stepping on the weed. He thought for a moment, "Let's not wait. My sister's an adult now; she should be able to tell which way we're going. Let's keep going!"

After saying that, he turned and walked inside, humming an unfamiliar tune.

Seeker turned and followed, glancing back at the entrance to the passage before falling into deep thought.

Vermouth... that's really strange.

He clicked his tongue silently and shook his head with a hint of regret.

Reaching out to put his arm around Bertrand to prevent him from suddenly running off, Seeker checked the map again to make sure they hadn't gone the wrong way, and then started walking and talking with the boy.

They didn't seem to care about treasure or anything like that.

Because she didn't know what kind of map Conan and his friends had, Vermouth didn't expect the terrain and route of the left passage to be so complicated, and she was no longer able to find out how they got there by looking at the footprints and other clues.

So she had no choice but to go back the way she came, back to the intersection of the two entrances, and then walk into the right-hand passage.

However, she wasted too much time, and by the time she entered the right passage, Conan and Bertrand's groups were getting closer and closer.

Of course, Ai Haibara's brewery radar also sensed the aroma of alcohol.

Her steps froze, and she reached out to grab Conan's clothes.

Conan paused, turned around to look at her, and seeing this familiar expression, he obviously guessed what was going on, but the three children ahead were still walking forward with great interest.

Obviously, it's impossible to persuade them to stop searching for the treasure and turn back the way they came.

Conan's gaze narrowed slightly.

Ai Haibara exhaled, released her grip on his clothes, and whispered, "Let's follow them. We can't just let them wander off on their own."

The two walked for a while and then met their end on the right path.

Before the two passages connected, there was an earthen wall in between. Seeing that there seemed to be no way forward, Bertrand quickened his pace and ran towards it.

At the same time, footsteps sounded nearby.

When they reached the end of the passage, they both turned around and saw each other.

"Huh?"

Bertrand winked, then waved at them with a grin. "Oh, what a coincidence! You're here on an adventure too?"

"Oh, it's Brother Xiaoye!" Ayumi said with some surprise.

Bertrand smiled, then turned to look at the earthen wall about two meters away from them, walked up and knocked on it, looking puzzled. "There's no road ahead?"

Mitsuhiko, holding a map, walked to the wall and compared it with the map. "Our map marks this as the end point, but there's absolutely no trace of treasure!"

"Either this map is just an ordinary map, or the 'treasure' placed here has already been taken away by someone else."

Sector Sack, who was a little slower than Bertrand, walked out of the passage, explaining as he secretly sized up the three children.

These guys look pretty ordinary, and they're not as cute as Kashiwagi-chan combined, but they somehow manage to get Vermouth to care so much.

Seeker glanced at them a few times before looking away, then surveyed the somewhat cramped space.