Conan and Gin are both my brothers, what's wrong with meeting them once?

Once inside the basement, some people turned on their flashlights and others took candles, and they made their way along the passageway inside the basement.

"By the way, why is the password 'The Magician of the End of the Century'?"

Natsumi Kosaka explained, "I think that's probably what my great-grandfather was called. He participated in the 1900 World Expo when he was sixteen."

"1900 was indeed the end of the century."

The underground passage was dark and deep, and their flashlights only shone in front of them. Before long, Kudo Kazuma realized that Urashi Seiran and Inui Shoichi, who were following behind, had disappeared. A moment later, Urashi Seiran caught up with the group, but then there were spirits nearby...

Kudo Kazuma immediately released his Yin clone to absorb the spiritual essence of Inui Shoichi. However, after absorbing the spiritual essence, he turned his head and saw a series of short figures not far away...

In that instant, Kudo Kazuma really wanted to activate his Yin clone and kill these little things, but before he could make a move, Shiratori and Conan arrived.

The Yin clone frowned and vanished instantly.

A moment later, the three little ones stood in a row, trembling with fear, in front of Kudo Kazuma's real body.

Kudo Kazuma sneered, "So you thought you could find another way in to come in when we told you not to follow us in? You're so young, yet you're so good at playing the double agent game!"

He had intended to kick them out, out of sight, out of mind, but then Natsumi Kosaka smiled and said, "Mr. Edogawa, they're just a few children, it's alright, you can bring them along, it's more fun with more people, don't be shy."

Kazuma Kudo: "..."

He just wanted to keep those brats away from him.

He tossed out a curt "Behave yourselves" without a word and then ignored them.

The group walked for a while longer and soon reached the end.

There's no road ahead; in other words, there's a trap.

Kudo Hajime really couldn't be bothered to rack his brains over something that relied entirely on logical thinking, since he had his brother to rely on anyway.

Conan lived up to his brother's expectations and quickly found the location of the mechanism.

After the mechanism was activated, another underground passage appeared. The group went down another level and arrived at a place that resembled a tomb.

Okay, it was indeed a tomb, and they even saw a coffin.

There was a lock on the coffin, and the key was the old key that Natsumi Kosaka had always carried.

After the coffin was opened, everyone saw a body inside, as well as another red egg of memory, which seemed to be inlaid with gems and was a size larger than the previous one.

The egg can indeed be opened, but it is empty inside.

"This... why is it empty?"

“Maybe it was empty to begin with?” Kudo Kazuma glanced at it and tilted his head. “Like a Russian nesting doll.”

"Indeed, the grooves here are probably for securing the other egg."

Kogoro Mouri said with regret, "Damn it, if only we had that egg."

“Yes, I do.” Shiratori opened the backpack he was carrying. “I guessed I might need it, so I borrowed this egg from President Suzuki.”

As he spoke, he took out the Memory Egg that belonged to the Suzuki family.

Kogoro Mouri's gaze sharpened instantly, and he leaned closer to ask, "You didn't steal it, did you?"

"How...how could it be?"

Shiratori quickly handed the egg to Kogoro Mouri, who then put it into another egg.

Nothing much happened.

Conan and Ran were pondering the possible mechanisms hidden within the Egg of Memories, while Kazuma Kudo leaned closer to Shiratori and whispered, "Are you sure you didn't steal this egg, but borrowed it?"

Shiratori twitched the corner of his mouth: "It was borrowed by Officer Shiratori, I'm sure of it."

Kudo Kazuma was speechless: "What did Shiratori do to you? What if something goes wrong with this egg? Are you going to ruin him?"

Shiratori coughed lightly, too embarrassed to speak.

Conan, however, took the Memory Egg from Kogoro Mouri and the Russian ambassador and said to Shiratori, "Come and help me, I've figured out what the mechanism is!"

Shiratori gave Kudo Kazuma a helpless look and then ran off with Conan.

Then, he obediently listened to Conan and placed the flashlight vertically on the round platform in the center of the tomb, with the beam of the flashlight shining directly onto the ceiling.

At Conan's signal, everyone extinguished the candles and other flashlights, and then watched as Conan placed the Egg of Memories directly above the light source of the flashlight.

After being illuminated by light from the small hole directly below, the Egg of Memories seemed to become transparent, and the sculptures of the emperor's family inside the inner egg also rose up.

The light reflected off the glass between the two eggshells, finally landing on the book held in the emperor's sculpture. The book slowly opened, the light shining on the pages and reflecting back, projecting exquisite photographs into the air...

"A photograph of the Emperor's family? So the book they were looking at together was a photo album. That's why the Egg of Memories is called 'Memories'..."

"He truly deserves to be called the magician of the end of the century; this design is truly incredible."

As the crowd sighed, the light gradually faded.

The Russian ambassador solemnly declared: "This egg is Mr. Kiichi's great legacy. On behalf of the Russian government, I have decided to relinquish ownership of this egg."

He handed the egg to Natsumi Kosaka, saying, "You deserve it more."

"Thank you." Natsumi Kosaka was touched, but also hesitant. "But, the other egg..."

Kogoro Mouri readily agreed, saying, "I'll talk to Chairman Suzuki; I think he'll understand."

Kudo Kazuma was speechless. He leaned closer to Shiratori and said, "Uncle Mori is really generous. He just gives away 800 million yen worth of stuff like that. I wonder what Chairman Suzuki will think."

He then asked Shiratori, "So all this fuss, even after being shot, was just to return this thing to her?"

Shiratori shrugged: "That's all I can do. As for who will try to win over President Suzuki, that's beyond my control, isn't it?"

As the two were talking, Conan suddenly shouted and threw the only light source in the darkness—his flashlight—directly at Kogoro Mouri.

To avoid the flashlight, Kogoro Mouri stumbled and fell, exclaiming irritably, "What's going on, Conan!"

When Ran saw this, she went to pick up the flashlight, but Conan shouted "Don't pick it up!" and pounced on her.

"orchid--"

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

A gunshot rang out, leaving a dark mark on Conan's arm.

Realizing what had happened, Kudo Kazuma's expression changed, and he rushed forward.

Pu Siqinglan, or rather Shi Kaobing, saw Kudo Kazuma charging towards him and immediately raised his gun to fire.

With Conan and Ran right behind him, Kazuma Kudo had no intention of hiding.

As he charged forward, he shouted sharply in [Sound Bewitchment], "Shi Kaobing! Stop!"

Despite the impact of the bullets, Kudo Kazuma grabbed Scrooge by the neck, his heart sinking.

If Scorpion's attacks on Kogoro Mouri and Ran could be explained by his previous orders not being clear, then being shot twice himself can only mean one thing.

The cheat program [Sound Bewitching], which has always been invincible, has suddenly stopped working...