Chapter 2263 2275 [Backstab by a Companion]
Conan: "All those jewels dug out of the ground yesterday were fake. Kamekura Yuji changed his story and said that a stranger told him there was treasure there, so he couldn't help but try to dig.
"After Mori Rintaro and his family rushed back from their trip, they forgave him without hesitation - ever since Kamekura Yuji helped them rebuild the restaurant, his family's turnover has increased more than ten times, and they now completely regard Kamekura Yuji as a benefactor.
"The victim refused to pursue the matter, and there was not enough physical evidence to prove that Kamekura Yuji was the jewel thief from five years ago, so he was temporarily released."
Jiang Xia glanced at him, then looked at his fried shrimp: "..."
Conan wiped his mouth and asked seriously, "What do you think?"
Jiang Xia said perfunctorily: "There may be other hidden stories behind this matter."
Conan nodded in agreement. "I was wondering how there could be such a stupid thief in the world. He must be using his superficial stupidity to cover up a deeper conspiracy! I plan to investigate him in the next few days, maybe I can catch him."
Jiang Xia: “…” How much do you care about his modus operandi? I might as well open a cram school for you to teach you how to commit crimes.
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In a dark alley in Tokyo.
After Kamekura Yuji went out, he walked around in the bustling crowd twice, shook off the tracking that he didn't know whether it existed or not, and finally arrived at this alley.
Not long after, a well-mannered middle-aged man pulled the scarf covering his face, lowered his head and walked in.
"You finally showed up." Kamekura Yuji snorted coldly, glaring at his former accomplice, "We agreed that we would share the gems equally after we dug them out five years later, but you actually took them away in advance. How shameless!"
Yuji Kamekura is not very talented in crime, but five years ago, he was able to succeed in stealing a large number of jewelry from that relatively heavily guarded jewelry store thanks to his accomplices who gave him advice and cracked the security system.
So Kamekura Yuji didn't think much about it. After he succeeded, he immediately followed the plan of his clever accomplices and hid the gems in the foundation of the restaurant. Then he left as if nothing had happened, preparing to become rich overnight in five years.
Five years passed quickly. A few months ago, he couldn't resist the temptation and came here to try digging ahead of time.
After sneaking into the restaurant under the pretext of repaying a favor, Kamekura Yuji was never able to find an opportunity to be alone because the restaurant owner was too lazy.
So after thinking hard, he used the criminal knowledge he had learned over the years and bought some travel vouchers at his own expense to lure the tiger away from the mountain - yes, the temporary transfer yesterday was actually the second time, otherwise he would not have been able to come up with this brilliant idea so quickly.
Anyway, after his first excavation a few months ago, Yuji Kamekura unearthed a bag of gems that... didn't look like the real thing at all.
As the man who had stolen the gems with his own hands, and who had thought about them day and night and never dared to forget them for a moment, Kamekura Yuji immediately discovered that his treasures had been replaced with fake ones - and judging from the old packaging, this replacement probably happened when he had just succeeded in getting them five years ago.
His dream was shattered, and after being grief-stricken, Kamekura Yuji began to look for his own gem.
He first suspected that the restaurant family had discovered his hidden stones and dug them out for themselves, but after a period of investigation and questioning, he ruled out this possibility.
"Either they are from the construction team, or they are my accomplices."
The foundation had already been laid, and he carefully restored the land to its original state. Compared with the construction team, the latter was more suspicious.
Yuji Kamekura realized that he might have been backstabbed, so he decided to set a trap - not only did he not leave the restaurant, but he spent money to help them promote it, and even paid for the restaurant's renovation out of his own pocket, hoping to use this typical anomaly like the "Red Hair Society" to lure his accomplices.
Now, after he was caught and released, his former accomplice has finally taken the bait.
"It's worth the money I spent on the renovation." Kamekura Yuji glared at his former accomplice with a fierce look in his eyes, "Where did you put my gems!"
Opposite him, the middle-aged man pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and said soothingly:
"Don't worry, we just felt that this place was not safe enough, so we moved the gems to another place. We didn't tell you because we wanted to protect you. Look, you were arrested by the police yesterday. If we hadn't switched the gems, you wouldn't have been released so easily."
Kamekura Yuji sneered: "Oh, that sounds good, but do you think I'm still the poor fool that you can only play with? - I have changed, and time has given me wisdom! Don't try to fool me, hand over the gem!"
The middle-aged man rolled his eyes in his heart, but a look of hurt appeared on his face: "I didn't expect that our comradeship back then was nothing in your heart - if we hadn't escaped and helped you attract the attention of the police five years ago, how could you have easily hidden for all these years?"
Kamekura Yuji was stunned, as if he felt that this made some sense.
The middle-aged man struck while the iron was hot: "Back then, in order to evade investigation, we changed our contact information and addresses and lost contact. But over the years, we have always missed you and have been waiting for you to come back. The reason we didn't sell those gems is to wait to find you and divide them equally!"
Kamekura Yuji scratched his head, as if he still felt something was wrong: "But the civil prosecution period is a full 20 years, and only five years have passed. Those gems can't be sold now."
The middle-aged man shook his head: "The precious metals on the jewelry can be melted away, and without those decorations, the re-set gems will look very different from before.
"If we had sold them immediately, someone might have noticed something. But now it has been five years. As long as we sell them quietly, no one will notice. The money will be divided equally among the four of us. Soon, each of us will become a billionaire!"
Kamekura Yuji's blood boiled when he heard this, and his heart was moved: He had endured for so many years just to become a billionaire. Could it be that this wish was finally going to come true?
At this time, the middle-aged man looked at him and said tentatively: "So let us handle the other 200 million jewels. If you do it all by yourself, you will be easily caught by the police if you don't handle it well. You won't get a single yen then. We have very safe means and channels here to ensure that you can get a large share of the property."
When Kamekura Yuji heard "another 200 million in jewels", he came to his senses and looked at the person opposite him thoughtfully.
(End of this chapter)
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