“Why does he keep going up the mountain again and again?”

"That..."

Kidd asked again:

“Why did he drive a conspicuous police car up the mountain?”

"Wouldn't it be better to use another vehicle?"

"This is a tourist attraction, bro!"

Sakaki Makoto said helplessly:

"Ordinary civilian vehicles will be stopped at the end of the road at best. If you want to drive up the mountain..."

"Police cars are the most convenient. As long as they use the excuse of investigating a case, who would suspect the police?"

Why are criminals caught again and again?

Is it because they are not rigorous enough?

No...

Because...

The people who uncovered their modus operandi were even smarter and more meticulous than they were.

I'm afraid Yusuke Sakata didn't expect...

Someone was able to tell that he was driving a police car just by the tire tracks left on the ground.

This is such a weird place...

Most people really don’t consider this.

In other words, we can consider...

They are not ordinary people.

"Sakata Yusuke went up the mountain again and again. According to my deduction, there are two possibilities."

Sakaki Makoto walked to the trash can at the edge of the scenic area and found some burnt paper inside. He said:

"First, Numabuchi Kiichiro is not dead, he is just imprisoned by him. I don't know the specific reason yet."

"Second, Kiichiro Numabuchi is dead, and he is burying the body, but..."

"The latter possibility is very small. If Kiichiro Numabuchi is really dead, he is not in his seventies or eighties. It is unlikely that he has not dug out the grave in half a month."

At this time, Kidd came forward and looked into the trash can...

I found that it was full of dust and useless garbage, except for a few clumps of ashes, which looked like the remains of completely burned pieces of paper.

"If that's the case..."

He turned his brain and thought:

"Is it possible that Kiichiro Numabuchi is still alive?"

"That's right."

Sakaki Makoto narrowed his eyes and looked into the forest shrouded in darkness:

"The reason why Sakata Yusuke went up the mountain again and again was probably to deliver food to Numabuchi Kiichiro."