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Chapter 1414 Deep in the Forest (Play with another controller before coming)

After investigating the scene, everyone went to the hot spring hotel. The hot spring hotel of Baifan Group has a good environment and good decoration. But for Duanmu Huai, these things are obviously not what he cares about. After arriving at the hotel, Duanmuhuai found a conference room and took everyone together for the meeting.

“At present, there are six disappearances in total.”

Duanmuhuai knocked on the table, and Shajiuye nodded and opened the laptop next to him.

“First of all, the disappearance of the shrine director and his family, followed by the disappearance of the village chief and his son... This was discovered on the day when people discovered the sudden change in the shrine.”

“Then one day later, a ranger disappeared. At that time, his wife came to the police to report the case, saying that her husband went to patrol in the mountains, but he did not come back after a day and night, and no one answered the phone..."

When Shajiuye said this, Manager Kashiwagi continued.

“Members of the Hunting Club then conducted a search of where the ranger might have been, but nothing was found.”

“Don’t hunters usually bring hounds with them when they go into the mountains?”

Duanmuhuai raised his own question.

 “They didn’t use the power of hounds?”

"I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I heard that the hounds were unwilling to enter the woods at that time, and even broke away from the rope and ran away. Because of this, some people at that time also suspected whether there were any beasts hiding in the forest - but, here It's just a small island. We have also conducted surveys on the animals in the forest. Most of them are squirrels, hares and other animals. They are not aggressive. Only venomous snakes need attention. In fact, they did not find anything strange. Animal tracks."

"The missing person in the fourth incident was a high school student. He did not come home after school, so his family called the police. The police asked the school and learned that he left the school after school, but he did not arrive at home, and no one was there Know where he went."

 So far, they are all locals, so the situation has been relatively good, but the situation in the next two disappearances is not good.

“The victim of the fifth disappearance was a tourist who was traveling here. The waiter found him at the hotel. He said he never came back after leaving the day before yesterday... and his luggage was still in the guest room.”

 Manager Kashiwagi looked a little bad this time. After all, the missing person this time was a guest of the hotel.

 The most difficult thing is the victim of the sixth case so far.

"They are Police Officer Kinoshita and Police Officer Akino from the main island. After the police station here asked for help from their superiors, they were sent to investigate the disappearance. Originally, they were staying in another hotel in the village, but the boss has been there for several days. Didn’t see them anymore.”

This matter has not been reported yet, and the news is only hearsay. After all, the situation of missing police officers is a bit sensitive. It is certain that once reported to the island, the matter will become more serious, so everyone unanimously chose to remain silent - after all, they were just missing and no body was seen. Maybe the two police officers went somewhere to investigate?

 But for Manager Kashiwagi, the matter must be resolved as soon as possible. After all, the disappearance of the two policemen can be concealed in a short period of time. But as time goes by, if the main island discovers that they have lost contact, they will definitely send someone over to investigate, and things will get serious by then.

 Hence he also hopes that this case can be resolved as soon as possible.

“So, the most suspicious person at present is this forest.”

Starting at the forest on the map, Duanmuhuai said. This is obvious. After all, the entire island, except for the area near the pier, has no forest due to development. The rest of the island is full of dense trees. The shrine is also in this forest. According to Manager Kashiwagi’s description, the village chief’s home is also located near the edge of the forest. When high school students go home from school, part of their way home also goes through the forest. Not to mention the forest ranger, who disappeared in the forest.

 Although this is a small island and its area is not large, it is still relatively speaking. At least for humans, this forest is indeed quite large. It is not easy to search it thoroughly.

“Brother, where should we start?”

 After sorting out the case, Shajiuye looked at Duanmuhuai, somewhat excited. This can be regarded as the first time she has officially done a job similar to a detective assistant.

 “Let’s eat what’s left of our nest first, and start investigating from the missing guest.”

Duanmu Huai gave a decisive answer.

“I want the surveillance of the guest and the waiter who talked to him. I hope to meet him.”

“Of course, the police have actually done it before, so we have retained that part of the surveillance, and the person who was in charge of hotel room service at the time... Please wait a moment.”

 Manager Kashiwagi took out his mobile phone and made a call. Not long after, a waiter came to the conference room with a videotape.

“This is the little tiger, the missing guest he last saw, and surveillance also proves this.”

 “Hello, hello...”

The waiter named Xiao Shan looked at Duan Muhuai and his face turned pale. He couldn't say hello unique to the service industry anymore. If it weren't for the fact that there were several beauties like Irisviel sitting in the conference room, he might just pull out. Maybe he ran away.

 “I think you know what I asked you to do.”

Duanmu Huai was too lazy to talk nonsense and quickly got to the point.

“The police should have already asked you, so just tell them again according to what they asked you at the time, about the guest.”

 “Ah, okay.”

The waiter lowered his head and stared at the floor. He didn't dare to take a breath, so he could only speak submissively.

"I am the concierge of the hotel, and I am mainly responsible for entertaining guests at the gate. That afternoon, the guest walked out of the hotel with his bag on his back, and I asked him where he was going. He said he was a professional photographer and planned to go nearby to collect photos... "

 “Have you tried to dissuade him? After all, several people are missing.”

"Of course I tried to dissuade him, but I didn't dare to talk about the disappearance. I just said that there were poisonous snakes in the forest here, and I advised him not to go to the forest. He said that he wouldn't go too far, and would just go to the lake to stay. In a moment..."    "By the lake..."

Duanmuhuai looked at the map carefully and quickly found a lake on the west side of the community. According to Manager Kashiwagi, the area has also been developed. Their community has a road directly leading to the lake, and there are also operating facilities on the lake, such as renting boats or fishing rods. Of course, there is also a camping ground there.

If you have nothing to do, going for a walk to the lakeside to see the scenery is actually a good choice.

 “How long does it take to get there?”

“It takes about thirty minutes to walk. Originally we planned to send a shuttle bus to pick up and drop off, but due to the difficulty of road repair... we are still in the preparation stage.”

 “When did you discover that the guest was missing?”

"One day later, when it was time to check out, the front desk called the internal phone number, but received no response. So we sent staff to check, and found that the room was empty except for the luggage. At that time, I felt that something was wrong, so After checking the surveillance, we found that the guest left that afternoon and never came back.”

“You didn’t set up surveillance over the lake?”

 “The line is too far and there is no time.”

  Manager Kashiwagi shook his head.

“Originally it was planned to be laid along the road when the shuttle bus was running...”

 “Then have you sent anyone to look for it since then?”

 “Where should we go!”

This time the waiter actually screamed.

“Everyone is afraid of it now. It is far away from the forest. The colleagues who were originally responsible for the management of the campground have not been there in the past few days! Only those outsiders will foolishly run into the forest..."

“So you called the police?”

“Yes, originally this was the responsibility of the police...”

 Hands off the blame very quickly.

"Then what?"

"Several police officers were sent to the lake to investigate, but no clues were found..."

Hearing this, Duanmuhuai nodded, and then motioned to play the video tape. Then Manager Kashiwagi inserted the videotape into the player, and then the surveillance video of the time appeared on the TV in the conference room.

At the entrance of the hotel, a middle-aged man wearing a vest and wearing a SLR walked out. Then the waiter next to him greeted him and said a few words to him. The SLR man smiled and waved his hand, pointed in front and said a few words, then left the hotel along the walking path and disappeared from the surveillance screen.

 “That’s it?”

 “That’s it.”

 “Okay, I understand.”

 After watching the video, Duanmuhuai nodded and then stood up.

"Then, let's go to the lake and have a look now. It's just right, it's about this time."

　　In the shrine before, Duanmu Huai used backtracking, but unfortunately, just like before, Duanmuhuai couldn't trace back what happened at that time, which meant that the other party was at least an existence of the old ruler level. Only in this way can Duanmuhuai be able to interfere with his own information retrieval, making it impossible for Duanmu Huai to grasp what happened at that time.

Perhaps we can find some clues from here?

 “Woooo——!”

At this moment, a whistle suddenly sounded in the distance. Duanmuhuai turned around and asked casually.

 “What’s the sound?”

 “Oh, that’s a scheduled ship from the main island.”

  Manager Kashiwagi also introduced it.

"The transportation connection between here and the main island is not smooth. The eldest lady has her own yacht, but unless there is an emergency, most people wait for the scheduled ship. The scheduled ship usually leaves once a week. We will also use the scheduled ship. Replenish some supplies for the hotel, but now it seems that no one is here..."

 “That’s it…”

Duanmu Huai didn’t say much, just glanced out the window, and then looked away.

"let's go."