People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 986 Two Years Ago

Xiang Yuanguang:?

Uh, why is there a basement in the house? Is that standard feature of villas?

Standing in front of the basement passage, Xiang Yuanguang raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had previously thought that his hometown would be a good place to film an episode of Detective Conan.

Conan himself happens to be here, making the situation and the people perfectly suited.

Now, another mysterious basement has been discovered here.

It seems the possibility of Conan filming an episode here is increasing dramatically.

"Perhaps what you're looking for is down below."

Conan looked up and said without any politeness.

Anyway, everyone here knows he's not a normal elementary school student, so he's stopped pretending.

Just say whatever you want; it won't hurt you.

"What do you mean? Are you going to unlock it, or are you going to ask the old butler for the key?"

—I need a locksmith? AAA locksmith, Mr. Yuan?
Xiang Yuanguang was speechless.

Although he is quite authoritative in the field of unlocking heart locks, even his teacher Phoenix Wright has unlocked more heart locks than he has, it does not mean that he is equally authoritative in unlocking physical locks.

Although the basement door lock was a rather old-fashioned model, he could indeed open it.

However, in this situation, it's best to ask someone familiar with the area first. If you open the basement and find it's a grain storage warehouse or something, that would be a disaster.

"I'll wait for you here."

Asai Shigemi noticed that Mugen Hikaru seemed to be planning to go to the old butler to ask about the situation.

To avoid giving Xiang Yuanguang any worries, he took the initiative to speak.

Although Asai Narumi had not studied much in the field of combat.

However, in terms of individual strength, he is quite outstanding among ordinary people, and even if he makes a random move, he can still produce a very explosive effect.

With Asai Narumi here, the three children shouldn't be in any danger.

Of course, Asai Shigemi was unaware of the specifics.

The only one here who truly lacks combat ability is Nanami Chiaki.

Whether it's Conan or Ai Haibara, they're both covered in Professor Agasa's advanced technology.

To put it bluntly, any one of them could easily defeat three or four Asai Narumi.

They're leading in this area with cutting-edge technology, and they've got it all figured out.

"I see."

He nodded slightly to Yuan Guang.

He glanced at Conan and Ai Haibara before turning to find the old butler.

Noticing that Xiang Yuanguang had left, Nanami Chiaki appeared noticeably nervous.

Well, to put it another way, the NPC "Big Daddy" in this puzzle game suddenly left.

This often indicates that something big is coming.

However, Chiaki Nanami noticed that Ai Haibara next to her seemed to have no reaction at all.

She hesitated for a moment, then approached the little girl who was a head shorter than her and asked with concern,

"Are not you afraid?"

Ai Haibara looked up, glanced at Chiaki Nanami with a puzzled expression, and then said,

"Why be afraid?"

Chiaki Nanami continued,

"Because the one who's the best fighter among us left!"

Hearing this, Ai Haibara shook her head slightly.

She said calmly,

Who do you think is the best fighter here?

"Of course, it's me and that elementary school kid in the blue suit next to me who are the best fighters. Otherwise, it would be Xiang Yuanguang, right?"

It possesses numerous cutting-edge technologies.

Ai Haibara believed that she could put up a fight against someone with the fighting power of Hikaru Mugen.

Of course, if Ai Haibara knew that Hikaru Motoi could intercept the super-powered soccer ball head-on, she might change her unrealistic idea.

Upon hearing Ai Haibara's answer, Chiaki Nanami was somewhat surprised and turned to look at Conan beside her.

However, the elementary school student in the blue suit seemed to neither deny nor agree with it, as if he had tacitly accepted it.

Immediately, a sense of doubt arose in Nanami Chiaki's mind.

Why do these two elementary school students seem so calm and confident?

What's with this feeling that only she can't do it?

Is it really true that in terms of combat strength, she is the only one who is completely incompetent here?

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"You mean the basement?"

"Why do you suddenly have the idea of ​​exploring that place? I remember you didn't really like going to the basement except when you were a child, because it was just a storage room."

"It was filled with all sorts of odds and ends."

When the old butler heard Xiang Yuanguang mention the basement, he said with some surprise,

"If you'd like to go in and have a look, I'll open the door for you."

Xiang Yuanguang nodded slightly in response.

Watching the old butler turn and walk towards the basement.

Xiang Yuanguang followed behind, but a few doubts arose in his heart.

It's not surprising that the storage room is built underground.

However, when he came in, he clearly saw that there was a warehouse in the manor. Why would there be a need to build an underground storage room if there was already a warehouse?

Generally speaking, these kinds of storage rooms are for storing large items, right?
Otherwise, a storage room in the hallway would suffice to meet daily living needs.

Tick, tick, tick.

The old butler walked ahead, at a leisurely pace.

As a long-time butler, he was extremely familiar with the villa where he had lived for so long, and he came and went freely, easily finding the locked, rarely used basement.

Under the watchful eyes of Chiaki Nanami and the others.

In front of everyone, the old butler took out a large bunch of keys.

Some of these keys look very familiar.

With his superior memory, Conan immediately noticed that it was the key to the guest room.

The keys they were given matched.

It's highly likely that the old housekeeper prepared spare keys for all the guest rooms.

But this is no wonder.

It would be strange if the guest only had the room key, since it's unlikely that even in a hotel, a room would only have one key and that key would be left with the guest.

"If you and your friends are looking for something interesting, you might be disappointed."

"The last time I opened the storage room door was two years ago."

The old butler said as he unlocked the door.

However, this point in time, two years ago, caught Xiang Yuanguang's eye.

Clearly, the timing is right.

The Moon Shadow Island defense that changed Xiang Yuanguang's life trajectory happened three years ago. If the storage room was opened two years ago, then it is possible that Xiang Yuanguang put things in the storage room.

However... it may not have been placed there by Xiang Yuan himself.

After all, Xiang Yuan's last trip back to his hometown was earlier than two years ago.

Unless the old butler lied to him about the timing, there shouldn't be any problem with this point in time.

The old butler couldn't possibly be lying to him.

If the old butler deceived Xiang Yuanguang in order to conceal Xiang Yuanguang's whereabouts.

That old butler must have some mental issues.

Click.

As the lock was opened.

The door to the storage room was pulled a little open, and thick dust immediately billowed out, causing everyone to frown. Fortunately, the old butler was prepared for this.

He distributed the masks to everyone, put one on himself, and said,

"Let's go in."

(End of this chapter)