A bicycle accelerated off the cliff and plummeted down the cliff in a parabola.
Boom!
There was a loud noise, and the bicycle and the person fell down 5 meters away from everyone.
Qin Zhibo was the first to react and ran to the side of the person who fell off the cliff.
The person who fell off the cliff was a somewhat chubby woman with basic identity information hanging above her head. Her name was Inufusaki, 35 years old.
Obviously, this person is the adopted child of the Inubushi family who has not shown up.
"Wake up! Miss Zuoji!"
Xing Ji also recognized it at this time, ran to the woman's side and shouted anxiously.
Zuo Ji also opened his eyes in severe pain and stared wide open, "The dog... is... burning..."
"dog……"
There was a look of horror in the woman's eyes, as if she was explaining what she had just seen before falling off the cliff.
Hearing this, Conan and Hattori Heiji immediately called the "alarm professional" behind them.
"He Ye!"
"Sister Xiaolan!"
"Call an ambulance and the police!"×2
After dispatching the mission, Hattori Heiji asked Mouri Kogoro to drive them to the top of the cliff to have a look.
After hearing this, Xing Ji immediately reminded, "If you want to go to the cliff, walking on the mountain path will be faster than driving!"
"In that case, I'll trouble you to lead the way!"
"Conan, let's go!"
Hattori Heiji called Conan, turned around and followed Yukihime's footsteps and ran towards the darkness on the side of the cliff.
Under the strong light of the car lights, Yuan Shan and Ye were responsible for making phone calls, while Mao Lilan walked to the woman's side.
The woman's body was still twitching slightly, and her round eyes were uneasy and painful.
Mao Lilan couldn't bear it, and squatted down to help the woman's body up.
"do not move!"
Just as Mao Lilan was about to stretch out her hand, Mao Li Kogoro came over and said seriously: "Let her lie like this until the ambulance arrives..."
"Although it appears that there is no damage on the surface, if you fall from this height, even with a bicycle as a buffer, the internal organs in your body may have been seriously injured. Even a slight movement may aggravate the injury."
Mouri Kogoro said, as if to confirm his statement, he turned his head and looked to the side, "That's right? Qin..."
Eh?
I turned around and saw that Qin Zhibo was nowhere to be found in the open space under the cliff.
…
In fact, as early as the woman fell off the cliff and said the word "dog", Qin Zhibo had already rushed towards the top of the cliff.
Because the "dog" the woman saw is probably related to the main mission.
As for the mountain trail that Yukihime mentioned, as long as you pay a little attention to the mountains here, you can guess where the trail will be.
Qin Zhibo, who turned on his night vision goggles, walked swiftly in the forest and rushed to the top of the cliff as quickly as possible.
When he stood in the clearing where he almost fell off the cliff during the day, a strange scene was waiting for him.
I saw two small piles of flames arranged vertically and horizontally in the open space, like an airplane runway, with a total length of more than ten meters, extending to near the edge of the cliff.
Somewhat similar to the traces left on the ground where Ghost Rider walked.
Are these the footprints of the Flame Demon Dog?
Qin Zhibo looked around and found no other living creatures around.
If these are the footprints left by a demonic dog whose body is burning with fire, then this dog...
Is it a jumping dog?
Normal dog footprints should be left and right hoofs traveling alternately, but these flame marks are all aligned left and right.
If a dog wanted to leave such footprints, it would have to jump and walk.
Intuition told Qin Zhibo that it might not be as simple as imagined.
He walked to the end of the cliff and found that the protective rope during the day was broken.
Judging from the flatness of the rope's fracture, it was cut artificially.
This further proves that this was a murder planned by humans, and the rope was cut so that Zuo Ji could fall off the cliff smoothly.
At this time, Hattori Heiji and Conan followed Yuki Shanshan and saw two rows of small flame piles on the ground.
The two ran to the footprints and smelled the smell of burning fire.
"It's burning, but I don't smell any gasoline."
"It does look like the scene after a burning demon dog runs across the ground..."
The two briefly summed it up, and the small flame gradually extinguished at this time.
A few people briefly searched on the edge of the cliff, but apart from the rut marks of brake drift during the day, nothing else was found.
Helpless, everyone could only return to the bottom of the cliff.
While waiting for the ambulance, the woman named "Zuo Ji" breathed gradually weakly, until the light of the investigation point gradually appeared on her body.
She is dead.
Qin Zhibo walked up to him and touched the body with respect for life.
I picked up a cooking skill from Zuo Ji. Since it was repetitive, it was directly converted into the corresponding proficiency.
"What? You found burning footprints on the cliff?"
Mouri Kogoro listened to Hattori Heiji's story with an expression of disbelief on his face.
But then, as a staunch materialist warrior, he denied: "This is impossible! You haven't really seen the burning devil dog..."
"I think someone sprinkled oil on it and then set it on fire to look like a demon dog."
As soon as Mouri Kogoro finished speaking, Conan replied with a serious face, "No, not only is there no oil there, but the distance between the flames is also getting larger the closer to the cliff, the bigger the flames are, like something
It's like something that is constantly burning is gradually expanding..."
"That's right, Uncle Qin?"
Conan turned the conversation to Qin Zhibo, also to endorse his judgment.
Qin Zhibo nodded in agreement.
But if they are footprints, it always gives people a weird feeling.
Moreover, no investigation points were found at the scene this time, and it felt as if it had nothing to do with the main mission...
When Mao Lilan, Yuan Shan and Ye heard this, they immediately made the deer tremble and said in horror: "Guo, it is indeed a cursed devil dog!"
"Does it really exist? Miss Saki who fell from the cliff also said 'burning dog'..."
"Idiot." Seeing Kazuha's frightened look, Hattori Heiji raised his eyebrows and scolded him.
"How could there really be a demon dog?"
"Let alone a demon dog, there is no way this world can exist that is completely beyond the scope of human understanding!"
Hattori Heiji's face was filled with a smile, which was not only confidence in his own knowledge, but also a kind of comfort for his childhood sweetheart.
"Even children understand this truth...Am I right? Conan?"
"Ah?" Conan was a little surprised, why did the topic suddenly turn to him again?
He looked a little dazed, and while hesitating, his mind couldn't help but think of the various adventures he had taken some time ago.
There really are creatures beyond human understanding in this world...
Mi Ge, who looks like a "lobster", and the Yi people who can transform their souls.
Just this, Conan couldn't tell Hattori Heiji.
Hattori Heiji saw that Conan was unusually hesitant on such a simple question, and there was a look of surprise on his face.
Kudo, you...
While everyone was discussing the theory of materialism, Xing Ji on the other side also discovered that something was wrong with the woman's body. She had been motionless and silent for a long time.
"Miss Saki?"
"What's wrong with you? Miss Saki!"
…
Half an hour later, the ambulance arrived late.
Because Inufusaki did not wait until the ambulance arrived, the ambulance was directly converted into a funeral vehicle.
It was already dark at this time, and it was not a problem to wait in the wild for the police to arrive, so everyone returned to Inufushi City first and informed the other members of the Inufushi family about Inubushi Saki falling off the cliff.
Kaozi, Zenya, and Chiko, who stayed behind at Inubushi's house, were all shocked and couldn't believe it.
At this point, only 4 of the 8 adopted children of the Inubushi family are left, and the murderer should also be among these 4 people...
While waiting for the police to arrive, several people had a hurried dinner.
After dinner, the police finally arrived.
Since Inubushi Castle is located in Gunma Prefecture, Yamamura Cao appeared on the scene unsurprisingly.
"Wherever there is an unsolved case, there is me..."
"Case hunter, Ah Cao, come in!"
Yamamura Soo, with his eyes closed, was seen leaning sideways against the pillar in the corridor, holding his finger to the bridge of his nose as if he were holding a pistol.
Seeing this slightly exaggerated appearance and opening remarks, everyone was speechless.
Qin Zhibo: I take it you are a monster hunter, right?
Even Mouri Kogoro, who is usually aloof, had an expression on his face like "There's someone worse than me."
Hattori Heiji looked disdainful and asked Conan at his feet, "Who is this guy?"
"Hello everyone, I am from the Gunma County Police Department, and my name is Yamamura Cao."
Yamamura Cao scratched his head and walked up to the crowd with a smile, "How was my opening statement just now?"
Everyone answered him with the expression on their face, which was "not so good".
Seeing that Yamamura Cao couldn't get to the point quickly and was even worse than the "process madman" Mu Mu, Qin Zhibo could only take on the responsibility of presiding over the overall situation.
Since no investigation points were seen at the previous murder scene, Qin Zhibo could only investigate according to standard procedures and then look for breakthrough points.
"Everyone, except for Miss Yukihime who is with us, I want to hear your respective alibi first."
"That is, at 7 o'clock in the evening, where are you all? What are you doing?"
Under Qin Zhibo's questions, the other three adopted children of the Inufu family gave their explanations one after another.
First, the eldest sister took the exam. Seeing that Zuoji was still late in returning, she was worried that he would get lost, so she went outside to check on the situation.
Next is Zen, who is taking a shower in the room.
Finally, there is the doctor Ochiko, taking care of the comatose adoptive mother in the bedroom.
None of the three people had a clear alibi, which means that at the time of the crime, they might have gone to the edge of the cliff to commit the crime.
"I see……"
As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, Yamamura Cao, the narrator, became dissatisfied.
"Mr. Qin, it's our police job to ask these questions, so please don't take my job, okay?"
ah?
Qin Zhibo was stunned, so this guy knew what he was doing?
"Okay then, I'll leave it to you to ask the rest of the questions..."
As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, the three people opposite him were a little shocked.
"Oh, aren't these two gentlemen criminal police officers?" Kaozi asked doubtfully.
Qin Zhibo smiled slightly and said calmly: "Of course, how can anyone go out to work and bring their children with them?"
"Actually, my name is Qin Zhibo, and this is Mouri Kogoro..."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the four remaining adopted children of the Inubushi family changed drastically.
"Qin, Qin Zhibo, and Mouri Kogoro..." Kaozi said solemnly, "I've heard of you, you are all very famous private detectives."
Qin Zhibo looked at the expressions of the four people and was even more surprised than when he thought they were policemen.
It seems that the detectives in this world are indeed more authoritative than the police...
Hattori Heiji on the side also noticed that the faces of several people were not right, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "What's wrong? The atmosphere seems to have changed a bit?"
Kaozi put away his surprised expression and regained his composure: "It's just a little unexpected..."
Yukihime also explained, "Before Mr. Shinichi left this home, he said that he would ask his acquaintances from the police to investigate the Inubushi family's case."
Zhihuang also said: "But then he suddenly moved away from this home. We tried to persuade him to come back, but we were directly refused to meet..."
When Qin Zhibo heard this, he immediately captured the key information.
These people actually went to Kudo Shinichi’s house?
"What did you say when you went to his house? What did you do?" Qin Zhibo asked again.
The four people looked at each other, and Zen among them replied: "I didn't say anything, I just asked him to move back to Inufushi City."
"But that uncle insisted that Inufushiro was cursed by a demon dog. If you don't want to die, just stay away as soon as possible like him..."
"It's really inexplicable..."
Zen also put his hands in his pockets, as if his brain was recalling the situation at that time, with a very unhappy expression on his face.
Qin Zhibo and Hattori Heiji, but what Conan cares about is that all of them have been to Kudo Shinichi's home, which means they all know the address and structure of the home.
In this case, we can sneak into Kudo's house without anyone noticing and knock out Kudo Shinichi.
Qin Zhibo continued to ask, "Which of you went to Tokyo yesterday morning?"
The four people answered immediately and all went.
In fact, these people went to Kudo's house yesterday morning to persuade Kudo Shinichi to move back.
But after receiving a clear rejection, the group of people wandered around Tokyo separately and came back alone on the way back.
In other words, the four people once again had no alibi.
…
After the inquiry was over, since the Inubushi family were still busy with funeral and other matters, they left first.
Qin Zhibo and others were sitting in the living room, their minds deep in thought.
Sure enough, it is difficult to get clues through routine questioning...
Judging from the current information, there is no doubt that the murderer is a human, and some method was used to create the illusion of a "devil dog".
But judging from the rewards of the main mission, the mission will not be that simple.
And that mysterious bead, what is the origin of the bead that no one has mentioned exists?
At this moment, a woman's scream suddenly came from deep in the corridor outside the living room.
"Ah——!"×2
Hattori Heiji recognized the owner of the voice right away.
"It's Kazuha!"
And Xiaolan!
Conan's ears twitched and he heard another voice.
The two of them took the lead and ran towards the direction of the sound, followed by the others.
Everyone ran to the side door leading to the side yard, and saw Mao Lilan and Yuan Shanheye holding the wooden door tightly with their backs, as if they were guarding what was outside to prevent them from entering.
"What's going on? He Ye!"
When Yuan Shan and Ye saw the crowd coming, they immediately exclaimed: "It's a demon dog!"
"The devil dog appears!"
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!