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Chapter 267 The Disappearing Cave

Ling Cheng ran ahead with Conan. The sea water had begun to rise and was much higher than before. Ling Cheng reminded:

"Be careful, the tide is coming in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the kids chatting behind him slipped and fell. Fortunately, Ye Ye was there to block him. Genta and Mitsuhiko immediately supported Ayumi, so she didn't fall.

Ling Cheng looked back and was relieved to see that they were okay. He repeated the words "be careful" again. At this time, Conan discovered something.

"Brother Ling Cheng, come over and take a look!"

Ling Cheng immediately walked over and looked in the direction Conan said, only to see a person lying on the ground in a cave. It was the missing Xiaonin.

Yuan Tai happened to be carrying a rubber boat, and Ling Cheng immediately asked him to take it out and inflate it, and then they got on the boat and rowed towards the cave.

When they arrived at the place, Conan turned over directly. Ling Cheng watched the others get out of bed one by one, and Ye Ye who swam over also came over.

"Sister Xiaonin, are you okay?"

As if she heard Conan's call, Shinobu slowly opened her eyes and saw that Conan and the others were still not fully awake.

"It's you guys, what's going on?"

Ayumi stepped forward to help Conan lift up Shinobu and asked,

"What happened, Shinobu-nee?"

Shinobu lowered her head and slowly recalled, and finally remembered the whole thing. It was Haruhi who said he would take her out to play, but after drinking the drink he gave her, she felt very sleepy and fell asleep.

Conan deduced:

"Maybe there was sleeping pills in it, and he wanted others to think it was an accident."

Shinobu was startled, and Conan added:

"When Shinobu-san drowned here, Kasuga-san had an alibi. He almost ran into us, got acquainted with us, and even got into an argument with Shinobu-san. It was all his plan."

Shinobu asked Conan in a daze why, not realizing how strange it was for a child to say such words.

Conan: "This is the police's job. Let's get out of here and call the police."

Ling Cheng noticed that the sea level outside was getting higher and higher, so he looked at Ye Ye, patted its face and said:

"Can you swim back to find Lingshi and the others?"

Ye Ye tilted its head, probably understanding what Ling Cheng meant, barked, and then jumped into the water and tried to swim out.

Ling Cheng also urged a few people to get on the boat quickly, as they could still leave and review the situation after leaving.

Several people got on a rubber boat and wanted to row out, but the waves were too big and swept them back in. The rubber boat also broke after hitting the rocks.

Ye Ye heard their screams and was swept back by the waves without noticing. Seeing that they were fine, Ye Ye wanted to swim out again, but was stopped by Ling Cheng.

Such fierce waves are too dangerous and we cannot take the risk.

What Ling Cheng didn't know was that this was no problem for Ye Ye at all, as it could even breathe underwater.

But Ling Cheng didn't let it go, and Huang Quan also told it that in order to protect their safety, it had no choice but to stay.

Because the inflatable rubber boat broke, a group of children were anxious and about to cry. Ye Ye also knew that they could not breathe underwater like the boat.

The rubber boat was gone and people couldn't leave. It turned around anxiously and then shouted into the cave. It could feel where it could get out.

Conan, who was still distressed, was about to comfort the screaming Ye Ye, but when he turned around, he saw small glowing dots flying around in the cave.

Ling Cheng: "It's fireflies. Why are there fireflies here? Is there another exit here?"

Conan also thought that this cave filled with sea water might be connected to another place.

But others did not think this was hope of escape. After all, they were not fireflies. What if this place was impassable to humans?

Conan remembered the fish caught by Kogoro Mouri, which had no wounds on its body, which meant that the passage must be big enough.

"The grouper Uncle Maori caught was much larger than the freshwater fish, yet there were no scratches on its body. This shows that the entrance is definitely not that small."

They were stunned by what he said, so Conan began to explain to them,

"Those fish swam into the cave from the sea at high tide before dawn. Once the water flowed inside, my uncle caught them from another entrance."

Ling Cheng: "I think it must be a big pond. Even though it's not by the sea, you can still catch sea fish there, so it's called a pond cave. That uncle, I misunderstood him."

"So that's how it is, Conan and Brother Ling Cheng really have a thing for each other!"

Ling Cheng patted the bark and it stopped barking. How could he not understand what it meant?

"Good dog, glad you stayed."

So a group of people walked into the cave. Some of the paths were just right for children to walk on, but Ling Cheng and Xiao Ren had to lower their heads and bend over.

Halfway through the journey, there was suddenly a fork in the road. Yuantai suddenly became excited and was about to rush into one of the cave entrances.

Ling Cheng: "Stop right there!"

Yuan Tai suddenly stopped, Ling Cheng stepped on the floor, Yuan Tai came back obediently, and then Ling Cheng looked at Conan.

Conan: "Let's follow the fireflies and find where they are."

Several people went to other caves to check, and found it in the cave where Ayumi and Ye Ye went, and the group continued to move forward.

By the time they reached the next fork in the road, this method no longer worked. Even though they looked for fireflies very hard, there were none.

Just when he was feeling frustrated, Ye Ye sniffed the ground and then barked towards a hole.

Ayumi walked over and touched it and asked,

"Yeah, you mean this hole?"

"Wang!"

Ling Cheng walked over to take a look, but the others were a little hesitant, so they picked up two stones and threw them into the two holes respectively.

Listening to the sound, it was indeed the one chosen by Ye Ye, the echo was smaller and farther away.

Conan: "Yes, this is the road. Yeah, you are amazing. How did you do that?"

Several people surrounded Yeye and praised him, but Ling Cheng didn't give them a chance and shouted directly:

"Stop praising me, let's go out and talk about it."

Ling Cheng took Ye Ye and ran in front. They ran fast and they couldn't waste any more time, otherwise if they were drowned here, they would be hitting a wall this time.

As I was walking, I suddenly heard a noise. When I looked carefully, I found that it was a flock of birds.

Ling Cheng ran faster with Ye Ye, chasing the sound, and finally saw the exit, but the group of children were no longer behind them.

Ling Cheng: "Oops, I ran too fast. Yeye, wait here and call me later, okay?"

"Wang!"

Ling Cheng went back the same way to find them, only to see those guys standing there. Before he could shout, he saw the sea water rushing towards him.

Ling Cheng: "Hurry up, the sea water is coming!"

When they heard Ling Cheng's voice, they immediately changed from being lost to seeing hope and ran towards Ling Cheng.

But the sea water was faster than them and pushed them away in an instant. Ling Cheng had no choice but to dive into the water to find them.