Kōyū dragged the person who was already dizzy and continued walking deeper into the secret passage, while Ai was behind them thinking about the scene of Kōyū using the Eight Extremes technique.
The two reached the end of the secret passage and climbed up the ladder at the end. This time, the ladder was kind to them and did not break.
Climbing up the ladder, the two arrived at the castle's main hall, where the light shone on the man's face.
Kwang-yu smiled and said, "I knew it."
Under the light of the hall, the person's face appeared before the two of them.
Sure enough, that person was the first wife!
No, it should be...
"It should be the former housekeeper, Ms. Mutsumi Nishikawa, who went missing four years ago."
Mitsuyu and Ai looked toward the voice, both with a slight smile on their faces: "Doctor!"
However, seeing the people next to him, Kōyū said helplessly, "There's also Conan."
Guangyou pointed to the people next to him: "Why are there still these people here?"
Kōyū refers to Mitsuko and Genta, who should have been sleeping.
Conan stared with dead fish eyes: "You seem pretty disappointed to see I'm alright?"
Conan pointed to Mitsuhiko beside him: "We owe it all to Mitsuhiko this time."
Mitsuhiko made a V sign: "I woke up in the middle of the night and found that you, Ayumi, and Haibara were all gone. I knew you guys had gone out on your own."
Conan pointed to his glasses and said, "Mitsuhiko used my glasses and the Detective Boys badge from Professor Agasa to find us."
Kōyū looked around: "Where's Ayumi?"
As if on cue, Ayumi heard a noise coming from inside the castle, pushed open the door, and excitedly said to everyone, "Everyone should be alright!"
Ayumi ran over excitedly, but shyly took out a bag of bread from her bosom: "Conan-kun, you probably haven't eaten yet, right? I saved some bread for you."
Conan was slightly taken aback, but then smiled, walked up to Ayumi, and took the bread: "Thank you, Ayumi."
Kōyū, not one to shy away from stirring things up, chimed in, "Conan, I think Ayumi is pretty good too. Why don't you guys give her a try?"
Ayumi's face flushed instantly, and she stammered, unsure of what to say.
Conan echoed, "You bastard, what did you say?"
Ayumi felt a little disappointed after hearing Conan's words, and Mitsuyu also felt a little guilty after seeing this.
Kōyū pulled Ayumi aside and said, "Ayumi, if you like Conan, you must not give up. Conan is more mature than most kids, and he prefers Ran-neechan."
Ayumi looked up at Kousuke, her eyes glistening with tears: "R-really?"
Under Ayumi's gaze, Kōyū slowly nodded.
Ayumi looked at Kousuke and said firmly, "I won't give up!"
As Kōyū watched Ayumi return to the group and joke with everyone, he felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.
Although Ayumi is young and doesn't understand emotions, it is precisely because she is young and doesn't understand emotions that her feelings at this moment are the purest.
As people grow up, society, like a melting pot, can turn a "white" person into a "black" one.
Maintaining a childlike heart, like a child, and having a sense of "whiteness"
The kind of love that is "color" is something that many people envy.
It sounds simple, but it's incredibly difficult to do.
In his past life, Guangyou longed for this kind of love, but each time "white" was mixed with other things, or even mixed with black, the amount of "white" was pitifully small.
Ai looked at Ayumi and guessed what Kousuke meant. She glanced at Kousuke and asked, "Is it really okay to say that? Ayumi and Conan are definitely..."
Kōyū chuckled self-deprecatingly: "It's definitely impossible, but even giving her a glimmer of hope is good..."
The warm sunlight shone into the castle, turning the ground golden. Guangyou squinted and asked, "Is it daytime already?"
As everyone packed their things to go home, a servant came over and said, "Young Master has prepared breakfast. Please go and have your meal."
Conan waved his hand and picked up the bread that Ayumi had left for him, which he hadn't finished eating: "We have camping supplies in the car, and there's bread too."
To Conan's embarrassment, Kōyū clutched his stomach and said, "Then let's hurry up and have breakfast, I'm starving!"
Ai Haibara looked at Conan's expression and nodded: "I'll go too."
As a foodie, Yuan Tai naturally nodded in agreement: "Me too!"
Since that's the case, the group decided to stay and have breakfast.
The esteemed person smiled and said, "Thank you all for catching the murderer. My mother's spirit can finally rest in peace."
A glint flashed in the nobleman's small eyes as he smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, have you solved the mystery of that castle?"
Conan, munching on a delicate pastry, said, "It's solved."
The nobleman's eyes gleamed even brighter: "Could you please tell me the answer to the riddle? I've lived here for so long and I'm very curious too!"
Conan mumbled, "The chessboard has to be viewed from the knight's perspective. Chess is usually memorized using the English letters A to H and the numbers 1 to 8."
Conan took a sip of juice: "Looking at it this way, if you read it in order, it's EGG HEAD, which refers to those intellectuals who only spout fallacies. The answer is, of course, the old man who came up with this code! As long as you follow the chessboard clues and rotate the portrait to the right, the entrance to the secret passage will appear."
A smug smile appeared on the nobleman's lips: "Thank you, little brother! But those of you who know the secret cannot remain in this world!"
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