"The eldest daughter... Mitarai Aya..."

When he came to the shrine, Takato, who was carrying Miyano Shiho on his back, read out the words on the spirit tablet, then frowned, feeling very confused about the current situation——

Aya Mitarai is the mother of Kyousuke Mitarai.

At the same time, she is also the eldest daughter of Mitarai Haruka, the former president of the Mitarai family of the Mitsubishi Foundation.

Now, the spiritual tablet says "eldest daughter", so it can be seen that the person who created this spiritual tablet can only be Mitarashi Aya's parents.

so……

At this moment, Gao Yuan couldn't help but think back to the time before, when he deliberately disguised himself as Miyano Shiho and went to Shikoku in order to divert the attention of the organization from tracing the whereabouts of Miyano Shiho.

That time, when I was in Shikoku, I was curious about why Mitarai Kyousuke's father's body was still in the backyard of the original family, but he already had the information for the temple to receive the ashes.

For this reason, he took advantage of that time and secretly went to the temple where the ashes of Mitarashi Kyousuke's father Mitarashi Taro were stored.

As a result, there, I accidentally discovered Hanada Emi, and through eavesdropping, I learned one thing——

That is, the ashes of Mitarai Kyousuke's mother, which were originally placed in that temple, were taken back by her parents' family.

But now, based on the situation he saw before him, Gao Yuan knew that what he overheard at that time was true.

But, why in this place?

Also, if I remember correctly, in this incident, when Hanada Emi explained the specific matter to herself, she mentioned that the "Mitarai Kyousuke" came back to the Mitarai family in the hope that the people of the Mitarai family would behave properly.

Disposal of his mother's body "because his father did not want the Mitarai family to be unable to accept his wife in the end."

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan suddenly felt the contradiction——

Because Hanada Emi clearly knew that Mitarai Kyousuke’s mother’s ashes had been brought back to Mitarai’s house, so why did she tell herself such an obvious lie?

This is very strange...

"Mitarai...Aya?"

While Gao Yuan was thinking, Miyano Shiho behind him looked at the name written on the spiritual tablet and couldn't help but uttered it, and asked doubtfully:

"This name...is Kyousuke's family?"

"It's his mother."

Gao Yuan nodded slightly and affirmed.

In response to this, Miyano Shiho blinked and felt a little surprised. He stared at the spiritual tablet on the shrine for a while, and then sighed helplessly, feeling a little sad in his heart——

"Well——"

And at this moment, Miyano Shiho was startled. His hands on Gao Yuan's shoulders couldn't help but use force, and they clasped Gao Yuan's shoulders firmly. His whole body pressed hard against Gao Yuan's back, holding on, but

Still made a sound of pain——

"It's time for the medicine to take effect..."

Sensing Miyano Shiho's current state, Gao Yuan knew what was going to happen, so he looked around at the situation in the cave. But seeing that there was no other space, Gao Yuan suggested to Miyano Shiho behind him:

"You stay in the cave first, and I'll go out and guard you?"

After all, once Miyano Shiho returns to the appearance of Haibara Ai, the clothes on his body will not fit at all. Although the little girl's clothes were in the backpack that Miyano Shiho kept in the cabin before, he is always embarrassed.

Watch the other person change clothes, right?

Therefore, Takato planned to let Miyanoshi stay in the cave, and he would go and guard outside the cave until his body returned to the appearance of a child and he changed his clothes——

"Um……"

To this, Miyano Shiho, whose painful feeling had spread all over his body, had no objection. After responding in this way, Gao Yuan walked to the stone wall of the cave, squatted down, and let Miyano Shiho lie down against the stone wall, and lifted his body from his back.

Come down.

Then he put the backpack he was carrying that Miyano Shiho had kept in the cabin next to Miyano Shiho. Takato stood up, looked at Miyano Shiho worriedly and nostalgically, and then moved towards

Walk outside the cave.

Before walking out of the cave, Gao Yuan looked at the cat lying next to the stone wall near the entrance of the cave, as if sleeping peacefully. Gao Yuan did not disturb the cat and just closed the iron door of the cave before going out——

Immediately, if it was as he thought before, when he just closed the door outside, the latch behind the door would be automatically bolted. In this way, if he did not damage the iron door outside, it would basically be

There's no way to get inside...

So, why is it designed this way?

Did the person who designed this door deliberately want the cat to be the key to opening the iron door?

But if that’s the case, what about the people who feed the cats?

Moreover, since the Mitarai family has brought Mitarai Aya's ashes back here, why is the memorial tablet set up in this place?

The thing placed behind the memorial tablet should be the urn, right?

Even the urn is placed here without burial. I always feel that there are too many problems in it that I cannot understand.

Thinking like this, I sat in front of the cave door, looking up at the sky and the bright moon hanging high in the sky——

At this moment, the siren that originally resounded through the mountains has stopped. I think Kaitou Kidd almost made the police detour on the road on the cliff for a long time, but in the end Kaitou Kidd couldn't stay here for too long, otherwise it would

This aroused the suspicion of the police. There is a high probability that these police officers were lured elsewhere by Kaitou Kidd.

Right now, in this huge mountain forest at the bottom of the cliff, it was lonely, and it seemed that only I and Miyano Shiho were here.

Who are the people who raise cats, design the mechanism of iron gates of caves, and arrange spiritual tablets?

Why does it seem like no one has been here for a long time?

With such questions, Gao Yuan felt a little sad——

Also, Hanada Emi's side...

Just like that, I sat silently outside the cave and thought a lot, and then the iron door behind me was opened from the inside——

Xiao Ai, who had returned to her childlike appearance and was wearing children's clothes, opened the iron door from the inside.

Looking at Xiao Ai who no longer looks like Miyano Shiho at this moment, Gao Yuan's mood feels a little complicated, but more importantly, he still feels lucky——

At least, now it is impossible for the organization to find any traces of Miyano Shiho...

"Welcome back, Huiyuan..."

Under the moonlight, the silhouettes of the two people are reflected. Meeting in such a situation is like a wonderful feeling of meeting for the first time.

In response, Gao Yuan calmly stood up, smiled and said to Xiao Ai——

After all, when I survived a disaster before, I had thought about changing my identity again, leaving my original interpersonal relationship, and starting over.

But now, it seems that everything is back on its original track.

In response, Xiao Ai nodded slightly, looked at Gao Yuan with a smile, and then replied as if complaining:

"Obviously, it's you who won't be able to come back soon!"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan could not refute and could only smile back.

But at the same time, after such greetings, before Gao Yuan could speak, Xiao Ai thought of something and suddenly said to Gao Yuan:

"By the way, I just discovered something..."

"What?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but responded with some surprise -

Just found out?

In a cave?

So, he silently followed Xiao Ai back to the cave, and back to the shrine. Xiao Ai pointed to the hollow between the bottom of the shrine and the ground and said:

"Just now, I saw something down here."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel surprised, then he squatted down, lying on the ground, and looked under the shrine——

I saw that there seemed to be some writing on the ground under the shrine.

Seeing this, after getting up, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai looked at each other. They seemed to have the same idea. They turned their attention to the shrine in front of them again, and then Xiao Ai spoke first:

"Do you want to do this?"

"now that……"

Upon hearing this, Gao Yuan replied without much hesitation:

"We were asked to find this place, and it concerns Mitarai Kyousuke's mother. Wouldn't it be a pity if we didn't figure it out."

As he spoke, Gao Yuan slowly walked forward, looked at the "Mitarashi Aya" spiritual tablet placed on the shrine in front of him, lowered his head slightly, and saluted as if apologizing to the owner of the spiritual tablet——

Immediately, Gao Yuan stretched out his hand and began to push the shrine in front of him to the side.

Then, the words on the ground under the shrine were removed along with the shrine, and were revealed in front of Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai——

I saw a series of numbers written on it.

Such a scene made Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai stunned——

"What...does this mean?"
To be continued...