Conan: The Mechanic

【what's the situation? 】 This is Chiba's most real reaction now, because although he probably guessed that the old hunter should say this to Haibara Ai who didn't know where he was hiding, but he couldn't get the point - little bear? What little bear?

But then, he saw the little bear.

"Woo—" With such a cry, a furry little black bear emerged from a bush.

A... an Asian black bear cub quite in line with the pocket size and developmental trajectory of the Japanese black bear... Could it be the oversized Jubei cub on the front? Although it is technically possible, but... this contrast is a bit too much!

However, this should be a good opportunity, right? If it was a female bear, this little cub might make her...

"Go and call out all your friends," Chiyu heard the old man whispering while he was still observing whether Jubei would be distracted. "Get them out of here quickly - don't turn your back on the bear, but stare at her and slowly back away. I'll help you hold Jubei here, and you go south immediately - can you tell the direction, right? "

"Yes..." Qianyu looked at the old hunter in surprise - caring about this moment, he only felt that the personality of the old hunter who had been suspected by him before seemed to be shining brightly.

"Let's go with them." The old hunter moved cautiously sideways, and at the same time opened the distance from Chiyu and Jubei, and ordered in a low voice.

"..." Qianyu glanced at the grass where the bear ran out--Haibara Ai's head was slightly protruding from behind the grass--and made a gesture to make Haibara Ai come out quickly.

"Qianyu, you'd better come here to help!" However, Haibara Ai didn't come out. Instead, it was Mitsuhiko's anxious voice.

【what happened? Why didn't Haibara Ai respond by himself? 】This is Chiba's confusion.

The answer is simple, but also tricky.

……

[Bump... Am I in the car? 】These are the thoughts of Haibara Ai in the groggy.

[No...it doesn't seem to be so stable, instead it seems like...you are being carried by someone? 】

"Why on earth did he do that?" Mitsuhiko's questioning voice came from his ear. "We have already seen him murdering, so why let us go and deal with the bear by ourselves?"

"I don't know, but the potential possibility is... He doesn't care that much about being discovered - although it's a bit weird, it's not impossible." A voice that reassured Haibara Ai came from her ear. .

"How is it possible to kill someone without caring about being discovered by others, and then going to jail? This is too illogical!" Mitsuhiko showed an unbelievable tone.

"Well... it may be the problem I expressed, I mean, he may care about this matter, and he doesn't want you and me to tell this matter. But the question is, what can he do, is it to kill you to silence it? Killing two more people for the sake of one life? If I were him, I could have had other ways to try, like escape: you're all kids after all...I mean, kids like me, so He probably had a fluke on your ability to observe and a pity on your youthful appearance, so he let you go in the end."

"But, he shot us!" Mitsuhiko reminded. "If he really wants to let us go, how is it possible..."

"If he didn't want to let you go, you would already be dead." Qianyu interrupted Mitsuhiko. "Conan got in touch with me before and told me about the discovery there. The old hunter's marksmanship was very accurate, but at the place where you were shot, the gun marks were very outrageous - if he really wanted to target you It is impossible for him to be crooked like that. In other words, he is just intimidating you."

"If you have no idea about his quasi-head, I can probably tell you a reference - at the scene, we found a little bear that was hanged... It is probably the brother of the little bear you just brought - it Originally it was hung somewhere, by an ordinary rope. But the problem is, just such a rope was interrupted with a gun. If nothing else, it was just shot by the old hunter at that distance. interrupted."

"Understood? If he really wanted to kill you, you would already be dead." Speaking of this, Qian Yu's expression was a little subtle. "Honestly, I'm suddenly a little bit suspicious now that he might actually like those bears - and if that's the case, the whole thing connects."

"We saw Hunter B who was killed by old Hunter A at the scene, and the little bear whose rope was broken by Old Hunter A after being suspended. In this case, we may be able to draw a conclusion that it may be the one who was killed. Hunter B hung the bear."

"But, why was B killed by A again?" Mitsuhiko asked ~www.readwn.com~ I said just now, maybe the old hunter really likes animals, so he doesn't want to kill the bears here... Qianyu's tone was a little uncertain. "It might be like this... I don't particularly understand their thoughts, maybe. "

"A bit far-fetched, right?" Mitsuhiko was not satisfied with such an answer. "Anyway, to shoot people for the sake of animals..."

"There may be a part of sacrificing himself by the way," Chiyu said with a sigh. "You should also know that the sound of the shotgun firing is still very loud, but since we escaped from there just now, have you heard any sound of firing over there?"

Mitsuhiko is also very clear about the answer - the old hunter didn't seem to shoot - and under such circumstances, it is difficult for him to deal with a giant bear like Jubei. "Then he might have..."

"Well, it's very likely that he's already killed, or that devotion or sacrifice would be more in line with his mood?" Chiyu turned her eyes to Haibara, who was still motionless on her back, and mourned, saying so. "God knows, but this isn't something we should be concerned about either. If I expect it to be right, the place not far ahead should be..."

The words stopped after seeing a touch of orange from the warning clothing worn by humans.

"Finally, we seem to be able to go home." Mitsuhiko breathed a sigh of relief and said happily.

……

Meanwhile, on another edge of the forest.

"Huh..." Taking a deep breath, the old hunter looked at the hole in the barbed wire behind him.

Now, at least they should be able to drag their eyes here temporarily, right? Want to buy yourself enough time to escape Japan?