Conan, Kaito, and Lupine looked at each other in confusion, and then slowly crawled under the ceiling of the corridor with confusion.
After the three of them landed, they turned to the right, and a room appeared in front of them. There was no door in the room, and the ground inside was rectangular. At the other end of the room, there was another exit from the room.
Conan and the others took a look at the structure inside the room, hesitated for a moment, and then walked into the room together. Then they heard a loud "crash" behind them, and a solid iron door rushed out of the wall.
, sealing the entrance behind them.
The three of them were stunned when they saw this, and then Kaito immediately rushed to the iron gate behind him, took a brief look, and frowned:
"...This is an 'iron plate' made of pig iron. It feels at least ten centimeters thick. There is no mechanism to open the door... It seems that we can't even turn back now, so we can only continue to move forward..."
Conan stood in front of the door, stepped hard on the floor under his feet, squinted and said: "...I see. It seems that there should be something similar to a load-bearing mechanism at the entrance of the room where we were standing just now. We
When standing outside, the mechanism will bear the weight but will not open. However, once we leave the entrance and enter the room, because the 'heavy object' at the entrance disappears, the mechanism will open on its own and block our escape route..."
Lupine III also carefully observed the room in front of him, pointed to the roof and said:
"Look, you two, there seems to be some strange spout at the top of the room..."
"Is that a flamethrower?" Kaito reached out and held his chin in thought, "...I have seen similar things in books before. It seems that the mechanism this time should be flames..."
"Look at the bricks on the ground. There are four types of patterns on the bricks. There seems to be a certain correspondence with the shapes of the bricks on the injectors above our heads..." Conan smiled, "...this should be Mr. Kiichi again.
A reminder for us to stay..."
"That's right! That's right! If you step on a certain pattern here, the flamethrower corresponding to the pattern will not open..."
"..."
The two thieves and a detective briefly discussed and quickly planned their route, surprising the onlookers Cheng Shi——
These three guys, relying almost entirely on their own reasoning, designed the most theoretically correct path. How amazing!
Of course, the route they designed is only theoretical. If they really follow this route, when they reach the middle, all the flamethrowers in the room will be turned on at the same time, and it will be continuous.
The kind that burns for a long time...
As for why they got it wrong?
Uh... maybe the reason is not on them at all, but on the designer of these mechanisms, Xi Yi, because the "clues" that guy gave are just a trap!
Follow the clues given by Xiyi, how many people there are and how many people died!
With Cheng Shi thinking about this, Lupine the Third volunteered to be the first to explore the road.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Shi immediately thought of the mission assigned to him by Shu Yunwen. Before Lupine III could even put his foot down, he directly controlled the injector on the ceiling and started to spray fire.
Lupine was startled and quickly put his feet back, looking up at the ceiling with a confused look on his face——
Well, what the hell is this?
He hasn't settled yet, why are all the injectors turned on?
Could it be that the institutions here are also broken?
By the way, all the mechanisms in this underground palace must be broken, right?
At this moment, Lupine and the three of them suddenly had a very ominous premonition in their hearts——
They always feel that the next journey will be full of "surprises"...
…
About ten minutes later.
In a cave that could only allow people to bend down and walk, Shu Yunwen, Xiaolan, Uncle Maori, Natsumi Kasaka and others came out one after another. Then Uncle Maori straightened his waist and said:
"...Really, why was that passage so low just now? I walked more than 20 meters in the dark while bending over, and my waist started to hurt..."
"Isn't that because you lack exercise, dad?" Xiaolan habitually complained about her father, and then the expression on her face was replaced by worry, "...Yunwen, what you said before, this
Is it the last dangerous mechanism? Speaking of which, we didn’t trigger any of the mechanisms just now, but there was a constant sound in the underground palace. Could it be Conan and the others..."
After Xiaolan finished speaking, the worried look on her face became even heavier——
Along the way, when Shu Yunwen led everyone through each mechanism, he would introduce them to what mechanism it was, and these mechanisms were indeed an eye-opener for Xiaolan and the others!
However, these are pits, fire-breathing, and poisonous gas mechanisms. Each one is more dangerous than the last. No matter how much Xiao Lan thinks about it, she feels that Conan will not survive...
Shu Yunwen glanced at Xiaolan and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Xiaolan, Conan and the others will be fine..."
Narumi has been reporting to him the whereabouts of Conan, Kaito, and Lupine!
With Chengshi's help, these three guys had a "wonderful" and embarrassing journey along the way, but their safety was still guaranteed.
"Yes, really?" Xiaolan was still worried, while Nanatsuki Koshizui asked curiously: "Classmate Yunwen, what kind of mechanism was that in the passage just now?"
Shu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Didn't you notice? This passage is downhill. There is a row of huge hollow iron balls at the top. If we step on the mechanism, an iron ball will roll down from behind us.
, and this passage is very low, you can only bend down and walk, you can't run fast at all. Once you are hit by an iron ball..."
"Uh...I see..." Koshimizu Nanatsuki nodded and said with a frown, "...This is another mechanism that can kill people! Why on earth did Mr. Kiichi build so many dangerous mechanisms?"
"...Also, all the tips he gave in those agencies along the way seemed to be lies..."
Koshimi Nanatsuki was thinking when Uncle Mouri suddenly said: "Okay, let's not talk about the agency for now! Let's find Conan and the others first and then talk about anything else..."
As soon as Uncle Maoli finished speaking, everyone suddenly heard another "rumbling" sound. They couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. They all looked at the source of the sound and were stunned:
"...How come...there is a cave entrance here? Could it be that..."
While everyone was in shock, a howl suddenly came from the cave, and then a little kid ran out of the cave entrance first.
As soon as the little kid came out of the cave, he seemed to trip over something. He let out an "oops" and then fell to the ground with a "piaji" sound.
As soon as the little kid fell down, two more adults came out of the hole. They tripped and fell to the ground like a stack of Arhats. Then something seemed to hit the hole behind them, and there was a "boom".
There was a loud noise, bringing up a cloud of dust.
Everyone looked at this scene with bewildered faces. After a few seconds, the person on top of the pile of "arhats" seemed to move, reaching out and groping under him:
"...Hmm...Why is this iron ball mechanism still moving? It really scares me to death...Well, Officer Shiratori, are you being my meat pad again? This familiar feeling..."