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Chapter 803 Is it really a fake show? (4000)

Turning his attention back to the computer again, Karasawa manipulated the mouse for a while, and then began to carefully watch the video of Renka Kataoka's kidnapping on the mailbox.

It can be clearly seen in the video that Kataoka Renka is in a slightly old room, and the curtains on the windows are also blocked, making the room a little dark.

Her own condition was not good either. Her mouth could be seen sealed with tape. Although she struggled hard, the ropes on her body restricted her movements.

The first time he saw this murderous man lying down, he frowned and felt that this kidnapping case was a bit troublesome.

This tactic is common in international crimes, and this troublesome technique is found around the world.

"Mr. Taicang, I don't know the origins of these three companies that asked for ransom." Tang Ze glanced at the ransom request on the computer and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Onuki." Kataoka Hanshiro took a sip of wine with some boredom and motioned to his secretary to explain.

With his daughter's whereabouts unknown at the moment, he really didn't have much mood to deal with the police's interrogation.

"Yes," the bespectacled secretary Ohuki responded, and then explained to everyone: "Actually, these three companies are all clubs that have had business dealings with them recently."

"Huh?" Mouri Kogoro was a little confused when he heard this. He touched his chin and said, "Then why did the kidnappers specifically designate these three families to prepare the ransom?"

"That's because..." Secretary Onuki looked at Hanshiro Kataoka when he heard this. He hesitated to speak, obviously he had some scruples.

"It doesn't matter. Tell them, Soichi. Now is not the time to dwell on this." Kataoka Hanshiro said.

"I see."

Okanuzong nodded, then looked at the crowd and explained: "In fact, the managers of these three companies have recently made a proposal to Mr. Kataoka for Miss Renka at the same time."

"Eh? This seems to be that story." Mouri Kogoro touched his chin and muttered: "Yes, Snow White!"

"No, dad!" Xiaolan hurriedly leaned into his father's ear and whispered in his ear: "You should be talking about Princess Kaguya!"

"Haha. You can also say that." Hearing his daughter's reminder, Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but blush, and laughed awkwardly.

"Kaguya."

Karasawa on the side couldn't help but frowned subconsciously after hearing this description from Mouri Kogoro.

Because when I heard Conan talk about the reason why they were involved in the case, it was mentioned that Kataoka Renka played "Kagutsuki Princess" in the theater.

As a "Ke Xue Law" instructor, Tang Ze vaguely felt that there must be some connection between the two.

After all, this is also a certain classic routine in the Ke Xue case, which is to make the legendary story somewhat similar to the situation of the current case.

While Karasawa was thinking, another strange man knocked on the door and walked in, then whispered something in Okanizouichi's ear.

After that, the other party came to Kataoka Hanshiro and whispered again.

"Hmph, get him out!"

After listening to Ohuki Soichi's words, Kataoka Hanshiro snorted and said angrily: "How long has it been? You still dare to use such an excuse to prevaricate me. Let him fool the children with that bad excuse!"

"Excuse me, what happened?" Looking at the furious Kataoka Hanshiro, Officer Megure on the side asked.

"Actually, he is one of the three suitors I just mentioned."

Okanuki glanced at Kataoka Hanshiro next to him, and seeing that he had no reaction, he continued to explain: "We told the other party about Miss Renka, but he said that his company's situation was not very good and there was no way to help. We prepare a ransom."

"Hmph, you don't even blink when you lie!" Kataoka Hanshiro said angrily: "I'm just afraid of getting into trouble and getting involved in scandal.

The life of my daughter Lianhua is not as good as the reputation of the company in his eyes. He dares to say that he wants to marry my daughter. It really pisses me off! "

"But what should we do with the ransom demanded by the kidnappers?" Officer Megure said with some worry.

"I've already prepared the ransom, but it's just in the name of his company." Kataoka Hanshiro snorted coldly: "But I will never marry my daughter to such a person!"

"In other words, he has lost the qualification to propose marriage to a princess." Mouri Kogoro heard this and touched his chin and said: "This feels more like the story of "Princess Kaguya""

"The other two have already handed over the designated ransom amount at this moment." Okanuki Soichi explained the situation: "As soon as the time comes, I will send the money to the designated location requested by the prisoner."

"For now, we can only follow the gangster's request." Mouri Kogoro pondered for a moment and then said, "Can we just wait and see what happens next?"

"Our police will also conduct search operations with the top priority of rescuing your daughter." Officer Megure looked at Hanshiro Kataoka and said with relief: "Don't worry."

After the situation of the case and the payment of the ransom were explained, the room fell into silence for a long time. Everyone quietly waited for the time to pass until the kidnappers demanded the payment of the ransom.

Taking advantage of this moment, Tang Ze finally had time to start checking the video carefully.

The video is not too long, and there are no changes in the overall scene. It is just the scene of Kataoka Renka being tied up in the room.

However, there are some slight changes in the video.

At the beginning, the window of the room was open, and the sunlight outside the house was facing the camera, and some scenes outside the house could be seen.

Tangze looked at the scene outside the window carefully and found that the most noteworthy thing was a cylindrical chimney building in the distance.

Not long after that, the video suddenly turned dark, and the curtains that were originally opened in the video were closed.

Judging from Karasawa's point of view, the video must have been edited by someone. It was probably because of backlighting or other reasons that the camera was temporarily turned off to close the curtains or something.

There seemed to be no change in this situation, but those with keen eyesight still discovered subtle differences.

When the curtains were opened, Renka Kataoka's head was clean and free of foreign matter.

But when the curtains were closed, there seemed to be something extra on the other party's head.

Karasawa took a closer look and found that Kataoka Renka's head was actually covered with spider webs!
  Looking at the dense cobwebs next to the window, a possibility flashed in Tang Ze's mind.

Renka Kataoka is not pretending to kidnap, right? ?

He said this not because of random guesses, but because there were cobwebs on the other party's head!
  Under normal circumstances, if a person is tied up and unable to move, it is impossible for others to put cobwebs on the other person's head.

After all, the spider web is easy to destroy, and there is no way to retrieve it again. Only if you accidentally stick to it, this situation may happen to the other party's head.

But Renka Kataoka is a hostage. How could the kidnappers let her move around randomly and get cobwebs on her head?

But this situation has occurred in reality, and there is a possibility that they have never imagined before.    That's a fake kidnapping!

Everyone who passes must leave traces. This sentence is not only talking about people's actions, but also includes the reasons for people's actions.

Since the spider web on Renka Kataoka's head is already the result, no matter how unbelievable the reason is, she can only accept it.

Thinking of the conflict between Kataoka Renka and her father, the other party colluded with others to stage a fake kidnapping, so it may not be impossible to prevent her from getting married.

In this way, it is understandable that the ransom demanded by the kidnappers specifically pointed out that they demanded ransom from the companies of her three suitors.

I am afraid that Kataoka Renka wanted to use the story of Kaguya in "The Tale of Bamboo Tori" to let her father understand her thoughts.

If this is the case, then the accomplice of this fake kidnapping can only be someone close to Renka Kataoka.

After all, Renka Kataoka is just a seventeen-year-old girl and doesn't have many connections.

Ito Tamanosuke and his theater partners should be the most suspect, but the other party came to Kataoka's house just to discuss with Kataoka Hanshiro, and his surprise after learning that Kataoka Renka was kidnapped did not seem to be fake.

The possibility that the other party is an accomplice of Renka Kataoka is very small.

So the most suspicious person is Soichi Onuki, the secretary of Kataoka Hanshiro.

The other party is Kataoka Hanshiro's secretary, so he will naturally obey his daughter's orders because of his father.

And since the other person is someone his father trusts, it also proves that he is more reliable than ordinary people.

After all, even if it was just a fake kidnapping, her worth was still there. The money was so attractive that she had to be careful just in case the other party did it for real.

But now it seems that this little girl is still a little naive, and she doesn't know that money can seduce greed in people's hearts.

That's right, Tang Ze has almost guessed the subsequent development.

I'm afraid this fake kidnapping has now become a real kidnapping.

As for the reason?

Hey, Conan, the disaster star, is here. Is it possible that there are still some minor cases?

Thinking of this, Karasawa glanced at Ohuki Soichi next to him. This guy was now the number one suspect in his eyes. After all, if he really wanted to get the ransom, only someone who could deliver the ransom himself could do it.

And it just so happened that the secretary was assigned to do this at the prisoner's request.

This is actually very unreasonable. After all, most kidnappers will ask the closest and most valued people to the hostage to deliver the ransom.

This is normal, because only if the person who sends the ransom cares more about the hostage, he will obey the kidnapper's orders more.

You let an outsider, even a secretary, take the risk to deliver the ransom, and no matter how much he values ​​the hostages, can he compare to his father?
  Although this subtle unreasonableness is usually not noticed, when Tangze noticed that this might be a "fake show" case, it became a reason for suspicion.

However, Tangze still looked calm on the surface, but his thoughts were constantly running in his mind.

"Mr. Kataoka, I wonder if I can go to Miss Renhua's room and have a look?"

After thinking for a moment, Karasawa stood up and looked at Kataoka and asked.

"My little girl hasn't been home for half a year." Kataoka Hanshiro frowned when he heard this, but then nodded and said: "Since the police officer wants to see it, then go ahead. I'll let Onuki take you there."

"Thank you." Karasawa thanked him upon hearing this, and then ignored Conan who was a little confused and led him to Renka Kataoka's room.

He had just watched the video with Ito Tamanosuke, and noticed the traces of the other party's spider silk, and made some judgments in his mind.

But before he could think about it carefully, Tang Ze's actions interrupted his thoughts, leaving him puzzled.

Because from the video, he didn't notice any clues that required him to go to the other party's room to check.

However, he also knew that since it was Tangze's actions, there was a deep meaning behind them, but there was no need to follow in the other person's footsteps.

Likewise, he didn't believe that the other party didn't notice anything strange in the video.

But since the other party didn't say anything, he might have some guesses in his mind and be on guard against something.

Conan knew this, and quickly gave up his previous thoughts, cooperating with Tang Ze to hide this discovery.

There is already a tacit understanding on this point. After all, their main goal is to find Lianhua.

There is no need for them to walk all the way on the same road. They just need to follow their own ideas. This can also make up for their own shortcomings and increase the chance of Lianhua being saved.

Thinking of this, Conan looked at Tamanosuke Ito and decided to tell him his reasoning.

In his opinion, if Miss Lianhua was really a fake kidnapper, then the address chosen by the other party would definitely be a place he was familiar with.

And this kind of remote place is not a place that a young lady like her knows.

If you know it, it is very likely that you encountered it during the six months in the theater.

Therefore, he planned to tell Xiaolan and Ito Tamanosuke his guess. It was inconvenient for him to do anything as a child, and he still needed help from adults.

At least these two people would listen to him, unlike Mouri Kogoro who would only go up and give him a blow.

'But Tangze Criminal has seen through the truth, so he plans to wait for Miss Lianhua to come back? ’

Looking at Tang Ze who made no extra moves after coming out of Miss Lianhua's room alone, as if he was planning to follow the police action, Conan couldn't help but have this idea in his mind.

It seems that this is not incomprehensible. After all, Karasawa doesn't understand Ito Tamanosuke, so it's normal to be defensive and not explain the situation to him.

But he knew that Tamanosuke Ito was a trustworthy person and that he would not agree to be Miss Renhua's internal agent, so he could naturally explain the situation and listen to the other party's suggestions.

‘Then maybe this time I can find Miss Lianhua faster than Tangze Criminal. ’

Thinking of this, Conan became excited.

Even if he is not one step ahead of the opponent, if he can find Miss Lianhua in advance through other means, it will also prove that he has surpassed Tangze Criminal.

No matter what the reason is, if you can succeed in a way that Karasawa Criminal cannot do, that is also your own victory! !

(End of this chapter)