Stay away from Conan.

In the ventilation ducts of the Mika Hotel, there are ventilation duct outlets at regular intervals. They appear at the bottom of the ducts or on the inner walls on both sides, corresponding to the vents on the ceiling and the vents on the wall respectively.

Now, after crawling hard, Conan saw that the exit of the nearest ventilation duct was located on the wall at the end of one side of the duct, so this exit should be on a wall.

So, facing the killer who was chasing him closely, Conan had no other choice. After seeing the first exit, he quickly crawled there and twisted his body so that he could use his foot-strengthening shoes to kick open the fence blocking the vent exit. He had no time to think about where the outside of the vent would be.

Just like that, when Conan successfully opened the fence leading to the vent under the pressure of the killer chasing him, Conan's originally nervous mood was slightly happy.

Finally, we arrived at the exit!

If only, if only I could escape...

As long as we get outside and notify the police, then this killer...

So, just as Conan was thinking this, his whole body naturally leaned out, thinking that if the exit was on the wall, then jumping down from this position would probably be no more than a floor high. This was not difficult for him, except that he didn't know where to return to after he got out.

However, Conan's joy only lasted for a moment after he kicked open the vent grille, and he immediately fell into fear.

Because when Conan looked out of the ventilation duct, he saw a dark place with almost no light. And when Conan shone the flashlight on his watch, he saw the area outside -

It turned out to be the elevator shaft!

Because I had been following the killer's trail in the ventilation duct, I had lost track of which floor I was on, but I was certain that I was at least four floors above ground, and now looking down into the elevator shaft, I could not clearly see how far away the bottom was due to the lack of light.

Just from the sound of the fence that he kicked out falling to the ground, Conan could roughly judge that the height was far from the bottom, and it was a distance where he could not land safely!

Therefore, looking at the current situation, Conan knew in his heart that if he jumped from this place, he would definitely be dead or crippled!

"What should I do? I can't escape like this!"

At this moment, Conan, who thought he had found a way out, discovered that the road ahead was basically dead end. The killer who was gradually approaching him from behind was also getting closer and closer to him. Once caught up by the other party, the other party would definitely not let him go!

What should I do?

Just as Conan was thinking anxiously, he suddenly felt a pain in his back, as if something sharp had pierced his back.

"Well!"

With this feeling, Conan immediately guessed what was going on and thought that he must have been stabbed.

Because, although he could feel that the opponent was still some distance away from him, he thought that the opponent had the skill of throwing a flying knife - he thought that the opponent must have seen him kick open the fence leading to the outside of the pipeline, and was worried that he would run out, thus telling the opponent's appearance to the people outside, and it would be difficult for the killer to escape. Therefore, he thought that the opponent would not let him escape like this, so he threw another flying knife.

This time, unlike the previous time, when he was lucky enough to avoid it because he had sensed it in advance, he was now blocking the exit of the vent and was shocked by the scene in front of him which seemed to be a dead end. The opponent seized the opportunity and successfully threw a flying knife at him, hitting him right in the back.

For a moment, because of the pain in his back, Conan forced himself to calm down. He endured the pain in his back, feeling that the depth of the flying dagger piercing his body did not seem to be fatal, but if he continued to stay here, he would die. In this case, the elevator shaft that seemed to be a dead end seemed to be his only possible way to escape.

Therefore, it seems that because of the threat of the blow from the back, Conan was ready to take a risk. While the killer was catching up with him, he chose to jump down from the vent decisively...

……

At this time, Gao Yuan, who was sitting in the elevator and preparing to go to the check-in floor, first heard a sound from the top of the elevator, as if something fell on the top of the elevator, which made Gao Yuan feel a little alert.

After all, the sound coming from the elevator was not normal no matter how you thought about it, and there was also the sound of something falling from the elevator shaft to the top of the elevator. Logically speaking, this kind of problem should not occur under normal circumstances. Could it be that there was a problem with the elevator shaft, causing some parts to fall down?

Or is it for some other reason?

Gao Yuan was thinking this way, and had not yet taken any action because of this sudden change. Before he could think further, just a moment later, Gao Yuan felt something falling on the top of the elevator again.

However, the difference was that the object that fell on the top of the elevator this time was obviously heavier than the previous one, so much so that the elevator was vibrating, and judging from the sound, the texture of the object that fell was also different—

If the previous one was like a metal object falling on the top of the elevator, then this one feels like...

Ok……

It was as if a soft object had fallen onto the top of the elevator. Intuitively, Gao Yuan felt as if...

It seems like one person?

Just as Gao Yuan was thinking this, a hoarse scream of pain was soon heard from the top of the elevator.

Suddenly, after hearing this, Gao Yuan knew something was wrong——

Is there someone in the elevator shaft? And fell onto the top of the elevator?

Regardless of what exactly happened, now that it has come to this, if it was a person, I would have to go up and check. What if it was a few minutes late and the person who fell down could not be saved?

At least confirm the situation!

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan observed the situation inside the elevator, and then he found the unlock button of the emergency exit on the top of the elevator. Then he came to a corner of the elevator, and with the help of the handrail in the elevator, he stepped on it and lifted himself up. Then he reached out to the emergency exit on the top of the elevator, pushed hard, and opened the emergency exit on the top of the elevator.

Then, Gao Yuan leaped up, placed his hands on both sides of the elevator's top exit, and pushed himself up, sticking his head out to see what was on top -

As a result, Gao Yuan met Conan! (End of this chapter)