GBP Chapter 105: The Magician at the End of the Century (Theater Part·End)
Chapter 105: The Magician at the End of the Century (Theater Part·End)
As for who Shi Kaobing was, Conan found it difficult to tell for a moment.
First of all, Natsumi Kosaka and Qinglan Urashi, their pupils are both gray.
In Ke Nan's opinion, Pu Siqinglan was very suspicious. She said she was Chinese, so Su Qiankun's family was Chinese, and their pupils were all black.
Not to mention that there are only a handful of people with gray eyes in China, and they account for less than 5% of the world's total. They are more common in some Eastern European countries, such as Russia.
Pu Siqinglan is most likely Russian, so the question is, why does she pretend to be Chinese?
The clues collected so far are still limited and not enough to confirm that Pu Siqinglan is Shi Kaobing. We need to pay more attention.
In the evening, Inspector Megure brought Takagi, Shiratori and other police officers to investigate the case.
I was a little surprised to see Shiratori when we were out. Didn't he go to Karuizawa for vacation?
Xiaolan explained the situation to them.
Megure: "Shikobing?! There is indeed this unknown robber in the international community. Could he be the murderer this time?"
Xiaolan: "Yes, and it's right next to us."
Shiratori: "Officer Megure, I noticed something. There is one lifeboat missing."
Megure opened his eyes wide: "What? Scoob escaped on a lifeboat?"
"We've already started a search, but it's probably going to be hard to find," said Shiratori.
"He has already escaped..."
Conan wondered, did Scoobing really escape?
Qian Jiangyi said: "In any case, we can at least breathe a sigh of relief knowing that he is not on the ship."
Shiratori said: "But, Skoubin is still coveting the other egg. I think he is very likely to appear in the castle of the Kosaka family, or he is already on his way.
Officer Megure, when we arrive in Tokyo tomorrow, I would like to go to the castle with you. Is that okay?"
Megure nodded: "Okay, let's do it this way."
Another day passed, and Su Qiankun took the mother and daughter to the castle in Yokosuka.
On the way there, the author tells the readers a case.
You don’t have to talk about love, but you must read the cases.
Recently, minors have done some outrageous things, such as the 3.10 junior high school student murder and burial case.
Time: Sunday, March 2024, 3, Location: Feixiang, Handan, Hebei
The three minors, all 13 years old, teamed up to kill their classmate Xiaoguang. One of them was Xiaoguang's desk mate.
Xiaoguang didn't have any deep hatred with the three little kids, he was just bullied by them for a long time, and he didn't say anything when his parents asked him. (It's possible that he was coerced not to say anything.)
In addition, Xiaoguang's parents are divorced and he lives with his grandparents. He is an honest and sensible person and doesn't want to cause trouble for his family.
But it is because of this vicious cycle that they become more and more unscrupulous...
The motive of the three men for committing the crime was simply the 191 yuan in Xiaoguang's WeChat. After getting the money, the three men used a shovel to kill Xiaoguang. When they buried him in a 0.56-meter-deep square pit, he was still breathing, which means that Xiaoguang was buried alive.
Because the case was so bad, the young man killed someone, lived his life as usual the next day, had an extremely strong psychological quality, lied a lot to mislead the police, and did not tell the truth until the evidence was conclusive, so the news quickly spread across the country.
With the "golden ticket" of the "Minors Protection Law", the death penalty is impossible, but given the great impact of the case on society, severe punishment is possible.
Even the famous lawyer Luo Xiang commented that human nature is not a blank sheet of paper and secular laws cannot change human nature.
Well, after watching this case, the protagonist also arrived at the castle.
The big castle in front of you is a German-style building.
Nashida looked at the locked door and said, "We can't get in. Why don't we go home?"
I guess they came here directly after arriving in Tokyo. There are several cars parked around.
Now that I'm here, how can I just go back like this?
The couple held hands, and Xiaoci looked at Nashida and said, "Then I'll take you home first. Your father and I will go inside to take a look."
Su Qiankun said: "There might be a murder inside..."
"Dad is here, what is there to be afraid of?"
The next second, Nashida appeared in Su Qiankun's arms.
"start up!"
The three of them instantly disappeared and entered the castle through the wall.
At this time, Xiaolan and the others had just entered the castle.
The knight's room was filled with Western armor and tapestries.
The lady's room, where Maria often spends the whole day...
When visiting the emperor's room, Qian Jiangyi pretended to be in a hurry and asked where the toilet was.
"The toilet is on the right side of the corridor."
After leaving the room, Qian Jiang did not go to the toilet, but slipped into another room to look for eggs.
Although I didn't find it, I did find some sparkling jewels, which seemed pretty good.
As soon as he stretched out his hand to touch it, the mechanism was triggered, his hands were locked, and some swords fell directly from the ceiling. He was so scared that he collapsed to the ground.
Ke Nan and others rushed over immediately after hearing the noise, and the housekeeper quickly took out the key and restored the mechanism to its original state.
"Master Xiyi set up a trap 80 years ago. There are other traps in the castle. Please be careful, sir."
Shiratori detained Qian Jiangyi's equipment and gave him a flashlight: "Please do not act on your own. You only need a flashlight."
Since Mr. Kiichi likes machinery...
"Excuse me, does this castle have a basement?" asked Kenan.
Sawabe shook his head: "No"
Ke Nan asked again: "What about my great-grandfather's room on the first floor?"
Sawabe Butler: "There is an office"
Come to the office.
Sawabe introduced: "Here are photos of Grandpa Kiichi and his photography works. You can take a look at them at will."
Looking at the photos on the wall, Ke Nan asked, "Ms. Xia Mei, where is the photo of your great-grandmother?"
Xia Mei shook her head. She didn't have a single picture. Even she herself didn't know what her great-grandmother looked like.
Why are there only photos of Mr. Kiichi?
Qian Jiangyi noticed a group photo and said, "This man's name is Rasputin, and there is his signature on it."
"Who is Rasputin?" Xiaolan asked.
Qian Jiang said, "The evil monk Rasputin is the culprit that caused the demise of the Romanov dynasty."
"He was in control of the government for a while, but then he was killed by his royal relatives."
"His body was found in the river, his skull was sunken and his right eye had been gouged out,"
The right eye was dug out? This means that Skobing and Rasputin have a great connection... Conan thought.
The white bird thinks finding eggs is more important.
Ke Nan suddenly discovered something: "There is the sound of wind, and there is a basement."
I found the device to enter the basement again. The buttons are all in Russian letters. I have to enter the password to open it.
After trying several times, I finally found out that the correct password was the magician at the end of the century.
After the basement door opened, everyone went down.
It was a little dark, so I moved forward slowly holding a candle.
Xilu asked: "Ms. Xia Mei, why is the password the magician at the end of the century?"
"I think this was also the title of my great-grandfather. He participated in the 16 World Expo when he was 1900 years old. Later he went to live in Russia," said Xia Mei.
1900 was indeed the end of the century...
Suddenly I heard footsteps and there seemed to be someone nearby. I didn't pay attention and didn't notice that two people were missing.
When you walk to the end, there is a mural in front of you. There are many birds, but only the one in the middle has two heads. It wears a crown on its head, and behind the crown is the sun.
Sun.....Rays!
Ke Nan immediately asked Bai Niao to shine the flashlight on the crown, and Bai Niao did so.
The crown glowed and the ground began to shake. Another basement appeared, where a wooden coffin was placed, locked with a big lock.
Ke Nan thought of Natsumi Kosaka's key and asked her to open it.
To his surprise, it was indeed this key that could open the coffin.
After obtaining consent, the two men worked together to open the coffin lid, revealing a body and a red egg.
Take out the egg and open it to find it's empty.
Empty? Xiaolan said: "Could this be a combined egg? It was originally two eggs together."
The red egg has grooves in it.
It just so happened that Shiratori also brought the egg of memories, which she borrowed specially from Mr. Suzuki, and put it into the red egg, which was just right.
Only then did I realize that Kiichi did not make two eggs, but made two into one.
Conan said: "I think there is another mechanism, which is suitable for magicians at the end of the century.
Officer White Bird, lend me the egg! Everyone blow out the candles. "
Everyone blew out the candles as Ke Nan said.
"Officer Shiratori, could you please put the flashlight on the stage."
Just when everyone was confused, Ke Nan placed the egg on the flashlight, and a magical scene appeared.
The egg instantly became transparent, and the statues of the emperor's family inside were clearly visible. It slowly rose, and all the light gathered on the glass at the top of the egg, eventually reflecting several photos on the wall.
It was a photo of Nicholas II's family, and Natsumi Kosaka also met her great-grandmother.
It was indeed magical, but Su Qiankun suddenly had an inexplicable bad feeling in his heart, which came from the egg of memory.
Although I don't know why, this premonition becomes more and more obvious as time goes by. In the end, I have to take the mother and daughter away from the castle, the sooner the better.
My hunch was accurate. About half a minute after I left the castle, Scorbing had already grabbed the Egg of Memory and ran away.
Unexpectedly, while running, the egg in my hand suddenly exploded without any warning!
The power was so great that Scout was blown to pieces, needless to say. In addition, the castle also collapsed due to the vibration caused by the explosion.
Ke Nan didn't have time to point out who the murderer was, so he asked everyone to evacuate first.
Qian Jiangyi's body was seen on the road, with a bloody hole in his right eye caused by a gunshot wound.
After evacuating the castle, the basement collapsed completely, and the castle was also shaken and collapsed as well.
Just when everyone was feeling so good about surviving the disaster, Ke Nan directly revealed who Shi Kaobing was.
Xilu was surprised and asked: "What? Miss Qinglan?"
Conan nodded: “Yes, she is the descendant of Rasputin, the murderer of Kidd, Mr. Hanchuan, and Qian Jiangyi.
Mr. Kankawa accidentally took a photo of Rasputin in her room, and he was careless at the time and forgot to turn the photo over.
Mr. Qian Jiangyi saw Shi Kaobing installing a silencer in the basement, so he killed him to silence him.
Now he is running away with the egg, but he didn’t expect the egg to explode. Judging from the power, it is estimated that…”
Then he became puzzled, "But why is it like this? Is this also designed by Mr. Kiichi?"
Butler Zebu: "Miss, I'm sorry that such an accident happened. The egg..."
Kosaka Natsumi shook her head: "It doesn't matter, as long as everyone is safe.
Anyway, I have met my great-grandmother, and her appearance has left a deep impression in my memory.
But the egg of memory belongs to Mr. Suzuki. Now that we are in this situation, come with me to discuss compensation with him."
Butler Zebe: "The coffin should be fine. After these things are over, move the old lady's remains and bury them with Mr. Kiichi."
Xilu said with emotion: "Mr. Kiichi is truly worthy of being called the magician of the end of the century."
"If he were standing here, he would be very happy to hear what you said." Natsumi Kosaka smiled with relief.
And the "white bird" immediately revealed its true form.
"Kid, you are still alive?!" Ke Nan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Officer Shiratori was him in disguise.
Kidd adjusted his magic hat and said, "I am a Phantom Thief and I still have an unfinished mission. How could anything go wrong?"
Conan: "You knew this information, so you wrote "The Magician of the End of the Century" at the end of the notice, right?"
Kidd looked at Ke Nan and smiled faintly: "Little girl, you are very good. You have the style of that famous detective. Keep it up!"
After saying that, he took out a smoke bomb and threw it. Smoke appeared around him, and when it completely dissipated, the man had disappeared without a trace.
Ke Nan rolled his eyes: "His purpose is not to steal the egg, but to return the egg to its original owner, Miss Xia Mei..."
Then he clenched his fists and looked at the glider that was gradually going away: "So what? Just wait, I will definitely catch you!"