After thinking for a while, Hattori Heiji lowered his head and carefully checked the secret passage exposed after the mechanism was opened. He felt that the ground was very flat.

He shook the folding stick that Shiraishi gave him again and poked the ground in the secret passage, and found that the ground was as strong as it looked, and would immediately trap people in the mechanism without stepping on it.

In other words... Kudo must be addicted to puzzle solving and forgot to pay attention to them.

Haha, he deserves to be lost in the secret passage.

However, no matter what, being locked up in a secret passage is better than being beaten to death by a prisoner.

Hattori Heiji felt a little relieved. He found the flashlight and pressed it into the secret passage.

After taking two steps, I suddenly remembered something and turned around and told me: "You stay..."

Before he finished speaking, Hattori Heiji saw Shiraishi and stood behind him.

And further back, the machine wall just closed and closed, and the flashlight suddenly became the only light source in the darkness.

"..." Hattori Heiji looked at Shiraishi's innocent and puzzled face, and was still waiting for his next words. He couldn't help but jump twice on his forehead.

He thought that without saying it specifically, Shiraishi must have understood it, and would guard him inside and outside, leaving a way out.

The reason I just asked was to remind Shiraishi that if he felt sleepy, remember to hide and sleep, and not arouse the suspicion of others in the castle.

Unexpectedly, this slow man actually became extremely fast when he was strange and followed him directly.

In Hattori Heiji's condemnation, Shiraishi said very naturally:

"I'm afraid something will happen if you come in by yourself. And if Conan has lost consciousness and you can't free your hands when you carry him, you can easily encounter danger in such a gloomy place. After all, it's an antique, and the secret passage may contain cruel medieval mechanisms."

"...No, I will explore the way first. And carrying Kudo with one hand is enough. You are waiting outside." Hattori Heiji took a deep breath, walked back and pushed the wall of the machine, wanting to send Shiraishi away.

However, the wall remained motionless.

"..." It seems that the mechanism needs to be triggered.

But Hattori Heiji searched carefully and couldn't find where the mechanism was.

Finally, Shiraishi pointed to the side: "Is this?"

Hattori Heiji took the flashlight and saw a brick with a very slight color difference and a little spider-web-like cracks. The surface layer had been weathered and broken.

He walked over and knocked, feeling that he could push in.

But after pushing less than half a centimeter, the bricks got stuck. The mechanism here seemed to be broken and could only be opened from outside unilaterally.

"Forget it, look for another exit." Hattori Heiji had no choice but to give up.

He stood up straight and looked at the very hidden brick without any obvious characteristics. Suddenly, he felt that Conan was not exaggerating - Shiraishi's observation ability was really strong. He obviously didn't use light to shine this place just now, only some scattered light, and he could even discover such a dim environment.

...If this is the case, maybe with him, I can really find Conan as soon as possible.

After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was no need to let Shiraishi respond. If he suddenly fell asleep, wouldn’t it be a waste of money?

Hattori Heiji quickly adjusted his mindset. He took a deep breath calmly, and then coughed by the dust in the secret passage.

When he was coughing, he saw that Shiraishi was already walking forward, so he hurriedly chased after him for a few steps, took out a spare flashlight and stuffed it to Shiraishi.

Before, Hattori Heiji went to many corners to find Conan, so he made excuses to borrow some lighting equipment from the helper in the villa.

Seeing Shiraishi take the flashlight, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but think that Shiraishi entered the secret passage so neatly. Was he worried about something that happened to Kudo?

From this point of view, this person is indeed quite righteous, and Kudo and Ran Mouri have always regarded him as good people.

...Well, maybe he is really a good person - just like now, he clearly thinks that there may be mechanisms in the secret passage, but he is actually walking ahead to explore the way for himself.

Thinking of his previous suspicion about Shiraishi, Hattori Heiji felt a little guilty.

He ran to Baishi again, used a folding stick to explore the lightning, while carefully descending the steps.

But there is actually no mechanism in this secret passage.

Shiraishi looked at Hattori Heiji fighting wits and air for a while, and his speed was slower than that of the tortoise. She silently pressed the urge to make him go faster, and followed silently to the end of the secret passage.

After stepping on the ground, Hattori Heiji looked at the spacious space and put himself in Conan, and began to guess what Conan did after coming here to disappear.

Heiji Hattori was surprised to find that there was blood on the ground, not old blood, it seemed that it had not dried out yet - this was the blood that had just flowed out!

Hattori Heiji felt a thrill in his heart, and he felt that Conan was about to finish.

After reminding Shiraishi to be alert to the surroundings, he squatted down and dipped his fingers a little blood.

As soon as I leaned into the front of my nose and sniffed it, Hattori Heiji's face was choked and wrinkled.

——The blood actually smelled like a rotten egg, and it was probably already broken.

Calculate the time, it shouldn't have just flowed out of Conan's body, and Conan's condition should be fine.

But if it weren't for him, who would have run here and sprinkled broken blood?

Hattori Heiji became more and more confused.

There is only one thing that can be confirmed - since the bloodstain has not dried yet, the person who spilled the blood must have not gone far.

In other words, something abnormal must have happened here recently, and someone has come here.

At such a critical moment when human life is at stake, of course intelligence should be shared.

Hattori Heiji told Shiraishi about the discovery of blood and asked him to smell it too, maybe he would make any new discoveries.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Tokyo detective froze slightly and showed a little resistance and reluctance.

Hattori Heiji was stunned, and then suddenly realized that Shiraishi must not believe that something happened to Kudo.

So Hattori Heiji hurriedly added: "It doesn't matter, this shouldn't be Kudo's blood."

——After learning from Conan that when Shiraishi knew "Conan = Shinichi Kudo", Hattori Heiji was very surprised and thought Conan was too hasty.

However, this is precisely because Hattori Heiji later reluctantly believed that even if Shiraishi was not a good person, he should not be an accomplice of the Black Organization. Otherwise, a rare case like Kudo would have been arrested and taken for experiments.

Now, with his own personal observation, Hattori Heiji gradually recognized Shiraishi as a good person - although there are still suspicious things in many places, his character has little to do with these things, so no one can have some secrets.

While Shiraishi was observing the blood on the ground, Hattori Heiji was not idle either. He shook his flashlight and wanted to find other clues around him.

His eyes quickly settled on the stone on the side of the stairs.
Chapter completed!