Chapter 356 Love, Righteousness, Good Neighbors Laughing
After thinking for a moment, Hattori Heiji lowered his head and carefully examined the secret passage revealed after the mechanism was opened. He felt that the ground was very flat.
He then shook off the folding stick Shiraishi gave him and poked at the ground in the secret passage. He found that the ground was as solid as it looked, and there was no mechanism that would trap people as soon as he stepped on it.
In other words... Kudo must have been obsessed with solving puzzles and forgot to pay attention to them.
Haha, he deserves to get lost in the secret passage.
However, no matter what, it is better to be locked up in a secret tunnel than to be beaten to death by the prisoner.
Hattori Heiji felt a little more relaxed. He found a flashlight and turned it on, entering the secret passage.
After taking two steps, I suddenly remembered something, turned around and said: "You stay..."
Before he finished speaking, Hattori Heiji saw Shiraishi standing behind him by the light of a flashlight.
And further back, the mechanism wall just clicked shut, and the flashlight suddenly became the only light source in the darkness.
"..." Hattori Heiji looked at Shiraishi's innocent but confused face, still politely waiting for his next words, and his forehead jumped twice.
He thought that Baishi would definitely understand without having to say anything, and would guard him inside and outside, leaving a way out.
The reason for the special instructions just now was to remind Shiraishi that if he feels sleepy, he must remember to hide and sleep, so as not to arouse the suspicion of other people in the castle.
Unexpectedly, this slow man would act extremely quickly at a strange moment and follow him directly.
In Hattori Heiji's condemning eyes, Shiraishi said very naturally:
"I'm afraid something will happen to you if you come in by yourself, and if Conan has lost consciousness, you won't be able to free your hands when moving him. It's easy to encounter danger in such a dark place. After all, it is an antique, and there may be something in the secret passage.
Where are the cruel institutions of the Middle Ages?"
"...No, I will explore the way first. And it's enough to carry Kudo with one hand. You wait outside." Hattori Heiji took a deep breath, walked back and pushed the wall of the machine, trying to send Shiraishi away.
But the wall didn't move at all.
"..." It seems that the mechanism also needs to be triggered.
But Hattori Heiji searched carefully and couldn't find where the mechanism was.
In the end, Shiraishi pointed to the side: "Is it this?"
Hattori Heiji looked over with a flashlight and saw a brick with a slightly different color and a few spider web-like cracks. The surface had been weathered and broken.
He walked over and knocked, feeling that he could push in.
But after pushing less than half a centimeter, the brick got stuck. The mechanism here seemed to be broken, and it could only be opened unilaterally from the outside.
"Forget it, let's find another exit." Hattori Heiji could only give up.
He stood up straight and took another look at this very hidden brick without any obvious features. Suddenly he felt that Conan was not exaggerating - Shiraishi's observation skills were really strong. He obviously didn't use any light on this side just now, and only had some extra light.
With scattered light and such a dim environment, he could actually detect it.
...In this case, maybe if you work with him, you can really find Conan as soon as possible.
Thinking about it more carefully, it seems unnecessary to ask Shiraishi to take over. If he suddenly fell asleep, it would be a waste.
Hattori Heiji quickly adjusted his mentality. He took a deep breath calmly, and then coughed due to the dust in the secret passage.
When he coughed, he saw that Shiraishi was already walking forward, so he hurriedly caught up a few steps and took out a spare flashlight and gave it to Shiraishi.
In order to find Conan, Hattori Heiji went to many nook and cranny places, so he found an excuse to borrow some lighting equipment from the maid in the villa.
Seeing Shiraishi take the flashlight, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but wonder, was Shiraishi worried about something happening to Kudo when he entered the secret passage so neatly?
From this point of view, this man is indeed quite righteous, and it is true that Kudo and Mao Lilan have always regarded him as a good person.
...Well, maybe he is really a good person - just like now, he clearly thinks that there may be a mechanism in the secret passage, but he even deliberately walks in front to explore the way for himself.
Remembering his previous suspicion of Shiraishi, Hattori Heiji suddenly felt guilty.
He ran to the white stone again, used a folding stick to explore the mines, and cautiously descended the steps.
But there is actually no mechanism in this secret passage.
Shiraishi watched Hattori Heiji battle wits with the air for a long time, moving slower than a tortoise. He silently suppressed the urge to tell him to go faster, and silently followed him down to the end of the secret passage.
After stepping on the ground, Hattori Heiji looked at the spacious space, put himself into Conan, and began to guess what Conan did after he came here to cause his disappearance.
Taking a flashlight and looking around, Hattori Heiji was surprised to find that there were bloodstains on the ground, and they were not old bloodstains, as if they hadn't dried yet - this was blood that had just flowed out not long ago!
Hattori Heiji's heart skipped a beat, feeling that Conan was about to end.
After he reminded Shiraishi to be wary of his surroundings, he squatted down and dipped a little blood on his finger.
As soon as he brought it up to his nose and took a whiff, Hattori Heiji's face wrinkled up from choking.
——This blood actually smells vaguely of rotten eggs, I'm afraid it has been spoiled.
Calculating the time, it should not have just flowed out of Conan's body, and Conan's condition should be fine.
But if it wasn't him, who would come here and spill the spoiled blood?
Hattori Heiji became more and more confused.
Only one thing is certain - since the blood has not dried yet, the person who spilled the blood must not have gone far.
In other words, something unusual must have happened here recently, and someone has been here.
At this critical moment when lives are at stake, of course intelligence should be shared.
Hattori Heiji told Shiraishi about the blood stains and asked him to smell it, maybe he could find something new.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Tokyo detective stiffen slightly, showing a little resistance and reluctance.
Hattori Heiji was startled, and then suddenly realized that Shiraishi must not want to believe that something happened to Kudo.
So Hattori Heiji quickly added: "It doesn't matter, this shouldn't be Kudo's blood."
——When Shiraishi knew from Conan that "Conan = Kudo Shinichi", Hattori Heiji was very surprised and felt that Conan was too hasty.
However, this was also the reason why Hattori Heiji later reluctantly believed that even if Shiraishi was not a good person, he was not an associate of the black organization. Otherwise, in a rare case like Kudo, he would have been captured long ago and used for experiments.
And now, with his own personal observation, Hattori Heiji has gradually come to agree that Shiraishi is a good person - although there are still many things that are suspicious, his character has little to do with these, and no one can keep a secret.
While Shiraishi was observing the blood stains on the ground, Hattori Heiji was not idle either. He waved his flashlight, trying to find other clues around him.
His eyes quickly settled on the stones on the side of the stairs.