"What's wrong?" Conan couldn't help but ask when he saw Tang Ze's actions.
"That seems to be what we are looking for." Tang Ze held his forehead with his left hand helplessly, and pointed at the blue glass ball on the base of the tombstone with his right hand.
"It actually fell here?!" Shancuncao picked it up speechlessly: "But it looks like an ordinary glass ball, right?"
"There are small steel balls, ping-pong balls, pearls and glass balls..." Conan frowned as he looked at the blue glass ball and said, "What kind of message does the murderer want to convey..."
"Um, speaking of dogs and beads~~"
Shancuncao pointed his finger at the sky, his face full of desire to express himself.
"What do you want to say? It's not some unreliable speculation, is it?"
Hattori Heiji looked at the other person's expression with a suspicious look on his face and said, "Tell me about it."
"Maybe it can be a clue." Although Conan was not as skeptical as Hattori Heiji, his words were filled with a hint of comfort.
Shancuncao looked at the two people's distrustful expressions and unconsciously raised his eyebrows. Then he said, "Forget it. Since you don't believe it, there is no need to listen any further."
"Then what do I ask of you?" Tang Ze said with a smile, "Just stop quarreling with these two little kids."
"Since Detective Tang Ze asked me to do so, I will reluctantly express my opinion."
After hearing Tang Ze's words, Shancun Cao became elated again: "You two must listen carefully.
Speaking of beads and dogs, the first thing that comes to mind is "The Legend of the Eight Dogs of Nanso Satomi!"
"Uh..." Hattori Heiji and Conan couldn't help but feel ashamed when they heard what Yamamura So said.
Obviously, they didn't expect that the other party's imagination would be so outrageous.
The so-called "Nanso Satomi Hakkenden" is the longest work in the history of Japanese classical literature.
The protagonist of the book is a warrior who was reincarnated from eight prayer beads.
When they were born, they carried prayer beads with words appearing inside, representing the eight virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, loyalty, trustworthiness, filial piety, and brotherly love.
"So," Hattori Heiji said unhappily to Yamamura So, "Even if the beads and the dog match, what basis does it have for this case?"
"This...that...are there eight people in total?"
Shancuncao was confused by the question, then he looked around and finally said with a wry smile: "Okay, okay, I know they don't have these words in their names. Let's go up the mountain quickly, up the mountain!"
Having said this, without waiting for the three people to finish their words and think about anything, he pushed the three people to the car with some embarrassment and anger.
After that, a group of four drove two cars towards the place where Miss Zuo Ji fell off the cliff. After arriving nearby, the four of them took flashlights and searched around for clues.
Soon, Hattori Heiji found the dry grass print burned by flames in the green grass again.
"It's the same as the burn marks in the yard." Hattori Heiji squatted down and compared it with the dry footprints on the ground.
"The rope holding the cliff was also cut by a sharp weapon." Tang Ze squatted on the edge of the cliff and said after checking the cut on the rope.
"Not only that, the warning sign here was also pulled out and thrown over here." Conan picked up a warning sign and said.
"The road sign further away, near the fork in the road, has also been removed." Shancuncao ran over and said.
"I remember Miss Zuo Ji seemed to have some direction problems."
After listening to the three people's findings, Tang Ze pondered and said, "She is in such a disadvantageous state, and the surrounding environment is so dark. In addition, the ropes, road signs, and warning signs are all gone.
It's no surprise that if someone is being relentlessly pursued by a flaming "demon dog," they might panic and end up falling off a cliff while trying to escape."
"I'm afraid the criminal also knew that Miss Zuo Ji was not familiar with the road, so he designed this trap specifically for her."
Conan on the side echoed: "After all, Mr. Yingci was killed by the criminal using the same method before. Logically, Miss Zuoji should be on guard."
"But you forgot that Mr. Yingci's death also increased her fear."
Tang Ze shook his head and said, "And this fear magnified her weakness and brought her fatal murderous intent."
"I wonder how Miss Saki is doing." Inufushi Yukihime, who was waiting by the car, couldn't help but sigh and pray, "I hope she's safe."
"Yes, and what we have to do is to help her catch the criminal who caused her injury before she wakes up."
Tang Ze said this and waved to the remaining three people: "Let's go, let's go to the swamp."
"Then I'll lead the way for you." Upon hearing this, Inufushi Yukihime sat in the passenger seat. With Tang Ze leading the way, the two cars drove one after the other towards the swamp near Inufushi Castle.
Under the guidance of the other party, everyone arrived at the swamp.
"Oh~ This is the swamp you were talking about~" Hattori Heiji shone a flashlight on the water surface and looked around.
"Hey, I heard that there will be fire around this swamp. Is this true?" Conan looked around and asked Yamamura Cao.
"It's true, it's just in some places nearby." Shancun Cao nodded and said, "There are still traces of burning."
"Now could you please point out to us where the small house you remember is?" Tang Ze said with a smile as he looked at Inufushi Chiaki who seemed to be standing aside and had little presence.
"That... this..."
Inufushi Chiaki, somewhat unsure, waved his flashlight around in the forest opposite, finally locking onto an old wooden house and quickly said, "That's it! It seems to be that wooden house!"
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