Chapter 203: The Secret Room in the Castle
Conan had some vague guesses in his mind.

There is something wrong with this castle. There is a hidden secret room between the two rooms on the third floor!

Why does this secret room exist?
Is there any secret hidden?
Conan felt that he had discovered the secret of the castle. If his guess was correct, he would be able to solve the mystery in the castle soon.

Conan's mind began to become active and he was eager to try. He felt the wall and found a chair, but it was not high enough, so he piled the books from the bookshelf on the chair and then stepped directly on it.

Standing at this height, Conan's hands could even touch some places that adults could not reach. He touched the clock on the wall, opened the plastic cover on the surface, and then moved the pointer with his fingers with skillful movements.

"Conan, what are you doing?" Ze Yu looked at the scene and suddenly asked.

Not only him, but also Genta, Hiroki, and Haibara Ai, everyone was watching Conan's actions.

"Conan, don't do anything destructive!" Ayumi said a little worriedly: "You broke someone's clock, you have to pay compensation!"

"Conan, come down quickly!" Yuantai also shouted loudly, raising his eyebrows, and almost drove Conan down.

Ze Yu smiled faintly and asked the others, "What do you think Conan is doing?"

"There should be a secret passage here, right? This clock is the key to the secret passage, and Conan is using the key to open it...but I don't know what is on the other side of this secret passage?" Hiroki came to the conclusion calmly.

Huihara Ai also nodded: "Maybe the mystery of the castle is hidden in this secret room."

"That's right." Conan said excitedly: "I remember that I have seen such a secret passage before. As long as the clock pointer turns to a certain direction, the secret door will open..."

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and his hands moved faster and faster, turning the hands of the clock.

suddenly……

boom!
The entire wall suddenly turned, swallowed Conan, and then returned to normal.

This is a secret room with a hidden door disguised as an ordinary wall. There is no trace where the secret door and the wall are connected, and it is undetectable.

If it weren't for Conan's actions, no one present except Ze Yu would have thought that there was a secret room hidden here.

As Conan disappeared, the chair he was standing on also fell to the ground, and the books were even scattered all over the floor.

"Wow, Conan was eaten!" Ayumi widened her eyes and said in an exaggerated tone.

"What should we do? Go save him?" Mitsuhiko walked forward, touched the wall, his face filled with worry.

Hiroki suggested cautiously, "Should we notify Dr. Agasa first?"

"No way!" Yuan Tai flatly refused. Facing Conan's disappearance, he was not worried at all. Instead, he seemed very excited: "This is a big adventure for our Junior Detective Team. You can't tell the doctor, otherwise, this adventure will be over!"

"This..." Hiroki hesitated for a moment, turned his head and looked at Ze Yu, and found that the other party's face was normal and still calm, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay then."

"It seems that this is the only way." Haibara Ai looked up at the clock on the wall, thoughtfully.

"Let's go." Ze Yu nodded slightly.

"Okay! Junior Detective Team, let's go!" Yuan Tai raised his hand happily and shouted, "The goal is to rescue Conan!"

"Okay!"

Upon hearing this, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi, who were originally a little worried, raised their hands excitedly and agreed loudly.

"You are such a bunch of reckless people. Have you never thought about the consequences?"

Seeing this, Hiroki shook his head helplessly, with a faint bitter smile on the corner of his mouth, but it was a very happy smile.

He truly felt the infectious power of the Young Detective Team, and his originally frozen heart gradually thawed.

only……

Following such a small organization that is not afraid of trouble and instead likes to stir up trouble, he will probably encounter troubles endlessly in his future, right?
Things like what happened today will definitely happen again in the future.

think carefully……

It's really wonderful.

Hiroki's eyes were filled with extreme tenderness, and Ze Yu saw all his reactions.

Noticing that Hiroki began to open up his heart and accept these friends, Sawaha also smiled with relief.

It's like an old father who feels relieved to see his son finally come to his senses.

…………

Conan entered the hidden passage. He touched the secret door through which he entered and pushed it hard, but found that he could not push it.

I don’t know if it was because I didn’t use enough force or because children are too weak to push open this secret door.

Or maybe this secret door is locked and can't be opened no matter what?

Conan frowned: "Xiao Yu and the others are still waiting for me outside, right? However, according to their personalities, they should come in to find me..."

"Then I'll go and help them explore the way."

Thinking of this, Conan turned on the flashlight function of his watch, illuminated the dark passage, and walked down the stairs.

Soon, he reached the end of the stairs, and the light of his watch seemed to have discovered something?
After a closer look, Conan was horrified to find that it was a corpse that had been dead for who knows how long!

"This is……!"

Conan was startled and took a few steps back with a horrified look on his face. Behind him stood a dark shadow.

The shadow's eyes were cold. He raised the weapon in his hand and swung it down with force.

call!
The sound of wind blew, and Conan seemed to realize something. He looked back and his eyes widened.

In his eyes, there was a flash of the afterimage of a falling weapon.

This familiar feeling reminded him of that day when Gin stood behind him and hit him on the head with a club...

Deja vu!

boom!
The sound of a weapon hitting his head was heard, and Conan fell straight down before he had time to think.

What a disgusting feeling!

…………

Ze Yu led everyone and quietly slipped into the secret passage and walked down the stairs.

"Where is Conan?" Ayumi walked behind everyone and she began to get worried.

"Don't worry, we will find him." Ze Yu had a faint smile on his face and held the glowing watch tightly in his hand without any worry.

Soon, they arrived at the place where Conan had just arrived and found the body lying on the ground.

"what!"

When the three children, Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko, saw this scene, they couldn't control their fear and screamed loudly, with Ayumi's voice being the loudest among them.

It's a girl's voice after all.

Haibara Ai and Hiroki did not panic. Their faces remained calm, but they frowned, with a bad feeling.

The smile on Ze Yu's face remained unchanged, and even when he saw the corpse, he did not show any emotion at all.

It was as if nothing in this world could shake his smile.

Behind everyone...

A dark shadow stood quietly.

(End of this chapter)