Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

Once the butler brought the ladder, the rest of the people climbed it down to the bottom.

This time, there was no need to go downhill. The narrow, straight road led straight ahead, and after passing through a stone gate, the space suddenly opened up.

It felt like stepping into a cathedral, where the surroundings were no longer just plain, undecorated stone walls, but rather neatly constructed with individual stone bricks.

The space is circular, with a stone platform about half a person's height standing in the very center. There is a small cylindrical hole in the center of the platform, and it is unclear what it is used for.

"This scene looks somewhat familiar."

Qi Ming looked around and sighed.

"Many of the cult gatherings in the horror movies I used to watch were held in places like this."

"..."

Sonoko Suzuki shivered inexplicably and leaned closer to Ran Mouri.

"Mr. Qi Ming, could you please not make such jokes in such a dark environment?"

Kogoro Mouri lit the candles around him with a lighter, his gaze falling on the innermost part of the hall.

At the very back, on the left, center, and right, are three stone sculptures resembling angels and the Virgin Mary, and in front of these sculptures is a coffin.

Kogoro Mouri stepped forward, glanced at the coffin, and called out to Natsumi Kosaka.

"Miss Kosaka, do you think your key is the one that opens this coffin?"

Natsumi Kosaka nodded, took the key, and went up to insert it into the lock.

Click.

The heavy sound was particularly clear in the underground space. As the coffin lock was opened, Kogoro Mori slowly pushed the coffin open.

Fortunately, instead of a rice dumpling, the coffin contained a skeleton that had been lying there for an unknown amount of time.

On the ribs of this skeleton lies a red egg of memory.

Unlike the green Egg of Memories from the Suzuki family, this Egg of Memories is noticeably larger and has a much more ornate appearance.

"Huh, is this the second Egg of Memory?"

Kogoro Mouri curiously examined the red egg. He was about to reach out when he glanced at the skeleton and then withdrew his hand.

"Ms. Kosaka, why don't you take it out yourself? I just don't know what this remains should be..."

"I think she must be my great-grandmother."

Natsumi Kosaka closed her eyes and bowed to the skeleton, then gently took out the Egg of Memories.

"Shouldn't this be over by now?"

Ai Haibara yawned and glanced at Qi Ming beside her out of the corner of her eye.

"It seems that one of the bosses' plans will fall through."

"What plan? What fell through?"

Qi Ming asked Ai Haibara, somewhat puzzled.

Ai Haibara gave a soft snort and looked at Natsumi Kosaka, who was holding the Egg of Memories, and said:

"There are two Eggs of Memory. Do you think the Suzuki Group will make a purchase request for them?"

"Suzuki Shiro didn't even plan to sell one of the 8 million pieces, so this one should be worth at least 10 billion."

"Do you think she would still need to work as your secretary or receptionist if she had that much money?"

Qi Ming stretched out his index finger and shook it: "Soleiwadokana".

"What if both eggs actually belonged to Natsumi Kosaka?"

Ai Haibara was taken aback.

"What do you mean?"

Qi Ming did not reply to Ai Haibara, but took out the Memory Egg from the Suzuki family's backpack.

He obtained this from Shiro Suzuki beforehand after receiving a request from Kaito Kuroba while he was on the ship.

Kaito Kuroba is still in the hospital, his back burned and he won't recover anytime soon.

However, the request was not completed, and after thinking it over, he could only send a text message to Qi Ming asking for his help.

"Miss Kosaka, could you please let me use that egg, uh, ovum, for a moment?"

Qi Ming stepped forward and spoke to Natsumi Kosaka.

Although Natsumi Kosaka did not know what Qi Ming was going to do, she still handed the Egg of Memories to Qi Ming.

This red egg of memory has the same structure as the green egg of memory from the Suzuki family, and it can also be opened.

The red one is bigger than the green one, like a nesting doll, so that the green memory egg can be stuffed into the red egg.

Qi Ming led everyone to the stone platform in the very center of the hall. He placed the flashlight into the groove in the center of the stone platform and put the overlapping Egg of Memory on it.

buzz-

The Egg of Memory made a crisp sound, as if a mechanism had been triggered.

The flashlight beam penetrated the glass plate at the bottom of the Egg of Memories. As the light refracted through the glass plate inside the Egg of Memories, the outer shell of the Egg of Memories slowly became transparent.

Light streamed out from the glass at the top of the Red Memory Egg, transforming it into a projector that filled the walls of the entire space with photographs.

"This is……"

The group looked at the photos on the wall with some surprise.

The person in the photo looks familiar; it's a picture of family members living in Nicholas Tse's household.

However, in addition to the photos of the emperor's family, there was also a photo of Natsumi Kosaka's great-grandfather and great-grandmother.

"Look, Emperor Nicholas's third daughter looks just like Miss Kosaka's great-grandmother! And Miss Kosaka looks just like her great-grandmother too!"

Amid Ran Mouri's surprised exclamation, the group curiously glanced at the two photos projected on the wall and compared them with Natsumi Kosaka's appearance.

Sonoko Suzuki covered her mouth and said with some surprise:

"So, Miss Kosaka actually has royal blood from the Nikolai family?"

"Well, it doesn't really matter, and even if there is any, it's very diluted."

Natsumi Kosaka blushed slightly and waved her hand shyly.

On one side, Ai Haibara glanced at the projection on the wall, then at the Egg of Memories placed on the stone platform.

She really couldn't understand the structure of this Egg of Memories.

How come it becomes transparent when it's exposed to light?

Unscientific, extremely unscientific.

After a while, as the projection on the wall faded, the Egg of Memories solidified.

Qi Ming took the Egg of Memories off the stone platform and handed it to Natsumi Kosaka.

“Miss Kosaka, these eggs were made by craftsmen for the emperor. As a member of the Plain Yellow Banner, I think it is only right that you take these two eggs and keep them safe.”

"Eh?!"

Natsumi Kosaka's hand holding the Egg of Memories trembled slightly, and she almost dropped the treasure worth over a billion yen on the ground.

But what the hell is the Plain Yellow Banner people?

“Mr. Qi Ming, I’ll keep the original one. After all, this one is part of the Suzuki family’s collection.”

Natsumi Kosaka shook her head repeatedly in refusal.

Qi Ming coughed twice, and then revealed the dagger again.

"Don't worry, as long as you're willing to join our company, as a new employee perk, I'll just buy this egg for you and give it to you!"

"This, isn't this not good?"

Natsumi Kosaka suddenly felt a little hesitant.

However, before Natsumi Kosaka could reply, Suzuki's daughter spoke up, directly thwarting Qi Ming's plans.

"No need to overthink it, cough cough, on behalf of the Suzuki Foundation, I'd like to present this Egg of Memories to Miss Kosaka!"

"……what?"

Ran Mouri listened, somewhat bewildered.

Who was it that thought it was incredibly extravagant to receive a castle as a gift from someone while in the car?

You just gave away 8 million without a second thought, didn't you?