Chapter 197 Who is the robber?
This group of robbers were not particularly professional. Only Mio Nakamura had a gun, and the others were not very dangerous.
Jiang Xia left a ghost floating next to the naughty kids to prevent them from causing trouble. Of course, he also left one in the monitoring room - if there are too many ghosts, they can do whatever they want, and putting one here and one there will make it convenient for them to do anything.
After taking away Haibara Ai's cell phone, Jiang Xia no longer followed the children.
He chose a blind spot in the surveillance camera and went upstairs, ready to watch the kidnappers' robbery scene to see if there were any energy cores that could be snatched.
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downstairs.
The Junior Detective Team is still trying to find the cell phone that Haibara Ai dropped, but they can't find it.
"We can't waste time like this anymore." Conan sighed, "Let's go find a pay phone! I remember there are a few near the exit."
However, this path is also not feasible.
Five minutes later, Conan put down the receiver listlessly, sighed, and couldn't help muttering:
"The telephone lines have all been cut off... These robbers are so skilled!"
Conan had no choice but to find another solution - he found a bucket of paint and painted a huge "SOS" on the window, hoping that some clever passerby would see it and help him call the police.
During this time, Yuantai stared at the glass for a while, thinking about something.
He had no idea about the strength of the building's glass and just thought that once the glass was broken, they would be able to get out.
Thinking of this, Yuan Tai picked up the stool beside him eagerly.
But before he smashed it, he suddenly remembered: Jiang Xia seemed to be the security guard of this building now.
"..." Although Brother Jiang Xia is at the kidnapper's sister's place and can't come over for the time being, when he comes back later, he will find that the place where he works has been smashed...
Yuan Tai suddenly recalled the figures of those who were beaten so badly that they couldn't even get up and could only roll helplessly on the ground, and then he put himself in his shoes. He silently glanced at the stool in his hand and suddenly shuddered.
A second later, Genta pushed the stool back to its original place and left with Conan, Haibara Ai and the others, pretending nothing had happened.
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After trying various methods without success, the children could only return to the pile of toys and continue looking for the phone - running around would make it easier to run into criminals, and the first floor where the phone was lost sold toys and daily necessities that were not of high value, so it was unlikely that the kidnappers would come here.
And the phone doesn't have long legs, how could it disappear after being dropped? They must have not looked carefully enough just now.
As long as you are patient enough, you will find it...
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At the same time, on the third floor of the building.
Robber No. 3 opened the counter and looked greedily at the glittering jewellery inside. He chuckled and swept them all into his bag.
After sweeping half a floor, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, weighed the bag full of jewelry, revealed a simple smile, and sighed in his heart that "it was a fruitful harvest."
However, at this moment, a very disappointing sentence floated over from behind: "...It's really too little."
The robber was startled and raised his head with a fierce look.
The next second, there was a "bang" at the back of his neck, a muffled groan escaped from his throat, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
Jiang Xia pushed the robber away, pulled the bag of jewels that he was holding down out from under him, then stared at the pile of jewels and sighed.
Energy cores do exist.
But...very few.
Including the robbers No. 1 and No. 2 who were just knocked down, the total loot of the three people is only as big as half a sesame seed.
Jiang Xia casually threw the energy core into the tattoo on his chest. Before he could taste it, the core was gone.
He sighed faintly: "Kid still needs to work harder..."
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There was only one robber left. According to Mist Tengu, who was flying around to get information, that person was looting antiques upstairs.
Jiang Xia first returned to the first floor, made a cat out of clay, and let the cat secretly take Huihara Ai's mobile phone back and throw it into the pile of toys.
Afterwards, he returned to the antique district to capture the last robber - no matter how small an energy core is, it is still an energy core. Since he is here, he might as well capture him together.
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downstairs.
When the Junior Detectives found Mamoru while searching for the phone, Ayumi's hand, which was groping for the stuffed toy, suddenly paused.
After a moment, she raised a mobile phone in surprise: "Found it!"
Huihara Ai breathed a sigh of relief and praised her: "Well done."
Then she took the phone and dialed Sato Miwako's number.
The last time Officer Sato was trapped in an abandoned building and asked them to help investigate a case, Haibara saved the officer's cell phone number.
If they called the police directly, the operator might not realize the urgency of the situation. It would be better to go find Sato, whom they knew.
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When Haibara Ai dialed the number, Conan looked at the place where Ayumi touched the phone in confusion. He remembered this place and had looked for it several times before.
But soon, Conan remembered the temperaments of his three teammates and immediately put aside his doubts - children are prone to making mistakes, and there is no light here and the environment is dark, so maybe he missed it before.
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"There are robbers in the Rice Flower Department Store?!"
When Sato Miwako received the call, she was shocked: there is indeed a group of robbers who are targeting department stores recently, and the police are working overtime on this matter.
Unexpectedly, before they could find any clues, the young detective team over there ran into the criminal in the act.
Miwako Sato: “…” These kids who have been infected with Jiangxia’s physique are really… I don’t know whether to say they are lucky or unlucky.
"It has to be quick." When Huiyuan Ai thought of Jiang Xia in the security room, and the woman who stared at Jiang Xia with eager eyes, as if she wanted to change her job from a robber to another criminal, a ghost fire began to rise in her eyes again:
"They have hostages. Hmm? About three or four people. There are more robbers than hostages."
Conan heard it nearby, picked up the phone, and recalled: "There are four hostages and five robbers. The robbers are four men and one woman. The woman has a gun. She and the hostages are in the security room on the second floor below ground. The other robbers went upstairs. We are now in the toy area on the first floor."
"Okay, you guys stay hidden." Sato Miwako stood up quickly, "We'll be there soon!"
Not long after.
A group of police cars drove towards the department store and surrounded the entire floor.
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The police officers broke into the room, entered the underground second floor, and went straight to the security room, ready to rush in to rescue the hostages.
However, when he looked down, he saw eight people tied up and laid out neatly on the ground.
"?" Inspector Megure, who led the team, asked in confusion, "What's going on? Didn't they say there were only four hostages? And the 'robber leader' standing in the room..."
Inspector Megure and Miwako Sato looked left and right, and always felt that this "robbery leader" looked very familiar.
(End of this chapter)
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