Upon seeing this scene, Butler Sawabe was the first to react.

He walked to the safe, took out the key, unlocked the lock that was on Mr. Qian's hand, and then closed the safe.

"These are anti-theft devices that Mr. Xiyi made eighty years ago. There are other mechanisms in the castle, so please be careful, sir."

The phantom thief, disguised as Inspector Shiratori, rummaged through his backpack, found a flashlight, and tossed it to him. "In other words, please don't act on your own. All you need is a flashlight."

Mr. Qian pursed his lips. There was nothing he could do; he had been caught red-handed stealing, so he had no choice but to obey for now.

Conan examined the longswords with interest, then turned to Butler Sawabe and asked, "Excuse me, does this castle have a basement?"

"No."

"What about my great-grandfather's room on the first floor?"

"There is indeed an office..."

The group walked to the office that Butler Sawabe had mentioned.

The room was filled with books, and many photos hung on the walls.

Asakawa Yu wandered around casually. He wasn't particularly interested in what was happening here. If Miyano Akemi hadn't said she wanted to come and see, he would have gone back long ago.

As for the most dangerous soldier at present, he didn't think much of it.

"Boss, come quick! Isn't this the Rasputin you told me about before?"

Asakawa Yu turned her head and saw Miyano Akemi pointing at a photograph on the wall.

“Rasputin? Let me see… it really is him!” Mr. Inui leaned closer after hearing the name.

"Dad, who is Rasputin?" Because she knew nothing about these things, Xiaolan asked her father.

Unfortunately, Kogoro Mouri didn't know much about these things either. "Well... all I know is that he's a big bad guy..."

"Rasputin was also known as the 'Demon Monk Rasputin.' He was also the culprit who caused the Romanov dynasty. He once held power for a time, but was later killed by his royal relative, Prince Yus. When his body was found by the river, one of his eyes had been gouged out."

Upon hearing this, Officer Shiratori narrowed his eyes. He remembered that Scout also specialized in hitting people in the right eye.

He secretly shifted his gaze to Asakawa Yu, convinced that the man must have already figured something out.

Unfortunately, when Asakawa Yu sensed someone watching him, he knew it was Kaito Kid, but he didn't say anything, just smiled at him, and then looked away.

Although they had only known each other for less than two days, at this moment, Kaito Kid seemed to understand Asakawa Yu's meaning. He silently smiled slightly, and then returned to his original state.

Miyano Akemi, who had witnessed the entire scene, tilted her head slightly, wondering what had happened between the two of them.

"I think we should focus on finding the egg first," Phantom Thief Kid suggested.

"That's true, but this place is so big, where do we even begin?" Kogoro Mouri said with a hint of melancholy, then lit another cigarette.

The cigarette smoke drifted around for a while, then began to rise vertically again.

Seeing that the reasoning had reached a dead end, and that Conan seemed to have no clue, Asakawa Yu was somewhat surprised.

He remembered that Conan should have gotten some clues from the cigarette Mori was smoking at this point, but now the plot seems to have deviated a bit.

Seeing this, Asakawa Yu could only sigh helplessly. It seemed that because of his own actions, not only did Ran not suspect Conan's identity, but even Conan's intelligence had been reduced.

There was no other way but for Asakawa Yu to take on the task himself.

"I said, don't you think it's a bit hot here?"

"Huh? It's hot?"

Akemi Miyano was admiring the paintings in the room when she heard Yu Asakawa walk up to her and say something like that.

After sensing the air for a moment, Akemi Miyano replied, "No, boss, there's a draft in the room..."

Wait a minute! This room is clearly enclosed, how could there be any wind blowing in?

But I clearly felt a breeze just now... Oh, so that's what the boss really wanted to say!

But why doesn't he say it himself? Oh well, the boss must have his reasons for doing this, I shouldn't overthink it.

Asakawa Yu had no idea how much inner turmoil Miyano Akemi was going through at that moment. He had only wanted to see if Miyano Akemi could come up with anything after his prompting, but judging from her reaction just now, she probably already knew.

There's a reason why Asakawa Yu doesn't just say it directly.

Actually, it was also to provoke Conan. Asakawa Yu originally thought that Conan could find clues, but now he has not found the secret passage by Mori's smoke as before.

It seems that his confession to Xiaolan last time made him a little complacent. In order to provoke him, Asakawa Yu is going to have Miyano Akemi take action so that he knows that if he continues like this, he may not even be able to compare with Miyano Akemi.

"Mr. Mori, could you lend me a cigarette?" Akemi Miyano asked as she approached Mori.

"Sure, sure. Does Miss Tang Ze smoke too?" Mori said, handing Miyano Akemi a cigarette.

After casually taking the lighter and lighting the cigarette, Akemi Miyano squatted down and held the cigarette close to the bottom of the cabinet. "No, I just thought of some clues and wanted to verify them."

Smoke? Wait, could it be...?

In an instant, Conan's mind exploded; he understood what Miyano Akemi meant.

Damn it, why didn't I notice? The old man was smoking right in front of me, but I didn't notice. Even Haibara's sister noticed!

Looking at Conan's expression, Asakawa Yu knew that the kid had been provoked.

After some searching, Akemi Miyano finally found a hidden combination lock on the ground.

"There really is!"

After seeing that Miyano Akemi had actually found a mechanism, everyone's eyes lit up with excitement.

Only Kaito Kid looked at Asakawa Yu with an unreadable gaze. He knew that the woman in front of him must have Asakawa Yu's assistance behind the scenes to find this.

Now, another challenge lies before everyone: cracking the combination lock!

“Memory! It must be the Russian word for memory!” Maori exclaimed excitedly.

But after entering it, I found that it wasn't this one.

After several more attempts, the password still could not be cracked.

It was at this moment that Asakawa Yu spoke up, "The magician of the end of the century, give this a try."

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