Chapter 38: The Magician at the End of the Century

Siruov took the green egg from the White Bird and placed it inside the red egg, which was indeed perfectly fitted.

"It seems that the answer is obvious, Mr. Kiichi did not make two eggs, but divided one egg into two." Siruov said.

"But the gem on this egg is really big." There are many crystals on the surface of the red egg, and Kogoro takes it for granted that these are gemstones. After all, the green egg is inlaid with glass, and the red egg is still inlaid with glass.

However, after some observation, Natsumi said, "Mr. Maori, these are all glass. ”

What, it's really glass...... Kogoro was a little disappointed.

Not only Kogoro, but also Qianshoichi was disappointed at this time. The two eggs turned out to be compounded, so that the value of the second egg alone was very low. Although the two eggs will be worth more together, he estimates that they add up to about 1.5 billion yen.

Conan was still pondering, and Xiao Wai asked him, "What, is there anything else that feels strange?" ”

"The design of the matryoshka doll is not an ingenious design for a master craftsman working in Russia. I've always felt that these two eggs should have further mechanisms, mechanisms that fit the name of Mr. Kiichi's 'magician at the end of the century'. ”

Glass...... Ray...... Luminance Meter ...... And the stone platform ......!

Conan figured everything out in an instant, and just wanted to ask Siruov to bring the eggs, but Zero took the lead and said to Siruouf: "Mr. Siruouf, lend me the egg, I think there are more exquisite and amazing designs on these two eggs." ”

Conan's enthusiasm was suddenly extinguished as if he had been called a basin of cold water......

Zero took the egg and glanced at Conan with a smile, I'm sorry, but the next scene is the most exciting, how can I let you be the little kid who hosts it.

"Officer Shiratori, please adjust the aperture of the flashlight to the same size as the small hole at the bottom of this egg, and insert the flashlight vertically into the hole in the middle of the stone platform."

Of course, Shiratori did as he was told, and when he had done this series of actions, Zero walked to the stone platform and said, "Please blow out all the candles for the others." ”

As a result, several people close to the candlestick blew out the candles, and Sato turned off the flashlight in his hand, plunging the entire tomb into darkness, leaving only the light of the flashlight in the center of the stone platform shining straight upward on the top of the tomb.

"Then it's time to witness the miracle!"

Zero said as he placed the egg of memory on the stone platform.

The beam of the flashlight shoots through the small hole under the egg into the inside of the egg, making the whole egg crystal clear. Then the surface of the red egg gradually became transparent, and the green egg inside could be seen, and then the green egg also became transparent, and a small sculpture of the emperor's family could be seen.

The sculpture then slowly rises from the bottom of the egg to the middle of the egg, and at the same time, the emperor slowly opens the book in his hand.

"It's amazing!" A group of people almost unanimously expressed similar feelings.

"Looks like I guessed right, it's the luminance meter again." Conan muttered to himself.

As the book opens, the incoming light is constantly refracted through the glass inside the egg, and finally converges on the pages of the book by a circle of small round glass inside the green egg. The light then refracted upwards and scattered through the largest piece of glass on top of the red egg on the walls of the chamber, reflecting a series of circular patterns on the walls.

The crowd looked at the patterns in detail and found that each pattern was a photograph.

Everyone was stunned by the spectacle in front of them, but after a short period of shock, there was a heartfelt admiration. To be able to present such an exquisite and subtle mind and design, Kiichi Kasaka is truly an incomparable mastercraftsman.

"This, this is ......" Siruov, who is Russian, was the first to recognize the person in the photo, "This is a picture of the family of Emperor Nicholas II!" ”

These are the daily life photos of the emperor, empress and their children, and even record the growth trajectory of the princes and princesses from childhood to adulthood.

"It turns out that the emperor's family is not reading books, but photo albums...... "Kogoro muttered, "no wonder it was named 'Memories.'" ”

"If the Emperor's family had not been killed, the Egg of Memories would have been the most precious gift," said Siruov. ”

Kogoro said to Natsumi, "Your great-grandfather is really worthy of the name of 'magician at the end of the century', such a design is really breathtaking!" ”

"Thank you, great-grandfather would be very happy if he heard it." Natsumi responded with a smile.

At this time, Conan pointed to a certain photo and said, "Sister Natsumi, the people in that photo are your great-grandfather and great-grandmother, right?" ”

Hearing this, Natsumi looked up in the direction of Conan's finger, it was a photo of two people sitting on a bench next to each other, on the left was a good-looking man in the prime of life, and on the right was a beautiful foreign woman.

"Indeed, the one on the left is my great-grandfather, and the one on the right should be my great-grandmother." Xia Mei was also very emotional, "I finally saw the photo of my great-grandmother." ”

"Miss Natsumi......" said Zero, "your great-grandmother can't be one of the daughters of Nicholas II?" ”

"What!" When they heard this, they hurriedly looked at the pictures on the wall, compared Natsumi's great-grandmother with the princesses of Nicholas II, and found that they did look very similar to one of them.

"That's right, it's Maria, the third daughter of the emperor...... Siruov said incredulously, "When the emperor's family was executed en masse, only the crown prince and Maria's whereabouts are unknown, but I didn't expect Maria to marry Mr. Kiichi and come to Japan." ”

The light slowly faded, and the photos reflected on the wall gradually faded, and Siruov took the egg from the stone platform and handed it to Natsumi: "This egg of memories is a great legacy left by Mr. Kiichi, it will be more valuable for you to have it, Miss Natsumi, I will communicate with the Russian government to persuade them to give up their ownership." ”

Although Siruov did have ulterior motives when he joined this trip, his personality was generally quite good, and after seeing the effort and energy that Kiichi Kasaka put into the egg of memory, he also gave up the idea of fighting.

Natsumi took the egg and said, "Thank you, but the egg inside is from Suzuki." ”

Kogoro said, "I'll leave it up to Chairman Suzuki, and I'm sure he'll understand." ”

Only the general was still immortal, and said to Natsumi: "Miss Kasaka, if you sell the egg of memories at will, I can buy it at a high price, 2 billion, no, 2.5 billion yen, what do you think?" ”

Of course, Xia Mei politely rejected the cadre, making the cadree discouraged.

Maori Kogoro was in a good mood at this time: "This treasure hunt has finally ended perfectly!" ”

Zero's mood was originally very good, but at this moment, a sense of crisis came to his heart, and the passive technique "Gentleman Don't Stand Under the Dangerous Wall" was suddenly activated.

And this time the sense of crisis is very intense, which is several times stronger than when he was cast by Hongzi in Tongtian!

There are enemies!

Driven by a sense of crisis, Zero hurriedly made a squatting motion, and less than half a second after she crouched, a bullet flew past her. If Zero hadn't crouched, he would have been shot dead by this time.

Zero hurriedly shouted at the others: "Squat down!" ”

However, when everyone heard the gunshots, they were in a panic, and now that all the candles had been extinguished, the entire tomb was only lit by the light emitted by the flashlight embedded in the stone platform, and the whole was extremely dark. Everyone didn't know what had happened, so they were even more frightened.

It's Shi Kaobing! Zero subconsciously guessed the identity of the person who fired the shot. But the question is, isn't she already arrested, how can she be here?

Gunshots rang out one after another, accompanied by cries of pain from the people.

Someone got shot!

The enemy who appeared in the tomb was Pu Si Qinglan, who came in a hurry, and her first shot was naturally aimed at her "enemy" Kaneda Ichiko, but she didn't expect to be dodged by the other party.

Although Pu Si Qinglan wanted to avenge the defeat with one arrow, she did not stubbornly chase Zero and shoot. Her number one task at the moment is to capture the egg of memory, and as for Kaneda's Ichiko, there is a chance to kill her afterwards.

Then she fired seven more shots in a row, but these seven shots were not deliberately aimed, but fired indiscriminately and randomly. Two shots missed, one shot at the heart of the commander and killed him, one shot at Kogoro in the right rib, and one shot at the right waist of the housekeeper Kuranosuke. And Hongzi, who pretended to be Sato, was more unlucky, and was shot twice in total, but fortunately, one shot in the left shoulder and one shot in the right thigh were not particularly serious.

And while everyone was panicking, Pu Si Qinglan quickly ran to Kasaka Natsumi, snatched the memory egg from her hand, and then ran towards the outside of the tomb.

Zero was the first to react, pulled out the flashlight in the stone platform and chased after Pu Si Qinglan's back. Kaito, who pretends to be Shiratori, also wants to chase after him, but when he sees that Hongzi has been shot twice, he can't leave the injured Hongzi alone.

"Hurry up and chase Kanedaichi-san!" Hongzi turned on his flashlight and handed it to Kaito, "I can feel a very bad aura from the attacker's body, if Kaneda-san chases him alone, he will probably encounter danger!" ”

If she could, Hongzi wanted to chase her out herself, but she was shot in the thigh, and it was difficult to even walk, let alone run. Originally, Hongzi also had two ways to move, riding a broomstick and teleporting, but now that she is pretending to be Sato, it is naturally impossible for her to carry a broom with her. Teleporting requires knowing the destination, and she doesn't know where the attacker will go, so she can't respond.

When Kuaidou heard this, he looked at Hongzi again, and indeed he didn't hurt the vital parts, so he pulled his legs to chase after him. At this time, Hongzi reminded him: "Be careful, if it's really dangerous, don't force the eggs back, everything is your own safety and that of Kaneda's classmates." ”

Kaito nodded and ran out the door.

After a few steps, he noticed that Conan, the child, was also struggling to chase his short legs towards the door. So he grabbed Conan, and then threw it at Xiaolan, and at the same time shouted to Xiaolan: "Watch that kid, don't let him run around!" ”

In the original plot, Kidd had already seen through the fact that he was Shinichi Kudo because of Conan's various activities at this time. However, now, under Zero's various interference, Conan's performance is limited, so Kaito has not recognized his identity. Although he knew that this elementary school student had some strange props, he would not let such a child go to danger.

Xiaolan hurriedly caught Conan and hugged him tightly to prevent him from breaking free. Although Conan wanted to chase the prisoner, after struggling to no avail, he could only give up, and was held in Xiaolan's arms with peace of mind, feeling the warmth of Xiaolan's sister.

Both of them left with flashlights, and the tomb fell into darkness, but fortunately, the watches of the Young Detective Corps also had a lighting function, and at this time, several little children turned on the lighting of the watches, and the tomb was a little brighter than before.