Chapter 24 3. Voices from the ground

That night, Azi and Kindaichi Kosuke stayed on Lighthouse Island, but he couldn't sleep. After listening to Shimazaki's detailed introduction, Azi learned a lot about the lighthouse. For example, the light source of the lighthouse comes from a petroleum single-point lamp, and a large lens is surrounded around the light source. This lens can project the light of 600,000 candlepower to a long distance. The lens weighs about two tons, and it runs in a circle, so lights can be seen in all directions. In addition, the heavy mirror must be moved by means of many gears, one of which is wrapped around a steel cable, and at one end of the cable is a child's code. The code descends due to the force of gravity, so it rotates with the mirror.Azi was very interested in Shimazaki's explanation.

But now he is sleeping alone in the dormitory of the lighthouse keeper, and what he thinks about is not how the lighthouse works, but the missing of Noguchi Kiyoyoshi. After visiting the lighthouse earlier, Azi and Kindaichi Kosuke visited Lighthouse Island together under the leadership of Shimazaki. At that time, they also saw the cave where the collapse occurred. This small island is only 5,000 ping in size, and the only flat place on the island is the lighthouse which covers an area of ​​500 ping. In addition, most of the lighthouse islands are cliffs, valleys and dangerous terrain. According to Shimaji, the entrance to the "Longkou" was completely blocked on the second day after the storm, and he and Furukawa worked hard to dig in and out of the cave.

From this point of view, if Noguchi was no longer on the island when Shimai and Furukawa dug the blocked hole, it would naturally be impossible to enter the hole. (If so, where did Noguchi Kiyoyoshi go? Did he accidentally slip and fall into the sea, or did he go back to S fishing village as a tourist from the country? Besides, how to explain the strange noise Shimazaki heard later? Could it be that, as Furukawa said, it was just Shimazaki's hallucination or the sound of raging waves? No...it could also be as Shimazaki said, Noguchi is still hiding somewhere on the island...) This is how Ah Zi kept thinking and thinking, so he couldn't fall asleep all the time.

At that time, Kosuke Kindaichi was chatting with Shimazaki and Furukawa in the restaurant, and they chatted until twelve o'clock before going back to their rooms. Ah Zi finally fell asleep in a daze after hearing them go back to the room. After an unknown amount of time, Ah Zi suddenly opened his eyes, sat up on the bed, and listened in the darkness. But the voice was very weak and he couldn't hear it clearly, so he jumped out of bed and put his ear on the floor to listen. (I heard, I heard...) Ah Zi did hear an intermittent sound, which was neither the sound of waves nor the sound of wind, he was sure it was the sound of someone shouting.

At first, Ah Zi felt that the voice was coming from underground, and gradually, he felt the voice getting closer... Before long, he could even hear the voice clearly. Ah Zi turned on the light switch, hurriedly put on his outer clothes and rushed out of the room. At the same time, Kosuke Kindaichi, who was wearing a white shirt and loose trousers, also rushed out from the next room. "Azi, did you hear that too?" "Yes, Mr. Kindaichi, that voice didn't come from underground, that person is indeed still on this island." "Well, let's go take a look."

When the two of them came to the inside of the entrance of the dormitory, Shimazaki and Furukawa also rushed out with flashlights. "Mr. Kindaichi, sure enough..." "Shh! Go this way." So the group of people held their breath and walked forward. The strange voice was getting closer and closer to them, and it sounded like crazy shouts, moans, and weeping. When they came to the entrance, they heard the sound of someone opening the door from the outside. Everyone looked at each other, and then they heard the sound of things falling down. Upon hearing this voice, everyone rushed outside from the entrance, only to see a man lying on the ground.

When Shimazaki and Furukawa shone the flashlight on the man's face, everyone screamed. "Ah! It really is Mr. Noguchi!" Noguchi Seiyoshi's clothes were all covered with mud, and his body was bruised and blood-stained. I don't know where he went in the past seven days? When Kindaichi Kosuke picked him up, he seemed to have something to say, but he died before he could speak.