Chapter 193

Akaso Kaze smiled.

At this height, he could completely fly across.

However, why bother?

Isn't this pretty great?

In the other direction of the secret passage, several people walked out of the low passage.

Mouri Kogoro straightened his waist and complained while continuing to walk forward:

"Really, why was that passage just now so low? Walking in the dark for more than twenty meters while bending over, my waist has started to hurt."

"Isn't that because Uncle Mouri usually lacks exercise?"

Conan habitually retorted.

He was also covered in dirt now.

Along the way, there were traps, fire-breathing, and poisonous gas mechanisms; they were simply more dangerous than the last.

Fortunately, the mechanisms all had some hints, and Conan cracked them one by one, so they stumbled to where they were now.

According to the distance estimation, the distance traveled was not short, and they should be reaching the end soon.

"Huh, I seem to have stepped on something."

Mouri Kogoro suddenly jumped backward.

A rumbling sound rang out in the silent corridor.

Metal spikes emerged from the holes in the walls on both sides, stabbing toward the opposite wall.

Looking at the mechanism in front, several people didn't worry much, but instead laughed.

"Another spike mechanism, it seems Kiichi only has this much ability."

Inui Shōichi laughed.

Conan's face, however, changed a bit.

He shone his watch flashlight on the ground, and his face turned pale in an instant.

"Uncle Mouri, look at the footprints on the ground, they seem to be the ones we stepped on."

"Huh? How is that possible?"

Several people shone their flashlights on the ground, and were all stunned.

The dust-covered ground was filled with rows of footprints, extending into the darkness.

Looking at the shape of the footprints, four big and one small, who else could it be but them?

"Mr. Sawabe, have you ever heard of this kind of mechanism set by Mr. Kiichi?"

Sawabe Kuranosuke shook his head blankly.

He had never heard of such a mechanism where you could return to the starting point while walking.

"Could it be that the place we just walked through is a circular passage?"

Mouri Kogoro frowned.

Conan looked serious.

No, very wrong.

The passage is straight, and he has been watching the compass on his watch all the way; although the road is sometimes tortuous, the general direction has always remained unchanged, and there is absolutely no road that secretly turns back.

Since that's the case, why did they walk back to the starting point?

This is really too strange.

Several people hesitated for a long time and decided to continue walking forward.

Only Inui Shōichi quietly fell behind, found an opportunity, turned around, and walked toward the back.

"Hmm... something seems wrong here."

Inui Shōichi returned to the place where the low passage exited.

"It's obvious that the colors of the walls on both sides are completely different; there must be something strange here."

Inui Shōichi kept tapping the wall.

At this moment, a red light flashed in the darkness.

Inui Shōichi's right eye was instantly locked by the red light.

"It's you!" He screamed.

Bang!

The gunshot treated with a silencer did not echo, only Inui Shōichi, with wide eyes, fell to the ground with a muffled thud.

Blood gushed from his right eye like a spring, staining the ground red in the blink of an eye.

In the darkness, Poushkina walked out.

She was wearing a black tight-fitting suit.

Looking at the corpse on the ground, Poushkina's face revealed a cold smile.

"What an idiot, why did you come back yourself?"

Shining a flashlight on the wall, Poushkina also frowned tightly.

"There is indeed something wrong here, I have never heard of such a mechanism."

"To be able to make me walk back without knowing it, how is this possible?"

She stood in place, and a strange light flashed in her gray right eye.

Akaso Kaze was cupping Kosaka Natsumi's little butt.

Since passing the low passage, they hadn't changed their posture.

Akaso Kaze was of course deliberately not saying anything.

Kosaka Natsumi was already dizzy.

She hugged Akaso Kaze's neck tightly, buried her head in Akaso Kaze's chest, feeling the contact of their bodies, and had long since forgotten where she was.

She only hoped to keep walking like this.

Akaso Kaze suddenly stopped and squeezed Kosaka Natsumi's little butt with both hands.

"Natsumi, we're here."

Kosaka Natsumi was woken up by the pain; she turned her head and saw a huge iron door in front of her.

There were quite a few complex drawings on the iron door.

The most striking one was the double-headed eagle representing the Emperor.

Kosaka Natsumi reluctantly jumped down from Akaso Kaze's arms, and the two walked over.

"But, how do you open this door?" The girl asked with a blushing face.

"Natsumi, look at the crown of that double-headed eagle, behind the crown is the sun; the meaning of this painting is that you need to shine light on the crown for the mechanism to open."

"Mr. Kiichi's ability to design such a powerful mechanism is quite good."

Akaso Kaze directed the little loli Snow Woman to fly over.

Snow Woman's two small hands clenched into fists, her small mouth pursed, and she used all her strength.

The fluorescent light on her body gradually became brighter.

Especially in three parts, there was brighter light than elsewhere.

The light shone on the crown of the gate, and a rumbling sound immediately rang out all around; the ground in front of the gate began to sink.

The entrance to the palace leading below was finally opened.

Akaso Kaze took Kosaka Natsumi's small hand and walked down.

Snow Woman continued to scatter snowflakes in front of them.

The area of the palace below is not large, about one hundred square meters.

The palace is in a distinct Russian style, with walls full of magnificent carvings and paintings; the structure inside is small at the bottom, large in the middle, and small at the top, giving people the feeling of being inside a giant egg.

In the middle of the floor of this "egg" is a strange platform, feeling like a display stand.

And on a higher platform further ahead is a luxurious coffin, with a big lock hanging on it.

"Natsumi, this is your great-grandmother; don't you have a key? It's for opening this lock."

Kosaka Natsumi nodded, took out a key from her bag, and opened the lock.

Akaso Kaze pulled her back a step.

He waved his hand.