He’d still been walking in the direction that seemed to be the right way to go - stopping only at the suggestion, as though experiencing some sort of revelation.
❝A sign would be a good idea… ❞ And probably made the most sense. Traveling blindly obviously didn’t work out the first time, and doing it again would only make them more lost. There’s a brief crease of annoyance ( toward himself ) in his brow, wondering why he hadn’t thought of that to be begin with. ❝Only thing that’d take a while is findin’ it… the place is pretty huge.❞
Decently sized, in truth - but it’s his ( unspoken ) fear that makes it much bigger in reality. The graves themselves looked disturbed, as though robbers had gone through to uncover them in the past. The majority were chipped, and visibly mismanaged.
A closer looked showed that most didn’t even have names on them, either - just numbers ( written as hardly discernable tally marks ). There was the occasional gravestone listed with a legible date, but that was rare in itself. Something in the back of his mind was telling him that this wasn’t exactly a typical burial ground…
Heiji walked even further in, just to be sure - periodically swallowing his unease and making careful note of their surroundings. Only on the outskirts of the cemetery did he finally discover something notable - a large block of aged stone, different from all the others. The majority of the original text, however, had been defaced - the surviving character「園」still etched in stone…. except—!
❝…Hang on…I think there’s somethin’ else…❞
「 “ Maybe... ” the detective of east says in response, not denying the possibility ; searching for a sign could take a considerable amount of time, especially when neither of them are familiar with this remote rural area ( it’s also much easier to get lost in darkness ). Still, Shinichi opts for a slight, but encouraging smile, trying to assure the other somehow. “ But regardless of the time it’ll take, once we do find it, we’ll be steps closer to find our way again. ”
The cemetery looks to be of decent size, large but manageable, from what he could tell ( though, odds are that he could be wrong in his assumption ).
Through the entire search, Shinichi makes sure there’s not a too long distance between them, using his wristwatch to light up the path for them both. Occasionally, he would cast some light on the tombstones, getting a closer glimpse of them ( most are pretty worn down, which is... sad, but happens unfortunately, if there’s no one to take care of the place ).
It’s a curious thing, though, how the headstones have numbers engraved instead of names.
‘ Not a normal cemetery... ’ that much is clear ; there could be a few or more reasons a numeric system is used, anonymity being one of them and the most likely ( but the real question here should be more... why ? ).
“ – ? ” It takes just a second, but when Hattori’s voice reaches his ears, Shinichi finds himself brought out of his own thoughts. Having mulled over the unusualness of the gravestones, and thus paid less attention on their surroundings, he hadn’t spotted the large stone block, until the other made him aware of it.
“ What is it ? ” Focused on the other’s findings, he moves closer to stand next to Hattori, the flashlight of his watch directed on the stone tab and its engraved ( but badly crumbled ) writings. 」
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