"The kidnapper didn't let Dr. Endo get on the train at all." Conan said angrily, "I didn't realize anything was wrong until I arrived at the transaction location, but it was already too late - the width of the railway track in front of the platform was less than 10 meters, and there was a line on the other side of the track.
A high wall made of barbed wire. The kidnapper rode a motorcycle and passed outside the barbed wire. At the same time, he used Keita as a threat and asked Dr. Endo to throw his briefcase to him through the air."
Hui Yuan Ai was startled: "They didn't bring that child with them?"
"No." Conan sighed, "In fact, the ransom should not be paid directly, but the kidnapper only said, 'Don't forget that your child is still in our hands,' and Dr. Endo threw the money away in fear.
...I had no time to stop him."
As he spoke, Conan clicked on his glasses: "Fortunately, I installed a transmitter in advance and wrote down the guy's motorcycle license plate - Doctor, let's go and catch up with the kidnapper!"
"Look at me!" Dr. Ali rolled up his sleeves and stepped on the accelerator of his little Beetle, feeling as if he was racing.
But soon he realized a question: "Where to pursue?"
"Go to... hmm?" Conan called up the signal and was startled. After a moment, his expression turned to surprise, "The signal has stopped working. It seems that the kidnapper's hiding place is nearby - go there.
Drive aside!"
"Such a coincidence?" Haiyuan Ai couldn't believe it and thought there was something weird about it. She turned to look at Jiang Xia, only to see Jiang Xia lowering her head and pressing her phone, as if she wasn't in a hurry.
"..." Hui Yuan Ai felt a little relieved for some reason: as long as Jiang Xia is not in a hurry, the problem should not be big. But... at this time, who is Jiang Xia messaging?
Just as he was thinking about it, Conan's excited voice came from the co-pilot: "We're here, stop the car!"
"Are we here?" Dr. Ali was stunned for a moment. He looked at the place pointed by Conan with a confused look on his face. "Isn't this an alley? Do they live in an alley?"
Conan also felt strange, but even though he was here, he jumped out of the car and rushed over.
At this time, of course, the righteous high school detective couldn't just sit still. Jiang Xia also opened the door and got out of the car, and followed him into the alley.
The alley is damp and backlit, with a lot of garbage placed against the wall.
Jiang Xia glanced around and quickly landed on a corner - among the piled white garbage bags, a brown leather suitcase was thrown randomly among them. If he looked carefully, he could see that there was a round shape in the corner of the suitcase.
The bulge is exactly the transmitter that Conan secretly attached before.
"Oops." Seeing this scene, Conan immediately understood. He angrily punched the innocent wall next to him, "They took the ransom and threw the suitcase away - these guys are too cunning! But still
Okay, I've written down the kidnapper's motorcycle license plate. I just need to ask the traffic police to investigate and they can confirm the owner of the car..."
"I'm afraid not." Jiang Xia walked over and revealed an even more ominous fact, "Look."
Conan was startled, and looked along his direction, and saw a square object stuck headfirst into the garbage behind the suitcase.
"This is..." He reached out and pulled out a familiar motorcycle license plate.
Conan: "..."
Conan: "How dare they use fake license plates?!"
Jiang Xia: "..." They dared to kidnap someone. Wouldn't it be very reasonable to use fake license plates?
He raised his head and looked at the sky. The balloon whale of the Japanese TV station was still circling tirelessly. Suddenly Jiang Xia said: "Let's go back to the Starlight Hotel and have a look."
Dr. Ali and Haibara Ai, who had just jogged over, asked: "Starlight Hotel?"
…
Among luxury hotels.
Amuro Toru was wearing a security uniform and was patrolling back and forth. Suddenly, the tip of his nose felt itchy and he turned around and sneezed three times.
"Have you caught a cold?" Thinking about the pressure on his shoulders these days, Toru Amuro accepted the situation calmly, "When I successfully get Taku Itakura, I will give myself half a day off to relax."
While muttering to himself, he suddenly stopped in his steps.
——Outside the door of the hotel, a small yellow Beetle roared past at a speed that was not its own, and then screeched to a halt. Before the vehicle could stop, the door opened, and four people jumped out with a clatter.
...Everyone has a face that Tohru Amuro doesn't want to see.
Toru Amuro: "..."
We agreed to stay away from here, but what happened to this employee? He didn’t listen at all!
While reprimanding in his mind, he lowered the brim of his hat and silently retreated into the corridor before the people at the door saw him.
As expected, the four people didn't notice him. After entering, Jiang Xia strode to the front desk and whispered something. The front desk's face changed slightly and handed him a room card.
Jiang Xia took the card, led the others straight to the elevator, swiped the card and went upstairs.
Looking at the upward numbers on the elevator screen, Toru Amuro walked to the front desk along a hidden place, pretending to be performing his security duties: "Why are those guests in such a hurry? What happened?"
The receptionist looked upstairs with some fear: "The gentleman said that they were looking for kidnappers and asked me to keep quiet."
After saying that, she suddenly realized that she seemed to be making a statement, and quickly covered her mouth with regret, then grabbed Toru Amuro and warned: "Human life is at stake, don't tell anyone - otherwise, if the kidnappers find out, the hostages may suffer terrible consequences."
Silence us, and then we will kill people!"
Toru Amuro: "..." Kidnapper?
...in this hotel?
There was a thump in his heart, and he suddenly had an even worse premonition than when Gin was approaching.
…
There is an open-air restaurant on the 15th floor of Starlight Hotel.
Jiang Xia stopped here, then pushed open the door and came to the rooftop.
Looking out from here, a chimney in the distance is slowly rising green smoke.
He looked down at the route of the Blue Whale hot air balloon, raised his hand and gestured towards the chimney: "Look at this smoke, does it look like a rising water column?"
Hui Yuan Ai looked over there blankly. At first she didn't quite understand what Jiang Xia meant, but after remembering the blue whale swimming in the sky, she understood: "When that child saw the whale hot air balloon,
It coincided with the smoke coming up from the chimney, so he thought it was a whale blowing water!"
"That's it!" Dr. Ali suddenly realized it at first, but then he became confused again, "There are whales, but what about crabs? There is nothing similar to crabs in that direction."
"There really isn't one in that direction." Jiang Xia walked to a dining table on the terrace, stretched out her hand and patted the table, "But there is one here."
"...Huh?" Dr. A Li looked at the round white table and then at Jiang Xia's palm, "There was a crab on the table just now? Did you hold it?"
