Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

Almost ten minutes passed like a year.

Kogoro Mori and others, who had been waiting anxiously, finally waited for the slow-moving container key custodian.

They noticed a young woman in a grey vest limping towards them carrying a small tin box.

Kogoro Mouri's eyes lit up instantly and he quickly walked up to him.

Then he snatched the small metal box directly from the young woman.

After opening it, bunches of keys came into his sight.

Kisaki Eri followed quickly and took a quick look, accurately picking out the key with the number of the container they wanted to open from the densely packed keys.

The lock opened with a click.

With a "bang" and the sound of the lock falling to the ground, the anxious Nakamori Ginzo personally opened the door of the container.

The person in charge of the freighter had obvious anger on his face, while the key keeper whose job was taken away stood quietly beside him.

None of the policemen nearby paid any attention to them. After the door of the container was opened, they all focused their attention on the inside of the container.

Then, everyone was stunned.

There was nothing in the huge container except two wooden boxes that were less than one meter long and less than seventy centimeters high.

And it doesn't look like there's enough space here to fit more than two adult humans.

Kogoro Maori looked at the two wooden boxes placed alone at the innermost part of the container in disbelief, and his excited eyes dimmed little by little.

Ginzo Nakamori, who also realized this, watched with red eyes as Takagi Wataru and others used tools to open the wooden box.

He was still holding on to a last glimmer of hope, but when he saw the neatly stored colored glass products in the wooden box, he immediately burst into tears.

Inspector Megure and others were all stunned when they saw the different styles of glass fish tanks in the two wooden boxes.

In the fish tank, the scaled-down miniature landscape is clearly carefully constructed, the furnishings and scenery are lifelike, and the materials used include pearls and jade, which can be said to be visibly expensive.

However, this is not what they wanted to see.

The cargo ship manager, who was previously furious, slowly walked up to Officer Megure, changed his previous ugly expression, and said in a very good-tempered manner:

"Inspector Megure, you opened the container and saw what was inside.

Except for the two fish tanks that our client entrusted us to transport, there is no missing girl you mentioned."

The sea breeze poured into the container through the open door, making Officer Megure and others feel cold in their hearts.

"I do not believe!"

"This must not be the mysterious container. You must have found a random container to fool us."

"Tell me! Where did you hide Xiaolan and the others?"

Just when everyone else was still immersed in disbelief and hadn't come to their senses, Kogoro Mouri, who was the first to wake up, rushed up again and grabbed the person in charge of the freighter by the collar.

He asked while shaking the freighter manager desperately.

His behavior was so crazy that several policemen were unable to separate him from the person in charge of the freighter.

Seeing that the person in charge of the freighter was shaken to the point of losing his mind and almost spitting out white foam from his mouth, Officer Megure beside him coughed heavily twice and reiterated:

"Pull them apart quickly."

After another round of tug-of-war, the freighter's leader was finally rescued from Kogoro Mori by Takagi Wataru and others in a dizzy state.

After calming his breath, the freighter manager straightened his suit collar.

After looking at Maori Kogoro who was stopped by several policemen and still wanted to rush over, the person in charge of the freighter turned to look at Officer Megure, who was particularly considerate:

"I understand that Mr. Maori acted impulsively because he was worried about his daughter."

"I am also a father. If my child were missing, I would probably be more impulsive than Mr. Maori."

The freighter manager's empathy made Officer Megure look much better.

But before he could finish his words, the person in charge of the freighter changed the subject:

"However, since we have confirmed that there are no missing victims here that the police officers are looking for, you should search elsewhere as soon as possible."

The words were spoken tactfully and seemed very considerate at first, but no one present could fail to hear that he was trying to drive them away.

He was silent for a long time, and even witnessed the extreme tug of war between Kogoro Mori and the freighter manager with his own eyes. Nakamori Ginzo remained abnormally silent and looked at the freighter manager intently.

The rationality in his eyes was being devoured bit by bit, and the horrible monster that was originally locked in the cage of rationality slowly opened his eyes and showed an extremely hideous smile to the cage that was about to open.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded:

"I'm sorry, I just discovered that there is a batch of goods on your ship whose customs declaration procedures are incomplete.

So, Mr. Manager, I'll have to trouble you to lead the way again."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Kisaragi holding up the cell phone in her right hand. The voice came from the phone.

The freighter manager's eyes flickered when he heard this, and a light suddenly flashed in Nakamori Ginzo's eyes.

Recognizing the voice, Inspector Megure quickly asked:

"Hagiwara, which batch?"

"The cargo that came aboard right after the fragile glass products was whiskey packed in oak barrels. The container number was..."

In the Tokyo Port Customs Office, Kenji Hagiwara stood in front of a computer displaying the cargo registration page and quickly reported a series of information.

The head of the business unit next to him wiped the sweat from his head again and kept apologizing to Inspector Harumi who was standing behind Hagiwara Kenji with a sullen face.

In this weather with a temperature of over 20 degrees, the person in charge, who should have felt cool and comfortable, felt as if he had just been exposed to a high temperature of 40 degrees.

The sweat on his forehead has not stopped since he learned that the ocean-going cargo ship that was about to leave Tokyo Port was related to the serial disappearance cases that have been making a lot of noise these days.

After seeing a large number of police forcefully blocking the Tokyo Port terminal, he no longer dared to reveal the little thoughts in his mind.

The only thing he hoped for at this moment was that the police would not really find any missing girl on that ocean-going freighter.

Otherwise, even if he could avoid being blamed by his superiors, his mortal enemy would definitely not miss this good opportunity to take advantage of his misfortune.

The promotion opportunity that is about to come and is almost certain to be obtained will definitely fly away like a cooked duck.

Inspector Harumi never buys into this kind of stuff, and he didn't take the person in charge's sincere apology to heart at all.

He looked at the computer screen and saw that there was indeed a blank space on the cargo registration form for the batch of goods called whiskey.

but……

Don't think he didn't see it. That empty space was clearly deleted by you just now.

Feeling the cold gaze coming from behind, Kenji Hagiwara smiled at Inspector Harumi in a very flattering manner after telling him the location of the batch of whiskey.

He knew that his actions just now did not escape the eyes of Inspector Harumi, an elite detective.

However, since he didn't expose it on the spot, I think he just agreed.

In fact, Kenji Hagiwara didn't want to do this because the situation on Inspector Megure's side was not good.

Although they have a search warrant, it does not mean they can search at will.

That ocean-going freighter was carrying tens of thousands of tons of cargo, and the things involved in the freighter itself were enough to make people think again and again.

Without legitimate reasons, even with a search warrant, people on the freighter would not easily agree to the search.

If it gets out, it will only give others an advantage.

Even though the freighter has only loaded four batches of cargo since entering the port, they don't have the time to search them one by one.

Just two minutes ago, Inspector Harumi received a call from Director Hakuba.

After learning that the Tokyo Port terminal has been blocked, Inspector Megure has led his men to search the cargo ship, but the victim of the missing case has not been found yet.

Director Bai Ma on the other end of the phone sighed and said helplessly that due to pressure from all sides, he could only give them one hour of search time.

That is to say, before half past twelve, regardless of whether the whereabouts of the missing victim have been found or not, the police must end the search and lift the blockade of the Tokyo Port terminal.

However, apart from the fragile glass product that had been extremely mysterious from the beginning, there were three batches of goods left. Not to mention their scattered locations, it would take a lot of time just to transfer each container.

Even if there is this time, the freighter manager with a changeable face may not agree easily.

If it were the same as before, it would take half an hour to find a container location.

Kenji Hagiwara was not sure what others would do, but he was sure that Kogoro Mori and his wife and Officer Nakamori, who could not find their daughter, would go crazy.

So, when Kogoro Mori and the person in charge of the freighter were pulling the rope to the extreme.

Kenji Hagiwara, who was talking on the phone and studying the cargo registration form on the computer, sneezed at an unfortunate opportunity, and his saliva sprayed directly onto the computer screen in front of him.

Then, as he was frantically groping in his pocket for tissues to wipe the computer screen, the phone that had been transferred from his hands to the table was "accidentally" swept to the ground by his panic.

At the same time, I accidentally pressed the speaker button.

It immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Then, taking advantage of this opportunity, Kenji Hagiwara quickly deleted some of the attached information on the customs declaration procedures for the batch of whiskey on the cargo registration form.

Then, he picked up the phone in panic, but did not turn off the speaker immediately. Instead, he explained that this was a request from his superior, Inspector Megure.

Successfully brought the matter to the surface.

Then, the scene just now happened.

Section Chief Jojima had no idea that this was a trick played by Kenji Hagiwara, he just thought that his subordinates were involved with some human trafficking gang behind his back.

Moreover, he was so careless in his work that he was caught by the police.

Behind the sincere apology, in addition to fear and nervousness, there is also anger and guilt towards subordinates for not doing their job carefully.

I just don’t know, at this moment, who between the freighter manager and Section Chief Jojima wants the police to leave quickly?

Kenji Hagiwara looked at Chief Jojima, who wiped his sweat from time to time and secretly glanced at Inspector Harumi with a look that he thought would not be noticed.

Just as the speculation in his mind arose, his expression suddenly changed. He held his stomach and spoke:

"Inspector Harumi, my stomach suddenly hurts a bit. I think it's because the breakfast I bought on the roadside this morning was not very hygienic. I'll ask for leave to go to the toilet first."

"Okay, then you leave your phone here, I'll keep in touch with Megure."

Inspector Harumi spoke up.

Kenji Hagiwara nodded, then handed the speaker-enabled cell phone to Inspector Harumi.

Then he left the customs office at a rapid pace.

After entering the toilet, Kenji Hagiwara observed the surroundings and then put up a sign saying "Under Repair" at the door of the toilet.

Then he walked to the innermost room, quickly took out another mobile phone from his pocket, opened the unread email, and immediately found You Xunran's phone number in the address book.

"Xiao Zhenping, where are you now?"