Chapter 2768 2780 [Breath]
Conan went there with full confidence.
Then he came back with a grim look on his face.
"The kidnapper didn't even let Dr. Endo get on the car." Conan said in annoyance, "I didn't realize it until I arrived at the transaction location, but it was too late - the railroad track in front of the platform was less than 10 meters wide, and there was a high wall made of barbed wire on the other side of the track. The kidnapper rode a motorcycle past the barbed wire, and at the same time used Keita as a threat, asking Dr. Endo to throw the briefcase to him through the air."
Huiyuan Ai was stunned: "They didn't bring the child with them?"
"No." Conan sighed, "In fact, we shouldn't have given the ransom directly, but the kidnapper only said 'Don't forget that your child is still in our hands', and Dr. Endo threw the money over in fear... I didn't have time to stop him."
As he spoke, Conan clicked his glasses: "Fortunately, I installed a transmitter in advance, and wrote down the guy's motorcycle license plate - Doctor, let's go and catch up with the kidnapper!"
"Watch me!" Dr. Agasa rolled up his sleeves and stepped hard on the accelerator of his little Beetle, with a passion for racing surging in his heart.
But he soon realized a problem: "Where to chase?"
"To... eh?" Conan called up the signal and was startled. After a moment, his expression turned into surprise. "The signal is not working. It seems that the hiding place of the kidnappers is nearby - drive over there!"
"What a coincidence?" Huiyuan Ai was in disbelief and thought it was a bit strange. She turned to look at Jiang Xia, but saw that Jiang Xia was looking down at his phone, not seeming to be in a hurry.
"..." For some reason, Huiyuan Ai was relieved: as long as Jiang Xia was not anxious, there shouldn't be a big problem. But... at this time, who was Jiang Xia messaging?
Just as he was thinking about it, Conan's excited voice came from the passenger seat: "We're here, stop the car!"
"Are we there?" Dr. Agasa was stunned for a moment. He looked at the place Conan pointed at with a confused look on his face. "Isn't this an alley? Do they live in the alley?"
Conan also found it strange, but since he was already there, he finally jumped out of the car and rushed over.
At a time like this, a righteous high school detective certainly couldn't just sit there and do nothing. Jiang Xia also pushed the door open and got out of the car, and followed him into the alley.
The alley was damp and dark, with a lot of garbage piled against the walls.
Jiang Xia glanced around and his sight quickly landed on a corner - a brown suitcase was thrown in among the pile of white standard garbage bags. Looking closely, he could see a round protrusion on the corner of the suitcase, which was the transmitter that Conan had secretly attached before.
"Oh no." Seeing this scene, Conan immediately understood. He angrily punched the innocent wall next to him, "They took the ransom and threw the suitcase away - these guys are too cunning! But fortunately, I wrote down the kidnappers' motorcycle license plate. As long as I let the traffic police investigate, they can confirm the owner of the car..."
"I'm afraid not." Jiang Xia walked over and revealed an even more ominous fact, "Look."
Conan was startled and looked in the direction he was pointing. He saw a square object lying upside down in the garbage pile behind the suitcase.
"This is..." He reached out and pulled out a familiar motorcycle license plate.
Conan: “…”
Conan: "How dare they use fake license plates?!"
Jiang Xia: “…” Since they dare to kidnap, isn’t it reasonable for them to use a fake license plate?
He looked up at the sky. The balloon whale of Nichimei TV was still circling tirelessly. Suddenly Jiang Xia said, "Let's go back to the Starlight Hotel and take a look."
Professor Agasa and Haibara Ai who just trotted over: "Starlight Hotel?"
…
Among the luxury hotels.
Toru Amuro was wearing a security uniform and patrolling back and forth. Suddenly, his nose felt itchy and he turned his head and sneezed three times.
"Cold?" Thinking about the pressure he had been carrying these days, Amuro Toru accepted the current situation calmly, "Once I successfully get Itakura Taku, I will give myself a half-day vacation and relax."
As he was muttering to himself, he suddenly stopped.
——Outside the hotel gate, a small yellow Beetle came roaring in at a speed that didn't belong to it, and then screeched to a halt. Before the car came to a complete stop, the door opened and four people jumped out.
...Everyone has a face that Toru Amuro doesn't want to see.
Toru Amuro: "..."
We agreed to stay away from this place, what's wrong with this employee? He didn't listen at all!
While scolding himself in his heart, he lowered the brim of his hat and quietly retreated into the corridor before the people at the door saw him.
As expected, the four people didn't notice him. After entering the room, Jiang Xia strode to the front desk and whispered something. The front desk staff's face changed slightly and handed him a room card.
Jiang Xia took the card and led the others straight to the elevator, swiped the card and went upstairs.
Looking at the upward numbers on the elevator screen, Amuro Toru walked to the front desk from a hidden place and pretended to perform his security duties: "Why are those guests in such a hurry? What happened?"
The receptionist looked upstairs with some fear: "The gentleman said they were looking for the kidnappers and asked me not to make any noise."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly realized that she seemed to be making it public, and quickly covered her mouth in regret, then grabbed Amuro Toru and warned him: "Human life is at stake, don't tell anyone - otherwise if the kidnappers find out, the hostage may be killed, and then we will kill someone!"
Toru Amuro: “…” Kidnappers?
...in this hotel?
His heart skipped a beat and he suddenly had a premonition that was even worse than when Gin approached him.
…
There is an open-air restaurant on the 15th floor of the Starlight Hotel.
Jiang Xia stopped here, then pushed the door open and came to the rooftop.
Looking out from here, blue smoke is rising from a chimney in the distance.
He looked down at the route of the Blue Whale hot air balloon and raised his hand to gesture towards the chimney: "Look at this smoke. Does it look like a rising column of water?"
Huihara Ai looked over there blankly. At first, she didn't quite understand what Jiang Xia meant, but after thinking of the blue whale flying in the sky, she understood: "When the child saw the whale hot air balloon, it just happened to coincide with the blue smoke rising from the chimney, so he thought it was a whale spraying water!"
"I see!" Dr. Agasa suddenly realized, but then became confused again, "There are whales, but where are the crabs? There is nothing like crabs in that direction."
"There is indeed nothing in that direction." Jiang Xia walked to a dining table on the terrace, stretched out his hand and patted the tabletop, "But there is one here."
"...Hmm?" Dr. Agasa looked at the round white table, then at Jiang Xia's palm, "There was a crab on the table? Did you catch it?"
(End of this chapter)
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