Chapter 796: Corrupted Organization
But of course, I can't say this to Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia seemed to like those children quite a lot. If he knew the truth, he might feel sad about being excluded.
Huihara Ai and Conan made the same decision at the same time, strangling the truth firmly under the water, and smiled: "After all, they are a group of children. It is inevitable that they will be afraid when they see the corpse."
After saying this, for some reason, Jiang Xia looked a little sad... perhaps he saw through their clumsy lies.
Conan observed this change and sighed inwardly: How many times have I told you that Jiang Xia is not a dangerous person? Why don't these three kids believe it...
Forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore.
A child’s mind is like the weather in June, unpredictable, so it’s better to take a look at the case first.
The three of them were now standing beside a winding river.
Across the river stands an abandoned building waiting to be demolished.
Conan pointed at the river, then at the building:
"Just now when we were fishing, a remote-controlled boat towed a balloon and sped through the center of the river. Then, the balloon suddenly burst.
"I felt a faint reflection on the roof of the building and heard a suspicious sound, so I looked through the telescope. Then I found that there was someone holding a rifle on the roof - it is very likely that he shot through the balloon.
"What's even more suspicious is that next to the shooter, there were several suspicious men in black suits and sunglasses, pointing pistols at the shooter. After the balloon burst, they immediately took the rifle from the shooter."
Jiang Xia listened to him and nodded, as if he understood what he meant: "From the top of the building to here, it is estimated to be about three or four hundred meters. Hitting a high-speed balloon from such a long distance can be considered a superb skill... In other words, based on comprehensive considerations, it is possible that someone has kidnapped a sharpshooter and brought him here today for shooting practice?"
Conan nodded, his expression solemn. Of course, they couldn't have kidnapped a sniper just to shoot balloons for fun, they were probably planning to kill people.
Haibara Ai habitually pulled up her hood to cover up her distinctive hair color.
However, this was just a subconscious reaction after hearing the outfit combination of "black suit + sunglasses" - at first, after hearing Conan describe the appearance of those gunmen, she was a little nervous, after all, the organization liked black the most. And a while ago, the mysterious organization member who knew Jiang Xia and passed by her door was also wearing a black suit and sunglasses.
But later, after thinking about it carefully, Haibara Ai felt that this matter should have nothing to do with the organization.
——The organization has a dedicated shooting range, so they don’t have to come here to practice. Although this area can be called “wilderness”, no matter how few people there are, they are still outside, which may lead to the plan being exposed. This is undoubtedly a huge difference from the organization’s usual action guidelines.
In addition, it sounds like the marksman was targeted by criminals for his shooting skills, and was then coerced into practicing shooting in preparation for assassinations.
But the organization is not short of snipers. If they want to assassinate some important person, they can always dispatch several high-quality snipers to wait in ambush from all sides. It is impossible to send an unwilling person here, as the risk is too great.
...In short, after a simple analysis, the identity of this group of people has become quite clear.
——Probably some small, messy organization that is not presentable.
It was precisely because of this realization that Huiyuan Ai was able to stand there calmly, waiting for Jiang Xia to come over. She remembered that Jiang Xia seemed to have the habit of knocking on criminals to relieve stress...
Jiang Xia seemed quite satisfied with the current situation.
He quickly recovered from his worry that "the kids don't seem to like making trouble anymore" and looked at the building opposite with interest. He touched the baton in his pocket through his pocket and said, "Let's go over and take a look - are those people still there?"
"Even if they are doing this kind of training in the suburbs, passers-by may witness it, so they will definitely leave as soon as possible." Conan checked his watch, and when he looked up, he saw Jiang Xia touching the baton, and his eyes jumped, "The shooting time is exactly one o'clock in the afternoon, and it has been half an hour since now. They must have left."
Jiang Xia nodded slightly disappointed.
Soon, the three of them squeezed onto Jiang Xia's small motorcycle, went around the bridge to the other side of the river, and came to the abandoned building.
Then follow the stairs and climb up to the rooftop.
The rooftop had been abandoned for a long time, and was covered with thick dust and scattered with various debris such as beer bottles, weeds, and plastic bags.
Jiang Xia took a quick look and his gaze soon stopped on the equally messy steps - a few pieces of cement had fallen there, the debris was piled up together, and the cat ghost had crawled into the gap at some point.
The mermaid, Miyano Akemi, and Miss Spider were standing nearby, discussing among themselves whether or not to catch the cat. Although the cat would not get lost after signing the contract, if it ran too far, the psychic master would have to restart the space and bring the cat back to the tattoo space, and then release it again... If Jiang Xia forgot, they would be without a cat for a while.
Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Xia suddenly walked over here, reached out to pick up the stone, and pushed open the crack.
A calculator is visible underneath.
The calculator screen was still on, with a string of irregular numbers on it. It looked like someone had just rolled their face across the keyboard, or had written down some complicated code.
Jiang Xia: “…”
Conan and Haibara Ai were also originally looking around for possible traces.
Hearing the sound of stones, they turned and looked in the direction of Jiang Xia.
Then they all came closer and looked at the calculator.
"3135134162, there is no interval in between..." Conan stared at the string of numbers, then looked at the calculator. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. "Could it be that the hostage left it behind? When I was observing the roof with a telescope, he happened to look back and might have seen the reflection on my lens. If so, this might be a distress signal he left behind."
Haibara Ai nodded, indicating "I see."
But then he became confused again: "But why does he carry a calculator with him?"
Jiang Xia was silent for a moment. Good question, he also wanted to know...
However, if you insist on thinking in this direction, there is an explanation.
He put on gloves, picked up the calculator, and said thoughtfully, "It's possible that there happened to be a calculator at the place of detention, and the abducted sharpshooter came up with a code that could be conveyed with the help of the calculator, so he took it and hid it on his body when the robbers were not paying attention. If he stole a mobile phone, he would be discovered. If he stole a calculator, fewer and fewer people use it now, so the kidnappers might not notice it if he took it away."
(End of this chapter)
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