Conan: The Mechanic

"Since it is a hunting shotgun, it can be basically determined that it is a real gun... Because shotguns can be obtained legally, so unlike pistols, there is almost no market for high imitation shotguns, and naturally no one will make them. Things." Qian Yu thought like this, and after a moment of hesitation, she obediently followed the request of the two uninvited guests.

As for Gray. . . Immediately, the little girl stood up obediently and walked to the exit of the room under the surveillance of Tanaka's shotgun.

"Even if the umbrella is at hand, I wouldn't be so passive..." Chiba glanced at the fire control range of Kimura and Tanaka, and then glanced at the schoolbag not far away. "It's really bad..."

"Let me in!" Tanaka threw Chiba and Haibara Ai, who were holding both hands, into the back seat of the car, and then snatched the notebook, small note and small ball in Chiba's hand. . "Hmph, I didn't expect it to come without effort!"

"Give me the things, and you go drive!" Kimura stretched out his hand.

"Oh..." Tanaka replied, handed the things to Kimura, and got into the driver's seat.

The off-road vehicle immediately roared, and then quickly started.

"This book is really good stuff," Kimura in the passenger seat turned a few pages, then turned to look at Chiba and Haibara Ai. "Thank you very much for your great assistance. I will give you something good as a thank you gift."

"Good stuff!" Kimura was proud at first, but then turned into a sneer, and finally showed a hideous face.

"Tanaka, head to the mountain road west of the village first." Kimura looked at the pamphlet and ordered.

"Ah!" Tanaka suddenly exclaimed - the off-road vehicle was driving along the edge of the Kubo Hotel, and a person everyone had seen suddenly got out of a small door in front.

Chef Ryozo!

"Squeak—" As Tanaka subconsciously stepped on the brakes, the tires of the off-road vehicle made an extremely sour friction, and the off-road vehicle quickly slowed down.

"!!!???" After hearing Tanaka's exclamation, Kimura turned around and saw the situation ahead. Then he gave his order.

"Step on the accelerator!!!"

Tanaka was slightly surprised, and immediately released the brakes and stepped on the accelerator.

"My God..." Chiba and Haibara Ai sat in the back row and watched in shock as the car knocked Mr. Ryozo out like a leaf.

"Are you crazy?" Qian Yu asked in disbelief.

"Shut up!" Kimura turned his head and said angrily. "Otherwise I'll destroy you both!"

"..." Qian Yu frowned and chose not to speak anymore.

——————————— Just when Qianyu and the others were in crisis, Conan and the others were also in extreme shock.

Everything has to start with Conan and the others.

I didn't observe the surrounding scene too closely when I was in the car yesterday, but when everyone walked in this desolate village, they really felt how desolate this Heiyuan Village was.

What's more, there is no one inhabited. From last night to now, everyone has not even seen a bird or a rodent! Even in nuclear ruins like Chernobyl, there are animals. . .

"Are you the only ones left in the whole village to live here?" Mitsuhiko murmured.

"There should be some people still living here." Conan glanced at the surrounding houses and denied.

"There are indeed some people living in the village," Kubo Sayuki smiled wryly. "But I shouldn't be at home now. Conan-kun, how do you know that there are still residents here?"

Although there are a few houses around here, according to Kubo Sayuki's knowledge, there are indeed some buildings that are inhabited, but it is difficult to see this from the street where everyone is located. How did this little guy see this?

"Look at the window, the one named 'Sasaki'," Conan motioned for everyone to look at a building not far away. "Look at the window on the second floor."

"Sasaki?" Everyone hadn't been able to find the building that Conan was talking about for a while, and finally found the building under the guidance of Kubo Sayuki. Just on the second floor of that building, a window is clearly visible. "What's wrong with that window?"

"Look at the windows of other houses, how dirty they are," Conan pointed to some windows next to him. "Look at that window again."

Except for that house, the windows of the other houses are quite dirty, obviously stains from the weather. And the window of that house had apparently been specially cleaned and was very clean.

"After the hot springs dried up, most people left here and went out to find their way out," Saxue sighed. "And most of the people who stayed here chose agriculture or went to the city to engage in handicrafts, so the residents here are not in the village now."

After walking for a few minutes, the village and the asphalt disappeared, leaving only the crude stone steps and the dense forest on both sides.

"Are we going to climb up?" Yuan Tai was dumbfounded when he saw such a steep staircase.

"It's an important building in this village!" Tadao introduced. "Kurobuchi Hachiman Shrine."

. . .

"Da, da." At the top of the stone steps, clear footsteps came, and Conan's tired figure appeared at the top of the stone steps. "Huh—" Conan let out a long breath.

Afterwards, he sat on the stone steps, panting while observing the appearance of the so-called Kurobuchi Hachiman Shrine.

The end of the stone steps is connected to a platform, and on the platform is a ~www.readwn.com~ antique, Warring States-style building complex.

"Is this the Heibuchi Hachiman Shrine?" Conan pouted after taking a closer look. "It also..."

"It's too rude!!!!!!??????"

At the common center of the platform and the building complex, a small ancestral hall, which cannot be compared with the size of a normal shrine, is located there.

"I'm sorry, this is the main hall of Heibuchi Hachiman Shrine." Right behind him, Mr. Tadao, who was not blushing or panting, appeared behind her and said quietly. "Even if it's smaller than you think, it's the only temple that can pay homage to the souls of the dead here."

"Dead soul?" Conan's expression changed slightly. "No wonder this is an important building in the village...Is this a shrine to honor those deceased miners!?"

"Yeah," Tadao's expression was a little sad. "This is the shrine where the three-digit miners died."

"Ah——" At this moment, everyone boarded the platform one after another, and the breathless Yuan Tai, who finally climbed up, knelt directly on the bluestone platform. "I'm exhausted!!!"

"Then, let's take a rest and visit here," Sayuki said to everyone with a smile after her breathing calmed down. "But don't get close to the edge of the platform!"

"Yeah," Tadao's expression also became serious. "If you are a little careless, you will fall into the abyss!"

"Could this be..." Conan glanced at the edge of the platform with a slightly stunned look, but found nothing.

"There's a mountain in the direction you're looking at, because it's slightly shorter than here, so you can't see it from here," Tadao pointed to the direction Conan was looking at. "That's the only reason for the establishment of Heiyuan Village - Jinshan."