Conan's other self

After finishing the task arrangement, Maplehara retreated all the way from where he was now to where he had just picked up the mysterious train pass.

Obviously, this ring was accidentally dropped by someone when Conan and the others were escaping, and this angle was naturally the direction in which they fled in the first place.

"How to find it next?"

Haiyuan Ai carefully observed the traces on the ground where the ring fell. Although you can vaguely see messy footprints here, it is obviously very difficult to follow the footprints all the way in the woods...

"Well... they started to change direction here," Maplehara looked down and observed from a few steps away. "If Genta and the others were running with Conan at the beginning, then it should be Conan taking command from here on..."

If elementary school students run around in unfamiliar woods, they will soon be overtaken by adults, so Conan will definitely choose to rely on his observation skills and try to avoid roads that are difficult for them to take.

"That…"

Hui Yuan Ai turned to look at Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan was closing his eyes.

Memories belonging to Kudo Shinichi surged in his mind like a tide.

If they are led by Conan, then it can basically be said that they are led by themselves - as long as they temporarily no longer deliberately suppress the impact of this memory on themselves.

Ways of thinking…emotions…

Maplehara stood there with his eyes closed, imagining himself encountering the same situation, and borrowing Kudo Shinichi's way of thinking to speculate on Conan's actions.

However, what makes him a little strange is that, just like the previous times when he met Kudo Yukiko, even if he doesn't resist the emotion in his memory now, he doesn't seem to have any unnecessary emotions...

For example, he still doesn't have "that idea" about Xiaolan.

The kind of emotion that seems to come from the memory seems to be only for Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko...

"Go this way." Feng Yuan opened his eyes and said to Hai Yuan Ai.

Since "time travel", Conan has also experienced a lot of things and grown a lot. So to be precise, using Kudo Shinichi in memory to speculate on Conan will still be somewhat different from reality.

But Feng originally had no intention of taking this as a guide, but only used it to guide him to observe the clues on the road and combine them with them.

Elementary school students weigh less, so the marks are not very obvious. But the footprints of the adult man chasing Conan and the others were much more obvious, as were the broken branches and shrubs.

"Here," after walking for a while, Fengyuan stopped and took a closer look, "someone fell... It looks like it should be Genta."

There is a branch that fell to the ground next to it. There are traces of friction between the branch and the shoes. Yuanta probably fell down because he accidentally stepped on this relatively round branch.

Hui Yuarai pursed her lips slightly, "Have you been caught?"

"Probably not. The footprints were not scattered, and they did not run separately..." Fengyuan said, "This means that they kept a certain distance from the person behind them, so they would not be caught up so easily..."

Hui Yuan Ai breathed a sigh of relief.

"However, what makes me feel a little strange is..."

Feng Yuan held his chin and thought for a moment, "The man's footprints in front showed no signs of changing. It seemed as if he didn't notice Genta falling at all..."

Huiyuan Ai was startled for a moment, "...has he lost track of you?"

"Probably...go on."

After walking for a while, the traces left by the man were separated from Conan and the others, but they didn't go far and seemed to linger nearby for a while before he changed direction and intersected with Conan and the others' traces again.

"…It seems that he has indeed lost track of him…"

Maplehara looked in the direction where Conan and the others left, "I think he probably wants to return to the murder scene."

Coincidentally, Conan and the others also ran in that direction, so the two traces intersected again.

Feng Yuan and Hai Yuan Ai continued walking.

…

In a dilapidated cabin.

"I-it doesn't matter if we hide in this mountain hut for the time being, right?" Mitsuhiko pressed his hands against the door, trying to see the scene outside through the gaps in the wood.

"Of course, I locked the door firmly!" Yuantai replied.

As soon as they ran into the wooden house, Yuantai used a wooden board on the table to wedge the wooden door. They also tried to pull it, but the wooden door seemed to be frozen in space and remained motionless.

"Then let me see if there are other entrances!" Mitsuhiko turned his head to explore other parts of the cabin.

Ayumi held her knees and took a few breaths, then stood up and looked at Conan who was observing the wooden house. "It's all my fault. I didn't pay attention to Conan using the anesthesia needle to watch... which caused Conan to miss the shot..."

Along the way, she didn't have time to express her apology.

"Ah? There's no such thing. I was too nervous at that time so I ejaculated incorrectly. You pulled me in later..."

"Y-really?"

"That's it, it's not your fault..."

After lying, Conan continued to look at the cabin.

The cabin has two rooms inside and one outside. The outside room contains almost nothing except wooden tables, chairs and two backpacks.

The two backpacks were leaning against the wall near the wooden door. They should have been brought in by others. Judging from the style of the backpacks, they should belong to a man and a woman.

One man and one woman…

"How's it going, Mitsuhiko?" Genta shouted to Mitsuhiko.

"It seems like there's only one entrance."

Mitsuhiko walked into the room inside holding his watch-shaped flashlight, and then his feet suddenly slipped, "Wow!"

"Hey, what's up?"

"Misuhiko!?" Conan also ran over there quickly.

"The ground, the ground is wet..."

Mitsuhiko, who was lying on the ground, replied casually, looked to the side, and with the light of the flashlight, he realized that next to him was an ax stuck in the floor, and the bottom of the ax was soaked in blood.

He had just stepped on blood and slipped.

Mitsuhiko couldn't help but scream, "Ahhhh!"

"Ke, Conan..." Ayumi huddled behind Conan, looking at the pool of blood on the ground in fear.

"Could it be that the woman just now was killed here?"

"It should be right..." Conan looked serious, "Judging from the dryness of the blood, it should have happened less than an hour ago..."

Conan paused, "In this case, the murderer will most likely return to the crime scene."

As soon as he finished speaking, they heard two heavy knocks on the door, which startled the pupils.

"Did that man really come back just now?"

"I-should we talk to him?" Mitsuhiko said, "Maybe he is a passerby who came to this mountain hut by chance..."

“No, this dilapidated cabin—”

Before Conan finished speaking again, there was a violent impact. The people outside were obviously trying to use their bodies to break the wooden door open.

There was no need for Conan to explain now. The primary school students immediately realized that outside was the prisoner who had just chased them all the way.

"Then, what should we do now, Conan?"

"It's okay," Conan replied, "Doctor and the others should have finished shopping and returned to the campsite. If they find that we are not here, they will definitely come looking for us. Maplehara also has a pair of tracking glasses..."

There is only one person on the opposite side, and Maplehara is not like himself who has no use for shoes or watches, so he should be able to solve it easily.

"B-But none of us are wearing detective badges..."

"Yes, we put them in the tent before coming out..."

"This pair of glasses of mine can also send out signals, and Maplehara's pair of glasses can also be tracked..."

"Oh, no!"

"ah?"

"I just remembered that before you arrived at the doctor's house, Kaedehara asked the doctor about his glasses." Mitsuhiko's face turned ugly, "His glasses seem to be still in the doctor's laboratory..."

"...Really, that's all we have to do..."

The prisoners outside the door seemed to have given up on the collision, but the other party was probably guarding outside, and it was impossible for them to just go out like this.

Conan took out his cell phone again.

Yuanta and the others didn't bring their mobile phones with them, and his mobile phone was also out of battery. He was busy escaping before, so he didn't even call the police.

"But isn't Conan's cell phone out of battery?"

"Yeah...but I can try to revive the battery." Conan opened the back cover of the phone and took out the battery.

"Is this okay?"

"Well, take out the battery and heat it with body temperature. The voltage will rise and it should be able to last for a while. If we just tell Maplehara about our situation..."

As Conan spoke, he put the battery close to his chest to warm it for a while, then put the battery back in and turned on the phone.

"Hi, open it!"

"It really works!"

"That's awesome, Conan!"

"It's a joke... Hey, isn't it?"

"What's wrong?"

"The phone is turned on, but there is no signal here..." Conan couldn't help but sigh, "Anyway, let's see if there is anything useful here first?"

The ax on the ground is too big. Not only would it be very difficult for primary school students to use it, but it might also become a weapon for prisoners, so it was not considered.

The cabin was very clean, with almost nothing except the two backpacks, so Conan focused on those two backpacks.

"Then, that person seems to be gone..."

The primary school students came back to their senses and noticed that there had been no movement outside for some time.

"Maybe I'm thinking of other ways to break in..."

Conan flipped through his backpack, "But it doesn't matter. Even if there are no tracking glasses available, Maplehara will definitely be able to find us. Before that, we have to find a way to protect ourselves..."

"Yes, yes..."

"But the backpack is full of clothes... There is a book about claustrophobia... There are also clothes here... cameras and film..."

"It doesn't seem to be of any use..." Mitsuhiko said.

"Hmm...but I can probably guess what happened here..."

Although he was in danger, Conan couldn't help but analyze the case using existing clues.

That claustrophobic book made him wonder...

Conan looked around the cabin and found that the windows had also been nailed up with iron nails...

Could it be that he was trying to cure his claustrophobia here, but it had the opposite effect and caused him to panic...

Speaking of which, that bag contains film and a camera. If you are claustrophobic, you will not be able to enter the dark and narrow developing darkroom, which is fatal for photographers who use film cameras.

In this case, it makes sense to think of treating claustrophobia...

So the woman must have thought that facing her fears could help the man cure his claustrophobia...

As a result, the man fell into panic and became insane. In this state, he killed the woman, and then he planned to bury the body near the inaccessible sign "Beware of Snakes"...

"Sneeze!" Conan couldn't help sneezing.

"Ke, Conan, your cold is not gone yet? Haven't you already taken medicine?"

"It's not that fast..."

"Hey, hey, what is this?" Feeling that the people outside had left, Yuantai tried to open the door to take a peek, but found that he couldn't open it. "There is a chain on the door, we can't get out. ah!"

"What!?"

"Do you smell anything burning?" Ayumi wrinkled her nose.

"This, this cabin seems to be on fire..."

"This guy…"

"Window!" Mitsuhiko ran towards the window, "You should be able to escape through the window! Ah... no! The windows are also nailed shut..."

"No, if we don't escape quickly..."

"Damn it! I can't even pull this door open no matter what!"

"Hey, everyone, listen to me!" Conan said quickly, "The fire has just been lit, and the prisoner is probably still outside..."

Conan lowered his voice slightly and spoke quickly, "I'll pretend to be on the phone later and tell you about the guy's characteristics on the phone... Then I'll pretend to ask you because I'm not sure, so you can say it loudly... I understand. ?"

"Um!"

Conan quickly described the man's characteristics, and then gave another instruction: "Be sure to speak loudly and act very panicked!"

He planned to use this method to trick the prisoner who was supposed to be lighting a fire outside the house into entering.

The primary school students nodded seriously, and Conan put the phone to his ear, "Then, let's start—"

boom--

There was a loud bang, and then the crash of someone falling to the ground.

Conan's words stopped abruptly.

"What, what's wrong?"

The pupils looked towards the door in surprise, and then found that the door had been pushed open a little. Because there was still a chain hanging on the door, it was not pushed open, but a large gap was exposed.

Through the gap, they saw a head looking in, which was both familiar and cute.

"Hai, Haiyuan!"

The primary school students ran over in surprise.

Conan also breathed a sigh of relief. Since Haiyuan appeared here, Fengyuan must also be outside, so the sound just now should be the sound of the prisoner being put down. "I am really saved..."

"I said, you are really good at hiding..." Haihara Ai said, seeing the faces of Ayumi and others, he felt relieved.

"Haihara! It's so nice to see you!"

"Ah, by the way, there's another prisoner outside—"

"Don't worry, that guy has been dealt with." Haihara Ai tried to fiddle with the chain again.

"Let us out first!" Conan said.

"There is a lock on the iron chain, and it can't be opened from the outside," Haiyuan Ai replied, "Fengyuan went to find the key..."

"Hey hey——"

"The fire has just been lit, it won't burn over so quickly..."

"But that guy didn't know where he threw the key." Feng Yuan came over and stood behind Hai Yuan Ai. Everyone in the room could only see half of his face, "I didn't find it on him."

"What should I do?"

"As expected, let's put out the fire first..."

"It's okay. Since there is no way to solve the problem peacefully, we can only choose violence..." Fengyuan said, taking Haiyuan Ai's hand and pulling her away from the door, "You guys go to the corner over there and squat down first. , so as not to hurt you..."

"Hey, hey," Conan looked over with dead eyes, "You don't want to just kick the door open, do you?"

"Congratulations on your guess... I'm not like someone else, the things on my body are always out of battery..."

Conan quickly pulled the somewhat puzzled elementary school students to the corner on the other side of the wall, huddled together and squatted down.

Huihara Ai outside the house also kept a safe distance.

When everything was ready, Fengyuan once again activated his foot strength-enhancing shoes and kicked the wooden door.

The next moment, the wooden door flew out with the chain, and then hit the other wall hard.

There was only a hole left where the wooden door had been.

Elementary school students were also able to come out in this way.

The fire outside the house had just been lit, so they helped put out the fire. Mitsuhiko then took out a roll of rope from the two bags and tied up the unconscious prisoner, and then they returned to the campsite.

The police have also arrived. Although this is Gunma County and the police department here is very unreliable, the criminal was caught and all the scenes were well preserved, and the murder case was quickly solved.

Things were just as Conan suspected.

The fiancée of prisoner Usagi Tanzania wanted to help him cure his claustrophobia, but chose the wrong way.

In the darkness, he was swinging around with the ax he found in the house in extreme fear, and accidentally killed his lover who was trying to calm him down.

…

"What? It turns out that I found us by trying to figure out my way of thinking."

"There are also traces of your escape." Feng Yuan added.

"Yes, yes... But thanks to you and Haiyuan, I'm not sure whether my attempt at that time would succeed," Conan clasped his hands behind his head, "Wait, that's not right..."

"What's wrong?"

Conan showed a wary look: "You clearly said that our thinking patterns are different. For example, you don't have that kind of thought towards Xiaolan..."

Well, who knows...

"Yeah...that's why I say it's speculation..."

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