Chapter 1414 Deep in the forest (change some other play before the handle comes)


    After investigating the scene, everyone went to the hot spring hotel. The hot spring hotel of Baifan Group is in a good environment and has good decoration. However, for Duanmu Huai, these things are obviously not something he would care about. After arriving at the hotel, Duanmuhuai found a conference room and then pulled everyone to have a meeting.


    "At present, there are six missing incidents."


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


    "First of all, the first incident was the disappearance of the shrine host and his family, followed by the disappearance of the village chief and his son... This was discovered by people on the day when the shrine was discovered."


    "Then one day later, a forest ranger disappeared. His wife came to the police to report the case and said that her husband was patrolling the mountains, but it had been a day and a night and he had not come back, and no one answered the phone..."


    Having said this, Manager Kashiki continued.


    "Then, the Hunter Association organized members to search the place the ranger might have gone to, but nothing was found."


    "Don''t hunters usually bring hounds when going up the mountain?"


    Duanmuhuai raised his own questions.


    "Did they not use the power of the hound?"


    "I didn''t see it with my own eyes, but I heard that the hunting dogs were unwilling to enter the woods at that time, and even broke free from the ropes and ran away. It was precisely because of this that some people wondered if there were any beasts hiding in the forest - but this was just a small island. We have also investigated the animals in the forest. Most of them were squirrels, hares, and other animals. They were not aggressive, and only venomous snakes needed attention. In fact, they did not find any traces of strange animals."


    "The missing person in the fourth incident was a high school student. He did not go 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 knew where he went."


    So far, they are all locals, and the situation is better, but the next two missing incidents are in a bit bad.


    "The victim of the fifth missing incident was a tourist who came here to travel. He discovered the hotel waiter, saying that he never came back after leaving the day before yesterday... and his luggage was still in the guest room."


    This time, Manager Kashiki''s expression was a little bad, after all, the missing person this time was a hotel guest.


    Then the most difficult one is the victims of the sixth case so far.


    "They are Officers Kinoshita and Officer Akino from the island. After the police station here asks for help from their superiors, they sent them to investigate the disappearance. They were originally living in another hotel in the village, but the boss hasn''t seen them for several days."


    This matter has not been reported yet, and the news is just the level of rumors. After all, the police''s disappearance is a bit sensitive. It is certain that once the report is made to the island, the matter will become bigger, so everyone chose to remain silent - after all, they were just missing and did not see the body. Maybe where did these two policemen go to investigate?


    But for Manager Kashiki, the matter must be resolved as soon as possible. After all, the disappearance of the two policemen can still be kept hidden in a short period of time. But over time, the island found that it had lost contact and would definitely send someone to investigate, and things would be a big deal.


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


    "So, the most suspected one is this forest."


    Staring at the forest on the map, Duanmuhuai said. This is obvious. After all, except for the area near the dock, there are no forests due to development, and other places are densely packed with trees. The shrine is also in this forest. According to Manager Kashiki, the village chief''s house is also located near the edge of the forest. A long way for high school students to go home from school also passes through the forest. Not to mention, the ranger disappeared in the forest.


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


    "Brother, where should we start?"


    After sorting out the case, Sha Jiuye looked at Duanmuhuai, a little excited. This is also the first time she has officially worked as a detective assistant.


    "First eat the grass by the nest, and start investigating the missing guest."


    Duanmuhuai gave the answer decisively.


    "I want the surveillance of that guest and the waiter who spoke to him. I hope to meet him."


    "Of course, the police actually did it before, so we kept that part of the surveillance, and the one who was responsible for hotel room service at the time... please wait."


    Manager Kashima took out his cell phone and made a phone call. Not long after, a waiter brought it to the conference room with a video.


    "This is Xiaoshanjun, the missing guest he saw last time, and the surveillance monitoring also proved this."


    "Hello, you..."


    The waiter named Xiaoshan looked at Duanmuhuai''s face and could not continue to greet the service industry. If it weren''t for Alice Phil and several other beauties sitting in the conference room, he might have run away.


    "I think you know what I asked you to do."


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


    "The police should have asked you, so you can say it again according to the inquiry at that time, about that guest."


    “Ah, OK.”


    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 to the nearby field and take photos..."


    "Have you dissuaded him? After all, several people have disappeared."


    "Of course I''ve been dissuading you, but I dare not say anything about the disappearance. I just said that there are poisonous snakes in the forest here, and advised him not to go to the forest. He said he would not go too far, but would just stay by the lake for a while..."


    Duanmuhuai looked carefully at the map and soon found a lake located on the west side of the community. According to Manager Kashimu, there has been developed there, and their community has a direct access to the lake, and there are operating facilities on the lake, such as boats or fishing rod rentals, and of course there is also a campground for rest and rest.


    If you are idle, you can go out for a walk to the lake to see the scenery, which is actually a good choice.


    “How long will it take to go there?”


    "It takes about thirty minutes to walk. We originally planned to send a shuttle bus to pick it up, but because the road repair is difficult... it is still in the preparation stage."


    "When did you find that the guest was missing?"


    "A day later, when it was check-out time, the front desk called the inside line, but no response was received. So we sent staff to check it out, and the room was empty and only the luggage was left there. At that time, I felt that the situation was not good, so I checked the surveillance camera and found that the guest had left that afternoon and never came back."


    "You didn''t set up surveillance on the lake?"


    “The route is too far, it’s too late.”


    Manager Kashiwagi shook his head.


    "I originally planned to pave along the road when the bus is opened..."


    "So have you sent someone to find him after that?"


    "Where are we rushing!"


    This time the waiter called out.


    "Now everyone is afraid of it, far away from the forest. The colleagues who were originally responsible for the management of the campsite have not been there these days! Only those outsiders will run to the forest stupidly..."


    "So you called the police?"


    "Yes, this was the police''s responsibility..."


    The blame was quickly transferred.


    "Then what?"


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


    Hearing this, Duanmuhuai nodded and signaled to play the videotape. Then Manager Kashiki 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 a SLR walked out from inside. Then the waiter next to him came forward and said a few words to him. The SLR man smiled and waved his hand, pointed to the front and said something, then left the hotel along the walking path, and disappeared into the surveillance screen in a swaying manner.


    “That’s it?”


    “That’s it.”


    "Okay, I get it."


    After watching the video, Duanmuhuai nodded and stood up.


    "So, let''s go to the lake and take a look now. It''s just right, it''s almost this time."


    Dunmu Huai used backtracking in the shrine before, but unfortunately, like before, Duanmu Huai could not trace backtracking what happened at that time, which means that the other party was at least an old dominant level. Only in this way can we interfere with our information retracement, making Duanmuhuai completely unable to grasp what happened at that time.


    Maybe some clues can be found here?


    “Woo woo———!”


    At this moment, a whistle sound suddenly came from afar. Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked around and asked casually.


    "What sound?"


    "Oh, that''s a regular boat from the island."


    Manager Kashiwagi also introduced it.


    "The traffic connection between here and the island is not smooth. The young lady has her own yacht, but unless there is an urgent matter, most people wait for regular boats. Regular boats will usually be shipped once a week, and we will also replenish some supplies for the hotel through regular boats. But now it seems that no one should be here..."


    “That’s how…”


    Duanmu Huai didn''t say much, but just looked out the window and then withdrew his gaze.


    "let''s go."