Chapter 232 Cyan Castle
Chapter 233: Cyan Castle

"Camping~Camping~We like camping~We will camp today~We will camp tomorrow~"

Early in the morning of the weekend, Dr. took us six children to the camping site in Dongdu Mountain Stream. The children sang excitedly. Since Dr.'s SUV had arrived, there were still extra seats in the car even with the six of us. And the children seemed extremely excited to get in the new car.

"But then again, Doctor, what on earth did you invent to make you so rich all of a sudden? You can even afford such a luxurious car. Was it shipped directly from abroad?"

"Yes, this is a car from the United States. It's electric, and I invented a solar battery that can match this car. Even if there is no sunlight, it can be stored manually. Of course, this may take some time." The doctor explained to the children. "But I can't tell you how this car got its time. It involves some secrets." The doctor looked mysterious. In fact, he couldn't think of any good words to deal with the children's strong desire for knowledge.

"But big cars are so comfortable." Yuan Tai said excitedly in his seat. "This is much better than the doctor's previous Beetle. The previous one was so crowded."

"Ahaha, ahahaha." The Doctor laughed awkwardly.

"Xun, this car is not a gift to the doctor by you, is it?" Conan asked me in a low voice beside me.

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Hey, hey! How rich are you?" Conan looked at me unscrupulously.

"Yeah, I used to have a lot, but now it's gone." I said to Conan while looking at the scenery outside the window. "I used part of it to buy cars for my father and his family, and I bought a lot of bags for Ai. The money I brought with me when I escaped has basically been spent."

"Buy a bag for Huibara?" Conan raised an eyebrow. "How much will it cost?"

"Here." I handed my phone to Conan. There was a photo on the screen. It was a photo taken when I accompanied Shiho to pick out Louis Vuitton bags a few days ago. The bags of different styles were neatly arranged in front of Shiho, and Shiho looked thoughtful, not knowing which one to choose.

"Um... So which one did Huiyuan choose in the end?" Conan asked as he returned the phone to me. The most expensive bag here wouldn't be more than 500,000 yen, right?
“She didn’t choose.”

"Eh?"

"Because she really couldn't make up her mind and liked several styles at the same time, and I was too lazy to wait, so I bought all the styles and let her take them home and change them up."

"...a spendthrift." Conan was speechless and could only say this to me with envy and jealousy.

"Yahoo! We're finally here." Yuantai jumped out of the car excitedly. Then the children also got out of the car. After a long drive, we finally arrived at the camping destination.

"Oh, what a nice view." The doctor also patted his waist which was numb from sitting.

"But why do we have to go out camping in such a cold day?" Conan looked unmotivated.

"I really admire those kids for being so energetic." After getting off the bus, Shiho calmly looked at the kids who had already run out. Although the weather was getting colder, Shiho was still wearing a skirt. She just added a red windbreaker over her dark purple turtleneck T-shirt. That was the clothes Shiho and I picked out together a few days ago, and it matched the light brown windbreaker I was wearing now.

"Well, don't make yourself sound so old." I stood beside Shiho and chuckled. "It's nice to hang out occasionally, and I'm looking forward to being in the same tent with you... Ouch, it hurts." Before I finished speaking, Shiho had already reached out and pinched my waist. In fact, I really admire Shiho's pinching skills. No matter what clothes I wear, she can always find the softest part of my waist and pinch it accurately.

"Huh?" While we were talking, the Doctor made a strange noise from the trunk.

"What's wrong, Doctor?" Conan looked back.

"Ah... that, um..." The Doctor stammered awkwardly.

"You...did you forget to bring your tent, Doctor?" I raised my eyebrows, looked at the Doctor's embarrassment and immediately guessed what was troubling him.

"About the tent... Hey, um, I'm sorry." After thinking for a long time, the doctor sincerely admitted his mistake.

"It seems that you have no chance to squeeze in the same tent with me." Shiho smiled slightly, then turned around and went back to the car.

"Uh... It seems necessary to buy some daily necessities to expand the space of my necklace. I really can't leave anything behind." I couldn't help but hold my forehead. Indeed, my necklace has basically nothing except the money I earned some time ago and weapons and potions. It is even more impossible to have something like a tent, because I always stay in star-rated hotels in the city for previous missions, and I basically stay in the car or lie on the sniper point to rest in the suburbs. I have never used the so-called tent. But now it has become smaller, um... It's time to turn my necklace from an arsenal into a department store.

"What... We came here to camp, but we forgot the most important tent." On the way back, Yuan Tai complained dissatisfiedly.

"Oh, such a good holiday is ruined." Mitsuhiko also echoed.

"And now he's lost." Ayumi added.

"Okay, okay, it's all because of you guys' nagging that I took the wrong road." The doctor shouted unhappily.

"Haha, looks like we'll have to sleep in the car in the wilderness tonight." Conan said helplessly. "Fortunately the doctor's new car is big enough."

"Hey... don't be like this." Ayumi said embarrassedly.

"Yeah, I think there might be a hotel nearby." Mitsuhiko said anxiously. It seemed that he didn't want to sleep in the car either.

"Yes, yes, or a castle that can see the lake." Ayumi said with a longing look on her face.

"How is that possible..." Conan smiled slowly.

"No, it's still possible." Shiho looked out the window.

"Look up and forward." I said unscrupulously, holding my chin. Then Conan looked up and saw a medieval blue castle in front of us.

"Eh?! It really exists!" Ayumi became excited. "Doctor, Doctor, let's go check it out!"

"Oh, okay." So the doctor drove towards the castle not far away.

"It's so big." Standing under the castle, the children couldn't help but admire the building in front of them. "It looks like a Western castle. How was such a building built?" Mitsuhiko's eyes lit up.

"Maybe some nouveau riche bought this building from abroad, dismantled it, and then brought it here to reassemble it." Conan said sourly.

"Hmm..." Looking at the castle in front of me, I thought deeply.

"What's wrong?" Shiho asked me.

"I was wondering how rich the people living in a castle like this are." "Hey, you're not thinking of anything bad, are you?" Conan gave me a half-moon eye.

"Eh... Never mind, Doctor, let's go." Shiho gently held her forehead in response to my thoughts and ignored me.

"Hey, Yuan Tai, what are you doing?" As we were talking, Yuan Tai had already jumped up the iron fence of the castle in two or three steps. Although Yuan Tai is fat, he is quite skilled. He jumped up in two or three steps.

"Needless to say? Of course I'll go in and take a look." As he spoke, Yuan Tai exerted force with his arms and rushed in. He didn't even touch the sharp obstruction at the top.

"Hey! Where are you from, kid?" Unfortunately, although he stretched out his hand, his awareness was not that strong. As a result, Yuantai was grabbed by the collar by an uncle in gardener's clothes after just taking two steps.

"Ah, well, we are not bad people, we just happened to pass by and saw this magnificent castle." Outside the door, the doctor hurriedly explained. "Hey, if possible, we would like to go in and take a look."

"Stop messing around, this isn't the place for you random people..."

"Oh... who are these people?" Just as we were arguing with the uncle, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie walked out behind him.

"Eh? Master?" The gardener revealed the identity of the visitor.

"Well, there shouldn't be anyone visiting today, right?"

"That stupid-looking old man wanted me to let them in for a tour."

"What do you mean by a stupid face?" Dr. Agasa immediately said angrily. "After all, I am a well-known scientist!" It is true that the doctor is already old this year, how can he tolerate others saying this about him?

"Hmm? Are you a scientist?" The old man behind me seemed to have heard something interesting. "Then your brain should be better than us ordinary people, right? Well, let them in. By the way, do you want to stay here for a night?"

"Oh! I'm really grateful." Dr. Agasa said. Indeed, it would take at least the next day to get back to Mika from here, and Dr. Agasa's age and health no longer support him working at night. Although Shiho and I can do it, it is really difficult to do it in front of a group of little kids. Therefore, the words of the lord of this castle became our savior.

"But, Master, is it really okay not to discuss this with the First Madam first?"

"Just say they are all my friends, and my mother-in-law is not in a good condition, just follow my words." After that, the master went back to the castle first. The gardener had no choice but to open the door according to the master's order.

"Wow... It's so spectacular." As soon as the children entered the castle, it was as if they had entered a fairy tale world.

"Hey, there's a horse here. It's so big," Ayumi said when she saw the decorations placed in the yard.

"Yes, there are. There are also black ones." Yuan Tai also said. "But why is it only above the neck?"

"That's called a chess piece," Shiho answered them. "The horse you see is a chess piece called a knight."

"It's not just the chess pieces. You can also look at the grass under your feet. It's also been trimmed into the shape of a chessboard." Conan reminded.

"Besides, there might be some secrets hidden here." I continued.

"Eh? Masaka.. Treasure!!!"

"Eh? Masaka.. Treasure!!!"

"Eh? Masaka.. Treasure!!!"

The children became excited again.

"Our late master ordered me to keep the lawn like this by mowing it from time to time," the gardener said. "It seems to be the last words left by the old master fifteen years ago, and Master Zhen Zhao has never followed through on them."

"You mean the master in the past? Then who was the one just now?" Dr. Agasa asked.

"Oh, he is the wife's second husband, Master Aman," said the gardener. "Because Master Zhen Zhao died six years ago. Our wife also died in a fire four years ago."

"Fire?" Conan leaned over.

"Ah, look, that burnt tower over there." The gardener pointed to the tower connected to the castle not far away. "That place used to be the lady's bedroom. That year, the lady came back to this castle after a long absence to celebrate the eldest lady's birthday. She rushed here in the middle of the night, and the flames jumped up before dawn. Not only the lady, but also many of the friends brought back by the lady, the servants, and the servants who served the eldest lady all year round died in the fire. Only newcomers like me avoided the fire and survived. Oh, and the eldest lady slept in the castle because she had a cold."

"Hmm? Who is that man over there?" Conan couldn't help but ask when he saw a young man squatting at the edge of the chessboard in the yard.

"That one, that one is Master Zhen Zhao and his wife's only son, Master Guiren. He came back two days before the fire. But before that, he had been studying abroad. And I met Master Aman at that time. Before the fire, they had been abroad, and after the fire, for some reason, they stayed in this castle. To us outsiders, it seemed like they were possessed by something."

"Haha, it seems there is something strange in this castle." I couldn't help but say as I looked around the entire castle.

"Ah, a chessboard full of mysteries, two possessed residents, a sudden fire four years ago, and... this strange castle." At this point, Conan smiled. "Here, we really came to the right place."

"Oh? It seems you are very interested in this castle?" I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows.

"Hey, of course, Kaoru, let's solve this mystery together."

"Sorry, I'm not interested." I walked past Conan listlessly.

"Who are these people?" Just as I walked into the room, I saw a man sitting in a wheelchair next to Dr. Agasa and the others. He looked to be in his old age.

"Huh?!" When I heard the old lady's words, I frowned the first thing I did.

"What's wrong?" Conan chased after me and asked.

"Nothing. Kudo, I take it back."

"Eh?"

"Now, I seem to be interested in this castle again." As I spoke, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of my mouth. A ghostly smile as if I had found my prey. "This... seems to be another William Castle."

0v0: Vines~~~Climbing all over the Duke's tomb~~~The castle is barren~~~~The soil is covered with weeds~~~~
(End of this chapter)