Conan and others on the side became even more suspicious after hearing the superstitious words, and instead felt that the possibility of the village chief's disappearance being due to running away with the donations was even smaller.
"Isn't there any place worth going in the distance?" Yuanzi looked at the two old men who were about to leave and couldn't help but ask.
The old man with glasses looked at Conan and his group and said, "To be honest, my family thought the village chief had gone out. It was only after we heard from outsiders that we realized he had disappeared."
Before deciding on their next itinerary, the group wandered around seven places outside the village.
As newcomers, it was obviously wise for us to have a conflict with the local villagers, so Conan and the others looked at each other and slowly chose to leave.
"Yes, it seems that the shrine is backed by the mountain in front." Xiaolan took a closer look and guessed: "Yes, they hollowed out the mountain and used the space outside."
Yuanzi waved his hand and said, "Besides, the scenery of that village is actually quite good. Would it be a waste to go for a walk?
Conan said, "But now it's okay. Missing persons and murder cases are the same. Finding the person is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The investigation will be very troublesome.
"We've all heard that the village land might be sold, and we're waiting to see if we can get the money," sighed the bald old man.
The slightly corroded wooden house has a roof covered with thatched grass that has been there for who knows how long, and various old trees are located next to it.
"When the time comes, you will contact Detective Kowa and Detective Morobushi to come over and take a look. If necessary, you will also return to investigate again."
Perhaps because the shrine was built against the mountain, a cool feeling swept over me as I stepped into the platform where the shrine was located.
"Yes, your village chief has been missing for less than eight days."
After asking the boss, he retreated in the direction he pointed and slowly found the slightly corroded stairs in the corner.
"Are they here for fun?"
"But you see there aren't many young people outside the village." Conan said with a smile: "If there were no young people, the village would be able to maintain its vitality."
"So that's how it is." Da Lan and Yuan Zi patted their chests and breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that.
Just then, a woman's voice came from behind everyone, scaring Dalan and Yuanzi.
"Don't talk nonsense, what era is this now?"
And from the other party's mouth, we can also know that the village chief may be the first person to disappear in decades since the retreat to modern times.
Before ordering from the boss, everyone planned to take advantage of the waiting time to go to the bottom of the shrine to pay their respects.
After that we thought that there were so few masks hanging in that village. If the disappearance was broken, it must have been accumulated in ancient times, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
"It's not that, that's feudal superstition." Yuanzi patted his chest and said with a smile, but that action seemed more like self-consolation.
"If they really want to, they should go to the shrine and pay their respects." The bald old man gave a suggestion before hearing what Sonoko said: "This Waiza has a history of at least several hundred years. It's the only place worth visiting."
Anyway, brother-in-law, we are here to investigate the missing village chief, so why would we just wander around some meaningless places?"
"So, what are you guys going to do next?" Sera Masumi put down his drink and asked, "Are you going to stay and investigate further?"
And they were able to confirm whether I was missing or had betrayed the village and absconded with the money, so when Dalan and the others realized those things, they became scared very slowly.
"Yes, it's superstition!" The woman said full of joy after hearing Yuanzi's words: "People from outside the city always regard what the villagers say as superstition."
"Well, may I ask if the disappearance he mentioned has anything to do with that mask?" Xiaolan asked the woman curiously.
After all, there are no nearly 500 people in the village looking for the missing village chief, so it is possible that they have not checked the places where Conan and others were wandering.
Although a case has just been solved, according to the usual rules, there will be a few days of peace afterwards, but it is also ruled out that there will be no cases occurring continuously.
It is certain that due to various factors, some cases were missed and they were missed, but now the signs of the case are right in front of us and we must turn a blind eye to them. This would be a dereliction of duty.
Judging from the current situation, there's a small chance that things will remain deadlocked with no way out. Even if we stay there, it's estimated that it will be resolved in a short time, and you obviously don't have that much time to waste."
At most, looking at the whole village searching for the missing village chief, Conan felt that there was a small chance that it might be related to a case.
Speaking of that, Sonoko looked at Conan and said with a smile: "Are you right, brother-in-law?"
"What should we do about this case?" Sera Masumi looked at Pompei and said, "After all, the village chief is missing. Is it really right to just sit back and do nothing?"
However, Conan did not continue to ask about that topic, but chatted casually with the two old men.
The group walked down the bumpy stairs to the shrine and found that the shrine was not at all dilapidated.
"yes."
"What's missing? The village used to be quite quiet, but now with people making money, there are less than 500 people here." The old man with glasses sighed.
"Yuanzi, was he still scared just now?"
Although everyone was curious about the ceremony that the other party was about to hold, it was obvious that the other party had no intention of letting us stay to watch.
"God-hidden..." Hearing the old man's words, Da Lan and Sonoko couldn't help but shrink their necks. It was obvious that they were still very afraid of those ghostly things.
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