Conan Rick's Investigator

As for why Qin Zhibo was sure that Conan also chose the right side, it was because Conan had a luck of up to 80!

The probability of making a wrong choice in this simple choice between two options is unlikely.

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Of course Conan made the right choice. At this moment, he was lying on Genta's back thinking about the meaning of the secret code on the stone egg.

"Wanderer, wandering in the darkness, quickly step onto the auspicious dragon's path, and the heavens will surely bless you with light..."

Combining the egg-shaped stone pebble, the "と" on the stone outside the cave entrance, and the code "Auspicious Dragon Road", Conan had a flash of inspiration and instantly figured out the meaning.

"There's only one way out of here. According to what the stone said... the shadows wandering in the darkness are those who are lost."

"The light from heaven shines upon you, referring to the light at the exit. The 'to' on the stone at the entrance is the way out of this stalactite cave..."

"And the exit is the Auspicious Dragon Road. This road is..."

Under the hopeful gazes of the three little ones, Conan, whose breath was gradually weakening, weakly put down the hand that was pointing out the exit for everyone, and swallowed the most crucial words in his stomach.

It’s not that Conan is deliberately joking with the lives of the Junior Detective Team, but he is used to reasoning in his daily life. It is a primitive reaction of his brain and body to give an opening statement before giving the correct answer.

Without Conan, the three little ones lost their backbone and fled into the last cave in panic to avoid the three armed gangsters who were chasing them.

The three gangsters were not in the mood to play a puzzle game when faced with five forks in the road. They decisively chose the method of elimination, and asked one of them to guard the stone eggs while the other two searched each passage one by one.

As expected, only children solve puzzles, and the adult world is prioritized...

The Junior Detective Team hid in the last hole and eliminated the current hole first.

Conan fell down, and Mitsuhiko, who took on the role of intelligence, held a notebook and drew a bird's-eye view of each cave. Following Conan's instructions, he deduced the only exit.

Mitsuhiko first thought of the English word "dragon" based on "The Road of the Auspicious Dragon", and felt that the first letter "d" might be hinting at the fourth channel.

However, this idea was rejected immediately as soon as it came to mind, because their Junior Detective Team was now in the fourth aisle.

Afterwards, the three little ones focused their reasoning on the twelve zodiac animals and forcibly added various meanings to the zodiac sign of the rooster.

Snakes love to eat eggs

∴Rooster represents the Year of the Snake

Also, the “卵” in chicken egg ≈ the “卯” in rabbit.

∴The chicken can also represent the Year of the Rabbit

In short, the Rooster can represent any year, but it cannot represent the Year of the Rooster.

This kind of reasoning was of course wrong, so the three little ones started reasoning again.

Mitsuhiko thought that eggs are also called "tamako" in Japan, and "tama" and "king" are very similar, so the egg-shaped stone should be the king in shogi.

According to the arrangement order in Shogi, the Rook is the cave diagonally opposite, and the back of the Rook piece is the Dragon King.

This inference seems correct, but it does not use the "と" mentioned by Conan at all, so this is actually another inference different from Conan's reasoning.

However, after getting the "correct answer", the three little ones were still ecstatic.

But there was still a difficulty before them, that was a gangster was squatting next to the stone eggs, and they couldn't force their way through.

At this time, Ayumi, who is the second most intelligent of the three little ones, thought that the detective badge could attract bats, so she came up with a plan and whispered it to someone.

After everything was explained, the three little ones carried the unconscious Conan on their backs and counted "three, two, one" and rushed out together, throwing all the remaining detective badges at the feet of the criminals.

The thug with the watermelon-haired head didn't see clearly what was thrown, but he still laughed and taunted: "You stupid kids, do you think these little stones can knock me down?"

But just as he finished speaking, the crisp sound of the detective badge hitting the ground attracted the bats on the top of the cave, which pounced on the watermelon-headed gangster and bit him.

"what!"

The watermelon-headed gangster struggled among the swarm of bats, and the three little ones quickly carried Conan and ran to the passage diagonally opposite.

Just as the three kids ran over, the other two gangsters heard the noise and hurried back.

"Hey! What's going on?"

The watermelon-headed thug casually pointed in the direction the three kids were fleeing and shouted, "Those kids ran into that cave!"

"Damn it! There's no getting away!"

The long-haired gangster chased in with the square-faced gangster behind him, and ignored the watermelon-headed gangster who was still trying hard to get rid of the bat on his body.

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Qin Zhibo was running in the cave when he suddenly heard a man's scream faintly in the distance.

When I ran over, I saw a man with a watermelon head who was using both hands to drive away bats on his body, and one of his hands was holding a gun.

It is reasonable to speculate that this should be one of the criminals.

I looked around and didn't see any other criminals, only him.

This will be easier...

Qin Zhibo quietly took out a crowbar, walked forward quietly, and hit the watermelon-headed gangster hard on the back, and in the process, he also killed a bat that was clinging to him.

The force of the club was just right, enough to knock the unsuspecting watermelon-headed gangster unconscious to the ground.

Qin Zhibo walked up to him and took a look at the surrounding situation.

Stone pebbles, water sources, five forks in the road...all in sight.

Qin Zhibo also saw the secret code left on the stone egg.

【Secret Word Survey√】

[Hurry up and step into the auspicious dragon road, which means the carp leaps over the dragon gate. The dragon gate is just above the waterfall.]

It was a code that couldn't be simpler. Qin Zhibo looked back at the two-meter-high waterfall behind him and knew that the place the code pointed to was the source of the waterfall.

Isn't that where I come from?

Qin Zhibo remembered that he was drifting down along the water flow above. The source of this waterfall should be the same as the one he fell down.

If you swim back along this waterfall, the end point should be the underground of Yatogamiura City.

Did MI-GO leave this secret code to guide humans to worship the Lord Dora Gon Myo-O?

In Qin Zhibo's opinion, this code could only have been left by MI-GO, because if it were a normal person, they would not have the time to come up with such a boring code.

However, with Conan's injured body, it was definitely impossible for him to climb the two-meter-high waterfall, so Qin Zhibo thought that Conan should have chosen to escape in another direction.

After casting the locating spell again, Qin Zhibo sensed Conan's direction again, and quickly chased towards the only cave on the left.

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As soon as Qin Zhibo left, a lot of footsteps were heard in the cave.

Miwako Sato, Wataru Takagi and other police officers rushed to the stone egg and saw the unconscious watermelon-headed gangster with a dead bat hanging on his body.

Everyone was stunned.

Dead bats, fainted gangsters...

Sato Miwako thought about it for a moment, then immediately reacted and shouted, "Everyone, cover your mouth and nose!"

"There's a virus in the bats here!"

Chapter 417 I didn’t expect you to be such an uncle!

Miwako Sato still remembers the science programs that were broadcast on TV.

Bats carry at least 14 viruses that can be transmitted to humans or animals, including rabies, Hendra virus, Nipah virus, etc.

This watermelon-headed gangster must have been attacked by bats in the cave. He killed a bat in a panic, but he was also infected with the virus and fainted here.

"There are poisonous bats in here, Gao Mu, you should take him out for treatment first."

"Yes..." Takagi Wataru was about to turn around, but then turned back and asked, "What about you, Officer Sato?"

Covering her mouth and nose, Sato Miwako said, "I still have to chase the other criminals and the children..."

The reason why Sato Miwako appeared here was because of Dr. Agasa's call to the police, saying that Conan and three other frequent visitors to the murder scene encountered bad guys in the cave.

Dr. Agasa would not make a false report, and Conan had gradually established good social credit among the police during this period, so Officer Megure immediately came to the rescue with his most elite subordinates.

The rescue plan was that Sato Miwako would lead a group of people into the cave from the entrance, while Inspector Megure would learn about the exit of the stalactite cave from a local elder and wait there.

"Officer Sato! I want to come with you too!"

Seeing the determination in Takagi Wataru's eyes, Sato Miwako was somewhat moved.

"Okay, then come with me."

"But be careful not to get bitten by these bats!"

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The Young Detectives were running at full speed, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi were escaping in front, and Genta, who was carrying Conan, was running at the end.

As they ran, the sparse starlight was faintly visible in the night sky, and the three little ones immediately showed happy expressions on their faces.

"We're almost at the exit!"

But just as he was about to reach the other side of victory, a gunshot echoed in the cave. The bullet grazed Yuantai's calf, and the sudden pain made him fall to the ground.

The long-haired gangster quickly ran forward and grabbed the thin Conan into his arms without hesitation.

"I'm telling you two! Don't go out!"

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi looked at each other, somewhat hesitant.

"Come back right now! Or I'll shoot this guy in the head!"

The two little ones were still very loyal and could only obey and walk back obediently.

But at this moment, the light of righteousness suddenly lit up at the entrance of the cave and shone on the earth.

The dim cave entrance suddenly lit up. Officer Megure stood between the searchlights and shouted with a loud speaker, "We are the police! You are surrounded!"

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At the same time, Qin Zhibo followed from behind and stuck half of his head out from the corner of the cave entrance.

Inspector Megure was standing at the entrance of the cave, trying to persuade them to surrender.

One of the long-haired gangsters, who can cosplay as V by wearing a mask, is holding Conan hostage and confronting the police.

Another fat-faced gangster stood in a dark area far away from the cave entrance, looking at the large number of police officers at the cave entrance in horror, and felt like retreating.

While the long-haired gangster was attracting the police's attention in front, the fat-faced gangster turned around and was about to escape, and just happened to run into Qin Zhibo who was watching secretly.

The fat-faced gangster was surprised: "You..."

Before he could finish his words, Qin Zhibo used a clean and neat crotch kick, kicking the fat-faced gangster so hard that he fainted instantly from the pain.

Qin Zhibo flashed forward, covered the fat-faced gangster's mouth as he tried to mutter, gently placed his body on the ground, and quietly moved forward.

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At the entrance of the cave, Inspector Megure was very anxious looking at the kidnapped Conan.

Performance! (Not)…

Flowers of the motherland!

At this time, Inspector Megure saw a figure approaching quietly from behind.

Looking again, it was none other than Brother Qin!

The appearance of Brother Qin here already surprised Megure greatly, and what was even more strange was that Brother Qin was wearing clothes with the image of a beautiful girl printed on them.

Ok?

I didn't expect you to be such a brother!

Inspector Megure's thoughts paused for a moment, but he immediately calmed the criminal's emotions as if nothing had happened.

"You can make any demands you want, but don't harm the hostages!"

The long-haired gangster was delighted and quickly made a request: "All of you must retreat, and arrange another car with full gas so that we can escape!"

While the criminal was concentrating on making his request, Qin Zhibo had quietly sneaked up behind him.

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