The middle-aged man calmly said, "The flashlight beam was swinging around too wildly just now. Even if it paused on our faces briefly, they probably won't remember what we look like. As long as we aren't caught on the spot, we'll have plenty of time to leave!"
After a brief bout of chaos, the three finally reached a consensus.
With unprecedented unity, they looked at one another, nodded heavily, then turned on their flashlights and began searching into the darkness ahead.
"What do we do?"
Deep in the Limestone Cave, the three children huddled together, trembling. "The exit seems to be on their side. Are we going to be trapped in here?"
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko took a deep breath and tried to calm himself like a Detective. "Don't panic. Let's contact Brother Jiang Xia first."
As he spoke, he steadily took out his phone.
...Then he fell silent as he stared at the empty signal indicator in the upper-right corner.
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko: "..."
Why was there no signal at such a crucial moment?!
Yoshida Ayumi and Kojima Genta saw his expression and vaguely sensed something was wrong. "...What is it?"
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko imitated the way adults thought. "How about... writing a Last Will and Testament? Or we could use blood to write down who the murderer is first? Right! We need to make it into a code, or if the murderer realizes we're identifying him, he'll erase the clue, and then we'll have died for nothing!"
Kojima Genta looked like he was about to cry. "I-I can't make up a code."
Yoshida Ayumi pursed her lips as tears began filling her large eyes. "I don't want to die yet."
Kojima Genta scratched his head. "How about this? I'll go back and tell those guys that we didn't see their faces