Chapter 11 Chapter Ten Secret Tunnel

That was after eight o'clock that night: After the little fat man had a delicious and unexpected meal, when he was drowsy in his room, Mrs. Juanzi knocked on the door twice and came in. "Oh, Zhaoji, why did you fall asleep? Isn't that going to break the agreement?" "Well, I don't hate sleeping, I want to recharge my energy!" "Oh, what a breath!... But, you are so smart, remember our agreement? Then, let's go! It's time!" "Ok." The little fat man got up from the bed in a jerk and quickly put on his foreign clothes. "Yes, I remembered something, Auntie! Isn't there a child over there? What's his name... Yes, is it Gintaro! Call him to help us, okay?"

After hearing what the little fat man said, Mrs. Juanzi quickly waved her hands and said: "No, no! That kid is always sad, drawing circles and triangles all day long. I don't know what he is thinking, what can he do? Only you, Zhaoji, can do this." For some reason, the little fat man has won the trust of Mrs. Juanzi. After everything was ready, the two quietly walked out from the corridor. It was a hazy moonlit night in spring, and the pale moonlight quietly shone on the courtyard of the hospital.The little fat man sneezed involuntarily. "Be quiet!... Oh, why are you making a noise? If that child finds out, it will be troublesome!"

Mrs. Juanzi is always a little apprehensive towards Shi Lang.Therefore, I also wanted to keep Shirou from knowing what happened tonight.Fortunately, Shiro may be sound asleep, and there is no movement at all. The two walked through the yard and soon came to the isolation house behind the hospital.This red brick house covered with ivy branches and leaves still looks very dark under the moonlight tonight. Mrs. Juanzi went to the door of this bungalow, and pushed and pulled it back and forth for the sake of caution, but the door remained motionless, as if it had been locked from the inside. "It's still locked up tightly. So, we have to do what we think of during the day."

Mrs. Juanzi muttered and led the little fat man to the back of the house.Pointing to the roof over there, he said: "Look! Isn't there a chimney in there? It's the chimney of the stove in the hall, and it hasn't been used for a long time, so there won't be much dust in it. It's just going to go through that chimney, I don't think it will be so difficult." Zhaoji, can you do it?" At this point, the truth becomes clear—the reason why Mrs. Juanzi spends money like a cramp to make delicious food for the little fat man is to use the little fat man here.Because Mr. Twilight has not come out since he got into this house last night.Mrs. Juanzi couldn't get in again, she was running around in a hurry.So she looked around and finally found a good place to enter the house - the chimney.But as a woman, I can't take this risk, but apart from this method, there is no other clever way to get into the house to find Mr. Drowsy.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Juanzi was "wisdom in a hurry", and suddenly thought of the little fat man.

Although everyone called him little fat man, his body was not fat, and he was as agile as a monkey, good at climbing trees.As long as you don't look at him, he will crawl somewhere.Mrs. Juanzi decided to use him because she saw these characteristics of him.That's why he spared no expense to prepare delicious food for the little fat man, praised him repeatedly to make him happy, and brought the little fat man here again at night.However, how did the little fat man know that Mrs. Juanzi was pregnant? When he heard that he was asked to climb the chimney, he stared in puzzlement and said:

"Well, that's nothing. But, Aunt, is there no other way to get in? Can't you get in through a window or something?" "No, no, all the windows are bolted from the inside, so we have to go in through the chimney. I told you during the day that the door key may still be hanging on the door. You should open the door first when you go in. If the key If it is taken away, just find a window and unplug it, and open the window. You...do you understand?" "Well, I see. That is to say, no matter what, we must find a way to let auntie in, right?" The little fat man stared at Mrs. Juanzi with wide eyes.

"Yes, yes, yes! Akiyoshi is so smart. Then, you can climb to the roof as soon as possible! Ah, don't forget this rope." The little fat man hung the rope Mrs. Juanzi had prepared for him on his shoulders, observed the surrounding situation, and then, with a light jump, grabbed the water slide under the eaves.Then, like a monkey, he climbed up. "Zhaoji, is it alright?" "It doesn't matter." This matter is nothing to the little fat man.Originally, water slides were enough, and the walls were covered with ivy branches, forming a lot of grips and tripods, which could be used by the light and fat little people.

Seeing that the little fat man has climbed onto the roof.The slope of the roof is very steep, and there is still a distance from the chimney. The little fat man carefully climbed to the bottom of the chimney... At this moment: "Ah!—" came the little fat man's cry. "Wh-what's the matter? Haoji, what's the matter?" Mrs. Juanzi asked in a low voice from below. "Well, it's nothing, the bottom of my foot slipped a bit!" The little fat man cleverly prevaricated at this moment.In fact, the scream he made involuntarily just now was not because the sole of his foot slipped.

He saw a thick rope tied to the chimney, and one end of the rope was hanging down inside the chimney.Judging from the new condition of the rope, someone may have gone into the chimney first.The little fat man's heart suddenly jumped. "Zhaoji, what's the matter? What are you dawdling about?" Mrs. Juanzi urged from below again. "Well, isn't it just about to go in now? The little fat man finally made up his mind, tied the rope he brought on the chimney again, then grabbed one end of the rope, and slid into the chimney. The hateful Mrs. Juanzi said that there is no dust in it, she is talking nonsense and deceiving!As soon as the little fat man got into the chimney, he was choked by the dust and almost suffocated to death.After struggling for a long time, he finally crawled out from the stove in the hall.Looking at the whole body, it turned out to be as black as a black man.

"Damn! This old woman is lying! It's almost suffocating! Bah, bah!" The little fat man took a few breaths and looked intently—it happened that the door of the hall was still open, and he could vaguely see a door leading to the door on the opposite side. "Zhaoji, Zhaoji! Have you gone in yet? If you do, open the door quickly!..." Hearing Mrs. Juanzi's shout, the little fat man ran to the door in a hurry: he saw that the key had really been inserted into the keyhole and hadn't moved.Just as he was about to turn the key, a hand suddenly reached out from the darkness and held his hand.

"..." Just as the little fat man was about to speak, he was so frightened that his tongue stuck to his upper gum and he couldn't speak, holding the key in his hand and trembling with fright. "Little fat man! It's me... I'm Shiro!" The little fat man heard whispers under his ears, and immediately recognized that it was the voice of Shi Lang he missed. "Ah! Shiro-kun!" Just as he was about to shout, Shi Lang covered his mouth suddenly. "Quiet! Don't talk, let's go over there and leave the door alone." "Why is that, Mr. Shi Lang! Auntie is still waiting outside!" Mrs. Juanzi knocked on the door angrily, muttering incessantly: "Zhaoji, what's the matter with you? Why don't you open the door? Don't you have a key? If you don't have a key, open the window according to the method I taught you just now. Oh, why don't you answer? I've eaten so much for you today. Stuff, you... have you forgotten? There are four hi rice, western food, buckwheat noodles, fried prawns, eel rice bowl... so many good things to eat... oh, you Zhaoji want to lie to eat and drink ?” Mrs. Juanzi's trembling voice almost made her cry. Shi Lang ignored her nagging, took the little fat man's hand and just walked inside.After walking for a long time, I couldn't hold back and burst out laughing. "Oh, little fat man, you really ate so many good things? Sixi rice, western food, buckwheat noodles, fried prawns, eel rice...how did you manage to eat it!" Shi Lang laughed and asked him with his eyes wide open.The little fat man smiled lightly and said: "Well, the old woman kept asking me to eat, so I ate it! You know, the old woman is a miser. She watched me eat, as if her heart ached. Hmph, the more she does that, the more I feel like He ate it all for fun." "Hahaha, the old lady gave you delicious food, just to use you as her detective tonight!" "Well, yes. I wanted to tell Shi Lang-kun about this, but the old lady wouldn't say anything. ... But, Shi Lang-kun, how did you come here?" Shi Lang briefly told the little fat man what happened last night. "I've been looking for you everywhere since the morning, but there was nowhere for you, so I had no choice but to sneak in alone. But, it's great, we can meet here... The next step is for the two of us to investigate this house." So, the two searched the inside of the bungalow, but found nothing suspicious.But judging from the fact that the key is still inserted in the door, Mr. Wan Wan should still be inside, but why is there no him anywhere? ... Shirou suddenly remembered the direction of the noise he heard last night. "Ah, . . . the basement! Fatty, do you see that? There's a step to the basement!" They came to the steps and took a look. It was a stone step, next to the kitchen, and the edges and corners of each step were almost rounded. Shi Lang said to the little fat man while holding the flashlight: "Little fat man, be careful! If there are any bad guys, they must be in this basement." With the help of the light from the flashlight, the two walked slowly down the steps. The air became more and more dull and darker as they went down.When I walked down the steps, I saw a relatively tidy room inside, not like a basement at all.On one side of the room hung a heavy curtain. While carefully preparing for the enemy's posture, Shi Lang approached the curtain, and he quietly opened it to see that there was a cave-like corridor connected to the other side of the curtain. "Little fat man, how about we go in and have a look?" "Ok." Just when the two of them walked in, they both yelled "ah" in surprise.It turned out that they saw a room with iron bars on one side of the corridor, just like a single cell in a prison.There are two beds, two washstands, and two chairs in the room. Shi Lang used a flashlight to take a picture of the two beds from outside the iron railing, and when he took a closer look, he jumped up in shock. "Shi...Shi Lang-jun, what...what's the matter?" Shi Lang didn't care about answering the little fat man's words, and rushed to the iron railing desperately. Fortunately, the door was not closed. Shi Lang broke into the railing like a madman, and suddenly grabbed a sailor uniform that was taken off the bed. "Little fat man, look! This... This is Miyoko's uniform!" Ah, so Miyoko was locked up here!Judging from the two beds laid out, it seems likely that Long Yan was also imprisoned here. "Little Fatty, it's too late, too late, if I could find out earlier..." Shirou stomped his feet regretfully.At this moment, the little fat man suddenly discovered something... "Shiro-kun, but it's a little strange, you touch this sailor uniform, it's still a little warm!" Shiro touched it in surprise, isn't it!The sailor uniform still had residual heat.Shiro immediately beamed with joy. "That's all right now. It looks like they won't get very far. But..." Shi Lang seemed to be thinking again, tilted his head and said: "It seems that there must be another exit from this basement. No one will go out of the isolated house we walked over just now..." Before Shirou could finish his sentence, the sound of a pistol suddenly came.It was the dull sound of two or three pistol shots echoing from wall to wall in the basement. When the two heard the sound, they quickly jumped out of the iron railing. "Little fat man, it must be the noise coming from the other side." "Well, it came from the cave." By the light of their flashlights, they walked down the cavernous corridor until they came to a wall that had been smashed.Looking forward through this broken wall, there is another dark cave extending forward. Got it, got it, it was this wall that Mr. Wan Wan knocked on last night.The wall may be activated by some device, and Mr. Stunning may not know where the device is.Judging from an iron pick thrown on the pile of bricks, it can be seen that when Mr. Faint came here, he encountered this wall and couldn't get through, so he knocked on the wall. There was a hole, so he dug the wall with a pickaxe. But what happened to Mr. Faint?Could it be that it was Mr. Wuhun who took Miyoko and Tatsuhiko out? "Shi Lang-kun, what should we do? Should we go into this cave and have a look?" "Well, I want to go in and see. The sound of the pistol is coming from the other side of the hole. This hole must lead somewhere, and there is an exit. But if you are afraid, fat man, you don't have to come with me." .” "What's scary, I'll go with you." The little fat man raised his shoulders and followed Shi Lang swaggeringly. This hole is narrower than the corridor just now, but it's okay for an adult to walk through it standing up.It's just that the ground has not been repaired after excavation, and it is still very wet, with water leaks everywhere and puddles everywhere. The traces of leather shoes are clearly printed on the wet ground, which is probably the footprint of Mr. Dizzy.In addition, there are footprints of two children, which may belong to Miyoko and Tatsuhiko.Taking a closer look, these two footprints were left after Mr. Faint's shoe prints.So, the two of them have already escaped?Or was it that someone else took the two of them away besides Mr. Wan Wan? ... "what--" Suddenly, the little fat man uttered a cry of surprise, and stood still in a daze. "What... what's the matter? Little fat man!" "Shi Lang-kun, look at those footprints!" Shi Lang shone with the flashlight in the direction the little fatty's trembling hand pointed, and couldn't help but turn pale with fright. Side by side with the footprints of Miyoko and Tatsuhiko, there is another creepy footprint - the footprint of a gorilla with long claws, the one I saw on the ancient Liuzhuang on Baron Island,... oops!Who else but Monster King and Gorilla Baron could have such footprints? "Little Fatty, it seems that the one who took Miyoko and Tatsuhiko out is still Baron Gorilla." "That's right, Shi Lang-kun, you can see that the footprints are still very new, which means that Baron Gorilla has just passed by not long ago." "Come on, let's hurry up!" When the two speeded up to chase down, there was another bang, bang pistol sound from over there. "Little fat man, maybe the police officers have arrived too." "Well, maybe. Baron Gorilla may have been captured." The two of them immediately became more courageous, and their pace quickened accordingly.When they ran about 200 meters in the tunnel, they had reached the end and could not go any further, but upon closer inspection, there was also a worn stone step at the end, and there was still a little bit of light coming from the stone step. The photo above came in.Estimates may have reached the exit. Shi Lang and the little fat man climbed up the steps recklessly, and suddenly retreated with a sound of "oops". There seemed to be someone falling down in the middle of the stairs.Shi Lang frightenedly took a look with the flashlight, and it turned out to be Mr. Muchang Wanwan.He may have been strangled, leaving a large paw print on his throat.Looking at his feet, there are still two or three gems that shine like stars. Shi Lang and the little fat man were stunned and didn't say a word for a long time.Just then, there was another gunshot.So the two desperately ran out of the cave, only to hear—— "Who?!" A stern interrogation sounded. "Oh, isn't that voice Usami-san?" "Oh! What? It's Shi Lang-kun and Little Fatty! How did you two get out of here? Why did you make it like this? Look, it's as black as a black man!" Shiro and Fatty stayed in the dark all the time, and they didn't realize that they had turned into black.Looking at each other in the bright spot now, both of them couldn't help laughing. "Hey, little fat man! Look at your face... only the eyeballs are shining, it's exactly like a black kid." "Are you still talking about me? Mr. Shi Lang, look at you, don't you look like a pitch-black black man!" Since the little fat man hadn't seen Kyosuke for many days, now that he saw him, he seemed very excited and happy. "Hahaha! Both of you are laughing because you can't see your own face. But, Shirou-kun, how did you escape from such a place?" Shiro recounted the events from last night.After hearing this, Gong Zhu was also deeply moved and said: "Shi Lang-jun, little fat man, I really admire the bravery of the two of you. However, it's good for you to come a step late. If you go down to the basement a little earlier and meet the gorilla baron, what will happen... But It’s unimaginable.” "Hey! What's the matter with Gorilla Baron? What the hell is this place?" "Little fat man, this is inside the church. It seems that Baron Gu Liu always wants to build a church next to the house where he is hiding, and build a tunnel between the house where he lives and the church. Today I received Shi Lang-kun's note made it clear of Baron Gorilla's trick, so I came here with my husband, the police department and others this evening to monitor the church. Later, Baron Gorilla came and disappeared in the church , we immediately followed and ran in, but we didn’t find the baron, there must be a hole leading to somewhere. We don’t know where the hole is, so we had to lie in ambush inside the church..." "Has the gorilla come out yet?" "Well, it's out. He's holding Miyoko and Tatsuhiko under his arms..." "Then what happened? Usami-san, did you capture Baron Gorilla?" "However, it didn't go smoothly. Unexpectedly, that squinting-eyed Leech and that man who looked like a Hercules in the circus also followed us at some point to watch the whistle. When we were about to catch the giant When the Gorilla Baron, those two guys suddenly go bang bang bang..." "Brother Usami, so you let the gorilla Baron run away again?" Shiro asked in a very regretful tone. "No, it can't be said that he has run away. He is surrounded by everyone. Come here, Shiro and Fatty!" The place the three of them were in was a small room with a width of only six square meters and a very low ceiling. There was a very narrow ladder in the corner of the room, and they went up along the ladder. There was a hole in the ceiling through which they went out. , is outside.After Shi Lang and the little fat man climbed out, they couldn't help being stunned—— Unexpectedly, it was on the altar of the church, and the place where the three climbed out was the shrine dedicated to the Virgin.After they all climbed out, Gongzhu fiddled with the arabesques on a large column standing next to him. Seeing the Virgin who had been standing quietly all this time, she slowly slid into the shrine, completely covering the hole they had just come out of. die. "Well, the design is really clever enough!" Just when the little fat man was feeling very novel, there was another pistol shot, followed by the howl of "Wow". "Shi Lang-jun, little fat man, listen up!" The three rushed out of the church together, at this moment, Shi Lang and the little fat man broke out in a cold sweat from fright. On the roof of the church bell tower, a man suddenly stood up. Isn't that the Baron Gorilla? !Under his left and right flanks, Miyoko and Long Yan were still on the verge of death.The police officers who climbed up surrounded the clock tower tightly, and they could still see the Waitori Police Department and Dr. Oyamada.The police department kept leaning out from the bell tower and firing into the air.But it wasn't aiming at the Gorilla Baron, it was just scaring him. Baron the Monster laughed, baring his creaking teeth, every time he heard a gunshot, and shouted viciously: "Hey, Koyamada, do you want to shoot me? Go ahead! I'll fall somersaulting. But I'm not alone. Your child Miyoko will fall too, Dragon Hiko is going to fall too. I think you, Oyamada, should understand the consequences of falling from here." What a malevolent and terrible baron's voice, it was impossible to distinguish whether it was a gorilla or a human roar!The police officers surrounding the church stomped their feet angrily, but as their opponents mocked, they were helpless. Shiro also gritted his teeth angrily, turned around and asked Kyousuke again: "But... Brother Usami, what happened to that squint-eyed Hiruchi and that strong man?" "Those two guys, when everyone was attracted by the Gorilla Baron, they slipped away. In short, we are unfamiliar with people here, and there are irrigation canals everywhere, they may have slipped away by using these channels .” At this time, the gorilla baron uttered another eerie cry—— "Hey, how about it? Let me go, or insist on catching me regardless of the child's life or death?" Dr. Koyamada was really furious.If Baron Gorilla is let go here, the world will accuse me, Oyamada, of letting go of the big villain everyone hates for his own child.But it's not just Miyoko who is in danger now, but Tatsuhiko is also suffering the same fate. "Wait, Mr. Li!" When Dr. Oyamada was about to say something, the Waiting Force Police Department seemed to have sensed his mood, so Dr. Comfort said: "Sir, don't worry about it, leave everything to me." The police department leaned out from the clock tower and shouted: "Hey, Gu Liu!" "What do you say? The police department." "You are a man too! If I let you go now, of course you will return the two children to me?" Gorilla Baron grinned and said: "Ha, ha, ha, I finally gave in! Okay, I promise you. As long as you let me go, I will definitely return the child to you. However, you must keep your word!" "We keep what we say, and we will never lie to you. Then, you hand over the child!" "How can there be such a cheap thing. If I give the child to you first, then I can bear it? Wait, I will find a way. " Gorilla Baron fiddled around for a while, calling out cunningly: "Look, how does it look like this? Hahaha, it's made into a 'human' pendulum!" Then burst into laughter. With this burst of laughter.The people below looked up and couldn't help but "ah—" sweating. Miyoko and Tatsuhiko were tied at both ends of a rope and hung from the lightning rod of the clock tower.Seeing this cruel practice, Shiro gritted his teeth and was furious.Fortunately, both of them have passed out, otherwise they would be frightened into a mental disorder, or even be frightened to death. Baron Gorilla clapped his hands and laughed wildly, shouting: "Okay! The child has been dealt with. Wait for the police department, this time it's up to you. You give the order, and withdraw all the police officers who are ambushing behind the church to the front!" Because it was an agreement, the Waiting Force Police Department had no choice but to issue an order.The police officers who were ambushing behind the church retreated to the front one after another. "Okay. Then, Dr. Oyamada, wait for the police department, we will meet later!" The Gorilla Baron flapped his hideous black cloak and swished from the top of the bell tower to the roof of the church.Then he walked quickly on the roof tiles.Seeing his dexterity in walking like flying, he is exactly like a monkey.He had taken off his boots beforehand for the sake of quickness. In a blink of an eye he was round the roof to the back of the church, flapped his cloak like a bat, and swished down again.There is an irrigation canal behind the church, and a motorboat is not known when it is parked there.The place where the Gorilla Baron jumped was the inside of this motorboat. bang, bang, bang— This was the sound of pistols fired by the police department and police officers who had just climbed down the clock tower, but it was already a step too late. The motorboat had already sailed out of the irrigation canal into the Arakawa spillway, and then headed towards Tokyo Bay. The one who steered the wheel of the motorboat was Otoko Otomaru. In a blink of an eye, the motorboat disappeared into the night mist.