Conan and Haibara Ai stood in front of the mural.

I can see that the paint is slightly peeling off where the blue whale's eyes are on the mural.

In order to practice his accuracy, Conan aimed at the position of the whale's eyes.

"Forehead……"

Conan was holding the volleyball, feeling a little speechless.

Why are the murals on this ship so unstable? How could they be like this just by kicking them?

"Fortunately, it didn't cause too much damage..."

"Let's get out of here before the staff finds out."

Hui Yuan Ai walked to the cabin on her own.

Conan glanced at the huge mural, then ran to put the volleyball back into the basket, and then left with Haibara Ai.

On the other side, Cheng Shi found Genta, Ayumi, and Sonoko under the table in the restaurant, in the laundry basket, and in the movie theater.

Everyone contacted each other through the detective badge and then gathered on the deck.

Haibara Ai also found Conan and Mitsuhiko.

Now, only Mao Lilan was left missing.

"The remaining Xiaolan is indeed the most troublesome..."

"Huh? So Sister Xiaolan is so good at hiding?" Mitsuhiko raised his head and asked in confusion.

Sonoko pinched her waist and complained: "What does it mean to be good at it? It's like being a ninja!"

"Have you ever seen elementary school kids clinging to the ceiling or hiding at the bottom of a pond?"

"It's so awesome..." The three little ones thought of Xiao Xiaolan's appearance in ninja uniform, which was quite cute.

At this time, Cheng Shi suggested to everyone, "There are still 15 minutes left. Let's all search separately."

"I went to the dock area at the bottom, and the remaining two people worked in groups to search each floor."

"good--!"

The three little ones shouted excitedly.

Next, everyone parted ways.

Cheng Shi came to the bottom dock area alone.

When he searched just now, he did not search the dock area because he felt that the dock area was cold and dark, and it was unlikely that anyone would be hiding there.

But after listening to Yuanzi's description, Xiaolan took hide and seek seriously, and might actually hide here.

He took the elevator to the bottom floor.

Although this area is not tourist-free, most tourists will not come here.

There are cold appliances and ventilation ducts here, as well as motorized lifeboats parked in the ditch.

Life jackets, inflatable lifeboats and other supplies are also concentrated in this area in case of emergencies.

In order not to repeat the tragedy of the Titanic, the maiden voyage of the "Aphrodite" was not fully loaded this time. It only carried about 1/4 of the maximum number of passengers, and there were enough lifeboats.

Chengshi walked in a dark environment, and whenever he encountered a corner where someone could hide, he would go and take a look.

Suddenly, he saw a huge box placed in the corner of the dock.

This box is about 5 meters high, 2.5 meters long and 2.5 meters wide. It is made of steel and looks very strong.

From the outside, there are no openings or lids on the four sides of the box, they are completely welded, and there is a platform with rollers at the bottom.

There are no signs around the box to indicate its purpose.

Cheng Shi came forward curiously and looked up at the top of the box.

He remembered what Yuanzi said that Mao Lilan even hid on the ceiling in order to hide and seek.

There should be room for someone to hide on top of this box...

So Chengshi touched the surface of the big iron box to see if he could climb up from a certain angle.

But with just this touch, his body suddenly trembled like an electric shock.

His pupils widened and he quickly retracted his hand.

Here...

There seems to be something?

Cheng Shi stared at the iron box in front of him in disbelief.

When he touched it just now, he had a strange feeling, as if there was something inside the box.

Or, there must be something in such a big box.

But in Chengshi's perception, the thing inside seems to be a living thing...

He didn't dare to reach out and touch it directly. Instead, he leaned his cheek towards it, and his left ear slowly came close to the iron sheet.

In addition to the unique sounds of large charging machinery and central air conditioning working in the dock, he heard some strange noises on the other side of the iron sheet.

It was the sound of some huge creature squirming inside.

There is mucus adhesion between the crawling surface and the iron sheet, the sound of disconnection, and an almost inaudible, creepy growl.

Chengshi's eyes gradually widened, and he couldn't believe his ears.

What exactly is in here?

It definitely can’t be a human being, but what kind of animal is it?

What animal makes such a sound...

Just when he was feeling nervous and uneasy, a figure quietly walked behind him.

Cheng Shi was still hunched over, not paying attention at all behind him.

Until the figure raised the stick in his hand and hit him hard on the back.

Bang.

…

On the top deck.

As the hide-and-seek time ended, all the "ghosts" responsible for finding people returned to their original starting point.

"We won!"

"marvelous!"

"Thank you to Ninja Sister Xiaolan for this!"

The three little ones shouted excitedly. It is obvious that the mechanism of this hide-and-seek means that those who are caught will be eliminated on the spot.

At this time, Xiaolan also came up the stairs from the deck below.

"Look, I knew we were the winner~"

She came to Conan, squatted down, and scraped Conan's rhino horn nose affectionately.

"Conan, you have been playing football just now, right?"

"I know everything~"

Conan's face was slightly red and his expression was startled.

At this time, Hui Yuan Ai turned around and looked around, and found that Cheng Shi had not returned yet, so she was a little confused.

She took out her detective badge, intending to inform Chengshi on the other side that the hide-and-seek was over.

And on the other side.

Cheng Shi opened his eyes suddenly and was about to move, but found himself in an extremely small space.

In the darkness, surrounded by cold metal walls, I couldn't even stretch my body.

He subconsciously knocked on the metal wall above, but it didn't move at all.

Where is this place?

A box...could it be the box I saw in the dock just now?

Cheng Shi suddenly remembered the last big iron box he saw in his memory.

Especially when he thought of the squirming creatures in the box, he became even more frightened, staring in horror.

He ignored the pain in his back and beat the iron wall in front of him desperately.

beep beep......

At this time, he heard the sound of the detective badge.

Remembering that he still had the detective badge on him, he quickly took it out and held it in his hand.

"Help!"

Chengshi's cry for help immediately alerted everyone on the opposite side.

The detective badge only has a hands-free mode. When Conan heard the cry for help, he quickly took out his detective badge and tuned to the same channel.
To be continued...