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Polo Cafe the next day.

Amuro placed the sandwich in front of Maori, and Maori sat on the sofa with the newspaper open, flipping through the news reports.

"You really got caught up with jumping off a building. You just got out of prison and encountered this kind of thing again." Mao Li sighed, "But fortunately, he was not involved in the case, and the case was quickly dealt with that night."

"Thanks to Xiangsheng, he is really talented in the case, and he found the murderer and found the evidence at once, and this time he reproduced the modus operandi." Liguang was not stingy with his praise for Yishixiangsheng, " Of course, if you come here instead of Maori, you will definitely solve the case faster than Xiangsheng, don't you think so, sleeping Kogoro?"

"Haha, of course." Mao Li laughed, he naturally didn't think he would lose to a boy like Yishishengsheng.

"Speaking of it—" Li Guang took a sip of black tea, "How about that case? The one that said there was a major breakthrough yesterday."

"Ah, you said that." Mao Li turned his gaze back to the newspaper, and he turned a page with a solemn expression, "I thought we had found the key clue of the prisoner, but after the past, the child disappeared by himself. , has nothing to do with the recent serial disappearances of female high school students."

A photo of the third missing girl was registered in the newspaper.

When the first girl disappeared, their family came to entrust Maori.

At first, Maori decided that this was just a simple case of disappearance, because the high school student was suspected of running away from home. Unexpectedly, as time passed, the second missing high school student appeared, followed by the third. Simply run away from home to describe.

If it's just a simple disappearance, it's okay, but within three days after the disappearance, these family members received a mysterious package, which contained a photo of a stick cut from the missing female high school student's hand. Fingers, parents with poor psychological endurance opened the package and passed out on the spot.

The parents pray in their hearts that this is just an irrelevant horror photo that has nothing to do with their daughter, but subconsciously they hopelessly think that this is a part of their daughter, and their daughter is suffering inhuman treatment, which makes them feel sad. Cut like a knife.

The first package contains a photo of the right thumb, the second package contains a photo of the right index finger, and the third package contains a photo of the right middle finger.They came from the hands of different victims, and judging from the current situation, there may be two more victims. If it is more exaggerated...there are seven more targets for the murderer.

Creepy numbers.

It was precisely because of the investigation that Maori was unable to pick up Liguang back yesterday. Instead, he was busy until late at night. When the case reached an impasse, he fell into a deep sleep and woke up to solve the case, but it was only a simple solution to the serial disappearances. unrelated cases.

Regarding the serial disappearances, Maori still has no clue.

The police were also working, but the murderer's targets had nothing in common except that they were female high school students, and the case was once at an impasse.

Now the society is in a state of panic, and many schools have plans to suspend their studies, but this cannot solve the fundamental problem. It is still necessary to find the criminals as soon as possible.

"By the way, does Xiangsheng know about this case?" Mao Li suddenly thought of something, and turned to look at Li Guang.

Li Guang was stunned for a moment: "I haven't heard him mention it, nor have I mentioned it to him."

Mao Li closed the newspaper and put it on the table: "You can talk to him, maybe he can find something."

"It's rare." Li Guang sighed, "You value him a lot?"

"Compared to reasoning ability and reputation, I, Mori Kogoro, is naturally stronger, but that guy's intelligence gathering ability is really good, and he is lucky, and he can quickly find the key to the case every time."

"Hmm..." Li Guang thought for a while.

From Maori's point of view, Yishisheng was able to get information from him ten years ago, and was able to discover the real culprit of the Mihua Park corpse case because of looking for a cat.

By the way, he was not present when the body was dumped in Mihua Park, but he later went to study the news at that time, so he understood the truth of public perception.

"Then I'll ask him when he comes to help at Café Poirot after class." Li Guang finalized the result, "But..."

Riko frowned.

Maori asked, "But what?"

Li Guang replied: "Xiaolan also fits the characteristics of those missing high school girls. You also tell her to go home and be careful. It will be bad if she is accidentally selected as a target."

"Don't worry." Mao Li is very confident in his daughter, "If anyone dares to kidnap Xiaolan, Xiaolan's head will be kicked off by him, and this kind of thing will not happen."

Maori looked very proud: "My daughter is a karate champion! Look at this table, it's very hard, but Xiaolan can make a fist mark on it with one punch!"

Li Guang smiled: "Indeed, if you meet Xiao Lan, it will be bad luck for the other party. At that time, Xiao Lan may be able to catch the murderer instead, saving a lot of work for a famous detective."

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"The disappearance case is too scary." Xiao Lan frowned, looking worried.

Different from the speculation that the detective police suspected that someone deliberately kidnapped and injured the female high school student, other theories about the case were circulating among the students.

The time period when the female high school students disappeared was after school. Witnesses proved that they were studying at school during the day without any abnormalities. After school, they said goodbye to their friends and went home normally, but the family members just couldn’t wait for their children. return.

Lost on their way after school, they cut off their fingers that are the thread of life that keeps them in touch with the world. Their consciousness and soul are deprived, and they sleep in an invisible place. Only by finding their severed fingers can they regain their lives. Let them return to the world.

I don't know where this illusory statement came out, and it caused a commotion, and it spread rapidly among all the colleges and universities, making people panic.

Some said it was the murderer's trick to confuse the eyes, some said it was what the demons did after school, some said they found clues to bring the girls back, some said...

In short, there are numerous and complicated theories, among which the theory of ghosts is the most widely spread and most influential.

It's good that Xiaolan has a high force value, but she is very afraid of ghosts, so it's not like what Maori and Liguang discussed. She thinks that if she encounters a murderer, she can kill the murderer in twos and twos. How can karate be effective against ghosts? effect, very worried.

When she took Conan and Maori to investigate the case yesterday, she thought that Maori could solve the tricks of the people behind the scenes, but she didn't expect that it was another case that had nothing to do with the disappearance case, and she raised her heart again after letting go.

"Don't worry, Xiaolan, it's okay." Yuanzi waved his hands carelessly, "Those missing girls walk alone after school. As long as you pay attention to keeping company, this kind of thing won't happen."

"Let's talk about it." Sonoko put his arms around Xiaolan and Shiliang's shoulders and laughed, "One of you can do Jeet Kune Do and the other can do karate. I feel quite reliable by your side! I'm not as safe as you two Great feeling!"

"That's right, there are no supernatural events in this world at all. I think the rumors must have been spread by the murderer to confuse the public, so don't worry that our moves won't work. If you meet someone who is plotting something wrong, you will beat him to the ground. That's it!" Shiliang hooked the corners of his lips, showing his cute little tiger teeth.

Xiaolan looked at the smiling faces of her two friends, and a faint smile appeared on her face, and the accumulated negative emotions dissipated a lot: "Yeah!"

"But just in case, you two should pay more attention to safety." Xiaolan told Yuanzi and Shiliang earnestly, "I was followed all the way from school to home, and it is best for you to have acquaintances by your side before you go home." Be with you all the time."

"I'm fine." Yuanzi withdrew his hand and brushed the broken hair behind his ears, "walk a few steps away from Xiaolan and I will reach the intersection where the driver stops. The bodyguards will take good care of me."

"I might have to walk a long way alone." Shiliang rubbed his chin, "The hotel I live in is still some distance away from the intersection where we parted."

Noticing the sight of Xiaolan and Yuanzi looking over, Shiliang quickly added: "It's okay, I passed by not a small road, there are many shops, if a suspicious person comes out to approach me, everyone will notice, so don't worry, I very safe."

"But it is said that the same is true of the second missing girl." Sonoko tried hard to recall, "Obviously after we separated from my friends, I only needed to pass through a commercial street to get home, but she disappeared just like that."

"Why don't I take a longer route with Xiangsheng-kun and send Shiliang to the hotel?" Xiaolan suggested, "It's only a few steps - what does Xiangsheng-kun think?"

Walking behind the girl, Yishi Xiangsheng, who had been unable to get in any words, responded naturally: "I have no objection."

"No, no, no, it's too much trouble for you." Shiliang Zhenchun shook his head with a smile, "Trust me, and I often change hotels, and the current hotel is not far from that intersection. Wouldn't that be a bad place?"

"Send text messages to each other when we get home," Yishi Xiangsheng suggested.

This sentence won the unanimous approval of the girls, and Yuanzi praised Yishixiangsheng again, and then the high school students continued to move forward, and at some point it turned into Xiaolan, Yuanzi walked in front, Yishixiangsheng The situation where He Shiliang followed behind.

"What do you think of this case?" Shiliang Zhenchun lowered his voice and asked Isshiki.