After Hattori Heiji finished speaking excitedly, he suddenly realized something and felt very embarrassed.
He cleared his throat, put down his hands, and continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.
——Although Shiraishi used the word "maybe".
But in Hattori Heiji's view, if Shiraishi is really not sure that the treasure is related to the old man, then he will not just tell the answer. Instead, like other detectives, he will explain the reasoning process from the beginning so that his companions can help find out which part of the reasoning is problematic.
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However, Shiraishi came to the conclusion directly.
...This shows that in his mind, the answer to this question is very obvious and does not even require too much explanation.
But it took me several minutes to figure it out, and I accidentally said it... It was so embarrassing to the Osaka detective!
Hattori Heiji looked unwilling.
A second later, he suddenly felt that this was even more embarrassing - Shiraishi didn't know what he was thinking just now, he could just pretend that he would say "So that's it" because he solved other mysteries.
So Hattori Heiji immediately straightened his face again. At the same time, he thought happily, luckily it was dark here and Shiraishi couldn't see his expression clearly.
Shiraishi actually saw it clearly.
However, he was not very interested in the process of repairing the self-esteem of high school students. He only knew that this teammate finally understood the situation and when the police came, he could be used as a qualified commentator.
Besides...it's almost time to send information to the old lady.
Shiraishi followed the ghosts' directions, took advantage of Hattori Heiji's mood swings, and inadvertently led him to the exit, planning to have a wonderful chance encounter.
The two soon came to the end of a road.
Hattori Heiji looked around and stopped on his own without Shiraishi deliberately reminding him - judging from the terrain, this place was probably connected to the corridor of the castle.
With this in mind, Hattori Heiji planned to knock on the wall first to see if the back was hollow or solid. If it was hollow, he could safely find the mechanism.
However, just as he lifted up the folding stick, before he could knock out the sound, he suddenly saw Shiraishi approaching the door, looking carefully for something, but unfortunately the landing point of his stick was blocked.
Hattori Heiji thought to himself that the heroes had the same idea, that is, it was easy for Shiraishi to do a useless job.
He changed the direction of the folding stick in his hand and continued to hit areas not blocked by the white stone.
If it's empty, look for the trap with Shiraishi.
If it is solid, it means that a wrong answer is directly eliminated.
But Shiraishi found the switch faster than he could knock on the wall.
——Before the stick landed on the wall, Hattori Heiji saw Shiraishi raise his hand and press it against the wall. Immediately afterwards, the wall in front of him suddenly flipped open.
The outside is indeed the corridor of the castle.
But to Hattori Heiji's surprise, there was a person standing in the corridor. The person turned his head in horror and looked at them.
——The "old lady" has gray messy hair hanging down to her waist, her face is full of wrinkles, and she wears an old-fashioned hat on her head. Her appearance has not changed.
But she, who was supposed to be disabled, did not have a wheelchair around her at this time. She was able to stand firmly on her own, and her figure was obviously much taller and straighter than before.
Hattori Heiji looked at it for a moment, thinking to himself that he was really lucky today, and whatever he wanted came to him - just as he was about to find the "old lady" to ask about the situation, she came to his door by herself.
And in this way, we can be completely sure - the real old lady has long been unable to walk due to leg disease, but the person in front of her is standing so steadily, she must be a fake!
The revolving door is now exactly 90° to the wall.
Hattori Heiji reacted very quickly and swooped out from the side without Shiraishi.
Nishikawa Suimi trembled, turned around and ran towards the other wall, trying to touch the mechanism and hide in the secret passage, but before that, Hattori Heiji swooped down and pinned the person down firmly from behind.
"..." Bai Shi sighed inwardly after seeing it. It was too weak. This childhood shadow was really too weak, and it was obviously out of proportion to her terrifying appearance.
She was so scary in the original plot, probably all because of the young detective team... Now she suddenly changed people, even if Mao Lilan has been taken away by herself, Hattori Heiji alone can't finish the level with violence in seconds.
However, as a good employee with only mission in mind, Shiraishi has not forgotten his mission of maintaining balance.
As soon as Hattori Heiji held him down, Shiraishi followed him consciously and said anxiously: "Where is Conan?"
"!!" Hattori Heiji put a finger to his lips in his busy schedule, secretly giving Shiraishi a code.
His temporary teammate glanced at him, was startled, then understood and stopped talking.
However, Nishikawa Suimi has succeeded in getting something.
She rolled her eyes, laughed sinisterly, and began to make things up out of nothing: "I asked my companion to watch him. Once I lose contact, he will be killed immediately!"
"Calm down and don't act recklessly." Shiraishi negotiated with her sincerely, "We can tell you where the castle's treasures are hidden, but the condition is that you let them go first."
"..." Hattori Heiji sighed inwardly.
Actually, it is still not certain whether Kudo was caught by this old lady.
Maybe Conan also discovered strange traces in the secret passage, and then in order to find out the truth, he indulged in solving puzzles and put aside his companions' wandering to investigate the secret passage - Kudo could definitely do this kind of thing.
There is another possibility.
——Judging from the two machine doors he and Shiraishi had come into contact with, the positions of the secret passage switches were usually set relatively high.
Without something to stand on, Conan can't reach the mechanism at all, so he will be trapped in the tunnel and find it difficult to escape.
So originally, Hattori Heiji wanted to test it out in a roundabout way.
If Conan is really in the hands of this fake old man, then continue to test whether she has any accomplices, and if so, how the two communicate and contact each other. In this way, we may be able to use the time difference to rescue Conan.
If all of the above are the worst answers, then it will be too late to negotiate with her.
And if the old lady had never seen Conan at all, things would have been easier - capture her and her accomplices, and then ask Mamiya Mitsuru to help send some people to find people in the secret passage together.
Unexpectedly, the abacus was well planned, but before he could speak, his teammates immediately threw out their trump cards.
In this way, regardless of whether Conan is in the hands of the fake old man or not, she will use this as a bargaining chip, because it is difficult to verify her side.
...Alas, Kudo is right, a good character can sometimes be an obstacle - if he is not a dog enough, he will easily lose his composure because he is worried about his companions.
Hattori Heiji's mood was a little complicated.
But now, I can only do what the old lady said.
Seeing Hattori Heiji loosen his hand holding her down, Nishikawa Susumi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and got up from the ground.
She actually had no helpers at all.
On the one hand, she didn't want to share the treasure with others, but on the other hand, she also knew that what she did was too exaggerated - she killed so many people. If the "helper" wanted to sell her, she would just call the police and she would probably do it.
The old lady who is waiting in jail may even be sentenced to death.