Chapter 1382 1390 [Better to be a ghost]
Next door, the cat who was lying in Mao Lilan's arms with half-closed eyes and eating, suddenly moved its nose and became alert.
However, before it tried to exude the murderous aura, the mermaid and Miss Spider had already floated past, leaving only two afterimages.
Ganfanmao: "..."
…Having a physical entity is just inconvenient.
Although its ghost form is not as fast as the mermaid and spider lady, it is at least free enough...
The hungry cat touched his ears and sighed sadly.
…
Next to the code disk.
People have different goals. Some people are slacking off, while others are eager to push for progress.
Seeing that the ambassador couldn't think of an answer for a long time, Pu Siqinglan couldn't help but ask: "Could it be ВОЛШЕБНИККОНЦАВЕКА?"
Mao Lilan asked curiously: "What is this word?"
"It really sounds like what Miss Kosaka said!" The ambassador nodded, as if he had suddenly realized something. He explained to the people who didn't understand Russian, "In English, it would be The Last Wizard Of The Century - The Magician at the End of the Century."
As he spoke, he pressed it down.
As the last letter was typed, the room fell silent, everyone staring at the dial with bated breath.
It was quiet.
When they thought they had failed again, they suddenly heard the sound of gears turning from under the floor.
“…It succeeded. It actually succeeded!”
The mechanism that had been sealed for a hundred years began to turn again, and the floor near the code disk suddenly moved.
Jiang Xia stood up and stepped back, picking up Conan. Soon, the wooden floor that had been spliced together slid to one side, dust flew up, and a hole opened up in the ground, revealing a staircase leading deep underground.
"I didn't expect there really is an underground secret passage." The few people were surprised, but they looked at the cave entrance and felt a little puzzled. "I should have prepared a few more flashlights."
As soon as the words fell, they all turned their heads and looked at the flashlight that the artist took out, their eyes shining.
Artist: “…”
He came here today not to accompany this group of guys on a treasure hunt, but to secretly find the treasure and take it away.
...However, judging from previous situations, the puzzles and mechanisms here seemed to be beyond his knowledge, and his desire to fly solo was shattered.
The art dealer had no choice but to pass the flashlight to the only "policeman" present, like a good treasure hunter, and let "Inspector Shiratori" be responsible for lighting.
He and the others went down into the secret passage that had just been discovered.
…
Several people walked down the stone steps, and the temperature around them gradually dropped.
The underground passage is quite cool, but fortunately there is not much musty smell. It looks well-preserved and well-ventilated.
At the bottom of the stone steps was a secret passage. The road was fairly wide and stretched straight ahead. There were no forks in the road for the time being, so it seemed they didn't have to worry about which way to go.
No need to think, just walk, and everything becomes simple.
As they walked along the underground passage, they reviewed the situation with some confusion: "Why is the password 'Magician at the End of the Century'?"
Kosaka Natsumi guessed, "It might be a title that my great-grandfather once won. I heard that when he was sixteen years old, he took his works to the 1900 World Expo."
"I see. That time could indeed be called the 'end of the century'."
As he was speaking, the flashlight in front suddenly paused.
Jiang Xia came to his senses, looked up, and saw that "Inspector Shiratori" had discovered something and was scanning the wall next to him with a flashlight.
Looking closely, there was a small collapsed hole in the wall, which looked like a fork in the road.
"Inspector Shiratori" looked at the road and asked, "Which way should we go?"
Jiang Xia pointed to the normal main road and said, "If it is purely for the purpose of hiding treasure, the treasure may be designed to be on an unexpected path, but since this place is left for future generations, we can try the main road ahead first."
The Russian ambassador nodded as well. "Rather than a fork in the road, it feels more like a cave where the rock wall collapsed. It's not safe. Let's take the main road."
The group quickly reached a consensus and temporarily ignored the fork in the road and continued forward.
…
There were very few forks in the underground roads, so everyone just followed the main road in the middle.
However, as we walked, a wall suddenly appeared in front of us.
The art dealer frowned: "Why is there no way?"
Jiang Xia looked up at the "wall" across the middle of the road. It was actually in the shape of a gate with many birds painted on it. In the middle was a huge eagle with two heads, both wearing a crown.
"The double-headed eagle was the symbol of the royal family in the past. Why was it painted on the door?" The ambassador was stunned for a moment. "Oh, come to think of it, the 'Egg of Memory' was indeed a gift to the royal family... but in order to store it, such a large place was specially created..."
The murals have been quietly placed underground for a hundred years and seem to have faded a bit, but the gems on the crown are still very eye-catching and even reflect light when a flashlight is shone on them.
"It doesn't look like a painting." Jiang Xia asked Kosaka Natsumi and took a few photos.
——It might be because of the narrow underground secret passage that the black-clad people who came and went like the wind felt very insecure. Judging from the location of the murderous aura, the two non-staff tourists who followed behind did not go down to the underground together.
Jiang Xia: "..." Take some photos and show them off, there will probably be some extra gains. Even if the photos don't bring out murderous intent, the act of "showing off and expressing sympathy for the two people not being able to come in" itself is enough to grab a few big groups.
…
Some unscrupulous detectives are just slacking off, while others are working hard to solve the mystery.
Conan stared at the "sun" pattern behind the double-headed eagle's head and began his imagination: "Sun... light... mechanism - huh? Is it a brightness meter? Inspector Shiratori, focus the light beam on the crown and give it a try!"
"Inspector Shiratori" nodded. The flashlight he got from the art dealer had quite a few functions. He turned the dial and quickly gathered the cone of light into a thin beam, shining it on the crown of the double-headed eagle.
As the crown was illuminated, under the expectant gaze of the crowd, the dull sound of gears meshing could be heard from all around through the stone wall.
Soon, the entire ground near the mural slowly dropped, and the ground next to it split into two halves, revealing a flight of stairs leading downwards.
The stairs were not long. When you went down to the end, a magnificent dome hall appeared in front of you.
"It's amazing that such a building could be built underground." The ambassador was excited and seemed to want to say something. However, he remembered that it was built by a Japanese and that such a thing could not be recycled. He was silent for a moment, swallowed his words, and concentrated on watching.
Jiang Xia looked around and his eyes soon fell on the center of the hall, just like everyone else's.
(End of this chapter)
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