Chapter 797: Shark Man Seems to Be Reporting

"This calculator looks relatively clean, with no dust in the cracks. There is some dust on the outer shell, but it must be newly applied. There is no need for the robbers to hide such things. This may be a signal left by the hijacked sniper."

Conan nodded, pointed to the ground next to him, and added: "There are traces of friction here. Maybe the hostage pretended to fall and took advantage of the chaos to stuff the calculator into the cracks between the bricks."

Jiang Xia had the consciousness of being a good detective. He raised his cell phone and took a few photos as evidence.

Although they still destroyed the scene, it's better than the other detectives...

Jiang Xia put away his phone, as if he suddenly remembered something, and asked Conan, who had seen the situation on the rooftop, "What does the kidnapped person look like?"

Conan thought for a moment: "It's a bit backlit, so I can't see his exact appearance... He's about 20 or 30 years old, still looks very young. Spiky hair, tall."

"I see..." Jiang Xia also thought about it like him, "Come with me to find the police first and ask them about the situation - this may be related to the missing case I just encountered."

"…A missing person case?"

…

There are not many useful clues in the abandoned building for now.

The two fake children then followed Jiang Xia back to the city and came to Masu O Eri's house.

——The police are still collecting traces here, trying to find the whereabouts of the missing person.

“…That’s how it is.”

Jiang Xia repeated to Sato Miwako what he had just heard from the children:

“Since she disappeared while preparing for her honeymoon, and no one called the police before today, it means that the newlywed husband is likely related to this disappearance—either an accomplice of the kidnappers or a victim.

"It now appears that the latter is the case."

Conan was looking at the photo frame nearby.

After watching for a while, he nodded and agreed with Jiang Xia: "Although I was far away at the time and couldn't see clearly, judging from his figure and general outline, the sniper being held hostage should be this person."

"Yes, we have verified the identity of the new husband."

Inspector Megure jumped out from nowhere and looked at his brothers with a serious expression:

"His name is Yamabe Koichi, a colleague of ours from Investigation Section 4. He used to be an Olympic shooting athlete, but after retiring he switched to being a police officer... This matches exactly what you saw. If this is the case, then those men in black must be planning some huge conspiracy!"

As he spoke, he patted the two children's heads and said, "You have done a great job." Jiang Xia is really good at taking care of children... The only question is, have these two children also been infected with the incident constitution? This doesn't seem to be the first time...

Inspector Megure is a little worried about the future of society.

But on second thought, there are more urgent things to worry about than this.

——The men in black kidnapped Yamabe Koichi and his wife at the same time, and pointed a gun at Yamabe Koichi to take him to practice sniping. This is probably because the kidnappers used Masu O Eri as a hostage and threatened Yamabe Koichi to shoot a certain assassination target according to their requirements.

This was undoubtedly a murder waiting to happen.

Moreover, sniping was deliberately used as a method, and the target might be some important figures.

The most worrying thing is that even if they know the other party's conspiracy, they have no clue now.

Thinking of this, Inspector Megure looked at Jiang Xia and the calculator he brought back with anticipation. This might be the clue left by Yamabe Koichi: "Did you see anything?"

Jiang Xia glanced at the calendar and found that the assassination was still some time away.

I thought about the number of robbers, the fluffy feel of their knocks, and the people who might be involved in this case.

Jiang Xia didn't fast forward this time. Instead, he showed a thoughtful look and shook his head:

"This string of numbers could be referring to the scheduled sniping location, the date of the attack, or the place where the couple is currently imprisoned... There is no space between the numbers, and there are too many combinations when they are separated. Several commonly used cracking methods are not applicable. It may be a code that Mr. Yamabe came up with on a whim. In this case, it is better to start from another angle - since it is a practice, the terrain of the shooting location is likely to be similar to the 'S'-shaped river and the building."

"Could it be this?" Next to her, Huihara Ai listened quietly to Jiang Xia's "reasoning" while taking out her mobile phone and opening the map.

At a quick glance, I found that there really was such an "S"-shaped road, and it was right on National Highway 162 - the last few digits of the code "3135134162" on the calculator were exactly "162".

Conan was also looking at the map and shook his head. "Since it's a hostage sniper attack, the sniper shouldn't be held too far away from the official shooting point. The location you pointed to is almost in Kyoto. It's more likely to be a main local road... maybe County Road 162? There's an 'S' on it, too."

Inspector Megure heard the reasoning with his sharp ears, and waved his hand skillfully, commanding his subordinates: "Go to this position and check it out. Be careful to hide and don't expose yourself!"

Except for a few people who continued to collect evidence at Zengwei's house, and some people who went to the building to collect evidence secretly.

Other police officers got into the police cars and prepared to go and observe.

Conan also jumped into the car.

"You guys go ahead. I want to go somewhere else." Jiang Xia seemed to be thinking about something. He didn't go with them, but walked in another direction. "I always feel like something is not right..."

He said the usual detective Riddler lines and put on his helmet.

Before anyone else could react, he disappeared around the corner and headed straight for the parking lot, ready to act like a normal lone detective.

…

On the way, Conan gradually discovered something was wrong.

——Many roads that appear to be straight on the map are actually S-shaped when you walk on them. And they are much more consistent with the shape of the river used for practice than the "S" marked on the map.

The police also noticed the problem and were a bit confused - what should they do? Should they keep searching along the road?

...Before the code is cracked, it seems that this is the only way. Take your time. After all, it is a human life. There is no need to worry about it.

…

The other side.

Jiang Xia found a corner to park the car, took out his cell phone, dialed Gin's number and called.

In my impression, this assassination, although a bit crude, was not worthy of being presented to the public, but it was indeed related to a person of some importance.

Thinking of the organization's extensive and messy network of relationships, Jiang Xia felt that when facing such people, he should perhaps have some awareness of being an organizational cadre.

...For example, make a phone call before the incident, so as to avoid the case being related to the plan of some organization, and then take the blame.

(End of this chapter)