Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

It was pitch black, the space was small, and there was a faint smell of alcohol and lingering smell of blood.

This is all that Mao Lilan could perceive after she woke up from her dazed state again.

Her memory stayed on that sunny afternoon.

The long periods of coma and confusion not only diluted her perception of time, but also cast a fog over the content she had tried hard to remember during the previous moments of clarity.

Mao Lilan didn't know that because they had to board the ship to deliver the goods and inspect them today, the middle-aged man who kidnapped her asked his two little girls who were guarding their high-quality goods to reduce the amount of drugs in the liquid nutrient solution.

So the first thing she did when she woke up, in order to avoid returning to her previous confused and ignorant state, Mao Lilan was very ruthless. She bit hard and used her remaining strength to break the surface of the skin on her wrist, using blood and pain to maintain her clarity of mind to the maximum extent.

This is also the reason why there is a lingering smell of blood in the space where Mao Lilan is currently located.

And because of the coma during these days, the middle-aged man consciously used special drugs in the nutrient solution to limit any possible resistance from the cargo.

Although Mao Lilan has now regained consciousness, her limbs are still weak.

It took all her strength to bite through the skin on her wrist.

After some exploration, Mao Lilan determined that she was now in a tightly closed oak barrel.

Hearing the faint voices of people outside and the footsteps gradually approaching her, the curled-up Mao Lilan pressed her ear against the barrel of the oak barrel.

Amid the noisy machinery and the sound insulation of the oak barrels, although the person speaking was very close to her, Mao Lilan didn't hear much.

However, it was also because the venue was too noisy and the middle-aged man had just been scolded by his companion on the phone.

Therefore, the middle-aged man holding the phone stopped by the shelf where he thought it was safe and there was no one nearby. While lighting a cigarette in annoyance, he finally couldn't help but complain loudly to the woman on the other end of the phone.

"Is it because I don't want to get the goods on board as soon as possible? I haven't been eating or sleeping well these past few days, and I can't wait for the deadline to come.

But they obviously have someone behind them, and they are quite powerful. The checkpoint insisted that their goods must be loaded onto the ship first before ours can be loaded onto the ship."

On the phone, the hot-tempered woman scolded the middle-aged man again. After listening to the whole thing, the middle-aged man slowly blew out a smoke ring and spoke with a kind of indifference:

"Even the people from the customs bureau have to respect and flatter me, and wait for the green light all the way. Who am I? Anyway, I can't do anything, and I don't know when the goods will be loaded on the ship.

If you have a solution, please think of it quickly and get the goods on board as soon as possible so that we can get the money as soon as possible."

The woman didn't say anything and hung up the phone.

The middle-aged man listened to the busy tone on the phone and continued smoking, but he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

In order to avoid any further complications, the middle-aged man notified his accomplices who were hiding the "goods" in other places before dawn and asked them to gather in the warehouse in advance.

Just wait until the time comes and then deliver the goods on board.

And once they were on the ship and the people sent by the buyer had inspected the goods, they felt completely secure in receiving this huge order at a huge price.

However, the middle-aged man never expected that at this critical moment, a mysterious figure with an unknown identity but a remarkable background suddenly appeared.

Not only did he get through every level of checkpoints, but even the buyers hiding on the ship didn't say a word.

Now the time has passed the estimated boarding time of nine o'clock, but no matter how the middle-aged man inquired, he still could not get any useful information.

Another cigarette's time passed.

The middle-aged man, who still did not receive any reply, glanced at the cigarette ashes scattered on the ground, concealed all the worries in his eyes, and planned to go and get more information.

In the oak barrel, Mao Lilan bit herself again. The pain and the high clarity of her brain made her remember everything all at once.

The voice she just heard was the voice of the kidnapper that she had heard when she was in a daze.

Warehouses are always busy and noisy in the early morning, especially those close to ports.

The sound of the large handling machinery prevented Mao Lilan from fully hearing the entire conversation between the middle-aged man and the angry woman.

But based on just a few words, she successfully deduced the current dangerous situation.

Mingming learned that she was about to be sent on a cargo ship and sail across the ocean to a place she had never been to, ushering in another dark future that was completely different from her life in the past ten years.

But there was still no sign of retreat on Mao Lilan's face. Although there was fear in her eyes, there was more determination.

She believed that her parents and her lover must be trying their best to find her.

Therefore, she will definitely survive, and she will definitely see her loved ones alive together with Sera, Ai, and other captured people.

There was a gleam in Mao Lilan's eyes.

And the parents and loved ones she cares about are just one step away from collapse.

On Tokyo's main road, where traffic was heavy and movement was slow, a blue sedan kept weaving in and overtaking.

Seeing that the traffic light ahead had started to flash yellow, Kogoro Mouri, who was sitting in the driver's seat, stepped on the accelerator without changing his expression. The moment the yellow light turned red, he flew across the intersection close to the ground.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body was like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, filled with a fierce aura of killing gods and Buddhas who stood in his way.

If Conan saw this, he would never believe that the man in front of him, who was so serious that he could even be described as weird, would be the confused, money-loving, poorly reasoning, and insane uncle Mori in his memory.

Of course, Conan is not much better than Kogoro Mouri.

In the passenger seat, Hibiki Eri did not blame her husband for his method of flying close to the ground. Her eyes were fixed on the front, watching the Tokyo Port dock getting closer and closer, her mind had already flown far away.

In addition to the two people, there was also a man named Nakamori Ginzo sitting in the back seat. He was equally anxious and wanted to step on the accelerator directly into the fuel tank for Kogoro Mouri so that the car could really fly.

As for how these three people got together, our story begins a few days ago.

On the day that Mouri Ran disappeared, her parents, Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki, received the news.

Whenever his wife and children are in danger, the very reliable Kogoro Mori is also the first to focus on the surveillance equipment near where his daughter disappeared.

He also asked his friend, Officer Megure, for the interrogation records of witnesses who were nearby at the time.

Then, together with his wife Eri Kisaki, he came to the same conclusion as Hattori Heiji.

Their daughter was involved in a scandal similar to the human trafficking case that made headlines some time ago, and was kidnapped by an unknown trafficking gang.

Countless terrifying speculations kept emerging in the couple's minds, and in the end it was a phone call from Kudo Yusaku that calmed them down.

In the end, knowing that his reasoning ability was far inferior to that of Kudo Yusaku, Kogoro Mori made the same choice as Hattori Heiji. He focused the investigation on the human trafficking case and entrusted his hope of winning the bet to Kudo Yusaku.

And Ginzo Nakamori was someone he met while tracking down a human trafficking organization.

As a police officer in the Second Investigation Division, he should not be the one investigating this kind of case.

But his only daughter is one of the victims of this serial case. How could Ginzo Nakamori sit there and wait for the Investigation Division to investigate slowly?

So, the two fathers, who were equally concerned about their daughter's safety, came together on an ordinary afternoon because they went to Inspector Megure to request the same information.

Through massive information searches and interviews, the trafficking gang that the middle-aged man belonged to gradually surfaced.

Just as they were rejoicing about this, Inspector Megure, who was in charge of investigating the serial kidnapping case, was urgently transferred by his superiors to investigate the serial shooting case that had caused a lot of controversy a few days ago but had no results.

The serial kidnapping case was handed over to another police officer.

Then, after Inspector Megure handed over the case, things began to take a bad direction.

The policeman who took over the case was a very rigid and serious young man, who was from the semi-professional group.

This person really disliked detectives, so when Kogoro Mori came to him to look up information and apply for an investigation, he not only refused outright, but even mocked him.

Even when Ginzo Nakamori came, he did not show any leniency.

He also said that he had received their opinions, and that they should just stay at home and wait for news, and that he would inform them as soon as there was a result.

Kogoro Mori and Ginzo Nakamori were so angry that they started fighting with the policeman on the spot, and then several policemen who were unaware of the situation surrounded them.

If Kenji Hagiwara had not been at the Metropolitan Police Department at the time and had rushed over upon hearing the news to stop the fight which was heading in a very bad direction, Kogoro Mori would probably have been charged with assaulting a police officer and would have spent a few days in the detention room.

Ginzo Nakamori, who openly beat his colleague, was protected by his immediate superior, but because of the negative impact it caused, he was still suspended for a few days.

As a result, Kogoro Mori and Ginzo Nakamori, who lost the support of the police, embarked on a private investigation together.

As for why they headed towards Tokyo Port with a clear goal, we have to mention Yusaku Kudo.

The person who stole the inducer is really good at hiding, but Kudo Yusaku’s reputation as the ceiling of reasoning is well deserved.

During these few days, through layer by layer of elimination, Kudo Yusaku finally locked down the area where the other party was located, and with the help of his wife Kudo Yukiko's disguise, he successfully determined the other party's identity and hiding place.

Then, Mary Akai, disguised as an ordinary middle school student, came forward to commit fraud and successfully caught this church member who thought he was hiding very well and was foolproof.

However, after searching for a long time, they only found half a bottle of inducer.

The remaining half bottle was secretly traded by this church member two days ago.

The transaction party is very mysterious, even the parties involved in the transaction are not clear. The middleman is the real high-ranking member of the church remnants, and the church member who was captured by Kudo Yusaku was just following orders.

This ultimately led to Kudo Yusaku being unable to obtain complete information about the location of Mori Ran and others from Karasuma Soshin.

Karasuma Old House, Tottori Prefecture.

Karasuma Soshin looked at the time and put his phone back into his pocket.

In front of him, a cup of tea had been placed on the empty seat, waiting for guests.