Chapter 794 Jiang Xia, Who Did You Kidnap?
They took out a slightly old business card, as if it had been exposed to wind and sun, and carefully placed it on the coffee table.
"Our daughter Eri got married a few days ago and is going on a honeymoon, so she asked us to take some time to go to her house to look after the cats. There are feeding and watering devices at home, so we only need to do it once every few days.
“Today when we went over to check, we found her suitcase still in the bedroom, open, and her luggage hadn’t been put away at all—but she hadn’t contacted us for several days. We thought she was addicted to traveling, but now…something must have happened to her!
"After discovering the situation in the house, we called the police and wanted to ask the neighbors if they had seen anything. But when we got to the door, we suddenly found a dusty box next to the gate. It was brown and black and looked like a coffin! When we got closer, we could smell a foul odor inside..."
The police officers were startled and their expressions gradually became serious.
According to convention, the coffin-like box probably contains severed limbs and other parts used for intimidation... This, this is a big case!
...But what does it have to do with Jiang Xia?
They looked at the business card with a little curiosity, and pricked up their ears to hear what was to come.
Jiang Xia was silent for a moment. These elements sounded familiar...
The couple paused for a moment, as if trying to suppress their fear.
After a while, he continued, "We opened the box and found that inside was the body of a cat that had been dead for several days - the cat my daughter raised. In addition, there was a business card pinned to the lid of the box, which was this one... This must be a threat!"
Sato Miwako: "..."
Why did she seem to have heard something similar, although from a different angle... She looked at Jiang Xia silently.
Others are still struggling with this strange kidnapping case itself.
When they were reasoning, they accidentally excluded Jiang Xia, who did not look like a criminal, from the kidnappers and began to reason along the lines of the box:
"Come to think of it, didn't the kidnappers make any demands on you? For example, asking for a ransom, or making some specific requests that only you can do, or even putting it mildly, saying 'don't call the police' or something like that..."
"No." The couple, who were a little out of touch with modern society, were silent for a moment. Following the simple principle of "calling the police when encountering criminals", they went straight to the police station after they found out something was wrong. If the kidnappers had said "don't call the police" on the way, they might have sobered up a little and did it, but they didn't...
"That's strange." The police fell into deep thought. Judging from the situation, the "Miss Huili" had been missing for several days. According to common sense, if such a long time had passed, the kidnappers should have contacted her family long ago if they had any requests.
Also, about the "kidnapper's business card"...
Several police officers who were watching took a closer look and discovered the problem.
They all felt that this business card looked very familiar, for it was Jiang Xia's business card - this young detective seemed to like his job very much and was always handing out these to people. They all had one in their hands, and some who had met Jiang Xia many times had even accumulated a small stack of them.
The good old man Takagi Wataru thought for a moment and explained to the couple:
"Although it is indeed Jiang Xia's business card, it does not mean that he is the kidnapper - Jiang Xia has sent these to many people due to work reasons. It is also possible that the suspect put it there to deliberately confuse the public."
Just as he finished speaking, Jiang Xia's hesitant voice came from the side: "...I put it there myself."
Takagi Wataru: “…”? ? ?
Several police officers also looked at Jiang Xia in shock, with tragic scenarios such as "the high school detective has seen too many dark sides of society and his mind has been polluted and twisted" emerging in their minds.
Jiang Xia waved his hand, ruthlessly cutting off their imaginations:
"But I'm not the one who kidnapped Miss Eri - a few days ago, a few children and I found a dead cat in a park on the outskirts of the city." And a cat ghost... But there's no need to tell the police about this.
Jiang Xia glanced at his new ghost with satisfaction and continued, "The cat tag has the corresponding contact number and address. We couldn't get through on the phone, so we thought the cat owner was busy, so we sent the cat back according to the address.
"Not long after that, I ran into the police who were handling a case at the Shaoyeting Hotel. I gradually learned that the murderer in that case was so panicked when he was trying to kill the victim that he also killed a passing cat - this cat was the murdered cat in that case.
"When I sent the cat back, I was worried that the owner would be frightened when she saw the dead cat and didn't know the situation, so I left a business card so that she could contact me later..."
Sato Miwako also remembered this incident and cleared her throat awkwardly: "It was my mistake. In that case, the murderer was caught on the spot during the second crime and later confessed to the crime. In addition, the physical evidence and traces of the real scene in the park were retrieved, so I didn't bother the cat again..."
After all, there seem to be a lot more cases these days than before, and the police really haven't taken care of these details. They have already found a lot of hard evidence...
The couple listened to the conversation between the detective and the police and were confused: "If that's the case... then what about Eri?"
"It's not too clear right now." Jiang Xia was quite interested in their case. Anyway, the mission deadline was still several days away, so why not do something else first? "But at the moment, the 'dead cat' and 'missing Miss Eri' should be two unrelated things. Now that the former has been solved, we can temporarily treat the latter as an independent incident - can you take me to your house to have a look? Maybe we can find some clues about her disappearance. In addition, since you are about to go on a honeymoon, you'd better contact the new husband as soon as possible. Maybe you will get something very useful."
The couple looked at each other for a moment, nodded anxiously, and stood up to take the police and detective home.
Also, about the son-in-law...
“After we called the police, we tried to contact him on the way to the police station, but we couldn’t get through.
"At that time, we thought that he might have been kidnapped by 'Jiang Xia' along with Huili..."
The desperate old couple became alert and had a new suspect: "Could it be that he kidnapped our daughter?!"
"..." Sato Miwako sighed, "Let's go to the missing person's scene first."
…
Masuo Eri's financial situation seems to be good, as she already had a house before getting married. Now that she is married, she is gradually moving her belongings to her new home, and now she doesn't have many things in her home.
Jiang Xia arrived at the front of the courtyard and first took a look at the box with the cat's body placed beside the gate. When the old couple went to call the police, they only brought the business card, not the whole box. After all, the body represented death and bad luck, so they didn't dare to carry it around.
(End of this chapter)
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