"What! Didn't find it? ”

Hearing that the police officer who went to investigate first came back and reported to himself, Otaki Goro couldn't help but feel strange, and then thought with some puzzlement:

"Could it be that Sakata lied? Or is there some other abandoned wooden house in the vicinity that could be Tibetan? ”

"No, I don't think Officer Sakata is lying."

But at this time, just as Otaki Goro was so speculating, Conan on the side suddenly said with such certainty.

"Little brother, what did you say?"

Unexpectedly, hearing Conan's child say this, Otaki Goro couldn't help but be surprised and puzzled.

"That's right, I don't think Sakata is lying about keeping Jiichiro Numabuchi here......

And at the same time, even Heiji Hattori said so.

In this regard, seeing that Otaki Goro was still confused, Gao Yuan also added:

"Officer Otaki, look here, there's a trash can hidden in the grass."

Hearing what Takato said, Otaki Goro followed Takato's gesture and looked-

At this moment, in the dense grass that Conan opened with his feet, there was a small garbage can that looked like something had been burned in it.

In this regard, Conan squatted down, picked up the trash can, and took out some of the paper that had not been completely burned to show it to Otaki Goro, only to see that these were the convenience store receipts that were burned and leftover, and it can be seen from the above when the receipts were issued-

"Look, here's a receipt from a convenience store five days ago and three days ago......"

As he spoke, Conan took out another piece of paper that wasn't a receipt, and it looked like it was supposed to be a wrapper attached to the plastic wrapping film, and continued:

"Also, the expiration date on the wrapper of this lunch box is ...... today."

"This ......"

Looking at these garbage cans that were buried in this grass before they were burned, Goro Otaki seemed to understand.

So, just as Conan wanted to explain further, Heiji Hattori explained:

"No matter how you think about it, no one will come here every day to eat a boxed lunch from a convenience store, and it is impossible for the wanted gangsters themselves to go to the convenience store to buy things......"

"So based on this, it should be concluded that there were originally people in this abandoned wooden house, and there were other people who were helping him buy a box lunch from a convenience store for him to eat."

In this regard, Gao Yuan stepped forward and said with some certainty.

However, just as Gao Yuan said this, Gao Yuan's eyes couldn't help but glance at Conan, who had found this trash can now-

Originally, all these clues and the development of events were obviously the same as the original, how did they get to this last step......

is a little dignified, Gao Yuan can't help but feel very helpless.

In this regard, he noticed that Gao Yuan looked at him, and thought that maybe his behavior just now was too public, so he pulled the corner of Hattori's clothes on the side, and said as if jokingly:

"These are all discovered by Brother Heiji first......"

"I see......"

Hearing the explanations given by Takato and others one after another, Goro Otaki finally understood what was going on-

"In other words, Sakata is not lying, he did lock up Numabuchi here, and he regularly came to deliver food to him......"

As he spoke, Goro's expression became solemn:

"But now, he's not in there......"

According to the clues at the moment, it can be judged that Jiichiro Numabuchi should really be locked up in this wooden house, as Yusuke Sakata said, but now, there is no one in the wooden house, what the hell is this......

"Anyway, since Kiichiro Numabuchi hasn't been found in the wooden house now, let's go and have a look first!"

And at this moment, for the unexpected change now, Gao Yuan proposed so seriously.

In this regard, Otaki Goro nodded, since a dangerous person like Numabuchi Jiichiro is not in the wooden house, it is safe to go in and investigate, at least, it is good to find a little clue.

So, Goro Otaki took Takato and Hattori Heiji towards the abandoned wooden house, and Conan silently followed-

After entering this abandoned wooden house, looking at the ladder leading to the ceiling that had just been erected by the police officers who had just come here, Gao Yuan's eyes first looked at the windowsill on the side, only to see that on this windowsill, there were a few traces of dried dirt footprints, thinking about the dirt that would be stained on his feet when he entered the hut from the grass outside......

Then, high and natural, I looked to the side, a little clean beams and columns—

"I see, put your foot on this windowsill, and then ...... with this beam."

And at this time, Hattori Heiji on the side also noticed the point that Gao Yuan was paying attention to, and couldn't help but say in surprise, and then saw him bear the brunt of it, stepping on the windowsill with one foot, holding the beam with one hand, and without relying on the ladder set up by the police officer just now, he climbed up from the other direction, and found the entrance that could be opened corresponding to the ceiling above, and then climbed up directly-

"Hey! Peaceful! Wait a minute! ”

Because Hattori Heiji's direction to climb the ceiling is not the place where the police forced it up with a ladder just now, thinking that it should be the place where Yusuke Sakata detained Numabuchi Jiichiro, so the police may not have found this place just now, so there is a high probability that it has not been searched yet, in this regard, Otaki Goro couldn't help but shout worriedly:

"We'll be up right now!"

I'm afraid that if Numabuchi Jiichiro is really still on it, then I'm afraid that Hattori Heiji who stepped forward alone will encounter danger, so after Hattori Heiji boarded it, Otaki Goro hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed in front of Takato and Conan, and climbed up like this-

"No, Jiichiro Numabuchi isn't here......"

However, before Otaki Goro climbed the ceiling, Hattori Heiji responded, which made Otaki Goro breathe a sigh of relief, but next, Hattori Heiji's words shocked everyone:

"No, I should say that he was originally here, but he escaped!"

"What?"

Hearing this, Takato was suddenly taken aback, and after Otaki Goro climbed to the ceiling, he also seized the position, and climbed up the position of the window sill and the beams and columns first, and after not fully climbing the ceiling, he just leaned into the position between the ceiling and the roof, and saw the focus of Hattori Heiji and Otaki Goro at this moment-

There, there was a beam that led to the ceiling, and on the side of the beam, a broken iron chain fell, and there were some traces on this pillar.

In this regard, Hattori Heiji looked at these clues in front of him and couldn't help but analyze:

"Look at the marks on the wooden beams, not only have they been chained, but they are also here...... It looks like there's a metal object, worn out by repeated rubbing, and then looking at the broken chains that have been left here......

"I think Sakata should have handcuffed Yusuke Sakata here before, but because the beam was too thick, the other end of the handcuffs could not be directly cuffed to the beam, so he tied the other end of the handcuffs to the post with an iron chain to prevent Jiichiro Numabuchi from escaping......

"But obviously, the other end of the handcuffs is just tied with an iron chain, and this is still too thin with the chain, although there are many loops, but with enough time and patience, it is too easy to break the chain!"

Speaking of this, Heiji Hattori seemed to grit his teeth, feeling naïve about Yusuke Sakata's approach of just trapping Jiichiro Numabuchi like this-

"But since you have a chain of this length, why don't you just tie the swamp with the chain, so that he can't move?"

In this regard, looking at the situation in front of him, Otaki Goro was puzzled.

"How can he eat and drink if he is chained?"

Glancing at the many empty lunch boxes on the ceiling, Heiji Hattori explained:

"It's impossible for Sakata to be here and watch Numabuchi all the time, in order to ensure that he won't die, he has to let him eat and drink by himself, so he only cuffs one hand with handcuffs and fixes the other end to the beam......

"But in any case, just control one hand, no matter how good the position of the other end of the handcuff is, there are many ways to break the handcuffs if you have time......"

"So the current situation is that Kiichiro Numabuchi has escaped from here!"

Listening to Hattori Heiji's words, based on the situation in front of him, Takato looked serious and couldn't help but say so......

(End of chapter)