Conan's other self

A few days later.

"Scarab?"

As soon as he saw the doctor's new car, Conan couldn't help shouting.

Dr. Agasa planned to take the children out camping for the first time in a long time. At this moment, Ayumi and others gathered around the doctor's new car curiously, and even opened the door and went in to experience it.

The biggest feature of this car is that its rear looks like a beetle.

"This is the earliest multi-purpose vehicle," Conan continued. "It was born more than half a century ago and has been discontinued long ago. This car should stay in a museum. Doctor, how did you get it?"

"Well..."

"No, this just looks like it... I said, Doctor," Conan looked at Dr. A Li with vacant eyes, "Could this thing have been modified by you yourself, right?"

"Shh!" Dr. Ali quickly made a silence gesture to Conan, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Restrictions on modified cars have been relaxed a long time ago. Doctor, what are you afraid of?"

Conan complained, vaguely feeling that things might not be that simple. But there were just cars on the left and right, so he didn't think much about it.

"Doctor, how much do you like Beetles?"

Conan continued to complain.

Feng Yuan was also watching carefully.

He did know what the doctor was doing before, but he only saw the results today.

I really don’t understand the doctor’s aesthetics...

After struggling for a long time between the convenience of traveling with children and the Beetle car, Dr. Ali finally remembered that he was an adult and chose to have them all.

The doctor also spent a lot of money on this, and even invited many domestic and foreign engineers to help - Feng originally planned to help the doctor pay for it, but the doctor did not agree.

And in order to avoid appearing too outrageous, Fengyuan did not insist.

He just privately bought some stocks of the luxury brand Fusesa for the doctor, intending to give them to the doctor at the right time.

At this moment, after letting the children take a good look at his new car, the doctor walked over excitedly, planning to take the children to camp.

But he was stopped by Feng Yuan.

"Doctor," Maplehara said, "the tents and food are not prepared yet."

…

A few hours later.

"Doctor, do you know the way?"

"It's been so long, it's almost dark!"

"Why don't we find another place." Conan couldn't help but advise.

"Oh, okay," Dr. A Li hesitated and sighed, "It's just a pity about the mushrooms there."

Dr. A Li has already stepped on the spot, and specially picked a place where a lot of mushrooms grow.

Unfortunately, things backfired. Even though it was the second time, he still lost his way.

Thinking of finding another suitable camping spot, the doctor kept talking for a while when Genta suddenly shouted.

"Look over there! Is that a castle?"

"How is it possible in a place like this-" Conan said as he looked towards the front of the car, and then obediently stopped talking.

A cyan Western-style castle came into view.

Although it was very strange to have such a castle in the forest, it was rare to see such a scene, so Dr. Ali stopped the car to let the children take a closer look.

The castle is not as huge as in the movies and TV shows, but the feeling of standing by the gate is completely different from the feeling of standing in front of the TV.

"How spectacular!"

"Some rich man must have bought a foreign castle and reassembled it here." Conan said casually with his hands on the back of his head.

"What a luxurious rich man."

Haihara Ai agreed, and then glanced at Dr. A Li thoughtfully.

However, she was only the height of a child now, and Dr. Ari didn't even notice.

After letting the children watch for a while, seeing that it was already getting late, the doctor called the children to leave, "Okay, we've seen enough. It's getting dark, shall we go?"

"But Ameimei wants to go in and have a look."

"Hey, there are still people living here," Conan suddenly became alert, "leave quickly."

But Yuantai didn't care.

Although the iron gate was very high and had sharp barbs, Yuantai, who was familiar with it, climbed up before the doctor could react.

"Hey!" the doctor shouted hurriedly, "What are you doing?"

"Of course I'm going in for an adventure!"

Jumping off the door, Yuanta was about to run inside, but someone suddenly grabbed him by the collar.

"Where did you come from, you little brat?" A man wearing a work hat, who looked like a gardener, grabbed Genta and yelled, "Why did you come in without permission!"

"I'm sorry!" Dr. Ali quickly shouted through the door, "We are not suspicious people!"

"Huh? Who are you?"

"We were passing by and saw this magnificent castle..."

Dr. Agasa originally wanted to take Genta and leave, but after glancing at Ayumi who was looking at the castle longingly, he hesitated for a moment and then said, "If it's convenient, can we take a tour?"

"No! Outsiders are not welcome here!"

"Who are they?" a new voice broke in, "I don't remember having visitors today."

The man who just walked over and was called "Master" by the gardener was a middle-aged man with a square face and short hair. As he spoke, his eyes did not look at anyone, but fell on Dr. A Li's new car.

His name is Mamiya Mitsuru.

"This old man with a blank look on his face said he wanted to come in," the gardener said.

"Silly look? I'm a scientist!"

"Scientist?" Mamiya Mitsuru was stunned for a moment and looked away from the doctor's car.

"Yes, my name is Dr. A Li, and I am a well-known inventor."

"Oh? Really?" Mamiya held her chin in thought for a moment, "Then your mind must be much better than that of the rest of us, right?"

"this…"

"Okay, please come in!" Mamiya Mitsuru motioned to the gardener to open the door, "You guys can stay here for the night!"

"..."

The other party suddenly became extremely enthusiastic, and Dr. A Li was a little surprised. He actually just wanted to see if he could let the children visit.

"But, sir," the gardener was a little surprised, "I didn't know that Madam would..."

"Just tell her she is my friend," Mamiya Mitsuru said indifferently. "My mother-in-law looks like her, so there is no need to tell her too much."

The mother-in-law whom the gardener calls a dowager has long been demented.

It seems that he thought that the car Dr. Agasa drove was an ancient and collectible antique. Mamiya Mitsuru then chatted with Dr. Agasa for a few words about the Scarab car before leaving, leaving the gardener to entertain the group.

The gardener who looked fierce just now looked a lot more patient now and showed everyone around the courtyard he had just taken care of.

There are many stone sculptures in the courtyard.

"Wow, Arima!" Ayumi ran over happily.

"There's also a black one!"

"Why is there only the head?" Mitsuhiko asked curiously.

"This is not an ordinary horse," Haibara Ai explained while standing next to Feng Yuan, "this is a knight, one of the chess pieces."

As she said, the sculptures on the ground are all chess pieces. Not only the chess pieces, but also the grass underneath was cut into pieces to look like a chessboard.

"Is there anyone here who likes to play chess?" Dr. Ali asked.

"I don't know. I just follow the instructions of my predecessor, Master Zhenzhao, and organize it like this every day. I heard that Master Zhenzhao followed the last words of the great master who passed away fifteen years ago."

"The former master? Then the one just now..."

The topic opened up, and the gardener told Dr. Ali about the family's composition and history.

The primary school students happily played the real chess game and acted out the characters on the chess board. Maplehara, Conan and Haibara Ai followed Dr. Ali to listen to the gardener's story.

As the gardener told the story, they also noticed a burnt stone tower nearby.

Four years ago, the wife of this family returned to Japan after many years and wanted to wish the wife a birthday. As a result, she arrived in the middle of the night, and a fire broke out at dawn, burning the lady, the maids and servants who served her to death in the tower.

While chatting, the gardener led everyone into the castle, and the primary school students also followed after finding that the stone sculptures were difficult to move.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw the portrait of the grand master of the family facing them, which was several meters high.

"The lady's son, the noble young man, looks exactly like the great master," the gardener continued to explain. "The portraits on both sides are of Mr. Zhenzhao and his wife. Mr. Zhenzhao, who has entered the marriage, respects the great master as a historian, but the wife disapproves of it. She often Tell the master—"

"Dad is just an intellectual who likes to reason." An old lady in a wheelchair came over, startling the doctor, Ayumi and the others, "My father also knows about this. And he doesn't think that I am dissatisfied, but I am very happy."

"Sorry to remind you of unpleasant things." The gardener said embarrassedly.

"No need to apologize, I have gotten used to the days when he is not around. Just like the pattern of banknotes and the size of the passport have changed, I will not get used to it at first, but as time goes by, I will get used to it."

After feeling sad for a while, Mrs. Mamiya Masashiro looked at everyone again.

"By the way, who are they?"

"Oh...he's my scientist friend."

The gardener lied according to Mamiya Mitsuru's instructions.

"Scientist?" Masuyo Mamiya was stunned for a moment, "It's really exciting... Then we must ask them to solve the mystery left by the master..."

Keyword capture, puzzle.

After learning that the grand master of this family left a last word before his death, saying that he would give his treasure to the person who solved the mystery of the castle, the young detective team had a new idea.

Soon, everyone headed by Conan headed to the room where they could see the chess set in the courtyard, with Maplehara walking at the back as usual.

"Aren't you interested in puzzles?" Haihara Ai asked curiously, "Great Detective?"