Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 157 The Dark Shadow Approaching Huiyuan's Secret (Part 3)

"Ahhh!" Mitsuhiko was so scared that he fell to the ground, and the others also turned pale.

Yuan Tai stammered, "Could it be that the woman just now was...?"

"If it's true, he will most likely come back here again. He's the murderer who stained the crime scene with blood." Huibara was still calm, trying to analyze the current situation.

"Then, we must leave here quickly!" Mitsuhiko hurriedly got up from the ground.

"That's right, we have to leave quickly!"

The little girl had already walked near the door and was about to push the bolt when the wooden door began to shake violently.

"It seems like someone is banging on the door outside..." The little girl took a few steps back when she saw this.

This scene frightened several people again. Yuan Tai said nervously: "Could it be that the man has returned here?"

Mitsuhiko tried to struggle a bit: "Let's talk to the people outside. Maybe it's just someone who wants to come into the mountain cabin and knock on the door."

Having said that, Mitsuhiko was about to approach the gate, but his action was interrupted by a louder crash.

The door latch creaked as if it would soon give way.

Huiyuan forced herself to remain calm and said, "Absolutely right, the person behind this door is the murderer who just buried the body."

Seeing that he couldn't break the door open, the murderer outside locked it with the chain and started a fire, trying to burn the children to death and destroy the bodies.

Inside the cabin, Huiyuan shone the flashlight on the two backpacks in the corner. "I guess the owner of this black bag is the one who brought the woman he just buried here to kill her. But don't worry, this is the only entrance to the cabin. Let's stay here and wait for someone to come and rescue us."

The little girl also comforted everyone: "It's okay, if Dad and the others find out we're missing, they will definitely come looking for us."

Ayumi noticed Huibara's abnormality: "Ai, are you shaking?"

"Ah, I feel a little cold. Maybe I got infected with Edogawa's cold." Cold sweat dripped from Huibara's forehead.

"Hey, Huiyuan, can you lend me your phone again?" The little girl nervously twirled the hem of her skirt. "Even though there might be no signal here, I still want to try and see if I can contact someone outside."

"Well, take it and use it." Huibara handed over the phone.

The perspective turns to Conan. Gunma's erratic police officer, Officer Yamamura, finally arrives at the scene and reviews everything that happened here.

"So, about two hours ago, you received a call reporting that a man was burying a woman's body next to the 'Snake Watch' sign, correct?"

"When you came here to investigate, you found a female body, and the girl who called the police is probably..." Officer Yamamura paused. "Conan, you just said that she might be your friend, right?"

Conan nodded, "Yeah, I've been calling her, but I can't get through at all."

Dr. Agasa also urged: "So please take people to search this area as soon as possible."

"The search team has been dispatched to investigate, but the roads nearby are so complicated that we don't know if we can find the person right away," explained Officer Shancun.

"What did you say?" the novelist said angrily. "Do you know that the murderer might be roaming in the mountains right now, and those children might be in danger?"

"Calm down, Orpheus," the entomologist advised.

"How can I stay calm? It just so happens that today, I didn't let her wear the badge that can locate her. I will lose her again..."

Seeing the novelist looking like a grieving old father who had lost his daughter, Officer Yamamura quickly stepped forward to comfort him: "Please rest assured, this Fuyumei Mountain is like a courtyard to us, the Gunma Prefectural Police. Whether it's a child or a murderer, we will find them and show them to you immediately."

When Conan saw this scene, he complained in his heart: Does this mean that I don’t need to worry or I do need to worry?

"We can search for it, but as for the true identity of this corpse, do you want to investigate it first?" Shira was already squatting beside the corpse, ready to investigate.

"Judging from the livor mortis and rigor mortis, this woman was murdered about five or six hours ago. Her back was struck hard with a weapon like an axe."

"But she didn't die immediately. When she was put in the sleeping bag, she still showed some signs of life. There were bloodstains on the inside of the sleeping bag, and you could see that her hands were moving."

Seeing this, Officer Shancun also looked down, nodded as he listened, and then immediately reacted: "Hey, where are you from?"

"I'm a detective named Masumi Sera. I'm Conan's friend, right?"

"Yeah." Conan nodded in acknowledgement.

"I don't care if you're a detective or something, this bothers me, how could you just touch a body like that?"

"Sorry~"

"If an apology can solve the problem, what's the point of the police?" Officer Yamamura curled his lips and turned to ask the police officer behind him. "So, what's the origin of the body?"

"Since she didn't carry anything on her, so..." The policeman was also helpless.

Conan looked at the body and said, "I think this person should be a kindergarten teacher."

"Hey, why?"

Conan pulled the socks off the corpse's knees: "There are marks on her knees, right? Kindergarten teachers often have to kneel on the ground to be at eye level with the children, don't they?"

"But it's a bit far-fetched to conclude that she's a kindergarten teacher based on this alone," Dr. Agasa said doubtfully. "Many sports can cause knee scrapes."

"If she were an athlete, there would be some scratches on her elbows or hands. People who often kneel or sit upright would also have a lot of marks on their calves and toenails."

Sera also added: "Also, this person has straight hair, but the hair on the sides is very unnaturally fluffy."

The entomologist interjected, "So it seems she usually wears her hair in twintails, and only let it down today."

Shira nodded, then lifted the hair on the back of the corpse's head. "And you can see there are traces of sunburn on the back of her head, which means she walks outdoors frequently."

The novelist nodded. "Indeed, this person looks to be in her thirties, yet she wears twin pigtails, a childish hairstyle. This confirms that she must be a kindergarten teacher who often takes children out to play."

Officer Yamamura rested his chin in his hand and pondered, "Then I'll have to go back to the police station and investigate carefully to see if there are any kindergarten teachers missing in the area. But if they're from other counties..."

The entomologist held his forehead and said, "Officer, if we really conduct the investigation this way, by the time we get the results, all the caterpillars crawling on the trees will have transformed into butterflies and flown away."

The novelist urged, "There are still many clues at the scene. If we can find the murderer quickly, we can learn the whereabouts of the children directly from him!"