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Chapter 662: Shancun Cao: Today is a Sure Thing!
Haibara Ai didn't even get a word in. Listening to Shancun Cao, this Police Officer, endlessly rambling and blatantly promoting superstition ahead of them, and then hearing Genta and Ayumi behind her, who had already perfected a Fairy Tale about 'a foreign Princess persecuted by a wicked stepmother, forced to hide her identity and flee to a distant land,' Haibara felt her head about to explode. Realizing she couldn't interject and didn't know where to even begin explaining, she simply gave up struggling and listened with an Expressionless face.
These people's imaginations were truly more fertile than the last.
Encountering this Police Officer who was even more clueless than Uncle Mori, she felt it was pointless to expect the Police to help find Mitsuhiko…
"Uh, no," Doctor Agasa realized that Shancun Cao was really going to keep rambling and had no intention of stopping. He couldn't bother with politeness anymore and directly interrupted, "We're here to find a Child. He ran into this Forest."
Shancun Cao was stunned for a moment, then pointed at the Forest with a horrified expression, "What?! You're saying a Child ran in there, into this Forest that's hiding a Serial Killer?!"
"Yes…"
Before Doctor Agasa could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Shancun Cao's roar.
"Why didn't you watch him properly?! Weren't you the one who brought him here?"
"N-no," Doctor Agasa broke out in a sweat, quickly explaining, "He ran here on his own…"
After listening to Conan and the others explain how they used Tracking Glasses to find this place, Shancun Cao suddenly felt like this was just a Group of Kids playing a Detective Game.
Conan originally wanted to show Shancun Cao the Tracking Glasses to prove they weren't lying, but coincidentally, the Tracking Glasses ran out of power. This made Shancun Cao even more convinced that These People were just Children playing a Game, and he felt a mix of heartache and a little bit of gossip.
He didn't expect the Forest Princess to play such childish games with Children too.
The other Police Officers dispersed to search for Numabuchi.
After Conan and the others pleaded and explained at length, Shancun Cao finally believed that there was also a Child lost in this Forest. He just wanted to contact his Colleagues to inform them about this, but then he realized his Mobile Phone was in the Car. He suddenly knelt down on the ground with a thud, lowering his head in frustration, "When I was leading the Culprit to identify the Crime Scene, I let the Culprit escape. Now I haven't even promptly told everyone about the Child getting lost in the Forest. I'm definitely going to be fired this time. I only became a Police Officer because I admired the Detectives in Detective Films. Now it seems like this Dream is going to end today…"
Conan couldn't bear to watch, and thinking that they were old acquaintances, he considered comforting Shancun Cao, "Police Officer Shancun…"
"Therefore!" Shancun Cao suddenly raised his head, looking at Haibara Ai with a Serious Face, "This kind of Desperate Situation is definitely the moment when Blessing is activated!"
Haibara Ai was startled by Shancun Cao's Reaction and continued to be Speechless.
Do Police Officers not undergo psychological evaluations these days?
She felt that Hissashi's Emotion as a Patient was more stable than Shancun Cao's, much more stable.
"Then there's no need to worry too much," Shancun Cao patted his Chest, looking like he was still in shock. He stood up, replaced his Expression with Confidence, "Today, Numabuchi will definitely be captured, and that Child will also be found! Being able to meet the Forest Princess here just proves everything. Fate won't abandon me."
Conan: "…"
They were still hoping that the Police could help, but Shancun Cao's Mind was full of Metaphysics, expecting Haibara to conjure people out of thin air and bring them right in front of him?
Shancun Cao felt that his Idea was not wrong.
Where was this? The Forest!
Who was Princess Haibara? The Forest Princess!
This was her Territory. It was just that this wasn't Head God Forest, and he didn't know if she had jurisdiction across borders, but he would just assume she did.
Also, what Timing was this? He encountered the Forest Princess right after he let the Criminal run away in the Forest.
Then he heard the News that a Child was also lost in the Forest. This was a bad omen. As the saying goes, 'misfortune turns into fortune.' Without 'misfortune,' where would 'fortune' come from? So, the more 'misfortune,' the more 'fortune.'
No need to worry, just cling to the Forest Princess's leg, and today will be a Sure Thing!
…
A Group of People continued to search for Mitsuhiko deeper into the Forest, this time with an unreliable Police Officer added to their number.
Shancun Cao walked while glancing into the distance and then at Haibara Ai, guessing how he would turn misfortune into good fortune this time, and whether he would see Magic or something.
But it seemed like the Forest Princess Princess didn't want to use Magic.
That's right, to experience the Life of a Normal Person, the Forest Princess probably didn't want to expose her Ability, he understood, he understood.
Conan walked while continuing to use the Detective Badge to call out to Mitsuhiko.
"Conan, Mitsuhiko still isn't responding?" Ayumi asked with Sorrow.
"Yeah." Conan's Mood was also heavy.
"Could he be asleep somewhere?" Genta Speculation.
Haibara Ai stroked her chin, "Or Rather, he has already met with Murderous Hands…"
"Ah!" Genta and Ayumi were startled.
Doctor Agasa broke out in a sweat, quickly stopping Haibara Ai, "Hey, Ai!"
"The one hiding in the Forest is Numabuchi Kiichiro, who has continuously committed several Murder Cases in the Northeast, Kanto, and Kansai areas," Haibara Ai asked calmly, "It's not strange for me to think this way, right?"
"You're really well-informed," Conan Look Towards Shancun Cao, "I remember July should have sent Numabuchi Kiichiro to the Osaka Police Department, right? Why did he escape to the Forest in Gunma Prefecture?"
"July?" Doctor Agasa glanced sideways.
Haibara Ai was a little surprised, Numabuchi Kiichiro was captured by Brother Hichiji?
"July? Who's that?" Shancun Cao looked bewildered.
Doctor Agasa explained, "A Bounty Hunter."
Shancun Cao suddenly became excited, "Bounty Hunter really exist in this World? I thought they were only people in TV Series!"
"July is very powerful, he has helped the Police capture many Criminals," Ayumi asked in Doubt, "Police Officer, don't you even know about him?"
"It's not surprising, Bounty Hunter's matters are not Public, and it seems like the National Police Agency is the one who contacts them. Even within the Metropolitan Police Department, very few people know about it," Doctor Agasa Speculation, "Probably also because July hasn't been active in the Gunma Prefecture area, so Police Officer Shancun doesn't know about him. But was Numabuchi really captured by July?"
Conan Nod, "Last time Hattori invited… uh, Brother Hattori invited us to Osaka as guests, and there was also a Serial Killer Case. At that time, Numabuchi was still on the run. We always thought the Culprit was Numabuchi, but the Police arrested Numabuchi and got the True Culprit from Numabuchi. Originally, I thought the Osaka Police found Numabuchi, but Recently Uncle told me to pay attention to News about Bounty Hunter. Few Days Ago when I received a Phone Call from Brother Hattori, I inadvertently mentioned it to him, and he mentioned that Numabuchi's Capture that time wasn't done by the Police, but rather the Police received News and found him in a Delivery Box, which also had the Words 'Live Delivery' written on it. I think it should be July who did it, no mistake."
Haibara Ai was Thoughtful. She didn't expect that Hissashi had already had contact with the Organization's People so early on.
She remembered that when she saw the News of Numabuchi's Capture, she had just left the Organization not long ago. At that time, Hissashi was still in Aoyama Fourth Hospital, right? He had already secretly run out to catch Criminals?
The supervision at Aoyama Fourth Hospital was very problematic, they even let People… cough, in short, Numabuchi Kiichiro didn't know much Organization Information, otherwise the Organization wouldn't have let that Fellow escape. So Hissashi probably didn't know about the Organization either.
"Then will July come here?" Genta asked with Expectation.
"Unlikely, he doesn't know Numabuchi Kiichiro is here, and the Police should still be blocking the News," Doctor Agasa Look Towards Shancun Cao, "Speaking of which, the reason why Numabuchi appeared here is…"
"When he was undergoing Interrogation, he suddenly said that he had actually killed four people, and the fourth person was buried in his Mother's Hometown, which is this Forest," Shancun Cao explained, "So the Osaka Police transferred him to Gunma Prefecture. We've been following him in the Forest since morning to search for the Burial Site, but he seems to not remember very clearly. We dug up a few Places but couldn't find the Corpse. Just when the Police Officer from Osaka went to buy Lunch and entrusted Numabuchi to us, he Run Away."
"Did he Plan to Run Away long ago?" Genta asked.
"But looking at his Expression, it didn't seem like he wanted to Run Away," Shancun Cao touched his chin and recalled, "He also said that when he came back to visit relatives with his Mother, he often came to the Forest to Play alone…"
"Ah!" Ayumi walked and stepped on air, stepping into the Stream.
The exclamation startled the others.
Conan and the others were listening to Shancun Cao talk about how he used to Play here when he was a Child, so he got along well with Numabuchi, feeling Speechless. Suddenly, he Notice a small white Point floating down in the River. Curiously, he leaned over and gently scooped it up with his Finger, putting it under his nose to sniff.
This Thing seemed to be some kind of Plant Fiber Membrane, only a little bit. He couldn't Judgment which Plant it was. Because it had been soaked in Water, he couldn't smell any special Scent on it either.
But only this little bit floated in the entire River, it didn't seem like some Plant naturally falling into the River…
When A Group of People were talking, Numabuchi Kiichiro also quietly jumped On the Tree Aside, secretly Observation A Group of People.
He came over because he heard the Sound of Children here, and he really found Children.
However, he remembered very clearly that that Person said 'a Child', but there were four here.
Moreover, after listening for a while, These People also seemed to be here to find a Child, so this wasn't the Place.
Just as Numabuchi Kiichiro Intention to leave, Ayumi inadvertently Looked Up and happened to See Numabuchi Kiichiro standing steadily On the Tree with his hands cuffed and his back hunched. That Face like a Skeleton and his ferocious and staring Gaze, in the dim light, looked like a Wild Beast about to devour People, making her hair stand on end.
"Wahhhhhhh!"
Ayumi's subconscious scream also made the others Notice Numabuchi Kiichiro's Trace.
Numabuchi Kiichiro also quickly jumped down from the Tree and hurriedly Run Away in another Direction.
He saw that the Kid with Glasses had just scooped up something from the River, it should have floated down from upstream. In order not to let These People disturb that Person, it was best to lure them elsewhere…
Haibara Ai looked at Numabuchi Kiichiro's Figure, her Face a little gloomy.
"Numabuchi, stop!" Shancun Cao and the others were about to chase after him, but Conan stopped them.
"Wait a minute!" Conan said with a Serious Expression, "It's already dark, and he's more familiar with this Place than we are. Chasing after him might be Danger!"
Numabuchi Kiichiro ran for a distance, and Discovery that the People behind him didn't chase after him. He was a little surprised. Suddenly, he heard a Sound from the Jungle not far away and turned around to run over there.
At the same time, Conan also lowered his Head and pondered.
That third-grade Girl provided a Clue. The two Adults Mitsuhiko was Tracking mentioned the Name of a Warlord.
Warlord, Bamboo Leaf Rice Ball… Firefly!
Mitsuhiko came to catch Firefly, and at Night, Firefly in the Forest usually Activity Waterside.
Conan suddenly raised his Eye and Looked at the upper reaches of the River.
Could that Plant Fiber Membrane just now be left by Mitsuhiko? Or Rather, is there someone else here?
No matter what, let's first search along the River!
(End of Chapter)
Haibara Ai didn't even get a word in. Listening to Shancun Cao, this Police Officer, endlessly rambling and blatantly promoting superstition ahead of them, and then hearing Genta and Ayumi behind her, who had already perfected a Fairy Tale about 'a foreign Princess persecuted by a wicked stepmother, forced to hide her identity and flee to a distant land,' Haibara felt her head about to explode. Realizing she couldn't interject and didn't know where to even begin explaining, she simply gave up struggling and listened with an Expressionless face.
These people's imaginations were truly more fertile than the last.
Encountering this Police Officer who was even more clueless than Uncle Mori, she felt it was pointless to expect the Police to help find Mitsuhiko…
"Uh, no," Doctor Agasa realized that Shancun Cao was really going to keep rambling and had no intention of stopping. He couldn't bother with politeness anymore and directly interrupted, "We're here to find a Child. He ran into this Forest."
Shancun Cao was stunned for a moment, then pointed at the Forest with a horrified expression, "What?! You're saying a Child ran in there, into this Forest that's hiding a Serial Killer?!"
"Yes…"
Before Doctor Agasa could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Shancun Cao's roar.
"Why didn't you watch him properly?! Weren't you the one who brought him here?"
"N-no," Doctor Agasa broke out in a sweat, quickly explaining, "He ran here on his own…"
After listening to Conan and the others explain how they used Tracking Glasses to find this place, Shancun Cao suddenly felt like this was just a Group of Kids playing a Detective Game.
Conan originally wanted to show Shancun Cao the Tracking Glasses to prove they weren't lying, but coincidentally, the Tracking Glasses ran out of power. This made Shancun Cao even more convinced that These People were just Children playing a Game, and he felt a mix of heartache and a little bit of gossip.
He didn't expect the Forest Princess to play such childish games with Children too.
The other Police Officers dispersed to search for Numabuchi.
After Conan and the others pleaded and explained at length, Shancun Cao finally believed that there was also a Child lost in this Forest. He just wanted to contact his Colleagues to inform them about this, but then he realized his Mobile Phone was in the Car. He suddenly knelt down on the ground with a thud, lowering his head in frustration, "When I was leading the Culprit to identify the Crime Scene, I let the Culprit escape. Now I haven't even promptly told everyone about the Child getting lost in the Forest. I'm definitely going to be fired this time. I only became a Police Officer because I admired the Detectives in Detective Films. Now it seems like this Dream is going to end today…"
Conan couldn't bear to watch, and thinking that they were old acquaintances, he considered comforting Shancun Cao, "Police Officer Shancun…"
"Therefore!" Shancun Cao suddenly raised his head, looking at Haibara Ai with a Serious Face, "This kind of Desperate Situation is definitely the moment when Blessing is activated!"
Haibara Ai was startled by Shancun Cao's Reaction and continued to be Speechless.
Do Police Officers not undergo psychological evaluations these days?
She felt that Hissashi's Emotion as a Patient was more stable than Shancun Cao's, much more stable.
"Then there's no need to worry too much," Shancun Cao patted his Chest, looking like he was still in shock. He stood up, replaced his Expression with Confidence, "Today, Numabuchi will definitely be captured, and that Child will also be found! Being able to meet the Forest Princess here just proves everything. Fate won't abandon me."
Conan: "…"
They were still hoping that the Police could help, but Shancun Cao's Mind was full of Metaphysics, expecting Haibara to conjure people out of thin air and bring them right in front of him?
Shancun Cao felt that his Idea was not wrong.
Where was this? The Forest!
Who was Princess Haibara? The Forest Princess!
This was her Territory. It was just that this wasn't Head God Forest, and he didn't know if she had jurisdiction across borders, but he would just assume she did.
Also, what Timing was this? He encountered the Forest Princess right after he let the Criminal run away in the Forest.
Then he heard the News that a Child was also lost in the Forest. This was a bad omen. As the saying goes, 'misfortune turns into fortune.' Without 'misfortune,' where would 'fortune' come from? So, the more 'misfortune,' the more 'fortune.'
No need to worry, just cling to the Forest Princess's leg, and today will be a Sure Thing!
…
A Group of People continued to search for Mitsuhiko deeper into the Forest, this time with an unreliable Police Officer added to their number.
Shancun Cao walked while glancing into the distance and then at Haibara Ai, guessing how he would turn misfortune into good fortune this time, and whether he would see Magic or something.
But it seemed like the Forest Princess Princess didn't want to use Magic.
That's right, to experience the Life of a Normal Person, the Forest Princess probably didn't want to expose her Ability, he understood, he understood.
Conan walked while continuing to use the Detective Badge to call out to Mitsuhiko.
"Conan, Mitsuhiko still isn't responding?" Ayumi asked with Sorrow.
"Yeah." Conan's Mood was also heavy.
"Could he be asleep somewhere?" Genta Speculation.
Haibara Ai stroked her chin, "Or Rather, he has already met with Murderous Hands…"
"Ah!" Genta and Ayumi were startled.
Doctor Agasa broke out in a sweat, quickly stopping Haibara Ai, "Hey, Ai!"
"The one hiding in the Forest is Numabuchi Kiichiro, who has continuously committed several Murder Cases in the Northeast, Kanto, and Kansai areas," Haibara Ai asked calmly, "It's not strange for me to think this way, right?"
"You're really well-informed," Conan Look Towards Shancun Cao, "I remember July should have sent Numabuchi Kiichiro to the Osaka Police Department, right? Why did he escape to the Forest in Gunma Prefecture?"
"July?" Doctor Agasa glanced sideways.
Haibara Ai was a little surprised, Numabuchi Kiichiro was captured by Brother Hichiji?
"July? Who's that?" Shancun Cao looked bewildered.
Doctor Agasa explained, "A Bounty Hunter."
Shancun Cao suddenly became excited, "Bounty Hunter really exist in this World? I thought they were only people in TV Series!"
"July is very powerful, he has helped the Police capture many Criminals," Ayumi asked in Doubt, "Police Officer, don't you even know about him?"
"It's not surprising, Bounty Hunter's matters are not Public, and it seems like the National Police Agency is the one who contacts them. Even within the Metropolitan Police Department, very few people know about it," Doctor Agasa Speculation, "Probably also because July hasn't been active in the Gunma Prefecture area, so Police Officer Shancun doesn't know about him. But was Numabuchi really captured by July?"
Conan Nod, "Last time Hattori invited… uh, Brother Hattori invited us to Osaka as guests, and there was also a Serial Killer Case. At that time, Numabuchi was still on the run. We always thought the Culprit was Numabuchi, but the Police arrested Numabuchi and got the True Culprit from Numabuchi. Originally, I thought the Osaka Police found Numabuchi, but Recently Uncle told me to pay attention to News about Bounty Hunter. Few Days Ago when I received a Phone Call from Brother Hattori, I inadvertently mentioned it to him, and he mentioned that Numabuchi's Capture that time wasn't done by the Police, but rather the Police received News and found him in a Delivery Box, which also had the Words 'Live Delivery' written on it. I think it should be July who did it, no mistake."
Haibara Ai was Thoughtful. She didn't expect that Hissashi had already had contact with the Organization's People so early on.
She remembered that when she saw the News of Numabuchi's Capture, she had just left the Organization not long ago. At that time, Hissashi was still in Aoyama Fourth Hospital, right? He had already secretly run out to catch Criminals?
The supervision at Aoyama Fourth Hospital was very problematic, they even let People… cough, in short, Numabuchi Kiichiro didn't know much Organization Information, otherwise the Organization wouldn't have let that Fellow escape. So Hissashi probably didn't know about the Organization either.
"Then will July come here?" Genta asked with Expectation.
"Unlikely, he doesn't know Numabuchi Kiichiro is here, and the Police should still be blocking the News," Doctor Agasa Look Towards Shancun Cao, "Speaking of which, the reason why Numabuchi appeared here is…"
"When he was undergoing Interrogation, he suddenly said that he had actually killed four people, and the fourth person was buried in his Mother's Hometown, which is this Forest," Shancun Cao explained, "So the Osaka Police transferred him to Gunma Prefecture. We've been following him in the Forest since morning to search for the Burial Site, but he seems to not remember very clearly. We dug up a few Places but couldn't find the Corpse. Just when the Police Officer from Osaka went to buy Lunch and entrusted Numabuchi to us, he Run Away."
"Did he Plan to Run Away long ago?" Genta asked.
"But looking at his Expression, it didn't seem like he wanted to Run Away," Shancun Cao touched his chin and recalled, "He also said that when he came back to visit relatives with his Mother, he often came to the Forest to Play alone…"
"Ah!" Ayumi walked and stepped on air, stepping into the Stream.
The exclamation startled the others.
Conan and the others were listening to Shancun Cao talk about how he used to Play here when he was a Child, so he got along well with Numabuchi, feeling Speechless. Suddenly, he Notice a small white Point floating down in the River. Curiously, he leaned over and gently scooped it up with his Finger, putting it under his nose to sniff.
This Thing seemed to be some kind of Plant Fiber Membrane, only a little bit. He couldn't Judgment which Plant it was. Because it had been soaked in Water, he couldn't smell any special Scent on it either.
But only this little bit floated in the entire River, it didn't seem like some Plant naturally falling into the River…
When A Group of People were talking, Numabuchi Kiichiro also quietly jumped On the Tree Aside, secretly Observation A Group of People.
He came over because he heard the Sound of Children here, and he really found Children.
However, he remembered very clearly that that Person said 'a Child', but there were four here.
Moreover, after listening for a while, These People also seemed to be here to find a Child, so this wasn't the Place.
Just as Numabuchi Kiichiro Intention to leave, Ayumi inadvertently Looked Up and happened to See Numabuchi Kiichiro standing steadily On the Tree with his hands cuffed and his back hunched. That Face like a Skeleton and his ferocious and staring Gaze, in the dim light, looked like a Wild Beast about to devour People, making her hair stand on end.
"Wahhhhhhh!"
Ayumi's subconscious scream also made the others Notice Numabuchi Kiichiro's Trace.
Numabuchi Kiichiro also quickly jumped down from the Tree and hurriedly Run Away in another Direction.
He saw that the Kid with Glasses had just scooped up something from the River, it should have floated down from upstream. In order not to let These People disturb that Person, it was best to lure them elsewhere…
Haibara Ai looked at Numabuchi Kiichiro's Figure, her Face a little gloomy.
"Numabuchi, stop!" Shancun Cao and the others were about to chase after him, but Conan stopped them.
"Wait a minute!" Conan said with a Serious Expression, "It's already dark, and he's more familiar with this Place than we are. Chasing after him might be Danger!"
Numabuchi Kiichiro ran for a distance, and Discovery that the People behind him didn't chase after him. He was a little surprised. Suddenly, he heard a Sound from the Jungle not far away and turned around to run over there.
At the same time, Conan also lowered his Head and pondered.
That third-grade Girl provided a Clue. The two Adults Mitsuhiko was Tracking mentioned the Name of a Warlord.
Warlord, Bamboo Leaf Rice Ball… Firefly!
Mitsuhiko came to catch Firefly, and at Night, Firefly in the Forest usually Activity Waterside.
Conan suddenly raised his Eye and Looked at the upper reaches of the River.
Could that Plant Fiber Membrane just now be left by Mitsuhiko? Or Rather, is there someone else here?
No matter what, let's first search along the River!
(End of Chapter)
