"Do you know anything else? Can you tell me everything?"

Qin Zhibo asked again, but Benniu shook his head, "I don't know the specifics. By the time I was born, the adventure fever had faded a lot."

"The old man in the town who knew what happened at that time has also passed away. My father should be the last person to know the secret."

"But he also disappeared forever when he was leading a lady more than ten years ago..."

Under Benniu's description, Qin Zhibo roughly understood the experience of this small town.

The town of Binger was bustling for a while due to the fever of exploration and gold rush, and there were even rumors that there was a city made of gold under the hills.

But as the adventurous craze faded, people gradually gave up coming here, and the town also declined.

Originally, Binger Town was supposed to expand the town's area along with modernization, but the locals were afraid of offending the souls of the Indian ancestors on the hills, so they never dared to carry out large-scale construction, let alone go near the hills.

Therefore, this place basically maintains its appearance in the 1920s and 1930s.

However, Running Bull's father, an Indian named "Grey Eagle", was very business-minded. He took advantage of the adventurous period to open this hotel and received many explorers who came here.

But even so, the last time an explorer was received was fifteen years ago. A lady dressed in red and her servant came here and hired Old Gray Eagle as a guide.

But to this day, the lady in red, her servants, and the old Gray Eagle have never come back. Just like most explorers, they disappeared on the vast red soil.

Qin Zhibo felt a little wary and asked: "What does the lady in red look like? Did she leave her name?"

Benniu shook his head calmly, "I don't have a name...but I remember that the lady in red often communicated with the servants in a language I couldn't understand, and was also very interested in my father's amulet."

"Amulet? What kind of amulet?"

"That's a metal disk passed down from our family, with strange patterns carved on it."

After listening to Benniu's words, Qin Zhibo turned his eyes, took out his wallet from his pocket, and was about to take off the MIU badge.

But when he turned to the back of the badge, he saw a small yellow sticker.

"Um?"

When you peel off the sticker, you will find a thin layer of electronic components inside, which looks familiar.

Isn’t this Conan’s signal tracker?

Why do I have this thing on me?

Qin Zhibo didn't know that this was posted by Conan in Shui Wuliannai's wallet.

But now this signal tracker has long run out of power and has lost its function.

Conan thought his tracker had been discovered by Qin Zhibo, so he didn't think of a way to recover it and just kept it.

Even I am investigating this Conan...

Qin Zhibo, who had thought everything through, silently made a note in his mind and showed the back of the badge to Benniu after removing the sticker.

"Is this the pattern?"

Benniu looked at it carefully, shook his head and said, "No, it's a much more complicated pattern than this one. I remember that there was a snake and an octopus engraved on it..."

"Snake and octopus?"

"Yes, maybe there are toads? But it's been so long ago that I can't remember them clearly."

"Where is that amulet now?"

"On my father, the last time he was a guide, he wore it."

Apparently, the amulet didn't have much effect.

But what Qin Zhibo is more curious about is the guide to where to go. If you are going to a hill, you don’t need a guide at all. The mountain is there, you just need to climb up.

Facing Qin Zhibo's doubts, Benniu explained.

"My father has known a long time ago about a secret passage in the valley that leads to the bottom of that hill."

"He once really saw that place, but he didn't go crazy and came back alive."

"But there is no second chance of the same luck..."

Benniu's words once again reminded Qin Zhibo that there is more than one way to enter Kunyang.

He decided to start investigating from the hills outside the town.

…

Back in the room, Qin Zhibo told Koizumi Hongzi the news he had learned from Benniu.

However, he deliberately concealed the part about the "lady in red" to prevent Koizumi Anko from making any impulsive moves.

The two of them agreed to go to the hill to investigate before Mr. Clock showed up.

Late at night, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi walked to the hills a few hundred meters away.

The hills more than ten meters high have slopes with the same slope angle, so the difficulty of climbing up is the same no matter where you start.

However, Koizumi Anko brought her magic broom and easily carried the two of them to the top of the hill.

The length of this hill is a hundred meters and the width is less than 20 meters. From a bird's eye view, it looks like a long and narrow oval.

At night, the top of the hill is dark and quiet, with a cool breeze. The lush bushes and tall thatch somewhat obscure the view, but it looks no different from the daytime.

"I'll go over there and have a look."

"Okay, but don't go too far..."

Koizumi Anko walked alone in another direction, while Qin Zhibo summoned Minase Yangmu.

Now that it's time, it's natural to make good use of her "wall-penetrating ability".
Chapter completed!