Chapter 245 Egg of Memories
Chapter 246: Egg of Memories

The shaking stopped, and the ground in front of us opened up, revealing a series of steps inside and a dark door.

"Wow, what a powerful mechanism." Dad was shocked. The scale of this mechanism was already surprising enough. Although as far as I know, I have entered several ancient buildings full of mechanisms, and even went into tombs when I went to China for a mission, but such a magnificent mechanism is not often seen.

After confirming that the mechanism was not dangerous, everyone walked down the stairs together and entered the underground maze which looked like the last room.

Inside the corridor, everyone was shocked once again by the spacious space inside. The entire underground space should have been continuously excavated after the next level. Because the castle is located on the top of the hill, there is enough space underground for expansion.

The whole room is in the shape of a giant egg, the top is built very flat, and the raised patterns are very neat. If you say that this top has nothing to do with the mechanism of this room, I really don’t believe it. After all, the walls around are very rough, but the ceiling is built so well...

Looking at the center of the underground space, it should be the end of our search for the truth. There are no extra roads here, only a wide and straight road. In the center of the road, a small platform stands here. However, the platform is empty, with nothing inside, only a shallow groove. Looking at the position of this platform that looks like a small table, I looked up at the ceiling, raised my eyebrows slightly, but didn't say much, just continued to follow the crowd.

Walking inside, everyone caught the dim light of the flashlight and saw the final destination, which was a small platform. In the center of the platform was a huge coffin. There were stone railings on both sides, with candlesticks placed on them. Outside the stone railings was a gurgling stream, and no one knew where the stream came from in this mountain. Holding a lighter, Dad lit the candles, and the whole space became brighter.

"There is actually a coffin." Officer Shiratori, also known as Kaito, said calmly. It makes sense. Whenever people mention treasure, the first thing they think of is a coffin, and it is a device of Mr. Kiichi in the last century. So the person in this coffin should be either Mr. Kiichi himself or his wife, right?
"It's made in a Western style, but the material is wood." Dad analyzed. "And it's locked. There's a lock on the coffin. Is it a treasure chest or a coffin?"

"Sister Xia Mei, that key!" Conan reacted immediately after seeing the lock. After Conan's reminder, Xia Mei also hurriedly took out the ancient key that she always carried with her from her bag. When the key was inserted into the lock and gently rotated, the sound of the lock ring opening filled everyone's ears.

"Can I open it?" Dad asked.

"Yes. Sure." Miss Xia Mei stared at the coffin in front of her. She was obviously trembling with excitement about what was going to happen next.

As my father pushed, the coffin, which looked like a treasure chest, was lifted up. After the dust rolled up, the contents inside were exposed to people.

"A body and... an egg! Is the body sleeping here with the egg in its arms?"

"No protection at all, just a huge lock? Mr. Xiyi designed so many mechanisms, but the next one is just a locked coffin?" My face was solemn. "Although Mr. Xiyi doesn't like to design those offensive mechanisms, but..."

"Perhaps it's just to make it easier for your descendants to find this place?" Shiho saw through my thoughts and whispered beside me. "If you have to take risks to see your family, then how can the egg be called a memory? It's totally unnecessary."

"Yeah. You're right." After thinking about it, I confirmed what Shiho said. "But, judging from the traps that Master Kiichi designed in the castle, I don't think the treasure is just that. Where there is treasure, there must be many traps and traps."

"So? What do you think, my explorer?"

"Haha, this place is so big, but at most we have only excavated one tenth of the mountain." The corners of my mouth rose slightly. Beyond this, I believe that under this space, there must be a treasure house with many mechanisms. After all, Master Xiyi is a member of the royal family... Uh." I stopped talking suddenly halfway through.

"Are you trying to say that Kiichi, who was originally a worker, married a princess from the royal family?" Shiho looked at me in confusion. "Is it a deduction or a guess?"

"Half and half." I shrugged. "You have to know, Shiho, such a large castle and such a vast underground space cannot be completed by Kiichi alone. The huge labor and financial consumption can only be afforded by the royal family who fled here. If it weren't for the help of the royal family. I can only say that Kiichi is really a genius with uncanny skills."

"Well... once the secret of those two eggs is revealed, maybe we will know the answer." Shiho said nonchalantly, returning her gaze to the platform.

"Ms. Kosaka, is this your great-grandfather?" After checking that there was no problem with the coffin, the father asked Kosaka Natsumi solemnly.

"No, I think it should be my great-grandmother." Natsumi Kosaka thought for a moment and said, "Because there is only my grandfather's grave in Yokosuka, and I don't see my great-grandmother's grave. I always find this incredible. I think maybe it's because my great-grandmother is Russian, so she can't be buried in the graves of ancestors." Everyone looked at the fluctuation in Natsumi Kosaka's eyes, and couldn't help but show a little regret on their faces.

"Ms. Kosaka, maybe this is not the right time, but can you let me see the egg?" Xilu from the Russian Embassy did not forget his mission. Although according to etiquette, he should not disturb others at this moment, but the mission is more important. Mr. Xilu said his words with a little apology.

"Oh, of course." Kosaka also knew the purpose of Xilu's visit and did not mind his interruption. Instead, he took out the egg that the corpse was holding in the coffin with his own hands.

It was a red egg with more circles than the blue egg. Unlike the previous egg, this egg had a platform at the bottom, and there was a hole at the very bottom. Judging from the support column of the platform, this egg definitely had a secret. But when Mr. Xilu opened the egg, he was surprised to find that the inside of the egg was empty.

"How come it's empty?" Mr. Xilu asked.

"Is it a nesting doll?" Ayumi suddenly thought. (This is definitely because Aoyama didn't know how to overdo it and forced Ayumi to say this...)
"Matryoshka?"

"Well, we have that kind of toy at home. It was bought for me from Russia by an old friend of my father."

"Well, maybe that's it." Mr. Xilu said. "Look, inside this egg, there is the slot of the previous egg. It should be used to fix it." As he said that, Xilu also showed everyone what the inside of the egg looked like.

"Damn it, if I had that egg at this time, I could have confirmed it."

"Yes." Shiratori suddenly said, and reached for his backpack. "I knew I might need this egg, so I borrowed it from President Suzuki." Shiratori opened his backpack and took out the egg.

"Hey, you didn't steal it, did you?" Dad looked at the white bird with suspicion, and he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. Of course, he was also convinced that he would not be exposed by the man in front of him. So he smiled slowly and changed the subject. Dad didn't question him further, after all, the two eggs were placed together, and everyone thought that the event in front of them was more important. Because when people looked at each other, the artist's eyes were so bright that they were about to shine.

"Hurry, put the two eggs together." Mr. Qian said excitedly.

With a disdainful look at Qian whose eyes had turned into digital figures, Mr. Xilu put the two eggs together. With a click, the two eggs were perfectly combined together.

"That's exactly what happened." Xilu suddenly realized. "That is to say, Mr. Kiichi didn't make two eggs, but he divided one egg into two."

"But... something seems to be missing." Conan muttered to himself.

"Oh? Our great detective has questions?" I said with a smile.

"Well, I think this egg should have a mechanism." Conan said with his chin in his hand. "A mechanism that is suitable for a magician at the end of the century."

"Nonsense." I curled my lips. "What do you think the hole at the base of the egg is for?"

"Hmm? Listen to you...you know?" Conan was surprised.

"Light." Shiho took over the conversation. "To be precise, it's a photometer." "Light?" Conan thought for a moment. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "Yes, that's it!" After saying that, Conan ran to Xilu's side and took the egg. Although his father wanted to stop Conan, he was stopped by Kaito who turned into a white bird.

"Conan, do you need our help?" Kaito knew that this troublesome detective had solved the mystery, so for the sake of convenience, he began to cooperate.

"Well, put out the candle, and then focus the light from the flashlight bucket. Put it on the platform over there." As he said this, Conan was already running towards the stone platform in the center of the venue with the egg in his arms. Kaito followed behind Conan with a flashlight. Then he put the flashlight into the hole in the stone platform. Then Conan also put the egg on it. After everyone gathered around, a miracle happened.

The egg, which was originally dull and without light, began to glow as soon as the flashlight was shone on the bottom. It became brighter and brighter. A beam of light visible to the naked eye passed through the base and gradually penetrated into the egg. Then, the red shell gradually became transparent, revealing the cyan egg inside. Moreover, not only the red eggshell, but also the cyan eggshell inside began to gradually become transparent. The pure gold portrait inside also slowly rose up without being wound up.

"This is... a photometer." Shiratori analyzed. "The inside of the egg is equipped with a photometer."

After the golden puppet rose to the top, the pure gold book in the middle was opened, and then a strong light was refracted many times and refracted to the bottom of the cyan egg. In an instant, it was dispersed into countless tiny rays of light, and then those rays of light were reflected on the shell one by one, and refracted again on the golden pages. Finally, they were dispersed through the glass at the top. Countless lights bloomed in an instant, blurring people's vision. When people got used to the light, they looked up and saw a series of dim but warm photos.

"This, this is..." Mr. Qian said in astonishment. "A photo of Emperor Nicholas's family?"

"It turns out that the doll in the egg is not reading a book." Dad sighed. "It's a family photo album."

"So, that's why it's called memories?" Xiaolan's eyes flashed with a hint of envy.

"If the emperor and his family had not been killed, this egg would definitely be the most precious gift."

"He is indeed a magician of the end of the century." Looking at the pictures all over the sky, I couldn't help but admire him. "He used the principle of the photometer and the magic mirror to make such an exquisite gift, and it was made in that era."

"Well, it's a pity that until now, Miss Kosaka is the only one who has witnessed history." Shiho said regretfully. "How ironic. If it weren't for Rasputin."

"Rasputin?" Conan couldn't help but shudder when he heard Shiho's words. He thought of Pu Siqinglan and the photo in her room, and then remembered everything I did that night, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Kaoru, look at that photo." Shiho, who had changed her way of addressing me, raised her head and looked at one of the two-person portraits. "That should be Mr. Kiichi and..."

"The third princess Maria." I said with a smile. "See, I told you that it would be impossible to achieve this without the financial support of the royal family."

"Hey, you win." Shiho smiled and spread her hands at me. "As a reward, build a castle in Alcatraz. I can use it as a treasure storage."

"Um... Yes, Queen." Facing Shiho's little willfulness, I really didn't have any temper at all, and I agreed with a smile. Of course, Shiho didn't care whether the castle was built or not.

"This egg belongs to Mr. Kiichi, no, it should be said that it is the great heritage of all of Japan. On behalf of Russia, I will give up the ownership of this egg. Such a gift only has its value in your hands, Miss Kosaka." After the light bloomed, Mr. Xilu picked up the egg again and respectfully handed it to Natsumi Kosaka.

"Thank you." Kosaka thanked him. "But the other egg belongs to the Suzuki Group..."

"Let me talk to the Suzuki Group." Dad nodded.

"Well, I'd really like to buy this egg at a high price, Ms. Kosaka, if you're willing..." Gan rubbed his hands.

"If you want me to prosecute you for theft," Officer Shiratori, also known as Kaito, said with a sneer on his face. "Then you can try buying it."

"Ahaha, ahahahaha." Qian smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.

"Sigh... the matter has finally been resolved. We can go home!" Dad said with his hands on his hips. After hearing what Dad said, everyone started to walk back one after another.

"Explorer, it looks like your treasure hunt plan has failed." Shiho teased me as we walked back.

"Well... I do some good things sometimes." I laughed.

"Tsk, that was originally someone else's thing." Conan looked at me with disdain. "But in your mouth it becomes a natural good thing."

"No one knows anyway, and I didn't take it, did I?" I looked at Conan with disdain. "I think you should just take care of yourself."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Conan asked with his hands on the back of his head.

"Look back at Xiaolan and you'll know." I whispered in Conan's ear.

Turning around, Conan met Xiaolan's dim eyes, which were full of grievance and hope.

"No, no way?" In an instant, Conan remembered the damn lottery.

"Hey, just let your headache go." Ignoring Conan, I walked towards Shiho who was standing aside again.

"Are you really ready to give up the treasure here?"

"How is that possible?" I chuckled and shook my head. "This underground tomb only contains half of the egg. Do you think it's possible?"

"you mean..."

"Anyway, Kosaka Natsumi will probably never find out in her lifetime. I'll help her take it out. I believe that the legacy a princess leaves to her descendants is definitely more than just a castle and an egg."

"You will be struck by lightning if you do this." Shiho teased me.

"At worst, I can leave some for her." I shrugged helplessly. Then a hint of cunning appeared at the corner of my mouth. "I will not give up the treasure right in front of me."

(End of this chapter)