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There are no lights in the castle, and Hoshikawa brought a kerosene lamp from nowhere, which looks even more eerie and weird. When Conan followed Hoshikawa through the hall on the first floor, he saw things covered with white cloth everywhere, more like The kind of abandoned old house that often appears in horror movies.

"Are there no lights here?"

"The wires on the first floor are broken, but there are rooms on the second floor." Hoshikawa explained, and took Conan to the second floor of the castle, which was the previous laboratory.

As he said, the room was much brighter, and Conan could see a lot of unexplained experimental equipment randomly placed in the corner, there were also a lot of paper materials, and of course there were also a lot of white cloth wrapped in something.

Just as Conan was about to lift the white cloth, Hoshinokawa suddenly said behind him: "This is the truth you are looking for."

Conan turned his head and found that Hoshikawa was standing next to a pile of materials. After hesitating for a moment, he stepped forward to pick up the top piece of news.

The time of this news shows that it was a year ago, and the big headline reads "The town where the meteorite fell"

The above content reports the particularity of Xingluo Town. It seems that meteorites have often fallen around the town since ancient times. However, there has never been a record of being directly hit by a meteorite within the town, so it is also called lucky. Many people once visited the craters around the town as tourist attractions, but because of the underdeveloped traffic, the number of tourists finally decreased, and the people in the town still regard agriculture and animal husbandry as their main source of income.

The most conspicuous photo is a photo of the residents of the town and a meteorite that has just fallen, and it is a photo at night, because the most special thing about this meteorite is that it emits a slight fluorescence in the dark, and it is in the spectrometer The bands of light displayed are unlike any known color.

Conan was beating his heart. His level of knowledge allowed him to easily recognize how significant this meteorite is to the scientific community. There may even be elements that humans have never found before, and it was also published in newspapers. It can be said that the meteorite It is not surprising that there exists a whole town that has turned into a paradise for scientists, but why has no one cared about it so far?

Then he thought of what Keiko Qiandao said that the meteorite disappeared shortly after it landed, and a group of people came here to surround the crater. I am afraid they blocked the news.

Those who have the energy to do this kind of thing, don't tell me...

Conan then scrolled down and found that these paper materials recorded some experimental data. These numbers were too obscure, and Conan couldn't understand what experiments they were doing.

He looked up at Xingzhichuan, and Xingzhichuan shrugged: "Don't look at me like that, the content of their experiment is about this meteorite. If you look back, you should be able to find the experiment log."

Conan then continued to search, and indeed found the experiment log at the bottom.

[As in the legend, this meteorite quickly degraded in the air, but it did not disappear. It grew up in a petri dish like a seed, and continued to absorb nutrients to grow itself. 】

[The nutrient solution in the petri dish is changed almost three times a day, and the frequency of changing is getting higher and higher. How much energy does it need to grow up? 】

[The group of fellows who worked with us almost took it for granted, and ordered us to speed up the speed of changing the nutrient solution. Damn it, what kind of monster are we cultivating? 】

[The group of annoying guys left, it seems that the cooperation with the organization broke down, they were forcibly evicted, and we are the only ones left in this place, but the organization requests to continue to study this. 】

organization?

The first time he caught this keyword, Conan immediately cheered up and continued to read.

A lot of content was recorded mechanically, most of which were data that Conan could not understand, like a random memorization, but Conan still read every word carefully until finally a wine name he was familiar with appeared.

[I heard that Pisco took over the supply of materials from our experimental team. Alas, when will this shitty day end? The progress of the experiment has been stuck here since those people withdrew. I really want to transfer to Sherry Wine’s team, At least I heard that their group's experimental building is in Tokyo, I'm really fed up with the countryside. 】

Sherry, pisco.

These are all names Conan is familiar with, and Pisco is, as expected, the old man who almost grabbed Shirley before.

Sure enough, this is an experimental site of the organization!

But what is another organization?Are they working with the Black Organization?What are they studying meteorites for?

Conan continued to look down, and the situation seemed to change suddenly at a certain point.

[Why hasn’t Pisco delivered the nutrient solution yet, the storage is almost used up, and the amount used has become more and more exaggerated recently, and I don’t know if it’s my illusion, there seem to be many strange phenomena in the forest...]

[Must...leave...here, people from the organization came, but they ran away after taking a look at the situation here, strange, what are they afraid of...]

[I... am getting old. 】

The experiment log came to an abrupt end here, but Conan's heart was turned cold, and his long-standing world view was greatly shaken.

Sanity roll failed

san-4

Conan is not an idiot. From these experimental diaries, data, and what happened a year ago from Qiandao Keiko and others, there is a high probability that the unknown plague was the result of the leaked experiment. The absorption is gone, and there may be strange radiation, because the animals and plants have that weird appearance.

And consider the recent resurgence of this phenomenon...

Conan slowly turned his head to look at Hoshikawa, who was smiling at him with his chin on the side. Hoshikawa pointed to himself happily: "Well, I am that meteorite."

This way, the level of outrageousness is equivalent to rejuvenating myself.

Conan nodded rationally, and couldn't help showing a broken expression, it's strange!

"What the hell are you? An alien?" Conan backed away slowly.

"According to your human understanding, it's okay," Hoshikawa said with a smile, "Our race seems to be called 'Star of Color' in human language, I like this name very much, so I named my individual name as Hoshikawa Aya null."

"Why are you nervous? I didn't call you here because I wanted to eat you. If I wanted to do this, you would have become my nutrient."

indeed.

Conan stopped, but still stared at Hoshikawa vigilantly: "So why did you call me here? Is the purpose of this experiment related to the boss of the Black Organization?"

"I don't know about the latter question." Hoshikawa said bluntly, "The purpose of my calling you here is to investigate this matter."

Conan showed a surprised expression: "What do you mean?"

"The so-called Detective Koshien, literally, I need to screen out the smartest detectives to help me find out who is in charge of the experiment." Hoshinokawa explained, "I only have the most basic skills since I woke up. Common sense, I don’t know what happened to me, is it human nature to want to investigate clearly, just like someone turned you back into a child, don’t you want to find the murderer and turn yourself back?”

Conan's heart skipped a beat, and he tried to play dumb: "Ahaha, what are you talking about..."

"Your soul and vitality do not match your current body. The total amount is too large for a child, even far exceeding the average adult." Hoshikawa approached Conan and sniffed, and licked his lower lip. "The smell is weird. Delicious, can I have a bite? Just one bite."

Conan hastily pushed Hoshikawa's approaching face away with both hands: "Eat... it can't be the one I thought."

"Don't worry, it's not that bloody, it's just a name for absorbing vitality, and of course it's not the magic tonic in the little butter."

Conan froze for a moment, and blushed: "Idiot! Who would think so!"

But in any case, Conan still firmly refused to be eaten, which made Hoshinokawa very regretful.

Conan put aside the messy thoughts in his head, let reason control his brain again, and then he keenly noticed that Hoshinogawa's purpose and his own purpose might be the same.

Although I don't know if I can trust Xingzhichuan, but assuming that the information he saw is true, at least they have a common enemy, and that is the organization in black.

And Conan also wanted to know what happened to the organization that cooperated with the black organization in the experiment, and even what the purpose of the experiment conducted by the black organization was.

After pondering for a moment, he was about to speak when he suddenly smelled a strange odor at the tip of his nose. At this moment, he heard Hoshinokawa say in a brisk tone: "Of course, let's talk about specific cooperation projects after you survive." .”

"What do you mean?" Conan was stunned for a second, but he soon knew.

Gray smoke slowly seeped in from the window.

……

Going back to 10 minutes ago, Hattori published some reasoning, and Eri, who was the murderer, quickly pleaded guilty.

"It's over, and the murderer has been found, it's time for us to go back." Ireland's face was ugly, and he could hardly bear it anymore.

And the strange feeling of being unable to leave the town for a long time before still lingered in his mind. Just in case, he sent a text message directly to Qin Jiu, saying that he was entangled by the police and could not leave the town, and asked the organization for support.

He didn't know if Gin would come in person, but at least to send out Star Color, it was a bomb, a bomb that would send the organization into the abyss, at least Ireland believed so.

For this reason, he must not detonate here, nor can he be seen by others. The final revenge against the organization has almost been Ireland's obsession for the past few days.

"Um, it's not enough for now, you are all the first witnesses, and you still need to fill in some records." Hattori suddenly stopped.

The police who originally wanted to say that other people can go back suddenly looked at Hattori in doubt: "Actually, these things can be written tomorrow."

"But look, there are still some puzzles that haven't been solved yet." Hattori smiled dryly, and glanced at the time without any trace.

Ireland stared at Hattori twice, staring at Hattori's scalp numbly. The blond man sneered and said, "Let the detective solve that kind of puzzle quickly. I want to go home and sleep quickly."

Just when Hattori was at a loss, a policewoman suddenly appeared and said, "Have any of you seen Keiko Chishima?"

Everyone looked at her, and someone from the police asked, "What happened?"

"I wanted to check on Miss Qiandao, but I couldn't find anyone." The policewoman who hurried over said anxiously, "The door of the room is also open."

Hattori suddenly remembered something: "Where is Detective Meguro? Have you seen where Meguro is?"

"No……"

"Don't worry, let's search together, maybe Miss Qiandao has recovered and just wants to go for a walk..." The male policeman said that he couldn't believe it, "Okay, let's go and search carefully. "

A group of people were also looking for people in the homestay. Hattori thought of something and went straight to the backyard. He was relieved to see Keiko Qiandao's car staying where it was, but soon he noticed the two people in the trunk of the car. Tanks of gasoline were gone.

At the same time, gray mist rose from above the forest.

"It's on fire?!" Conan belatedly opened the door. There was no fire in the castle, but there was thick smoke and a choking smell. Conan quickly squatted down, lowered his body and ran to the window to check the fire. He was relieved to see that there was indeed a fire outside, but fortunately, because the surrounding trees had lost their vitality and there was nothing to burn, the fire did not spread to the forest.

The walls of the castle are not combustible, and the fire is not very big.

But no matter what, you still have to run out quickly.

Conan was about to turn around and take out the materials together. These are all evidences of the black organization's experiment, but just as he turned around, he suddenly heard a subtle beeping sound.

Hearing the sound, Conan looked towards the direction covered by the white cloth, obviously having an ominous premonition, he took two or three steps and lifted a corner of the white cloth.

This glance made his heart half cold.

Under the white cloth is a ticking time bomb.

……

"Hurry up! The center of the forest is on fire!" Hattori ran ahead, followed by a group of policemen who didn't know the truth, but soon no one questioned his judgment. As they gradually approached the center of the forest, a choking smell and Black smoke followed, and the woman's sharp laughter could be faintly heard.

"Wait a minute, Hattori!"

Without listening to the worries behind, Hattori strode across the edge of the forest, raised his head, and looked at the scene in front of him.

The woman was laughing, she was laughing maniacally, throwing the dry branches she collected into the raging fire, next to a gas tank that had fallen on the ground and had run out, she was laughing while dancing a strange dance, and it was very familiar to Hattori.

It seems to be... the exorcism dance performed at the festival.

Because I saw it not long ago, Hattori still had a certain impression of it. Seeing the flames burning around the castle, he hurried forward and grabbed the woman's arm: "What are you doing, stop!"

Shockingly, the woman's strength seemed to be crazily stimulated at this moment, and she easily broke free from Hattori's palm, with a crazy smile on the corner of her mouth: "This castle needs exorcism! There are unknown beings living here!"

Ireland, who was at the back of the crowd, saw this and his eyes flickered for a moment, and he quietly put his hand behind his back into his pocket. Inside was a small remote control, and he pressed it without hesitation.

From the perspective of Ireland, it can be seen that although it seems to be burning fiercely at present, without the support of follow-up inflammable materials, this kind of fire will be easily extinguished. Does not spread too far.

But this is troublesome. When the fire is extinguished and the police enter the castle, they will discover the secrets hidden inside.

The bomb placed inside was originally intended to be used by Ireland to destroy the evidence after they left. All paper materials have been backed up and uploaded to the organization. All that remains is to bring Xingzhichuan back and destroy the evidence to complete the task.

Almost at the next moment, there were several roars in the castle. Under the cover of the fire outside, everyone could only hear a few muffled noises. Hattori anxiously surrounded the castle, as if trying to find a way in, but was stopped by the police outside. Next: "What are you doing? It's too dangerous! Go back!"

"Let go of me, Gong... Conan is still inside!"

"What?!" Xiaolan who followed was shocked, "Conan is in there too?"

"There is also this gentleman's child. The boy said that he would go back here to rest. I don't know if he came out before the fire." The voice of the female policeman sounded.

Everyone immediately looked at Ireland. Ireland was pale, as if unable to accept this fact, and stood there stupidly.

He lowered his head, but no one saw the sneer on the corner of his mouth. If the flames could hurt that brat, he wouldn't have to spend so much effort.

It doesn't matter even if the castle burns down, as long as the people from the organization come over, it is not unacceptable for him to dig out the existence of Star River in the ruins of the castle.

……

"Cough, cough, cough, cough!" Conan dragged his bloody arm with difficulty, wrapped his mouth and nose with the fabric torn from his coat, and lowered his body weight as much as possible to prevent excessive inhalation of black smoke. The explosion happened too quickly. Suddenly, after discovering the bomb wrapped in white cloth, he pulled Hoshinogawa out without hesitation, but at the last moment the fragments of the bomb exploded and scratched his arm.

The raging fire burned almost instantly in the castle. Maybe those were not just bombs, but also put something like a combustion accelerant. Conan recalled the white cloth in the hall on the first floor when he entered the castle, and went to the stairs to see it with difficulty. At a glance, the first floor is burning too fast to even get close to it.

Of course, the laboratory where the data was stored was also destroyed, and the most fatal thing was that his arms and ankles were also scratched. Now Conan and Hoshinogawa are in the corridor on the second floor, but they cannot move forward or retreat.

Ireland is professional in arranging bombs, and no room or corner is missed. If you stay in the castle when the bomb detonates, you must be burned alive or blown to death.

"Hurry up...escape." Conan leaned against the wall, struggling to breathe. The thick smoke in the air had interfered with his thinking, but now he had to keep thinking to escape.

Xing Zhichuan was standing beside him. Surprisingly, his clothes were a little damaged, but the skin underneath was unscathed. He was still standing upright, but his eyes and expression were not affected by any thick smoke, and the flames were burning His castle is as meaningless to him as a backdrop.

Seeing Conan's distressed appearance, the boy applauded seriously: "Come on."

Conan suddenly lost his temper: "Don't you need my reasoning ability? If I die here, your puzzle game will be meaningless!"

"Even if you say that..." Hoshikawa sighed deeply, "But I don't have any abilities. As you can see, I can only blur my body and ignore all attacks, but I have no attack power myself!"

"So even if I want to take you out, I can't do it. Now I can only take your charred corpse out through the flames, so at best, I can only cheer you on as a cheerleader." Or, the boy seriously made a gesture The movement of clenching fists, "Come on, you must survive, detective!"

Conan just wanted to roll his eyes: "What else would you do besides this?"

"Dry rice!" Xingzhichuan answered earnestly, like the truth in the world, "When did you feel that it was hopeless to ask for help, can you promise me and let me have a taste?"

It's a pity that the only audience is unable to complain about him. Conan will not do anything to waste energy from now on, because every bit of energy from now on is extremely precious.

Come to think of it, there must be other exits...

Conan had a flash of inspiration, remembering that the last time he came to the castle, he took the exit of the back door, and the words there might not have been burned yet.

Conan still remembered the route, because the back was different from the front, and he took another staircase. He ignored the endless talk of Star River, and moved his body with difficulty to walk there.

Not yet, he can't die here...

Lan was still outside, and Conan didn't dare to imagine how her expression would break down if the last thing she saw was her charred body.

The fire seemed to be growing.

A double image appeared before Conan's eyes. He knew it was a manifestation of hypoxia and carbon dioxide poisoning. He seemed to be unable to perceive where his body was, and the only thing supporting him was the bright smiling face of the girl in his memory.

However, Mao Lilan's beautiful smile was gradually distorted under the phantom of the flames. Conan looked desperately at the stairs that were also engulfed by the flames. If he walked here again, only charred corpses would get out.

finished.

Conan slowly sat down against the wall, his eyes were loose, and there were scenes of phantoms in front of his eyes. It turned out that the saying that there is a revolving lantern before death is true...

He seemed to see a lot of people. Dr. Ali was rambling about that he had already done the land inspection, but why Kudo couldn’t get in touch again, Haibara would say contemptuously that he must have solved the case silently and left this matter behind. up.

The parents are still living abroad heartlessly in a two-person world, occasionally worrying about this son who has been involved in a huge conspiracy.

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko should be asleep at this time, and they may complain about not knowing where he went to school the next day.

And Lan...

The girl's face appears the most, from a small girl to a slim girl, and the last scene is Lan who stared blankly at his back in the amusement park that day.

Did he look back at that time, it seems that he didn't.

Damn, I'm so unwilling.

"Do you regret it?" Hoshikawa stood in front of Conan, looking down at him, "If you don't mind your own business, you won't be trapped in this kind of place."

"The truth you are looking for is meaningless, because behind the truth is only greater powerlessness and despair. Even if you know the truth, so what, you can't stop anything."

Xing Zhichuan's eyes flickered against the flames, he squatted down, and said with a smile: "In this world, the more you know, the faster you die, little detective."

Conan didn't respond for a long time, Hoshikawa blinked, it must have been cold.

Oh, why isn't that guy here yet?

Just as he was thinking, a heavy figure walked slowly in the corridor not far away.

Wearing heavy armor and wearing air breathing agent on his face, he struggled through the sea of ​​fire, walking towards Conan with a clear goal.

Hoshikawa muttered, "It's too slow, investigator."

Meguro Eluo under the helmet rolled his eyes. With such a big fire and such a large area of ​​the castle, do you know how much luck and investigation it takes to find someone?

Especially to be lucky, Meguro's old life is almost killed, the evidence is the various scorched marks on his body, and more than half of the blood line.

He didn't have the strength to speak anymore, so he put on an insulated suit for Conan without saying a word, took out the last bottle of flame retardant from his pocket and threw it in the corridor, and then carried Conan on his back to forcefully cross the stairs.

Look, it is still useful to bring so much equipment, and it will come in handy someday.

Oh, these are redeemed by the system, that's fine.

Meguro was always paying attention to Conan's breathing and the surrounding situation. At this moment, he seemed to vaguely see Conan's lips moving.

"The mission of a detective...is...to discover the truth..."

Hoshikawa, who was following him, tilted his head slightly, realizing that Conan was answering what he just said.

What a paranoid, powerless, and funny human being.

The corners of Meguro Era's mouth raised under the mask, and he also said in an inaudible voice: "Welcome to the world of investigators, Kudo Shinichi."

You will experience meaningless deaths, hopeless futures, and truths that become more hopeless the more you know them.

But that's part of the investigator anyway, isn't it.