"Sister Sayuki," Conan said unquestioningly. "You hurry up and take Qianyu back to heal, otherwise the gunshot wound is likely to worsen. Leave the tracking to us. ”

"Leave it to me." Sayuki immediately lifted Chiba on her back. "Qianyu-kun, shall we go back?"

"Hmm... Qianyu's face was a little red - he really couldn't feel shy about being carried on the back of this kind of thing that only a true elementary school student could handle calmly... "Then please ... We're sorry, but we can't participate in the tracking. ”

"It's okay, take care of your injuries," Conan glanced at Chiha's expression and nodded with a smile. "Leave it to us."

。。。

"Mr. Ryozo?" When Chiba was almost about to fall asleep in the languishing caused by the monotonous and regular bumps and pain, he heard Sayuki exclaiming, who was carrying him.

Chiba extended her gaze from behind Miss Sayuki, only to see that Mr. Ryozo, who had been knocked away by Mr. Kimura and them, was still lying on the ground, motionless.

Hey, hey... If you get hit by that kind of off-road vehicle... Mr. Liangzao is obviously not lightly injured.。。。

"He was hit by a car," Sayuki said as she put Chiba down and was about to come up and check. "I was hit by that dirt bike."

"What?" Sayuki was surprised. "So what to do?"

"Call the police, and leave him alone..." The left half of Qianyu's body was slightly curled up slightly because of the wound on his left arm, and a lot of cold sweat broke out on his head because of this. "He can't check his physical condition at all... Call 120 first, and then let him lie here for a while, it's better than doing the 'care' that will hurt him... ”

"Huh?" Sayuki was even more surprised.

"Hurry up, go check on the other one," Chiba gestured to their room with her right hand. "In our room, see if Dr. Asa is there... He may still be just sleeping... If he's awake, let him come out with my backpack! Not a single one is missing! ”

"Aren't you going in?" Sayuki raised her eyebrows.

"Come out quickly, listen to me... If those two guys come back in an off-road vehicle, it's over... Qianyu said eagerly.

"They're back?" Sayuki muttered, but eventually chose to do so.

“。。。” Qian Yu looked at Saxue's departing figure and pursed her lips.

Now the key to everything is whether Dr. Asa is here or not ...

Chiha's main concern now is indeed that Dr. Asa is not there, but the ultimate goal is to confirm the safety of Ash Hara.

If Ai Gray Hara managed to escape from Kimura and Tanaka's pursuit, then because he hid in the dense forest for a few minutes, struggled for a few minutes after falling down a steep slope before being found by Conan and the others, and then was slowly carried back by Sayuki Kubo, he must have come back earlier than him.

Excuse me, if Ash Hara escapes back, even if he can't do anything about Mr. Ryozo, whose safety situation is unknown, he will definitely wake up Dr. Asa and run away with him.

If Dr. Asa is still around, it means ... Gray Plains mourns her...

When Dr. Asasa, who was sleepy-eyed with Chiba's backpack on his back, was brought out by Sayuki Kubo, Chiha's eyes went black and he almost fainted to the ground.

"Are those two guys bad guys?" Dr. Asasa had been told everything by Sayuki Kubo during his coming.

"Let's go to the hot springs... Qian Yu waved his hand. "Even though Conan and the others went after those guys, it was still possible that those guys would escape somewhere and ransack the place. A few of us who can move would do well to go to the hot springs and hide in the hot springs and hand it over to the police and doctors... ”

———————————— switched to Conan tracking the Front

On the mountain road, next to a statue of the soul of the town, the voice of the person gradually approached.

"So, that bag was thrown out by Mr. Ku Baochun?" Ayumi was surprised.

"Probably that's it," Conan shrugged. "It may be that Mr. Ku Baochun was attacked in the secret passage and then hid in the secret room, so he was not discovered. On his deathbed, Mr. Ku Baochun threw his research results into the abyss outside the window, which is why you picked them up. ”

"Huh?"

"This Jizo statue looks like it corresponds to the Jizo statue on the east side of the secret room. Conan crouched down next to the Jizo statue and muttered. "Since they chose to come here, it means that this is the right direction...

With that, Conan pulled out a notebook from his pocket, signed by Tadao Umesaki. It contains a treasure hint that is the same as the one on the small note they found.

The poem on the note was not unfounded, but came from the stone tablet in the secret room, which contained hints for finding the treasure, which Tadao had copied into his notebook at the time.

"Chase the rats, jump in the middle, take a few steps apart..." Conan pondered.

Chasing rats? In the case of the rat, it can refer to a year like the Year of the Rat, or it can refer to the sub-hour from 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock in the middle of the night...

In terms of year, now is not the Year of the Rat, and at that time, people's lifespan was not long, and the reversal of fate was only in an instant. 12 years is likely to be the distance from prime of life to death, and even more so from the power of the government and the opposition to the fall of the opposition. If it's a treasure that can only be opened once in 12 years, it's like being locked in a permanent prison and never being able to use it...

Sub-hour? From eleven o'clock in the morning to one o'clock ... Then the sun can't shine here, moon?

But the light intensity of the moon is not enough... And it is said that it is a dense forest that lasted for thousands of years, and it was already a towering tree in the time of Takeda Shingen... It's impossible for the moonlight to shine here, and it's even more impossible to trigger the mechanism...

Wait a minute, if you talk about the era of Takeda Shingen!!...

"Follow me," Conan said cursoryly, heading north. "This is where the mine leads."

"Mine Road?" Tadao wondered. "In the case of the mine, it's on the side of the shrine... We're on the wrong track! ”

"I'm afraid that's an imposter to cover people's ears... Conan had a winning expression in his hands. "The real step is here."

"Step?" After hearing such an ancient word by chance, Tadao was stunned for a moment, and he already trusted Conan's inference in his heart. "Okay... How did you deduce ... ”

"In the Warring States period, the twelve zodiac signs could be used to refer to directions," Conan said as he led the group forward. "Do you understand that?"

"Did the rat represent due north at that time?" Mitsuhiko had already guessed the result. "So, what does it mean to be in the middle of a jump, with an interval of steps? What does it have to do with the step? ”

"Jian Bu is the meaning of the mine road where the ancient miners worked. As for the interval and the middle of the jump, the interval is like the relationship between the steps. Please jump the middle of the 'interval step'. Conan held out five fingers together, which then turned into the gesture "6"

"'If you take a few steps at intervals,' when only the head and tail remain, it is... Intermittent steps'! ”

"That's right, so all we have to do is go north until we get to the real mine."