Chapter 46
"Dr. Agasa, it's bad, Conan is in danger!" Yoshida Ayumi's tears fell, and she fell because she ran too fast.
Dr. Agasa quickly helped her up: "Danger! What danger?"
Kojima Motota, who was running behind, almost couldn't breathe: "Conan, Conan, he went into the water to save people."
"The water is so deep, I'm so worried that he is in danger."
"Mitsuhiko is guarding over there now, let's go over quickly."
Yoshida Ayumi and Kojima Motota said one by one, and after hearing this, Dr. Agasa and Haibara Ai's expressions changed, and then the two picked up the tools that might be used in the tent and went to the scene of the accident with Motota and others.
When they arrived, Conan was already sitting on the shore, all wet, breathing heavily, and looked suffocated.
"Conan, are you okay?" Dr. Agasa was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he took off his coat and covered him.
"I saw a man push a woman into the river. The woman's legs were wrapped by something. After so long, she might have..." Conan lowered his head, "I couldn't find her."
"You don't have to blame yourself." Huiyuan said sadly, "You are just an elementary school student now. This kind of thing can't be blamed on you."
"Yes, Conan, don't be sad, let's call the police first." Dr. Agasa took out his mobile phone and asked, "Did you see the murderer's appearance clearly?"
"He was wearing a brown and yellow suit, his chin was full of beard, his hair was messy, and his body was dirty. I guess he should have lived in the mountains for a while." Conan recalled, "He left on a wild boar."
"Wild boar?" Genta asked in surprise, "Can wild boars be ridden?"
Mitsuihiko replied: "Normally not, because wild boars are very wild and aggressive and difficult to tame."
"Oh, so that's it." Genta looked a little disappointed.
"Strange, why can't I get through?" Dr. Agasa looked at his phone, "There's no signal here, let's go back to the campsite and call the police."
Conan nodded, a little absent-minded.
"Are you still thinking about the person who fell into the water?" Huiyuan asked sadly, and Mitsuhiko and Ayumi comforted him after hearing it:
"Conan, you have done your best, don't be sad anymore."
"Then let's try our best to help the police find the murderer! Junior Detective Team, go!"
"You... Thank you." In fact, he had adjusted his mood, but he didn't know why his joints felt a little painful.
Could it be that he was cold after staying in the water for too long? It shouldn't be, he was fine wearing only shorts in winter.
[Wild Survival Player (Savage): We are so lucky that we actually met Conan.
Unscientific Mermaid (Fisherwoman): It was the first time I saw the real Conan, but it was a pity that I didn't see his appearance clearly.
Wilderness Survival Player (Wild Man): I don't know what Conan's impression of me is. He should think that I'm cool riding a wild boar [Fly rubs his hands]
Unscientific Mermaid (Fisherwoman): What are you thinking? He jumped into the river to find me, which means he saw you push me into the river. In his eyes, you should be a fugitive, right?
Wilderness Survival Player (Wild Man): I'm disappointed... I wanted to appear as a hero in front of Conan in the future.
Unscientific Mermaid (Fisherwoman): I suddenly remembered that water vapor will rise wherever I pass by. If ordinary people pass by, there will be some negative conditions, such as a decrease in speed and strength. If they stay there for a long time...
Wilderness Survival Player (Wild Man): Conan has been following you for so long, he won't have rheumatism symptoms now, right? ←_←
Unscientific Mermaid (Fisherwoman): It's okay. Anyway, I will slowly recover after leaving the water vapor range. 】
Before they reached the campsite, several dark clouds floated in the sky, and then a strong wind blew.
"Oh no, it's going to rain, everyone hurry up." Dr. Agasa shouted, and at the same time muttered in his heart: Strange, didn't the weather forecast say that the weather would be sunny these days?
Yuan Tai looked disappointed: "My wonderful camping, completely lost hope."
"I hope the rain won't be too heavy."
As soon as the few people ran back to the tent, heavy rain poured down, accompanied by lightning and thunder. They didn't care to pack up the things outside, and everyone hurried into the tent.
"There is no signal here either. Alas, I guess we have to wait until the rain stops before we can call the police." Dr. Agasa looked at the rain outside worriedly. With such heavy rain, I hope nothing will happen.
"I'm a little scared. Conan saw the scene of the man pushing people. What if he comes to find us?" Ayumi huddled up, her face a little pale.
"Now that you mention it, I'm a little scared too. Maybe he's been following us all along." Kojima Genta said in a muffled voice, making the atmosphere even more terrifying.
TsuburayaMitsuhiko swallowed a mouthful of water: "It shouldn't be. It's very dangerous to walk around in the mountains when it rains heavily. There is no other place to take shelter except the tents of a few people nearby, so he should be far away from us."
Ai Huihara nodded: "Mitsuhiko is right, don't worry." She moved closer to Ayumi and gave her silent comfort.
Dr. Agasa was relieved, and he glanced at Conan from the corner of his eye. He was massaging his knees and other parts.
"Conan, are you hurt?" he asked with concern.
Conan nodded and shook his head: "Maybe I stayed in the water for a long time just now. My joints are a little sore and my muscles can't work. But it's much better now. I can feel it's getting better slowly."
"Do you want me to massage you?" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya moved closer to him, and Conan shook his head quickly: "No, it's really okay, thank you."
"Okay then."
For a moment, the tent fell into silence.
"Hello?" A man's voice appeared outside the tent. Yoshida Ayumi's body trembled violently, and Genta also looked terrified. Conan distinguished for a while and said:
"It's the brother who greeted us."
"Ah, ha, ha, that's good, that's good." Kojima Genta breathed a sigh of relief.
Dr. Agasa opened the tent a little, and the thin man stood outside. He was holding an umbrella and his body was mostly wet: "Great, you are here, I want to ask if you have seen Youmei, the long-haired beautiful one who came with us."
"What happened?" Dr. Agasa asked him.
"Youyou went out to relax alone half an hour ago and hasn't come back yet. I want to ask if you have seen her. It's raining so hard and we are all worried and want to find her."
Kojima Genta suddenly shouted: "Could the woman Conan saw be Sister Youyou?"
"You saw her?" The man asked excitedly, "Which direction is she in?"
"It was a little upstream of the nearby river. Conan saw someone push her into the river."
"What?! No, it won't happen. How could it be..." The man's expression was a little broken, and he seemed a little unable to accept this fact.
"It may not be her. I only saw that the person who was pushed into the river had long hair, but I didn't see any other features. It might be someone else."
Conan added, and the man smiled reluctantly: "I know, thank you."
"Big brother, are you still going to look for Sister Youmei now?"
The man nodded: "Yes, let me tell you a secret. In fact, I have always had a crush on her. I am very worried that she will have an accident. Maybe she is waiting for us to save her now. I can't give up looking for her."
"But it's raining heavily now. If you go to look for her, you may also be in danger." Dr. Agasa's words did not shake the man. The man insisted:
"Even if it's dangerous, I will go to look for her."
Dr. Agasa sighed: "I hope you can find her smoothly."
Time passed by minute by minute. After about an hour, the rain became lighter and the sky was drizzling. Dr. Agasa went out with an umbrella to pack up the things left outside.
"Ah——" The scream was so penetrating that everyone in the Junior Detective Team stuck their heads out of the tent:
"What's wrong?"/"What happened?"
Dr. Agasa pointed in a direction: "It seems to be coming from over there, do you want to go and have a look?"
Rarely, this time two people said they didn't want to go.
Yoshida Ayumi: "Could it be that man who showed up?"
Kojima Genta: "Is he killing people?"
Huihara Ai observed everyone's expressions for a while, then said:
"How about this, I'll stay in the tent with Ayumi and Genta and wait for you, Doctor, you and Conan and the others go over to see what's going on."
"Okay, then remember to close the tent and don't open it until we come back. If the signal comes, remember to call the police again." Dr. Agasa reminded, and Huihara Ai and the other two nodded.
As there was only one umbrella, Conan, who was anxious, decided to go in the rain, and Mitsuhiko felt that he couldn't leave him behind, so he also sped up, leaving Dr. Agasa, who was holding an umbrella, to carefully step on the slippery mud.
The closer they got to the place where the screams came from, the more obvious the crying sound became. Conan could see a woman hanging from a tree not far away through the trees.
Someone's dead? ! Suicide or homicide?
Conan simply ran, not caring whether the mud was slippery or not.
The cold look of the short-haired woman had been shattered to the ground. She was now crying out of breath. The man with glasses tilted his head to one side, unwilling to look at the body. The thin man stood there in a daze, as if he had not yet reacted to this fact.
"Youmei..." His voice was sad, and his body gradually approached the hanged woman, "You must be very uncomfortable, I'll put you down."
EyeSeeing that he was about to touch the body, Conan stopped him loudly:
"Wait! Don't touch her, don't destroy the crime scene!"
The man gritted his teeth and put down his hand.
Conan observed the current condition of the body. There were some inconspicuous scratches on her neck, and the strangulation marks were very irregular. It was very likely that she was strangled to death and hung on the tree.
Was it the three people present? Or the man?
"Sister, how did you find her?" Conan started asking from the short-haired woman.
The short-haired woman sobbed and said: "We looked for a while when it just started to rain, but we couldn't find her. The rain was too heavy, so we went back to the tent. When the rain was a little lighter, we went to look for her again. As a result, we saw her hanging here not long after."
"Have you looked for this location before?"
"I don't know. I looked in another direction. You can ask them if they have been here before."