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"A magician at the end of the century, give this a try."

To everyone's surprise, the Russian text was entered.

With a loud rumble, a secret passage slowly appeared before everyone's eyes.

"It's...it really opened!"

"But...why? Why is it this?"

Everyone looked at Asakawa Yu with the same puzzled expression: How did you know?

In response, Asakawa Yu smiled and said, "Everyone, do you remember the signature on the notice that Kid sent?"

“Kidd’s advance notice? I remember it was…”

"Oh right, the end of Kid's notice said 'The Magician of the End of the Century'!" Ran exclaimed.

"That's right. I've been wondering about this from the very beginning. Before, the signature at the end of Kaito Kid's announcement letters was always 'Kaito Kid,' but this time it's different. This made me have a suspicion. Plus, his target this time is the Egg of Memories. Although that's why I had this suspicion, I didn't expect it to be true."

Seeing that what Asakawa Yu said seemed to make a lot of sense, everyone believed him.

But Conan alone doesn't think so. Is that all there is to it? Is it really that simple?

No, that's impossible! Asakawa Yu must have noticed something that I didn't, but what could it be?

Before he could think any further, Conan was pushed into the secret passage by the crowd.

The underground passage was pitch black, and the group of people walked down with flashlights.

Because of the poor visibility, everyone had to proceed cautiously to avoid falling or getting separated.

Asakawa Yu didn't bring a flashlight, but his exceptional eyesight and perception allowed him to move freely in the dark.

Akemi Miyano followed behind him, carefully descending the path. The two of them walked at the very back of the group.

"ah!"

Miyano Akemi, who was behind Asakawa Yu, exclaimed in surprise, and then leaned on Asakawa Yu's back.

"Sorry, boss, I think I tripped over something just now..."

Miyano Akemi felt a little embarrassed, but then realized she was leaning against someone's back, so she quickly stood up, "I..."

Miyano Akemi wanted to say something more, but Asakawa Yu's next action completely shut her down.

Asakawa Yu took her hand directly, saying, "It's darker here, so you're less likely to get hurt."

In an instant, Akemi Miyano's heart raced and her breath trembled slightly.

Asakawa Yu's words remained calm, making it impossible to discern his attitude. However, from his slightly tilted face, Miyano Akemi sensed that Asakawa Yu was not as composed as he appeared on the surface.

But Miyano Akemi wasn't much better off; her voice trembled slightly as she said, "I...I understand."

Thus, under Asakawa Yu's guidance, Miyano Akemi was led around like a little chick, and didn't even dare to look him in the eye.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Miyano Akemi kept her head down, Asakawa Yu couldn't help but worry about her condition.

"No...it's nothing. Let's hurry up and go. Xiaolan and the others have already gone far away."

After giving a casual reply, Miyano Akemi quickened her pace and walked forward, and Asakawa Yu, who was being led by the hand, naturally had no choice but to quicken her pace as well.

"Treasure! Treasure!" Genta and the other kids were excitedly searching for the treasure they imagined in the castle.

"No, this place is locked up too."

"Huh?" The kids sighed.

They searched for a long time, but all the doors were locked, which greatly disappointed them.

"Ai, where are you going?"

"I'm going to go take a look at that tower," Ai Haibara replied, then turned and walked away without looking back.

In her view, since a tower had been built down there, it must have some purpose.

"Haibara, what's there? It must be treasure!"

Upon seeing this, Genta and the others rushed over and, once downstairs, pushed open the unlocked door.

"What? There's nothing here!" The kids were deflated, feeling that the treasure hunt was over before it even started.

"Hey! Let's hurry back!"

Professor Agasa rushed down, leaning against the wall, panting.

Suddenly, the stone brick that Professor Agasa was pressing on dented, and the floor made a sound.

boom!

In an instant, the floorboards opened, and the boy detectives who had entered the tower screamed as they fell inside.

“It hurts!”

Below, Yuan Tai slowly stood up, touching his belly as he spoke.

"Thanks to you, Genta, otherwise we would have gotten hurt." Ayumi and Mitsuhiko didn't feel any pain because they fell on Genta's stomach.

Ai, on the other hand, landed perfectly with a cool pose, avoiding the same fate as the three little ones.

Taking out her wristwatch-shaped flashlight, Ai Haibara looked around. "Alright, should we stay here and wait for the Doctor to come and rescue us, or should we continue forward?"

Looking at the secret passage before them, even though she was asking them, Ai Haibara, who knew them well, already knew their answer.

"Well..."

"of course……"

"go!"

After exchanging glances, the three little ones answered loudly and enthusiastically.

Watching the three of them act, Haibara didn't say anything more, but a faint smile appeared on her lips.

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In the underground passage on the other side, Conan suddenly stopped. Kogoro Mouri was taken aback. "What's wrong?"

"I heard a sound coming from over there!"

"What? Could it be Skobing?!"

"I'll go take a look!" After explaining briefly, Conan ran off with a flashlight.

"Conan!"

Ran was worried about Conan and was about to chase after him, but Officer Shiratori stopped her, saying, "I'll go over there. You stay with Mr. Mori and everyone else."

Seeing this, Asakawa Yu wasn't worried at all. After all, that was Conan. Anyone could get into trouble here, but he was the only one who wouldn't, especially since Kaito Kid had gone with him.

Moreover, Asakawa Yu knew where that voice had come from; it was simply that those children had come down from that secret passage.

As Asakawa Yu thought this, the hand she was being held suddenly twitched. "What's wrong?"

Turning his head, he saw that Miyano Akemi was looking to the side, and Asakawa Yu knew that she probably wanted to tell him something.

Following her gaze, he noticed that two people were missing from the scene.

Oh, I see. You wanted to tell him that someone was missing.

She squeezed his hand slightly and said to her with a smile, "Don't worry, I've got everything covered."