Faced with the charging monster, Conan and the others reacted quickly. Ran Mouri dodged to the side and then launched a flying kick at the monster. However, the monster's body was as hard as iron, and the kick seemed to have little effect on it.
Lin Yu quickly took out a stun gun from his backpack and stabbed it into the monster's body. Electricity flickered on the monster's body, but it only trembled slightly before swinging its thick arms even more angrily.
Taking the opportunity to observe the monster's movement patterns, Ai Haibara shouted, "Watch its left side! That might be its weak point!"
Upon hearing this, Conan quickly rushed to the monster's left side, the soccer ball in his hand flying up and smashing into the monster's leg joint. The monster staggered, revealing an opening.
Taking advantage of the moment, Kogoro Mouri rushed forward and delivered a powerful punch to the monster's abdomen. The monster, in pain, staggered back a few steps.
Emily wasn't idle either. She muttered incantations, and the staff in her hand emitted a light, temporarily binding the monster's movements.
"Now's the time!" Conan shouted.
Everyone joined forces to attack and finally knocked the monster to the ground.
"Phew, finally it's over," Kogoro Mori said, panting heavily.
“But this is just the beginning; we must find the source of the curse,” Conan said.
They continued deeper into the cave, where a pungent odor filled the air and the runes on the walls shimmered with an eerie light.
“These runes seem to be telling a story,” Emily said after observing them closely.
Conan fell into deep thought, then suddenly his eyes lit up: "Perhaps this is an ancient language, and we need to decipher it."
Ai Haibara took out her notebook and began recording the shape and arrangement of the runes.
After much effort, they finally deciphered the meaning of some of the runes.
“This seems to be a curse about greed and desire,” Ai Haibara said.
"Could it be that the island's inhabitants did something they shouldn't have done, triggering this curse?" Ran Mouri asked.
Just then, a low roar came from the depths of the cave, sounding as if more monsters were approaching.
"Everyone be careful!" Conan warned.
A group of monsters of various shapes and sizes emerged from the darkness, baring their fangs and claws, and pounced on Conan and his friends.
"Split up!" Kogoro Mori shouted.
Conan and Lin Yu team up, using the terrain and their wits to outmaneuver the monster. Ran Mouri and Ai Haibara team up, relying on their agility and courage to resist the monster's attacks. Emily provides support from the rear, constantly casting spells.
The battle was extremely fierce, and Conan and his friends gradually felt their strength failing.
"This can't go on," Lin Yu said.
Conan suddenly had an idea: "Maybe we can destroy these runes to break the curse."
Without further ado, they dodged the monsters' attacks while searching for the key nodes of the runes.
Finally, Conan discovered the core location of a rune.
"Lin Yu, use your stun gun!" Conan shouted.
Lin Yu aimed the stun gun at the core location, and the powerful current instantly destroyed the rune.
As the runes were destroyed, the monsters' movements became sluggish, and they eventually collapsed to the ground.
"We did it!" everyone cheered.
However, before they could even catch their breath, the cave began to shake violently, and rocks from the ceiling kept falling.
"Run!" Conan shouted.
They ran desperately toward the cave exit.
The moment they escaped the cave, the entire cave collapsed with a deafening roar.
"That was close!" Ran Mouri exclaimed.
“But the curse hasn’t been completely lifted yet,” Conan said, frowning.
They began to investigate throughout the island, asking residents about its history and legends.
During a conversation with an elderly resident, they learned an astonishing secret.
Long ago, there was a mysterious treasure on this island, said to possess immense power. A group of greedy pirates waged a bloody battle for it. In the end, the treasure vanished, and the island was cursed.
"It seems we must find that treasure to completely break the curse," Conan said.
Based on clues provided by residents, they began searching the island for the treasure.
After several days of searching, they finally found some clues in an ancient temple.
In the temple's basement, there is a huge mechanism that seems to be related to treasure.
“This mechanism looks very complicated,” Kogoro Mouri said.
Conan carefully observed the structure of the mechanism. "Let's all look for the key to activate it."
After searching for a while, they found a stone slab engraved with runes in a corner.
"Perhaps this is the key to activating the mechanism," Lin Yu said.
They placed the stone slab into the groove of the mechanism, which slowly activated, revealing a hidden door in front of them.
Behind the hidden door was a secret room filled with gold and silver jewels.
"Is this the treasure?" Ran Mouri exclaimed in surprise.
“But that’s not the point. We need to find a way to break the curse,” Conan said.
At the end of the secret chamber, they found an ancient book containing the method to break the curse.
"So the purpose was to use the power of the treasure to purify the evil aura on the island," Ai Haibara said.
They placed the treasure in a specific location according to the instructions in the book, and then recited an ancient incantation.
As the incantation was chanted, a powerful light emanated from the treasure, enveloping the entire island.
When the light disappeared, the curse on the island was finally lifted, and the residents returned to their normal lives.
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