One morning, Qian Yu came to school with a solemn face.

"The third one." Qianyu just said to Conan and others. "This morning, over at Sanchome."

"Did you see it?" Conan's expression suddenly turned bad.

"What?" Yuantai asked without knowing what was going on.

"A targeted kidnapping incident that specializes in kidnapping female children, right?" Mitsuhiko said thoughtfully. "Two people have been killed in the past few days - wait a minute, Qianha-san, did you see the third one???"

"Yeah," Qianyu closed his eyes and nodded. "The policeman who pulled the string there had the sign of Search Section 1."

"That should be it," Conan sighed. "Serial murder."

"Crazy..." Qianyu also shook his head and sighed. "It is said that the first two parents have paid the ransom in full, but... all the meat tickets were torn up..."

"Meat ticket? What is that?" Yuantai continued to be confused.

"It is said that in western China, more than ten years ago, they needed meat stamps to buy meat." Mitsuhiko explained.

"It's not the meat ticket..." Qianyu frowned and interrupted Mitsuhiko. "The meat ticket means hostage."

"Hostage?" Mitsuhiko looked surprised. "Then, the meaning of tearing up all the meat tickets...could it mean -"

"All the hostages were killed after receiving the ransom, without exception." Qianyu spread his hands. "What's even more outrageous is that not only were the meat tickets torn, but they were also torn into several pieces."

"Stop talking." Conan interrupted Qianyu. "Leave these things to the police. They should be able to bring the criminal to justice."

————Before school

Before school, the head teacher, Mr. Xiaolin, came to the class and announced the matter to everyone.

"Girls, do you know which boys take the same route home as you?" Teacher Xiaolin asked.

"Teacher! Wenji and I have the same route home!"

"Teacher, Nejiro and I have the same route home. I got home first!"

"teacher..."

"Is this to prevent kidnappings?" Qianyu and Conan both knew it in their minds. "But it's no wonder, after all, these three kidnappings are all related to Mihua. In the first two cases, children elsewhere were killed and thrown away.

The body was in Mihua, and this third time, although the whereabouts of the child had not been announced, the body was dumped in Mihua."

"Then, when you go home, you must go home with the boys who are traveling with you, okay? Don't separate!" Teacher Xiao Lin still had a smile on his face. "Especially, don't go with unfamiliar uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters.

oh!"

"Okay!" Everyone said in unison.

"..." Qianyu looked at the children next to him and sighed in his heart. "Do they really know the seriousness of the situation?"

Mihua only has one elementary school, Didan, which means that this time, Death's new plaything comes from Didan Elementary School.

From everyone's side.

Qian Yu didn't know that the devil had quietly arrived.

————After school, a family in the city

"I didn't see Ayumi," Qianyu walked out from a row of shelves anxiously. "Where are you?"

"I don't have one here either!" Conan looked even more anxious.

Everyone originally just went home from school together, and then bought some food from this market to take home, but after buying the food, Bumi disappeared.

"Are you in the women's restroom?" Yuantai asked indifferently.

"She's not in the toilet," Qianyu leaned against the container, tapping her heels on the ground uneasily. "I just asked a sister to look for her, and Ayumi is not there."

"Didn't Conan use the service station to call Aimi just now?" Mitsuhiko pointed to the city loudspeaker not far away.

"But no one has come so far!" Conan's anxious expression continued unabated. "I wouldn't be so anxious if Ayumi showed up!"

"It seems there are no surveillance cameras here..." Qianyu looked around. "I'll ask the store clerk."

A minute later, Qian Yu came back with a livid face.

"A middle-aged man carried away Ayumi who was sleeping." When Qianyu said this, his teeth were clenched and his anger was evident.

"Middle-aged man?" Conan frowned. "What are the characteristics?"

"Mustache, black-rimmed glasses—" Conan interrupted Qianyu before he finished speaking. "Needless to say, his father doesn't have a beard and doesn't wear glasses."

"Should we call the police now?" Qianyu asked.

"Without further ado, you call the police and I'll see if I can find any trace of the gangster." After Conan finished speaking, he ran out.

——The police box next to the city

"Bang!!!" Conan punched the wall, making a huge noise. "Damn it!"

Both Mitsuhiko and Genta looked panicked.

"Didn't find it?" - Mitsuhiko

"What should I do?" - Yuantai

Qian Yu closed her eyes, lowered her head, and tapped her forehead rhythmically with the metacarpophalangeal joint of her index finger, as if thinking about something. After a long time, Qian Yu raised her head and looked at everyone.

"We," Qianyu said slowly, "go to the Metropolitan Police Department."

"Huh?" Conan was slightly stunned. "Do you want to..."

"Go to the police and ask for the files of the first three victims!" Qianyu said and walked out first.

As long as there is the slightest possibility, we must try to bring Ayumi back!

Qianyu's vision blurred and then solidified again. What was in front of him was the scene after leaving the police box. It was basically a thick file and several pages full of notes. He turned around and looked at the time, only to realize that it was already night.

Nine o'clock.

What rules have you discovered?

In terms of selection - the four abductees were all seven-year-old girls, and they were all at the northern edge of Mihua District when they disappeared. They all went out with their families when they disappeared, but they briefly left their families' sight before disappearing.

From this point of view, it can be seen that the kidnappers are definitely prepared, and it is impossible for an unprepared kidnapping to seize such a short gap and succeed.

In terms of time - in terms of dates, the four abductees were kidnapped three days apart, and the hours, minutes and seconds were irregular.

From this point, it can be inferred that the kidnapper's behavior has a fixed pattern - whether it is because of the kidnapper's own inherent killing pattern or forced surrender due to objective reasons.

In terms of the kidnapping process - the first three abductees were all kidnapped on the first day, and informed their families of the kidnapping on the first night; on the second day, the family members were asked to listen to the child's voice, and then filed a complaint

Ransom raising requirements, and encourage family members to call the police; on the third day, let the parents hear the children's voices again, and then inform the family members of the location where the ransom will be paid; on the fourth morning, inform the family members that they have canceled the ransom, and also inform them of the location where the body was dumped.

, kidnapped a new girl on the afternoon of the fourth day.

From this point, it can also be proved that the kidnappers are well prepared and their purpose of kidnapping is definitely not for ransom. After all, once the family members hear about their reputation of robbing people, they may not pay them at all.
Chapter completed!