Chapter 2733 2745 [Kidnapping]
Mao Lilan said worriedly: "Could he have a sudden illness again? The last time I met him, he collapsed on the street. Could it be that he has..."
Conan had a different opinion: "..." How could the illness happen at such a coincidence? He didn't get sick in front of them, but got sick when he went to get a car?
Rather than this, maybe James has already completed the deal and quietly slipped away.
"It's been a while." Jiang Xia thought for a while, "Why don't we go over there and look for it? I remember Mr. James went that way just now, and there is indeed a parking lot in that direction."
Hashimoto Maya was still thinking about the magician. Hearing this, he came back to his senses and said, "Okay."
The group followed the direction James left and soon saw an automatic parking lot.
"Mr. James?" The two high school girls shouted while looking into the gaps between the cars, looking for an elderly man who was sick and lying on the ground with his hands covering his chest.
Hashimoto Maya was also strolling around the parking lot. Suddenly, he stopped and looked in one direction suspiciously: "Why is the door of this car open?"
Jiang Xia walked closer and looked down. "The automatic meter at this location has stopped working, and the baffle next to the wheel has also been lowered... If this is Mr. James's car, he should have inserted a coin to unlock it and opened the door. But for some reason, he didn't drive away, but disappeared instead."
Several other people noticed the commotion here and gathered around the car.
After hearing Jiang Xia's words, Mao Lilan couldn't help but squat down and look under the nearby car: it is possible that he struggled and rolled after the onset of the disease and accidentally got under the car... But unfortunately, the chassis on both sides were empty, and the poor old man with poor health was not hiding.
"What are you doing?"
Suddenly, a childish voice was heard.
Jiang Xia turned around and saw several elementary school students playing football. The leading child was holding a football and looking at them curiously: "Are they looking for someone?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "Have you ever seen a foreigner with a beard?"
"Foreigners? I've seen them!" The kid was obviously impressed by the old man with European and American looks. He raised his hand and pointed, "He walked over there with two uncles wearing coats."
The direction he pointed was an alley next to the parking lot.
When Conan heard "two people in coats", the image of Vodka and Gin acting together suddenly appeared in his mind.
The words "Are those two people wearing black coats?" came to his lips, but when he remembered that there was an extremely suspicious Maya Hashimoto next to him, he could only grit his teeth and swallowed the words back.
Jiang Xia seemed to know nothing about the struggles of the fake elementary school student. Now that he had a clue, he patted Conan on the head and walked towards the alley: "Let's go over and take a look first."
The alley is not long. After passing through it, there is an ordinary street outside.
"What is that?" Suzuki Sonoko suddenly discovered something. She leaned over to take a look and picked up a keychain from her feet in surprise. "Isn't this the circus souvenir that Mr. James was holding just now? How did it get thrown in a place like this?"
Maya Hashimoto turned her head and took a step back.
Jiang Xia was almost bumped by this startled younger brother. He moved aside and asked, "What's wrong?"
Hashimoto Maya came back to her senses, cleared her throat, and regained her composure: "Nothing, it just seems to be blood on it."
"Huh?!" Suzuki Sonoko was startled and turned the keychain over. She took a closer look and found that several letters on the cloth strip with "The Animal Show·Paul & Annie" were stained with dark liquid. "Is this blood?"
Conan: "Uncle Hashimoto, you are amazing! I thought it was coffee, but you recognized it as blood at a glance."
"..." Hashimoto Maya straightened her collar and stabilized her Watson position. "I once studied medicine and saw blood dripping in various places. Past experiences have made me who I am today."
Conan: “…”
Next to her, Jiang Xia took the keychain from Suzuki Sonoko and took a closer look. "The letters that were painted are 'P' and 'A'. The blood was printed on these three characters exactly. Judging from the position, they were not accidentally dropped, but were deliberately painted by someone."
Hashimoto Maya touched her chin, immersed in the drama: "There is no time to send a message, and I can only use the things on my body to quietly convey the information... Doesn't this mean that Mr. James is in a very bad situation? If so..." - That would be wonderful! It must be Lord Uzo who punished those lingering FBI.
By the way, what was the shameful purpose of that old man sitting next to him repeatedly?
…
In the fake police car speeding away.
James' mood plummeted as he was sandwiched between two burly men.
Meanwhile, the kidnappers were delighted: "It was such a steal! Guess how much your precious children are willing to pay for you?"
James: “…”
Another kidnapper answered, "At least a few hundred million should be given to show our appreciation. Instead of donating the money to those unknown zoos, it's better to use it for us brothers."
"That's right!" The kidnapper looked at the driver in front of him, "This is all thanks to Tanaka - he was able to modify it into a police car. A fake police car plus two fake police IDs can trick people into getting in the car. This is much more efficient than arresting people ourselves."
The driver laughed, hiding his achievement and fame: "Don't thank me, thank the brave Mr. Hawke among you. You dared to wander around the street alone without a bodyguard. Isn't this just giving money to others?"
James couldn't stand it anymore: "I told you I'm not Hawke, my name is James!"
"James? Is your full name the famous James Bond?" the kidnapper laughed. "Why don't you be more careful when making up a lie? Are you tired of being a cowboy and now want to go to Britain to be a spy?"
"What Bond? I'm James Blake!" James remembered the method Jiang Xia taught him not long ago, and reached into his pocket. "If you don't believe me, you can look at my ID..."
"Stop moving!" The kidnapper slapped his hand away and pointed his gun at him. "You want to send a message for help. Oh, it's too late. Now that you're in our hands, you'd better be our hostage, or I'll punch a hole in your body right away!"
…
An old man that the high school students just met was kidnapped. Of course, they couldn't pretend that they saw nothing.
"It's hard to report a crime based on just this. And unless it's sent for testing, there's no way to prove that this little lion was left by Mr. James and not someone else." Jiang Xia played with the bloody keychain in his hand. "But there was a case nearby, and the police should not have left yet... Let's talk to them first."
(End of this chapter)
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