Chapter 223
"Huh? Where do you come from to criticize me? You not only instigated criminal police, but also used police cars indiscriminately!" Yuan Shan and Ye refused to budge.

The cubs of the boss's house quarreled again, and Otaki and Sakata ran to fight as usual.

Xiaolan was about to take Conan into the car, but was rejected.Conan yelled in a bearish voice, "I want to play with Brother Heiji!"

"Don't mess around, I have business to do." Xiaolan stood between the two of them, her attitude was very firm.

Hattori Heiji stood by and watched.

Although he intends to bring Conan with him, the nightmare he had before made him hesitate. He took a second to think about which is more important, the case or the fate, and after reaching a conclusion, he pretended not to see it and turned away.

Conan caught a glimpse of his movements from the corner of his eye, and clicked his tongue in his heart, knowing that this person was hopeless, he simply gritted his teeth and rushed out, wanting to run directly to Sakata's car and lie there.

It's a pity that just halfway through the run, a hand stretched out from the slant and grabbed him firmly.

Bai Shu grabbed Conan by the back collar, walked to the car driven by Otaki, and threw him in the back seat very smoothly.

Yuan Shan and Ye Gang returned to the car angrily, saw a child rolling over beside them, and hugged him easily.

Like Xiaolan, she looked slender and weak, but Conan pushed her arm with all his strength, but he couldn't push it.

Yuan Shan and Ye lowered their heads, watched for a while with the eyes of a hamster spinning a wheel, then stretched out their hand to flick Conan's forehead, and said grimly, "Be good, don't learn from that idiot hot-blooded detective outside."

"...", a chill came from behind, and after a little measurement of the combat strength of the two sides, the former high school student detective gave up struggling.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Xiaolan quickly got into the car. Conan was blocked from both sides and couldn't run away at all.

Mori Kogoro and Police Officer Otaki occupied the front row, while Mori Ran wiped the water from her hair, she leaned towards Toyama and Ye, trying to make room for Shiroki.

But before he succeeded, the door was slammed shut from the outside.

"I can't sit down, I'd better rub Mr. Sakata's car."

Bai Shu supported the roof of the car with one hand, and raised the other hand to block the rain. He ignored Conan's resentful eyes, and showed a proud smile as an adult, "Maybe I can help."

"Go if you want, I can eat more fugu hot pot if there is one less person." Mouri Kogoro waved his hand, right as this assistant loves internship.

The two soon parted ways.

Conan was still not used to being seated between the two girls, so he changed to the window with Xiaolan not long after the car drove away.

He leaned back in his chair and looked out of the window through the rain that smeared on the glass. There were few pedestrians outside, only a car passing them by rolling the water. It was extremely boring.

But, as usual, he certainly wasn't bored for long.

——Less than 10 minutes after the car left, when Mao Lilan was chatting with Yuan Shan and Ye about what to eat for dinner, the phone of police officer Otaki in the front row rang.

Seeing him pick it up, Conan's eyes lit up, and he quietly approached from the back seat, pricking up his ears, regardless of whether it was an invasion of privacy.

Fortunately, this is not a personal matter.

Although he didn't hear everything clearly, he still managed to capture words such as "Minoh mountainous area" and "Kiichiro Numabuchi's car".

The simple words instantly formed a thread in his mind, and Conan grinned contentedly:
Although it's a pity that he didn't meet Mr. Goji, if he can find Kiichiro Numabuchi, he will have the confidence to solve the case based on the clues he got from this wanted criminal.

Officer Otaki spoke quickly and hung up the phone.

Then he turned the steering wheel and swished a sharp 180° turn.While turning around, he apologized and greeted the passengers, "Sorry, I have something to do all of a sudden."

He had business to do, of course the few people in the car had no objection and let him do whatever he wanted.

Otaki Goro was driving an ordinary car. At this moment, he suddenly pulled out a cylindrical police light as if by magic, pulled down the window and stretched out his hand, and snapped it to the roof of the car.

Then he stepped on the accelerator during a series of operations that could kill the traffic police, and drove to his destination with a bang.

……

The scenery in the Minoh mountain area is not bad. A waterfall with a drop of nearly ten meters rolls from the cliff into the river. The small river is not fast, and there is a circle of thin sandy banks on the edge. The scenery is pleasant and the sound of the water is pleasant.

Only at this moment, several police cars greatly reduced the natural beauty of the surrounding area.

Officer Otaki hurried out of the car as soon as he arrived at the place, and Toyama and Ye half stood up while holding the front seat, looking out:
"Ordinary murders don't require so many police cars. What happened?"

"I don't know, but it seems serious..." After Xiaolan finished speaking, she was about to say "Right, Conan", but she turned her head and found that the car door was opened a crack, and the seat next to her was already empty .

……

After crossing the police car and running inward for about ten meters, a dilapidated car parked among the bushes appeared in front of Otaki Goro.

The car was old and covered with plaster, and the sudden heavy rain had washed out mud marks on it.

Officer Otaki was not too dirty either, so he wiped the rainwater off his face, observed it closely, and asked casually, "How's the situation?"

The police officer in a raincoat next to him said disappointedly, "I didn't find anyone, so I probably abandoned the car and ran away."

"Abandoning the car in this kind of wilderness?" Officer Otaki turned his head and looked around, wanting to see where this wanted criminal could go.

Before turning his head thirty degrees, he stopped.

——An abandoned forest ranger's hut stands a dozen meters away. The house is small in size, but it is tall and looks like a cube. It has obviously been quite old, and its appearance has been eroded by wind and rain.

No matter how suspicious this place looked, it was almost labeled as "someone is hiding here".

Otaki Goro pointed at it speechlessly, "Isn't it in there?"

The police officer shook his head, "I checked it just now, and there is no one inside."

"Is that so..." Otaki Goro sighed, ready to search in another direction, but just as he was about to leave, a voice suddenly appeared at his feet:
"Wait, Numabuchi Kiichiro should be in that hut."

"?!", Otaki was startled by the sudden voice, looked down, and saw that the one who spoke was not some mountain goblin Bodhisattva Jizo, but a very familiar elementary school student.

He took a breath, reached out and patted Conan's head, "Don't run around, kid, the mountains are very dangerous."

Conan took it for granted that he ignored the words that he regarded him as a child. He held a rectangular waterproof paper box, took out two small receipts that were wet by rain, and handed them over:

"Look, these are the receipts from the convenience store five days ago and three days ago respectively. There is also this lunch box with today's expiration date printed on it. This means that someone has been active nearby recently."

He handed the things to the policeman and pointed to a bush of lush grass nearby:
"That's where I found it."

(End of this chapter)

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