| Volume 21. File 1: And again� Boum! Murderer: Mpf�mpf�mpf�mpf� Ayumi: What?! Conan has disappeared? But he was in the room with you right? Genta: I think so� Mitsuhiko: We were looking elsewhere�When we looked back, he had disappeared� Ai: � A fallen chair and books on the floor�A clock which window has stayed open� Even the time is not right�no� Ayumi: Huh? Mitsuhiko: Hey, Haibara? Takahito: Hey you! That�s not good�to do stupid things!!! Agasa: Did they do something bad? Takahito: No�Just a silly thing� Agasa: A silly thing? Ayumi: No! We were looking for Conan who has disappeared! Weren�t we? Genta: Yes� Tabata: He must have gone to the restroom! They are in the floor underneath� Genta: If he�s really in the restroom, it would have nice to have told us� Mitsuhiko: That�s true� Ai: � Tabata: Oh? That�s weird�He�s not here� Agasa: Is there any restroom apart this one? Takahito: It�s a wing of the castle that we don�t use often: there�s only that one� Genta: Maybe he is hidden, and he wants to surprise us, huh? Mitsuhiko: That�s possible�yes, sometimes, Conan has some juvenile sides� Ayumi: Yes! Agasa: And those are children who said that� Butler: Mr. Takahito, dinner is ready.. Takahito: It�s already time for dinner? I also gave orders for dinner for you� Would you want to eat with us? Genta: Huh? Really? Ayumi: But we have to find Conan� Takahito: Don�t worry! When he will begin to be hungry, he will show up� Detective boys: Wow!!! Looks good!! Bon appetit! Mitsuru: Hahaha�It�s nice to dine with guests� Takahito: Yes�When I was a child, we often had guests�but since mother had died in this fire� Agasa: I heard that both of you were staying in this castle since the fire, but why? Takahito: For my part, I decided that after college, I would come back to the castle� In order to be calm to draw� Mitsuru: In the beginning, I was staying here to take care of mother-in-law who had lost her only daughter, but�Later, this castle where my wife grew up, begun to please me� Masuyo: Pfffttt�More than the castle itself�wouldn�t the treasure of it please you? Mitsuru: Grandmother�Hahahaha�You are right! It would be a lie to say that the will of my dad-in-law didn�t intrigue me�That�s why I invited some scientists friends and� Masuyo: Pffff�And to say that my daughter had been mistaken by her husband�s greed�I will eat in my room! When my daughter arrives, tell her that I�m waiting for her! I must do my medical treatment! Takahito: �Grandmother still thinks that mom is still alive� Mitsuru: It isn�t surprising that she�s a little crazy�Since she broke her leg, it has been 10 years that she hadn�t left the castle�Oh, Mr. Agasa, could you solve the mystery of the castle? Agasa: Huh? Mitsuru: What? You didn�t hear? In his will, my father-in-law said: � I will give my treasure to the one who will solve the mystery of this castle�� Agasa: Hmm�yes. The gardener, Mr. Tabata, talked about it�I don�t know where To begin� Ai: The pieces of the chess game that are in the garden� Ai: If the one who had hidden the treasure is the one that had also built the chess game in the garden�It�s very probable that the chess game is a clue� Mitsuru: Oh yeah� Agasa: Rea�Really, Ai? Takahito: Have you solved the mystery? Ai: It would surprising, wouldn�t it? Even though you haven�t solved it in 4 years� The only person able to solve it, �the gourmet of mysteries�, has disappeared somewhere in this castle, right? Mitsuru: �The gourmet� Takahito: �of mysteries�? Maid: Here you go! Would that bag be ok? Ayumi: Thank you! Mitsuhiko: Why this bag? Ayumi: I�m gonna keep half of my bread for Conan! He must be hungry. Mitsuhiko: Oh yeah� Mitsuru: Hey, where is the little boy with the glasses? Agasa: Yeah�We didn�t see him for a while�We were going to look for him after dinner� Takahito: This castle could be a real labyrinth. Maybe he�s lost� Mitsuru: I hope he didn�t go in the tower�. Agasa: The tower? Mitsuru: Yes�Maybe you saw it on the left of the castle? I�m talking about the burnt tower surrounded by grass, in what I lost my wife 4 years ago�Exactly 2 years ago, on a night, a servant that we just hired disappeared�We didn�t even realize it�I heard he said to the other servants: � There�s something in this tower�, so we looked for him near this tower. We found some clues that someone was there, but we didn�t fin him�.We called the police and looked into the forest� Agasa: And? Mitsuru: 4 days later, we finally found him� Mitsuru: Completely emaciated�He was dead of hunger� Agasa: But�why? Mitsuru: That�The police classed the case as an accidental death: he would have been lost in the forest, but�Among the servants, a strange rumor circulated, and since, we closed the tower�They said that my wife�s ghost and other dead people�s possessed him� Ayumi: Then we have to find Conan quickly�He�s going to be thin too, and� Genta: Here, keep my bread for him too� Mitsuhiko: Take mine too� Takahito: But� I heard there was an accident but I didn�t hear a person was dead� Mitsuru: Yes. It happened during those two months while you were traveling� Hm�Let�s split in groups and go look for him�before it�s too dark� Agasa: Hey!! Conan! Where are you?! Show up!! Tabata: I don�t think he�s in the garden! Takahito: We looked inside the castle and nothing� Agasa: so he should be in this tower� Mitsuru: No�I just went to the entrance and it was closed� Tabata: In this caase, the forest is the only one left� Takahito: But it�s already dark�And it�s raining too� Mitsuru: It�s dangerous to go into the forest at night�It would be wiser to call the police, and go on looking for him tomorrow�Let�s go back� Mitsuhiko: But� Ayumi: Co�Conan! Ai: It�s ok�Conan is stronger than you think� Ayumi: Huh? Ai: He is able to find an exit by himself� And instead of crying, you should hold your bag in order not to get it wet� Ayumi: Yes� Genta: Hey!!! Mitsuhiko: You�re gonna be sick� Ai: OK, let�s go� Ayumi: �Hm�How come you seem to know Conan so well? Ai: Yes�Why? Ayumi: Are you�in love�with him? Ai: If it was the case, would it bother you? Ayumi: Hmm, I would be annoyed� Ai: Be calm�I don�t see things with him under that angle� Ayumi: Really? That�s good!! It�s true, right? Agasa: Hem hem�Children nowadays� Ai: � Agasa: But, like you said, I think we don�t have to worry for Shinichi! As people say: no news, good news! Ai: What are you talking about�! Agasa: Huh? Ai: You think that he would disappear like that, without giving any signs�Even though he knows that you would be worried? Ai: Something happened to him�He must be prisoner in this castle, and can�t escape�unless� he�s already dead� Agasa: Eh oh, not so fast� Ai: We ave to begin to call the police without anyone from the castle knowing it, and begin searching everywhere� Yes�We have to look for him in the castle, and not into the forest�I already have an idea�Wake up professor�In this kind of situation, him disappeared, you�re the only adult we can count on� Agasa: Yes� Agasa: Hm�The phone�the phone� Ah! Here it is! Here it is!!Hm? It�s�Shinichi�s bonnet�Hm? What�s this door? Hmmmm? BAM! Ai: Professor? When you phone the police, better call people we know like Inspectors Yokomizo or Megure�Professor? |