Chapter 693 Living Flame

Chapter 693 Living Flame

Yamamura Cao drove with Yuya and the other two and hurried back to the Inufushi family's house, where they saw a crowd of people gathered in the yard.

Yuya ran to Miyano Shiho and saw that her clothes were a little dirty. He nervously reached out to check: "Are you hurt?!"

"No, I just fell. Luckily there's grass here, I'm okay." Miyano Shiho quickly held Yuya's hand, indicating that she was fine.

She knew Youye was anxious, but he couldn't help her check her body in front of so many people, right?

Yuya breathed a sigh of relief.

Hattori Heiji asked anxiously: "Did you really see the demon dog?"

Yuanshan Heye puffed up her cheeks, but still answered: "I really saw it! The demon dog suddenly appeared and chased us! Mio-chan even used anesthetic smoke to stop the demon dog..."

Miyano Shiho squatted down and stroked Xiao Ba's head, saying with some regret: "But it's a pity that it didn't work. I guess it evaporated because of the fire."

If the anesthetic works, maybe we can know the true face of the demon dog.

Hattori Heiji: "Is that dog really burning?"

Toyama and Ye nodded: "That's right, right, Xiaolan, Mio-chan?"

Miyano Shiho nodded.

Mao Lilan also agreed: "Well, it shouldn't be fluorescent paint or something like that. Where the dog ran, it left footprints on fire."

"Where did it come from?"

Mao Lilan pointed to the innermost corner of the yard.

Hattori Heiji went over with a flashlight to check the situation.

"Heiji, be careful!" Toyama Kazuha warned loudly.

"understood!"

Conan used the flashlight of his watch to shine on the lawn in the yard, and sure enough, he found the same traces of burning as on the cliff.

But he immediately noticed something strange, pointing to a patch of messy grass on the ground and saying, "These footprints are weird. Judging from the spacing, there should be footprints here, right? But there are no signs of burning, and only the grass here is messy."

Miyano Shiho took a look and said, "That's where I fell."

"Come to think of it," she pinched her chin and said thoughtfully, "I still remember that when I fell, I seemed to smell something strange..."

Yuya's eyes moved, and he asked hurriedly: "What's the smell?"

Miyano Shiho frowned slightly and thought for a long time before saying, "It has a pungent smell, but the situation was too urgent at the time and I didn't distinguish it too carefully. If I had to say, it's a bit like... butane."

"Butane?" Yuye and the other two were stunned.

"And more," Mao Lilan suddenly remembered something, "When we just came out of the house, we saw that those flames seemed to be alive."

"Live?"

Shancuncao laughed and said, "Of course it did. It attacked you."

"No." Mao Lilan denied, "I'm not talking about the demon dog. The demon dog was gone when we came out. I'm talking about those footprints that were on fire, making a crackling sound, and were jumping there..."

Yuanshan Heye agreed: "That's right, it's like the footprints are dancing."

"Kala-ka-la, dancing?"

Yuya and the other two looked at each other thoughtfully.

At this time, Hattori Heiji also came back.

"It seems that the demon dog came in through the back door. The bolt there was lowered, and there are dog footprints on the ground at the door."

"In other words," he said, looking at the four Inufu people, "the one who released the demon dog into this mansion is most likely one of you four."

Conan looked up and asked, "Sister Xiaolan... you said you went to the yard to feed Xiaoba, who asked you to do that?"

Mao Lilan replied: "It was Miss Yukihime. She said that the other three people refused this matter, so..."

"Maybe the murderer had expected that the three of us would be the ones feeding the dog..."

Miyano Shiho suddenly said, "However, we took the initiative to ask for help in feeding the dog. Maybe... the murderer's real target is Miss Yuki?"

"Huh?" Inubushi Yukihime showed an expression of surprise and fear, but she immediately said apologetically, "I'm very sorry, it's because of me that you are in danger..."

"It's okay, it's okay," Mao Lilan waved her hands and said with a smile, "We are fine, except that Mio fell down..."

Miyano Shiho said calmly: "But it's all grass here, so it's no big deal."

Hattori Heiji put his hands in his pockets, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "However, we have also confirmed one thing. That is, someone is secretly raising a demon dog near the house, right?"

Conan agreed: "That's right, if it's too far away, there will be no way to attack Xiaolan and the others who are feeding the dog immediately."

Yuya stepped forward and asked, "Do you have any clues? For example, have you heard a dog barking nearby?"

Inufushi Chiaki suddenly spoke up: "Come to think of it, the late Miss Migako once told me about a strange little house that made a dog's barking sound. We even went to see it together!"

"But we were too scared and didn't go in to check..."

"What?" Youye was shocked. He just asked casually, but he didn't expect that there really was such a place?

"Where is it?" Hattori Heiji asked anxiously, his body unconsciously moving closer.

Inufushi Chiaki took a step back in fear: "It's right next to the swamp where Miss Migako drowned..."

Youye immediately said: "Take us over there right now!"

Inufushi Chiaki showed a fearful expression, took a few steps back and asked reluctantly: "Now, now?"

Hattori Heiji urged anxiously: "Maybe if we go there now we can find out something about the demon dog!" He didn't say that they might be able to encounter the demon dog directly, otherwise Inufushi Chiaki might be so scared that he wouldn't want to take them there.

Yuya agreed, "That's right. If the murderer is really among you, there will be no time to destroy the evidence. Now is the best time to go there."

"But, but," Inufushi Chiaki was somewhat resistant, "I'm on duty tonight and I have to go back to the hospital..."

Youya winked at Yamamura Sou, who was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and said, "After we check the cabin, I can drive you to the hospital."

Hattori Heiji said with a sly smile: "It would be scary to walk through that forest alone, right? You don't want to be targeted by the demon dog, do you?"

Inufushi Chiaki showed an obvious nervous expression on his face: "But, but, at that time I was just following Miss Migako, and I didn't know exactly where the swamp was..."

Inubushi Yukihime couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to say, "As for the swamp, I know where it is and I can lead the way. I'm very familiar with that forest and it's not too far from here."

"Thank you for your help, Miss Yuki!"