Chapter 18: Terrible Report

On January 10th, at night, Mihua Town.

Looking at the two guys diagonally behind, walking back talking and laughing, Yamazaki secretly noticed the interesting content.

In the night after the rain, the bright moonlight shines, walking in this quiet alley, thinking about today's date, thinking about the past of the two of them, for a while, she wants to find someone to talk to, and there happens to be a very nice person beside her. audience.

"By the way, Conan." Lan called Conan's name. "Ah, what's the matter?" Conan obviously hasn't gotten used to his name yet. "Do you have a crush, I mean, do you have a crush on a girl in school?" Lan asked Conan.

Yamazaki wanted to laugh when he heard that, why would you ask such a question to a child.

"No, how could there be?" Conan's answer was a bit unusual, and the new answer was almost the same.

"I have someone I like very, very much." Lan must be asking and answering himself. "Could it be the brother Shinichi you were looking for just now?" Conan joked with a wicked smile. "That's right!" Seeing Conan's smile, Lan admitted generously. Conan was surprised, he never expected to hear such an answer in this situation, nor did he think that Lan had such a side. In Conan's surprised expression, Lan recalled as he walked, "He was naughty since he was a child, always full of confidence, and a reasoning fanatic, but at the critical moment, he was very reliable, full of courage, and became so cool. I really like Shinichi." This could be regarded as a confession, and Yamazaki who was not far away looked at it by the moonlight. Conan's face became redder and redder. He never thought that he was like this in Lan's heart. Yamazaki listened to Lan telling Conan again, "You must not tell Shinichi about this." Yamazaki felt that his face was a little red, and he couldn't laugh out loud, which was still quite painful. ...

At 5-chome, Lan pointed to Mei Dai Restaurant, "This is the home of the brother just now," and pointed to the Maori Detective Agency next to him, "My home is here." Then she smiled at Conan, "It seems that there is an extra cute Like a younger brother, I feel like I can tell Conan anything."

"I'm here to introduce you to my father," Lan walked to the entrance of the corridor, and said to Conan again, "Come up." She said and walked up.

"That, that, Lan," after listening to Lu Lan's confession, Conan didn't know how to speak at this time, he didn't want to lie to Lan, "Well, actually, I..." However, the voice was too low, and Lan just "hmm" Below means listening.

Yamazaki watched from the corridor entrance of his house, and came out when he saw this, trying to shut up Conan. This guy obviously didn't know enough about his current situation, and it seemed that he would talk to him in the future.

"I'm actually..." Conan plucked up his courage and raised his voice. When Yamazaki was about to interrupt, a figure shouted "Come! Come!" and rushed down the stairs by running .

"Father!" The sharp-eyed Mao Lilan pulled Conan away, and the two moved away.

Kogoro Mouri, who was lying on the ground, solved the confusion for everyone, "Finally, a job came to my door in half a year. A rich man's daughter was kidnapped. It was a man in black."

Yamazaki was very surprised, how could this kind of thing happen to Mori Kogoro, and the man in black caught Conan's attention, and he felt a shadow in his heart, so he didn't say anything at this time, just watched Mori Kogoro take a taxi and got on it .

In the taxi, it’s finally opened, this day is finally saved, and Kogoro Mori, who doesn’t even have to drink beer, is proud, "The incident is calling me, calling my detective, Kogoro Mori, ha, uh... "

Mori Kogoro finally found two people sitting side by side with him, one was a child, and the other was his daughter Mao Lilan. "Why are you in the car?" Mori Kogoro yelled at Mao Lilan.

"He ran up because of this child." Mao Lilan called back confidently. "Car, car." Conan mumbled. "Who is this guy?" Mori Kogoro called to Conan. Ran asked Conan to hold her on her lap, and explained to Kogoro Mori, "The child of Dr. Ari's relative." Conan pointed to the front and said, "Brother Yamazaki is here too." "Ah!" Kogoro Mori looked carefully. "Good evening, Uncle Mori." Yamazaki greeted. "Who is he?" Maori asked Lan, "New boyfriend?" "What boyfriend?" Lan got angry, "He is Misaki Yamazaki, and we had supper together last night." "Oh," Maoli finally had some impressions, and asked, "What are you doing here?" "I came to see you in a hurry, thinking that there was something wrong, and wanted to help," looking at Conan who was squinting at him, Yamazaki explained to Maoli, " Later I heard that there was an incident, and I really wanted to see how the detectives work, so I wanted to go together."

After hearing what the three said, Maori still refused to let them stay, "Don't hinder my work, get off the car right away." "How is that possible, this is on the highway." Landa yelled to refute. "Uh..." The famous detective Mori Kogoro was speechless.

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Valley house.

"The kidnapped is my only daughter, Gu Jingzi, ten years old this year," Mr. Gu showed Gu Jingzi's photo, "The prisoner was once seen by the housekeeper Aso."

Conan danced for a long time but didn't see the photo held by Mori Kogoro. As soon as Mori put down his hand, he snatched it away. After looking at it, he asked, "How was the situation when you were kidnapped?"

"Who is this child?" Mr. Gu was very surprised, how could a child interrupt when an adult was talking.

"It's nothing, he's my friend's child," Maori explained hastily, then mentioned Conan to Lan, and said solemnly, "Take care of him." Then he asked the butler, Aso, about the situation.

"At that time, Miss came back from school and was playing in the yard when suddenly a man in black jumped out from the corner." Aso said, still imitating the words of the man in black, "tell your master, if you want to go back If he told his daughter, the company would be shut down for a month. Of course, if he called the police, his daughter would die." Then he continued, "After saying this, the prisoner climbed up this pine tree and escaped."

Listening to his narration, Yamazaki looked carefully at the pine tree not far away. Yamazaki thought that if he held the child in one hand and climbed the tree with the other hand, there should be traces on the tree. At least he couldn’t do it without leaving traces. No matter what he did, the bark There will always be traces. From this, it can be concluded that Butler Aso is lying, but what is the reason?

"What about that man's characteristics?" Conan asked concerned. "I have bad eyesight, so I can't see clearly." Butler Aso answered the child's questions carefully. However, not everyone can do this, so Maori planted mushrooms on Conan's head, big and red mushrooms. "No, Conan, don't interfere with my father's work." Apparently Lan's elbow was still turned inward.

Seeing this scene, Yamazaki was very puzzled. Butler Aso, who is always kind to the talkative Conan, really participated in the kidnapping of his own lady? Butler Aso doesn't seem to have just entered the Gu family. He must have watched Miss Gu Jingzi grow up.

"Then did the others hear the prisoner's voice?" After dismissing Conan, Maori continued to understand the situation, "or some other strange voice." The servant confirmed that he only heard Butler Aso yelling "Miss has been taken away" Sound, nothing else.

"Is Butler Aso the only one who saw the prisoner?" Maori summed up the current situation, "Judging from the request of the other party, the prisoner should be someone who is hostile to the company."

"Damn it, they actually want money besides this request." Mr. Gu said angrily. "Money?" Butler Aso was shocked. "Just now I was asked to prepare 300 million old banknotes." Mr. Gu shouted. "Could it be that you made a mistake?" Aso Butler asked. "Stop talking nonsense, shut up," the housekeeper doubted him, and Mr. Gu shouted angrily.

Seeing Butler Aso's panicked look, it was obvious that an accident had happened. In other words, Miss Gu Jingzi was first kidnapped by the man in black that Butler Aso said, and then was kidnapped by another person. What is Butler Aso worried about, his partner, Miss, or himself? Yamazaki thought of this and looked at the two detectives. Next, let's watch your performance.

"If your company goes bankrupt, those companies will benefit?" Maori detectives start with external enemies.

Seeing Conan thinking, Yamazaki asked, "What did you think of?"

Conan said: "Why did the criminal come to the house to kidnap her? Wouldn't it be better to do it on the way to and from school?" Yamazaki smiled, "For some rich ladies, it is normal to take a car." Conan said: "Then how could they be kidnapped?" It’s too careless for others to see it.” Yamazaki retorted: “This kind of thing is also normal, and the weather forecast is not always accurate.”

Conan unconsciously picked up a handball shot by a girl in the yard, and asked while kicking, "But the prisoner only wants old banknotes, isn't that very careful?" Yamazaki hadn't spoken yet, and Lan, who was not far away, saw Conan's movements, Come over and praise: "Conan, you play football well." "It's okay." Conan replied subconsciously. "Shinichi also often thinks about things while playing football. He said that when he plays football, his mind will be very clear." Lan, this can be regarded as touching the scene, Yamazaki shook his head lightly at Conan, Conan reacted and had to make a mistake Ended up dribbling.

Watching the ball roll into the bushes under the tree, Conan went to pick it up. Suddenly, a big dog roared and rushed out of the kennel in the bushes towards Conan.

The few people who were still far away were about to rush over to rescue them. When Yamazaki was about to make a move, Conan actually got along with the dog with the ball in his hand. This ability is innate. Yamazaki put away the ball in his hand. coin.

"It's really strange," Mr. Gu said in surprise, "except for the family members, the Big Mac will not get close to others."

"Uncle Maori, this means that the kidnappers used this pine tree to sneak in and escape. The dog should be able to bark, then..." Looking at Conan with a clear expression, Yamazaki decided to remind Maori for the future.

"Where are you going, Housekeeper Aso?" Thinking of what the servant said just now, Maori looked at Aso who wanted to leave and asked, "What you said just now always makes people feel strange, the criminal who sneaked into the yard kidnapped the lady, and then used the pine tree to escape , why didn’t the dog bark?” Seeing that Aso was speechless, he continued to ask, “In your testimony, there are too many ambiguities. In fact, there was no man in black at all, right? Butler Aso, no, you should be called a kidnapper."

Well, the man in black finally got to the bottom of it, "Why did you do such a thing." Mr. Gu was furious, "Who told you to do it?" Butler Aso, who knelt on the ground and kept apologizing, hurriedly replied: "This I did it alone." You are trying to cover up, Yamazaki thought to himself.

"So where is Miss now?" Maori asked with concern. "In a nearby restaurant." After listening to Butler Aso's words, Mori was excited, and finally settled it. Then, beer or something, I, Mori Kogoro, is back again. By the way, I will advertise, "As long as I am a detective, Mori Kogoro No matter how difficult the case is, it will be easily solved." Next? Yamazaki looked at Mori and couldn't bear to interrupt him. no yet……

"Master, I have your phone number." A servant hurried over with the phone in hand. Maori's fantasy was interrupted.

"Is the 300 million yuan ready?" The smarter kidnapper who kidnapped Miss Gu Jingzi again from the place where she was first kidnapped and imprisoned called, "Dad, just save me."

"Try to say as much as possible, and try to find out where the kidnapper is." Mao Li's words were correct, but Mr. Gu repeated subconsciously, "The location?" The kidnapper thought there was a policeman nearby, and Mr. Gu hurriedly explained, "No. He's not a policeman." "Dad, in the school warehouse, you can see a big chimney from the window, uh..." Miss Gu Jingzi shouted when she heard her father's words, and she was finally covered by the kidnappers .

Now that there is a clue to the address, looking at Conan who was already checking the map, Yamazaki said to Maori: "It should be near the hotel. From the perspective of time, he can't go far."

"Let's chase after the dog," Maori yelled at Ran as he watched Conan run out on the dog.

Yamazaki hadn't looked for it yet. "Where is that restaurant, Housekeeper Aso?" While listening to Butler Aso's answer, he said to Mr. Gu: "Can you get the old banknotes of 300 million yuan?" "This..." Mr. Gu's expression turned pale. Seeing this, Yamazaki said: "You first try to make up as much as you can, and the kidnappers will call again. After all, it is not easy to ask for 300 million yuan in old banknotes at night, isn't it?" "I will prepare now." Mr. Gu's eyes lit up and he left.

"Don't go," Yamazaki grabs the butler Aso who wants to help, and has become a kidnapper without realizing it, "take me to that restaurant." Seeing that he still wants to talk, Yamazaki doesn't want to waste words with him, "This is your atonement Opportunity."

"Is this a five-star building?" Yamazaki, who was coming by car, looked at the building and asked Aso, "is Miss Gu Akiko often come here, or is it your family?" Come here often."

"Do you know this person?" Yamazaki asked the manager forcefully. "Yes, Butler Aso," the manager replied, "Butler Aso and Ms. Gu Jingzi entered Miss's room in the afternoon." Hearing what he said, Yamazaki smiled, "Now Miss Gu Jingzi is missing, and it is suspected that someone was taken from the hotel. Kidnapped." "What?" The manager's face changed, "This, this..." "Let's not talk about anything else, let the service staff and the gatekeeper who have been in the hotel since the afternoon come to the entrance to gather here. said Yamazaki to the manager, who was already sweating. "Okay, okay." Without wiping off his sweat, the manager hurried out.

"By the way, I have a question for you," Yamazaki said to Butler Aso, seeing that he had to wait a little longer, "Why did you find Kogoro Mori? How did you pick him?"

"This, this..." Butler Aso obviously didn't want to answer.

"Tell me, see if it's the same as what I think." Yamazaki encouraged him.

"Well, in the report given, there is only..." Butler Aso said with difficulty, "In the second half of last year, Mori Kogoro..."

"Ha..." Yamazaki laughed, "As expected, the other kidnapper is Ms. Gu Jingzi herself." Yamazaki said suddenly.

"No, I'm the only one," Butler Aso yelled, "I'm the only kidnapper."

"Which kidnapper puts the hostages in a five-star hotel of their own where the hostages can move freely, and it's not a movie. Someone threatens you with your family and asks you to lie to the lady and the master at the same time." Yamazaki pointed at Aso's The forehead said, "Do you have a motive for kidnapping Miss Gu Jingzi? It depends on how worried and nervous you are. People think you are the one who was kidnapped."

"This, this..." Butler Aso took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, murmuring speechlessly.

"Ha," Yamazaki smiled, seeing that many people had come to the door, he walked over and asked loudly: "Has anyone seen Miss Gu Jingzi go out, with whom, walking, or making a car, what car, which direction?" .”

After questioning, a service worker saw Ms. Gu Jingzi leaving with a man, wearing ordinary blue and black jackets, off-white pants, and baseball caps. The person who opened the door to greet guests only saw the man carrying a bag less than half a person's height on his shoulders, but did not see Ms. Gu Jingzi, and made sure that he was not in a car and did not pay attention to the direction he was leaving.

"There is a school nearby that is side by side with this restaurant." Yamazaki watched Conan riding a dog through the gate, pointed to the direction Conan was going, and said to the manager. After getting his confirmation, he said to Butler Aso: "Five The star hotel actually let strangers casually take out an underage girl who often comes here, and her family didn't even know about it. You go to them to ask for an explanation and ask them to compensate for the loss. You can do it well, this is your atonement." After speaking, seeing Lan has entered the range of the hotel, he yelled at her, and then chased after Conan who had entered the alley.

"I will definitely do it well." Aso Butler promised to Yamazaki's back, and then solemnly said to the pale manager: "Inform your boss, we need to have a good talk."