| Volume 21 File 3: The ivory tower Ayumi: Ai�Where are you? Ai� Ai: Count to 300! If I�m not out by then, escape! If you go down the road in the forest, with a little luck, you�ll survive� Ayumi: N�No�Don�t escape! You have to give this bread to Conan�Ai� Where are you? Ayumi: Answer me�Haibara�Huh? These are the restrooms�Ai? Ayumi: Huh? No�It is not Ai�AH�AH� Murderer: mpf�mpf�mpf� Ayumi:� Ai: What are you doing here? I told you to escape, didn�t I?! Luckily, I saved you because I was hidden in this secret closet in the restrooms! Without that, you would be dead!! Ayumi: But�I can�t escape when everybody else is in danger!! Ai: Pfff�You�re incredible�Come on, dry your tears�We�re going to look for them� Ayumi: Yes� And Mitsuhiko? Ai: If he has entered in this tower, it is probable that he had been caught by the person we�ve seen earlier� Ayumi: Oh�no� Ai: it�s big�Didn�t you receive a receptor badge from Pr. Agasa? Ayumi: I did, but it didn�t have any batteries anymore, so I gave it to him and he would have given it back to me during camping� Ai: I see�So we don�t have any other choice to go by foot� Ayumi: They�re not here� Ai: No� Ayumi: All these secrets tunnels are weird�.It seems like they end in several rooms�Even in the forest� Ai: Yes�The construction seems old� Ayumi: Hey, look!!! There�s somebody!!! Ai: Huh? Ayumi: Yes, over there� Ai & Ayumi: !? Ayumi: It�s�It�s a squeleton!!! Ai: It�s completely dried up�With the dust on it, I�d say it wasn�t a long time ago that it had been put here�I think it�s him/her that has written the words on the stairs�It had been moved when Conan had discovered it� Ayumi: But� Who is it�? Ai: The bones in the leg are thinner than the rest of the body�And according to the supposed sex and age�No�Then the culprit that took this person�s place would be� Masuyo: What�s happening, my little children? I heard voices, so I came�Oh? And where is your other friend? Ayumi: Yeah! It�s really important! All our friends have been captured� If we don�t take the grandmother with us, she will be attacked by the other person�. Ai: What are you talking about? It�s her who attacked you earlier!!! Ayumi: What?! Ai: The bone of the leg is one of a person that hadn�t walked for a long time�The age and sex are matching: I�m certain it�s the corpse of the grandmother!! Ayumi: Then who is the person we�ve seen? Ai: Someone who killed the grandmother and took her place! She put the grandmother who couldn�t walk in this secret tunnel! She had been under surgery, and played the crazy old woman to hide the obvious changes! Knowing this secret tunnel, it is possible to put fire without anybody noticing! You can also go under surgery discreetly! The motive is the treasure of this castle�AAAAAAAH� Masuyo: Yes, that�s it�The old woman knew I came for that reason, and then she wanted to fire me so I took her place�Our voices were already alike� Ai: Agh� Masuyo: Don�t worry�I won�t let you jailed in this dark cave�I will sequester you, and in two or three days, I will leave you in the woods with all your little friends�When you cheeks will be hollow and you will be thin� Masuyo: Agh� Conan: Stop�It�s common bad taste to put a forced diet on children, isn�t it? Mitsuhiko: Yes! They are very pretty the way they are!! Genta: Yes, that�s true! To be healthy, you have to eat well!! Ai & Ayumi: YEAH�There you were! Masuyo: You, but how� Conan: Thanks to Mitsuhiko! He used the search mode in my glasses and, with the professor�s badge, he discovered the place where we were, and freed us�didn�t you? Mitsuhiko: Yes�I did well by not going into that open door! Ayumi: Wow! You�re great Mitsuhiko!!! Masuyo: Darn� Agasa: Oh la! It�s useless to escape, Miss ex-maid Mutsumi Nishikawa! It was easy to discover your ID: I asked one of my friends who is a specialist in surgery��Didn�t you hear of a patient who, curiously, wanted her face to become the one of an old woman?� Masuyo: Pft�That means that you�ve seen the corpse too� Conan: It wasn�t necessary to see the body to understand all that. How can a grandmother who was supposed to stay in this castle for 10 years without traveling�resent the disagreement caused by the change of size of the passports? But I wouldn�t have doubted that. To keep this face, you had to go to foreign countries� Masuyo: Pft� Masuyo: I would be happy to congratulate you on those smart discoveries but�I know those tunnels like the palm of my hand! You can�t catch me�I will be far when the police will be here� Conan: oh, really? What a pity because�I�ve discovered the passage you wanted so much to know� |