Chapter 195 Kidd's Replacement
Jiang Xia poured away the strange drink, held the empty cup, and drank the air.
He shifted his gaze to the bulletin board in the corner and saw the notice sent by the police a few days ago.
——Recently, a group of robbers appeared in Tokyo, specializing in robbing department stores after get off work, stealing jewelry, antiques and other valuables. This is one of the reasons why the Mika Department Store temporarily recruited security guards.
Jiang Xia: “…”
From this point of view, the robbery pattern of this gang of robbers is that Nakamura Mio first relies on her beautiful and charming appearance to break into the building, and then cooperates with the robbers from inside and outside.
Since this group of robbers is targeting jewelry and antiques...
Jiang Xia touched the rim of the cup and suddenly remembered something.
The last time, the moment Kidd stole the "Dark Star" from the Suzuki family, an "energy core" that could be used to strengthen the ghost fetus was immediately generated in the Dark Star.
Jiang Xia: “…” I don’t know whether the conditions for the formation of the energy core in this world are “stolen jewelry and antiques” or “jewelry and antiques stolen by Kidd”.
Tonight, it's a rare occasion that we encounter a robbery in progress... We might as well observe secretly and see what's going on.
…
Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Xia discovered that his fellow security guards in the room began to yawn one after another, and they were all swaying - the drinks distributed by Nakamura Mio had taken effect.
Jiang Xia then yawned a few times and followed the crowd, falling down on the table.
Not long after, all the security guards fell down.
Nakamura Mio smiled coldly and took out the intercom: "Everyone come in! Work has begun."
She walked over to the control console and disabled the security.
Not long after, four or five sturdy men dressed as "Ultraman" rushed in the door.
The robbers' accomplices were obviously well prepared. They carried bundles of hemp ropes and quickly tied up the security guards one by one and threw them into the corner.
…
Next to Jiangxia.
When the parents ghost saw the robbers' brutal actions, they moved away a little in fear and secretly hugged Jiang Xia's legs to give themselves courage.
Inside the room, Nakamura Mio lit a cigarette and watched her younger brothers' actions leisurely.
——She is the leader of this gang of robbers.
Originally, Nakamura Mio was just supervising the work of her subordinates.
But when she passed by Jiang Xia, her heart suddenly skipped a beat and she stopped.
“…”
Nakamura Mio stared at the robber who wanted to tie up Jiang Xia, frowned and hesitated for a moment, then suddenly waved her hand and drove the man away: "Go tie up someone else."
She walked up to Jiang Xia, took a close look at the young detective lying on the table, and then looked at the security guards who were thrown into the corner. For some reason, she suddenly had the thought that "Jiang Xia should not be thrown over there" - the ground was so cold and dirty, it was not a place for people to lie down.
…
The robbers quickly tied up the security guard and eliminated the hidden danger.
When they turned around, they found that there was still a fish that had escaped the net, and it was the famous detective they feared the most.
The robbers hesitated for a moment: "Boss, if we leave it like this, it will be troublesome when he wakes up. It will take a long time to search the building."
"...I know." Nakamura Mio nodded, but had no intention of taking any action at all.
After a pause, she took a piece of rope and casually tied it around Jiang Xia a few times: "Alright."
"..." The younger brothers stared at the rope that was neither loose nor tight and tied with a bow, and they always felt that something was not right.
However, at this time, Nakamura Mio had come to her senses. She slammed the table fiercely: "What are you still standing there for? Remember the map, divide the work and take away what you need to rob!"
She had accumulated power in the gang for a long time, and when she got angry, her younger brothers dared not say anything more.
They could only think secretly: According to the plan, the big sister will stay in the security room for a while, and then we can just ask her to keep an eye on the detective.
…
A few minutes ago.
First floor of the building.
Mihua Department Store is equipped with an automatic security device, and the rolling shutters will automatically fall down at a fixed time every day.
The Young Detective Team was now locked in the building by an iron gate.
"What should we do? Are we going to stay here overnight?" The three real kids looked at the closed door and felt a little regretful. "If only we hadn't left anything behind, we would have gone home earlier."
Huiyuan Ai stood beside them and taught them leisurely: "In the future, don't go to the place where people are about to get off work without permission. Remember that."
Ayumi and the others nodded dejectedly.
Conan recalled what happened to Jiang Xia during the day and comforted the kids:
"Don't worry, there will be security guards on duty in the building. Brother Jiang Xia happens to be working here part-time. Let's go talk to him and he will let us out."
As he said this, Conan walked towards the elevator.
However, after taking a few steps, I only heard a series of footsteps following me.
The remaining three people remained silent.
"......?" Conan turned around in confusion, and saw that the only one following him was Haibara Ai.
The other three children pressed against the door in fear: "Well... let's wait for you here!"
Huiyuan sighed and pulled them forward: "If we leave you here, who knows where you will run off to... Let's go, apologize sincerely, Jiang Xia won't hit you."
The three children had disbelief written all over their faces.
But when they thought that Jiang Xia was in the security room downstairs and was in the same confined space as them, they all unconsciously put on a layer of obedient buff and didn't dare to act recklessly. In the end, they followed Conan and Huihara Ai downstairs silently.
…
Originally, the children thought that in order to leave the building, they just had to "admit their mistake."
However, when they arrived outside the security room, Conan and Haibara Ai immediately realized that something was wrong.
Huiyuan Ai whispered doubtfully: "The people in the security room don't seem to be wearing security uniforms."
Conan observed for a moment and was shocked: "There is someone in the corner, it seems that the security guards are tied up over there!"
Upon closer inspection, they saw that the only people still standing in the security room were a few robbers who were gathered around a map, discussing where to go to search for things... Oh, it seemed that there was another person, Jiang Xia, who was also drugged, but for some reason he was not thrown away. Instead, he was blending in with the group of robbers in a very incongruous manner.
(End of this chapter)
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