Conan heard the topic of "human heads" and finally realized that Mao Lilan was afraid.
He smiled dryly and comforted: "Maybe it was just that the food was left in the bag and forgot to take it out, and it accidentally broke. It is not allowed to litter on the mountain, so they had to put it in the bag and cover it - when they got to the rest stop,
Let’s just find a chance to take a sneak peek.”
Although it is illegal to go through other people's bags, he is still just a 7-year-old child on the surface and will not be sanctioned for this...
"...Really?" Mao Lilan was doubtful.
Jiang Xia nodded and agreed with the statement of "food spoiled".
At the same time, he stared at the fresh shikigami on the couple's legs, lost in thought.
...Idle time is idle. If I find an opportunity to scare these two people, can I scare them into extra murderous intent?
Or wait until you get to the rest stop, imitate Conan and say "How weird", approach their bags, and then find a chance to be alone together and expose your back to them?
There was a sudden chill behind the resting couple. The two of them raised their heads warily and followed their instincts to look at Jiang Xia.
But he saw that the young detective had already looked away and was drinking water and resting leisurely.
The couple looked at each other. Although their legs were still sore, they still stood up and walked quickly to the resting point. They always felt that if they stayed, something bad might happen.
As soon as they left, there was no one else around, and Jiang Xia and others became the last group of travelers to go up the mountain.
The client looked around and found no "Silver Fox" hiding around, so he stood up and said, "Let's go, the sky is getting cloudy and it might rain. We have to go to the rest stop early."
A group of people set foot on the mountain road again.
…
After walking for a while, a man's scream suddenly sounded through the dense forest.
"!?" Conan and Toru Amuro's ears twitched and they immediately rushed over.
Jiang Xia followed up seamlessly - the "Detective Habit Observation Notes" in his mind was no longer thinner than Haihara Ai's "Jiang Xia Observation Notes", and he had already roughly figured out the action pattern of a detective.
A group of people ran following the sound and passed through the dense forest. They saw Etsuko Tokura, the novelist who had just come to chat with Jiang Xia, sitting on the edge of the cliff, looking at the bottom of the cliff in surprise.
"What happened?"
Jiang Xia asked, already running to the edge of the cliff.
Just below, I saw a person lying quietly on a protruding rock seven or eight meters away.
——It’s the enthusiastic male college student who is said to come often to climb mountains.
…
There is a sloping and winding path from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the cliff.
A group of people went down to the protruding rock.
Jiang Xia walked up to the male college student, squatted down and touched him, a little surprised: "...he is still alive."
This classmate's head is very strong... maybe when he fell, he brushed against the path and vegetation on the cliff, which provided some buffering.
Conan and Toru Amuro couldn't hide their surprise.
——When they heard the screams and saw someone lying motionless on their backs at the bottom of the cliff, they instinctively began to look for the murderer.
When I heard that the person was still alive, I slowly came to my senses and started trying to give him first aid.
Of course, during first aid, the detectives did not forget to conduct simple observations.
There was a narrow scar on the male college student's face. It didn't look like a scratch when he fell, but it was cut open by something sharp.
In addition, there was a knife stuck in a tree a few meters away.
——It’s not like he lost his footing and fell, but rather like he accidentally fell while dodging a flying knife or something like that.
Throwing knives...
silver fox?!
The client quickly came to the same conclusion.
The scream that the male college student made when he fell off the cliff just now attracted not only them, but also several other tourists. At this time, a group of people were gathering here to look around.
Although the couple was the sneakiest, they set off late and did not have enough time to commit the crime.
Then all that's left is...
The client looked at Etsuko Tokura, who was contemplating Jiangxia, and pulled her away: "Did you do it?"
——Conan just told Jiang Xia that "Etsuko Tokura is also suspected." Jiang Xia didn't pay much attention, but the client eavesdropped.
Etsuko Tokura was pulled out of her thoughts.
She slapped the client's hand away and arranged her scarf and collar slowly: "When I heard the shouting and ran over, things had already become like this. And judging from the appearance of the injured, he seemed to have been injured.
I have been attacked with sharp weapons, and I will not use those things - besides, since he is still alive, when he wakes up and asks about the situation, won't everything be clear?"
The client snorted coldly and let go of his hand: "...The attack was so cruel, who knows whether he can wake up."
A rumble of thunder fell.
Several flashes of lightning flashed across the gloomy sky filled with dark clouds, and raindrops also fell, and the water droplets hit the ground.
Today's weather forecast was indeed inaccurate. It was promised to be cloudy, but it suddenly started raining, and it got heavier and heavier.
Jiang Xia took out her phone and looked at it: "No signal."
Mao Lilan nodded disappointedly.
When she saw a person lying under the cliff, she had already called the police. Now at the foot of the cliff, she desperately called the ambulance again, but still failed.
…
After performing simple first aid, Jiang Xia put down her phone, looked at the male college student lying on the ground, and sighed quietly.
...Although he wanted to pick up the ghost, there was nothing he could do when he encountered the fateful Ou Huang. There was no way he could pull him to the top of the cliff and push him down again.
He took off his waterproof hat and slapped it on the face of the tall male college student to protect him from the rain.
He didn't want to continue getting wet in the rain, so he suggested: "It's not good for the wound to get wet, and if we continue to stay in the mountains, we will be in danger. Let's go to the rest stop first."
…
Ten minutes later.
Before it got completely dark, a group of people who were soaked finally arrived at the nearest rest stop.
It's said to be a rest stop, but it's actually just an old house.
Jiang Xia raised her hand and knocked on the door twice. Seeing that the door was unlocked, she simply pushed it open.
There was a creak. As the door rang, in the dim light, the white-haired old man in front of the stove turned around and looked at the door.
The old man had a thick beard and hair, and his eyes were fierce. He stared at the people entering the door, and just as a thunder and lightning struck outside the window, he looked as frightened as if he had just stepped down from the cannibal's family tree.
Mao Lilan's whole body trembled, and she put on a defensive posture.
Jiang Xia silently pressed down her hand in front of her.
Toru Amuro glanced at the old man's uniform and whispered, "She should be the manager here."
The manager of the cabin looked at them with disdain for a while, then threw in a few bath towels of average quality: "Dry them off before you come in."
"..." This tone suggests that he really is the manager, not some monster that appears during thunderstorms...
Not only Mao Lilan, but also several other timid travelers also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
A group of people carried the unconscious male college student into the house and found some bandages and disinfectant for a temporary emergency.