The castle in front of us looks like the place where the nobles of medieval Europe lived. With its white walls and blue towers, it looks like a scaled-down version of the Hohenzollern Castle in Germany.

The rust marks on the patterned iron gate and the green ivy on the wall are enough to tell its long age. When you stand in front of it, a heavy sense of history will surround you, but other than that, you can't feel any endless vitality. It's like a gorgeous but emotionless future technology made by AI, giving people a strange sense of heaviness.

But its beauty is unquestionable, as can be seen from the children rushing excitedly to the castle.

The three fake boys and girls following behind didn't seem to be interested at all. Haibara Ai only took a glance at them and then lost interest:

"But it's really strange. It takes at least several hours to get to the city. Who would live in such a remote place?"

The castle walls are very clean both inside and outside, but there are almost no fallen leaves in the woods, which shows that someone cleans the place regularly.

A few pitch-black crows quietly landed on the light blue tower, casually pecking at the black crow feathers, or tirelessly opening their mouths and making one hair-raising “ga-ga-ga” sound after another.

"Hey, how did you get in here?"

At this moment, a man's angry shouting suddenly appeared in front. It turned out that Yuantai had crawled into the yard at some point and was caught by someone inside. Now he was being held by one hand by the man in gardener's clothes and with a fierce face, with his feet hanging in the air, like a fat orange man whose fate was strangled by the scruff of the neck.

Conan knows the personalities of the young detectives very well. He can tell from one glance that Genta is determined to break through the door despite all the obstacles. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he felt so helpless that he had no idea where to put his head:

"Hey, this guy."

Because he failed to return, Qichuan Yuan had lost interest since he got off the bus. At this moment, he looked at the skinny gardener holding Yuantai with one hand, and his heart was startled. He became much more sober and couldn't help but sigh:

“What great arm strength!”

Conan: Hey, could you please focus more normally?

The gardener looked at the adults and children outside the door with a vigilant look on his face: "Who are you?"

"We are just passers-by. Can you excuse us and let us stay here for a night?"

Dr. Agasa added:

"Just one night, we'll leave tomorrow."

The gardener rejected it coldly, with an unwelcome look on his face: "No, you guys should leave now."

The three children sighed in disappointment, "Hey - why?"

Maybe because he was speechless so many times, Conan doesn't even have much emotion now. He is just responsible for being a responsible tool for making complaints:

"I suddenly met a group of people who wanted to stay overnight. It's normal not to open the door to them in a place like this."

When children are sulking, they can't help but puff up their cheeks. When they are puffed up, they look soft and easy to poke. Qichuan Yuan looked at the three children at the door with puffed cheeks, and then looked down at Conan with an expressionless face. However, the baby fat on his face also made him look childish.

"What?"

Conan's heart stopped when he saw Sugawa Gen suddenly approaching him. However, this man just stared at him for a while with his beautiful eyes. Suddenly he stretched out his hand and pinched his face hard. Then he walked to the iron gate as if nothing had happened, with a satisfied smile on his face.

Conan:? Is there something on his face?

Haibara Ai, the only one who saw through the truth, coldly walked past the confused detective. She could only snort in dissatisfaction with her brother's blatant preference for the detective.

"What's wrong?"

It was like a silver lining after a dark cloud. After the gardener firmly refused, a bearded man in a black suit noticed what was going on here and came over to inquire with a kind smile on his face.

"Master," the gardener was surprised and explained quickly, "This stupid-looking old man wants to stay here."

Dr. Agasa's eyes widened in disbelief, and he angrily retorted: "Who do you think looks stupid? After all, I am a scientist with some reputation!"

"Scientist?"

The old man seemed to be particularly sensitive to this word. He smiled even more kindly and said:

"Why not? Please invite some guests in."

"But, the eldest wife..."

The old man looked at him with a smile and said, "Just do what I said. Just say you are a friend I invited."

“Really.”

The gardener put Yuantai down, opened the door, and complained as he watched the old man walking away.

The front yard was very neatly arranged. The most special thing was that there was an area in the yard arranged as a chessboard. Several children gathered around the horse and touched it curiously.

But according to the gardener, this chessboard was arranged according to the preferences of the former master.

"The old man from the past, who was that just now?"

"Ah, that was Grandpa A-man, the madam's second husband. Our former Grandpa Zhen Zhao was the madam's first husband."

It turns out that after Master Zhenzhao died, his wife remarried Master Aman. His wife also died in a fire in the tower where she lived when she returned home to visit her relatives a few years ago. Now only the first wife, Master Aman, Master Zhenzhao, his wife's son, Master Guiren, and employees who survived the fire or just came here, such as this gardener, live in this castle.

The three fake boys who heard all the gossip were silent:

It is indeed a complex relationship that is unique to wealthy families.

It took Dr. Agasa a long time to figure out the relationships between these people. He said with emotion: "But if you just came here, you haven't met your previous wife, right?"

"Not really."

The gardener shook his head in denial and led a few people into the castle: "A few years ago, when the madam returned home, she brought back their portraits. Look, the one in the middle is our eldest master. Because the noble young master looks almost exactly like him, the eldest madam loves this grandson very much."

"The two photos next to it are of our wife and Master Zhen Zhao."

"Master Zhen Zhao has a very good relationship with Master Da, and Master Zhen Zhao also admires Master Da very much, so his wife is often jealous of this and often says..."

"You just say her father is just a pedantic intellectual, right?"

A sudden hoarse voice from behind startled everyone. They turned around and found that a white-haired old lady wearing glasses and sitting in a wheelchair had come behind them at some point. Her face was covered with wrinkles and age spots, and there was a gloomy and cold look on her long face. She did not have the kindness typical of an old person of this age at all.

It seems that the years have added not only white hair and wrinkles to her, but also a creepy weirdness.

The gardener was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He kept bending over and apologizing nervously: "I'm sorry, Madam. I shouldn't have reminded you of this!"

She glanced at the crowd indifferently, raised her head and looked at the portrait of the master in the middle, and said in a hoarse voice:

"It's okay. I'm used to it."

"Just as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the human body will also gradually decay under the ravages of time. Time corrodes the bones hidden in the ground and wears away the words on the stone carvings. Even the feelings engraved into the bones will gradually be buried in the endless river of time."

The first wife turned to look at the others and asked in confusion, "So, who are these people?"

"Oh, this is Dr. Agasa, a famous scientist."

"Scientist," the eldest lady lowered her head slightly, as if thinking about something. The lens reflected a strange white light under the light.

Her attitude was also strange, just like Grandpa A-man in the yard, "Then I'll have to trouble you to solve the puzzle in this castle."

"Riddle?"

Hearing the specific words, Conan raised his head reflexively.

"Yes, Master A-man came over at some point. "The master hid the puzzle with Mr. Zhen Zhao at that time. He said that whoever solved the puzzle would get his most precious treasure."

"It's a pity that no one has been able to solve it for so many years."

The only thing that could be related to the puzzle was the chess in the yard. Conan looked up obediently: "Uncle, where can I see the chessboard in the yard?"

Standing on the third floor, you can take in the panoramic view of the yard, and the entire chessboard layout is also visible.

Gen Sugawa leaned against the wall in boredom, watching Conan writing something on the chessboard with great interest in a notebook. He sighed, "So why do we have to solve a case when we are just here to camp?"

"Detective nature."

Haibara Ai stood next to him, and the two siblings moved as if they were copied and pasted. They put their hands on their chests and looked at Conan expressionlessly, as if they had entered a state of no one, concentrating on writing and drawing.

So having a detective around can make you feel safe, but sometimes you can also feel helpless, because you never know when he will be attracted by some small details.

"Hey! What are you two doing? It's dangerous!"

Ayumi screamed, it turned out that Genta, who was in the next room, had climbed out of the window at some point and was now hanging there, about to fall.

Can't this little brat behave himself?

Qichuan Gen followed Conan to the next door tiredly, and quickly ran up to pull him up.

But Conan doesn't seem to be safe either.

Qichuan Yuan secretly complained, his heart was filled with helplessness. Ever since he walked into this place, his eyelids have been twitching wildly, and he always felt that something bad was going to happen.

Thinking about the recent repeated reminders from the world that "pay attention to your life safety", Qichuan Yuan always felt that his life safety was not guaranteed and that something unexpected was bound to happen here today.

After repeated attempts after being discharged from the hospital, Gen Sugawa finally realized that he was not only bloodless, but also fragile.

Be careful not to let your body deteriorate when taking medicine, and be prepared for some accidents to avoid loss of life.

However, with Conan around, there are bound to be many accidents. In the past three days alone, no less than ten cases have occurred. More than five times, Gen Sugawa was accidentally injured, either by a knife wound or by being accidentally knocked unconscious.

What's even more bizarre is that no matter how careful he is, he can't avoid this situation.

Therefore, Qichuan Yuan stayed at home and never went out again. Until today, he was dragged out of the house by these two children.

But it seems that today's accident is really unavoidable.

He leaned against the wall in silence. Only in this way could he feel somewhat safe.

However, he suddenly felt a strong taste of rust in his mouth.

Qichuan Yuan gasped in pain, but before he could recover, something heavy fell on him again.

Qichuan Yuan only felt a dislocated pain in his internal organs, his vision turned white, and before he lost consciousness, there were only strings of beautiful words in his mind -