Chapter 286 The gangster lends it to me
Although it turned out that the "bloody head" was just a misunderstanding, the cautious Conan still kept it in mind and felt that he could reveal the news to Inspector Megure.
In this way, if Toru Amuro really has any problems, such as illegal possession of guns, it can be discovered in time.
After Conan finished speaking, he felt relieved when he saw Inspector Megure's expression become serious. The police should go to confirm it.
But in fact, what Inspector Megure is thinking is different from what Conan is thinking.
Inspector Megure thought that the boss of the detective agency should not have any problems: many detectives would apply for gun licenses. And if there was a problem with the boss, with Jiang Xia's insight, he would have called the police long ago, and even beat the guy up first and asked about the source of the gun.
Compared to this matter, what Inspector Megure is more concerned about at the moment is that if he meets Jiang Xia's boss one day, he must tactfully remind him not to try to process the relevant gun ownership procedures for Jiang Xia.
As a policeman who can often rush to the "scene where Jiang Xia is present" at the first time, Inspector Megure knows that behind Jiang Xia's kind appearance, there is a heart that hates evil to an extreme degree.
Specifically, if the police arrive a little late, they can only find unconscious prisoners, or unlucky prisoners who look desperate and say whatever they are asked.
Jiang Xia could beat someone like this with just a baton, if he had a gun...
No, this must not be allowed to happen.
This is not only to protect the prisoners, but also to protect Jiang Xia, and even more so to protect the police who often have to work overtime to handle homicide cases.
Jiang Xia is a rare good brother, but he is a little irritable behind his back. But young people are inevitably impulsive, and we shouldn't meet him in the juvenile detention center...
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With the warhead provided by Conan, this threat can no longer be treated as a prank.
The TV station had already prepared the 50 million cash demanded by the criminals. Inspector Megure asked his employees to put the money at Gate 18 as required, intending to catch the criminals on the spot when they went to withdraw the money.
However, the second criminal who went to withdraw the money had turned on his phone in talk mode. He was just pinned down by the police, and the inner criminal who was watching the camera on the other side immediately noticed it.
The insider photographer demanded that the police release the man and demanded an additional 1 billion in cash. He also made another threat - if the TV station did not put the money there before the end of the game, he would kill a lucky spectator at the final whistle.
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Jiang Xia was sitting in the middle of the stands. His field of vision was not very high, but it was enough for him to spot some suspicious people whose movements were different from those of the spectators.
And his seat was right near Gate 18.
Therefore, when Gangster No. 2 went to withdraw money while wearing a hat and mask, Jiang Xia immediately noticed this strange person. He observed him secretly but ignored him - Gangster No. 2 did not have any murderous intent and was just here to get money.
If you want to pick up the murderous aura, you still have to rely on that ghost photographer.
The ghost photographer was once an aspiring robber who planned to rob a bank. He and his gang spent three years, spent all their money, and planned a perfect plan.
However, on the planned day, when they went to the bank fully armed, they found that the bank was holding an event called "Let celebrities be bank branch managers for a day."
Unplanned cameras and a large number of security guards ruined the plans of this small robbery gang and the money they spent on the plan.
The ghost photographer's girlfriend committed suicide because of this. The ghost photographer thought about her body for a long time and felt that it was all the fault of Nichimi TV - if the bastards at the TV station didn't hold the event on that day, their plan to rob the bank would have gone smoothly, his girlfriend wouldn't have died, and he wouldn't be so poor.
Therefore, one year later, in order to take revenge, the insider photographer demanded a huge sum of 1 billion yen from Nichiuri TV.
This amount of cash cannot be gathered in a short time, and the TV station is bound to break its promise.
In other words, the purpose of the insider photographer was not to ask for money from the beginning, but to kill someone at random, and then submit an article to the newspaper saying "Nimi TV refused to pay, so he killed people", so that Nimi TV would bear the blame.
Jiang Xia felt like laughing when he thought of this ridiculous reason for murder, and he also wanted to take a closer look at what kind of genius the criminal was.
Although in this incident there was actually an option of "waiting for the criminals to kill people before picking up ghosts", Jiang Xia thought about it and decided to choose murderous intent.
The funny murderous aura can be seen from such a distance, which shows that the quality is good.
In addition, this time, the criminals are going to kill people randomly... Thinking of this, Jiang Xia couldn't help but look at Mao Lilan who was walking around the scene, looking for Conan.
Although the place is full of hostages, now that Mao Lilan is here, the so-called "random" person picked to kill by the gangsters will most likely be her, just like many gangsters will unconsciously place bombs under Mao Lilan's feet.
...In such a chaotic scene, Jiang Xia felt it necessary to take care of his classmates who were prone to accidents.
Thinking of this, he stood up while no one was paying attention... Suddenly, a voice came from the side: "Where are you going?"
Jiang Xia was startled, and turned around to find a senior student with a gentle smile sitting next to him. He made an excuse to "go to the bathroom", and then left quickly under the suspicious gaze of the senior student.
Jiang Xia went to the back and walked around a few times. After the senior student could no longer find him, Jiang Xia followed the shadow of the venue and came to the vicinity of the ghost photographer.
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On the other hand, the atmosphere among the police was very solemn.
——After the second gangster got the money, he left the venue. Inspector Megure sent people to follow him, but unfortunately they lost him.
At the same time, the police also guessed the real intention of the criminals who stayed at the scene: rather than the 10 billion in cash, the other party wanted to kill people.
The matter then turned from ordinary extortion to premeditated murder in public.
Considering that the second gangster had fired a gun before, but he didn't have a gun on him when he was caught, Conan thought that the two gangsters might have just come into contact and transferred the pistol.
When Inspector Megure heard this speculation, he immediately asked someone to retrieve the video footage.
However, no camera captured the interaction between the two gangsters. Only occasionally would they capture gangster No. 2 withdrawing money, and often the camera would turn away as soon as the scene passed.
This aroused Conan's vigilance. He suddenly thought that the gangster who was still hiding in the venue might be an insider, a photographer, so he tried his best to avoid letting his accomplices appear in the camera, and at the same time hid in the venue quietly and had not been noticed by the police.
Thinking of this, Conan smiled as if he had seen through the truth.
Based on various clues, he determined the location of the criminals, and then rushed over, intending to have a righteous confrontation.
However, when he reached the camera position in the shadows and looked down, Conan was stunned.
——There was only an empty camera there, and the staff member who was originally guarding the camera... was gone.
Conan's smile froze on his face, and his heart suddenly sank. Could it be that the traitor photographer had predicted the current situation, so he discarded the camera and blended into the crowd before being discovered by the police?
...If that happens, things will be troublesome. There is not much time left before the end of the game, and we must find the person before then.
Conan, who originally planned to work alone, had to return to the director's room in shame and told the police his reasoning and the fact that the photographer had escaped from the camera.
It's obviously not a good thing for people to run away.
But compared to searching aimlessly just now, knowing the criminal's appearance and name will undoubtedly be of great help to the search.
And although his whereabouts afterwards are uncertain, the police can clearly see the direction in which the criminal left - just by checking the footage over there, they may be able to determine the criminal's escape route.
(End of this chapter)
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