Volume 20.
File 10: Invitation to an isolated castle.


Genta: Pffffff�so stupid�forget the tent when you go camping�
Mitsuhiko: Our vacation is completely spoiled�
Ayumi: And it looks like we�re lost�
Agasa: Oh! Stop complaining a little, ok?
Conan: I think we�re going to sleep in the nature tonight, in the car�
Ayumi: WHAT?
Mitsuhiko: Surely, there�s a hotel or something�
Ayumi: Yes, or a castle, where you can see a lake�
Conan: That�s too much�
Ai: Maybe not�
Conan: Huh?

Ayumi: Waouh! It�s superb!
Mitsuhiko: It seems like a castle from the past!
Agasa: But why a castle in the woods?
Conan: I�m sure it�s one if those rich who paid for a castle, and re-built it here�
Agasa: Eh, what! What are you doing?!
Genta: What do you think? I�m going inside� And I�m having an excursion�
Asumi: Ah�

Tabata: WHERE YOU COME FROM, BRAT??! YOU ENTERED WITHOUT
             PERMISSION!!! ( Katsuo Tabata. 41 years old. Gardener of the Mamiya)
Agasa: Hey! It�s ok, we won�t do anything bad!
Tabata: Huh? Who are you?
Agasa: We were lost, and we�ve seen this splendid castle and�And we were wondering
            if we could visit it�
Tabata: Go back home!! It�s not a touristic place here�
Mitsuru: Hmm�Who are those people?
Tabata: Ah, sir!!
Mitsuru: I thought we were not having guests today�( Mitsuru Mamiya. 49 years old.
              Husband of the first daughter of the Mamiya.)

Tabata: This old guy with his stupid face asks if he can enter�
Agasa: Stupid face�You should know I�m a famous scientist !!!
Mitsuru: A scientist?
Agasa: Yes�my name is Hiroshi Agasa, and I am a famous scientist�a little actually�
Mitsuru: Oh yeah�
Conan: Ah ahahahaha�
Mitsuru: So you�re a �brain��someone who reacts faster than the average
              people�Please, come in! Why don�t you spend the night here?
Agasa: Oooh! That�s very nice from you!
Conan: Are we really going to sleep here?
Tabata: But, sir! To do that without Madam�s permission�
Mitsuru: you only have to say that they�re my friends�In her state, she will believe it�
Agasa: In her state?
Tabata: She is old and sometimes lose her head�

Genta: It�s so cool!
Mitsuhiko: What a big garden!
Ayumi: Oh! A horse!
Genta: there are black ones too!
Mitsuhiko: but why there�s only the head?
Ai: because they are not simple horses�these horses are the knights�in the chess game..
Ayumi: the chess game?
Conan: not only the tokens, but also the grass�it�s for a chess game�
Ayumi: they shape it for a game�

Agasa: Is there somebody here who likes chess?
Tabata: I dunno�I only have to maintain it every day, according to the former master
             of the house, Mr. Sadaaki�Mr. Sadaaki respected his father�s testament too,
            dead 15 yrs ago�
Agasa: If it�s the former master, then who is the guy we met?
Tabata: It�s the second husband of madam: Mr. Mitsuru�.Mr. Sadaaki has deceased
             6 yrs ago, after a long disease�And Madam has also deceased 4 yrs ago, in a
             terrible fire�
Agasa: A terrible fire?
Tabata: You see over there? This burnt tower? Her bedroom was over there�It happened
             just after that Madam came back to the castle�For a long time, Madam didn�t
             celebrate the big lady�s birthday�She arrived in the middle of the night, and
             before dawn, the fire took place...Madam was not the only victim�There were
             friends she brought, servants, who served the big lady�In all, more than ten
             people died in the flames�I am among the survivors with others who were there
             not a long time ago�The big lady and Mr. Mitsuru survived too, and this man
             too, over there�

Tabata: The only heir of Mrs. and Mr. Sadaaki�Mr. Takahito�He came back two or
             three days before the fire but�I heard he studied in another country when he was
             very young, and I believed it was the first time I met him�It was also the first
             time I met Mr. Mitsuru�Madam married again in a foreign country, she lived
             there with Mr. Mitsuru for a long time�I don�t know why but Mr. Takahito and
             Mr. Mitsuru stayed in the castle since this terrible fire�Like they were being
             witched by something�
Agasa: But how did you recognize them since you never saw them?
Tabata: We knew Mr. Mitsuru�s face because Madam sent pictures of her wedding�
              And for Madam�s son, Mr. Takahito�Look�

Tabata: He looks like his father a lot�
Agasa: And what about the two other paintings?
Tabata: It�s Mr. Sadaaki and Madam�Mr. Sadaaki who was adopted in state of
             husband�.was a historian and had a lot of respect for the �father��Madam
             was very jealous�and I heard Mr. Sadaaki often said�
Masuyo: � Father was only an intellectual who critics everything��




         

Tabata: Oh.. But since the fire, Madam is�
Masuyo: Tell her to go to my room when she arrives�I can�t wait!
Tabata: She�s like that since the fire�
Agasa: It had to be a big shock for her�
Conan: Hey, is there a room where we can see the chess game of the garden?
Tabata: HM?

Detective Boys: Waouh! It�s so cool!! We can see the game!!
Genta: Hey! Where? I can�t see!
Mitsuhiko: We can also see from this room!
Genta: Really?
Ai: �
Conan: Hmm�
Ai: Are you happy?
Conan: Huh?
Ai: It�s a coded message, exactly how you like it, right? Right?
Conan: Yes, but�

Ayumi: Hey! What are the two of you doing?
Conan & Ai: Huh?
Ayumi: You�re gonna fall!
Mitsuhiko & Genta: AAAAAAHHHHH�
Conan: Stupid�What the hell are you doing? Huh? It seemed to me that the window of
            the room I was earlier was also near the wall�so what�s this space?
TOC�TOC�TOC�
BOM BOM

Conan: HM? A clock? Since always�This kind of thing�When you move the needles
            somewhere�
CLICK!
Conan:  AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Genta: Hm?
Mitsuhiko: What? Conan was with us earlier, right?
Genta: Yes�

Conan: I see� It�s no ordinary castle�First a light�Huh? Stairs�Hm�it goes
             far�Where does it lead to?
TAC
Conan: HM?  But�It�s�

BOUM!!!!!
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