Non-mainstream Conan viewing style

Xiao Zi continued to recall: "From where I sat, I could see where the car was parked. Just as I said before, the boy in the back seat could repeatedly make the thumbs-up gesture towards me through the car window. He kept doing this when the car was parked. But I didn't expect it to be an SOS distress signal. Since it came every week, I thought it was a gesture to say hello to me because it remembered my face."

Conan immediately grasped the key information: "Every week? You mean the boy comes every week?"

Xiao Zi nodded: "Yes. I noticed this half a year ago."

Xiao Zi suddenly thought of something, turned to Amuro Toru and asked, "Mr. Amuro, didn't you see the car?"

Amuro Toru thought for a moment and replied, "Ah! No. Today is one of the rare days where I have a morning shift. I usually come here after 13: on Sundays."

Officer Sato frowned in confusion. "But what's going on? It's been a year since Mr. Date invited you here."

Officer Takagi nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes."

Officer Sato continued to analyze, "The transaction that Mr. Ida wrote in his notes, 'Waiting in the Poirot Café, wearing a red bow tie,' should have been completed long ago. So the boy should have nothing to do with that transaction."

Conan pondered for a while, then turned to Officer Takagi: "Officer Takagi, please think carefully about whether there is anything else related to Mr. Ida or the boy?"

The images on the screen began to play, and Takagi's memories came flooding back.

The scene goes back to a year ago, when Takagi and Ida were standing side by side on the street, and Ida was gently stroking the head of a blond boy.

"It's okay, leave it to me." Ida's voice was gentle but firm.

Suddenly, Takagi shouted, "Ah~!" His voice echoed in the cafe, attracting everyone's attention.

Sato looked at Takagi in confusion: "Is this a kidnapping case? Kidnapping a foreign teenager?"

Takagi nodded, took a deep breath, and began to recall: "A year ago, there was indeed such an incident. The person kidnapped was Alain Cassel, the second son of Piero Cassel, the vice president of the French car manufacturer who was sent to the Japanese branch. He was only seven years old at the time, and was kidnapped by two men while playing in the park according to witnesses. The next day, the kidnappers used a public phone to extort a ransom of 5000 million yen. Although the police used a reverse method to lock the address of the public phone, the criminal escaped when they arrived at the scene. Since then, there has been no contact from the criminal, and the case has become an unsolved incident."

After hearing this, Sato frowned and said, "I remember that Mr. Date was transferred from the precinct to the Metropolitan Police Department after Matsuda's death, and he has always been in charge of handling serious cases such as robbery and murder. The kidnapping case should be under the jurisdiction of the Special Crime Division. Why is Mr. Date involved in it?"

Takagi continued to explain: "Mr. Ida's home is nearby Vice President Cassel's home. Since he is familiar with the terrain in that area, he was also included in the task force. My home is also nearby, so I was transferred in as well. We all thought we could solve the case as soon as possible and find Alan, but..."

Sato slapped his forehead and suddenly realized: "Ah! I remember, there was indeed such a dispute. The suspect had a conflict with the car manufacturer over land rights."

Takagi nodded in agreement. "Yes, that's what the task force initially judged. A former leader of a violent gang named Kido Nafu lives near Mr. Ida's home. He owes a huge gambling debt, so Mr. Ida suspects that he might be the mastermind behind the kidnapping. From the day after the suspect used a pay phone to demand a ransom, Mr. Ida and I lay in ambush near the man's apartment all night."

He paused and continued, "Then, on the third night, the ghost boy was hit on the head with a wine bottle by a drunk, and was seriously injured and lost consciousness. The drunk confessed that he just reminded the ghost boy that he had been on the phone for too long, but the other party got angry and pushed him to the ground. The drunk got angry and hit the ghost boy with a wine bottle on the roadside. Afterwards, Mr. Ida found something like a note next to the phone booth and asked me to bring the appraiser over. When we arrived at the scene, Mr. Ida handed the note to the appraiser and said to me: 'Next Sunday, I will take you to a place where you can become a real man.'"