I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 184 The Ancient Castle Deep in the Forest

This was merely a reminder to Kogoro Mouri.

At least to prevent Kogoro Mouri and the others from being injured or killed by Kohei Sawaki's schemes — as for what if one of Kogoro Mouri and the others investigates Kohei Sawaki and alerts him?
Chen En wasn't afraid of Ze Mu Gongping making a move; he was afraid of Ze Mu Gongping not making a move.

With his five-minute divine oracle state, if Zemu Gongping made even the slightest move, he could easily take him down. Now, Zemu Gongping is just being cowardly and not making a move.

He would actually be unable to catch Sawaki Kohei because the surveillance system of this era was not perfect.

"The Skynet system is really good; the net of justice is vast and its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it."

Chen En muttered to himself.

He missed his hometown a little. Even though it was his hometown in this world, with the Skynet system, the crime rate was probably the lowest among all the countries in the world.

Surveillance can solve 80% of the mystery and unsolved cases in the Conan world.

As he walked along the road, he thought of Ai Haibara and couldn't help but ponder.

—To be honest, Dongdu Valley sounds very familiar.

But it shouldn't be a place name that appears frequently. He felt that the place name sounded familiar only if it had appeared in a famous Conan episode, but he wasn't sure which case it was.

Why don't we just go and check out Dongdu Valley?

Since he brought a tracker, wouldn't it be a waste not to use it?
When faced with trouble, one should not sit idly by and wait for death; this is the principle taught by Flashman!

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Dongdu Valley, forest.

Inside Professor Agasa's Beetle, Genta and the others were complaining.

"Seriously, Professor Agasa, why did you have to forget to bring a tent?"

"Today was supposed to be a pleasant camping day."

"So this was all for nothing, and what's more, we've been lost here for hours and still haven't found a way out. Are we going to have to sleep in the forest from now on...?"

Dr. Agasa, sitting in the driver's seat, blushed and quickly said,

Don't say such discouraging things!

"We can just find a family near the forest and stay there for the night. Besides, I kept getting lost because you guys were too noisy, so please be quiet!"

Upon hearing this, Conan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

What do you mean it's because it's too noisy, Professor Agasa? You're such a terrible navigator!

Before, it was easy to get out of Dongdu Valley, but now that we've driven into the forest, it's difficult to get out even if we go back the way we came, which is a bit troublesome.

and……

Conan touched the detective badge in his pocket.

—Every member of the Junior Detective League has a detective badge.

Therefore, they can use detective badges to communicate with each other.

Meanwhile, the location of the detective medal could be confirmed using a special locator, but that's no longer possible.

Because the Detective Medal had run out of power.

The detective badges of all the members of the Detective Boys, including Conan himself, have run out of power.

There is nothing we can do about this.

The Detective Medal's locator is only one of its functions; its main function is making calls. It consumes much more power than a simple locator, and if you don't charge it twice a day, you'll often run out of power.

Next time, let's have the professor add a solar power generation function to the Detective Medal.

Just like the solar-powered skateboard that the PhD student researched before.

"Chen En couldn't have found this place, could he?"

Ai Haibara asked Professor Agasa in a low voice.

She had previously seen Chen En take out various tracking devices from his bat belt, so it wasn't hard to guess that Chen En definitely had a tracking device like the one used for tracking detective badge signals.

However, with everyone's detective badges now out of power, the locator function has naturally also stopped working.

Even for a genius like Chen En, finding this place would be nearly impossible.

"In that case, if we encounter any danger, we will be completely isolated and helpless."

Her words always have a chilling quality to them.

Professor Agasa chuckled awkwardly, unsure of what to say next.

Well, that's the situation, but it's not actually like that. Even if they came out together, they wouldn't necessarily encounter danger. Besides, even if Batman couldn't come, weren't there two Robins on the scene?
Solving problems is a breeze.

"Don't be so discouraged. What if we encounter some ancient castle or grand villa with a story in the forest?"

Ayumi said with a smile.

This is a fantasy unique to little girls like Ayumi.

Conan simply pursed his lips and said,
"How could that be? That kind of thing only happens in stories."

"How could such a bizarre thing as getting lost and then stumbling upon an ancient castle happen in real life?"

The Grim Reaper elementary school student hadn't finished speaking.

Ai Haibara, sitting in the passenger seat, had already spoken.
"That's not necessarily true, great detective."

"Look up, the castle is right in front of you."

----What?
Conan looked up at the ancient castle at the end of the road.

For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

I'm wondering if this kind of horror story plot could actually become reality?
He subconsciously thought of the castle in the story of Daisuke Torakura, who was nailed to a stake.

Conan quietly placed his hand inside his belt and touched the cross.

I feel relieved.

There are no vampires in the real world, and even if there were, he could deal with them.

However, the castle is in such a remote place.

Whether anyone actually lives there is another matter.

Hopefully, we won't encounter an empty castle.

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The blue-themed castle soon came into view.

A yellow Volkswagen Beetle was parked outside the castle.

Professor Agasa has just come to a stop.

The members of the Junior Detective League had already gotten off the bus with cheers.

Seeing this, Dr. Agasa scratched his head and got off the bus as well.