Chapter 1135 1143 [Jiang Xia! Help! ! ]
At this point, Ito Misari looked at Hattori Heiji, and her sweet smile turned sinister:
"To prevent you from cheating, let's raise the stakes. Let's use the little girl behind you as the bet - from now until tomorrow morning, the time limit is twelve hours. If you can't solve it one hour later, I will chop off one of her fingers. If you still can't solve it in the last two hours, I will cut off her ear. So now..."
She gestured to her younger brother beside her, indicating that they should cut one first to start.
The younger brother with a face full of flesh walked over, but was kicked in the face by the terrified Toyama Kazuha, who shouted "Ah--!!". The strong man fell backward and fell.
He was stunned for two seconds before he got up from the ground, wiped his face, and walked towards her fiercely with a very shameless look.
But at this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang.
——Someone else is coming.
"Tsk." Ito Misari cursed impatiently, "I'll go down and take a look first. You keep an eye on these two guys."
She opened the secret door and walked down the stairs.
Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha breathed a sigh of relief. With someone coming, they naturally couldn't cut their fingers anymore - the kidnappers didn't want to make too much noise and be noticed by the people downstairs.
But what comes after this?
“……” Hattori Heiji had cold sweat running down his temples as he tried to find a way to save himself.
At the same time, he silently pricked up his ears, wanting to listen to who was coming - maybe Jiang Xia and the others realized that something was wrong and came back to save people!
…
Ito Misari went down to the first floor entrance, looked out through the peephole, and saw the face she least wanted to see at the moment.
——Jiang Xia actually turned back.
“…”
She took a deep breath, opened the door, and put on a gentle smile: "Why are you here again? What's the matter?"
After saying that, she looked outside and was slightly stunned.
——Originally, she thought that the four people had all returned. Unexpectedly, when she opened the door, she found that only Jiang Xia and a child were there. The other two people were nowhere to be found.
Ito Misari: “…” If I had known there were only two people, I should have asked my brothers to bring guns down and do the same thing, just like they did with the two Kansai high school students, and catch these two guys as well.
...However, this could be a trap set by a cunning detective, so you should be cautious.
"Hello, Auntie. We thought it was a bit strange, so we wanted to come back and take a look."
Conan interrupted her thoughts. With Jiang Xia beside him and the anesthetic watch still filled with anesthetic needles, Conan spoke with great courage.
He said bluntly, "Someone in the street nearby watered the flowers, and the water flowed outside. When we first came here, you opened the door and I saw a lot of mud marks on the floor of your entrance... Someone came to your house today, right? Why did you say that you were the only one at home before?"
"We did have guests here before. I'm a lawyer, so I'm quite busy." The woman smiled. "But since they didn't have an appointment, we just talked for a few minutes at the entrance, and then they left."
"Is that so..." Conan felt that it made some sense, but when he glanced at the messy footprints at the entrance, he still felt that something was wrong. "But, some of the shoe prints seemed to only go inside, without any traces of going back out - is it true that Hattori-san and the others came here and then were hidden by you?"
…
In the attic, when the younger brothers heard this, they looked at each other with fierce eyes.
Hattori Heiji was secretly excited. With a gun against his throat, he couldn't say a word, so he could only applaud Kudo Shinichi in his heart: Great, those must be his and Kazuha's shoe prints - quickly catch that bastard woman while the two brothers are upstairs!
Unfortunately, Ito Misari did not panic, and the detectives with martial ethics did not take any action.
Soon, Ito Misari's gentle voice was heard again downstairs: "These are my own shoe prints - didn't I tell you that I went out for a while before?"
Conan stared at the ground.
It seems that many people have come to the entrance today. The ground is dark in color, and the footprints are quite chaotic and difficult to distinguish. Just now, Conan only saw a series of footprints that did not turn back. Judging from the size, it is indeed similar to Ito Misari.
“…That’s right.”
Conan felt that Ito Misari's statement was quite reasonable, and Hattori should not be so weak as to be caught by such a weak aunt... Thinking of this, he smiled like a child, "Sorry to bother you."
Hattori Heiji who was eavesdropping: "......?!"
Why does he look like he's about to leave?! If they miss this opportunity, He Ye and him might really be finished!
Hattori Heiji's mind was racing, and at an angle where the kidnappers couldn't see, he moved his handcuffed hands behind his back with difficulty, intending to risk a beating or even a bullet by hitting the ground and making some suspicious noises to suggest that there was something wrong with that woman Jiang Xia.
However, when he punched, no sound was made.
And... the floor was strangely soft.
"?" Hattori Heiji lowered his head in surprise, and then was shocked to find that a cat had appeared between him and Toyama Kazuha.
The cat placed its paws under his hands, eliminating any possible noise.
Hattori Heiji: "..."
Black cats seem to be a symbol of bad luck...
Hattori Heiji never thought of himself as superstitious, but at this moment, after looking at the innocent cat for a moment and thinking about his bad luck today, cold sweat silently slid down his face - was he really unlucky today?
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from downstairs.
Jiang Xia grabbed Conan who was about to leave and said, "Wait."
Hattori Heiji: "!"
In the past, Hattori Heiji always had some opinions about Jiang Xia's speed in solving cases and didn't want to be at the crime scene with him.
But now, he had never realized that Jiang Xia's voice was so beautiful: ...Did Jiang Xia find out? He must have found out! As expected, the man who holds the answer is the most reliable!
…
"You know Kusukawa, right - I mean the detective from the Haido Detective Agency." Jiang Xia looked at Ito Misari and said directly, "I heard him talk about you... If you have time, why not go in and have a chat?"
Conan was stunned: Where did Jiang Xia hear this? Didn't they just know about "Nanchuan" today?
But soon, Conan vaguely felt that he understood.
——Jiang Xia must have felt that there was something strange about Ito Misari, but he had no evidence, so he just tricked her.
opposite.
When Ito Misari heard Jiang Xia say this, her heart moved and she couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
She was most afraid of a fight outside. But if Jiang Xia followed her into the house, everything would be hers - whether it was quietly knocking someone down or catching him to solve a puzzle, it would be very convenient. Once the door was closed and the curtains drawn, it would be best if they could hide in the attic... No one would know what was going on.
(End of this chapter)
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