Chapter 285 Battle-Damaged Xiao Ke
Then Mitsuhiko pointed to a stone with words carved on it and said, "This is what caught my attention! Look at these words on the stone!"
"Proceed towards the Path of the Auspicious Dragon, and Heaven will surely bestow blessings upon you." Conan walked to the stone tablet, squatted down, and read the words on it aloud.
Zhenzhi stood behind the four people huddled in front of the stone tablet, raised his hand to cover his mouth and yawned twice in a row. Then he looked up into the dark cave entrance, ready to go on an adventure with them... no, I mean, to die together.
Sure enough, after a moment of imagining, the three kids, who were good at courting death, were the first to climb over the railing and enter the cave.
Glancing at the corgi still squatting in front of the stone tablet in thought, Makoto went up and poked him on the back. "Conan, they went in. Should we follow them?"
"Huh?" Conan stood up and looked into the cave. Sure enough, the children had already gone inside. "Please! Don't go down!"
"It's okay! It won't hurt to take a look!" Ayumi called out as she turned around.
A bead of sweat trickled down Conan's cheek. He glanced at the only 'well-behaved' pink-haired boy and instructed him, "You wait here for us. If we don't show up, go and call Professor Agasa over!"
As he spoke, he jumped over the fence and followed the children.
With her hands behind her back, Zhenzhi watched them gradually walk into the darkness with her light purple eyes, shrugged, and sat down on the stone tablet.
He didn't care anyway; he'd rather stay here and dawdle than go in and be chased.
After a few seconds of hesitation, he took out a smartphone—which didn't yet exist in this world—from his system space, skillfully opened the game app, and started playing some interesting mini-games.
As the four ventured deeper into the cave, they encountered another group of people who were also there for the 'treasure'. After the four were discovered, one of the men pulled out a pistol and fired a shot at them, which hit the little corgi in the abdomen.
Despite the burning pain from his wounds, Conan tried to contact Ai Haibara using his Detective Badge, but she was busy preparing dinner with Professor Agasa and didn't have the badge with her, so she didn't receive Conan's message.
Makoto also only then realized what was happening, looking on with suspicion, "Wait, why did you tell me to wait and see if they come out, instead of telling me to contact you with my detective badge after something happens to them?"
He took out the badge and happened to receive a call from Conan.
"True knowledge! Can you hear it?"
"Conan? What's wrong? What happened?"
Conan was overjoyed to have made contact with the person. Slightly out of breath, he quickly explained the situation: "Go back to Professor Agasa and tell him to call the police. We encountered a criminal gang in the cave, and they were armed with guns!"
"Huh? Are you guys alright?" Even though there was no one around, Makoto still stood up in surprise, put her smartphone back into her system space, and hurriedly ran towards where Professor Agasa and the others were.
"Professor Agasa—!"
Seeing Machi run back with a worried look on her face, Ai Haibara and Professor Agasa both put down their work.
"What happened? Don't panic, tell me slowly."
Makoto let out a long breath, tears welling in her eyes, "Something terrible has happened! Conan and the others ran into a cave and encountered a criminal gang. They're all armed with guns, and Conan seems to be injured!"
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