Vodka: "..." That had been far too close. Uzo's traps really were everywhere.
As he reflected on whether he had given anything away, he decided to leak information a little more smoothly.
Gradually, the group arrived before a short waterfall.
This small waterfall was only about a person's height and connected to flowing water outside. A severed Stone Pillar stood in front of it, with something like a stone egg placed atop it.
Vodka glanced at the worthless stone and swept his flashlight elsewhere.
As the beam stretched onward, the surrounding space seemed to widen with it. Following the light, the children discovered five branching paths lined up diagonally behind the stone egg.
Vodka was just about to make up an excuse to lead them down the correct path when Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko suddenly noticed something.
He shone his flashlight on the pillar beneath the stone egg and said excitedly, "There are words on it! I knew it—with so many forks in the road, there had to be some kind of hint."
Vodka froze, a bad feeling suddenly rising in his heart.
The next moment, elementary school student No. 2 read aloud the words written there: "'Wanderer lingering in the darkness, swiftly tread the Path of the Divine Dragon, and Heaven shall surely grant you light and blessings'... Path of the Divine Dragon? Could this be the correct exit?"
"It looks like what was written on that wooden sign at the cave entrance!" Yoshida Ayumi could not read Chinese characters, but she had a good memory and remembered what had happened when they entered the cave. She looked expectantly at Vodka. "Mister, could this be a clue left behind by people before us? You're Brother Jiang Xia's fan, so you must be great at solving riddles!"
Vodka: "..."
He had been