Chapter 363: Who is the Hunter?

After a reprimand, Yuan Tai was reprimanded for the first time and cried. Instead of comforting him, I just stood beside him and watched him cry.

Just kidding, I've been training Ling and them for so many years, when have I ever comforted people, there are cases where the stick is beaten to dates. Although these children are all flowers in the greenhouse, if they are trained once or twice, at least they will not lose their lives due to impulse. To tell the truth, as elementary school students, they shouldn't have been in danger of their lives because of the so-called establishment of a detective group, but when Conan, the son of death, joined the team, these children have encountered life-threatening things again and again, and they don't know how big their parents' hearts are, so they let them play with Conan. Well, since their parents don't want to take care of it, I'll help them take care of it. After Conan, with the addition of me, the Killer Aura and Shiho's Organizational Aura, they will face more dangers in the future, and if I can't cultivate their caution and knowledge, physical fitness and judgment, I can't guarantee that I will be able to save them every time. It's like I asked Shiho to learn simple martial arts and marksmanship from me in the organization. She may not be proficient, but when facing ordinary bandit fugitives, she must have the ability to protect herself. The same goes for the children, if they can't do it, for their safety, it's better for this dangerous detective group to disperse as soon as possible.

For a long time, Yuantai's sobbing gradually slowed down, child, there are times when he is tired of crying sooner or later, but he is still smart, and he ran away without turning his head. Instead, after crying, he stood in front of me with an aggrieved look, bowing his head and not speaking.

"Enough crying?" I asked indifferently.

"Hmmm... ”

"Do you know why you're crying?"

"Because... I made a mistake. "Yuantai's attitude of bowing his head and admitting his mistakes is quite sincere, and it almost makes me forget this character that does not fit him.

"Something went wrong. ”

"I shouldn't have acted on my own, I shouldn't have put my own safety and the concerns of my companions at risk. Yuan Tai said aggrievedly. "As the head of the group, I didn't take the team as the core, didn't take into account everyone's feelings, and didn't think more about my partners. ”

"Well, d. I nodded. "In this way, you have the appearance of a regimental commander, and you must remember that in the midst of danger, you must never abandon your companions under the premise of self-preservation. When necessary, let your companions live, even if they suffer losses. I know it's a bit heavy for you. However, we are a detective group, and we are facing thieves and murderers who can cost us our lives at any time. To this end, we must unite and strengthen ourselves in order to face danger and difficulties again and again. ”

"Hmm. Yuan Tai touched the tears on his face and nodded heavily. Seeing his sincere attitude, I can't say anything more, I hope he can really teach a long lesson.

"Alright, let's go back. I beckoned. "You have picked so many pine mushrooms, it is estimated that the administrator will not help you cook, in this way, you keep four for you and me, and I will help you hide the rest and take it down the mountain, and there will be camping tomorrow, and then we will make it into a delicious dish ourselves." ”

"Really, really!" Hearing that his achievements were not wasted, and that he could eat a lot of pine mushrooms, the tears in Yuantai's eyes immediately turned into stars.

"Well, but you have to promise me not to forget what I just said. ”

"Mmmmmmmmmm In the end, he only kept four pine mushrooms that he thought were the best. And I threw my pocket into the necklace, of course, this is all done when Genta can't see it.

"Alright, let's go. ”

"Hmm. Hey. "Yuantai has regained the sunshine it once was. "But, Kaoru. Can you promise me one more thing. "On the way back. Motota spoke again. "What happened just now, can you not tell others. ”

"Oh?" I raised an eyebrow, this little guy looks big and three thick, but it's still quite face-saving. "Don't worry, I'm not that bad, just let him stay in your heart forever about today's matter, others won't know... ”

Bang!!!

Before I could finish my sentence, at the other end of the barbed wire fence on my right, a gunshot suddenly rang in my ears.

"Woo !!" Yuan Tai was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground again.

"Rest assured, it's just hunting on the other side. "I plucked my ears. "Look, if you've just stepped into the next realm, this shot might be aimed at you. You look at your size, you look like a bear, if you were picking pine mushrooms on the opposite side and you happened to be facing away from the hunter, you wouldn't know how you would die. ”

"I... I was wrong. Yuan Taichang let out a long breath, and seemed to realize that what he had done had caused great trouble to himself and everyone, and now that he thought about it, he was a little afraid.

Bang!!!

Another gunshot rang out.

"Tsk, this hunter's level is average, this second shot has been separated for so long, and the average prey is afraid that it will run away a long time ago." I complained as I continued to walk forward with Motota.

。。。 Bang!!!!

"Shhhh "I didn't think anything was right with the first two gunshots, but the third one made me feel that something was wrong. If there really is a bear in this forest, even if the two shots just now can't kill it, so let the bear escape. But this third shot. The location of the gunfire has not changed, but after such a long time, whether it is a bear, a rabbit, or a deer, it doesn't seem right. Unless...

A sense of foreboding suddenly came to my heart, and subconsciously, I took out my mobile phone and dialed Shiho's number. However, all I heard was a beeping sound.

———— the taste of the orchid, the taste of lavender, the taste of the home & the wings of the angel, the wings of the devil, the wings of the guardian————

"Kaoru, have you found Motota?" After hanging up the phone, I immediately dialed Conan again. Conan, who answered the phone, also asked questions as soon as possible.

"Ah, I found it, don't move where we just climbed over the wall, we'll go over right away. Yuan Tai and I said as we walked. "By the way, use your glasses to see where Xiao Ai and Mitsuhiko are now, my phone didn't get through just now. ”

"Oh, good. Conan was silent for a moment, but soon doubts were heard. "Eh, Mitsuhiko's badge shows them. Went into the hunting area?"

"Sure enough... ”

"Huh, what do you mean by that?" Conan didn't understand my words.

"I just heard three strange gunshots between the two barbed wire fences, so I called Xiao Ai to say goodbye, but no one answered. ”

"This... ”

"There's a good chance they've gone over there to find someone, but generally not, you look along the barbed wire fence to see if there's anything out of the ordinary. ”

"Yes, we passed by an open barbed wire area while looking for someone, if... ”

"Cut... No wonder I passed without notice. I frowned, thinking that Shiho also knew about Yuantai's temperament, for fear that he would get lost for the sake of pine mushrooms, and unknowingly slipped into the hunting area, so he rushed over and forgot to inform me. "We'll see you later when we go back to the area where the barbed wire was broken. With that, I hung up the phone and hurried over with Yuantai.

Soon, we saw Conan and his party, and we also saw the gap under the barbed wire.

"There are traces of people crawling. "I didn't have time to talk to Conan and them, and I didn't have time to listen to Conan reprimand Genta again, so I focused my mind directly on the gap below. "And it's a child, and the imprint on the knee is very thin. It seems that they really passed. I reached out and drew a circle along the marks on the ground.

"Mitsuhiko's badge reaction hasn't moved for half a day, and I haven't seen the reaction of the gray plain detective badge. Conan reported.

"The badge of the mourning monarch was taken by me for comparison repairs. The doctor prompted.

"It doesn't make sense. I frowned. "I'll go take a look. ”

"Hey. Don't... "Conan seems to be trying to stop me.

"Rest assured. I'm good at this kind of thing. With that, I went through the gap. "Doctor, take the children back to the hotel, we can't get lost, I'll look for Mitsuhiko and Xiao Ai, you go back quickly. ”

"But, Kaoru, didn't you just tell me to unite? Motota seemed to remember what I had said to him not long ago, and was about to refute it, but I interrupted him.

"I'm glad you think so. "Through the barbed wire, I nodded to Yuantai. "But in the face of hunters' bullets and wild beasts in the jungle, no matter how many of us are to deliver food, I will be safer alone. So, Yuantai, your task now is to take the collected pine mushrooms back to the hotel with everyone. Let the hostel make a meal and wait for our return. ”

"This... ”

"Well, be careful yourself. Without waiting for Yuan Tai to come back to his senses, Conan had already decisively agreed, and at the same time threw away his glasses, and then pulled everyone back. Because he also knows that in this forest, I am more terrible than a bear without the clue of Shibo, and it is better to bring the children back to safety than to let the children get in the way.

As I watched the doctor leave, I let out a soft sigh. Then he put on Conan's glasses and turned on the tracking system. A red origin appeared in front of my eyes like that. It's a pity that it shows no signs of moving.

Following the direction of my glasses, I quickly found the badge that had fallen on the ground. After picking it up and checking it, I took off my glasses and looked around.

"Two lines of footprints, very light, very small, they are children, they should be Zhibao them. "Soon, I found the slightest trace of it all around. "It's... "Looking up, in a tree, I found a somewhat charred bullet hole, apparently from a shotgun. Judging from the position, the direction in which the gun was fired was exactly the direction where the footprints were just now.

"Prey?" I thought with a frown, but quickly dismissed my idea. "No, if the three shots just now were really aimed at the prey, they should have been discovered at the second shot. If there is a third shot ... Thinking about it, I looked around again. Soon, under a large tree, I found a pool of blood that had been soaked into the mud. Seeing this pool of blood, my heart pounded, and I hurriedly looked at it, only to see that there were no other blood stains around, just this pool.

"Human blood, this amount of blood should kill with one shot, there is no need for three shots. And this blood stain is also closer than the gun hole just now, and the distance deviation is also large. Three shots are not right no matter how you say it. "Could it be that they ran into the killer and were they being hunted down, or was it blocking the gun?" Suspicious, I began to search around, and soon, in a very remote place, I found a body buried by dead branches and leaves, it was the body of an adult male. I think the blood just now should be his. Not far from this man, I also found another stone mound, in which lay a bear cub that had been shot.

"Shhhhh "In the face of this situation, I have an eyebrow about Zhibao's disappearance, and I should have really bumped into a murder. And the reason why she didn't contact me was either because she didn't get rid of me, or... There's no way to reply.

"Send the police to search the mountain?" I thought for a moment. "That's too slow. The two children don't have that good physical strength, so they can escape the pursuit. "Well, I've decided not to notify anyone, and I'll find Shiho first.

———— the taste of the orchid, the taste of lavender, the taste of the home & the wings of the angel, the wings of the devil, the wings of the guardian————

Without the last clue, the only thing that can help me is the last instinct. Returning to where the footprints had originally been, I followed the direction all the way. During this period, I didn't forget to continue to call Shiho, but unfortunately I didn't get through.

"Hey, boy, what are you doing here! this is not the place for you as a child!" As far as the eye could see, it was a hunter with a shotgun on his back, wearing a yellow waistcoat, and looking to be forty years old.

"Hunters?" I frowned and leaned in. "Uncle, my family and I got lost and don't know how to get back. ”

"Really, who is so careless that he brought a child. The man in the yellow vest scratched his head, "In that case, then I'll send you down the mountain first." It's too dangerous for you to be alone here... What!"

"Bang!" I jumped up and hit him on the chin with a knee, and he fainted.

"I'm sorry, whether you're a murderer or not, I can't let you pull out your gun at this time. So saying, I picked up his gun, hung it around his neck, took out the iron wire from the necklace, wrapped it around it a few times, and tied it to a stone. He threw himself at a tall pine tree, tied the other end to his belt, and took the end of the stone and lifted him up. Five meters above the ground, no creature should be able to touch him in this hunting jungle unless someone shoots at him.

With everything done, I didn't care too much and continued to move deeper into the jungle. Unfortunately, the footprints had become blurry from the beginning, and after walking for a while, they disappeared, and looking around, they must have chosen to walk on the grass rather than the main road.

"That kid in front, why are you here? Huh!"

Boom.

This time, I was planted by a young man in green clothes, who was also a hunter.

"Poor man. I shook my head. But just as I was about to hang him, a danger signal came out of my mind, and I subconsciously rolled to the side, only to hear a bang, and a bullet whistled past me.

"What a person!" I subconsciously looked into the distance, and saw an old man with a long mustache pointing a gun at me.

"What are you doing, little ghost!"

"you dead old man, shoot if you're blind!" The old man's actions made my anger rise. The wind under his feet rushed towards him, shotgun, only two shots at a time, and sure enough, seeing me rushing towards him, the old man pulled the trigger again. However, it didn't affect me much. He flashed out with a kick and then continued forward.

"Stinky little ghost, I'm not welcome to step forward again!" the old man subconsciously took a step back, even in the face of the beasts in the jungle, he should have never seen it so fast.

"Haven't I ever seen a shotgun when I was a master!" ignoring the words of the old man who shot indiscriminately, I punched him directly in the heart, and the old man stumbled. Before I could react, I was knocked down by one of the whip legs I jumped up.

"This bad old man, very bad. "Landed, I complained with a displeased face. Then he was soon hung on a tree, along with the young hunter in green from before.

"It's all three of them, and if I can't find Zhibao them, do I have to fill all the hunters in this forest? "Looking at the lush trees around me, I couldn't help but have a big head. "I'll have the iron wires ready, why don't I have a flare gun. That's right, flare guns!" Thinking of this, I pulled my pistol out of my necklace and opened it up to the sky.

Six shots in a row, six bullets. Unlike the shotgun, these six shots may not be distinguishable from others, but as Shiho, as long as she hears it, she must know that I am signaling to her, because the gun I just pulled out, Shiho is very familiar, and the name of the gun is Magnum. It was the gun I gave her that had been with her for years.

Sure enough, soon I heard Mitsuhiko's shouting in the northwest direction. It's them, it's just that they're not in a good state at this time, Mitsuhiko is fine, but Shiho is putting one hand on Mitsuhiko's shoulder at this time, and the other hand is holding one of his shoes, and her foot is also tied like a bandage, which looks like she should have been injured when she escaped.

"Are you alright?" I quickly ran to the two of them, and Mitsuhiko put Shiho down. "How did it hurt. ”

"I was injured while escaping. Shiho sat on the ground and said with a painful expression. "I sprained my foot, thanks to Tsuburaya-san's rescue. Temporarily helped me with this bandage. ”

"Hmm, that's a good idea, Mitsuhiko, thank you!" looked at the bandages on Shiho's feet that were torn from a towel and the way they were tied up. I can't help but laugh, this kid is still quite reliable sometimes.

"Hey, hey, where, that's what I'm supposed to do. Mitsuhiko smiled with a blushing face. At the same time, his gaze also stayed on Shiho's face. "As long as I can help Graybara-san. ”

"Bear with me, I'll help you with the medicine. Not paying attention to the small details of Mitsuhiko, I slowly untied the towel on Shiho's feet, and took out the special effect spray from the necklace by the cover of my clothes. Sprayed on Shiho's ankle, which was already a little bruised, and then took out a bandage and wrapped it around it.

"Kaoru. Kaoru-kun, do you usually carry these first aid things with you?" Mitsuhiko was surprised to see me take out the bandages and spray from my arms.

"Ah, these special drugs are usually carried. "Because I was dealing with the wound, I didn't pay much attention to Mitsuhiko's expression at this time, and said. "Okay, take the things, I'll hold you. Then, after Shiho lifted her shoes and socks, I reached out and wrapped my hand around her jade back and knee bend and hugged her whole body.

"There's still someone, don't do that. Shiho also made his cheeks a little hot at my sudden movements. Whispered in my arms.

"Uh-huh. Forgot. I looked back at Mitsuhiko, who was a little overwhelmed, but had no intention of putting Shiho down. "Mitsuhiko, please explore the way ahead, the danger should have been lifted. ”

"Ah, good. Mitsuhiko, who was at a loss, immediately walked up to me, and his walking steps became stiff as if he had been stimulated by something.

"By the way, what the hell is going on with you?" I asked in a whisper.

"We came in and witnessed the whole process of a hunter killing people. So hunted down. Shiho didn't bother with my princess's action of hugging her, and opened his mouth to answer.

"Uh, intentional homicide, do you remember what he looked like?"

"Long... Looks like this. With that, Shiho stretched out his hand and pointed upward. Following the direction of her finger, I saw the old man who had just been hung by me.

"Uh... Is it such a coincidence?" the corners of my mouth twitched slightly. "Why don't you answer my phone?"

"Broken. Shiho took his phone out of his pocket. "When I was on a high ground, I accidentally fell and even had my phone and ankle. ”

"Stupid. I laughed and scolded. "What's the matter with you and Mitsuhiko? I don't think this kid seems to be interesting to you. ”

"Is this the way you talk to your girlfriend?" Shiho couldn't help but sneer when he saw that I was getting out of shape again. "Intellectual curiosity about the opposite sex. Shiho glanced at Mitsuhiko, who was walking in front. "It's usually the case with children at this age. ”

"Hmm... Rather. I nodded.

"But that's good. Shiho smiled faintly. "One more person chasing can also make your flowery guy feel a little in crisis. ”

"Huh. . . Hehe, if I'm really jealous of a child, then I'm really going back to life. The corners of my mouth twitched.

"Not necessarily. Shiho smiled slyly, "Tsuburaya is still very gentle with girls. ”

"Huh?"

"Just now, he confessed to me. ”

"Hmm?!Confess what?!" When I heard a sensitive word, my expression changed instantly.

"I won't tell you, it's a secret for the two of us. ”

"Hey, what the hell did you say, I really care. ”

"Hmph~" Seeing that I looked like I was jumping on my feet, the corners of Shiho's mouth brought a hint of cunning. What seemed to be a tense spirit suddenly relaxed, and with tired eyes closed, he leaned into my arms and whispered a word.

"Happy April Fool's Day. ”