Chapter 25 4. Iron ring tattoo

Kiyoyoshi Noguchi, who had been missing for seven days, suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and died without leaving a word. After dawn, Furukawa ran to the police station and doctor in S Fishing Village to report the matter after Kindaichi Kogyo's reminder. The Shimizu policeman and doctor from the police station immediately followed Furukawa to Lighthouse Island. After the doctor's examination, he believed that Noguchi Kiyoyoshi died not at the hands of others, but because of exhaustion and weakness. Despite this, everyone is still very interested in Noguchi Kiyoyoshi's whereabouts these days.

This small island is only 5,000 ping in size, and during these seven days, it was impossible for Noguchi Seiji to hide anywhere on the island, avoiding the sight of Shimashi and Furukawa. At this time, the voice from the ground sounded in everyone's mind—— It seems that there must be other unknown underground caves on this lighthouse island. Seiyoshi Noguchi probably broke into the cave by accident, but didn't know how to get out, so he spent seven horrible days in the cave. It was not until the night of the eighth day that he finally found the exit and returned to the lighthouse keeper's dormitory.

But at this time his body was already quite weak, and he died of exhaustion not long after. What is puzzling is why Noguchi Kiyoku walked into that underground cave?And how did he know about the cave that he didn't even know about the isle that lived here for a long time? Perhaps after finding that cave and finding out what is in the deep cave, these doubts can be solved naturally! Therefore, Kindaichi Kosuke and everyone searched for Lighthouse Island together, but no other caves were found. In desperation, they had no choice but to check Noguchi Kiyoyoshi's belongings, only to find that he did not carry any documents except for a little cash.

What is more peculiar is that his left arm has a tattoo of five rings similar to the Olympic flag, which seems to have some special meaning. In addition, they also found a strange piece of paper from Noguchi Noguchi's wallet. It was a piece of ordinary drawing paper twenty-five centimeters long and fifteen centimeters wide, on which many irregular squares were cut. "Oh! What the hell is this?" Patrolman Shimizu already looked suspicious for a while. But Kindaichi Kosuke opened his eyes wide and said: "Mr. Man Shui, can this piece of paper be handed over to me for safekeeping?"

"Okay, but what's in it..." "Oh, nothing." Kosuke Kindaichi carefully took the piece of paper and clipped it into his notebook. The next step was how to dispose of Noguchi Kiyoyoshi's body. Since it was hot summer, they decided to transport the body back to S Fishing Village for cremation, and then place the ashes in Shanhai Temple. On the third night after Noguchi's death, the monks of Sankaiji Temple, Kosuke Kindaichi, Patrolman Shimizu, and Shigeru Tachibana gathered in the monk's room to wait for the arrival of the lighthouse keeper, Shimazaki. It was around six o'clock that Shimazaki hurried over from Lighthouse Island.

"I'm sorry, when I was about to leave, there happened to be two tourists visiting the lighthouse, so I was late." Sitting down, Shimazaki explained why he was late. When everyone arrived, they began to talk about the bizarre case of Noguchi Kiyoyoshi. During the discussion, Kindaichi Kosuke suddenly thought of something and asked aloud: "By the way, Master, when I came here last year, I saw a very special plaque hanging in the plaque hall opposite, with some words like spells written on it... Where is that plaque? Why didn't I see it hanging on the four walls? In the hall?"

When the monk heard Kindaichi Kosuke ask about this matter, he couldn't help frowning and said: "That plaque has been taken down. Mr. Kindaichi, why did you ask about this? But a strange thing did happen today..." "What's so strange?" "Two guests came to the temple just now, and they asked about it, so I took down the plaque and showed them." "They asked about it... what kind of man was that?" "One man has a prosthetic right foot, the other has only one arm." "What? The man with the prosthetic limb and the one-armed man...they are the two people who visited the lighthouse just now! So, they should still be on the lighthouse island now."

Upon hearing these words, everyone looked outside the sliding door at the same time. I saw the lighthouse standing on the lighthouse island emitting a strong light towards the sinking sea, scanning the ocean surface regularly.