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In forests, tracking becomes more difficult.

Even though Conan has tried his best to follow the route of Meguro Era, the distance between children and adults is still too large, and the obstruction of various obstacles in the forest has added a lot of trouble to Conan. It is very difficult to see Meguro However, after almost tripping over the vines under his feet, Conan still lost his target.

"Damn it." Conan cursed in a low voice, standing there helplessly.

But after getting here, he was a little unwilling to turn back. Conan hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards the center of the forest.

The more he walked, the more frightening the environment was. If the variation of the plants outside was still abnormal but within an acceptable range, as he gradually walked inside, the appearance of the plants became more and more weird, and some of them even turned into withered. Thin branches, but now is the spring when everything is recovering.

Conan took pictures of the strange scenes along the way, and collected some soil and plants, wondering in his heart, there should be a problem with the land or water source.

Or be polluted. ...

Continuing to go deeper, as he went deeper, the surrounding scene became more and more desolate, until Conan even clearly saw the boundaries of the color of the land - brown and off-white, the latter's soil color seemed to be absorbed by something It's like being clean, and it has become a dead place where plants can't survive.

He looked at the dividing line of the land, and then raised his head to look at the castle in front of him. The castle seemed to be built in the middle of this dead land. This discovery made him frown.

Recalling what Keiko Qiandao said before, the owner of this castle moved here to recuperate, but the environment here is not suitable for recuperation at all.

What is this...

Conan also doesn't know if the purpose of Meguro Eluo walking into the forest is to find this castle, but it seems that this is the most likely place, so Conan carefully explored the surroundings, but the strange thing is that he didn't find Meguro The figure of evil Luo.

Maybe it hasn't arrived yet?

Being idle was also idle, so he turned around the castle at an angle and focused on observing the nearby land. He had initially determined that the diameter of the outside of the castle was about ten meters, and the land was completely dead. He squatted down and touched a handful of soil. It just feels like sand in the hand.

But how did this happen?

Conan squatted in confusion and thought, taking pictures from time to time and sending them to Dr. Ali in Tokyo.

Conan: [picture.jpg]

Conan: Doctor, is there any result of the investigation?

Dr. Ali: What's the rush, the specimens you sent haven't arrived yet.

Conan:?

Dr. Ali: I'm Huiyuan, the doctor went to catch up on sleep, and the experiment was done very late last night.

Conan: Then can you see something?

Dr. Ali: There are only photos, what do you want me to see... But it looks like it has lost its nutrients.

Conan: Isn't it polluted?

Dr. Ali: Whether it is polluted, or what kind of pollution requires soil samples for further testing, but visually, it doesn't look like it.

Conan: I see.

Conan sighed, but he still couldn't figure it out. If the land lost its nutrients, what was the reason?and……

He looked up at the castle in front of him. Is the loss of nutrients in the land related to the Black Organization?

Turning around, the environment is the same as what I saw before. Conan didn't find anything else, but he noticed that there is a cliff behind the villa, and the sea is behind the cliff. A white Chevrolet is parked nearby. There is only one road. The driveway leads in the direction of the town.

Scouting against

Suddenly, Conan suddenly looked in the direction of the castle. He didn't know if it was an illusion. He seemed to realize that someone was watching him.

In a room on the second floor of the castle not far away, a white shadow flashed past, but Conan could not be mistaken. Someone was indeed watching his every move by the window before.

Is it the one you saw yesterday?

Conan was puzzled, when he noticed that there was a small gate in the backyard of the castle, which didn't seem to be closed tightly.

After hesitating for less than a second, Conan approached decisively. Sure enough, the door was only slightly covered, and it was not closed. He also saw a hoe lying on the ground, as if the owner had just left.

Conan boldly walked into the backyard cautiously, looked around the small yard, his eyes could not help but focus on the opened land, his pupils shrank slightly.

It was the body of an old man.

Conan immediately ran over and covered his mouth and nose with an ugly expression when he was close to two meters away.

Judging by the degree of rot, at least half a month has passed.

And this person is...

Conan was about to take a closer look at the corpse, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, his face changed, his eyes swept around, but there was no place to hide in the yard, all the vegetation was dead, seeing the sound of footsteps getting louder and louder. As it got closer, Conan's face became more and more ugly.

Suddenly, the back door of the castle opened, and a young man stood there and waved to him.

When Ireland returned to the yard, he keenly noticed that the door here seemed to have changed a little bit from the way he opened it when he left, and immediately quickened his pace to enter the yard. There was still no one there, and the corpse stayed where it was.

Ireland carefully locked the yard door, walked across the backyard, and entered through the back door of the castle.

The castle was still as quiet as ever, but the moment the door opened, Irish Ring keenly heard footsteps coming from the second floor.

"The River of Stars?"

no respond.

Ireland squinted, put his hands on the holster around his waist, walked up the stairs to the second floor, and opened the innermost room.

"What's the matter?" Saikong Hoshinokawa lay on the bed and looked at him innocently, holding a book in his hand, as if he was reading.

"Did you go to the backyard just now?"

"No." Saikong Hoshikawa replied casually.

Ireland raised his eyebrows and glanced across the entire room. This room was specially cleaned up for him at the request of Hoshikawa, but there was no furniture in it, at most a wardrobe and a big bed, and there was nothing to hide In the end, his eyes gradually converged on the bulging quilt on Saikong Hoshinokawa's bed.

Seeing that the visitor didn't speak, and didn't intend to leave, Conan's heart gradually lifted.

"Forget it. If you see other strangers, you must remember to notify me."

"I see."

Ireland turned around and closed the door. Seeing the door closing slowly, Conan's heart gradually eased.

Ok?

Ireland's eyes gradually turned to the ground. Right at the door, grayish-white soil remained on the smooth marble, forming a shallow footprint.

boom--

The door that was gradually closing was pushed open, Ireland drew out his gun without hesitation, pointed the muzzle at the bed, that is, the direction of Saikong Hoshinokawa, and fired several times until the magazine was emptied.

The sound of muffled bullets sounded one after another. He didn't care about the boy lying on the bed. Hoshikawa's body hit the back of the bed under the action of the bullet. The bullet passed through his body, but it didn't cause any harm. He just looked at Ireland, who suddenly went crazy, with an unwavering gaze.

The quilt filled with soft feathers was riddled with bullets, but no blood flowed from it.

"What are you doing?" Hoshikawa asked puzzledly, tilting his head.

Ireland's expression was ugly, and he asked again when reloading: "You really haven't been to the backyard?"

"No, I only went to the forest." Hoshinokawa said it was a matter of course.

Ireland:……

Ireland's face twitched, feeling that he was wasting his time, so he turned and left.

After the door of the room was closed again, Conan suddenly got out from under the bed, and anxiously lifted the quilt to check the condition of Hoshinogawa.

"I'm fine." Hoshikawa lowered his voice, "Look, not a single drop of blood has been shed."

He opened his arms, as if to show off, Conan glanced at the hole in his abdomen, and lifted the hem of his clothes in disbelief, but there was really smooth skin underneath.

Conan then looked at the bed that was shot, and he also found the hole, which proved that the bullet was indeed fired, but why?

It was as if the bullet damaged the clothes, but passed through Hoshinokawa's body and shot into the bed.

Magic...unlikely.

He did hear the gunshot. There were no holes in Xingzhichuan's clothes before, and the bed was also good. He has been hiding under the bed, and there is no possibility of changing props. It was less than 2 minutes from the discovery to the shooting, and even the bullet marks were still fresh. of.

The only possibility is that within 2 minutes after the mysterious murderer left and he got out from under the bed.

"My brother didn't change his clothes on purpose to scare me..." Conan laughed dryly.

Hoshikawa tilted his head: "? Do you think so?"

No, because he had no reason to do so.

It's just that if this is not the case, then this person...

Sanity check succeeded

san-1

Just as Conan was about to ask something, he saw Hoshikawa asking, "Have you solved the puzzle yet?"

"what?"

"Detective Koshien's Puzzle."

Seeing that Conan was still confused, Hoshinokawa sighed: "It seems that it still hasn't been solved, so I can't tell you."

After all, he ignored Conan, listened carefully, and then took Conan's arm: "He's gone, hurry up."

"Hey, wait!"

Conan still wanted to say something, or he was full of questions now, but at this time Hoshikawa stood up, pulled his arm forcefully and ran down the stairs together. They didn't go through the back door, but went to the direction of the gate while Ireland was not there. , and pushed Conan towards the door.

"Go, you will die if you are found."

Conan's mind was in a mess. No matter how scary the murderer was before, he didn't disturb his brain, but the unscientific scene just now stayed deeply in his mind, and he kept trying to explain it scientifically, but he I deny it one by one.

But at least before leaving...

Conan made up his mind and handed the bug and locator to Hoshikawa, "I will definitely call the police. Although I don't know what relationship you have with that person, if you need help, this can help you."

"...help?" Hoshikawa heard the words, his expression became very strange for a while, but he still put away the bug and locator, and said with a smile, "Okay."

Continue to stay, once that man goes and comes back, it will be troublesome.

Conan took a deep breath, took one last look at Saikong Hoshigawa, and ran quickly into the forest.

……

Conan ran dully through the forest, moving forward until his head hit something.

"It hurts!"

The two collided, but Hattori was fine, Conan sat down on the ground, gasping for air.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Hattori rubbed his thighs, "It scared me to death, Little Hattori was almost going to be cold."

Conan's expression was embarrassed, and the emotions that were almost brewed were incoherent: "...don't scare me by appearing suddenly."

"No, it's you who suddenly appeared. I was really surprised. I thought it was a little wild boar in the forest."

Conan:  …

"What happened, why are you so anxious?"

Conan recalled the scenes he saw before, and quickly said: "There are corpses in that castle."

"Huh?" Hattori opened his eyes slightly, "A corpse? Was there a murder case?"

"It is very possible that the corpse has been dead for at least a week, and the whole body has been decomposed. The cause of death is unknown, and I almost ran into the owner of the castle before I had time to look."

Hattori stared at Conan nervously after hearing the words: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, I was rescued by Hoshinogawa in the castle."

"Then call the police quickly." Hattori took out his phone.

"Wait, the location where the body is buried may have shifted, and there is only a police station in this small town. According to the report confirmation process, it is estimated that only the patrolling police will first confirm whether the case has occurred before reporting further. If the case cannot be filed by then, It will create opportunities for the prisoners to escape, and the Hoshinogawa in the castle will be in danger."

Although Conan didn't know what happened to the bullet, at least he saw the murderer's attitude towards Hoshinogawa, at least he was definitely not a kind person.

"Then do you want to go back and confirm?"

"No, it's too dangerous, that person has a gun." Conan frowned and thought, "We must find a way to determine the location of the body before calling the police, otherwise we may startle the snake.

Hattori thought with him: "This forest is quite large. If he moves the place where the body is buried, it may be really difficult to find it for a while."

Just when the two were hesitating whether to venture back to the vicinity of the castle to confirm, or to call the police first, a voice suddenly sounded from behind them.

"Hattori and Conan?"

Hattori didn't respond yet, Conan subconsciously froze, and looking back, it was indeed Meguro Era's figure.

"Why are you two here?" Meguro Eluo pushed aside the grass with empty hands, and looked at them with some confusion.

"We're just here for a walk." Conan quickly answered, Hattori glanced at him, and nodded again and again, "That's right, Mr. Meguro also came to hang out in the forest, what a coincidence."

"...That's right." Meguro Eluo smiled, and glanced at the sky, "It's getting late, and the festival in the town is about to start, let's go back first."

Conan and Hattori looked at each other, and Conan immediately said, "Okay, let's go back!"

Meguro didn't seem to notice anything at all, walking in front of the two, Hattori and Conan walked behind, looked at each other and picked up the phone tacitly, paying attention to Meguro's actions while communicating with each other.

Hattori: Then what shall we do?Have you confirmed the identity of this Meguro detective?

Conan: No, I got separated shortly after we walked into the forest with him.

Hattori: Is it possible that he is related to the owner of this castle?

It's no wonder Hattori is so skeptical, the main reason is that there is only a castle in the forest, and the only people living in it are the suspected murderer Conan saw today, and the unknown Hoshikawa Saikong.

Conan: There is a possibility. By the way, how did you find the matter I asked you to investigate?

Hattori: Detective Meguro’s luggage is still in his own room. I didn’t take out much of what was inside. I didn’t move it to avoid being discovered. But according to the white horse who lives next door to him, he didn’t take out any particularly conspicuous things. .I also found out the missing persons in this small town in recent years, and I will tell you the details when I go back.

Meguro Eluo pretended not to see their interaction behind the scenes, and when the three returned to the town without incident, the sky darkened without any suspense.

"Conan, Hattori-kun, where have you all been?" When the three of them returned to the B&B, Xiaolan seemed to be planning to go out, and seeing the three of them heaved a sigh of relief, "I almost went out to find you."

"Sorry, sorry, I went to the forest for a while."

He Ye was speechless: "Really, why do detectives always like to get into deep mountains and old forests? Is there anything in that forest that deserves your attention?"

"Probably." Hattori glanced at Conan, but saw that the kid had already secretly hid behind Xiaolan and took out a Bluetooth headset, not knowing what he was listening to.

"Forget it, I've served you, hurry up and change your shoes, we're going to the festival."

"Um, why don't you go?" Hattori scratched his cheek, "Actually, we still have other things to do now."

"What's the matter?" He Ye narrowed his eyes suspiciously, "Didn't you pay attention to the code prompts at the ceremony before, have you already cracked it?"

"Not yet, but I have more important things to do now." Hattori said confidently.

Although he really wanted to continue competing with Kudo and the others, Hattori also had a clear sense of priorities, not to mention the unsolved mystery of bloody handprints in this hotel, the incident of throwing corpses in the forest and the appearance of suspected murderers. The so-called detective Jiashien is important, although I am very unwilling, but let it be given to Baima and the others.

"No, let's go to the festival." Conan suddenly jumped out and said, and at the same time tugged Meguro Era's sleeve, "Mr. Meguro will go to the festival too, right?"

Meguro Eluo looked at him strangely: "There is nothing to do at night, I should go."

"That's great, I also want to hear Mr. Meguro's experience in solving the case over the years." Conan's eyebrows and eyes were curved, as if he was really a fan.

"Then wait a moment, let's go change our clothes first."

After Kazuya and Xiaolan left, Hattori poked Conan: "What's the situation now?"

Conan clutched the Bluetooth headset: "The situation has changed."

……

The location must be moved as soon as possible.

This is not because Ireland has discovered traces of someone invading the castle, but because he can't wait any longer. He can feel that his body functions have gradually degraded, and his hair is also turning white. After a while, maybe even Even the old man can't beat it.

Ireland looked at a large pile of materials and experimental equipment in the room, and it was best to evacuate at night when there were few people.

Just tonight.

Ireland knew that there would be a festival in the town tonight. This was their best chance. Taking advantage of the attention of everyone in the town on the festival, no one would notice even if they left in a hurry, and finally checked Hoshinogawa , and firmly rejected Hoshinogawa's request to eat.

Facing Hoshikawa's inexplicably aggrieved gaze, Ireland felt a strange sense of guilt for some reason, and even felt that it would be good to be eaten just like that.

But in the next second, he quickly woke up, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Intelligence against success.

No, if he doesn't leave, he will never be able to leave here.

Ireland resolutely drew out the dagger and slashed his thigh. With the help of pain, he forcibly dispelled the thoughts just now, and looked at Hoshikawa coldly:

"We're leaving here tonight and going to a new place, and it doesn't matter how you eat then."

Ireland's tone was stiff, and he didn't lie, Gin and the others must have prepared a large amount of 'food' for the arrival of Xing Zhichuan.

"Going to leave here?"

"Correct."

Hoshinokawa didn't express any opinion on this, his expression didn't seem to disapprove or agree, like a little frog living at the bottom of a well, ignorant of the outside world, so he didn't react at all.

And Ireland has more or less known how to get along with each other these days, directly stuffing people into the car when Hoshikawa didn't express his opinion, and then quickly drove the car along the only way out.

It will be over soon.

This task will soon be over.

When Ireland thinks that he doesn't have to be 'fed' anymore, he feels a sense of relief that he is finally liberated. He is even willing to face Gin's stinky face, and he doesn't want to spend even one day with Hoshikawa.

If he stayed any longer, he might die here.

Thinking of this, Ireland tightly held the steering wheel of the vehicle, looked at Xingzhichuan sitting obediently behind the car through the front perspective mirror, and the child curled up obediently on the back seat of the car, looking sideways at the scenery by the window, as if he was interested in everything. They are all curious. His curly long eyelashes cast a faint shadow under his eyes. He looks like an angel on the wall of a European church. He seems to have noticed Ireland's attention. The child raised his head, and their eyes intertwined through the perspective mirror At the same time, Ireland was in a trance for a moment, shook his head and woke up, and happened to see Hoshikawa with an innocent smile on his face.

But Ireland knows that under this angel's skin, there is a little devil who feeds on life.

The car started, and Ireland took advantage of the boundless night to drive towards the only road section that could leave the town.

Can get out of here in no time.

immediately……

Ireland drove for a long time unconsciously, staring straight at the road ahead with red eyes, Hoshikawa looked at the scenery outside the window, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

To be honest, just going to the winery for a while is quite interesting, but unfortunately, he has almost reached the limit of suppressing himself.

Since yesterday, the progress of growth has been stuck at 25%. In order to prevent himself from accidentally killing the new investigators this time, Hoshikawa really worked hard to restrain the urge to cook. Ireland was swallowed alive.

Hmm... Maybe Ireland felt the threat to his life and decided to throw him to the organization as soon as possible?

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Three hours.

The Star River can only endure for three hours at most, and soon the Star Color will undergo the first "growth", from the larval stage to become a young Star Color, and then absorb enough energy to float in the universe to leave the earth, and finally develop in the universe To fully mature, this is the growth process that a star must go through.

Don't ask why Xingzhichuan knew, this knowledge appeared suddenly, and the inheritance of Xingzhicai seems to have been engraved in the genetic sequence or deep in the soul from the very beginning.

In other words, there are only three hours left for other people.

Judging from the driving distance, three hours is absolutely too late to transfer to the stronghold of that organization. There is a high probability that Ireland and him will appear in a certain city in Hokkaido in three hours. Of course, if the out-of-control Xingzhi Cai starts hunting in the city center, then At least hundreds of thousands of people will be sucked and fucked by adults.

Most importantly, it was of no use to him.

Hoshinogawa looked out of the car window with a calm expression.

It seems that we have to find a way.