Chapter 1945: The Old Woman in the Mountain House

July 29, Sunday, afternoon, Tokyo.

On the way to the Chuetsu area in Niigata Prefecture, the convoy led by Mori was driving when they suddenly found a yellow Beetle coming from behind, with what seemed to be camping equipment strapped to the roof.

When the car approached, based on the license plate and the camping singing of the children inside the car, it was immediately confirmed that it was Dr. A Li and the Boy Detective Team.

On the surface, it is under the banner of camping, but in essence, it is to join in the fun.

Yamazaki shook his head and was speechless, Conan really couldn't sit still.

Hattori gave a thumbs up secretly, this is the detective, how could he stay at home at this time.

Lan was so angry that he called Conan and taught Conan a lesson.

However, Conan's words for Lan completely entered the left ear and exited the right ear.

Come here, Conan will not go back. ...

In the evening, Gunma County, a vehicle service area.

Because I surfed the Internet through my mobile phone, I saw on the Internet that Akira Takaoka had updated some things on his webpage, including lunch, etc., and the location was in this vehicle service area, so Mao Li and his party also stopped here to ask for directions and have dinner.

Mori took the picture of Takaoka Akira and Inoue Hiroko sketched by Yamazaki, asked the waiter, and confirmed that they had seen the two people in the picture, and they turned into the trail.

As for where they are going, the waiters don't know.

Police officers Takagi and Chiba showed their police IDs to the manager of the service area to identify themselves, and asked to watch the surveillance.

According to the time told by the waiter, Takaoka Akira and Inoue Hiroko were successfully found on the surveillance, and their car, a silver-gray five-door van, seemed to be driven by Inoue Hiroko.

Officer Takagi contacted Officer Yumi, reported to her and asked her to help with the investigation. ...

After dinner, the convoy started on the road again, taking the trail that Akira Takaoka and Hiroko Inoue turned into.

As the sky darkened, the speed of the car slowed down, and the convoy gradually entered the mountain forest along the winding road.

"Boom!"

A very sudden loud noise startled many forest birds. Nine people including Eisuke Hondo, Kazuha, Ran, Sonoko, Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko, Officer Takagi, and Officer Chiba could not help but scream.

The convoy stopped, and Dr. Ali reported embarrassingly that his car had a flat tire, and he didn't bring a spare tire to pack his luggage.

"In this barren mountain and wild forest, there is no village in front, no shop behind..." Mei Daizi emphasized faintly, "a ghostly place."

"Ah!" Kazuha, Ran, Sonoko, Hondo Eisuke, Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko were all startled again.

"Okay, stop making trouble." Yamazaki smiled, and then made suggestions for the next thing.

According to the map, if you continue on this road, you can find the resting villages and towns, and maybe you can find clues about Akira Takaoka and Hiroko Inoue.

However, it is getting late now, and I am not familiar with the road, so I don't know how long it will take.

The RV is relatively tall, and it is inconvenient to drive in the mountains and forests at night, which will slow down the speed of the convoy. It is better to leave the RV and the Beetle together.

Anyway, Dr. Ali and the Detective Boys came to camp.

That is to say, the soldiers are divided into two groups, one goes first, and the other stays until dawn.

Mori, Officer Takagi, Officer Chiba, Oda Nobute, Oda Sakurako, Oda Haruko go first, and the others stay.

It just so happened that Dr. Ali brought camping equipment and a caravan, so he could stay for one night.

However, Hattori disagreed, and he wanted to follow Maori, thinking that if he found clues at that time, he could follow.

And Hattori wanted to leave, and Kazuha also decided to leave.

Yuanzi didn't want to spend the night, so he decided to go and find a hotel in front of him to stay.

Yuanzi pulled Lan, and Lan agreed, she wanted to help, she always felt that the problem between Akira Takaoka and Hiroko Inoue was caused by Mao Li pulling Hiroko Inoue to drink last night.

The hall also decided to leave, saying that he could help if he found any clues.

However, Conan is deeply suspicious of this.

Conan wanted to speak, but under Lan's gaze, he finally gave up unwillingly, lest Lan really get angry.

So, ten of them stayed behind, including Yamazaki, Mei Daizi, the three sisters Talhan, Dr. Ali and the Boy Detective Team.

Mao Li and others put on rescue clothing, took some supplies, said goodbye to Yamazaki and others, and left in a hurry.

Mori drives a minivan A, carrying Hattori and Hondo Eisuke.

Oda Nobue drives the SUV B, carrying rescue clothing.

Oda Sakurako drives the SUV C, carrying Lan, Sonoko, and Ye.

Haruko Oda drove an off-road vehicle, loaded some supplies, and prepared to spend the night in the vehicle in case.

In the plainclothes police car were police officers Chiba and Takagi, carrying some supplies.

Without the drag of the RV, the speed of the team has increased a lot. ...

The convoy left, and Yamazaki called the rest of the people to have a meeting to discuss who wanted to sleep in the RV and who wanted to go camping at night.

Although the RV can be squeezed in, it happened that Dr. A Li brought camping equipment, which can be used.

Ayumi worried: "Well, I always feel that this mountain is a bit scary."

Mitsuhiko worried: "Maybe there are monsters, right?"

"It's good to have monsters." Mei Daizi threatened, "In the old legends, there were often such things as cannibal hags, mountain monsters, and so on."

"Mountain, mountain demon?" Yuan Tai trembled.

Conan said angrily: "It's just a legend, how could such monsters really exist?"

"But, there is a house that gives people such a feeling." Huiyuan pointed to the distance away from the road, where there was a light.

"Is that..."

"Mountain, the home of the mountain demon"

"Liar, liar!"

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko looked at each other, their faces turning blue with fear.

Dr. A Li looked over and said: "Well, it looks like a big house, let's ask someone to see if they can let us stay for a night."

Mei Daizi teased, "Doctor, aren't you going camping?"

"Well, I think there are more mosquitoes." Dr. A Li said with a dry smile.

"That's true." The third sister Mei Lisi laughed.

"Do you really want to live in that house?" Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko exchanged glances and asked each other.

The second sister, Aboraco, said: "It's strange to say that there are no other lights, which means that there is only this house there."

Eldest sister Delya said: "There is only this big house in this deep mountain. I don't know who it is."

Huiyuan threatened Yuantai and the others: "Speaking of it, it's almost like waving to us, saying, come here, come here."

Conan made a relief and said, "In short, whether to stay here or go to the hotel, decide one."

Yuan Tai asked: "What should I do?"

Ayumi trembled with fear, "I'm so scared."

Mitsuhiko said in fear: "But staying here is also very dangerous."

Yamazaki said with a smile: "Don't think about it, just stay in the car if you don't want to go."

Mitsuhiko gritted his teeth, "Okay, let's go there, to the house of the mountain demon mother-in-law."

Mei Daizi smiled and said, "That's it."

Mitsuhiko looked at Haibara and Ayumi, "I, I will protect Haibara and Ayumi even if I try my best."

"Mitsuhiko." Ayumi was very moved.

"Thank you," Haibara teased, "But, can you be eaten instead of me?"

"Ah?" Guangyan turned his eyes to Xiaodou and stood on the spot, "That, that, that, the mountain demon mother-in-law will think that Yuantai is more oily, so it tastes better."

Amid the laughter of the crowd, Yuantai raised his triangular eyes and knocked on Guangyan's head, "You are also good for making soup."

"In terms of oil and water, what you should worry about is..." Huiyuan looked at Dr. A Li, implying that Dr. A Li is the most oily here.

Dr. A Li awkwardly changed the subject, "Okay, I'll bring the luggage down now."

"Let me help you." Yamazaki smiled. ...

Not long after, everyone locked the car, took their luggage, and headed to the house with the light with a flashlight.

It doesn't look far away, it's like walking for a kilometer, and when we get near the house, the moon has risen.

In the not-so-bright moonlight, the big wooden house with thatched gable roof and the two protruding small wooden houses on the left and right are half hidden in the darkness.

It seems to be a half-length monster with arms, the light from the room on the second floor seems to be its eyes, looking at the delicious food delivered to the door.

Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko walked further and further back, falling from the front row of the three Tarhan sisters to the back row. If it wasn't for Yamazaki who was behind them, they would have fallen to the end.

Guang Yan forced a smile: "Look, it doesn't look like the house of the mountain demon mother-in-law."

Ayumi agreed: "Yes, yes, because the mother-in-law of the mountain demon usually lives in a dilapidated house."

Yuan Taiqiang said with a smile: "And he will also hold a large thick-edged kitchen knife."

"Hey... there are guests." In the gloomy and old female voice, a short white-haired old woman appeared under the light of the flashlight holding a kitchen knife.

"Ah, the mountain demon mother-in-law!"

"Ghost!"

Not only Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko, Dr. Ari was also taken aback.

The three Tarhan sisters were not afraid at all, and they were far behind those walking dead in the Evil Menace game.

Those evil spirits were completely unrecognizable, bloody, with half of their heads on their heads, and dragged their internal organs all over the floor. Before they approached, the smell of blood rushed to their faces.

At the very beginning, let alone night, I suddenly encountered that kind of thing attacking at a corner during the day, and it was half-life before the fight started, nausea and vomiting, legs were weak, and even thinking stopped, and the head Blank.

Moreover, what can be smelled now is not the smell of blood, but the smell of pickled vegetables, similar to the smell of cucumber side dishes.

Conan also smelled it, "Grandma, are you still cutting cucumbers for pickling at this late hour?"

"Oh, is the nose good?" The white-haired old woman said gloomily, "I also plan to pickle something else."

Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko were so frightened that their teeth chattered and their legs trembled. They were held by Yamazaki behind them to keep them from falling down.

"Please don't scare them." Yamazaki said, "We want to stay overnight, if you think it's wrong, then forget it."

The white-haired old woman said: "When I was chopping pickles in the little house over there, I heard a loud noise..."

Dr. A Li said with a dry smile: "My car tire blew out, and I forgot to bring a spare tire."

"Sure enough, it's a flat tire, but here, or at this time?" The white-haired old woman said with a smile, "It's really bad luck."

Mei Daizi said: "Actually, we have a caravan, but it's a bit crowded."

The implication of Mei Daizi's words is to tell the white-haired old lady not to be cynical, but whether she would like to stay with them, in a word.

"Sorry, nothing else," the white-haired old woman turned to lead the way, "If you don't mind, come with me, my house is more than enough for you to live in."

"Then interrupt." Yamazaki said.

"By the way, you can't see any light around here except your house. Are you the only one near here?" Dr. Ali asked, "I mean, isn't it convenient?"

"Everyone who lives here has gone to the city," said the white-haired old woman, "I'm used to it here."...