We can't let him kill anyone!
As Yoruichi Toyama asked, she reached out and grabbed the edge of the box.
"Is there anything you can't say? Is there anything contraband in your suitcase?"
I asked several questions, but the other person didn't answer.
An ordinary person would have yelled at them, "What are you doing?"
Therefore, the other party must be up to something.
Yoruichi Toyama stared intently at the paper mask.
The mask was expressionless, but the light in its eyes seemed to carry a malicious smile.
"You really love to meddle in other people's business—my dear son."
"What...Gao Yuan!"
As if in response to Yoruichi Toyama's call, the person opposite gently waved their hand with a "thump".
After a puff of smoke, red petals fluttered down.
The figure wearing a sky-blue haori vanished without a trace.
Yoruichi Toyama hurriedly turned around in place, but all she could see when she looked around were bustling crowds.
Many of them were cosplay participants, hence the blue haori they wore.
Where else can we find that magician?
...
"Mr. Toyama, oh no!" Miyuki rushed back and saw Yoruichi Toyama and Akemi squatting next to the already opened box, carefully taking out the sleeping girl inside.
"Huh? Ersan... what are you doing here?"
Yoruichi Toyama did a quick check and confirmed that Nimi was only under anesthesia before straightening up.
"What happened, Miyuki? Where's Kindaichi?"
"Yes, that's how it is..." Miyuki gasped for breath before she could continue.
She and Kindaichi waited for someone at the restroom entrance, but no one appeared for a long time, so Miyuki went inside to look for them.
At the same time, a person dressed in Shinsengumi uniform and wearing a paper mask brushed past Kindaichi.
"You're also carrying a box?" Yoruichi Toyama couldn't help but ask.
Miyuki nodded vigorously, pointing to the box on the ground.
"Okay, it seems to be this big of a box..."
In the restroom, Miyuki only saw the elementary school student who had said she had a stomachache. She burst into tears and said that Okita Souji had taken her away.
"Okita Souji?"
“It was the man who took Nimi away who told her that,” Miyuki replied. “That man was wearing a mask and claimed to be Okita Souji.”
"What about Ai?"
“They must have caught up with her…” Miyuki said hesitantly, “but Hajime-chan didn’t see her outside either.”
Realizing that the man he had just seen was the kidnapper, Kaneda gave chase at full speed, only to be met with the exhaust fumes of the speeding car.
During the exchange of information, Kindaichi also returned dejectedly to join them.
"I've already called Uncle Kenmochi and given him the license plate I photographed so he can check it... Oh no!"
Seeing Ersan sleeping soundly in Mingmei's arms, he froze on the spot as if petrified.
"Kindaichi-kun," Yoruichi Toyama asked seriously, ignoring his mockery, "did you see that man put the box on the car?"
"No... Ah, that's right!" Kindaichi said confidently, regaining his composure. "Besides, the more I called him, the more he ran away. It would be strange if he didn't have something to hide!"
Yoruichi Toyama nodded, and when he turned to Akemi, his expression was somewhat apologetic.
"This time... it was my oversight."
"Ai is probably in that box, and they've already taken her away."
Akemi's eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything.
Kindaichi scratched his head in confusion.
"Hey, when you say 'them,' do you mean they have accomplices?"
But I knew it by now.
Since there are two boxes containing two girls, there must be more than one kidnapper.
Such simple reasoning is no challenge for Hajime-chan.
However, Yoruichi Toyama's answer surprised him again.
"To be precise, it wasn't an accomplice, but the kidnapper and his mastermind."
"The Puppet Master of Hell, Takato Yoichi".
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