Chapter 2471 2483 [Kidnapping]
Jiang Xia came over and patted Conan on the head: "Don't worry, I'll watch him."
"Haha..." Conan could only try to raise his head and force out a cute smile.
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The intrusive children were quickly forgotten by the police.
Jiang Xia looked at the familiar lady who had accompanied her friends to the detective agency to look for cats several times and asked: "Did you receive any blackmail from the kidnappers today?"
"Yes." Mrs. Domoto nodded with tears in her eyes, "My father was kidnapped."
Inspector Megure opened the cardboard box with the word "TV" printed on it and saw that it did not contain a TV but various police instruments.
"We can't talk here." Inspector Megure said to Mrs. Domoto, "Let's talk in the living room."
Mrs. Domoto didn't come to her senses until she sat down on the sofa.
She looked at the detective opposite her, then at the policeman who came with the detective, and said blankly: "We probably didn't call the police. The kidnappers said they would kill my father if we called the police. Why did you..." She suddenly thought of something and looked at her husband, "Did you call the police?"
Domoto Akinari quickly shook his head: "I just put the ransom money in the park as the kidnappers said."
Mrs. Domoto looked at the elderly nanny beside her and said, "Then, Grandma Changdai..."
The toothless old lady carried the tray and slowly placed the tea on the coffee table. Then she slowly shook her head and said vaguely, "Me neither."
Jiang Xia politely waited for them to finish doubting each other, then pointed to the suitcase that was hidden in the TV box and sneaked into the house: "No one called the police, it was just by chance that the police got this and deduced the identity of the hostage from it."
"Is this the ransom we prepared?" Mrs. Domoto was shocked. "How did it get into the hands of the police?!"
Her husband was also bewildered: "I clearly put it where the kidnappers asked, why..."
Jiang Xia: "The kidnapper had a car accident on his way back from collecting the ransom and died on the spot. Witnesses who saw the accident called the police, so the police found the ransom at the scene of the accident."
The Domoto couple were stunned. They didn't expect such a coincidence to happen in the world.
Inspector Megure flipped through the information the police had urgently collected: "Fortunately, the deceased kidnapper had a criminal record, so it is not difficult to confirm his identity. We are investigating his interpersonal relationships and living environment, hoping to find the place where your father is hiding."
Mrs. Domoto suddenly realized something. She picked up the syringe and medicine box that came with the ransom box, and her face turned very ugly: "This medicine couldn't be delivered to my father. His kidney disease is very serious and he needs an injection every 6 hours..."
Jiang Xia: "When was the last time you had an injection?"
Mrs. Domoto wiped away her tears and said, "It was 9 o'clock in the morning. He always sprayed the pesticides at that time."
"9+6..." Inspector Megure calculated, "3pm, wait, it's past that time now!"
Mrs. Domoto stroked the medicine box anxiously with her fingertips: "It's okay if it's a short delay, but if he misses the injection for eight hours in a row, his body will be in big trouble."
"Eight hours..." Inspector Megure continued to count on his fingers, looking at the clock as he counted. He suddenly felt overwhelmed after reading it, "That means there is only one and a half hours left."
If he were given a day or two, he believed it would not be difficult for the police to locate the hostages, but one or two hours... the time was too tight!
But at this point, I can only bite the bullet and go ahead: "Can you tell me in detail what happened? - Your father's itinerary today, when you found out he was missing, the kidnappers' contacts... These may all be key information, don't miss them."
Jiang Xia added: "This includes your family situation, distant relatives and close neighbors. Kidnappings are often committed by acquaintances, so don't be careless."
Mrs. Domoto had obviously heard a lot of praise for Jiang Xia from her friends, and when she heard the detective speak, her emotions seemed to become more stable.
She recalled carefully: "I don't know many of my distant relatives. I only know four people in my family, including me. My father runs a metal processing company, and I am his only daughter. This is my husband, Domoto Akinari, and this is Mrs. Changdai who helps with housework.
"Today is the founding anniversary of my father's company. He gave the company a day off, so my father and husband didn't go to work today."
"Oh." Inspector Megure understood something and looked at the son-in-law of the Domoto family across the table. "You also work in your father-in-law's company, so you will inherit that company in the future?"
The son-in-law nodded.
Next to her, hearing this, Grandma Changdai frowned and clenched the tray with her fingers.
Mrs. Domoto didn't notice her abnormality and continued, "At 9 o'clock in the morning, I injected my father with the medicine for this morning, and then I went out to my friend's house. So what happened next..."
The son-in-law stayed at home all day today. He continued his wife's words, "My father-in-law likes to go out for a walk every day on his day off. Not long after Guangzi left, around 9:30, he also went out as usual."
Inspector Megure listened and took notes: "You didn't go with them?"
The son-in-law shook his head: "My father-in-law doesn't like to be disturbed when he's taking a walk. Although the company is on holiday, there are still a lot of things piled up. I have to stay at home to deal with them."
"Mr. Qiu Cheng was indeed busy in the study for the whole morning." The old lady next to him said, "At 11 o'clock, I had just finished cleaning the bathroom when the phone at home rang. After I picked up the phone, a strange man's voice came from the phone, and he asked me if I was Mr. Domoto's family member.
"I'm just a housekeeper, not a family member, so I transferred the call to Mr. Qiu Cheng in the study... Who knew that the call was actually from the kidnappers, who asked us for a ransom of 30 million."
"Hmm..." Inspector Megure looked at the clear timeline on the notebook and felt a little relieved. "In other words, the hostage went out alone at 9:30, and the incident happened between 11 o'clock when you received the call from the kidnapper. The kidnapping location should be his walking route - do you know where he likes to walk?"
Mrs. Domoto nodded. "I've been there with him a few times, and Dad's walking route is always very fixed - I'll go find a map."
Not long after, the police obtained the "hostage walking route map" drawn by Mrs. Domoto.
Inspector Megure sent the map back to the Metropolitan Police Department and asked them to search along the route: if they were lucky enough to find the place where Mr. Domoto was kidnapped, they might be able to follow the corresponding traces.
While the police were busy, Jiang Xia strolled around casually with a cup of tea and stopped next to the psychologist.
(End of this chapter)
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