Chapter 1716 1724 [Bourbon's Ineffective Investigation]
Jiang Xia explained to Kinoshita Yoko: "Mr. Takei was the only witness to the incident where there was a hostage in the kidnapper's car yesterday. He said that the hostage was blindfolded and had his mouth covered, which means that he could not see the hostage's facial features clearly at all.
"The view is already obstructed through the car window, and the most distinctive part is blocked. In addition, Mr. Takei...may not know his daughter as well as he thinks, so it's easy for him to make a mistake."
When Kinoshita Yoko heard this, an idea suddenly occurred to her: "Could it be that the hostage he saw during the transaction yesterday was actually a kidnapper in disguise?"
Conan couldn't help but look at her: Any idol you pick out would react faster than Inspector Megure... or is it just that Miss Yoko is exceptionally smart?
Jiang Xia nodded: "When you are filming a TV series, you will occasionally use the technique of 'body double', right? What happened was that before the ransom was exchanged yesterday, Secretary Hanai specified that Mr. Takei should deliver the ransom alone, and she herself put on a diving suit in advance and drove to the transaction location alone.
"While talking to Mr. Takei on the phone, Secretary Hanai put on her coat, moved to the back seat of the car, covered her eyes and mouth, and left a vague silhouette outside through the gap in the curtains.
"She and Mr. Takei both have short hair, and the curtains were drawn in the back seat of the van, so it was dimly lit, so it was easy to confuse them. After leaving the impression on Mr. Takei that the hostage was in the back seat, she drew the curtains, returned to the driver's seat, and terminated the transaction on the grounds that she had discovered that Katsuhiko Takei had called the police.
"Finally, she drove her car into the river to make it look like both the hostages and the kidnappers were dead, so that the police and detectives would relax their vigilance. This way, she could reconnect with Mr. Takei and arrange another transaction without interference.
"The kidnapper knows exactly what the hostage's family is doing because she is always by Mr. Takei's side. When she was holding Conan just now, there was a mark of a diving watch on her wrist. If you look closely, there is also a color difference between her ankle and calf, which should be the mark of the diving suit being exposed to the sun.
"She was slow to react when we spoke to her before because she didn't prepare well before entering the water and hurt her ears. She even pinched her nose to clear her air, which is all evidence that she had been in the water before."
Yoko Kinoshita was still in shock: the gentle secretary Hanai had turned into a kidnapper.
Before he could figure out why people changed so quickly, Conan's surprised voice suddenly came from the window: "Why did Mr. Takei's car come out? Are they leaving now? Didn't they say they would go to trade tonight? It's not even noon yet. Did the kidnappers change the time?"
Jiang Xia walked to the window and saw that the car had indeed driven out of the garage and was passing in front of the small building.
Conan suddenly had an idea and used the high-tech belt given by the doctor to make a disposable football, stuck the locator on it in reverse, and kicked it.
The football drew a downward trajectory, hit the roof of the car with a thud, and bounced to the side. The bug on the football just happened to stick to the car.
The two people in the car were startled when they heard the noise.
Katsuhiko Takei saw the ball bounce to the side and snorted, "That bastard boy must not want to be locked up, so he threw things around. I'll give him a good beating when I come back."
Secretary Hanai frowned in confusion: "..." There seems to be no football in the room. Did he forget to lock the door and Conan ran out?
…Forget it, now is not the time to take care of that child.
She kept driving and secretly increased the speed of the car. The car soon drove away with the two of them at lightning speed.
Kinoshita Yoko was a little anxious: "What should we do now? The kidnappers know that Mr. Takei's money is fake."
Jiang Xia made a phone call to Takei Katsuhiko, but the other party didn't answer. When he called again, he was blocked - Takei Katsuhiko seemed determined not to have anything to do with the detective anymore. He called someone else's phone, but no one answered either.
"Then call the police." Looking at the camera Kinoshita Yoko was holding, Jiang Xia continued his previous suggestion seriously, "I hope the police can save him in time."
…
after a while.
In an abandoned auto repair factory on a hill.
Toru Amuro arrived here earlier and checked the surroundings. Not finding anything wrong, he went into the warehouse and hid to wait for Ireland.
Of course he couldn't be idle while waiting, after all, he was very busy. In addition to his work on both sides and various part-time jobs, he also had to collect all kinds of information on his own.
Toru Amuro took out his cell phone, opened the email attachment, and checked the video sent by his subordinates.
——He had thought that there might be some hidden reason behind the accident of the plane that Jiang Xia was on. However, because he had personally experienced Jiang Xia's tendency to respond to events and knew that some things could really have very outrageous coincidences, Toru Amuro was not sure whether this was a human conspiracy or a pure accident.
But now, Ireland suddenly came to him in an unusual way, and Toru Amuro was more inclined to believe that the plane crash was due to an organizational conspiracy.
With a general direction for the search, Toru Amuro checked the passenger list, which was the best starting point, and found that there were some flaws in the identification of several guys.
After investigation, two of them were confirmed to be Ireland and his accomplices, and the other should be Kidd who forged Shinjo Gong's certificate. As for the remaining one, Toru Amuro has not been able to find a clue for the time being.
——The fake identity of this suspicious person seemed to have been established not long ago. It is worth noting that not only was this person on the same flight as Jiang Xia when returning to China, he was also on the plane from Tokyo to the UK.
...Not only does it look suspicious, it might even be aimed at Jiang Xia.
Thinking of this, Toru Amuro's thoughts suddenly paused: "..." However, it cannot be ruled out that this guy's itinerary is similar to Jiang Xia, so Jiang Xia's unlucky physique made him happen to run into this person twice.
But no matter what, this is a very important clue.
However, as he continued to investigate, Toru Amuro discovered that things were not that simple: he asked his subordinates to find all the surveillance cameras that might have captured this person along the way, but he was deliberately avoiding the camera all the way. After checking countless videos, he was unable to capture any of his face - either he did not appear in the camera at all, or he was wearing a mask, or he just covered half of his face by coughing. And in the few occasions where his face had to be captured, the surveillance was hacked and deleted in advance!
It's like a slippery loach swimming through your fingers. It looks like it can be crushed to death with a single palm, but in reality, no matter how many times you grab it, you can't catch the tail of this cunning creature.
(End of this chapter)
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