Conan: I am definitely not a kid

Chapter 95 Picking the Wrong Persimmon
  The girl could identify the female gangster's size because she was wearing a ring taken out from the counter. It would be impossible for her to visually identify a woman with size 11 among so many hostages.

But there was at least one person among them whom she should be aware of.

The ring was packed and placed on the counter, but it had not been taken away yet, which meant that the person trying on the ring was still in the mall.

Mori Yura asked: "Who is trying on this ring?"

The girl stretched out her hand tremblingly, turned sideways and pointed in one direction using the cover of her body: "The man wearing a light purple sweater and khaki plaid casual pants."

Mori Yura's eyes pretended to accidentally cross the direction pointed by the girl——

She was a young woman. She was sitting far back in the crowd, huddled in a corner with her head lowered. She could see the movements of most people, but once the person being monitored left this area, her line of sight would be obscured by the decorations in the corner. restricted position.

If it were there, we could indeed see Matsuda Jinpei leaving the crowd just now, but we couldn't clearly see what he was doing behind.

Mori Yura and Matsuda Jinpei looked at each other, and both sides saw what the other was thinking - this woman was most likely the suspect of the fourth gangster they were looking for.

But having the right size and the right position does not mean that the other person must be the fourth gangster hiding in the crowd. They can be wary of the other person, but there is no way to take direct action. Otherwise, if they guess wrong, they may alert the enemy.

Mori Yura thanked the girl and asked Matsuda Jinpei in a low voice: "How will the police take action in the future?"

The bleeding on Matsuda Jinpei's forehead has probably stopped: "There are too many hostages in the mall. We should lure them out to take action."

The most appropriate time is when the gangsters evacuate after receiving 1 million yen.

But the gangsters can also think of this: "When they evacuate, they should take the hostages with them."

Otherwise, just walking out on your own is no different from throwing yourself into a trap.

"When I asked the police for a car just now, they didn't emphasize the car model." Matsuda Jinpei thought clearly, "The police should prepare an ordinary four-seater car."

"They can only take two hostages at most." Matsuda Jinpei covered his forehead, his face and hands were still stained with blood, and he looked very miserable, but a dangerous fake smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Guess, when the time comes Will they take that woman away?"

Taking away the suspects hidden among the hostages and evacuating them together can also allow the police to use a trap to kill two birds with one stone.

Whether this woman is the gangster's mole hidden in the crowd will be revealed at a glance.
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  The previously agreed 20 minutes passed quickly, and the call from the police came in almost with a stopwatch.

The gangsters looked at each other, put down their previous casualness, and raised their guns.

The atmosphere in the mall became tense when the phone rang. The man who answered the phone was still the same man from before. The other two gangsters pointed guns at the hostages. If they didn't reach an agreement, they killed two people first and showed them to the police. the meaning of.

The male gangster who had fought against Matsuda Jinpei before was aiming in the direction of Matsuda Jinpei and Mori Yura. This made the other hostages nearby become nervous and subconsciously moved aside. A vacuum appeared around the two of them. zone.

Mori Yura seemed to be shrinking in fear, but in fact he was on full alert. Matsuda Jinpei's face was ugly and his body language was tense.

The gangster said gruffly: "Twenty minutes are up. Are the things we want ready?"

The police officer who spoke tried to keep a soft attitude to avoid angering the gangster: "The cash is ready, but the prerequisite for letting you take the money and leave is to release the hostages. We need to send someone to confirm the safety of the hostages first."

"Okay, we also need to check the money." Seeing that the money was about to be obtained, the gangster behaved very well and said, "Send someone to bring the money in, but only one person can come."

The commander-in-chief, the police officer, nodded to Datehang. Datehang, who was wearing a bulletproof suit, took a deep breath and walked towards the main entrance of the mall with a suitcase full of cash. The glass sensor door opened in response, and Idahang walked in slowly and cautiously. Not long after, he saw the muzzle of the gun pointed directly at the criminal.

"Box down, hands up!"

Datehang complied with the instructions one by one. After being searched by the gangsters, he walked around the decoration in the center of the lobby with a gun to his head, and finally saw the hostage.

Datehang's eyes scanning the crowd met those of Matsuda Jinpei. Both of them were being focused on by the gangsters, and there was no way to communicate secretly, but...

Because of the vacuum area around Matsuda Jinpei and the two, Datehang saw Mori Yuro, the only one close to Matsuda Jinpei, at a glance, and frowned subconsciously.

Why is she here?

This question flashed through his mind, but the most important thing in front of him was the gunman.

The gangster tied up Datehang's hands and confirmed the authenticity of the banknotes in the box before placing the phone in Datehang's ear: "You have seen the hostages, where is the car?"

Datehang reported the situation truthfully: "There are 21 hostages in total, and one of them is injured. It doesn't look like the situation is particularly serious and his life is not in danger."

The officer on the other end of the phone asked, "How are we going to make sure you're not going to detonate a bomb later?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" The gangster pointed his gun at Datehang's head and said viciously, "If you don't give us a car, I will kill one of you now to show you!"

"Don't be impulsive!" The police had no choice but to agree to the gangster's request and parked the car at the entrance of the mall. "As long as the hostages are released, everything will be easy!"

The gangster sneered: "Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. We will take the two women with us later. If you still want them to survive, don't go back on your promise!"

The gangster slammed the phone and pointed his gun at Datehang: "Don't think about any tricks, just go inside!"

Idahang was brought to the center of the hostages. The gangsters found a rope, strung together the zip ties that tied everyone's wrists, and finally tied them to a load-bearing column nearby.

In this way, even if the gangsters have left, the hostages cannot escape from the mall on their own, and the police must come in to rescue them.

But both Matsuda Jinpei and Datehang knew that the gangster's plan was to detonate the bomb left in the mall after leaving!

The two looked at each other seriously, and before they could take any measures or communicate further, the gangster who was tying up the person suddenly pulled Mori Yuro out.

"You, come with us later."

It was the female gangster who just said that she would kill Matsuda Jinpei and Mori Yura first.

Obviously, she has not forgotten what happened just now. Matsuda Jinpei looks strong and has a dangerous temperament. The gangsters are not prepared to take him as a hostage, but they have no such concerns about the woman Mori Yura.

But she completely misjudged the real danger of these two people.

At least Matsuda Jinpei immediately changed his expression after seeing Mori Yura being pulled out as a hostage.

　Another update in the evening.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)