"Hmm...... In that case......"

Faced with the reality in front of him, Goro Otaki's eyebrows have been twisted into the word "Chuan", realizing that the development of things has exceeded expectations, and he thought that he could already be directly captured, but he would have escaped and disappeared, which can't help but make people feel scared-

This is a cruel serial murderer, and he has been locked up here by Yusuke Sakata for so long, this will be escaped by him, with his character, no one can guarantee whether he will commit murder again cruelly.

Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to find a way to find out where Jiichiro Numabuchi fled.

Thinking like this, Otaki Goro subconsciously took out his mobile phone, ready to call for another increase-

"No! I must report it up, and continue to call for additional personnel to launch a city-wide search! This deranged murderer must not be allowed to roam outside again! ”

With that, Goro Otaki had already begun to climb down from the ceiling, dialed the phone, and began to contact the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters.

At the same time, Takato and Conan, after Otaki Goro went down, also climbed to the ceiling, looking at the items in front of them, for the escape of Numabuchi Jiichiro, who was originally locked here, Hattori Heiji, Takato and Conan, all nodded very affirmatively-

"I'm in trouble now, I've escaped by such a vicious serial murderer, if I can't catch him soon......"

Hattori Heiji said this, looking at the clues in front of him, and couldn't help but think about what way to find him-

However, he just broke the chain at the other end of the handcuff that held one of his hands to him, which means that the handcuffs were still on his hands? In this case, walking outside in handcuffs will easily be spotted, so he should find a way to get the handcuffs off first, so where will he go...... Alas? What are you looking at? ”

And at this time, just as Hattori Heiji was thinking that Numabuchi Jiichiro should have fled without breaking the handcuffs, and when he began to think about what the other party would do next because of the handcuffs, he noticed that Takato and Conan would come up, and at this time he was focusing on the pile of empty lunch boxes piled on the ground, so he couldn't help but ask curiously-

"The sales time of these lunch boxes ......"

Muttering, Conan looked carefully at the labels on these lunch boxes he bought from convenience stores, and couldn't help but start thinking.

"The latest dates are all boxed lunches that I bought three days ago, and the expiration date is until today, which means that the last time Officer Sakata came to bring food to Numabuchi Jiichiro was three days ago, and it was ......."

Similarly, Takato seemed to notice the same thing as Conan, so he followed Conan's words and began to analyze.

"And the number of boxed lunches is too small, even if you count the packaging of the boxed lunch that was burned outside, that is, three days ago, when Officer Sakata came to deliver food to Numabuchi Jiichiro for the last time, Numabuchi Jiichiro ate one of the boxed lunches, so the remaining boxed lunches, so far, the number of these boxed lunches is a little reluctant to make Numabuchi Jiichiro eat one meal a day! In addition, the water provided is also less ......."

Seriously, Conan analyzed.

"Officer Sakata's first crime was half a month ago, so he must have met Jiichiro Numabuchi earlier than that, that is to say, Jiichiro Numabuchi has been locked up here for at least half a month. Judging by the amount of food that Officer Sakata's police officer has prepared for Numabuchi in the past three days, I'm afraid that in the past half a month, Numabuchi has not eaten at all, and has been in a state of thirst and hunger......"

Gao Yuan continued.

In this regard, hearing the conversation between the two, Hattori Heiji looked at the broken chain again, and suddenly said:

"I see! Officer Sakata has been starving Numabuchi Jiichiro, so although Numabuchi Jiichiro has been trapped here for at least half a month, he has not managed to break the chain and get out until three days ago. It takes a lot of effort to break the chains, and it takes a lot of time, so it's fine if you're hungry all the time, but if you don't even have enough water......"

"Officer Sakata, who came here three days ago to deliver his last meal, dared to keep him trapped here with chains and handcuffs all the time with such peace of mind, indicating that during the period three days ago, Jiichiro Numabuchi had been in a state of hunger and thirst as arranged by Officer Sakata, and there was no threat at all......"

Conan pondered:

"However, in the last three days, Kiichiro Numabuchi broke the chain and escaped."

Conan's expression became extremely serious.

"It's always been a situation of hunger and thirst, even if he doesn't save at all, he can't recover his strength quickly after eating all the food and water at once, and he still needs to rest, but once he wastes time, it won't be long before he will be hungry again......"

Heiji Hattori couldn't help but think-

"But what if there's enough water?"

Suddenly, Gao Yuan raised his head, looked at the roof of the abandoned cabin, and asked:

"Has it rained in this area in the past three days?"

"It's raining?"

Suddenly, as soon as these words came out, Conan and Hattori were both stunned, and then suddenly said:

"I see! As long as there is rainwater leaking into the area, he can stay on by drinking water after a one-time full rest! In this case, the time he escaped from here should have been after a rainy day sometime during these three days! ”

As he spoke, Takato, Hattori Heiji, and Conan took out their mobile phones at the same time and began to search for the weather forecast here-

"Last night and this morning?"

Seeing the results, the three of them were shocked, and then said in unison:

"He can't run far!"

With that, the three of them climbed down the ceiling together and told Otaki Goro about the analysis just now.

Suddenly, Otaki Goro suddenly realized that he began to order the rest of the police officers to start searching the mountains and forests of Meiji no Mori Keoh Quasi-National Park around the small cabin near the Minoh Falls.

In this way, for the current situation, watching the police begin to search the mountains and forests here, Gao Yuan and the others couldn't help but look solemn, among them, Hattori Heiji said:

"However, even if we know that the time of his escape may not be long ago, but in such a wooded and meadowy mountain forest, it is a little difficult to find that guy from Yoshiichiro Numabuchi......"

In this regard, Conan also nodded and said:

"Indeed, if it's such an aimless search, it's so big here, it's really ...... for him to hide."

"Officer Otaki! There is a discovery! ”

However, before the police officers who had gone out to search had left far, they had just walked a distance, and near a dense grass, a group of people shouted directly at Otaki Goro.

Suddenly, not only Goro Otaki, but even Takato and others immediately ran up.

I saw that at this moment, in the middle of this grass, a car was parked-

"What did you find?"

Seriously, Goro Otaki hurriedly asked.

"We found the car covered in the grass, and judging by the license plate number, it was the car that Jiichiro Numabuchi had killed and robbed one of the victims! But there was no one in the car. ”

One of the officers replied.

"After he escaped from the cabin, he didn't choose to run away by car?"

Seeing this, Hattori Heiji wondered.

"He probably won't pry the car, and then just turn on the circuit and start it. That's why he chose to abandon the car and run away, thinking that Sakata would not leave the car keys with him. ”

In this regard, Goro Otaki said.

"No, he should have tried to pry the car! But he gave up ......"

However, Gao Yuan circled around the car, and after carefully looking at the traces on the body, he suddenly made such a judgment-

"He's nearby!"

As he spoke, Gao Yuan seemed to feel something, and looked up at the trees on the side.

Hidden above the leafy branches of one of the thickest and tallest trees, a figure was quietly hiding in it—

"Jiichiro Numabuchi!" (End of chapter)