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 his 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 condition was not very 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, feeling that this kidnapping case was a bit troublesome.
This tactic is common in international crime, and this troublesome technique is found all over 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.
"Ohuki." 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 questioning.
"Yes..." Secretary Onuki, who was wearing glasses, responded, and then explained to everyone: "Actually, these three companies are all clubs that have had business dealings with them recently."
"Well?" 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, but he hesitated to speak. Apparently 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 is just like that story..." Mouri Kogoro touched his chin and muttered: "Yes, Snow White!"
"No, dad!" Hearing this, Xiaolan hurriedly leaned into his father's ear and whispered, "You should be talking about Princess Kaguya!"
"Haha... you can say that..." Mouri Kogoro heard his daughter's reminder. Hao couldn't help but blush, and laughed a little embarrassedly.
"Kaguya Princess..."
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, he mentioned that Kataoka Renka played the role of "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 makes the legendary story somewhat similar to the circumstances 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.
"Humph, get him out!"
After listening to Ohuki Soichi's words, Kataoka Hanshiro snorted and said angrily: "How long has it been since then, and 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 are preparing a ransom."
"Hmph, you don't even blink when you lie!" Kataoka Hanshiro said angrily: "I'm just afraid of getting into trouble and being scandalized.
My daughter Lianhua’s life is not as good as the company’s reputation in his eyes, so he dares to say that he wants to marry my daughter, which really pisses me off!”
"But what should we do with the ransom demanded by the kidnappers?" Officer Megure said worriedly after hearing this.
"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: "It feels like this is more like the story of "Kaguya Princess"..."
"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 comforted: "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 passage of time until the kidnapper 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 Renka Kataoka 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, 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 place was a cylindrical chimney building in the distance.
Not long after that, the video suddenly turned dark, and the curtains that were originally open in the video were closed.
Judging from Karasawa's point of view, the video must have been edited by someone. It was probably due to 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.
Originally, when the curtains were opened, Kataoka Renka's head was clean and free of foreign matter.
But when the curtains were closed, there seemed to be something extra on the other person's head.
Karasawa looked carefully 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.
Kataoka Renka... isn't he pretending to be a kidnapper?
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 it to the other party's head will this happen.
But Renka Kataoka is a hostage, how could the kidnappers let her move around randomly and have cobwebs on her head?
But in reality, this situation has occurred, and there is a possibility that they have never imagined before.
That's a fake kidnapping!
Everything that passes must leave traces. This sentence actually not only talks 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 in the ransom demanded by the kidnappers, they specifically pointed out that they were demanding ransom from the companies of her three suitors.
I am afraid that Renka Kataoka wanted to use the story of Princess 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 was Kataoka Hanshiro's secretary, so he would naturally follow his daughter's orders because of his father's reasons.
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, and 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?
Hehe, Conan, the disaster star, has come over. Is it possible that there are still some minor cases that are causing trouble?
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 Tang Ze noticed that this may 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 and 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 well, and quickly gave up his previous thoughts, and cooperated 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 just 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 you are not one step ahead of the opponent, if you can find Miss Lianhua in advance through other means, it will also prove that you have 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!!
This chapter has been completed!