pure sky

After a while, Sakata Ling raised her wrist to look at her watch, then smiled again and said, "Okay, I won't play around with you anymore. Aren't you going to save that lawyer? Let me tell you, the time limit is 15 minutes, 15 minutes If you can't find her within a few minutes, don't blame me then!"

Ze Ye was startled, rushed forward with all his strength, grabbed Sakata Ling by the collar, and asked forcefully, "Where did you get her?"

Sakata Ling looked at the angry Sawano, just smiled and didn't speak.

15 minutes……

Enomoto quickly thought about the hint given by Aya Sakata in his mind.

He raised his hand to check the time, it was exactly 45:15, and [-] minutes later it would be exactly [-] o'clock.

ten o'clock sharp...

Does ten o'clock mean something?

Has anything happened or is going to happen at ten o'clock?

The group of them gathered here at ten o'clock sharp, and it was also ten o'clock when the treasure hunt ended.

Besides these, what else is related to ten o'clock?

ten o'clock sharp...

In an instant, it was like lightning and thunder, and it was a hit, and it was clear.

"The dam..." Enomoto's eyes widened, and he muttered something. At that moment, his heart seemed to stop beating, time seemed to stand still, and he even forgot to breathe in a daze.

Enomoto's mind went blank for a moment, and he could only subconsciously rush out.

Sawano watched Enomoto rushing out, frowned, lowered his head and repeated what Enomoto said just now, "dam...dam..." Suddenly, he suddenly came to his senses.

"Oops!!" Sawano dropped these words, followed by Enomoto and rushed out, leaving a group of people in the living room waiting, not knowing why, they looked at each other in blank dismay.

Serizawa stood on the spot, stunned for a moment, although he didn't understand what was going on, he also rushed out.When he ran to the door, he suddenly seemed to remember something, turned around and explained to Beicun and Fujimura: "You two, watch them carefully!"

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Junko began to look around, and found that she was sitting on the river bed exposed after the river ebbed. There were still traces of water around her. At this moment, it had frozen, and at her feet was the rushing river.Looking farther away, you can faintly see the upstream dam, which is majestic and magnificent under the sunshine.

Although the sun was shining brightly at the moment, the cold wind still sliced ​​across Junko's face like a knife, and she was sitting on the frozen wetland. shiver.

Junko was only wearing thin indoor clothes, which could not resist the severe cold at all. If she had to sit here for a few hours, she would probably freeze to death.

Junko struggled and found that she was tied behind her back to a dead tree stump.Junko tried to move her hands, but couldn't break free.

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Enomoto kept blaming himself while running.

damn it!Why hadn't he noticed it earlier?I found traces of skis in the morning, why didn't I chase them out?

Enomoto followed the trail of the skis all the way to the river, but there was no Junko, nowhere.

Enomoto narrowed his eyes.

That man was really smart, knowing that he would chase after the traces of the skis, so he let the traces of the skis stop abruptly here, then threw away the skis and walked on the ebbing river bed.There is no snow on the river bed, and the wet ground is now frozen again, leaving no footprints at all.

hateful!Where did he take Qingto?Is upstream?Or downstream?

"Woo-woo-"

A piercing siren sounded in the air, digging into Enomoto's ears like a chisel.

Enomoto panicked for a moment.

I can only gamble!

Enomoto took a step forward and ran downstream.

"Green Dagger——Green Dagger——"

Enomoto kept calling, hoping to hear a response in the next second.

"Qingdao——"

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Junko struggled and lost her strength, leaning weakly against the cliff behind her.

Because the dam was built upstream, the water level in the downstream was lowered, forming a canyon.Junko looked up, and the top of the cliff was at least three or four meters away from her position.In such a cold day, there were very few people passing by. She was tied up at the bottom of the cliff, and she didn't know when she would be discovered.

I wonder what Enomoto-san is doing at this time?Has the series of locked room murders been resolved?After discovering that she was missing, did you search for her with all your heart?

The ear-piercing siren sounded in the sky, Junko came back to her senses, froze for a moment, and looked in the direction of the dam. When she suddenly realized what the sound was, Junko's face changed drastically, and her eyes widened in shock. It was as if his breathing was stagnant.

That was the siren sound of the dam releasing water.

Junko looked around and could faintly see water marks at least three meters above her.

So, once the dam is released, the place will be submerged...

Junko was startled, and struggled quickly, but the rope tied to her hands was so tight that no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't break free.

The siren stopped abruptly, followed by the sound of rumbling water, gradually approaching, like a huge water dragon, speeding towards it.

Junko didn't know what to do, she could only struggle desperately, all she knew was that she didn't want to die, she didn't want to die! !

However, the sound of rumbling water was getting closer and closer to her, but the rope in her hand did not loosen at all.

Could it be that she is really going to die here?

Junko was still struggling, but in the next second, the rushing river submerged her, and the impact of the river floated her up. If she hadn't tied a rope to her hand, she would have been washed away by the river.

Junko was caught off guard and choked several times.She held her breath and desperately wanted to swim to the surface of the water, but she was tied here at the moment, and the water surface was so far away from her, she couldn't swim up at all.

Could it be that she ended up being drowned?

I can't breathe, it hurts...

Junko's consciousness began to blur...

She really doesn't want to die...

But, I'm sorry, Mom and Dad!Sorry, Attorney Serizawa!I'm sorry, Enomoto-san!She really...can't hold on anymore...

Forgive her, let's go first...

"Junko--"

Is it her illusion?Why do you seem to hear voice of Enomoto?

Must be an illusion.How could Enomoto call her "Junko"!

But it's really strange, why she was about to die, but she just thought of this, just thought that Enomoto wouldn't call her "Junko"?

There was a faint "plop", like the sound of something falling into the water.Immediately afterwards, the cold lips seemed to be covered with something warm, and a warm breath slowly entered the heart and lungs from between the teeth.

The cold heart and lungs that were suffocated and about to explode seemed to be bathed in warm spring breeze at this moment.

So comfortable!

Junko opened her eyes slightly with all her strength, and what appeared in front of her was a pair of infinitely magnified and extremely familiar eyes.

Are those Enomoto's eyes?

Junko still wants to look carefully, but her eyelids are getting heavier and heavier...

The author has something to say: Tentatively scheduled for November 11, next Monday, update: Chapter 11 Childlike Cry (tentative name)

Stay tuned! !