Chapter 11341142 [Hattori Heiji is desperate]
The four men quickly split into two groups.
Subaru Okiya and Ran Maoli went to the abandoned building, while Conan quietly followed Jiang Xia.
Conan: "..." Speaking of which, he also felt that one of the "Ito" families was a little strange. Since Jiang Xia also thought so, could it be that Hattori was really in that family?
…
Jiang Xia returned to the way he came and walked towards the female lawyer's house with a clear goal.
——Just now when he was at the door, he smelled several clusters of murderous aura, which felt very fluffy and should feel good to the touch... and the attic of the lawyer's house was so hidden that he should not be seen by the people who were trying to stop him when he knocked on the door.
As I was thinking about it, I suddenly felt someone following me.
Jiang Xia looked back and saw that it was Conan, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
Mao Lilan and Okiya Subaru are still a little troublesome, but Conan is completely fine. And according to the hatred-attracting ability of the real high school student detective, perhaps with Conan around, the murderous aura will increase...
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A few minutes ago.
On the other side, at Ito's house.
After seeing the detectives off, Ito Misari returned to the house carrying the cat and breathed a sigh of relief.
Siamese struggled in her arms. Ito Misari stroked the cat and put it on the ground: "Mom is still busy now. I will play with you later."
As she spoke, she went up the stairs to the second floor, found the hidden attic door on the ceiling, and hooked it with force.
A flight of stairs descended silently.
Ito Misari followed it and climbed up to the attic. Halfway up, she suddenly felt an itch on her calf. Something passed by her and went straight upwards.
"!?"
Ito Misari was startled and looked over with murderous intent, only to see a cat that had sneaked into the house.
The cat was completely black, with only four white paws. It quickly climbed to the top of the stairs, poked its head into the attic, took a peek, then slid into the attic and quickly disappeared into the corner.
Ito Misari: "..." It turned out to be just a cat...
She breathed a sigh of relief. Although the attic was relatively secluded and shouldn't allow strangers... or stranger cats to come in, Ito Misari also knew how hard it was to catch a cat. If she made too much noise, it would be bad.
Besides, it was just a cat, so I don't think it would cause any harm. And the cat looked pretty cute...
After thinking for a moment, Ito Misari decided to ignore it and concentrate on dealing with the situation at hand.
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She climbed up to the attic, closed the door behind her, looked at the people in the attic, and slowly revealed a gloomy sneer.
——The attic is generally quite spacious.
But at this time, with the addition of Ito Misari, there were six people squeezed inside, which suddenly seemed extremely depressing.
The six people were apparently divided into two groups.
Among the victims, a middle-aged man fell to the ground, motionless, and looked like he was dead. The other two young high school students sat on the ground back to back, with their hands handcuffed together.
Next to them, two men with fierce faces were holding guns and were in charge of guarding them.
——A few hours ago, Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha followed the trail of Kusukawa Taro and found this place. As soon as they entered the door, they were pointed at with guns and forced to the attic.
At this time, Toyama Kazuha's clothes were still neat, but Hattori Heiji was too good at attracting hatred and looked a little dusty.
When he noticed someone coming upstairs, Hattori Heiji gritted his teeth and glared at Ito Misari, seeming very angry at this unsportsmanlike criminal.
Ito Misari looked at him and laughed sarcastically, "Oh, how come the handsome boy from Kansai is in this state after I just left for a while?"
Her younger brother quickly explained: "Just now when you were talking to those people in the yard, this kid actually tried to call for help outside, and I could only punch him twice."
"Tsk tsk, so rude. Look at this face. It will probably be swollen like a pig's head tomorrow. But..." Ito Misari touched Hattori Heiji's face and spoke with pity. Suddenly, her tone sank and turned into a threat. "Whether there will be a 'tomorrow' depends on your performance."
Hattori Heiji snorted coldly, looking a little unwilling.
Ito Misari has been dealing with various clients for many years, and her ability to judge people is not weak. She looked at Hattori Heiji for a moment, understood something, and smiled proudly:
"Are you hoping that the Tokyo detective will find out that you are trapped here? - What a pity, Jiang Xia didn't suspect me. Originally, I wanted to see with my own eyes the legend of solving the case at one glance, but now it seems that it is just boring hype from the media.
"Okay. Now that the troublemakers have left, stop playing tricks. Solve the puzzle for me quickly."
As she spoke, Ito Misari threw a piece of paper in front of Hattori Heiji.
There is a 7×7 grid on the paper with various letters and numbers written on it, which was created by Taro Kusukawa.
Ito Misari sat down on the middle-aged man's body, looked down at him, and said with disgust: "Kusukawa, this bastard is really looking for trouble for me. He left this kind of mysterious puzzle as the answer to the mystery of the bank's safe... Fortunately, a detective came to my door."
She pointed her gun at Hattori Heiji and said, "You detectives should be good at solving mysteries - tell me the answer before dawn tomorrow."
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Ito Misari said it lightly, but just now when she was downstairs and was stared at by Jiang Xia, for some reason, she always had a bad feeling and felt that she had been exposed every moment.
"..." Fortunately, it seems that she was overthinking. She must have been misled by those unscrupulous media and mistakenly believed that Jiang Xia was really a powerful figure...
Thinking of what happened just now, Ito Misari couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: If Taro Kusukawa hadn't had the evidence of her guilt, how could she, a senior lawyer who was high up, be afraid of a high school kid.
Misari Ito is indeed a lawyer with a good reputation who does not pursue legal fees.
But this does not mean that she does not love money - on the contrary, she has her own way of making money. The bulk of Ito Misari's income actually comes from helping those wealthy people evade taxes and settle other possible problems. The remaining commissions are just a tool for her to increase her reputation.
Relying on her own abilities and reputation, Ito Misari's career went smoothly.
However, when she was feeling proud of herself, Taro Kusukawa suddenly came to her and said, "If you don't want the evidence of your crimes to be made public, just quit and don't do those things again."
"Oh, you dare to negotiate with me, saying that I should stop doing that business - but you are just trying to blackmail me."
Ito Misari stood up and kicked the corpse: "I actually thought that I could get away with it by storing the evidence in the bank safe and writing the password as a puzzle... It's a pity that this guy was weak and I was almost able to force the answer out of him, but he suddenly died.
"Fortunately, I've always had good luck - a detective who can solve mysteries came to my door..."
(End of this chapter)
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