Chapter 246 ONE
Chapter 247 ONE
The incident was resolved satisfactorily, and we did not stay. After dealing with the aftermath, my father drove Xiaolan and Conan home. As for me, I stayed with Shiho to help the professor complete the new game test. Before leaving, Xiaolan gave me a cheering smile, which made my mouth twitch. I said goodbye to Shiratori, that is, Kaito. Before leaving, I also told him to go to my house to pick up the pigeon and help the detective solve the problem. Who knows what will happen tonight, but as long as Kaito appears in front of Xiaolan as Kudo Shinichi, I believe Xiaolan's suspicion of Conan will disappear instantly. As for why, Xiaolan is such a simple and silly girl.

Sitting in Doc's Tesla, Shiho, I and the children went all the way back to Doc's home. Due to time constraints, the children went back to their homes after getting off the car, leaving only Shiho and I at Doc's home.

"Speaking of which, Xiaoxun." The doctor was a little embarrassed. "You are using me as a shield again this time. Are you thinking..."

"I'm taking Xiao Ai out for some fun." I said under the pretext, "Although we have a wealth of knowledge, Xiao Ai and I don't enjoy much in this aspect of life. It's rare for us to go out, so I want to take Xiao Ai out to see more night views while it's dark."

"Hmm...I see. Okay, I'll keep it a secret from Maori, but don't stay out too late. You still have classes tomorrow."

"Hey, let's go then."

"Be careful on your way." The doctor said kindly. Then I took Shiho and walked out of the gate, parked the car at the gate and drove away.

"So, are you going back to Yokosuka now?" Shiho looked at the scenery outside the window in the passenger seat.

"Well, let's go home first." I said to Shiho calmly. "I'm going to take Xue and the others with me. Of course, you don't have to go and can just stay in the villa to rest."

"No, I'll go with you." Shiho frowned and thought for a while. "It's just that tomb robbing is..."

"It's not the first time." I shrugged. "I definitely won't take the treasures in the castle, but the treasures buried in the tombs are useless. They are now ownerless."

"But, burial objects like that should belong to Miss Kosaka, right? And how can you be so sure that there is a treasure there?" Shiho said calmly.

"That's theoretically possible, but if we don't dig, we'll never know if it's empty or not. And I really don't think there's no treasure in a building like that." I had a smirk on my face. "If there really is a treasure, I'll leave something meaningful to Kosaka. The rest... I'm not kind enough to help others find treasure."

After Shiho learned of my thoughts, she turned around and looked at the scenery outside the window. She didn't say much, because she also knew my temper. Once I made a decision, I would not change it. Besides, this kind of ill-gotten gains is already commonplace for Xun. When he was crazy about doing missions in the organization, that guy would only pick on those fat sheep. I am no longer surprised.

We walked forward and soon arrived in front of our apartment. The three Ning sisters who had greeted us long ago had been waiting in front of the door for a long time.

"Are everything ready?" I asked Ningxue first as I entered the door.

"Yes, Mr. Mingya." Ningxue nodded gently. "Optical detectors, infrared detectors. Metal detectors. Night vision goggles, bulletproof vests, respirators, gas masks, bombs, fire starters. We also have guns and daggers. We are all prepared."

"Oh? Didn't you prepare a Luoyang shovel and a black donkey hoof?" I joked.

"Eh? What is that?" Ningxue was slightly stunned.

"Hey, it's nothing. I was just kidding." I shrugged. "Get ready, we'll be leaving in five minutes."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Yes."

After giving the three girls orders, I turned to look at Shiho. "I'll ask you again, Shiho, are you sure you want to come with us? There might be some weird things in there."

"I have also read some suspense stories about tombs. However, how could those mechanisms and zombies appear? What's so strange about them?" Shiho scolded me unhappily.

"There are definitely no zombies, but there may be no traps." I smiled. "Although this kind of treasure left to future generations should not have any dangerous traps, it is better to be safe than sorry. So, Shiho, do you want to follow?"

"I..." After a struggle, Shiho stomped her feet, pulled my hand, and walked out angrily. It seemed that this girl was still a little afraid of such a gloomy place as a tomb.

So, after Shiho made the decision, I drove our group to Yokosuka, to the castle of the Kosaka family.

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Along the way, we didn't say anything, because that was my order. Before arriving, everyone had to close their eyes and rest, even if they couldn't sleep. This was to ensure that they would be fully refreshed to face all the situations inside. Of course, as the driver, I naturally didn't have this treatment, but I was already used to this kind of thing, so I naturally wouldn't lose my spirits after driving for a few hours.

At four in the morning, we arrived at the castle of the Yokosuka Kosaka family. In the dead of night, I have to say that going up the mountain is still a scary thing. Fortunately, Shiho was dozing at the moment and did not look out the window.

The car stopped halfway up the mountain, and I woke everyone up. From then on, we could only climb up by ourselves wearing night vision goggles. Although I could also charge up in a big way, after all, this was Kosaka, whom I had met once, and I really couldn't find a reason to attack her.

About twenty minutes later, a faint light appeared at the end of the sky. If the journey was not too long, we would not have wasted this much time.

I ordered Ningxue and the other two to take Shiho from the tower outside the castle and take the path to the underground tomb. I sneaked into the castle alone. Because of the discovery of the remains of my grandmother, Kosaka and her housekeeper stayed in the castle to facilitate the reburial work. As the time was approaching, I had to go up to the castle first and put a hypnotic gas in their room to make them fall into a deep sleep. After completing the treatment, I slipped out of the castle and went to the underground tomb where Shiho and the others were.

"What's the situation?" Holding the fluorescent stick for lighting, I went all the way to the depths of the tomb, where the third princess Maria was sleeping.

"Mr. Mingya, there is nothing here except bones." Ningxue took off the night vision goggles and lit the candlesticks in the tomb.

"Ah, this is where Kiichi placed the egg of memory. There shouldn't be any dangerous mechanisms here. I think the mechanism should be designed so that the treasure left for future generations will be revealed after the memories are made." I thought. "After all, when we came here before, the light of the egg automatically converged when the flashlight was still on. In other words, the photometer should have stopped automatically. As for the reason, I think it may be related to the treasure."

"But, the two eggs should be in... Oh, I forgot that you went to the castle just now." Seeing me take the two eggs out of my arms with a smile, Shiho lowered her eyes and smiled. "So, what should we do next, Mr. Explorer?"

"I don't know... But let's start with memories." I waved to Ningxue, signaling her to take the flashlight. After taking the flashlight, I fixed it on the platform, and then put the egg on the platform again. Soon, the magical scene that appeared in front of everyone today once again came into our eyes. Looking at the increasingly shining memory egg and the photos reflected on the dome, the three sisters of the Ning family couldn't help but admire this amazing work of art.

After a few minutes, the light gradually faded, and finally, the egg returned to its original appearance, but I did not take the egg out, but quietly waited for the next miracle to happen. However, it turned out that my guess was wrong. Because in the silent dark space, the five of us waited for dozens of minutes, and nothing happened. The flashlight was still shining below, but the egg of memory did not respond at all.

"It seems that your guess is wrong, Mr. Explorer." Shiho said to me with some amusement.

"Hmm... Could it be that the egg is really just a gift that contains a photometer? Am I overthinking?" I thought with my chin in my hand.

"Maybe." Shiho sat on the steps with a flashlight. Although there was a coffin behind her, Shiho seemed to have overcome her aversion to tombs. Or perhaps the warm photo album of the royal family just now made her relax. After sitting down, she said to Ningxue. "Let's light the candles, Xue." Shiho said softly. "The light is better, maybe we can find something different."

"Okay, Miss Huiyuan." Ningxue treated Shiho with the same respect she gave me, perhaps because of the relationship between Shiho and me. However, Shiho once told her that it was not necessary, but Ningxue insisted on her respect. This made Shiho a little amused and finally could only accept it silently.

"Candlelight?" After listening to the conversation between Shiho and Ningxue, I seemed to have grasped something. After Ningxue lit the candle on the stone platform next to the coffin, I observed the surrounding situation with the help of the red candlelight, walked past the steps where Shiho was sitting, and stood next to the coffin. I reached out and gently stroked the coffin, looked at the candlelight around, and finally jumped onto the coffin. I turned my head to look at the stone platform where the flashlight had just been placed, and the broad dome to think. The women watched my actions silently, as if they were afraid of disturbing me. For a moment, the entire tomb fell into silence.

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"So... Soga, that's how it is." After a long while, I suddenly realized and shouted. "No wonder, no wonder I felt something strange on the ceiling when I came in, so that's how it is."

"Huh? What did you find?" Shiho asked, looking up.

"Hey, maybe I found the treasure." I chuckled.

"Oh? Where?" "Here." I stamped my feet lightly and smiled at Shiho.

"In the coffin? How is that possible? Aren't there only the remains of Princess Maria?"

"Don't worry, I'll tell you slowly." I jumped off the coffin and played with the egg of memory in my hand. "You should know that this castle is a German-style building, right?"

"Yeah. I remember the butler seemed to have said that Princess Maria's mother was German, so this building was built in the style of a German castle." Shiho nodded.

"Yes, and this tomb was built in the same way." I looked closely. "In the West, people value the equality of souls, that is, the funerals of the royal family and the common people are equal, so there is nothing special about it. In Germany, the dying person needs to drink a sip of death wine, which indicates that the soul has transcended. Similarly, the buried person must light three kinds of candlesticks, namely the baptism candle, the communion candle, and the holy light candle. There is also a large red candle, which is placed next to the deceased, blessing the deceased with candlelight, and also lighting the way to heaven for the deceased."

"You actually know about these things?" Shiho asked in surprise.

"Hey, everyone has their own specialty." I smiled softly. "Just like you chose Russian and French to improve your studies, I was more interested in countries like Germany and Italy that were at war before, so I made a special effort to learn a lot about their customs and culture in order to better perform my missions."

"Is that so?" Shiho tilted her head and said in a serious tone. "Go on."

"After the candlelight, there is another custom of theirs." I continued to explain. "The mirror."

"Mirror?"

"Yes. In German funerals, mirrors are regarded as tools of the devil and the place where the god of death hides. Demons and ghosts will use the reflection of mirrors to make the souls of the dead restless. Therefore, if a mirror appears during a funeral, it needs to be covered with a black cloth. In this way, the soul of the deceased can leave the world and smoothly go to the Western Paradise."

"But that egg relies on a photometer... Do you mean that we should cover it?" Shiho frowned.

"Well, I think so. Or maybe take down the mirror." I nodded. "The next point is the most crucial one. In Germany, when someone is dying, their family will open the windows of the deceased's place, or even remove the tiles on the roof. The purpose of doing this is to open a passage for the deceased to another world. Because they believe that after death, the soul will go to another world to live (Soul Society?). People use this form to allow the soul of the deceased to leave peacefully."

"But, this is underground, where did it come from... Ah! Could it be?!" Shiho's pupils suddenly shrank halfway through her words, and then she looked towards the ceiling directly above the stone platform.

"Yes, I had doubts about this ceiling since the first time I came here. According to the route we took and the height of this tomb, this should be a tomb built not far from the outer extension of the mountain. However, the originally thick stone wall of the mountain has opened up such a large circular ceiling, which makes me very confused. Such a high ceiling basically penetrates the entire mountain. If you are not careful, this tomb will even start to collapse at this point. This is not in line with the concept of architecture at all. But after seeing the function of the egg, I understood a little bit. It might be a shape specially created to show the photo. Unfortunately, we were still deceived. The function of this ceiling is not only to show the photo. The top and the most vulnerable place should have been covered later, because there should be the road to heaven that Xiyi opened for Maria."

"So, you mean... to break through it?" Shiho said thoughtfully.

"That's right, shoot through it!" After the words fell, the three sisters of the Ning family understood, took out their pistols and fired at the ceiling. Soon, a ray of morning sunlight shone in from the cave entrance and reflected on the coffin.

"What's next? What should we do?" Shiho frowned when she saw the faint light falling on the coffin.

"Next, we need to place the candlelight on the coffin." As I said this, I opened the coffin, and the ancient dust instantly hit my nose. I frowned and fanned, and I opened the coffin as wide as possible, and inside was Princess Maria who had been sleeping for a long time.

"Axue, Yue'er, Shuang'er, take the candlesticks around. Turn off the flashlights."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Yes."

As they were talking, the three sisters took the candlesticks and placed the six candlesticks on the left and right sides of the coffin according to their length.

"Baptism candle, communion candle, holy light candle. What about the remaining big red candle?" Shiho continued to ask as she watched me move.

"Did you forget this?" I raised the egg of memory in my hand to Shiho. "Isn't such a big red candle enough?" That's right, this last red candle is the egg of memory in my hand, with the cyan inner egg as the wick and the red outer egg as the candle holder, and its meaning is obvious.

"But what use will this be?" Shiho wondered.

"Hey, watch." I turned over and jumped into the coffin, stepping on the side of Princess Maria's remains. "Princess Maria, I'm sorry." I gently wrapped the bed sheet under Maria's remains around her. I tied the two ends with ropes and gently lifted the remains out.

"Xun, what are you doing..." Shiho frowned as she watched me do this. But soon, she understood the meaning of my actions.

Because there are seven grooves at the bottom of the coffin under the quilt, one large and six small. The six smaller grooves surround the large groove in the middle, and the ray of morning light just shines on the large groove.

"This is..." Shiho and the three sisters of the Ning family all looked over.

"It's the final mechanism." I gently placed the remains on the ground. "The groove here should be able to activate the final mechanism. Because Xiyi himself knows that when he dies, if his descendants are lucky enough to discover the secret here, they will definitely move the remains out of the tomb and bury them next to Master Xiyi. So it is normal to move the remains, so that future generations will discover the secret of this coffin and solve the mystery of the treasure."

"You are truly worthy of being called the magician of the end of the century..." Shiho sighed. "What a pity that a little tomb robber like you got there first."

"Hehe." A sly smile appeared on my lips. "Axue, Yue'er Shuang'er, take down the candle and put it into the groove. Shiho, remove the six glass blocks around the red egg, and then take out the cyan egg inside."

"take it out?"

"Well, I think this mechanism can only be opened by the red egg."

"why?"

"If the red egg is a candle, then the blue egg is the wick, and the candle that guards the dead consumes the wick, so I think this egg should not be put in. That's why Master Kiichi placed the blue egg somewhere else, and that is part of the memories, and it should not be related to the treasure. What's more, Master Kiichi only left the red egg next to the princess's remains, telling future generations that this egg is a single usable key. Otherwise, even if future generations find the mechanism, they can't open it, and Kiichi's mechanism would be designed in vain."

"Okay, I'll do as you say." Shiho didn't think too much about it. She knew that I knew more about these traps and other things than she did, and I had a better feeling for them. After that, Shiho opened the red egg, took out the cyan egg of memories, and then gently pushed from the inside, and the six lenses embedded in the egg were removed one by one. "What about the top one? It's also a forbidden item like a mirror, right?"

"Oh, that's not necessary." I chuckled. "That's the candle flame." I took the red egg from Shiho's hand, inserted it into the groove in the center, and then left the coffin.

Soon, the light from the six candles entered the egg, and the crystal lens on the top became brighter because of the light from the fire and the morning sun outside. As the light from the fire swayed, the lens on the top seemed to be burning and swaying like a real flame.

Soon, while we were still immersed in the crystal that was as bright as a candle, a bright red flash appeared on the platform of the red egg, and then the ground began to tremble. Behind the coffin, the stone wall with a double-headed eagle carved on it also slowly descended. After a few minutes, the shaking stopped, and a secret door appeared in front of us.

"I didn't expect this place to be so..." Shiho was already amazed. Who could have thought that after all the magic mechanisms, there would be such a shocking level?

"The combination of a photometer and a thermometer." I said with a smile on my face. "With the help of the candlelight and the spectrum of sunlight, the mechanism is reversed from the spectrum channel of the Egg of Memory. He is truly a magician at the end of the century!" Seeing the ingenious design of this mechanism, I couldn't help but have a little respect for Kiichi. "Well, the treasure is right in front of us. Let's go and take a look." I put on my gas mask and bulletproof vest. After taking out the thermal reaction instrument and metal detector, I said to the girls who had already started to wear protective gear. "Let's go and see what kind of treasure our magician at the end of the century has left for us!"

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Ps: To be honest, this part about tomb robbing is quite brain-wasting, since I have never come across anything like this, so I just tried to edit it. If you like it, read it, if you don’t like it, just ignore it.

ps2: The title of this article is "Theatrical Edition". You know my habit.

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