Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

The hermit's expression was still not very good, but he still watched the prisoner fighting with the mechanic quietly without saying a word.

The little girl, sensing the serious atmosphere, pulled Conan into the living room of the manor.

There were three people sitting in the living room, two of them were the blind girl and the entomologist Conan had met.

Then the other man sitting on the sofa, writing without stopping, was probably the editor-in-chief of the newspaper that Alice mentioned.

The adventurer was excitedly holding up his newly written manuscript. "It's perfect, Miss Helena. Your life experience is like a wonderful journey. I think readers will be interested in you, the blind poet."

"You accidentally lost your sight due to a high fever when you were young, but your father never abandoned you. Your teacher tried to make you pretend to be blind, deaf and mute to cheat more money, but you refused to give in and finally took that great step!"

"Ahem," the entomologist interrupted the excited adventurer. "May I remind you, Mr. Coote, that you should now discuss the authorization of this press release with Miss Helena."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I was too excited." The adventurer scratched his head, pulled the blind girl to sit down and began to discuss relevant matters and draft a contract.

There was a piece of honey cake on the entomologist's coffee table. Seeing Conan coming over, he introduced the adventurer to him: "This is Mr. Kurt Frank. He was an adventurer in his youth, but now he has changed his career and become a newspaper editor. In addition to writing his previous adventure stories, he is also committed to writing biographies of other people."

The adventurer looked up from the drafted contract. "Hey, forget it! How many times have I visited Mr. Orpheus? This famous novelist remains tight-lipped about his legendary experiences. I'm genuinely curious. Lady Pliny, you and Mr. Orpheus are old friends. Could you help me ask him indirectly?"

"I'm afraid you'll have to ask him yourself. Orpheus is a true mystic. He's very meticulous, and it might not be that easy to get anything out of him."

The adventurer, who didn't get a correct answer, felt a little helpless: "Okay, but I won't give up!"

"Come to think of it, I came here this time because I found an ancient book at home." The blind girl who had not joined the conversation spoke.

The blind girl said as she pulled out a book that looked quite old from her backpack.

Opening this ancient book, Conan saw more than one kind of encrypted text on it. In addition to the common Morse code, there were also texts encrypted with many other codes, such as Caesar code and Atbash code.

"There are so many encrypted texts in this book? But they have all been deciphered." The entomologist was a little surprised.

“There are even annotations in Braille, perhaps passed down from my mother’s side of the family,” the blind girl said after a moment’s reflection.

"I think I've heard of the Miller family, one of the 'Four Horsemen,' right?" the adventurer suddenly became interested. "The most famous story about the 'Four Horsemen' is that terrifying legend!"

Now Conan also became interested because he saw a very familiar Muse mark on the title page of the book.

"Legend has it that the 'Four Horsemen' family, who believe in esoteric religion, have guarded a mysterious library for generations, and every director of the library has been a formidable alchemist."

Conan: Alchemist? Then the Oritis Organization must be related to this library.

"Unfortunately, after one of the directors died unexpectedly, the successors became obsessed with studying the Philosopher's Stone, but they also died one after another. After that, rumors spread that the library was cursed, and no one came back to visit."

"What is the 'Philosopher's Stone'?" Conan was completely clueless about alchemy.

"I'm not sure, but it's said to be the elixir of life," the adventurer said, spreading his hands. "Things like that only exist in legends."

Conan's heart was in suspense when he heard the talk about the elixir of life. What happened last time on Bearstein Island was still vivid in his mind. If the members of Oritis knew the existence of this book, then that library was very likely their secret base.

Although there are good people like Teacher Qi Shiyi and Miss Air Force in the Oletus organization, it is difficult to guarantee what other people think.

It seems I have to find an opportunity to go to this library.

"Hey, Uncle Kurt, what's the name of this library?" Conan asked the adventurer.

"Little guy, you are not attracted by the rumors about the library, are you? Young people nowadays just like these unrealistic words..." The adventurer complained for a long time without giving the exact name of the library.

"Conan, if you are really interested, why don't I go back and look up the information and then tell you." The blind girl comforted Conan, who was feeling anxious because of the adventurer's endless chatter.

At this moment, a rather tall figure walked into the living room.

"Alice, it's time for a routine checkup today." The doctor walked over in a white coat. To appear more normal, he had removed the energy storage tanks behind him. If Conan saw the stitching hidden under his clothes, he would probably think he was a Frankenstein.

"I'm coming." The little girl jumped off the sofa and flew to the doctor like a butterfly. The doctor took the little girl out of the living room.

"Huh? Aunt Merry, who is that super strong guy?" Conan, who had not yet reacted, asked the entomologist next to him.

"Dr. Percy, an expert in biology, but he recently came to the Dross family as a private doctor due to lack of research funds." The entomologist answered after putting a spoonful of honey cake into his mouth.

Conan: Huh? What kind of expert is as strong as a bull? Even biology experts don't have that kind of thing, do they?

And this kind of routine checkup always feels like checking on a test subject. But Mr. Orpheus clearly cares about Alice, right? Perhaps the cloning technology is unstable and needs regular checkups...

The adventurer's words interrupted Conan's thoughts: "Come to think of it, I remember there was a biology professor named Luchino DiLuci. I met him when I came to the exchange meeting last time."

"Professor Diluci has been missing for a long time. Also, I heard that Dr. Thompson recently disappeared in his laboratory. When his body was found, it was covered with bite marks from reptiles." The entomologist added.

"That's incredibly strange. Two professors who studied reptiles have disappeared one after another. Dr. Thompson's death seems to be related to those reptiles. Could Professor Diluci's body have been eaten by some kind of python?"

"I don't know, or maybe someone is behind this."

"That's right. Maybe it was done by someone who coveted their experimental results. I will write down my findings right away." The adventurer took out a pen and paper immediately after having a sudden idea.