Chapter 387 3 people, 1 corpse

Chapter 387 3 people, 1 corpse

"Is there a person who's a corpse?"

Standing in this cold cave, listening to these cold words, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta couldn't help but tremble.

"Is it a zombie?!"

The imaginative Genta and Mitsuhiko managed to scare themselves.

Miss Ayumi was so frightened that she turned pale and felt cold all over. She subconsciously wanted to hug the arm of classmate Conan next to her to keep warm.

But Conan-san is very agile.

He suddenly squatted down, inadvertently dodging Ayumi's attack, and then pointed at the footprints on the ground with all his concentration and said:

"Of course it's not a zombie!"

"It's human - but there may be a corpse inside those humans."

Conan expressed his conjecture in a serious tone:

"Look at the footprints on this dirt:"

"First of all, we can tell from the different patterns on the soles that these footprints were left by two adult men."

"One of them is in front and the other is behind."

"The person in front was walking backwards. His steps were shorter, his body was leaning back, and the heel indentation was heavier."

"The person at the back has a relatively long step length, and the pressure is mainly exerted on the forefoot, and the indentation on the forefoot is heavier."

"This footprint pattern indicates:"

"The two men were carrying something 'heavy' one behind the other."

"The person in front is holding one end of the weight and walking backwards, while the person behind is holding the other end of the weight and moving forward. This is why such footprints are left."

"This" all the friends were confused when they heard it.

Fortunately, Mitsuhiko-san's mind is much better than his peers.

Not only can he understand Conan's reasoning, but he can also raise questions and serve as a "praise" for Conan, the famous detective:

"Wait, Conan."

"Didn't you say that there are only two people's footprints on this piece of mud?"

"Then how do you say there are three or four people?"

"There are indeed only two people's footprints that can be directly observed on the ground." Conan gave the answer in an orderly manner: "But."

"But although we haven't gone deep into the cave, we have gone a little further inside and reached a location where there is no light."

"The ground at this location is very rough and there are rock outcrops everywhere."

"If you don't illuminate the ground under your feet when you walk, you can only move forward cautiously and you won't dare to take such big steps."

"Although the footprints of these two people were restricted due to carrying 'heavy objects', their pace was still relatively steady, and there was no sign of pause or hesitation due to lack of light and rugged road conditions."

"So, although no corresponding traces were found."

"But I still have reason to believe that in addition to the two people who were carrying the 'heavy objects', there was a third person following them - if there were only two people, they would have to carry the heavy objects one after the other. The line of sight is blocked, even if I turn on the light at the same time, it is difficult for the light to reach their feet, allowing them to walk so quickly and smoothly."

"Then the third person is the person responsible for lighting the road with a flashlight."

"It's just that he didn't step on the mud, but kept walking on the exposed rock formations, so he didn't leave any visible footprints."

Conan confidently expressed his conclusion.

He used his reasoning to deduce that there were three people entering the cave at that time, two carrying heavy objects and one using a flashlight for lighting.

"What about the 4th person?"

"Where did the fourth person come from?"

Mitsuhiko asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"The fourth person is" Conan's tone seemed to have become more sinister: "It's the 'heavy object' they moved!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the mud footprints on the ground that had not yet dried up and said:

"see it?"

"The man moving things in front is heavier."

"He stepped into the mud, causing the mud to rise high from the edges of his footprints."

"What's strange is that these raised mud edges are all deformed and tilted in the same direction ahead -"

"It was like being swept forward by a broom."

Conan paused slightly and emphasized:

"How could there be a 'broom' between two people moving things one after another, gently stroking the ground while they were moving forward?"

"Obviously, this so-called 'broom' is..."

"Clothes that hang down."

"They were moving a body."

"The hem of the corpse's coat hung down and brushed against the ground as they moved, which resulted in such marks."

Having said this, Conan's expression still became very solemn:

"This kind of remote cave has a sign on the door saying 'Keep out of danger', so most people won't come in at all."

"No one would use a wet cave like this as a warehouse to move heavy objects in and store them."

"So, just think about it and you'll know."

"Criminals bringing in corpses and discarding them is the most reasonable answer."

"Yeah" Everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.

The smart student Mitsuhiko frowned and discovered something was wrong with Conan's reasoning:

"Wait. Conan."

"According to your reasoning, it seems that we can only infer that the two men were moving one person at the time."

"That person is not necessarily a corpse, right?"

"He might still be alive, but he just lost his ability to resist. Maybe the victim can still be saved?"

"Uh" Conan's expression froze.

He was actually asked by a primary school student.

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed possible that it is a living person and not a corpse.

only.

Since he had never experienced a few cases in which no one died since he was a child, he subconsciously felt that this might be another life.

"Ahem. Mitsuhiko is right."

Conan blushed and admitted his mistake in front of his elementary school classmates:

"It is indeed possible that the victim is still alive."

"Then are we going to save him?"

Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and Genta all had little stars in their eyes.

These children always have a heroic dream in their hearts, so that they are often unaware of the risks.

"Uh" Conan's face sank:

If it were in the past, he would definitely rush forward and go to the most dangerous front line to investigate the situation.

But now, with Lin Xinyi's ideological education in the past and Caesar's strong supervision in the future, he will definitely not do this kind of death-seeking thing again.

No matter before or now, Conan would never agree to let these real elementary school students go on adventures.

"We'd better retreat first!"

"Tell Lin Xinyi the matter and let him make the decision."

Conan said this and turned to leave.

At this time, Caesar, who had been silent for a while, started barking "woof, woof, woof" again.

This barking was much more intense than the previous one.

Caesar even waggled his tail violently, the hair all over his body exploded, and he showed his white fangs and assumed the most nervous attack posture towards the darkness deep in the cave.

"Go quickly!!"

Conan understood the message from Caesar:

Danger is coming!

The enemy may have heard their movements and come to cause trouble for them!

Thinking of this, Conan hurriedly led several companions from the Youth Detective Team, pulling Dr. Ali who could not run fast, and hurriedly ran out of the cave.

The group of people quickly ran out of the cave.

At this time, there was a clearly identifiable sound of footsteps coming from behind.

"Someone is chasing us!"

Conan still didn't stop:

"Quick, let's keep running to the camp."

“Don’t stop even for a moment!!”

Just like that, they quickly ran towards the camp and disappeared into the jungle.

At this time, the footsteps behind him became clearer, messier, and seemed very urgent.

"Damn it!"

"Someone saw us!"

The curses of several strange men came from the cave.

And when the three of them ran out of the cave, all they could see were the fleeting figures of a few children in the trees.

"hateful--"

The long-haired man at the head was so angry that his expression was twisted.

They were actually a group of masked bank robbers, originally four of them in total.

But one of these four people accidentally revealed his true face in front of bank surveillance during the recent robbery.

In order to prevent this accomplice from being found by the police and betraying everyone.

The three of them did nothing but kill the accomplice whose identity had been exposed, and then moved the body here, preparing to throw it into a cave and hide it.

No one will enter this cave for many years.

If the body is hidden, then it is really impossible to see the living person or the dead body, and no one can find it.

But, I didn't expect

They had just hidden the body deep in the cave and were about to walk out of the cave when they heard a faint noise coming from the entrance of the cave.

The three of them hurriedly chased out of the cave, only to discover that the troublesome guys who unexpectedly visited this place turned out to be a group of primary school students.

Facing these children, the long-haired man at the head showed no mercy.

Seeing that these brats were about to disappear, he immediately turned to look at the two younger brothers beside him, a fat man with short hair and a thin man with a watermelon head:

"What are you doing standing still? You all have your guns out, shoot!"

"Ah?" The short-haired fat man was startled by this order.

But it was the thin man with a stern face who took decisive action.

He hurriedly targeted the small figures submerged in the forest, raised his hand and fired.

There was a bang.

Startled countless birds.

But after all, this shot failed to hit any target as their boss wanted.

Conan and others had escaped safely into the woods and disappeared temporarily.

"Boss, boss?!"

The fat boy next to him was already frightened by the decisive order given by the long-haired man.

And the thin man who hurriedly fired under the order was also a little confused:

"Brother, do we need to shoot those brats?"

"how?"

The long-haired man spat angrily:

"You are so soft-hearted that you don't dare to do anything to the brat?"

"No, no, no." The short-haired fat man and the watermelon-headed thin man both shook their heads: "What we mean is"

"Those brats just entered the cave and didn't go inside. They may not know what we are doing inside."

"In this case, we can just make up any excuse to fool these brats and keep them from entering the cave."

"Why shoot them and make things so big?"

Both younger brothers couldn't understand the boss's order.

"idiot!"

"That's right, those brats and the old man, they have never met us or seen our faces."

The long-haired man replied with a ferocious expression:

"But before we showed up, before we spoke, they were running away like rabbits!"

"You think they don't know what we're doing in there?"

"If they don't know, why are they running so fast?"

"This" short-haired fat man and the watermelon-headed thin man looked at each other, seeming to realize the seriousness of the problem:

"Then boss, what should we do?"

The long-haired man did not answer directly, but took out his gun with a gloomy expression:

"This is troublesome."