Conan’s Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia explained to Yoko Kinoshita: "Only Mr. Takeju himself was the witness to the incident of 'the hostages were sitting in the kidnapper's car yesterday'. He said that the hostages were blindfolded at that time, that is to say, at that time he did not The facial features of the hostages were not clearly seen.

   "The view is blocked through the car window, and the most characteristic places are blocked. In addition, Mr. Takeju...maybe he doesn't know his daughter as well as he thinks, so it is easy to misunderstand."

  When Yoko Kinoshita heard this, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "The hostage he saw during the transaction yesterday, could it be... is it actually the kidnapper in disguise?"

  Conan couldn't help but glanced at her: Any random idol would be faster than the Megure Police Department...or is it just Miss Yoko who is extraordinarily smart?

Jiang Xia nodded: "When you are filming TV dramas, you also occasionally use the technique of 'stand-in'. What happened was probably before the ransom was exchanged yesterday. Secretary Huajing asked Mr. Wuju to send the ransom alone, and she herself wore it in advance. Good wetsuit, drive alone to get to the deal.

  " While talking with Mr. Takei on the mobile phone, Secretary Hanai put on his coat, moved to the back seat of the car, covered his eyes and mouth, and left a blurry silhouette outside from the gap in the curtain.

"Both her and Takeu's classmate have short hair, and the back seat of the van has curtains drawn, and the light is dim, so it's easy to be confused in that situation. After leaving Mr. Takeu with the impression that 'the hostages are in the back seat', she closed the curtains, Returning to the driver's seat, he terminated the transaction on the grounds of 'discovering that Katsuhiko Takei called the police'.

  “In the end she drove into the river, in order to create the illusion that the hostages and kidnappers were all dead, so that the police and detectives could relax their vigilance. This way, she could reconnect with Mr. Takei and arrange the next uninterrupted transaction.

"The kidnappers know the actions of the hostage's family members very well, because she has always been next to Mr. Takeju. When she hugged Conan just now, there were marks of diving watches on her wrists. If you look carefully, her ankles and calves also have color differences, so it should be It is the trace of being exposed to the sun in a diving suit.

   "When we talked before, she was unresponsive because she didn't make enough preparations before entering the water and hurt her ears. At that time, she deliberately pinched her nose to ventilate. This is the testimony that she has entered the water."

  Yoko Kinoshita still couldn't get back to her senses: that gentle secretary Hanai turned into a kidnapper.

Before he could understand why people changed so quickly, at this moment, Conan's surprised voice suddenly came from the window: "Why did Mr. Wuju's car get out, and they are leaving now? Didn't they say that they were only going to trade tonight? It’s not even noon yet, did the kidnappers change the time?”

  Jiang Xia went to the window and took a look, and sure enough, he saw that the car had already driven out of the garage and was passing by the front of the small building.

   Conan had an idea, rubbed a disposable football with the black technology belt given by the doctor, stuck the locator in reverse, and kicked it.

  The football drew a downward trajectory, hit the roof of the car with a bang, and bounced to the side again. The bug attached to the soccer ball happened to be glued to the car.

  The two people in the car were taken aback when they heard the movement.

  Wuju Katsuhiko saw the ball bouncing to the side, and snorted coldly: "That **** boy, he must be throwing things around because he didn't want to be locked up. I'll take care of him when I get back."

  Secretary Hanai frowned suspiciously: "..." There seems to be no football in the room. Could it be that he forgot to lock the door and Conan ran out?

  ...Forget it, now is not the time to worry about that child.

  She kept on stepping, and secretly increased the speed of the car. The vehicle quickly carried the two of them away like lightning.

  Yoko Kinoshita was a little anxious: "What should I do now, the kidnappers know that Mr. Takeju's money is fake."

  Jiang Xia meant to call Takehiko Takehiko, but the person on the other side didn't answer, and he was blocked when he called again—Katsuhiko Takeju seemed determined not to have anything to do with the detective. Calling from someone else's mobile phone was also ignored.

   "Then call the police." Glancing at the video camera that Yoko Kinoshita was holding, Jiang Xia continued his previous proposal solemnly, "I hope the police can save him in time."

  …

after a while.

  In the abandoned Xiaoshan Auto Repair Factory.

  Toru Amuro came here a little earlier, checked the surrounding area, and found nothing wrong, so he went into the warehouse and hid himself to wait for Ireland.

  Of course he can't be idle while waiting, after all he is very busy. In addition to the jobs on both sides and various part-time jobs, I have to collect all kinds of information by myself.

  Toru Amuro took out his mobile phone, clicked on the attachment of the mailbox, and checked a video sent by his subordinates.

  —Before he felt that the plane Jiang Xia was in had an accident, and there might be other secrets behind it. It was only because he had personally experienced Jiang Xia's nature of the incident and knew that some things could really have outrageous coincidences that Toru Amuro was not sure whether it was a man-made conspiracy or a pure accident.

  But now, Ireland suddenly and abnormally approached him, and Toru Amuro was more inclined to believe that the accident of the plane was due to an organizational conspiracy.

  With a general search direction, Toru Amuro found a few guys with some flaws in their identity certificates after checking the best passenger list.

  After investigation, two of them were determined to be Ireland and his accomplices, and the other should be Kidd, who forged Xinzhuang Gong's certificate. Only the remaining one, Toru Amuro has not been able to find a clue for the time being.

  —The false identity of this suspicious person seems to have been established not long ago. It is worth noting that this person was not only on the same flight as Jiang Xia when he returned to China, but he was also on the flight from Tokyo to the UK.

  ...Not only does it look suspicious, it may even be aimed at Jiang Xia.

  Thinking of this, Toru Amuro's thoughts suddenly froze: "..." However, it cannot be ruled out that this guy's itinerary is similar to Jiang Xia's, so Jiang Xia's unlucky event physique made him happen to bump into this person twice.

   But anyway, this is a very important clue.

   However, following the investigation, Toru Amuro discovered that things were not that simple: he asked his subordinates to find all the surveillance cameras that might have photographed this person along the way, but this person was consciously avoiding the camera all the way. Countless videos were screened, but none of the faces were captured abruptly—either they didn’t appear in the camera at all, or they were wearing masks, or they just coughed and covered half of their faces. And on the few occasions where it is necessary to show a positive face, the surveillance was hacked in advance and deleted!

  Like a slippery loach swimming between the fingers, it looks as if it can be crushed to death with one hand, but in fact no matter how many times you grab it, you can't grab the tail of this cunning guy.

  (end of this chapter)