The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Xiaolan isn't here?

Conan's ears twitched as he stood nearby, and the expression on his face immediately became anxious.

Qin Zhibo thought for two seconds and said into the intercom: "Then let me come and find you. You can help others rescue the princess."

"When I find someone, I'll meet you outside..."

Kudo Yusaku on the other side was stunned. This masked man from a certain organization didn't know Xiaolan. How could he find Xiaolan?

But when he wanted to ask more details, the intercom stopped answering.

Mouri Kogoro and "Conan" standing nearby asked anxiously, "How is it?"

Kudo Yusaku put away the walkie-talkie, "The other two people working with us are going to find Xiaolan..."

When Mouri Kogoro heard this, he immediately shook his head, "No! My daughter's safety cannot be left in the hands of an outsider!"

"Yes!" Conan also rarely agreed with Mouri Kogoro's idea.

But Kudo Yusaku did not answer, but raised his hand to hold his chin, frowning slightly, recalling in his mind the afternoon when the masked man found Lupine III's stronghold.

If that man really knows "magic"...

Kudo Yusaku only has a guess in this regard, but he cannot be 100% sure.

But in the current situation, the palace may discover an intruder at any time, and Mao Lilan has disappeared for a whole day. It is simply an impossible task for the three of them to find Mao Lilan in a short time.

"Mr. Mori, I understand how you feel, but the best thing to do now is to do what that person says."

"As long as we can find the princess, even if we fail to find Xiaolan this time, we can still preserve opportunities for the future..."

Kudo Yusaku didn't say it too clearly, but the basic meaning is to use the princess as a hostage to replace Mao Lilan.

Of course, the premise of this plan is that the princess is still important to the country and Mao Lilan is still alive.

After listening to Kudo Yusaku's rational analysis, Conan and Mouri Kogoro gritted their teeth angrily. Although they were reluctant to give up, they understood that this was the only choice.

Seeing that the two of them no longer raised any objections, Kudo Yusaku looked down at Conan and said calmly: "Conan, do you know where the princess may be?"

"Um!"

Conan nodded.

"Okay, let's leave quickly!"

With Conan leading the way, two adults, Kudo Yusaku and Mouri Kogoro, ran towards the corner of the stairs.

On the other side of the underground prison, Qin Zhibo also parted ways with Conan.

"I'll go find Xiaolan, you go rescue the big thief."

Qin Zhibo assigned Conan a simple task and planned to find Mao Lilan's location alone.

This is partly to save time.

On the other hand, Qin Zhibo was worried that there might be an encounter during the rescue of Mao Lilan.

Once the opponent has a larger number of people, he will not be able to ensure Conan's safety during the battle.

Conan looked up at Qin Zhibo with a serious face and asked subconsciously: "Can you do it yourself?"

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly and said, "Remove the word '?'."

Seeing that Qin Zhibo was still as reliable as ever, Conan nodded in confidence.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Xiaolan."

After saying that, the two ran along the prison passage with their backs to each other.

Qin Zhibo first ran back to the prison console where the two tied up guards had not yet woken up.

Judging from the footage fed back from the surveillance camera, Conan was heading towards the prison area where Lupine III was located, and there were no patrolling guards along the way.

But the strange thing is that there is indeed no figure of Xiaolan in this prison.

In other words, Xiaolan is neither held here as a prisoner nor under house arrest like Moori Kogoro.

Where would that be?

At this time, reasoning has no effect, and we can only use magic to find some ways to break the situation.

Qin Zhibo put on the magic extractor, closed his eyes, and started to use the finding spell.

When I didn't use the finding spell before, I assumed that Mao Lilan and Princess Mira were relatively close. Even if I used the spell, I couldn't determine which one was which.

And in complex buildings, a general sense of direction can easily be misleading.

But now I have to do it.

As the image of Mao Lilan appeared in my mind, two senses of direction appeared at the same time.

Although in reality, Mao Lilan and Mira still have different looks if you look carefully, the object-finding spell cannot make such a detailed distinction, no matter how close they are to the target.

Additionally, mythical creatures are nearly immune to the fetch spell.

The first time I used the finding spell, even the cooked and frozen lobsters in the supermarket freezer were recognized as Mi-Go.

Two directions, which one is it?

Qin Zhibo felt that he was in an infinitely dark space at this time, with only two red ribbons floating in the air in front of him.

Two ribbons, one represents Maorilan and the other represents Mira.

Qin Zhibo raised his hand, wanting to grab one at random, but he couldn't believe his luck of only 35.

Which one is it?

Suddenly, he remembered the information sent back by Conan yesterday, saying that one of the conditions for Duke Kilard's cooperation with Mi-Go was to ensure the acquisition of Princess Mira.

Why does Kirad want a princess?

The princess is as beautiful as a flower and in her prime, so she is extremely valuable from the perspective of a political marriage or simply as a female object.

Since it is valuable, it should be under house arrest somewhere and not be mistreated.

Qin Zhibo looked at the direction of the two ribbons. One was floating above his head, and the other was almost parallel to his height.

One is high up, and the other is underground like myself.

The one at the top is the princess, and the one below is Xiaolan!

Qin Zhibo quickly grabbed the red ribbon in front of him, opened his eyes and looked forward.

The brain spliced ​​the direction in which the red ribbon was floating in the residual vision of the eye with the map of the palace, and found that the location pointed to the newly built underground system of the palace.

The Royal Palace of Vespagna has two underground systems. One is an old underground system from decades ago, including air raid shelters, escape passages, and underground prisons.

The other set is an underground system newly built in recent years, mainly underground warehouses, treasure houses, etc.

The two systems are not connected underground. You can only go up to the first floor and then enter through another underground entrance.

Qin Zhibo determined the route and headed towards the target direction.

Not long after Qin Zhibo ran away, Conan in the surveillance screen also came to the prison area where Lupine III was.

When a one-meter-tall child wearing a golden mask appeared outside the cell door, Lupine III and his friends were stunned and couldn't say anything meaningful for a moment.

"S-Child?"

"Whose child is it? Jiyuan, do you know him?"

"I do know someone in this country who is about the same age... but it shouldn't be right?"

"Hmm - very suspicious...Kid, which unit are you from?"

Lupine the Third smiled and propped up half of his body, his tone also very toneless.

Conan couldn't help but murmur in his heart as he looked at the trio of people meditating or lying down in the cell.

Can a person like this be more powerful than Kaitou Kidd?

If Kaitou Kidd had been locked up in a cell like this, he would have probably escaped long ago, right?

But now is not the time to complain. Conan didn't waste any more nonsense. He took out a bunch of keys from the guard and threw them inside through the gap in the iron railing.

Snap.

The key fell to the ground.

Lupine the Third, who was chewing thatch to relieve his boredom, propped himself up and took a look, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Hey! Key!"

Before Lupine the Third could stand up, Daisuke Jigen who was on the side had already rushed up to pick up the keys, got the locks in front of the iron door and started trying them one by one.

"This...not this...nor this..."

"Hey! Jiyuan, could you please hurry up?"

"Stop pressing! There are so many keys here, how can I know which one they are?"

"If I had a knife in my hand..."

Looking at the three people who still needed to try the keys one by one, Conan's expression under the mask became even more helpless.

The world's number one phantom thief?

I Tui~

Conan's own height is a bit reluctant to reach the door lock, but he also has other ways to "open the door".

I saw Conan take out a piece of sling from the pocket of his denim jacket, wrap the sling around the two iron bars of the cell, and then adjust the tension on the counter.

10N, 20N...2000N!

The number on the counter instantly increased by two digits, which shocked Lupine III, who was quietly observing next to him.

This is equivalent to a force of 200 kilograms, and this is only the limit that Conan can visually test the iron railings, not the limit of the telescopic sling invented by the doctor.

Conan pressed the button under the counter, and the straps tightened immediately. The two iron railings trapped inside were also bent unsurprisingly, creating a wide gap that normal adults could pass through.

"Come out of here..." Conan said calmly.

Jigen Daisuke, who was trying the key, looked to the side and could only say "Hey", not understanding what happened.

Lupine the Third got out of the widening gap and glanced at the retractable sling that Conan had put back in his arms, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes.

"Kid, how did you get here?"

Lupine the Third looked down at Conan, with a smile on the monkey's face that Conan thought was a bit mean.

Conan didn't want to get involved with these unfamiliar people, so he said directly: "It was the uncle named Zenigata who asked me to rescue you."

When Lupine III heard this, he raised his hands in the air and shouted loudly.

"Uncle! Woohoo~Long live!"

At this time, Jigen Daisuke from behind also came out, stretched his arms with a comfortable expression, and twisted his neck three times to the left and three times to the right.

"Phew, it's finally out."

Next is Ishikawa Goemon dressed as a ronin. The first thing he said when he came out of the cell was, "Where is my sword..."

Lupine III turned back to look at Ishikawa Goemon, with a slight smile on his lips.

"Of course I need to find your sword, and the debt those guys owe us and Fujiko must also be repaid."

"Hmph..."

While snoring coldly, Conan felt that the auras of the three people suddenly changed.

The leader, Lupine III, instantly evolved from a clown to a boss-level smile, giving people a sinister feeling.

The man in a suit on the side is holding the top hat on his head with one hand, and there is an elusive smile on his lips.

The ronin man holding his shoulders had a serious face, and his eyes showed a chilling air that looked down upon the world.

Conan looked up in disbelief at the three men standing in front of him, who were all in a state of decadence just a minute ago.

Now they...

All of them are evil!

…

Royal Palace of Vespania, Princess Room.

Mira was sitting in front of the dressing table, her beautiful face had been put on exquisite makeup, and her gorgeous long dress was also neatly arranged. She looked completely different from the embarrassment she had yesterday.

She stared at herself in the mirror expressionlessly, seemingly calm and composed, but in fact her little hands on her legs were trembling slightly.

The reason for the trembling was none other than that between the pleats of the fluffy white skirt, a pair of sharp scissors was already held in her hand.

After thinking about the atrocities that were almost committed last night, Mira decided to die together with Duke Kilard.

Although she wanted to save the current situation of the country and save those imprisoned cronies, her power alone was really limited.

Being weak and lacking in political ideas, she couldn't even get out of this small room.

And judging from Kirad's confident words last night, he has completely controlled the palace inside and out, even the queen and prince.

This made Mira even more desperate.

But thinking of the conversation with the strange man that day, Mira felt that she couldn't escape directly by committing suicide.

Even if the country cannot be completely saved, we must work with Kirad...

At this moment, the door to the room opened, and a burly middle-aged man in a green suit opened the door and walked in.

The person coming was none other than Duke Kilard.

He stood at the door, stroking his mustache and looking at the girl's graceful body with lustful eyes.

"Mira, when I heard that you had figured it out, I immediately put down my government affairs and rushed over."

"Look how much I care about you, uncle~"

The man's greasy words made Mira feel sick while sitting in the chair.

She tightened her hands on the scissors, suppressed the anger in her heart, and forced a smile in front of the mirror.

"Uncle Kilard, I've thought about it..."

"Instead of becoming a prisoner, I would rather become your princess and enjoy the same glory and wealth as before..."

"Is it right?"

Mira thinks that her only value is political marriage, which is what Kirad wants.

But she could not have guessed that this was not what Kirad cared about. The only thing he was greedy for was Mira's body that he had seen since childhood.

However, Kirad did not point it out, but followed Mira's words.

"Yes, yes, as long as you follow me, you will still be a princess in this country, and all conditions will be the same as before..."

Kirad was very happy that Mira had figured it out. Looking at Mira's green face, he swallowed without concealment, turned around and was about to close the door.

But when he saw the guards outside the door, he felt a little disgusted.

These guards were no ordinary guards. He didn't want to be eavesdropped by these hateful-looking creatures when he was doing business.

As long as he thinks of the true appearance of these creatures, even the toughest man will become soft.

He has been waiting for this moment for more than ten years, and this first experience cannot be discounted!

"You guys stay a little further away from the door, but not too far."

The expressionless guard glanced at Kirad, turned and left without answering.

Only then did Kirad close the door with satisfaction, turned his head, took off his suit, threw it to the ground casually, and walked towards Mira.

"Mira...my princess..."

"Stand up and show me!"

Kirad's face was so excited that he couldn't hide it, but he stopped two meters away from Mira.

Mira glanced at Kirad with disgust, and could only reluctantly stand up and face Kirad.

Mira, who was dressed very beautifully, made the animal nature in Kirad's heart soar, and he could no longer control his desire, and rushed towards Mira like a wolf and a tiger.

"my princess!"

He opened his arms and rushed towards Mira, completely unaware of the sharp edge hidden under the pleats of her skirt.

Mira's unnatural expression and trembling forearms were also understood by the brain on the worm's head as the girl's first nervousness.

Kirad hugged Mira's delicate body regardless of the situation, opened his big mouth and was about to nibble on the tender red apple-like cheek.

Suddenly, a sharp stinging sensation came from my chest!

"Well……"

Kirad's body trembled, as if his body was mechanical, and he tremblingly let go of his arms holding Mira.

He looked down and saw a pair of bright scissors stuck in his chest!