Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 69 The normal way of the black organization

After sorting out the outline, I found a bug. The previous Osaka area was changed to Cupo.

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Friday, Kawajiri's house.

Mrs. Kawajiri leaned lazily on the sofa. There were exquisite refreshments and black tea on the coffee table. She picked up a piece of scone and looked up at the clock.

It's 11 am.

——A full 25 hours have passed since that phone call.

……

Mrs. Kawajiri is not an irrational person.

After hanging up the phone yesterday, she quickly calmed down and did not open the champagne. Instead, she immediately called the kindergarten to confirm whether her son was safe.

After learning that he had arrived at school safely, she found a reason to ask for leave for him and sent two stronger servants to quickly pick him up.

As a result, Mrs. Kawajiri received a call from the high school before her child came back.

It was the class teacher who was dragging the oil bottle, asking why he hadn't arrived at school yet. He was always very punctual.

Mrs. Kawajiri, who was originally hesitant about the kidnapping case, was not sure until this moment that her stepson had really been kidnapped.

……

How lucky she is.

Mrs. Kawajiri couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth again as she finished reminiscing.

Because the servants were still around, she had to maintain her image of a dignified and elegant lady so as not to smile too obviously.

She didn't have to do anything to get rid of that annoying drag bottle.

The one who was kidnapped was her stepson, so she would definitely not prepare a ransom; at the same time, she did not call the police. She even stopped the troublesome maid who was planning to call the police because she did not come back after hauling the oil bottle last night.

Mrs. Kawajiri came into contact with some police officers because of the bribery case.

Those tax thieves are not very good at solving crimes and are often ridiculed by the media for relying on detectives. However, after receiving a report, they will always call the police as soon as possible.

——If they learn of a kidnapping case, the police will definitely find a way to save people.

So yesterday she neither went to withdraw money nor call the police. She just pretended not to know anything until today.

Wait a few more hours.

She only had to wait a few hours for the second call from the kidnapper, and then she would tell the servants about the kidnapping of the oil bottle.

She would try to stall for time, or deliberately use a hesitant tone to lead the kidnapper to suspect that she had called the police after the police arrived and the kidnapper determined the location to pay the money again.

It would be nice if the kidnapper could be made so angry that he could blow up the oil bottle directly.

In this way, she could still blame the police for his death - she just accidentally said the wrong thing, and they were supposed to protect the people, but they did nothing.

Mrs. Kawajiri pursed her red lips tightly, but she couldn't hold back the ecstasy and anticipation in her heart. She pressed her fingers hard and accidentally crushed the scone in her hand.

Tiny snack crumbs fell on the carpet, and the servant on the side quickly bent down to clean them up.

Mrs. Kawajiri, who usually liked to scold them for their clumsiness, glanced at the servant. She was in a good mood and without a word of criticism, she casually twisted another scone.

"Master, master... don't run around!"

The nanny chased after her son who did not go to kindergarten today. He was laughing and joking, and the two of them rushed out of the living room. Mrs. Kawajiri watched them run away with a smile.

"what!"

The five-year-old boy suddenly bumped into someone and fell to the ground.

Mrs. Kawajiri was startled. She slowly sat up straight and saw clearly the two people striding into the living room.

The leader was a woman in her early forties, wearing a female professional skirt. Her high heels clicked hard on the ground. Her long hair was tied up behind her head, and there was not a trace of stray hair on her temples.

Following her was the housekeeper. After he came in, he said to Mrs. Kawajiri: "Madam, the second lady is here."

Even though this mansion has changed its male owner, the loyal old housekeeper who has worked here for 30 years still likes to call the woman next to him this way.

"Where's my nephew?"

Mrs. Kawajiri's sister and the second eldest daughter of the Kawajiri family looked down at Mrs. Kawajiri on the sofa.

The look in her eyes made her tremble with fear. Now Mrs. Kawajiri didn't even have the courage to answer, let alone accuse her of breaking into other people's homes at will.

"His high school teacher called me and said he didn't go to school yesterday and today. What happened?"

After the death of her sister, Miss Kawajiri, who loved her nephew as her own son, glared at the woman on the sofa.

"he……"

Mrs. Kawajiri hesitated and couldn't speak. She suddenly began to panic.She realized that things might be going in a direction she didn't expect.

"Ring Ling—"

Just then, the phone rang again.

Mrs. Kawajiri knew that the kidnapper might have opened it, but just as she was about to stand up, Miss Kawajiri shrank back with a glare. She could only watch as she walked over to pick up the phone.

"This is the Kawajiri family, may I ask..."

"——The appointed time is in one hour. Are you ready with the 10 billion yen?"

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Ten minutes later, the police who received the call came in a hurry.

They first looked around to see if there were any suspicious persons. After confirming that there was no problem, they disguised themselves as couriers delivering home appliances and knocked on Kawajiri's door.

It was Miss Kawajiri who opened the door, followed by the housekeeper.

Her expression was serious, and she seemed to be trying to suppress some anger. She saw the police ID under the receipt: "Please help me move the things in." The leader from the Investigation Section 1, Special Criminal Investigation Department [-] The police signaled back, and several people quickly carried the things into the house.

They took off their shoes at the entrance and came to the living room one after another.One of the police officers took out a machine and searched for any listening devices or other equipment nearby.After checking that everything was correct, he nodded to his superior.

The police officer leading the team looked at Miss Kawajiri who brought them in, and then at Mrs. Kawajiri who was holding her youngest son on the sofa.

"Who is the child's mother?"

Mrs. Kawajiri, who was only 25 years old, lowered her head and remained silent.

Miss Kawajiri, who was over forty years old, said, "The child's mother passed away. I am his aunt, and this is his stepmother."

"You are so young to marry someone with such a big age difference..." a police officer accompanying the team muttered.

The policeman leading the team turned back and glanced at his subordinates. He didn't care about the filial piety of these parents and went straight to the point: "Who received the call from the kidnapper first? Please tell me the process in detail."

Miss Kawajiri glanced at the clock, her face full of anxiety: "Are you going to take your time like this? The kidnapper's time for paying the money is 10 noon, and now there are only [-] minutes left."

Hearing this, the police officer leading the team was stunned: "So urgent?!"

"Yes."

Miss Kawajiri glared at Mrs. Kawajiri fiercely: "The kidnapper originally called at noon yesterday and gave the family a day to raise money, but this woman did not call the police after receiving the call!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Mrs. Kawajiri, and the police noticed the snacks and teacups on the table.

The police officer leading the team frowned: "May I ask, why didn't you call the police yesterday? If you had reported the crime yesterday, the police would have had more time to rescue. Do you... don't trust the police?"

"No, I..."

Mrs. Kawajiri was completely panicked.

Not only did the situation deviate from her expectations, it even developed in a very bad direction.

She felt that everyone was looking at her. The woman around her had eyes full of hatred, the loyal housekeeper had an expressionless face, the timid servant looked at her secretly, the policeman opposite frowned, and the boy in her arms also raised his head curiously. .

"Yes, Mom. My brother disappeared yesterday. Why didn't you call the police?"

"Didn't you always tell me that if there is any trouble, I should go to the police immediately?"

"I……"

Mrs. Kawajiri, who had never experienced any big storms in the past, her mind went blank.

The young male policeman who had been chattering before started mumbling again.

"This kidnapping is so strange. In the cases I have seen before, if the target family has several children, the kidnappers will be more likely to kidnap younger targets. Children are easier to kidnap, easier to transfer, and have no ability to save themselves. .”

The Kawajiri family has two children.

Both were boys, one aged five - in this case it was the eldest son who was missing.

"This time I actually kidnapped the older one. Who is the kidnapper..."

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Kawajiri exploded instantly. She shouted angrily: "What do you mean? Are you doubting me?!"

She is very scared.

Because following this line of thinking, in the eyes of the police and outsiders, she has a great... no, she is simply the biggest suspect!

The police officer leading the team glared at the talkative subordinate again and quickly reassured: "No, that's not what we meant. The most important thing now is to save people - do you two plan to pay a ransom of 10 billion?"

Miss Kawajiri nodded. She looked at Mrs. Kawajiri coldly: "Have you not squandered the inheritance my sister left to this family?"

"……No."

Mrs. Kawajiri bit her lip.She knew that her husband had about 12 billion yen in Teito Bank, and there happened to be a Teito Bank not far from their home.

Time is urgent now, so we have to rush there.

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11:30, Teito Bank, Abeido Town.

The bank manager who stayed in the office glanced at the clock anxiously and then at the vault door not far away, his heart beating wildly.

He has been living in torment these days and cannot sleep well every night.

Originally, he thought it would be safe to mix counterfeit and real banknotes there - when there was no machine, only he had the ability to identify them at a glance - Ke Chang had a sudden idea a few days ago and installed more surveillance cameras in the vault. .

To make matters worse, it is now the middle of the month, when Imperial Bank regularly transports banknotes to the head office every month, and the money inside can be taken away at any time.

Once the counterfeit bills are delivered to the head office, what he has done will be exposed.He didn't want to be eliminated by the organization, so he quickly informed a certain big shot with the power to make the decision.

The big shot didn't respond to him for several days, until the night before yesterday, a female voice suddenly called him.

——"Don't worry, we will use a more normal method to withdraw a large amount of cash at one time."

Hearing members of the organization speak the normal way, the manager's first reaction was bank robbery.

So he has been mentally prepared, hoping that the other party will not arrange for the robber to kill him with a slip of his hand...

While the manager was praying in his heart, there was suddenly a few frantic knocks on the door, and then a teller pushed the door open and barged in.

"Jing, manager!"

Seeing the teller's reaction, the manager stood up and said calmly: "What happened? Why are you so panicked?"

"There are two customers outside, saying they want to withdraw 10 billion yen in cash!"

"?!" The manager was startled, "Why do you need so much money?"

"It's a ransom." The teller said, with disbelief on his face, "Their child has been kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand a ransom of 10 billion yen!"

The manager was completely stunned.

Could it be that the normal method of this organization is not to rob a bank, but to kidnap for ransom? !
(End of this chapter)