Chapter 347

Senma Furuyo was stunned, "I hadn't thought of that. What? Your hawk died?"

She thought for a moment and said: "There are many crows in the forest around this villa; it is said that the tycoon Karasuma Karasuma Renya used to keep them here. He liked crows very much; maybe it was killed by them."

Crows vs. Hawk?

Hakuba Saguru thought about it and felt it was unlikely.

They aren't even in the same weight class, okay?

Akaso Kaze led everyone to the dining room and didn't speak, just pointed to the clock on the wall.

Everyone present was a famous detective or master thief; they looked at the clock following Akaso Kaze's finger with thoughtful expressions.

Two travelers in a hurry, looking up at the celestial phenomena at night.

In a sudden instant, a flash of lightning struck everyone's brains.

So that's it!

"The first sentence of the code, 'Two travelers in a hurry, looking up at the celestial phenomena at night,' refers to the hour and minute hands on this clock."

"Since it's looking up, it should mean both the hour and minute hands are pointing to the zero position."

"The King, Queen, and Soldier in the code actually refer to K, Q, and J."

"Just move the hands according to the direction the faces on the cards are pointing."

"First, rotate 13 notches to the left."

"Then, rotate 12 notches to the left."

"Finally, rotate 11 notches to the right."

"Look, the hands are moving by themselves!"

In the terrified gazes of everyone, the hands on the wall suddenly began to move, exactly in the order they had just mentioned.

This was, of course, Akaso Kaze's Hand of Intent.

Every time the clock was moved a notch, a "click" sound came from the internal mechanism, crisp and solid, as if a mechanism door to an unknown world was opening.

Click, click, click.

The sound of the mechanical transmission became more and more coherent, and everyone could hear clearly that behind the wall, a complex mechanism device was starting up.

This treasure... won't be too small!

As the hour hand was moved to the correct position, suddenly with a click, the clock that had been fixed to the wall fell off instantly and rolled to the ground.

Behind the wall, a pitch-black hole was revealed, from which the sound of mechanical devices transmitting could be heard.

This rumbling strange noise soon resounded throughout the entire villa, even accompanied by a slight tremor of the ground.

The last sentence of the code... the earth changes color!

"What happened?"

Kaitou Kid was dumbfounded, looking around at the surrounding walls.

Others also showed varying degrees of shock, not knowing what the so-called treasure meant.

"Let's go, the entrance is in the courtyard."

Akaso Kaze said a word and walked toward the door first.

Everyone came outside the building; the center of the courtyard was originally a dried-up fountain pool.

Now it had turned into a huge hole, revealing a flight of stairs leading to the dark underground.

The stairs led to a dark underground world, and a cold, gloomy aura rushed toward them, making everyone hesitate whether to continue exploring.

However, Akaso Kaze had already walked down, and Senma Furuyo followed behind without any fear.

At her age, there was nothing left to fear.

Gunta Ikumi and Kaitou Kid also quickly followed down.

Compared to staying on the ground, it was safer to be by Akaso Kaze's side.

Mogi Harufumi and Hakuba Saguru looked at each other and couldn't resist the temptation of the truth, walking down the stairs.

When their footsteps stepped onto the stairs and their bodies were in the darkness, everyone could feel the eeriness and dampness here.

Everyone turned on their flashlights, and there was some light around, but the range that could be illuminated was very limited, basically completely invisible beyond five meters.

On both sides were pitted gray walls.

After walking down about dozens of steps, they arrived at a platform.

Everyone stopped in their tracks immediately.

In front of them were dense, withered bones, covering the entire platform.

It looked like at least a thousand people, or more, too many to count.

In the center of the platform stood a huge black shadow, as if it had absorbed all the light.

Everyone turned their flashlights to the maximum, and when they shone them on it, they discovered that it was actually a statue over ten meters high.

A statue in the shape of a crow, with its wings folded and head lowered, as if in a sleeping posture.

The statue was carved vividly, and every black feather on its body was clear, almost as if it were real.

Just as everyone was marveling, Akaso Kaze pointed in a certain direction.

He said to Senma Furuyo: "Your father's remains and belongings are there. Take them away, and my commission will be completed. Be quick, we don't have much time left."

Senma Furuyo was stunned for a moment and immediately ran over.

Although she was at this age, her legs and feet were still agile.

She crushed many withered bones along the way, but she couldn't care about that anymore.

She arrived at the place Akaso Kaze pointed to.

She lowered her head, and tears suddenly flowed down.

The skeleton lay on the ground with its hands on its chest; between the fingers of the skeleton, one could still see a black-and-white photo, a family portrait of three.

Senma Furuyo was very familiar with the people in the photo.

That was her parents and herself.

"Father!"

Senma Furuyo cried and reached out her hand.

With her touch, the photo instantly shattered into several pieces, and the skeleton also broke.

"Lord Akaso!" Senma Furuyo turned back with a pleading expression.

Akaso Kaze waved his hand, and the entire skeleton was surrounded by an invisible force, flying up flatly and disappearing into the void.

"Go back and find a coffin, and I will give it to you then."

"Thank you, Lord Akaso!"

Senma Furuyo was very grateful; she lowered her head and picked up a leather bag. If she remembered correctly, this was also her father's relic.

"Looking at it this way, the legend of the auction is probably fake."

Hakuba Saguru, who was beside them, suddenly said.

"What exactly happened here?"

Everyone looked at the surrounding withered bones, and their hearts were filled with intense curiosity about everything that had happened here.

Akaso Kaze waved his hand.

An illusion rose in the underground space, but there was no sound.

Humanoid figures walked down from the stairs behind them one by one.

Most of them were scholars, and there were also many men in black, who used guns to force the scientists to explore forward.

These illusory figures came to the platform, where there were originally bones; they stepped on the bones, came to the center, and surrounded the statue.

Suddenly, the statue moved, and a piece of darkness spread rapidly, submerging all the illusions.

The illusion disappeared; because it was too long ago, these were the only images remaining here.

Everyone's gaze couldn't help but look at the crow statue in the center.

"Eh? That statue's head... was it also raised just now?"

Kaitou Kid asked in surprise.