Chapter 1703-1711 [The Disaster of Teitan Middle School] Ask for monthly tickets (〃〃)
Seeing Inspector Megure and his men coming, three police officers in plain clothes got out of the car.
Jiang Xia and his friends opened the car door and got in, secretly monitoring the situation nearby from inside the car.
Once Inspector Megure got into work mode, he could no longer take care of his younger brother.
He looked at his watch and directed his men who were lying in ambush nearby: "It's almost the time the kidnappers agreed to, get ready for action. Remember, the safety of the hostages comes first!"
The plainclothes police officers who had been lying in ambush in various places in the factory responded with serious expressions and sharp eyes scanning the surroundings.
In the command car, after Inspector Megure finished explaining the situation, he found a photo from a pile of documents and looked down at it.
This is a photo taken in the yard. In the photo, a young girl wearing a blue dress is holding a rag doll-like puppy. She has fluffy short hair and is looking at the camera with the puppy, smiling a little shyly.
Jiang Xia leaned over to take a look: "Is this the kidnapped hostage?"
"Yeah." Inspector Megure thought of the middle-aged burly man in the Mercedes-Benz just now, and sighed, "It's hard to imagine that kind of person could have such a beautiful and lovely daughter."
Conan also lowered Inspector Megure's hand and took a look.
Then he exclaimed in surprise: "This isn't me... Isn't this Brother Jiang Xia's classmate?"
"Classmates?" Sato Miwako was stunned for a moment, then she remembered, "Oh, yes, this photo was taken when she was 14 years old, and the child should be 17 now... This father doesn't even have a recent photo of his daughter."
She muttered something, then quickly returned to business, looking at Jiang Xia: "Don't worry, we will definitely rescue your classmates."
Conan: “…” There’s no need to comfort Jiang Xia. He probably doesn’t even know who this person is and will just treat him as a normal hostage.
After all, in Conan's impression, even before becoming a detective, Jiang Xia often skipped classes, and the time he spent in school could be counted on one hand.
The girl in the photo, Naoko Takei, is always very quiet, always staying alone in the corner with a low sense of presence, like a background board in the classroom. It is normal for two people like this not to recognize each other face to face, even if they have been classmates for several months.
"But I never thought that Naoko was actually a rich second-generation. She always looks very introverted. I thought her family was not well off, so she didn't like to go out and play with her classmates." Conan whispered to Jiang Xia, "We have to think of a way to get her out safely... Damn, I can't see the transaction scene here at all. It would be great if I could get closer to see it."
Before Jiang Xia could say anything, Sato Miwako heard what was going on and decisively raised her hands to hold down the two people: "Don't run around! This is a kidnapping case, and the kidnapper's situation is completely unknown. If we can't save that girl and you get involved, things will be troublesome."
Jiang Xia nodded in understanding, and followed Conan in persuading him, "Indeed, and we just appeared on the live broadcast. What if the kidnappers watched the show and knew we were detectives? If they saw us nearby and worried that the truth would be exposed, they would kill us directly, and Wu Zhi would not be able to come back."
Conan: "..." Her name is Takei Naoko...
Before being corrected, Jiang Xia had already found a place to sit down, looking quietly out the window, as if quietly waiting for the result.
Influenced by him, Conan could only sigh and stay in the car without taking any risks.
The naive elementary school student did not see that under the car, a cat with a completely black body and only four snow-white paws was gradually taking shape.
The cat adjusted itself to walking on all fours, then quickly moved away quietly along the wall, heading straight for the kidnapping scene to watch the excitement.
…
One street away, on the flat ground of an abandoned factory.
Takei Naoko's father was sitting in the car with a box of cash on the passenger seat, and he kept raising his hands to wipe his sweat.
At the moment, his car is the only one parked here and the kidnappers have not arrived yet.
Katsuhiko Takei remembered the car he had just "encountered" - in the police car, in addition to the two police officers, there was another person sitting there. That person looked somewhat familiar, as if he was the famous detective mentioned by an employee in the company.
"The police actually asked for external help. Don't they have confidence in themselves? What a bunch of rubbish!" Takei Katsuhiko is now very upset with everyone. "That guy better rescue my daughter, otherwise I will definitely file a complaint against him severely. And that vicious kidnapper..."
Just as I was cursing in my heart, my cell phone suddenly rang and someone was calling.
Katsuhiko Takei was startled and picked up the phone.
A strange voice disguised with a voice changer came from inside: "Is the ransom ready?"
"Of course, the money is here!" Takei Katsuhiko rolled his eyes and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hands, "Let Naoko go quickly!"
"Don't worry." The kidnapper laughed sinisterly, "Come and see your daughter first."
As soon as he finished speaking, a van rushed into the port and braked suddenly next to Katsuhiko Takei's car, five or six meters away from him.
The car's side windows are all covered with curtains, making it difficult to see inside from the outside.
Under Takei Katsuhiko's nervous gaze, someone raised his hand and lifted a corner of the curtain, revealing the hostage in the car. The hostage had short hair similar to the one in the photo, and his eyes and mouth were covered with tape.
When Takei Katsuhiko saw the frail figure, he immediately became excited: "I, I'll give you the money right now! Let her go!"
As he said this, he picked up the briefcase full of cash, pushed the door and got out of the car.
However, at this moment, the kidnapper's voice on the phone suddenly turned cold: "Have you called the police?"
"!" Katsuhiko Takei suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
"Oh, the deal is over."
The kidnapper hung up the phone, and the car stepped on the accelerator and disappeared from his sight in an instant.
The police officers who were lying in ambush nearby and preparing to arrest someone were stunned.
The people couldn't catch up with the van, so they had to turn around and run to the police car parked nearby. At the same time, they reported the situation to Inspector Megure in the distance: "The kidnapper didn't get out of the car, he escaped!"
"Damn it, I knew it wouldn't be so easy." Inspector Megure blurted out, "Don't just stand there, chase them!"
…
Police cars blared their sirens and rumbled forward, gradually approaching the fleeing van.
Katsuhiko Takei looked at the chaotic scene and the cash box in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.
The box was opened, revealing the banknotes inside. The strong wind brought by the police car blew past, and the banknotes flew all over the sky. Only then did they realize that there was only a thin layer of real banknotes on the surface of the box. The rest was not money at all, but pieces of paper to make up the number.
…
In the live broadcast car, the toy cat was interacting with Yoko Kinoshita, filling the blank time without the detective.
Just as it was passing a bridge, the fake cat suddenly noticed something and turned to look at the road on the side of the bridge.
(End of this chapter)
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