Chapter 774: Huiyuan Ai: The Dirty Dealings of the Organization
Thinking about the stolen gems, which were indeed a considerable fortune, and her recent financial situation, Chihiro Kojima sighed and had to focus her energy back on her business.
She turned around and smiled at Jiang Xia: "Then let's take a look at the surveillance first."
Sato Miwako: "..."
Jiang Xia nodded and followed her to the office at the back.
After walking two steps, she found that Huiyuan Ai had not followed. There were many people and legs everywhere, and it was easy for children to run around and get stepped on. Jiang Xia turned around and waved at her: "Let's go."
Huiyuan Ai: “…”
She looked at Jiang Xia, then at the familiar cat in the store manager's photo on the wall, and then at Chihiro Kojima.
Thinking of the female customer's attitude towards Jiang Xia just now, his expression suddenly became a little frightened.
When Jiang Xia called out to her, Huiyuan Ai trotted after him, wanting to say something but stopping herself: "...What exactly do you do when you need to use cats?"
Jiang Xia looked at her doubtfully and said, "It's just to help the client find a cat."
Haibara Ai: “…” No, no, no, she always felt that something was not right… After all, no matter how detective an agency it is, it was still an agency opened by a member of an organization… What kind of weird business did the saucy boss in Jiangxia open in private?
…
Although Haibara Ai was greatly shocked, she was a reserved person after all and did not show any signs of abnormality.
Manager Kojima led a group of people into the office and played back the surveillance video. Her slender hand pressed the mouse and dragged it, accurately skipping some content, and the picture froze on the robber's face.
“That’s the guy,” she said.
The police who arrived first had already watched the surveillance video several times and didn't pay much attention to her hasty behavior.
The few people who came later did focus more on the kidnapper's appearance.
Sato Miwako looked carefully and said, "Yes, it's Koda Masao... Why did he suddenly do this?"
"Find someone and ask them and you'll know."
Jiang Xia looked at the face of a person who did not shy away from the camera in the surveillance video, and felt that someone was fishing with a direct hook: "It shouldn't be difficult to find. Robbers usually cover their faces or deliberately avoid cameras. But in the picture just now, when Koda Masao turned his eyes, he clearly saw where the surveillance camera was, but he didn't care at all..."
Officer Sato frowned slightly: "In other words, he is not afraid of being recognized by us?"
She thought for a moment and sent a message to the patrolling police officers, asking them to keep an eye out for anyone turning themselves in.
Next to her, Chihiro Kojima brought over an exquisite product catalog and circled it for Jiang Xia: "This, this, and this..." She circled more than a dozen gems, "They were all stolen."
After a pause, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Do you know the robber?"
"We just met not long ago..."
…
When Jiang Xia repeated his commission for the second time today.
Suddenly, there was news from the police.
——This jewelry store also has surveillance cameras installed at the entrance.
The motorcycle that Masao Koda was riding during the robbery was clearly photographed, including the license plate.
Following this very obvious clue, the police successfully found Koda Masao's motorcycle near Beika Station. It seemed that he had abandoned the motorcycle and took the train instead. On the steps leading down to the platform, there was a dark-colored gemstone dropped, which was one of the gems stolen from the jewelry store.
Sato Miwako sighed: "Abandoning the motorcycle and taking the train instead... It's impossible that he gave up looking for his sister and stole some money to return to his hometown in the countryside. There must be other purposes..."
A group of detectives are still waiting to follow instructions.
Although Sato felt that the matter was not simple, he could only follow the procedure: "Set up checkpoints at several transfer stations on the circular line, focus on the search, and act quickly. Send people to other stations to check as well."
After saying that, she subconsciously looked at Jiang Xia.
According to experience, when you encounter something you can't figure out while solving a case, it's always a good idea to ask Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia noticed her gaze, but his eyes drifted away and he turned his head away. Manager Kojima, who was clinging to him, moved to the side, whether intentionally or unintentionally, just in time to block Sato Miwako's sight.
Officer Sato: "..."
Not to mention a certain store manager who has too many complaints...is this little detective hiding something from her?
She wanted to ask, but she felt that if Jiang Xia was deliberately hiding it, he probably wouldn't tell her even if she asked... What was going on?
Miwako Sato touched her chin, and her first reaction was: Jiang Xia has already deduced the whereabouts of Masao Koda, and is now trying to get there without telling the police and beat the guy up in no time.
But on second thought, he felt that although Jiang Xia liked to beat criminals, he usually did so only when he happened to bump into them, and would not deliberately hide it from the police.
There must be something else...
Miwako Sato sorted out the causes and consequences of the matter again and thought about something quickly.
Conan noticed the brief interaction between Jiang Xia and Officer Sato, and had a vague guess in his mind.
——Judging from Masao Koda’s behavior, his search for Sanae Koda was absolutely from the heart and he was very motivated.
At a time like this, someone suddenly comes to rob a jewelry store... I always feel that there may be some connection between the two things.
...The fact that he did not cover his face or avoid the camera when he stole the gem shows that Koda Masao did not intend to evade punishment and did not mind being caught. The same is true for the motorcycle whose license plate was not covered, and the gem that "accidentally" fell on the platform steps.
Rather than "escaping", these actions seemed more like a deliberate attempt to draw the police's attention to Beika Station and create the illusion that Masao Koda was "fleeing for fear of crime".
In fact, starting from Beika Station, in addition to transferring to other stations, you can also go to another place - Haido Town, the home of Yoshikazu Watanuki.
“…”
Combining several things together, Conan felt that he might have understood Koda Masao's plan - he wanted to bury the stolen gems in the yard of Watanuki's family. If the police wanted to search for the stolen goods, they would have to turn over the yard of Watanuki's family. If there was really a body buried in the yard, it would definitely be exposed by then.
Thinking of this, Conan looked at Officer Sato who was thinking, hesitated for a moment, and said nothing.
…The most troublesome “armed robbery” has now happened.
In this case, adding the charge of "sneaking into someone else's yard to bury gems" is actually not a big deal.
Although this is not quite fair to Watanuki Yoshiichi, from another perspective, if Koda Masao really developed a mental disorder due to his sister's disappearance, and then became a stalker who harassed Watanuki Yoshiichi for a long time, then digging up the yard to let him see what's going on inside, although a bit depressing, is also one of the possible ways to get out of this situation.
Jiang Xia probably realized this, so he didn't say anything.
…
At the same time.
Subaru Okiya and the three kids from the Junior Detective League waved their hands and watched them leave.
Then he stood up and breathed a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)
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