Chapter 17191727 [Put Down the Butcher Knife]
"I once thought that if you loved Naoko deeply and put her before your blood-sucking career, I would let you go. But now... heh."
Secretary Hanai threw the last stack of fake money at Katsuhiko Takei, then gritted his teeth, picked up the gasoline barrel, and poured the gasoline on him: "Go to hell!"
After pouring gasoline on Katsuhiko Takei's head, she threw away the empty bucket and took out a lighter.
There was a sudden creaking sound at the door, and the half-open door was pushed open completely.
Yoko Kinoshita held the camera and took a look inside and was stunned. She had never seen such a scene.
Jiang Xia pulled her out and walked past her into the warehouse.
Seeing this scene, he said, "Wait!"
Secretary Hanai was startled and turned around suddenly - he didn't expect that despite all the precautions, the detective would still find him. Was it the little boy who leaked the secret?
Without time to think, she raised the lighter and pretended to press it: "Don't come over!"
Jiang Xia smelled the gasoline in the air and sighed: "Although I don't know why you want to kill him, but based on my experience, there must be a deep hatred between you. If I persuade you to stop now, will you give up killing people?"
Secretary Hanai had never heard of such a lame way of admonishment and was stunned for a moment.
Fortunately, the other party asked a question, and it was just a simple multiple-choice question like "Will you give up killing people?" She subconsciously said, "Of course not, I must kill him!"
Jiang Xia suggested hesitantly, "Why don't you do it later?"
Secretary Hanai: “?”
Jiang Xia: "Just now I saw a cat sneak into the warehouse through the window. You poured so much gasoline, and there are many flammable materials here. Once ignited, the cat will probably be burned to death in the warehouse. Revenge is revenge, but do you want to become a cruel human who kills innocent street cats just for your own personal vendetta?"
Secretary Hanai: “…” This is the critical moment when she is about to burn her enemy, and this detective is actually discussing the life or death of a cat at this time?
...But, if she didn't know, it would be fine. But now that Jiang Xia said this, if she really set the fire, then she would be deliberately burning to death an ordinary passing animal.
Under normal circumstances, Secretary Hanai would never do such a thing.
But now, now she is seeking revenge, isn't human life the most important thing? That cat...
Suddenly, the scene of a cat screaming in pain and being roasted to charcoal in a raging fire flashed through her mind.
Secretary Hanai was forced to realize that if she decisively set the fire now, what she would do would be more than just involving the cat. Objectively speaking, it would be an intentional massacre.
Her moral sense and her obsession with killing were entangled in her mind, and she was confused for a while. But at this moment, Secretary Hanai suddenly had an idea.
She suddenly looked at Jiang Xia with sharp eyes: "You are stalling for time. Usually no one comes to this factory, and there is not even any food. How could there be a cat here!"
Deep inside the warehouse, Amuro Toru was also frowning and thinking: "..." Did Jiang Xia see him sneak in? Should he imitate a cat's meow? But a cat's meow is so soft, it would be too embarrassing if someone could tell it was fake...
Wait, that's not right. Jiang Xia didn't even hear the reason why this woman wanted to kill President Takei, which means he came much later than himself and should not have known that there was someone hiding in the warehouse. Then why did Jiang Xia suddenly come up with such an excuse...
Toru Amuro's suspicions came to an abrupt end halfway through.
He lowered his head and looked at his feet silently, and found that he seemed to have overthought again - there was actually a cat squatting on the ground next to him.
The cat was not here just now, and no one knew when it sneaked in. Maybe just now? Jiang Xia happened to see this scene, so he used the cat as an excuse to persuade the kidnappers.
Amuro Toru: "..." Come to think of it, the pattern of this cat looks familiar. This guy seems to come to the detective agency quite often to eat and drink, and sometimes he would secretly touch other cats through the cages. The surveillance cameras he left in the agency captured it.
He looked down at the cat, and the cat looked up at him.
After looking at each other for a moment, the cat raised its head and meowed in a clear and loud voice.
The sound echoed in the warehouse and spread far away, and everyone at the door heard it.
Secretary Hanai suspected that "the cat entered the warehouse" was just an excuse: "..."
She thought of her confident words just now, and her expression became a little awkward. In addition, she had wrongly accused Jiang Xia, and her originally full-bodied voice became a little guilty.
Secretary Hua Jing held up a lighter, hesitated for a moment, and whispered, "Well, then you go in and bring the cat out... I'll only give you 5 minutes!"
"good."
Jiang Xia went over. Secretary Hua Jing seemed very wary of his approach, so he didn't go over there, but planned to go inside the warehouse first.
Conan looked at this scene and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "..." Very good, Miss Hanai couldn't even bear to burn the cat. Now Jiang Xia is also inside. If he stays in the warehouse and doesn't come out, Miss Hanai will be even less likely to set the fire. It will be enough to delay until the police surround the warehouse.
...Is this Jiang Xia’s rescue plan?
but……
Conan smelled the increasingly strong smell of gasoline in the air and suddenly became alert: the police had surrounded the factory and were searching gradually, and they would find this place soon.
And when the police were blocking the door, if Miss Hanai got anxious and her lighter produced sparks... then it wouldn't be a question of whether she wanted to do it or not. Maybe Mr. Takei, herself, Jiang Xiayao and the cat would all be burned to death!
We must find a way...
Conan recalled the way Secretary Hanai looked at him at Takei's house before, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, so he walked closer: "Sister Hanai, is it really meaningful to sacrifice the rest of your life for him?
When this matter was mentioned, Secretary Hua Jing instantly became excited again: "Of course there is! This guy doesn't deserve to live in this world. Send him down, and my family will rest in peace."
Conan: "..." So it was Mr. Takei who killed Miss Hanai's family?
He immediately understood, found a point of entry, and began to try to persuade: "Then do you want Sister Naoko to suffer the same pain as you?"
Although her father is probably different from your father, but... "No matter what, Mr. Takei is the only relative of Sister Naoko. You should know the pain of losing a loved one the most. And if your relatives are still alive, they definitely don't want you to do such a thing. Your brother would hope that you live well outside!"
Katsuhiko Takei covered his swollen ankle, collapsed to the ground, and nodded frantically: He didn't want to die!
Secretary Hanai didn't see his action, she was staring at Conan in a daze.
She knew that the child might just want to stop a crime and might not be doing it for her own good, but when she saw the face that looked so much like her brother, for a moment she felt as if she saw her dead brother talking to her.
(End of this chapter)
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