Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

No wonder he always felt it was strange that Touma also had an accident on that day eight years ago.

Eight years ago, Touma likely witnessed Mr. Yamao hitting someone with his car.

Furthermore, he likely also saw the jewelry that Mr. Yamao had placed in the car.

He probably fell off the cliff because he was being chased by Mr. Yamao at the time!

If that's the case, then Touma, Mitsuhiko, and the others are probably in a very dangerous situation right now!

……

Seeing Conan run out of the hotel, Ryuno glanced at his watch leisurely, and then also walked out of the hotel.

Eight years ago, after hitting someone, Keisuke Yamao did not turn himself in immediately, but instead stayed at home for several hours.

It was because during that time, he buried the stolen jewelry underground in the old village.

He turned himself in because he knew he would only be imprisoned for a few years before being released.

The problem is that during his imprisonment, the old village had already been converted into a reservoir.

To retrieve the buried jewels, the reservoir must be emptied.

In order to retrieve the jewelry, Keisuke Yamao planted bombs at the village's communications base station and reservoir.

The reason he planted the bomb at the village's communications base station was to cut off everyone's communications, preventing the villagers from sending messages to the outside world and requesting rescue.

Based on the location of the reservoir and the village, once he detonates the bomb in the reservoir, the entire village will be flooded by the water gushing out of the reservoir.

To put it bluntly, in order to get the jewelry back, he was prepared to sacrifice the entire village.

This naturally includes tourists like Longye and his friends who come here for sightseeing.

However, Longye was not worried at all.

To prevent the trip from being sabotaged by human intervention, he sent a clone last night to deal with all the bombs.

And to be honest, he even had some respect for this 'Yamao Keisuke'.

It appears that, in order to ensure the destruction of the reservoir, Yamao Keisuke planted a large number of bombs both inside and outside the reservoir.

It's worth noting that even the "symmetry maniac" who used to "directly purchase" explosives from the gunpowder depot in sacks back then couldn't get this much explosives.

……

Ten minutes ago, at the mountain cabin.

After stunning Takehiko Muto with a stun gun, Keisuke Yamao walked out of the hut while pressing the remote control in his hand.

Surprisingly, he discovered that there had been no explosion in the village.

After glancing at the village a few times, Yamao Keisuke shook his head with a smile. "Hmph, is the signal failing because of the distance? Oh well, anyway, what's really important is this side..."

After he finished speaking, he walked quickly toward the reservoir.

Chapter 384 Professional barbers don't need scissors

in the snow.

To help Touma regain his lost memories, Mitsuhiko and his two friends take him to the cliff near where the incident occurred years ago.

"Are we really doing this? I'm a little scared..."

"Don't worry about Touma, we'll be with you!"

"That's right! We're right here with you, there's no need to be afraid!"

"Yeah…"

Touma glanced at the enthusiastic looks from Mitsuhiko and the other two, and nodded.

Just then, Mitsuhiko and Genta suddenly noticed a strange figure not far behind them.

Mitsuhiko whispered, "Genta, you saw it, didn't you..."

"Hmm, what's wrong?" Genta scratched his head, not paying any attention.

Mitsuhiko glanced at the figure behind him again, then turned and walked forward.

Five minutes later, Mitsuhiko glanced at the empty surroundings and suddenly realized that the figure he had just spotted was still following behind them.

Seeing this, Mitsuhiko frowned nervously.

If before it could be explained by the fact that the people behind them were going the same way, then now…

"Genta...you...look behind you..."

Although Genta was somewhat puzzled as to why Mitsuhiko's voice was so soft, he still looked behind him.

Upon seeing the black figure behind him, Genta immediately turned around, staring wide-eyed at Mitsuhiko. "Th-that person wouldn't have been following us the whole time, would they...?"

After hearing Genta's words, Mitsuhiko couldn't help but shudder, and then winked at Genta.

The next moment, under the puzzled gazes of Ayumi and Touma, Mitsuhiko and Genta swung their arms wildly as they moved forward, singing loudly.

"Let's go, let's go, let's hold hands..."

After a while, Ayumi couldn't take it anymore and angrily said, "Hey! What are you two doing?! It's so noisy!!"

"I know we're noisy, I'm sorry!" Mitsuhiko replied with a mournful face.

After answering, Mitsuhiko immediately continued singing loudly.

At that moment, Genta, who was standing nearby, took a couple of breaths and whispered in Mitsuhiko's ear, "How is it? Is that person still there?"

Upon hearing this, Mitsuhiko cautiously turned his head to look behind him, but after a moment he turned back, his face contorted with grief, and said, "He's still here!"

Now, even Genta couldn't stay calm anymore. "Then let's run!"

"Yes!" Mitsuhiko nodded.

Under the puzzled gazes of Ayumi and Touma, Mitsuhiko and Genta quickly ran behind Touma and pushed him along.

The two of them ran while explaining to Ayumi.

After hearing their explanations, Ayumi became nervous, "When did that person appear?!"

"I don't know! But he's been following us for a long time!"

"Is he a bad guy? I feel so scared!"

"We don't know! That's why we have to run!"

--"boom!"

Just as the group ran down the snow slope, they heard a gunshot behind them.

Upon hearing the gunshot, the group ran even faster.

At the same moment, Conan, who was speeding along on his skateboard not far away, also heard the gunshot.

He immediately slammed on the power unit on his skateboard, maximizing its speed, and sped off in the direction from which the gunshots were coming.

At that moment, the black figure who had just fired a shot at Mitsuhiko and the others pulled back the bolt, preparing to fire again.

Just then, a hand suddenly pressed down on the shoulder of the black figure.

"Miss Mizuki, I'll take over next~"

Before Mizuki Tono could react, the hunting rifle in her hand was snatched away by Ryūno beside her.

Just as Tono Mizuki was wondering how to 'explain', the piercing sound of an electric engine suddenly came from behind them.

Conan, who happened to arrive just in time, swung the tail of his skateboard with all his might, kicking up a cloud of snow dust in front of the two of them, temporarily obstructing their view and splashing some of the snow onto Ryuno's clothes.

The next second, to Tono Mizuki's astonishment, Tatsuno picked up his shotgun and fired at Conan.

--"boom!"

The bullet grazed Conan's left cheek.

Feeling the bullets whizzing past his ears, Conan's heart raced.

Before Conan could even feel the shock, another bullet grazed his right cheek at almost the same distance.

Conan quickly changed his position, repeatedly using an 'S' shaped path in the dense forest to try and evade the bullets.

Just as Conan was about to slide out of the woods, a third bullet grazed the top of Conan's head, leaving a straight 'mark' on Conan's originally 'perfect' hairstyle.

Conan's face turned deathly pale instantly.

With Conan looking on expectantly, he finally rushed out of the woods and saw Mitsuhiko and the others preparing to run into the cave.

Conan glanced behind him, then jumped off his skateboard and ran into the tunnel after Mitsuhiko and the others.

Upon seeing Conan enter the cave, Mitsuhiko and the other two immediately showed expressions of surprise and delight.

Just as the group was about to greet Conan, he roared, his face pale, "You guys! Why did you run into a place like this?! What if that person shoots at the cave entrance?!"

The group initially wanted to object, but seeing Conan's grim expression and angry demeanor, they realized the situation was indeed dire and remained silent.

After catching his breath, Conan shouted, "At this point, we have no other choice but to go inside!"

Mitsuhiko and the others quickly nodded and accepted Conan's proposal.

Conan sighed, then turned on the flashlight on his watch and walked to the front of the line.

Just then, Ayumi looked at Conan in front of her and frowned, saying, "Conan, what happened to your hair?"

After hearing Ayumi's words, Mitsuhiko and Genta also took a closer look at Conan's hair.

Upon seeing Conan's hairstyle transformed into a strange "U" shape, the two even forgot their current situation and covered their mouths to laugh a few times.

Conan touched his hair, his face darkening, and said, "Speaking of which... this is all your fault! Luckily, he hit my hair. If the bullet had been a little off, you wouldn't be seeing me now!"

After hearing Conan's explanation, everyone understood why Conan's hairstyle had become so strange.

Mitsuhiko immediately lowered his head. "I'm sorry...we didn't expect this either..."

"Let's not talk about that now. Have you seen the people chasing you?" Conan shook his head, looking ahead as he asked.

“I…I don’t know! We were just about to take Touma to the cliff where he fell, and that person kept following us,” Mitsuhiko said nervously.

“That’s right, we didn’t even see what that person looked like. We don’t even know if he was a man or a woman…” Genta nodded.

Conan frowned at their answers.

Although he didn't see clearly who fired the shot, he was certain he wasn't mistaken; there were definitely two people there at the time!