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“Looks liketime—probably from the war years,” Sam said

“The ers?” Lazlo asked

“Doubt it,” Sa to Nauru’s account And I don’t think the Japanese would have found much use for slave labor that couldn’t walk because of broken legs Nothis is so different”

“Maybe this is where the victims of the medical experimentations wound up?” Remi said softly

“That ht, the sheer number of dead difficult to comprehend He moved around

the edge of the pit to where the cave continued deeper and lit the connecting passage After several moments, he turned back to them

“The ceiling drops to next to nothing and it gets iht be another cavern on the other side, but if there is, we aren’t getting in through here”

“If we can’t get through, neither could the Japanese Whatever horror this is, it doesn’t have anything to do with the treasure,” Remi said

“No, I don’t think it does,” Sareed “But it does create several more mysteries”

“Ones we need to get to the bottom of,” Remi whispered

“Agreed,” said Sarave

Lazlo glanced at Sam “I understand the war dead, at least intellectually But the children are ht, and then continued, his words quiet “I wonder if there’s any truth to the stories of the giants Didn’t you say that the legends have the them?”

Reiants Come on”

“Right Of course But what I’ is that perhaps the stories are based on some sort of fact That perhaps there’s an element of truth to the soldiers from the ho never surrendered, ent mad and becahter was still going years after the war had ended because nobody ever told him it ended”

Rehties or nineties You really think that’s realistic?”