Chapter 1558 1566 [Don't learn everything from Jiang Xia] Ask for monthly votes (づど)
While thinking, Honda Ryohei quietly approached from behind Mouri Ran under the cover of the sound of splashing water, and then silently raised his fist.
Mao Lilan's attention is still on the faucet.
She was about to turn it off quickly, but at this moment, she suddenly felt something hit her calf - based on her experience, it was a bit like a cat's claw.
Mao Lilan looked back in confusion, but did not see a cat on the ground. Instead, she saw a strong man behind her with his arms open and a ferocious look on his face grabbing towards her.
"!!!"
…
Same building, in the basement.
The police and detectives are trying to find the highly suspected "Ryohei Honda".
At this moment, a piercing scream suddenly rang out from upstairs through the layers of concrete floors.
Although they were far apart, Conan was able to quickly identify them. He was surprised: "Xiaolan!"
When Inspector Yasa heard the terrified scream, he instinctively had a bad premonition. He quickly rushed upstairs following the sound. At the same time, he remembered something and looked at Jiang Xia who was also rushing up:
"'Xiao Lan' is the high school girl with you, right? How did she get into the building? She looks pretty well-behaved, but she's wandering around everywhere. Can you guys behave yourself? You know, the dangerous Honda Ryohei might be hiding in this building!"
Jiang Xia looked very innocent: "I think you should have sent someone to seal off the building. After all, Xiaolan is not a detective. She may not know that this place is off-limits, so when she saw that we disappeared, she wanted to come in to look for us."
At this moment, Jiang Xia's cell phone suddenly vibrated and someone called.
While climbing the stairs with a group of people, he took out his cell phone and took a look. He found that the caller was Mao Lilan, so he picked up the phone.
"Jiang, Jiang Xia..."
Mao Lilan's voice was trembling, and she sounded very scared: "I wanted to go into the building to find you just now, but...but I met a scary man on the third floor."
This daily phone leaks a little bit of sound.
When Inspector Yasa next to her heard her words, his heart skipped a beat and he realized that his bad premonition had come true.
He snatched Jiang Xia's phone and put it to his ear: "Don't panic! Tell the person who forced you to call not to harm the hostages. Everything can be discussed!"
Mao Lilan said timidly: "But..."
With a group of adults sprinting at full speed and some children with short legs sprinting at double speed, the distance of three floors was gone in a flash, and as they were talking, they had already rushed into the corridor on the third floor.
As soon as he entered the corridor, Inspector Yasa looked around solemnly and saw someone standing in the corridor on one side...
There were two people, one standing and one lying.
Mao Lilan was holding her cell phone and pacing back and forth anxiously.
Suddenly she saw a group of people rushing towards her, and she was startled. After seeing who was coming, Mao Lilan put away her phone and lowered her head, as if she was blaming herself.
“…”
Inspector Yasa ran closer by inertia and stopped in a daze.
He looked at the high school girl who was intact without even a scratch on her skin, then turned to look at the burly Japanese man who was in tatters and unconscious on the ground next to him, and finally his eyes fell on the wall behind the man that had a spider-like crack.
Soon, the seriousness and anxiety in his eyes gradually turned into a bit of confusion.
...This scene, this scene seemed to be different from what he had imagined. Where was the promised scene of "a female high school student mistakenly entering the crime scene, being held hostage by the criminals hiding there, and the police being forced to fight wits and courage with the criminals, and finally heroically rescuing the hostages"? How, how come the criminals suddenly lay down?
Huiyuan Ai pulled up her hood and looked at the scene in front of her: "..." No matter how many times she saw this kind of scene, it was a little hard to get used to it. The main reason was that Miss Maori looked really gentle and fragile... Who would have thought that she would accidentally destroy a few walls every now and then.
Jiang Xia seemed to be more used to it: "Are you okay? What's wrong?"
When Mao Lilan saw someone she knew, she calmed down a lot.
She trotted to Jiang Xia's side and found a sense of security. Then she turned around and pointed at the man lying on the ground from a distance:
"I was just about to go into the building to look for you guys, but when I got to the third floor, I suddenly saw a fire extinguisher fall out of the bathroom. I thought you were investigating a case and accidentally touched the fire extinguisher, so I came to check on you. But after I entered the room, I suddenly saw... I saw him stretching his hand out and rushing towards me. I was really scared, so I accidentally kicked him."
Inspector Yasa: "..." It sounds miserable and innocent. But...
He glanced at the broken wall next to him, and his mind emerged with the tragic scene of the burly man on the ground being kicked by Mao Lilan, flying backwards like a cannonball, hitting the wall with a thud, and then sliding to the ground.
...No wonder he felt something shaking when he was underground just now. He almost thought someone fell from the building again, but luckily it didn't happen.
Although he had a lot to complain about, seeing the high school girl in front of him with a face full of fear, Inspector Asa tried to remain a gentleman: "Don't panic, Ms. Maori, if the situation is really as you said, then what you did is self-defense. But if it happens again next time, uh, I hope you can control the strength a little."
Jiang Xia helped her lovely classmate explain: "In fact, Xiaolan has always been very measured. She only effectively controls those criminals who want to do evil, and will not really hurt them."
Inspector Yasa: “…” You were very measured in your attack, so you didn’t use your feet?
Next to him, Conan was relieved to see that Ran Mouri was not taken hostage.
But soon, his keen observation made him take a deep breath again - why was this criminal so ragged and disheveled? Rather than being knocked down by a kick, it looked more like he was stepped on and beaten by Jiang Xia. Could it be that Xiaolan learned something bad from Jiang Xia...
His heart skipped a beat, but soon, Conan rationally ruled out this possibility - the dirt marks on the criminal's body did not seem to be caused by being stepped on, but more like being stained by rain and dust. In addition, his clothes seemed to have some traces of friction.
Rain, stains, friction...
With several clues overlapping, Conan immediately remembered the drag mark he saw in the office of the person who fell from the building, extending from the balcony to the room.
…
Inspector Asa comforted Mao Lilan with a few dry words, and then he moved his gaze away from the eye-catching broken wall with difficulty and looked at the poor gangster covered in dust on the ground.
Seeing his face and the strangely shaped moles on his neck that were connected in a line, some memory of Inspector Yasa was suddenly triggered, and he said "Hmm?" in some confusion.
(End of this chapter)
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