Chapter 489 Detective Habits Observation
When Conan heard the topic of "human heads", he finally realized that Mouri Ran was afraid.
He laughed dryly and consoled them, "Maybe they just left the food in their bags and forgot to take it out, so it got spoiled accidentally. You can't litter on the mountain, so they had to keep it in their bags. When we get to the rest stop, we can find a chance to take a sneak peek."
Although it is illegal to search someone's bag, he is only a 7-year-old child and will not be punished for this...
"…Really?" Mao Lilan was skeptical.
Jiang Xia nodded and agreed with the statement that "the food was rotten."
At the same time, he stared at the fresh shikigami on the couple's legs and fell into deep thought.
...I've got nothing to do anyway, so if I find a chance to scare these two people, will it bring out some extra murderous intent?
Or wait until you get to a rest stop, say "How weird" like Conan, get closer to their bag, then find an opportunity to be alone with them and show them your back?
The couple who were resting suddenly felt a chill on their backs. They raised their heads vigilantly and looked at Jiang Xia based on their intuition.
But the young detective had already looked away and was now leisurely drinking water and taking a rest.
The couple looked at each other, and although their legs were still sore, they stood up firmly and walked quickly to the resting point. They always felt that if they stayed any longer, something bad might happen.
As soon as they left, there was no one else around, and Jiang Xia and others became the last group of travelers to go up the mountain.
The client looked around and didn't see any "Silver Fox" hiding around, so he stood up and said, "Let's go. The sky is getting cloudy and it might rain. We need to go to the rest stop early."
A group of people set out on the mountain road again.
…
After walking for a while, a man's scream suddenly sounded across the dense forest.
"!?" Conan and Amuro Toru's ears moved and they rushed over immediately.
Jiang Xia followed seamlessly - the "Detective Habits Observation Notes" in his mind was no thinner than Huibara Ai's "Jiang Xia Observation Notes", and he had already roughly figured out the action pattern of a detective.
A group of people ran towards the sound and passed through the dense forest, and saw Etsuko Torakura, the novelist who had just come to chat with Jiang Xia, now sitting on the edge of the cliff, looking at the bottom of the cliff in surprise.
"What happened?"
Jiang Xia asked as he ran to the edge of the cliff.
Below, on a protruding rock about seven or eight meters away, there was a person lying quietly.
——It was the enthusiastic male college student who was said to come here often to climb the mountain.
…
There is a sloping, winding path from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the cliff.
A group of people went down to the protruding rock.
Jiang Xia walked to the male college student, squatted down and touched him, a little surprised: "...He is still alive."
This classmate is really smart... Maybe when he fell, he brushed against the path and vegetation on the cliff, which cushioned his fall.
Conan and Toru Amuro couldn't hide their surprise either.
——They heard the screams and saw someone lying on his back motionless at the bottom of the cliff, and they instinctively began to look for the murderer.
When he heard that the person was still alive, he came to his senses slowly and began to try to give the person first aid.
Of course, while providing first aid, the detectives did not forget to conduct simple observations.
There was a thin, narrow scar on the male college student's face. It didn't look like a scratch from falling, but rather a cut from something sharp.
In addition, there was a small knife stuck on a tree a few meters away.
——It didn’t seem like he fell accidentally, but rather that he fell down accidentally while dodging a flying knife or something like that.
Flying knife...
silver fox?!
The client quickly came to the same conclusion.
The scream of the male college student when he fell off the cliff attracted not only them, but also several other tourists. At this time, a group of people were gathered here to look around.
Although that couple was the most sneaky, they set out late and did not have enough time to commit the crime.
Then all that's left is...
The client looked at Tokura Etsuko who was looking at Jiang Xia in deep thought, and pulled her over: "Did you do this?"
——Just now Conan told Jiang Xia that "Etsuko Torakura is also a suspect." Jiang Xia didn't pay much attention to it, but the client overheard it.
Being pulled like this, Etsuko Torakura came back to her senses from her thoughts.
She slapped the client's hand away and slowly adjusted her scarf and collar. "When I heard the shouting and ran over, things had already become like this. And judging from the injured person's appearance, he seemed to have been attacked by a sharp weapon. I won't use those things - besides, since he is still alive, when he wakes up, I can ask him about the situation, and everything will be clear, right?"
The client snorted coldly and let go of his hand: "... He was so cruel, who knows if he can wake up."
There was a loud bang of thunder.
A few flashes of lightning streaked across the gloomy sky filled with dark clouds, and raindrops began to fall, hitting the ground.
Today's weather forecast was wrong. It was supposed to be cloudy, but it suddenly started raining, and it kept getting heavier.
Jiang Xia took out his phone and checked: "No signal."
Mao Lilan nodded disappointedly.
As early as when she saw a person lying at the bottom of the cliff, she had already called the police. Now that she was at the bottom of the cliff, she called for an ambulance without giving up, but still failed.
…
After performing simple first aid, Jiang Xia put down his phone, looked at the male college student lying on the ground, and sighed softly.
After a moment, he took off his waterproof hat and put it on the lucky male college student's face to shield him from the rain.
I didn't want to continue getting wet in the rain, so I suggested, "It's not good for the wound to get wet, and if we continue to stay in the mountains, we will be in danger. Let's go to the rest stop first."
…………
Ten minutes later.
Before it got completely dark, a group of people who were soaked through finally arrived at the nearest rest stop.
It’s called a rest stop, but it’s actually just an old house.
Jiang Xia raised his hand and knocked on the door twice. Seeing that the door was not locked, he simply pushed it open.
With a creak, the door opened. In the dim light, the white-haired old man in front of the stove turned around and looked towards the door.
The old man had thick hair and beard, and his eyes were fierce. He stared at the people who came in. Just then, a bolt of lightning struck the window. He looked so horrible that he seemed to have just walked down the genealogy of a cannibal.
Mao Lilan shuddered all over and immediately took a defensive stance.
Jiang Xia silently pressed down the hand she was holding in front of her.
Amuro Toru took a look at the uniform on the old man and whispered, "He should be the manager here."
The hut manager looked at them with disdain for a while, then threw a few ordinary bath towels over and said, "Dry yourself before coming in."
"..." This tone should really be that of a manager, not some monster that appears during thunderstorms...
Not only Mao Lilan, but several other timid passengers also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
A group of people carried the unconscious male college student into the house, found some bandages and disinfectant, and used them as a temporary emergency measure.
(End of this chapter)
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