Chapter 3434 3446 [Reliable Master Huiyuan Ai]
Outside the locker room.
Faced with the sudden call, the two less-than-professional kidnappers were obviously panicked.
After a moment, the other person replied, "Ignore it and pretend you didn't hear. If she calls again later, just send her a text message to fool her—just hold on for another two hours, and it won't matter whether the hostage exists or not."
Mao Lilan's heart suddenly sank: What do you mean? In two hours, they are going to kill me?
"No, that's not right." Mao Lilan quickly thought of what happened before she was knocked unconscious. "I remember that they seemed to be planning to murder someone in the cafe - could it be that in two hours, they will do it?"
“This kind of thing…”
Mao Lilan instinctively wanted to stop it, but now she was tied up and locked in the locker room, without even a cell phone...
A high school girl sighed and fell back to the ground silently, trying to relieve the pain from the hit on the back of her neck while trying to think of a solution.
At this moment, the ringing outside stopped - because the call had not been picked up, the phone was automatically hung up.
The two kidnappers stared at the phone and waited with bated breath.
Ran Mouri also subconsciously held her breath, wondering if Sonoko on the other end of the phone could notice her situation.
In the dead silence, suddenly, Mao Lilan, with one ear pressed against the ground, heard "dong" and "dong" sounds coming from nowhere.
Mao Lilan: “?”
Mao Lilan: “?!!”
What, what's that sound?! Why does it sound like it's coming from underground?!
In an instant, words like "corpse in the cement slab" and "earthbound ghost" popped up and filled her mind. The high school girl who was afraid of ghosts felt her ears buzzing and goose bumps stood up all over her body.
…
The other side.
Suzuki Sonoko put down the phone and said in a panic, "What should I do? I didn't get through."
Haibara Ai looked at her phone which had not received a reply, her heart also pounding, but she was the only adult here now - a self-proclaimed adult was still an adult, so she could only take a deep breath, try not to panic, and keep up the scene.
After thinking for a moment, she said to Suzuki Sonoko, "Send a text message to test whether it's Miss Maori on the other end. Remember, it must be subtle enough, using information that you two haven't mentioned today."
Suzuki Sonoko looked confused: "Information we didn't mention today? What does it mean?"
Huiyuan Ai helplessly explained: "The last text message mentioned chasing stars. This may be because you have done similar things after coming here, and the person who sent the message saw it, so he was able to pretend to be Ms. Maori and send such content.
"This time, let's use some more obscure information to test the waters. Only in this way can we confirm whether the person on the other side is really the real person."
The two of them thought about it together, and Suzuki Sonoko had an idea: "I got it!"
Soon, the kidnapper's phone vibrated and received a message: [Why didn't you answer the phone?]
The man with glasses looked at the screen, frowned, and muttered to the hedgehog-haired man with a swollen chin next to him: "Oh no, are we going to be exposed?"
However, at this moment, the next message came immediately: [Guess who I met! ]
“…”
The two kidnappers exchanged a glance, thought for a moment, and the hedgehog-haired man said, "She was fooled for so long with just one text message. This gardener across the street isn't very smart. I think it's more likely that she discovered something and is anxious to find this girl, rather than being exposed. That's why she called again."
"That's right." The man with glasses then took the flip phone and replied cautiously: [Who did you meet?]
opposite:
[Seniors Kudo and Asami! They're here for the competition too—it's a rare opportunity to meet up, let's have a meal together! I heard they're going abroad together next semester, so we don't know when our next get-together will be, so please come back soon.]
The two robbers breathed a sigh of relief, and the hedgehog-haired man said, "I was right, wasn't I? If she hadn't met these two people, she would have had to wait until the end of the game to realize something was wrong."
The man with glasses said worriedly, "How should I reply to her?"
Hedgehog Hair: "Just say you just went to town to develop photos and are rushing back now. Let them eat first. If she pushes you, just say the car on the way back has a flat tire and it will take another hour or two. By then, we'll have finished our work long ago."
The man with glasses nodded: "Okay, that's it."
…
Comprehensive park.
In the spectator stands at the tennis court.
Seeing the reply, Suzuki Sonoko's face turned pale: "Oh no, the person on the other side really isn't Xiaolan!"
Haibara Ai nodded silently. She wondered if the high school girl opposite was stupid or smart, as she could come up with this method to test the situation.
This question was difficult to figure out, so Huiyuan Ai stopped thinking about it and started thinking: "What should I do now?"
Suzuki Sonoko hesitated and said, "Call the police?"
Huiyuan Ai shook her head: "Calling the police would be too blatant. If they find out and kill me, it will be very troublesome... How about this, you should have a few police officers you know well."
Suzuki Sonoko held the cell phone and nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
Ai Huihara: "Ms. Maori has only been missing for one afternoon, and there are no clear signs of kidnapping. Even if we call the police directly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to file a case. It's better to ask them to investigate privately. This way, it might be more efficient."
Suzuki Sonoko thought it made sense and called Officer Sato.
After calling for reinforcements, she suddenly remembered something: "Oh, I have to tell Uncle Kogoro and Jiang Xia! With Jiang Xia here, we'll definitely be able to find the clue quickly!"
Haibara Ai nodded, but she felt a little uneasy: she had just sent a message to Jiang Xia, but there was no reply from the other party, and coupled with the strange things around her recently... Jiang Xia must be busy with other things.
And he specifically asked me to come here, which means that what is happening in Tokyo is probably far more complicated than the kidnapping case here.
Sure enough, not long after, Suzuki Sonoko put down her phone worriedly: "No one answered the phone, could Jiang Xia also be kidnapped?"
Ai Huihara forced herself to cheer up, trying to divert Suzuki Sonoko's attention from Jiang Xia and Maori Kogoro: "They are going to go out to sea on a ship tonight, and the signal may not be very good - don't worry, if everything goes well, we can solve the problem ourselves."
Suzuki Sonoko sighed and had to wait patiently for the two policemen to arrive: "I'll call Jiang Xia later, I hope he can answer the phone."
…
On a Halloween cruise.
The skull candlesticks were lit one by one, and the wall lamps embedded in various recesses also slowly lit up.
Maori Kogoro looked at this scene and his eyes lit up: "Haha, it's finally starting!"
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