| 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!!!!! |