Chapter 97

"Haha, then I’ll go celebrate!"

Uncle Mouri was actually quite excited!

At least there were people listening to his speech, and it was a paid gig, too.

Conan the brat also saw the grand scene under the stage and gave a "Heh."

Then he suddenly said "Oh?" and pointed to a person in the back row of the audience. "Mr. Kinoshita, who is that person sitting in the very back?"

In such a large auditorium, only that one person was sitting in the back row; it was too conspicuous.

"That is the islander Koji Hamada." Goro Kinoshita replied. "He is responsible for guarding the lighthouse."

"I see." Conan the brat nodded. He suddenly twitched his nose. "Strange, do you guys smell something weird?"

"A weird smell? It seems there is a little bit." Ran also sniffed.

"This... it seems like the smell of gasoline!"

Conan turned his head to observe the surroundings, his gaze falling on the balloon above the stage, and his pupils shrank. He then said to Uncle Mouri, who was pulling the rope, "Uncle Mouri, hurry and dodge!"

"Hm?" Kogoro Mouri was confused, but subconsciously pulled the ribbon.

The balloon above the stage suddenly ignited, turning into a giant fireball that fell from the air.

Kogoro Mouri was startled and hurriedly lunged forward, finally dodging it.

But a ball of flame from the fireball landed right on his protruding butt, scaring him into screaming, "It’s on fire! My butt is on fire!"

"Dad!"

Ran exclaimed, grabbed the fire extinguisher nearby, rushed to Kogoro Mouri’s side, and extinguished the flames on his butt.

"Mr. Mouri!" Goro Kinoshita also came over with another fire extinguisher and put out the still-burning balloon.

Conan ran quickly to the side of the balloon, sniffed, and looked at what was left inside the balloon, his brow furrowed tightly.

Is this an ignition device?

Did someone deliberately set a trap to kill Uncle Mouri?

Conan looked up, assessed the surroundings, and then froze.

Strange, why is Koji Hamada gone?

Logically speaking, if a fire suddenly broke out on stage, a normal person should have rushed up to help, right?

Why did he leave instead?

Also, it’s very strange that this person would appear here. You have to know that the people who came were all old people and children; he was the only middle-aged person.

Could it be that he set the fire?

Fushijima, on the beach by the sea.

It was noon. Although the navy cave was billowing with black energy, the nearby beach was not significantly affected.

Blue sky, white clouds, beach, waves, sea breeze—the scenery was beautiful, making one feel relaxed.

Because of the ghosts on the island, the island refused to solicit tourists, so naturally, there were no tourists on the beach; it was empty.

Akaso Kaze walked out of the cave and shouted to Takeo Mikami from afar.

In the distance, quite a few villagers had gathered.

Hearing Akaso Kaze’s shout, they hurried over.

Takeo Mikami asked respectfully, "Master Akaso, have the navy ghosts in the cave been eliminated?"

After Takeo Mikami finished speaking, the group looked at Akaso Kaze expectantly, waiting for his answer.

"Not yet." Akaso Kaze waved his hand, and at the same time, a roar came from the cave, which sounded very creepy.

"My shikigami is fighting the navy ghosts inside the cave. I feel a bit hungry, so I came out to have lunch. Did you bring the food?"

Takeo Mikami and the others looked at Akaso Kaze with admiration.

See that? This is the demeanor of a great general.

His shikigami is fighting inside, and the Onmyoji has come out to eat!

This is truly confident.

"Yes, all kinds of seafood have been brought. Master Onmyoji, please help yourself."

Takeo Mikami hurriedly signaled the islanders to take the food out of the car.

Five minutes later, in the open space in front of the navy cave.

A large tablecloth was spread on the ground, covered with food brought by the islanders.

There were even various fruits and fine wine.

Akaso Kaze and the islanders ate delicious food and drank fine wine, listening to the sounds of battle coming from the navy cave.

I have to say, eating and drinking in this atmosphere feels great!

There is a feeling of "talking and laughing while the enemy’s ships are reduced to ashes."

"Master, the ghosts have all been eliminated, and a strange thing has been discovered."

Hearing the report from the magic maid via the space, Akaso Kaze stood up hurriedly and walked into the cave.

The end of the cave was a suddenly sunken flat area.

A neat set of brick steps led downward.

These steps should have been built by humans, and it shouldn't have been long ago.

In the center of the sunken flat area, a navy ghost was slowly emerging from the ground.

Akemi Miyano and the Fog Tengu were waiting boredly on the side.

The ghost had finally managed to poke its head out.

The Fog Tengu, which had been waiting impatiently, took a bite.

The ghost’s head immediately went into its stomach.

The Fog Tengu licked its lips in dissatisfaction and continued to wait.

It seems the magic circle is right under this flat area.

Akaso Kaze sent Akemi Miyano back to the space and began to cast magic.

First, a Rainstorm Spell.

Water vapor from the holes in the wall nearby entered, quickly condensing into thick rain clouds.

The pouring rain fell, forming a huge flow of water.

A large amount of mud was washed away by the water, flowing out through the holes in the wall.

A piece of white stuff gradually appeared on the ground.

A chilling aura of the undead spread out.

Akaso Kaze raised an eyebrow.

Is this a magic circle made of skeletons?

A giant disc made of countless white bones appeared on the ground.

At the bottom were dense, thick leg bones; above the leg bones were thinner arm bones; and even higher were ribs.

At the very top was a circle after circle of skulls.

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Judging by the number, there were at least hundreds of skeletons.

In the center of the hundreds of skulls lay a complete skeleton.

He had originally been wearing a robe, but after hundreds of years, it had long since rotted away, leaving only shreds of cloth.

After being washed by the wind and rain just now, nothing remained.

The skeleton’s two palms were protecting its abdomen, and in the center was a giant black gemstone.

A navy ghost was emerging from the gemstone.

So this thing was the one causing all the trouble.

Akaso Kaze felt a surge of joy in his heart.

Finally found something good.

Hand of Intent.

The giant black gemstone appeared immediately in the soul space.