The sedan stopped at the fork in the road, the flashlight turned on, and Gao Cheng followed Hattori to notice the toppled road sign that read "Inufujia" and pointed the way.

"It's not just this sign," Yamamura was particularly excited to participate in the investigation, "the warning sign in front of it has also been removed, and the rope on the edge of the cliff seems to have been cut." ”

Although he has always admired the sleeping Kogoro, it is not bad to be able to be Gao Cheng's assistant, and he specially asked him to come over to show that his ability has really been recognized.

Maybe he can perform well this time, and he won't lose to the detective......

"That's true."

Gao Cheng kept flashlighting and walked to the edge of the cliff, not only the warning sign of the cliff, but only one section of the rope that stopped on the edge of the cliff was artificially cut.

Looking down, directly below is the so-called Tomb of the Demon Dog.

"Yes," said Yamamura, "in such a dark place, there are no road signs, warning signs, or ropes, and if you are chased by the Flame Demon Dog, you can easily fall down......"

Gao Cheng raised his eyebrows and looked at the mountain village exercise.

This guy is just a driver, what are you excited about......

"How can there be any magic dogs? The murderer probably took advantage of the legend of the demon dog and the burning footprints, and it is normal for people to make mistakes in a panic, a typical psychological trap, at least the living people have not seen the demon dog with their own eyes, right? ”

Gao Cheng squatted down and shone a flashlight around: "Just look at it, the murderer seems to have specially sprinkled herbicides to make the grass wither, so that it is easy to ignite...... If you think about it, the methods of the prisoners are very restrictive, right, and the same method of killing has been used twice. ”

"The problem is the method of burning footprints," Conan struck from the side, "and I still can't solve it." ”

"In that case, how about finding that dog?" Gao Cheng looked out of the cliff and said, "No matter how well-trained a dog is, the range of activity is not too far, except for the pond where the beautiful son was killed, knowing these two places, I can probably try to find them." ”

"Looking for that dog?"

Yamamura this time confused.

The mountain is not small, how is it possible to find a dog that does not know where......

"The key is to know the location of another crime scene," Gao Cheng took the lead in returning to the car, "Officer Yamamura, let's go over now." ”

"This," Yamamura said embarrassedly, "but I don't know how to get there, and last time it was those people from the Inufu family who led the way......"

“……”

Inufushi's castle, everyone gathered in the courtyard again, because time was pressing, dinner could only be postponed temporarily, and Inufushi Yukihime was even wearing an apron.

"Looking for the Demon Dog?"

"Yes," Gao Cheng nodded, "the prisoner should keep the demon dog somewhere in the forest, so we need to know the location of the pond where Migako was killed." ”

Hearing this, everyone in the Inufu family looked at each other: "Can you find it like this?" And it's a magic dog......"

Gao Cheng grabbed his hair, of course he can't guarantee that he will find it, but it's better to find it than not to find it.

"It's just an ordinary dog, the two crime scenes plus the location of the dog Fu's house, make two intersecting circles that pass here, there can be roughly a range, I don't think it will be particularly difficult to find, and then bring Xiaoba'......"

"That," the middle-aged doctor Inufushi hesitated, "If it's a dog, Mi Iko asked me to see it before, and there is a hut that makes strange dog barks, but I was too scared to go in......"

"What?" Hattori, who hadn't made much noise, rushed in front of Inufushi Chiaki and asked in a strong reaction, "Where is the hut?!" ”

Inufushi Chiaki was taken aback and responded, "It's near the pond where Miiko drowned......"

"Take us now!" Not only Hattori, but Conan also became anxious, looked at Inufushi Chiaki and urged, "There should be a secret of the Demon Dog Mechanism in that hut!" ”

"Go now?" Inufushi Chiaki was scared, "But, but, I have to go back to the hospital tonight on duty, and it was Mibiko who took me there at that time, I don't know where that pond is......"

Inufushi Yukihime plucked up the courage to stand up and said, "If you go to that pond, I can lead the way, I'm familiar with the forest over there, it's not very far from here!" ”

"Then I'm sorry for you!"

Gao Cheng silently followed behind, his brows furrowed slightly.

In the end, the two Hattori also care about the puzzle of the demon dog, and they are even more eager to solve the case than him, but I am afraid that things are not so simple.

He had been observing the remaining four inu-fu children, and felt that the prisoner was even more difficult to deal with than he imagined.

If the prisoner knew in the first place that a detective would be coming, he couldn't have overprepared himself, especially since he had only been here once last week.

"What's wrong, Detective Joto?" Inufushi Yukihime drove his own motorcycle, put on his helmet, and was surprised to find Gao Cheng standing by the car in a daze.

"It's nothing," Gao Cheng asked, looking at Inufushi Yukihime, who was dressed the same as when he warned him of the dangers of the cliff last time, "Is there anyone else familiar with the forest around here?" ”

"Aside from me," Inufushi Yukihime thought to herself, "Mi Iko should be familiar with it, but the others are similar, except for Saki who often gets lost." ”

At night, the sky was not very good, and Inufushi Yukihime led the way on a small motorcycle, and the car driven by Gao Cheng behind arrived at the pond where the second incident occurred one after another.

Stopping the car on the embankment, Gao Cheng had already seen a small pond on the left, and the flashlight swept around the small pond surrounded by aquatic plants, and he could see that there were traces of fire everywhere, but it was difficult to investigate like the cliff.

"That's it!" Inufushi Zhihuang nervously lifted his flashlight and shone it at the woods on the other side of the pond, "It's that dilapidated hut!" ”

Hattori and a few people looked down, and sure enough, they saw a small cabin.

"Okay, let's go and have a look," Yamamura walked down the embankment road nervously and excitedly, "head to the devil's lair!" ”

"Watch your step," Inufushi reminded anxiously, "the pond is deep, and if you fall into it, you will be in trouble......"

"It's okay," Hattori followed as he walked around the pond, "We're the only ones who can't swim......"

As he spoke, Hattori looked back at Inufushi Chiaki, who was cowering on the side of the car, and said strangely, "Aren't you going over?" ”

"How, how is it possible?" Inufushi wiped his sweat, "I'll wait for you in the car......"

"It's so timid," Hattori didn't bother to care about this uncle, it was safe to stay in the car anyway, so he turned to Gao Chengdao, "Hurry up, I'm almost hungry, solve the case early and go back to eat early...... Don't fall into the pond. ”

"I don't need you to say it."

The hut was built not far from the embankment, on a clearing at the edge of the forest, and Gao Cheng carefully followed around the pond and entered the hut with a flashlight.

There were indeed signs of human activity in the dilapidated wooden house, the tables were full of books on the dark arts, and even the magic circles were drawn on the floor, and Conan found the dog food jar and feeding plate.

"It seems that someone has a dog here for sure." Conan confirmed.

"The problem is the mechanism of the demon dog," Hattori said with black lines on his head, "I don't believe in any dark magic curses or anything like that......"

Gao Cheng also flipped through a few books on black magic, ignored the terrified nonsense of the mountain village on the side, and continued to inspect all corners of the wooden house.

There is indeed dog food, but the traces of dog poop are not normal, and there is no smell, it feels like it has been for a while, and there are no fresh traces of activity......

"Ahh——!hh

There was a sudden scream outside, mixed with a barking of dogs to attract everyone's attention, and looking out through the window of the wooden house, a burning demon dog chased after the fleeing Inufuchiaki, and in a few steps pounced on Inufushiaki like a flame.

"Devil, devil dog?!"

Hattori's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly ran out of the wooden house and rushed to the embankment, and together with Conan, he found the doctor who had been knocked down on the other side of the embankment.

The uncle rolled under the embankment in embarrassment, and his sleeve was already lit by fire, and he kept screaming in pain.

"Lie down and don't move!"

Seeing this, Hattori took off his coat and quickly extinguished the flames, and then checked his condition, but fortunately there were only a few burns and minor abrasions.

"Whew, it's okay."

"There it is!"

Yamamura Cao followed and rushed over from behind, looking at the flame footprints along the embankment with a blue face, and his tongue trembled: "Just now, it was the demon dog, right?" There really is a curse! ”

Unlike the previous times, this time the Flame Demon Dog appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and it didn't look like a psychological trap for Gao Chengshuo.

No matter how you look at it, the burning demon dog is really burning......

"Detective Cheng, Chenghu," Yamamura turned to Gao Cheng with sweat on his face, stammering in fright, "What now?" The opponent is a dark mage who can curse dogs, I think it's still ......"

"There is no black magic, sometimes the eyes can deceive people."

Gao Cheng looked at the injured dog Fu Zhihuang and the burning footprints on the ground, and squatted down to take a closer look.

There were slight traces of something dragging on the grass, and in addition, both the distance of the flames and the details were the same as those on the cliff side.

Sure enough, there was a problem.

Although he also saw the process of the demon dog's attack, this made him confirm his judgment even more.

And, if the reasoning is not wrong......

Gao Cheng thought about it and looked at the dog Fu Zhihuang who was helped into the car.

This doctor uncle should be the murderer of this serial murder.