Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 434

Friday evening.

"Brother, can you take us to the river to catch fish tomorrow?" Ayumi came to Bai Ye's room, lying on Bai Ye and asked.

Bai Ye asked doubtfully: "Aren't you always led by Dr. Agasa?"

Ayumi said helplessly: "But he is going to attend a scientific conference tomorrow."

So, there will be no one to play with them tomorrow!

"Okay, no problem." Bai Ye said gently, touching Ayumi's hair.

"Brother is the best." Ayumi kissed Bai Ye happily and ran back to her room.

The next morning.

"Ayumi-chan, get up." Bai Ye came to Ayumi's room and spoke to her while looking at her sleeping quietly.

"Bad brother, let Ayumi sleep a little longer." Ayumi turned over and continued to sleep.

Bai Ye said helplessly: "Ayumi-chan, have you forgotten that we are going to catch fish today?"

As soon as she heard the word "catch fish", Ayumi jumped out of the bed and started to get dressed.

After breakfast, Bai Ye drove with Mao Li Ran, Mao Li Ran Xiaoxiao and Ayumi to pick up Mitsuhiko and others.

Four children were busy catching fish by the river with their fishing tools. I have to admit that Yuantai did a good job in finding this place.

"Look there, right there." Ayumi shouted excitedly, pointing somewhere in the water.

Conan scooped it up with the net and shouted happily, "Hey, I caught it."

Mao Lilan smiled and said: "Ayumi and the others are having a lot of fun."

Bai Ye said, "Yeah, it's nice to go out and have fun like this once in a while."

"We caught a lot." Conan said, looking at the fish in the bucket.

Mitsuhiko said, "It's really just like Genta said, this is a good place to catch fish."

Yuan Tai stretched and said, "I'm hungry. What time is it now?"

"It's exactly one o'clock. Do you want to have lunch?" Mitsuhiko replied.

"Look what that is?" Ayumi saw a remote-controlled model boat passing through the water with a red balloon tied to it with a thin string.

"Hmm?" Bai Ye frowned.

Mao Lilan asked: "What's wrong?"

Bai Ye said, "Let's go to the children."

Mitsuhiko said: "It seems to be controlled by radio."

"Everyone get down." Bai Ye came to the child and ordered, then blocked Ayumi behind him.

Conan and the others heard this and lay down in the bushes. At this moment, a gunshot was heard and the balloon burst instantly.

"It was a rifle." Bai Ye looked towards the place where the shooting occurred.

Conan also hurriedly took out his binoculars to look, and saw four men on the opposite building. Two of them pointed pistols at the man with the rifle, and the other one was holding a telescope, obviously forcing the other party to shoot at the balloon on the moving model ship.

At this moment, the man firing the rifle on the opposite side saw the light reflected on Conan's binoculars and immediately put something down.

Genta snatched the binoculars from Conan's hand and looked around, but unfortunately there was no one there.

Bai Ye whispered, "I guess that person was threatened to kill someone. This person is a master. The straight-line distance between that building and the remote-controlled model boat on the river is at least 600 yards. The other party only used a rifle, but he was able to hit it with one shot. His marksmanship is pretty good."

Mao Lilan was a little worried, "Should we call the police immediately? Something might happen."

"It's okay, don't worry, I'm here." Bai Ye comforted.

Seeing the eager eyes of Ayumi and others who wanted to check it out, Bai Ye nodded, and Ayumi and others ran over happily.

Top of building.

"Oh, the balloon was shot from here." Yuantai walked to the side and said while looking at the river opposite.

Mitsuhiko was surprised. "If that's the case, it's really an amazing technique."

Ayumi asked, "Is that person practicing shooting?"

Conan said: "Maybe it's just a test, and it's a forced test."

Yuan Tai was puzzled, "Is it forced?"

Conan explained: "I just saw that the other two people pointed their guns at the man."

"It's true." Genta and Mitsuhiko were shocked.

"What are you doing?" Ayumi asked confusedly when she saw Conan lying on the ground.

Conan explained: "I'm looking for anything that can be used as evidence."

Upon hearing this, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta also joined the search.

"They really look like little detectives." Mao Lilan said with a smile as she looked at the four children busying around.

At this moment, Conan suddenly found a computer in the shadow of the stairs with the number [**] on it.

Yuan Tai asked, "What are those numbers?"

Conan replied: "I wonder if the person who shot with the rifle wanted to leave a signal for us."

"Leave us a signal?"

Conan explained: "Well, at that time he seemed to notice that I was watching them with a telescope."

Mitsuhiko pinched his chin and said in a deep voice: "But what is the meaning of these numbers?"

Conan said: "In short, we must notify Officer Megure."

Bai Ye nodded, and Mao Lilan took out her cell phone and told Officer Megure what happened here. Knowing that someone might have used a rifle to kill people, Officer Megure hurriedly drove the police car over.

Standing on the edge of the roof, looking down at the river below, Officer Megure asked, "Was it really shot from here?"

Conan nodded. "Although we didn't see him shooting directly, we all heard the gunshots, and I also saw him holding a rifle." Officer Megure then asked, "And then, did he leave the computer behind?"

"Officer Megure, I think that man was brought here under duress, maybe kidnapped. When I saw him, two people were pointing guns at him, and his expression didn't seem like he was in cahoots with them. Maybe he was forced to shoot."

"But until now, we haven't received any reports. We have just checked carefully and found no clues." Officer Megure frowned and said.

Bai Ye said, "Officer Megure, you'd better investigate carefully."

Yuan Tai said hurriedly: "Maybe we can find bullets on the other side of the river or in the river. It must be possible!"

Mitsuhiko said: "Yes, that radio-controlled boat, maybe it is..."

Officer Megure said helplessly: "It's unfortunate that these few days are consecutive holidays, and most of the investigators are on vacation. I think, let's do this, investigate this computer first, and that's it."

Seeing Inspector Megure give up, Conan wanted to say something, but Byakuya shook his head, so Conan had to give up.

So Conan gave the calculator to Officer Megure, and Officer Megure gathered his team and went back to the police station. Before leaving, he asked them to say hello to Kogoro Mouri.

Yuan Tai said disdainfully, "Tsk, look at the expression of this policeman, it's obvious that he doesn't believe us."

Mao Lilan set the food for lunch and invited everyone to eat. When Yuan Yao heard about it, he hurried over.

After a sumptuous lunch, Maori Ran suggested asking the famous detective Maori Kogoro to help decipher the code, and the children responded unanimously.

Bai Ye was speechless, Conan smiled bitterly, "I solved those cases."

When everyone arrived at the detective agency, Maori Kogoro was looking at the magazine in his hand, muttering in dissatisfaction: "What? Taking the Heisei Express for a dream and romantic journey, it's just some old photos."

Conan, who had been reasoning all the way, had a frantic expression on his face, and his notebook was filled with numbers and codes of reasoning, "No, I don't know."

Maori Kogoro carefully checked the numbers on the calculator, then said disdainfully while looking at the magazine, "Of course, that kind of number can't be a signal. It's just something that someone forgot to take away. Really, you even called Officer Megure during the consecutive holidays."

Mao Lilan, who had been fiddling with the fish, was dissatisfied and scolded Mao Li Kogoro a few words, "Conan's hypothesis might be true. The man was forced to do sniper training, and later found Conan and the others, so he secretly left the calculator signal to everyone. This is also possible."

Bai Ye looked at the three bored Ayumi children, so he got up and took them to the uncle's room to play video games.

Mao Lilan speculated, "Could it be the code name of the assassination location?"

Conan shook his head, "I think it's more likely the date."

Mao Lilan frowned, "Or it could be a hint of where he is imprisoned. By the way, people often use pagers as a code, just like homophones."

Conan shook his head. None of them seemed right. There were too few clues to make any deductions.

"So [3135134] it means 'Property and Mr. May Day', right, hehe?" Kogoro Maori laughed.

"That's the same thing," Xiaolan said unhappily. "By the way, [162] might be the room number of a hotel or building. If not, the road... for example, National Highway 162."

"National highway?" Conan looked at the number on the paper.

The bored Maori Kogoro also joined in, "So if [162] is the national highway or Route 162, what is the [3135134] in front?"

Xiaolan looked up at the uncle and said, "I believe those numbers must be used to conceal the true meaning of the calculator if the bad guys find it."

Maori Kogoro nodded. This made sense. "So, the shape of the river is the shape of the road, and the water flow is the opposite of the car flow."

Mao Lilan also nodded, this reasoning was more reliable.

Hearing this, Conan recalled the river and looked at the map again, "Is it National Highway 162?"

Bai Ye shook his head. "Kyoto is too far away. It should be at least near the suburbs of Tokyo. In other words, it should be a road to a major place."

Conan began to think, and everyone looked at the map, "Only Route 162 in Saitama Prefecture is the most similar."

Bai Ye carried the sleeping Ayumi out of the uncle's room and said, "We can't just guess randomly. Let's go to these similar places on the map tomorrow and see for ourselves. You see the children are all asleep, so let's send them home."

Then Bai Ye drove the sleeping children back home.

The next day.

Byakuya was driving with Ran Mouri and Ayumi, while Kogoro Mouri was driving with Conan, Genta and Mitsuhiko.

"Really? Why should I rent a car and drive for you?" Kogoro Mouri complained while driving.

Mao Lilan smiled and replied: "Because we don't have a driver's license."

Yuan Tai said disdainfully: "Uncle, you are a detective, how come you don't even have a car?"

"You don't seem to drive usually, so I think it's safer to just fasten your seat belt." Mitsuhiko said distrustfully as he fastened his seat belt.

Maori Kogoro turned around unhappily and said, "You two little brats, let me tell you..."

"Don't look to the side while driving." Mao Li Ran pushed Mao Li Kogoro's head back with both hands and reminded him.

They went to many places throughout the afternoon, but they couldn't find any similar places. Maori Kogoro was about to give up, but was strongly stopped by Maori Ran. At this time, Conan found a building near the maintenance road, which happened to be on National Highway 162. Bai Ye and the others also confirmed that the bend here was exactly the same shape as the river.

Mao Lilan said: "Dad, please tell Inspector Megure."

Maori Kogoro wondered, "Why me?"

Conan said quickly: "That's because, uncle, you are a famous detective with brilliant achievements, so the police officer will believe you."

Maori Kogoro said proudly: "It's an achievement, isn't it? You even understand these difficult words. Well, there's nothing I can do. I'll just make the call for you guys."

"Hello, this is Megure. This is Mr. Mouri. What a coincidence. Please come to the living room right away. Conan should come too." Inspector Megure picked up the phone and spoke when he heard it was Kogoro Mouri.

With a puzzled look on his face, Kogoro Mouri brought everyone to the Metropolitan Police Department.

"There is nothing else to ask you to come here. There is a police officer who was on vacation with his girlfriend and suddenly disappeared. He became a missing police officer. This is him." Officer Megure said, pointing at the photo.

"That's the man, Officer." Conan looked at the man in the photo and answered affirmatively.

Officer Megure nodded. "Sure enough, to be on the safe side, I took the fingerprints on the computer and compared them. His name is Yamabe Koichi, and he used to be an Olympic rifle shooter. I'm afraid those criminals kidnapped Yamabe and his girlfriend, Miss Eri, and used Miss Eri as a hostage, threatening and forcing Yamabe to use a rifle to snipe someone."

Mao Lilan pursed her pink lips and said: "So what Conan and the others saw was the practice for sniping."

"The case is just as you deduced, but the point is, if we don't know the time and place, then we have no idea where to start." Inspector Megure touched Conan's head in praise, and then said helplessly.

He really wanted to solve the case, but unfortunately, he didn't even know the time and place. Even if he wanted to look for it, he didn't know where to start!

Ayumi and the other two said excitedly: "If this is the location of the sniper attack, we know it..."

(End of this chapter)