Conan Rick's Investigator

"Astudy of scarlet..."

"It's a study in scarlet."

As the first story in which Conan Doyle introduced the character of Sherlock Holmes, Sera is the most familiar with this story.

Among them, Holmes made a speech, which roughly means that the detective's job is to peel off the cocoons and find the blood-red red thread called murder.

"I see!"

"Shopkeeper, can you give me this, please?"

Sera asked Ephik excitedly.

Efik smiled and nodded, "Okay, I still have this thing anyway..."

"Thanks!"

After saying that, Sera ran out. Mao Lilan and Dr. Ali thanked him and followed Sera out of the spice shop.

Efik watched the people leave until the store door closed, and the raised corners of his mouth slowly returned to an indifferent state.

"It seems someone has figured out your code."

“Hades…”

On the inside of the wall behind the counter, a hooded man was leaning against the wall, grinning ferociously from the corner of his thin mouth.

"hehe……"

"No, it's not that easy to untie."

Chapter 1287 Lecture

A lecture on ancient Egyptology at a university in London, UK.

"In the ancient Egyptian civilization on Earth, many famous Egyptian pharaohs were born, such as Ramesses II, Tutankhamun, and Khamisius III."

"But in this long history, there was once a pharaoh who was the most mysterious and darkest."

"His history is shrouded in mystery. Only a handful of believers have passed down the name and deeds of this mysterious pharaoh."

"He is the Black Pharaoh—Nefren Ka..."

In a tiered conference room with 300 people, a white-haired scholar stood on the podium and spoke eloquently.

The seats were packed, and most of the audience were young college students, all of whom were listening attentively.

In the last row, an elderly couple who had travelled from afar were also sitting there, listening quietly.

"Black Pharaoh, Nefren Ka..."

"There is no clear record of his life, and his exact birth and death dates are unknown. All we know is that he was the last pharaoh of Egypt's Third Dynasty."

"After taking office, Nefren Ka, like all previous pharaohs, worshipped the animal-headed gods that had long been popular in Egypt. Whenever he performed sacrificial ceremonies, he would present himself as a 'witch.'"

"He exudes a unique dark aura, which attracts the attention of the messenger lurking in the chaos..."

"Speaking of which, I have to introduce you to the ancient Egyptian worldview."

“The early Egyptians believed that the universe was composed of water and chaos, and they believed that the sun god Ra was born from these two and created the world.”

"Not only that, the ancient Egyptians attributed various natural phenomena to corresponding gods, who controlled natural phenomena and things, such as Horus, the god of the sky, and the god of air, who controlled the air."

"And the Chaos Messenger is a deity that symbolizes chaos, and was believed by the ancient Egyptians to be one of the origins of the universe."

"At the Chaos Messenger's summons, Nefren Ka was transported to a place called Erem, the City of a Thousand Pillars. There, he met one of the Chaos Messenger's incarnations."

"Miraculously, when the Chaos Messenger revealed himself as one of the origins of the universe, Nevren Ka withstood the shock of that mighty power. His own dark aura seemed to be inspired at that moment."

"This incomparable pharaoh astonished the Chaos Messenger, and he proposed a bloody pact to Nefren Ka..."

"As long as Nevren Ka holds a grand sacrifice upon his return, sacrificing a thousand of his compatriots in the ceremony, the Chaos Messenger will grant him the ability to predict the future."

"So, soon after Nefren Ka returned to the throne, he used his power to sacrifice thousands of people. It's said that the Nile River was dyed red..."

"And the Chaos Messenger arrived as promised, bestowing upon Nefren Ka the ability to predict the future."

"Nevren Ka finally gained the power to predict the future. Seeing through thousands of years of history, he worshipped the Chaos Messenger even more, and continued to hold ever more grandiose sacrificial ceremonies."

"But he is only a mortal after all. As time passes by, his body also ages."

"Until he realized his own end was near, he carved all his predictions about the future into his underground tomb..."

"However, after Nefren Ka passed away, without the intimidation of his powerful sorcery, the Egyptians, long oppressed by bloody sacrifices, rose up in rebellion."

"The rebels broke into the city, killed all the guards, and in a very short time overthrew the once glorious Third Dynasty of Egypt."

"But when angry people rushed into the catacombs of Nevren Ka, they found only an empty black coffin and prophecies about the future carved all over the walls."

"Among these prophecies, Nevren Ka even predicted that after his death, people would rush into his grave..."

"

This fact frightened the Egyptian rebels so much that the leaders of the uprising ordered the complete burial of the Nefren Ka catacombs, and the existence of the Black Pharaoh was erased from Egyptian historical documents.

"But later, the Messenger of Chaos cursed this leader, causing the new kingdom he established to only last a short time before it fell apart..."

"This is the history of this most mysterious of pharaohs, the Black Pharaoh Nefren Ka."

As soon as the white-haired man on the podium finished speaking, the audience was silent for a moment, followed by applause.

The couple sitting in the last row also clapped a few times symbolically, but the wife's expression was not happy.

"Honey, why does this lecture sound a bit creepy?"

"Are you sure this is the location indicated in that mysterious email?"

Kudo Yukiko snuggled up to Kudo Yusaku and asked in a low voice cautiously.

Compared to Yukiko's somewhat frightened expression, Kudo Yusaku nodded calmly, "The email is located here..."

"But the person who sent the email doesn't seem to be here."

Kudo Yusaku looked at the seats on the steps below, hundreds of heads of different colors, but no real faces could be seen.

But if you want to choose a meeting place, it is definitely not suitable because there are too many people here.

A hint of thought flashed across Kudo Yusaku's eyes as he recalled the purpose of coming here.

Just the night before, when Yukiko received a phone call from Haibara Ai, Kudo Yusaku also checked his email at the same time and found a special email.

The email content only contains a time and a place.

The location is a tiered conference room at a university in London.

Time is also the moment in time.

The person who sent the email did not explain the meaning of the time and place, but just left a big "!" next to it.

If this exclamation mark were placed in someone else's address, it might not mean anything and would simply be considered a prank email.

But it brought back some distant memories for Kudo Yusaku.

Ten years ago, Yusaku Kudo assisted the police in capturing Kaito Kid and successfully prevented a theft by Kaito Kid.

Afterwards, the media reported this extensively because Kudo Yusaku was the only man who made Kaito Kid fail in his 8 years of stealing.

It happened that during an interview, a reporter mistook the international criminal code 1412 written on the note by Kudo Yusaku as the word KID.

Later, reporters reported the incident to the outside world, causing the name "Kaito KID" to spread, and eventually evolved into "Kaito Kidd".

During this process, Kaito Kid, who inexplicably became Kudo Yusaku's "son", took the initiative to find Kudo Yusaku's son, the young Shinichi.

He handed Shinichi a wallet with "?" written inside and left a secret code for Shinichi to decipher.

Unable to decipher the code, Shinichi can only ask Kudo Yusaku for help, but Kudo Yusaku only needs to check the wallet to find out the man's true identity.

So, Kudo Yusaku also wrote back to the world-famous magician through Yukiko and replied with an "!"

? I mean, can you stop me next time?

I mean, of course!

Therefore, when he saw this inexplicable punctuation mark again, the first person that Kudo Yusaku thought of was that man.

But this time it was the other party who sent out the exclamation mark.

Is it really him?

Yusaku Kudo narrowed his eyes and looked at the podium in front of him.

At this point, the lecture has entered the next stage, where the speaker will answer questions from the audience.

"Excuse me, Mr. Edward, why is the deity Chaos Messenger absent from mainstream ancient Egyptian history?"

The white-haired man on the stage turned to look at the young student who asked the question and said into the miniature microphone beside his mouth: "Is it because

Like Nefren Ka, the Chaos Messenger was erased from historical records by later pharaohs."

"Due to the Black Pharaoh's cruel actions, the faith in the Chaos Messenger has been resisted, and all related artifacts have been destroyed."

Another young female student raised her hand and then stood up and asked, "So how do we know that such a god existed in Egyptian history?"

The white-haired man replied, "Because those who believe in the Black Pharaoh are also believers in the Chaos Messenger, the existence of these two has been revealed now."

Another male student with naturally curly hair stood up and asked, "Mr. Edward, is there any direct evidence that the 'Black Pharaoh' ever existed in Egyptian history?"

When mentioning this, the white-haired man looked a little heavy.

"Currently, our Penhe Foundation and its affiliated organization, the Sons of the Sphinx, are dedicated to exploring the Nevren Ka Tomb."

"Although the location of this mysterious pharaoh's tomb has not yet been found, I believe that soon you will all be able to see something more surprising than an empty tomb..."

The male student continued to ask, "So what is the surprise? Can you tell us?"

The white-haired man raised his lips and chuckled, "Haha~ Since it's a surprise, there's no reason to reveal it in advance."

"But I can guarantee that it will definitely be a huge surprise that will shock the world..."

This statement once again sparked heated discussions at the conference.

Kudo Yusaku narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at the pure British man at the lecture, and then entered his name into the search bar on his mobile phone.

Two seconds later, the person's information was searched out.

Edward Gavigan, a 55-year-old British Egyptologist, is a director of the Penhe Foundation.

The Penhe Foundation is a foundation organization that specializes in Egypt-related causes and activities, including medical care, education, research, etc.

Sons of the Sphinx is one of the few specialized Egyptology research organizations in the world, and its main research directions are mummies and ancient Egyptian beliefs.

Kudo Yusaku put away his phone and looked at the man on the podium again.

Could it be that the exclamation mark refers to the "big surprise" that he mentioned will soon shock the world?

What kind of archaeological discovery is enough to shock the world?

And after listening to the entire speech, Kudo Yusaku felt that this man named Edward Gavigan was simply saying that he himself was a descendant of believers who worshipped the Black Pharaoh.

Otherwise, how could he be so sure of the existence of the Black Pharaoh without any evidence?

Just then, a voice came from the microphone on the podium announcing the end of the lecture.

"Okay, that concludes today's lecture."

"Thank you all for coming. If you have any questions, we can discuss this privately later..."

As Edward Gavigan finished his words, there was a clatter of people standing up from their seats.

Most people have little interest in this vague history and choose to leave directly.

But there were also a small number of people who were curious about the "big surprise" that shocked the world, and walked against the flow of people to go to the podium.

Yusaku Kudo looked at the crowd leaving and realized that there was no point in staying here any longer because the person he was looking for was not here.

"Yukiko, let's go."

"Hmm, I wonder if Ran has figured out the code yet..."

Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko stood up and prepared to follow the crowd to leave.

But just when they were about to reach the exit, a student suddenly looked at Kudo Yusaku's face, was stunned for two seconds, and then exclaimed loudly.

"It's the Night Baron!"