Not too many out of four

In the dim warehouse, the light reflected by the firewood gradually disappeared in front of the eyes, and the body was forced to pack into a small space. In order to save space, the hands tied behind the back were untied and tied on the front again. Only then did the sore and numb hands get A little relaxed.

Li Jia's eyelids were half-closed against the inner wall of the suitcase, her breathing was slow and weak, and her face was pale.

Although she was not killed by the robbers immediately, nearly two hours of restraint and fear had made her exhausted, her spirits began to drop, and her hands were sore and sore that even a slight movement would cause a tingling sensation.

She took a small breath, feeling the bumps of the suitcase being pulled up and walking outside.

I don't know if people will have hallucinations and illusions when they are close to death. She seems to have heard the voices of her brother and Zhongye's cats and cats.

Li Jia slowly closed her eyes, probably an illusion before she was about to die.My brother wanted to chase Kanagawa without a car. She had no choice but to entrust the cats to the doctor's house. How could they come here together.

"Lijia, Lijia——! Lijia!!" The young boy's voice almost pierced through the sky, amplified several times by the special structure of the dock warehouse group, and reached Lijia's ears through the suitcase.

"Meow woof woof, meow woof -" "Meow, meow meow!" The familiar and unique cat's meow followed closely, and even if the little orange cat and the little cat couldn't see them, Li Jia couldn't help it. can recognize.

Leaning her head against the inner wall of the suitcase, Li Jia moved her ear close to the inner wall of the suitcase to hear more clearly, but the sounds that seemed distant and near made her unable to distinguish the positions of Edogawa Conan, the little orange cat, and the little cat.

But they really came to save her...

The elder brother and the cats and cats in Zhongye haven't given up on saving her yet, so how could she give up on herself first.

It was difficult for Li Jia to move in a small space. To save space, the robber re-tied her hands on the front, just in time for her to tear off the tape on her mouth.

The blunt nails were torn off from the edge of the adhesive tape little by little, and the skin was pulled red and painful. The narrow and cramped space restricted her movements, so she could only slowly pull it off with the pads of her fingers.

The moment the tape was completely torn off, Li Jia was also greatly relieved.

The skin on the face is different from the skin on the wrists and ankles, and the tape was put on for two hours before being torn off, which was really painful.

Fortunately, she can still vaguely hear the voices of her brother and the others.

Li Jia opened her mouth, trying to call out their names: "..."

She froze slightly, opened her mouth and tried hard to make a sound, but only a faint breath came out of her throat: "..."

Is she unable to speak?

Her throat is dry and hoarse, and she urgently needs a glass of water to moisten her throat, but she is now a hostage held by the robbers, and she may be killed at any time. A hostage who is thrown dead by the roadside or in the sea, they cannot take care of her pain and give her water to drink .

Most importantly, she couldn't make a sound.

Brother Mingming and the cats and cats in Chuya all rushed to Kanagawa and to the vicinity of the robber, but she couldn't cry out.

Li Jia was unwilling to reach out and scratch the suitcase. She could already hear the roar of the ship and the small voices of the passengers queuing up to board the ship. The robbers were about to board the ship.

It's really too late if no one finds her.

The fingernails scratched the inner wall of the suitcase and made a small sound. Li Jia frowned deeply, and the sound of the beating heart in her chest was as loud as if it sounded beside the eardrum. The tension and fear lingered in her heart, forcing her to resist and struggle. .

"...Is there anything in your suitcase?" The passenger in front of the robber asked strangely.

He was thinking about going abroad with his companions to have fun and visit all the famous attractions, but the sound of rattling nearby from time to time always made him very concerned.

He turned his head around to look for the source of the sound, only to realize that it was the sound coming from the suitcase of the person behind him.

The bandit companion was in a slightly tense mood, but when he suddenly asked, he waved his hands and laughed, "Did you hear wrong? There is no sound."

"Yes, it's in your box!" The passenger who had his ears questioned was a little unhappy, the creepy voice kept ringing, how could he hear it wrong.

Scratching something like fingernails, the scary sound effects that are often seen in horror movies, how could he, a horror movie lover, admit it wrong.

The robber's face sank, he clapped the suitcase under his hand heavily, and said, "What do you care about so much? Do I need your permission to put anything in my suitcase?"

Relying on his tall man and his ferocious appearance with a scar on his face, the robber took a step forward and threatened in a low voice: "Such curiosity will not do you any good, sir."

The passenger took a step back in fright, and shut up weakly in disbelief: "Hold, sorry, maybe I got it wrong."

He was sure that he really heard the voice, but the attitude of the two men in front of him was really hard to say.

Maybe they secretly hid some living thing in the suitcase, ready to be smuggled onto the ship.

The ship does not strictly check the luggage of the passengers. If there is no living creature smuggled onto the ship before sailing, the crew will turn a blind eye and close their eyes to avoid trouble when they see them after sailing.

But if it is discovered before boarding the ship, the things will basically be taken out and handed over to the crew, or they will not be allowed to be brought on board.

……

The robber blocked the mouth of the passenger who heard the abnormal noise, and secretly annoyed that the little girl stuffed into the suitcase was restless. solved her.

"Hey, what are you arguing about?" The tall and strong Henggou Police Department came over with a bad face. He received the news that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was chasing the jewelry robber to Yokohama, and hurried over with his men.

The robbed red FD was thrown in the warehouses. The robbers disappeared with the hostages and jewels. They either left the port or prepared to board the ship that will leave the port tonight to escape their pursuit completely.

Although the ship's sailing time had been delayed due to the fog and their police's request, the passengers on board complained and urged the ship to sail quickly. There was no evidence that the robbers would board the ship.

The cars parked in the warehouses may be a deception. The robbers may have left the port and fled Yokohama long ago, but they are still searching the passengers on the ship and the nearby warehouses here.

"It's nothing, nothing, officer, we're not arguing." The robber companion laughed, trying to put the incident away simply and perfunctorily.

Henggou Shigeno raised his eyebrows, and said with a cold face: "We are now searching for the jewel robbers who fled nearby, please open the box and cooperate with the inspection."

His calm and forceful tone, coupled with his tall stature and aggressive expression, choked his fellow robber and made him not know how to deal with it for a while.

"Brother..." The robber companion quietly turned his gaze away, not daring to make a decision without authorization.

The robber held a stalemate with Henggou Shigeno for a long time with a sullen face, pulling the scar on the corner of his eye with a smile: "It's just unfounded news that the jewelry robber fled nearby. The police officer doesn't have a search warrant and I can refuse luggage inspection."

His hand pressed heavily on the suitcase, and with one slap, the girl in the suitcase shrank back in horror, her fingernails scratched the inner wall and scratched her fingertips. The pain and fear oppressed her nerves, and Li Jia dared not leave the suitcase. The robber's men continued to make small movements.

But now her movement has attracted the attention of the police officer, as long as the robber can open the suitcase for inspection.

Could she, could she rush out and ask for help...?

Henggou Shigego and his elder brother Henggou Sanwu entered the police academy in the same year. He was promoted to the police department earlier than his elder brother Sanwu in his 30s. Naturally, it is inseparable from his strong, cold, careful and shrewd personality.

He has seen all kinds of people in the police force for many years, so he will not be fooled by such words.

"Of course, the jewelry robbers just fled to the vicinity, and they may not necessarily board the ship. We are only doing routine inspections." He said slowly and unhurriedly: "But citizens are obliged to cooperate with the police when major cases occur. You You should know that too, right?"

There are countless witnesses clamoring that he has no power and that he cannot be treated so roughly without a search warrant. There are also people who argue and want to sue him because of his cold temper, but Shigeno Shigeno doesn't care.

He is just enforcing the law impartially and not for personal gain. It is the job of the police to arrest criminals. When entering the police academy, everyone must swear to the cherry blossoms on their hats. .

"If you want to find a lawyer to sue me, please feel free. Now the police need your cooperation to check the luggage." Henggou Shigeno took out the police certificate and turned to the first page, and said coldly.

The robber lowered his face and said with an ugly face: "——open the box."

He still compromised, arguing with the police here will only delay the time to board the ship. What they lack most now is time.

The inside of the opened suitcase is stuffed with thick winter clothes, and the crossed fixing straps in the box hold the clothes, which looks clear at a glance.

The robber companion pulled up the corners of the clothes on the upper layer and said flatteringly: "Look, officer, we really didn't have any jewelry in it. The jewelry that was stolen in the news was worth [-] million. With so many clothes in it, how could it be returned?" It can hold [-] million jewels."

Li Jia, who was pressed by the bottom layer of clothes, heard the sound of the zipper opening, moved her body and tried to struggle to escape, but unfortunately, her body was sore and weak after being tightly bound for two hours, and she couldn't take the opportunity to escape as she thought.

She struggled hard to move her body, but the pile of clothes seemed to be slightly arched from the eyes of outsiders.

"It's not [-] million jewels, but there are some living things in it, right?" Henggou re-awakened two steps forward, intending to check the contents of the suitcase himself.

The face of the robber companion changed a few times, revealing a remorseful expression, and reached out from under the clothes in the box to take out a greasy, twisting and struggling grass snake, "Actually, we plan to secretly bring some snakes to the boat to roast and eat. .”

"It's a non-venomous snake. We just don't want to be found out and secretly brought live animals on board." He secretly took out a few banknotes from his pocket and tried to stuff them in to bribe Xia Henggou Chongwu not to expose them.

"Tsk, it's just a snake." Henggou Chongwu murmured, turning away without even looking at the paper money.

Li Jia, who was deeply hidden in the suitcase, listened to the footsteps of the Henggou police station going away in despair, and wanted to kick her hard against the wall of the suitcase. A thick arm reached down and clasped her ankle firmly, The intensity of the pinching suddenly made her think that the bones were about to be crushed, and the pain made her forehead sweat and she almost passed out.

"Little girl, if you don't stay quiet, I'm going to shoot here." The robber lowered his voice and said with a sneer, "It's hard to say who will be hit then."

The threatening and harsh words frightened her so that her body became stiff and she did not dare to make any small movements. The robber withdrew his hand in satisfaction and closed the suitcase again.

Li Jia's slight struggle and arching movement was interpreted as the movement of the snake in the suitcase, and any further movements would not attract the attention of others. They thought that besides the snake, there were other living creatures hidden in the suitcases of the robbers for smuggling. on board.

No one would have thought that what was hidden in the innermost part of the suitcase was actually a desperate struggling girl.

……

After successfully passing the inspection by the ticket inspector and the Kanagawa County Police, the robbers smoothly dragged their suitcases onto the ship and arrived at their cabins.

As soon as the door was closed, the bandit companion heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "We were almost discovered, so it's better for the boss to hide a snake in the box in advance."

If you want to check and explain, you can also evade that there are other living things in the suitcase, and they are just smuggling live things onto the ship. People often do this kind of thing. If they are discovered by the ticket inspector, they can pass through with a small amount of money. They are responsible for hunting down jewelry robbers. The local police will not pay attention to the small thoughts of the passengers.

The combination of various calculations and factors allowed them to board the ship smoothly.

The robber companions opened the suitcase and took out the thick winter clothes. The rolled clothes were stuffed with the jewelry they brought back from the robbery of the jewelry store. Only the thick winter clothes stuffed with things would not arouse suspicion.

There is also a thin layer of diaphragm zipper under the winter clothes. This is where Lijia is really hidden. Just lift up a corner of the clothes to reveal the dark fabric underneath. At first glance, it will only make people think it is the fabric at the bottom of the box. Don't think too much about people hiding in it.

When the inner zipper was opened, Li Jia's cheeks were flushed with boredom, and she lay weak and weak in the box, unable to make any movements to struggle and escape.

She breathed heavily, sucking in the fresh air greedily.

There is no fresh air, the lungs are barely functioning, and even the brain and eyes begin to turn black, and unreal pictures and light spots appear.

The air hidden in the suitcase gradually decreases and becomes suffocating. Although it is not a sudden feeling of suffocation, the fear of losing a little bit of oxygen for survival is not inferior to the former.

"Ah, she actually tore off the tape." The robber companion yelled in panic, scrambling to find something to stop her mouth. In order to prevent being suspected by the police, they had thrown away the tape and other unnecessary things when they left the warehouse .

The robber snorted coldly, and said, "Put away your guts, you're afraid of even a dying little girl."

How could she not make a sound just now when she really asked for help? She hasn't yelled for so long, so she can only yell out.

Her back was drenched in cold sweat from the winter, and Lijia's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and her gasping for breath couldn't make up for the pain caused by the suffocation just now, and the bursts of pain in her ankle made her feel powerless.

This time there was really no place to run.

She pulled her lips bitterly, if there really are patron saints and goblins...

Could she pray to them for salvation?

She is not willing to die like this, she does not want to die like this.

Vaguely, she heard the sound of the door being knocked politely. The robber companion shouted loudly that there was no need for room service, and the sound outside the door was still knocking regularly.

The bandit's companion got impatient with the knocking, so he opened a crack in the door to look out, and shouted, "I said I don't need it, why keep knocking!"

He looked at the empty door in astonishment, and his eyes fell down to see the orange cat squatting on the ground politely. He raised his head, sniffed and moved his beard: "Meow."

It barked and squeezed into the room before anyone could react.

"Hey, dead cat, this is not a place for you." Not wanting to be heard by people outside, he hurriedly closed the door.

The cat ran towards the suitcase with four paws, and looked at the weak and pale girl who was stuffed in the suitcase and was about to die, its pupils shrank violently into narrow slits.

Li Jia raised her eyelids with difficulty, she would indeed have delusions when people were close to death, and she actually saw "Mr. Chuya" in the cabin.

It stretched out its soft tongue to lick her cheek, its whole body was glowing with a dark red light, and it cried out in a low voice: "...Meow."

The slightly rough cat's tongue brushed against the skin, and the familiar feeling made her blink slowly and bluntly. She forced a smile, opened her mouth and said silently: "So it's really Mr. Chuya."

Is it a happy thing to see the family kitten before dying?

I just hope that the robbers won't be so frenzied that they will kill the cat together.

The cat's fur was dyed orange by the special dim red light, and she suddenly felt that the cat's body seemed to expand and grow before her eyes, gradually changing from the size that could be carried with both hands to the size of a suitcase...

The hair shrinks and changes into a well-tailored suit, the wide felt hat covers most of his expression, and the ochre-haired hair is slightly curled and falls on his shoulders. "Mr. Nakaya" slowly changes into a familiar appearance in front of Li Jia.

Compared with "Mr. Zhongye" and "Zhongye", he is more mature, his facial features are sharp and compelling, his cobalt blue eyes are drooping down and bring a little warmth, and the tape binding Lijia's wrist and ankle explodes in an instant without hurting a trace The skin is delicately peeled away, leaving only the dark marks left by the long hours of restraint.

He carefully picked up the girl in the box, avoided the wound on her body, pressed her forehead lightly, and said, "Li Jia, it's all right."