A few days later.

"Scarabs?"

As soon as he saw the Doctor's new car, Conan couldn't help but shout.

Dr. Asa was planning to take the children out camping for a long time, and at this moment, Ayumi and the others curiously gathered around the doctor's new car, and opened the door to go in to experience it.

The most distinctive feature of this car is that the tail is like a beetle.

"This was the first utility vehicle," Conan continued, "and was born more than half a century ago, and was discontinued. This car should be in the museum, Doctor, how did you get it? ”

"Well..."

"No, it's just what it looks like... I say, Doctor," Conan looked blankly at Dr. Asasa, "you can't have modified this thing yourself, right?" ”

"Shh Dr. Asa quickly made a silencing gesture to Conan, "Don't talk nonsense. ”

"The restrictions on modified cars have long been relaxed, doctor, what are you afraid of."

Conan complained, vaguely feeling that things might not be so simple. But the left and right were just cars, and he didn't think much of it.

"Doctor, how much do you like beetles?"

Conan continued to complain.

Kaedehara was also watching carefully.

He knew what the Doctor was up to, but it wasn't until today that he saw the results.

I really don't understand the doctor's aesthetics...

After a long struggle between the convenience of taking the kids and the Beetle's car, Dr. Asa finally remembered that he was an adult, so he chose to have them all.

The doctor also spent a lot of money on this, and even invited many domestic and foreign engineers to help - Kaede originally planned to help the doctor pay for it himself, but the doctor did not agree.

And in order not to seem too raw, Kaede Yuan did not insist.

He just privately bought some shares of the luxury brand Fujosha for the doctor, intending to give them to the doctor at the right time.

At this moment, after letting the children have a good look at their new car, the doctor walked over excitedly, planning to take the children to camp.

But he was stopped by Kaedehara.

"Doctor," Kaedehara said, "the tent and food haven't been prepared yet." ”

……

A few hours later.

"Doctor, do you know the way?"

"It's been so long, it's going to be dark!"

"I don't have to find another place to do it." Conan couldn't help but persuade.

"Well, well," Dr. Asa sighed after a moment's hesitation, "it's just a pity for the mushrooms there." ”

Dr. Asa had already stepped on it, and he deliberately chose a place where a lot of mushrooms grew.

It's a pity that it backfired, and it was the second time he passed, but he still got lost.

Thinking of finding another suitable camping spot, the doctor opened for a while, and Yuan Tai suddenly shouted.

"Look over there! That's a castle, right!? ”

"How is this possible—" Conan said as he looked towards the car, and then obediently shut up.

A blue Western-style castle came into their eyes.

Although he felt very strange that there was such a castle in the forest, it was rare to see such a scene, so Dr. Asa stopped the car and let the children take a closer look.

The castle is not as big as in the movies, but the feeling of standing by the fence gate is completely different from the feeling of being in front of the TV.

"It's spectacular!"

"Someone rich must have bought a foreign castle and reassembled it here." Conan said casually with his hands on the back of his head.

"What an extravagant rich man."

Ash Yuan agreed, then glanced thoughtfully at Dr. Asasa.

However, she was only a child's height now, and Dr. Asasa didn't even notice.

After a few more looks, the doctor beckoned them to leave, "Alright, that's almost enough." It's getting dark, shall we? ”

"But, Bu Mei wants to go in and have a look."

"Hey, there's still people living here," Conan snapped up, "let's go." ”

But Yuan Tai didn't care.

Despite the high iron gate and the pointed barbs, Genta, who was familiar with it, climbed up before the doctor could react.

"Hey!" The doctor hurriedly shouted, "What are you doing? ”

"Of course, it's going to go on an adventure!"

Jumping from the door, Genta was about to run inside, but the back collar was suddenly grabbed.

"Where did you come from, little ghost?" A man wearing a work hat who looked like a gardener grabbed Yuan Tai and yelled, "Why did you come in without permission! ”

"I'm sorry!" Dr. Asa hurriedly shouted through the door, "We're not suspicious! ”

"Huh? Who are you? ”

"We were passing by and we saw this magnificent castle..."

Dr. Asa originally wanted to take Motota away, but after looking at Ayumi who was looking at the castle yearningly, he hesitated for a moment and then answered, "If it's convenient, can you let us have a tour?" ”

"No! Outsiders are not welcome here! ”

"Who are they?" A new voice chimed in, "I don't remember any visitors today. ”

The one who had just walked over and was shouted "master" by the gardener was a middle-aged man with a square face and short hair. As he spoke, his eyes fell on Dr. Agasa's new car.

His name is Mitsumitsu.

"This old man with a blank face said he wanted to come in." The gardener said.

"Stupid? I'm a scientist! ”

"Scientists?" Mamiya was stunned for a moment, and his eyes were taken back from the doctor's car.

"That's right, my name is Dr. Asasa, and I'm a well-known inventor."

"Oh? Is it? Mamiya pondered for a moment, "Then your mind must be much better than our average people, right?" ”

"This..."

"Alright, please come in!" Miyaman motioned to the gardener to open the door, "You guys will stay here for the night!" ”

“……”

The other party suddenly became extremely enthusiastic, and Dr. Asasa was slightly surprised. He just wanted to see if he could let the kids have a tour.

"But, sir," said the gardener, a little surprised, "I didn't inform Madame Tai..."

"Just tell her it's my friend," Mamiya said, "My mother-in-law is like that, so I don't have to tell her too much." ”

The gardener's wife, his mother-in-law has long been demented.

As if thinking that Dr. Asasa's car was an old, collectible antique, Mamiya then chatted with Dr. Asa about the scarab car before leaving, leaving the gardener to entertain the group.

The gardener, who had just looked fierce, seemed to be a lot more patient at this time, and took everyone to visit the courtyard he had just tended.

There are many stone sculptures in the courtyard.

"Wow, there is Mayer!" Ayumi happily ran over.

"And there's a black one!"

"Why only heads?" Mitsuhiko asked curiously.

"This is no ordinary horse," Ash Hara explained, standing beside Kaedehara, "this is a knight, one of the chess pieces. ”

As she said, the sculptures on the ground are chess pieces. Not only the chess pieces, but also the turf underneath was trimmed into pieces to make it look like a chessboard.

"Are there people here who love to play chess?" Dr. Asa asked.

"I don't know, I'm just following the orders of my predecessor, Master Zhenzhao, and tidying it up like this every day. And Lord Sadaaki heard that it was in accordance with the last words of the old man who passed away fifteen years ago. ”

"Ex-master? That guy just now..."

As the conversation began, the gardener told Dr. Asa about the composition and history of the family.

Elementary school students happily played a game of live chess and played the role of the chessboard. Kaedehara, Conan, and Ai Ashbara listen to the gardener with Dr. Asasa.

As the gardener narrates, they also notice a charred stone tower next to it.

Four years ago, the wife of the family returned to Yuben after many years and wanted to celebrate Mrs. Tai's birthday. When she arrived in the middle of the night, a fire broke out at dawn, and burned her lady and her maids and servants to death in the tower.

While chatting, the gardener led the group into the castle, and the schoolchildren followed after discovering that the stone sculpture was difficult to move.

As soon as they entered, they saw the portrait of the old man facing them, several meters high.

"Madame's son, the noble young master, looks like the old man," the gardener continued, "and the portraits on either side are of the old man and his wife. The old man Zhenzhao, who was in the red, respected the old man as a historian very much, and the lady was very disapproving. She used to say to her lord—"

"Dad is just a reasonable intellectual." An old lady in a wheelchair leaned over and startled Dr. and Ayumi and the others, "The old man also knows about this." And he didn't think it was wrong, but he was very happy. ”

"Sorry for reminding you of something unpleasant." The gardener said embarrassedly.

"No need to apologize, I'm used to the days when he's not around. Just like the change in the pattern of the banknote and the size of the passport, you may not get used to it at first, but you will get used to it over time. ”

After feeling sad, Mrs. Taigong looked at everyone again.

"By the way, who are they?"

"Oh... It's a scientist friend of the old man. ”

The gardener lied as Mamiya had told.

"Scientists?" Masumiya Masuyo was stunned for a moment, "It's really exciting... Then we must ask them to solve the puzzle left by the old man..."

Keyword capture, puzzles.

After learning that the old man of the family left a last word on his deathbed that he would give his treasure to the people who solved the mystery of the castle, the young detectives had a new mind.

Soon, Conan and the others went to the room where they could see the chess pieces in the courtyard, and Kaedehara habitually walked at the back.

"Aren't you interested in puzzles?" Gray Yuan said curiously, "Great detective? ”

(End of chapter)