Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 428

the next day.

Early in the morning, the phone rang in the office of Maori Detective Agency.

Xiaolan, who had already washed up and was preparing to cook, heard the phone ring. She quickly put down her work and answered the phone, "Hello, this is the Maori Detective Agency. What can I do for you?"

"Oh, it's Officer Megure. You're looking for Conan. Okay, I'll go call him right away."

"Conan, Conan, are you up? Officer Megure from the Metropolitan Police Department wants to talk to you about something, and I need you to answer the phone."

Conan, who had just woken up, heard these words, and his sixth sense told him, "Oh no, something went wrong."

Sure enough, when Conan hurried downstairs to answer the phone, he heard the words of Inspector Megure on the phone, "Conan, the three children who were with you yesterday received a call from the kidnappers at home, saying that they had to pay a ransom. Takagi said that you guys were together yesterday. I was just about to ask if you were there, brother Mori?"

"You turned out to be at home. Do you know when your friends were kidnapped?"

After hearing Inspector Megure's questions, Conan was so angry that he clenched his fist and smashed it directly on the table, his face full of regret.

"Damn it, I felt that those two people yesterday were not right, but I didn't observe and ask more carefully. Yesterday, they took Ayumi and three others to the school celebration of Teitan University. I thought they were actors, so I didn't go with them. I didn't expect that something really happened. Officer Megure, wait a moment, I will go to the Metropolitan Police Department immediately."

After saying that, Conan hung up the phone directly, "Sister Xiaolan, I have something to do and need to go out for a while. You don't have to save breakfast for me."

As he spoke, Conan picked up his coat from the sofa, went downstairs and ran towards the Metropolitan Police Department.

……

Search Section 1's office.

"Officer Megure, what's the current situation of Ayumi and the others?"

When Inspector Megure saw Conan coming, he said with a serious face, "The situation is bad. The suspect we arrested yesterday was just a trap. We arrested the wrong person."

"It was Gao Mu's fault yesterday for letting the two real criminals escape. I have asked him to write a self-criticism."

"The two criminals have already made ransom calls to the families of the three children. According to their previous practice, after receiving the money, they will tear up the children, put them in a bag, and randomly throw them into a trash can. Therefore, we only have half a day to rescue them."

After hearing this, Conan lowered his head and pondered for a while. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his eyes lit up, "Officer Megure, the two murderers we found yesterday should have been found out about their true identities, right?"

"Hmm..." Officer Megure nodded, took out two photo files and handed them to Conan, "These are the two men, one is called Yamamoto Ichiro, the other is called Kameda Jiro, they were one of the three robbers in the bank robbery case a year ago."

"As for the other man, Kuroki Shin, he was hit and killed by a car when he was caught by the police and tried to escape during a robbery. Therefore, the police speculated that the two criminals kidnapped and injured the girl in order to retaliate against and provoke the police."

"As for the evidence of their provocation to the police, they told the victim that it didn't matter whether they called the police or not, because the police were a bunch of rubbish anyway, and the two men often sent information about their brutal killings to the TV station."

Hearing this, Conan suddenly felt it was unbelievable. These two murderers were so brave.

Not only did he not reveal the slightest flaw during the police interrogation, he even dared to send a murder notice to the TV station?

Such a brutal guy, he will not let him go no matter what he says today!
Afterwards, Conan asked Inspector Megure and looked at the case file of the incident.
Conan calmed down and looked at the details in the case file carefully, word for word. After a while, he found the key factor.

"Everyone, look, if you put the locations where the criminals were kidnapped and where the bodies were dumped together on the map, isn't it just the Chinese character 田?"

After hearing Conan's hint, the police standing on the side also picked up the map and started to check it.

Sure enough, this is how they make up the character "田", and only the last three strokes are missing. In other words, only three more children are needed to complete the character.

"Oh no! They really want to avenge the fugitive who was killed by the truck. I guess after they complete the last few pieces, they will announce it to the TV station and use it to discredit the Metropolitan Police Department."

Officer Megure hesitated for a moment, "Don't worry, Conan, since you have already found the place where the criminal might commit the crime, it means that you are sure to find the criminal, right?"

"Yes, the criminal is within the scope of this word, and to do these things, we must find a hidden place, that is to say, within this word, we can find some abandoned buildings, abandoned warehouses, etc."

After hearing this, Inspector Megure immediately became motivated and quickly ordered the surrounding police officers to go to these locations to investigate.

As the police began to mobilize, Conan also rode his skateboard to those places to see if he could try his luck and find the robbers.

Whenever he arrived at a suspicious place, Conan would stop for a moment, then run to the door and carefully observe the traces, not missing any important clues.

Conan is very serious about saving Ayumi.

Because Ayumi can be said to be the first friend he has met since he became a child and with whom he gets along well.

If possible, he really didn't want the other party to encounter any danger.

In this way, Conan searched all the way and came to an abandoned warehouse full of gasoline tanks...

Looking at the abandoned warehouse in front of him, a light flashed in Conan's eyes.

Because he knew that he had found the right place!
……

Let’s go back to the time before Conan found this warehouse.

"Hey, Yamamoto, the warehouse is now full of flammable gasoline. Be careful when you smoke and don't light it. Otherwise, if the gasoline accidentally burns, we will have to go to hell with these little devils." Looking at his companion who was smoking nearby, a kidnapper couldn't help but frowned slightly.

This guy is really addicted to smoking, isn’t he?

At a time like this, he is still thinking about smoking. Aren't you afraid that the warehouse will be blown up accidentally, and then they will go to heaven with him?

Hearing his words, the man called Yamamoto curled his lips in dissatisfaction, "You are so nagging, Kameda. Instead of worrying about whether I smoke or not, you should think about what other evidence we need to destroy. Find it all quickly and burn it together with this warehouse. Then we can use the money we have extorted recently to change our appearance and live a decent life."

Didn't he know there was still gasoline around? Someone had to remind him!

What a nosy person!

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko, who were tied up on the side, were so scared that they burst into tears when they heard the two robbers were about to kill them.

"No, I'm not full yet. I don't want to be a starving ghost. I want to eat eel and eel rice!"

"Damn it! My detective career has just begun, and I'm planning to surpass that Conan guy and win Ayumi's appreciation. How can I die here! I don't want to die!"

"Wow, mom and dad must be very worried, Ayumi, I will never see you again, and I miss Conan so much, Conan, why don't you come to save me, we agreed that we will always be together!"

After hearing what Ayumi said, Genta and Mitsuhiko, who were originally a little dejected, suddenly perked up, "Damn it, that little brat Conan actually dared to make Ayumi sad, how could he be so excessive? When I see him, I will beat him up!"

Mitsuhiko's mind went blank after hearing what Ayumi and Genta said one after another. He couldn't help but get angry and said, "Conan, that bastard, actually used dirty tricks to secretly try to please Ayumi behind my back. He even told me that he had no interest in Ayumi. I'm so pissed off. I must settle the score with him."

The two kidnappers nearby were also stunned when they saw this love triangle. "Are these really first graders? How come they are so precocious? I can't figure out what's going on with this relationship!"

Are all children nowadays so precocious? They know how to fall in love at such a young age?
Is it that he has fallen behind the times?
"Haha, these little ghosts are really interesting. But since you like that little girl so much, you two should stay together in the underworld today. Maybe you can still be together in the next life."

"Keep shouting, keep yelling, keep acting. If I'm happy, I might let you go to hell with less pain!"

As he spoke, the tall and thin Kameda casually pulled out a lighter from his pocket, lit a cheap cigarette, took a puff of it with satisfaction, and blew the smoke directly on Ayumi and the other two, choking them and making them cough. Then he squatted on the ground, watching the three children fighting with each other with great satisfaction.

The three children were so frightened after seeing this scene that they were speechless and dared not continue arguing.

But Kameda was clearly in high spirits and didn't want to end it so easily. "Kids, keep talking. If anyone can't continue, I'll use this dagger to cut this little girl's body. Don't worry, it won't hurt too much, but it will definitely disfigure her."

Mitsuhiko watched the kidnapper put the knife on Ayumi's face and gestured left and right. He didn't know what was going on, but his blood was boiling and he rushed over and stood in front of Ayumi, "Asshole, if you want to kill someone, just kill me first. As long as I'm not dead, I will never let you touch Ayumi!"

After seeing this, Yuantai also plucked up the courage, ran to Mitsuhiko, stood shoulder to shoulder with him, and shouted loudly, "That's right, you damned guy, if you want to hurt Ayumi, you have to step over my dead body!"

Yamamoto, who was standing nearby, laughed out loud after seeing this. "Hey, Kameda, I think these kids have been brainwashed by watching TV dramas. They actually said such funny things. It's so funny, hahahaha!"

Mitsuhiko and Genta glared at the two robbers. Seeing their unbridled laughter, they were so angry that their faces turned red and they felt like their lungs were about to explode. "Damn it! What's so funny about this!!!"

When they had almost finished laughing, Kameda stood up and said to the three children, "Since you two are so brave, I will fulfill your wish and kill the little girl last."

At this point, Kameda paused and said, "However, there is only one chance. So who of you is going to die first for this little girl?"

"The people in the front may be better off, but the people behind will have to see the miserable state of their companions. You have to choose someone with better psychological quality!"

After hearing the kidnapper's words, Mitsuhiko felt his heart trembling, his soul floating, his legs shaking, his teeth chattering, as if his life had come to an end.

With the determination to die, he slowly turned his head and looked at Ayumi, "Ayumi, I'm about to die. I have something I've always wanted to say to you. In fact, I've liked you since you were in kindergarten. You were so lively, cute, innocent and brilliant at that time. I fell in love with you at first sight under the cherry tree that time."

At the last moment of his life, he must know what his good friend thinks of him.

After all, if he didn't ask, he would never have the chance to speak out what was in his heart!
"At this last moment of my life, I want to get your answer. Do you have feelings for me?"

Hearing this, Ayumi looked at Mitsuhiko's uneasy expression with a complicated expression, and said awkwardly, "But, but I like Conan, we are just friends, Mitsuhiko."

With a "click" sound, Mitsuhiko felt like his heart was about to break.

What's the saying? -- It's called licking a dog. In the end, you have nothing.

Childhood sweethearts are always no match for the ones sent from heaven.

Kameda looked at the little boy Mitsuhiko, who was half-kneeling on the ground with one hand covering his heart, his face full of pain. He felt as if he had seen a future movie emperor. This action, this expression, this demeanor, he could simply win an Oscar.

"Little devils, although you make me very happy, things will never change because of one's will, and I will not sympathize with you. If you want to blame someone, just blame your bad luck for running into my hands!"

As he said that, Kameda raised his hand, ready to give Mitsuhiko, who was lying on the ground, a chilling blow that made his heart soar.

However, there are eight out of ten things in life that are not as you wish.
Especially the seeds of world luck like the Young Suicide Group, who can always turn danger into safety. The accident happened at that moment. Yamamoto, who was watching the show too seriously, didn't even realize that the cigarette in his hand burned his hand.

When he discovered it, he quickly threw away the cigarette in his hand and put out the flame, but the burning cigarette butt fell directly to the ground and ignited the scattered gasoline on the ground.

The fire suddenly rose violently. Since the warehouse was full of gasoline barrels, it formed a chain reaction. Soon, the warehouse became a sea of ​​fire...

(End of this chapter)