[Dictated]

[modernholmes]

 [After considerable thought and plotting, Shinichi had finally decided to make his presence known to the castle at large.  He'd been tempted, strongly tempters, to just stay hidden until this loss wore off.  But he couldn't stand watching Spike and Goku and some of his other friends worrying over the absurd plot Hattori and Kid had created.  Maybe he couldn't assure them that Conan was okay, but he could watch over his friends like this.  

It should be safe enough, so long as no one made the connection between Shinichi Kudo and Conan Edogawa.  Safe... in that even if the wrong person arrived here and realized that Kudo was alive, they would not know of where he really was.]

So this is how the castle appears normally.

[If anyone is paying attention, they might recognize this calm voice as that of the teenage detective who had briefly appeared during the Paris plot.]

Although it seems I have arrived in this place just in time to discover that my distant relative has been kidnapped by a thief.    [His voice was extremely unamused.]  Would anyone be willing to fill me in on the situation so far?