Chapter 337 Race against time
Chapter 343: Race Against Time

"Ayumi, calm down first." I ran as fast as I could while comforting Ayumi who was about to cry. In fact, I was more anxious than she was, but in order to work efficiently, I had to calm my mind. "Tell me your location, I'll be there soon. Also, try to avoid the criminals as much as possible. You must persevere!"

"I... We are here." Ayumi lowered her trembling voice, "After leaving the camp, we picked up firewood not far away, and then we saw a stalactite cave. Then we came in to explore, but found several armed prisoners carrying corpses... They found us, Conan and Xiaoai were shot. Xiaoxun, what should we do?"

"How are they injured? Can't they speak?" I asked hurriedly.

"Yes, it's possible..." Ayumi said a little worriedly. "It's just that... they lost a lot of blood. Ai has already fainted once, and now she has just regained consciousness."

"..." After hearing what Ayumi said, my heart sank to the bottom. The injuries that could cause Shiho to fall into a coma must have damaged her internal organs. "Can she... still speak?"

"...Ah, at least... we can still communicate." Soon, Shiho's voice reached my ears. But the weakness of the voice made me tremble involuntarily.

"Shi...Ai, are you okay?"

"Hoo...Hoo...a gunshot wound through the right abdomen. It's very likely that the kidney has been injured...it hurts a lot...Conan is also...not in good condition." Shiho said reluctantly, despite the pain. "About 800 meters east of the camp, 50 meters to the left, there is a stalactite cave...We...have already run inside, and three armed prisoners are guarding the entrance. Now...we are barely hiding. The cave is very deep, and we have walked no less than 200 meters."

"Okay, I'll be there soon! Be careful, pass it to Ayumi, you have a good rest." After getting the most accurate information, I couldn't help but speed up my pace again. "Ayumi, don't worry, I will be there in ten minutes at most. Before that, try not to stop. There is definitely more than one way in the stalactite cave. If Conan is still awake, let him help you. If he is unconscious... then you just pay attention to the sound of the wind. Go to the windy side."

"I...I understand." Ayumi replied in a low voice.

"Genta, please carry Conan on your back, and try not to shake him as much as possible. Mitsuhiko, I'll leave Ai in your care."

"Okay, we will try our best." Yuantai's voice rang in his ears.

"Don't worry, before I fall, I will never let Haibara-san get hurt again!" Mitsuhiko's voice was unusually firm.

"Please, keep the badge on so I can always hear your voices." I simply told the kids, pinned the badge on my chest, and ran as fast as I could. I was so anxious that I even wanted to pull the car out, but the forest was too dense and driving was not as fast as running.

I shook off all the distracting thoughts in my mind and ran towards the location that Shiho had pointed out to me. After about seven or eight minutes, I found my destination. When I got here, I lowered my body first and began to look around. At the same time, I held the pointed kitchen knife in my hand. I also picked up the loaded gun with my other hand. When I arrived at the entrance of the stalactite cave, an old wooden sign caught my eye.

"No entry?" I raised my eyebrows. "If there is a sign here, with Shiho's personality, he will definitely not let the children in so easily." Thinking this in my mind, I looked around again and found that there was a stone-carved text board next to the wooden sign.

[Go forward on the auspicious dragon road! Then the heavens will surely bless you.] Below this sentence, there is a hiragana word "と" engraved in relief. I guess this is the reason why the children entered this stalactite cave.

"God damn Guangyao, if anything goes wrong with Shiho, I'll blow up your fucking hole!" I cursed at the entrance of the cave and rushed into the cave with a gun. No matter who the enemy is, today, I will make him stay here forever!

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

I broke into the cave and ran inside quickly. I didn't see anyone at the door just now, so I thought the criminals must have chased the children. So without hesitation, I moved quickly with my gun in hand, and at the same time looked around to see if I could see any clues.

Soon, I came to the first corner of the stalactite cave, where I saw a large pool of blood. If nothing unexpected happened, this was where Shiho and Conan were injured. I looked carefully at the footprints and saw several children's footprints standing in a staggered manner, some forward and some backward. No doubt, it must be the children's recklessness that attracted the attention of the armed criminal, which led to the prisoner firing the gun.

"It has been ten minutes since I contacted Ayumi. If the internal organs are not injured, the golden rescue time for a penetrating wound is one hour. If the internal organs are injured... fifteen minutes is the limit. We must hurry up, faster!" Just thinking about it, I raised my gun and fired two shots at the top of the cave. The loud gunshots were endless and kept circling in the cave. It is the best way to attract the enemy's attention in this way, but the disadvantage of doing so is that it exposes the fact that I have weapons, although the children don't know the situation. But the enemy will definitely take precautions. But if I just used shouting to attract the enemy's attention, if the enemy comes over and the children are also attracted, it will be really bad. I can't take this risk. Even if I face an enemy who is well prepared, I can't let the children have any risks.

"Who fired the gun!" A rude voice shouted not far from me, and ran towards me quickly. I lowered my body to distinguish the footsteps, and then turned the corner. The gun in my hand disappeared instantly after pressing on the necklace, and the sharp kitchen knife was held in my hand. The moment the enemy met me, I jumped up and stabbed the sharp knife directly into the enemy's heart. He was a middle-aged uncle with a mushroom head wearing a green suit. Perhaps the gunshot made him feel threatened. At the moment I jumped up, he did not resist at all, and let me smoothly send the knife into his heart.

After the attack, before the man could react, I disarmed him. Holding the inferior gun in one hand, I clamped the man's throat with the other hand, making it difficult for him to even scream. This series of actions happened in a flash. Within a minute, the man died in my hand. During this time, his companions did not come, either because they were too far away, or... They began to fear the two gunshots just now.

After I killed one of them, I continued to move forward into the cave. Shiho said there were three of them, so the remaining two were no longer a threat to me. I walked quickly inside, carefully listening to the source of the sound to avoid an ambush in the dark cave.

"I should have put a set of night vision equipment in the necklace earlier." I frowned and thought. "Not only equipment, but also other things that may or may not be used, it is necessary to prepare them well."

Da da...

As I was thinking, I heard a faint sound near my ears. It was the vibration of stones. Enemy!
I stepped back and hid behind a protruding rock. After a long, deep breath, I closed my eyes and used my listening skills to the extreme. Soon, two heavy gasps and a violent heartbeat came into my ears.

"Is there really an ambush here?" I opened my eyes, and the pair of lavender pupils suddenly flashed a cold light in the darkness. I reached out and took out a stun grenade, and threw it towards the pile of rocks not far away.

Bang!
The short explosion of the stun grenade made me feel like my heart was hit hard even though I was far away. After all, it was a narrow cave. It was really powerful.

“Wow…”

"Forehead!"

At the center of the explosion, two people groaned in pain. It was hard for them not to faint from such a close explosion.

Bang bang bang bang bang! ! !
What is the reaction when you are dizzy in front of the enemy? Fear. And what does fear lead to? Self-defense. Yes, the two gangsters who have never experienced the test of life and death also pulled the trigger of the pistol and fired randomly while dizzy, but it's a pity that such an action is meaningless. Instead, it will quickly use up the bullets in their guns.

At the moment when the gunfire stopped, I seized the opportunity and ran over. At the same time, I fired the bullets from the gun I had just seized towards the source of the gunfire. After seven shots, the bullets were exhausted. The two gangsters also fell in a pool of blood. This crisis was successfully resolved.

"Ai! Conan! Where are you!" I shouted as I continued to run forward, while burying time bombs near the bodies of the criminals.

After running forward for about half a minute, I found the flashlight watches that children often wear in a tunnel between two tunnels.

"The strap is fastened tightly, the flashlight is on, is it the opposite direction?" I analyzed. "No, Conan will not make such a mistake. It is this way. This is a false impression for the criminal." After saying that, I continued to run towards this road. I shouted while running. At the same time, I turned on the flashlight and shone it everywhere to tell the children that I was here.

"...Xiaoxun? It's Xiaoxun!" At the end of the intersection, Ayumi weakly poked her head out. When she saw me coming, the tears she had been holding back suddenly flowed out. "Xiaoxun, are you here to save us?"

"Ah, where are Conan and the others?" "Over there." Ayumi pointed hurriedly.

Running quickly to the end of the road, I saw two people almost unconscious on the backs of Genta and Mitsuhiko.

"Shiho... Xiaoai, how are you?" Shiho was not in a good condition at this time. Her pupils were a little dilated and her breathing was very rapid. Bright red blood slowly flowed down her lower abdomen, dyeing her rose-red dress dark red.

"Hu...Hu..." Shiho could no longer speak, which showed how much pain she was in at the moment.

"Conan, Conan!" I patted Conan who had fallen into a coma, but he didn't give me any response.

"It's too late. We need emergency treatment as soon as possible." As I spoke, I had already torn Conan's clothes off. "You guys, find an exit. Quickly!"

"Oh. Oh!" Although the three children didn't understand what was going on, they didn't have time to ask more questions because the situation was urgent. They ran out. There were four passages at the end where they were. Only one was the right one. The remaining three were definitely dead ends. There were no traps or mechanisms here. Letting them find a way out was the best way to get them out.

Seeing the children leave, I hurriedly pulled out adrenaline and anesthetic from my necklace and gave Conan and Shiho two shots each. Then I quickly bandaged their wounds with gauze. This is the most urgent treatment method. Because of the penetrating wound, I don't know whether their internal organs are injured. At this time, using hemostatics may not be the best treatment method. It is better to use physical methods to save them first. As long as the hospital still has a conscience, they can be relieved of life danger by giving them blood transfusions and suturing their wounds in time.

"Xun... I found it. It's on the opposite road!" Mitsuhiko ran back quickly. Hearing the voice, the other two children also ran back.

"Okay, Genta, carry Conan on your back and let's leave here quickly." As I spoke, I had already held Shiho, who had just received the treatment, in my arms.

"But, Xiaoxun, those bank robbers..." Ayumi said worriedly.

"It's okay. They were fighting when I came in. All three of them were shot." I made up a lie. "Maybe they were dissatisfied with the division of the spoils or they became greedy. So I was able to sneak in."

"Is that so?" The children quickly believed my lies. "Well, should we call the police?"

"No need. Our priority now is to send Conan and the others to the hospital. There is no time to waste!" I quickly ran out of this terrifying stalactite cave with the children. When we came out, the sky was still bright. After all, the whole process took less than half an hour. (Let me complain here. Conan was shot in the cave during the day and came out at night. How good was the criminal's shooting to penetrate his body without damaging all his internal organs. He was left to linger for a day before being sent to emergency treatment. Is the blood in Conan's body a reservoir?)
"Come out from here, take that road and go south, and you will find the doctor. Conan and Huibara are not able to move around right now, so I'll take care of them here, and you guys go find the doctor!"

"But...but." Yuan Tai wanted to say something, but I yelled back at him.

"No buts! Go!" I said angrily. "Why did they get hurt? You must reflect on this when you go back!"

"I...I...I'm sorry." Yuantai felt aggrieved instantly after I yelled at him.

"Okay, now the most urgent thing is to send them to the hospital as soon as possible." I suppressed my anger. "Yuanta, help me send Conan and the others to that road, and then you guys go find the doctor as soon as possible, we can't afford to delay now."

"Yes." The children nodded, and after helping me carry Conan to the road, they ran quickly towards the south. After sending the children away again, I pulled the car out of the necklace, helped Shiho and Conan get on, and then stepped on the accelerator and drove quickly towards Rice Flower City.

"Hello, Doctor, it's me." I called the Doctor in the car. "Shiho and Kudo are both injured. I'm taking them directly to the hospital. The children have already gone in your direction."

"Okay, I understand. I'll take care of things later. By the way...those criminals..."

"Saving people is important, so I didn't hold back." I said coldly. "The children don't know about this. I planted a bomb in that hole. When you left a certain distance, you notified me and I destroyed the body. You didn't call the police, did you?"

"Not yet." The doctor's tone was a little stiff.

"Then let's just leave this matter alone. After we blow up the cave, the police will naturally come."

"Okay, then be careful. Remember to keep me safe."

"Ah, I'll tell you as soon as we get to the hospital. I'm sorry to bother you with hiding this from the children."

"Yeah. I understand."

"Ah, please, Doctor." After saying that, I hung up the phone, but quickly called another person.

"...Moshimoshi. Brother Bing?"

"Mary, prepare for surgery immediately. Shiho is injured. I'll be there in fifteen minutes. Have other doctors prepare for another surgery. Two people in total, gunshot wounds in the abdomen. Both have type A blood."

"Eh?! Yes!" Mary was slightly startled by the sudden order, but then she returned to normal. "I'll get it ready right away."

After hanging up the phone again, I focused all my energy on the road. I stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. At a speed of nearly 220, the car seemed to turn into a red lightning and sped towards the city.

Ps:

Shiho: Kaoru... Can I have surgery without anesthesia?

Kaoru: That hurts... You...

Shiho: It’s okay. . . I . . want to watch the World Cup final.

Xun: ... I'm going to move the TV.

Author: After coding, I’m going to watch the World Cup final!
(End of this chapter)