Conan: After teaching the protagonist, they offered their loyalty.

Chapter 229 Even has a strange XP

At this moment, Shirley... felt like the sky had fallen when she returned to her room and found no one there.

She vowed... she would never go camping with Professor Agasa again.

It's not because the teammates are stupid... it's just that the location the Doctor chose is too significant.

Not only are wild animals roaming the campsite, but criminals are also present.

The original plan was to come camping with Shen'er... and also to help alleviate Shen'er's 'integrated time perception disorder'.

Although she could offer some guidance while at the mansion.

But Ai, who had been catching up on books... believed that spending more time in nature and with innocent children would help with her condition.

However, what was unexpected was that... Shen Er seemed to have forgotten about this matter when she went out to complete the mission.

I wonder... how is he doing?

Is there enough money...?

clack... clack...

A dark figure slowly approached... Ai drew her pistol and immediately turned around.

"Haibara-san..." Ayumi still clutched the bread tightly in her hand, glancing around in the dim light, "Where's the Doctor?"

"Don't worry... Doctor went to find Edogawa." Ai breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes fixed on Ayumi, and said, "Didn't I tell you to stay here?"

"I...I was worried about you guys, it's so late and you're still not back." Ayumi looked like she was about to cry. "And Conan hasn't eaten dinner either, he'll be really hungry..."

Looking at the other person's appearance...which resembled her older sister when she was little, Shirley softened. "Don't worry...Edogawa and the others will be fine. Now...you come with me."

"Hmm." Ayumi nodded emphatically, then secretly glanced at the calm...cool Ai, "Why do you know so much about Conan?"

Ai: .......

She didn't know what to say for a moment...

In this situation, what is Ayumi still thinking about in her little head?

"Do you...like Conan?" Ayumi suddenly asked timidly.

The tense atmosphere was broken by Ayumi's question.

"No, I won't." Ai Haibara felt a chill run down her spine at the question.

Would Sherry, a highly intelligent girl, fall for a 'jerk'?

Unless she has something wrong with her head...

In Shirley's understanding, this "like" is not the kind of "like" that is romantic.

Perhaps in a child's eyes... 'liking' is just having a good feeling, like being friends.

For example, the relationship between Mitsuhiko and Genta.

"Phew...that's good." Ayumi breathed a sigh of relief and followed behind. "So, Haibara-san...do you like Jin-nii-san?"

Rumble...

A loud noise was heard.

Ai's pupils contracted... She grabbed Ayumi's hand, put her index finger to her lips, and made a 'shh' gesture...

pat...

pat...

Footsteps sounded again...

"Run..." Ai whispered, then grabbed Yoshida Ayumi and ran forward.

The footsteps grew more hurried... seemingly very close to them.

"Hide in this room. If I haven't come by the time you count to three hundred, then run away quickly..." Ai instructed in a soft but rapid voice. "Follow the original route... leave the castle and head towards the driveway. If you're lucky... you might still be saved."

...........

"Where? Where?" At this moment, Masahiro Mamiya had already stood up from his wheelchair, holding an iron bar in his hand, and looked towards the source of the sound.

The loud noise just now came from there.

She knew it was Mamiya Mitsuru who was trying to steal the castle's treasure from her, and that's why he was being so mysterious.

He also recruited that group of elementary school students and the PhD student.

"Hehe... No one can steal my treasure, no one!" Masahiro Masaki, his face contorted with rage and a hint of madness, lifted his skirt and dashed forward at breakneck speed.

........

Ai breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the footsteps disappear.

Looking ahead at the steps that are about half a person's height... I prepare to climb them.

pat..

A large, warm hand suddenly grabbed her ankle.

He pulled her into the darkness.

Ai, who had been somewhat panicked just moments before, fell silent after feeling the familiar touch on her ankle.

The other party also remained silent.

One minute, two minutes...

Ai hesitated for a moment, then finally couldn't help but say, "What...is your sex drive weird? You can't help but scare me...do you like seeing me trembling?"

Just as Fuheshchen was about to say "Ah, Sherry," his face stiffened.

"..." Fuheshel didn't answer Sherry's question. "How did you know it was me?"

Could it be... that Sherry really has a radar sensor? That she can smell the scent of the organization's core members?

He doesn't believe it... or at least it's not scientific.

Thinking about it... he squatted down again, lifted Ai's arm and smelled it... a faint orange scent, mixed with Ai's unique fragrance.

With his heightened senses, he could distinguish it if he smelled carefully.

But Ai is clearly just an ordinary brown-haired girl.

"Idiot...you idiot." Ai blushed slightly...and clenched her fist, pounding it hard on Shen's chest. "Back then...you were grabbing my ankle..."

The feeling at that time was so intense... she remembers it all.

She said "no" at that point and even showed a "begging" expression that she wouldn't normally show.

But even...

Hmph, never mind... She suspected that Shen'er really did have that strange XP.

"I see..." Shen Er reached out and patted his head. "You know... the strong don't have very good memories."

Ai's icy blue eyes narrowed slightly, and she said with a half-smile, "Is that so, Mr. Childish..."

She suspected that Shen was making excuses... but she had no proof.

While Shen and Shirley were dawdling...

In another part of the castle... Mamiya Mitsuru's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the room before him.

He's on the verge of a mental breakdown.

The disappearance of the bespectacled boy... the girl's pitiful cries... and the deep crater outside the castle that seemed to have fallen from the sky... the sound of clubs being struck... the shattered stone walls.

But he just couldn't find the source of the sound...

Damn old man, what's the point of designing so many traps...?

A sense of irritability gradually rose within him, and his breathing became rapid.

He was panting heavily.

It must be those kids playing a trick on me.

Yes, that's right... it was Masaki Mamiya who summoned those brats to play tricks on him.

They drove themselves away to steal the treasure...

Yes, that's right... kill them all, and the treasure will be yours.

The oppressive atmosphere nearly broke him... and the murderous intent in his heart surged upwards.

He found the room where the Junior Detective League was located and pushed the door open suddenly.

Upon seeing the scene inside the room... he instantly exploded?

What about people?

Why did it suddenly disappear?

Just now, so many people, all of them disappeared?

Where on earth were those brats' voices coming from?!

"How is this possible! How is this possible!!!" Mamiya Mitsuru (Nakato) gasped for breath and started smashing things wildly with an axe.

Masahiro Mamiya (Old Deng), who was searching for the remaining elementary school students in the castle, narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing the sound.

She guessed right... other people were indeed interested in the treasure!

She lifted her skirt... preparing to run over and launch a sneak attack.

"Hehe...Grandmother, I was right after all." A voice suddenly came over.

"Hmm, who is it?" Masahiro Mamiya (Old Deng) looked behind him. "It's you, esteemed one... Heh, I didn't expect you to be interested in the treasure as well."

"Treasure???" Mamiya Noble (Koto) scoffed. "Do you even know what treasure is? Perhaps you've already obtained it."

Masahiro Mamiya stopped her attack, smiled, and her wrinkles deepened. "Then tell your grandmother, what exactly is this treasure?"

"Heh... When I was studying in Europe, I heard legends about demon hunters and magicians." Takato Mamiya's lips curled up. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes... who would believe that someone who had been paralyzed for nearly twenty years could suddenly stand up and walk with such ease?"

"The treasure of this castle... is..."

Snapped!

Before he could finish speaking... an axe cleaved the door open.

A bloodshot eye peered through the crack.

"Hehehe...Found you! It was you who were causing all this trouble!"