"So you're saying... this child wasn't missing at all, but found a secret passage in the castle?"
"Yeah. By the way, you've lived here for so long and never noticed that the layout was kind of off...? Don't they provide architectural blueprints when you buy a house here? Or do the blueprints just not mark the actual dimensions? For a place like this, you'll probably have to register it again with the city planning department. Getting through the fire safety procedures will be difficult..."
"Is that really the point?!"
Mamiya Mitsuru scratched at his already thinning hair and let out a near-hysterical shout.
"What else would the point be?" Tangze's dazzling smile vanished. He raised his eyelids, revealing a somewhat cold expression. "The child returned safe and sound, we uncovered the truth behind your late wife's death, and we found the treasure your father-in-law left behind. As detectives, we've done more than enough."
Mamiya Mitsuru took a deep breath, turned away so he would not have to look at the young man's especially infuriating face, and tried hard to suppress his defeated expression.
Sensing that this reaction might invite even harsher mockery, Conan reached out and tugged Tangze's sleeve, signaling for him to let it go and stop nitpicking over something like that.
How should he put it? He could understand how Mamiya Mitsuru felt.
This castle was like a blind box full of cards. Before opening it, there was always the possibility that it contained some expensive hidden prize. Even knowing the odds were slim, one would still hold some hope while carrying it around.
Now that it had officially been opened, however, he found that what was inside was utterly worthless. It really was difficult to expect someone who had spent years living in this inconvenient castle for