The sound of a heavy iron door being pushed open sounded in the warehouse.
It can be seen that the interior is very dilapidated, with all kinds of debris everywhere, the floor is full of waste paper, advertisements and other garbage, and the iron walls have long been rusty.
Under the dim lights, the blue bus drove slowly towards the warehouse.
Under the illumination of the bus lights, a brand new silver bus can be seen parked there quietly.
When the bus entered the warehouse, it quickly stopped next to the bus.
"Get off the bus quickly and get on the bus here!"
Huang Mao got off the bus first, and together with the long-haired man playing the clown, escorted everyone to the silver bus.
"Hurry up and sit down!!"
Faint sobbing sounded in the car, causing Huang Mao to push the slow Hattori Heiji into the car impatiently. Conan took advantage of the opportunity created by Heiji to quickly scan the surrounding environment.
When everyone got in the car, Huang Mao breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear: "It was really dangerous just now. I was actually ordered to stop by the patrol because of the hazard lights. Fortunately, it was a false alarm."
Not long after the bus left, it was intercepted by two patrolmen. They even got on the bus and took a look suspiciously because the curtains were drawn.
Fortunately, the man in black was very calm. Faced with this unexpected situation, he just said that the child fell asleep after playing in the amusement park for a day, so he turned off the lights and closed the curtains.
He not only explained how to turn off the lights, but also explained the situation in the car, which made the patrolman stop the idea of going in to investigate.
"Okay, hurry up and get in the car." The long-haired man looked at Huang Mao and said, "Watch them, I'll go deal with the driver."
After saying that, the long-haired man took a gun and dragged the driver, who was trembling and begging for mercy, to the back of a white van next to him.
After a while, the silver bus started slowly and headed in an unknown direction.
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"There are eight children kidnapped in total. We believe that Yuko Ueyama, who is responsible for leading the team, should also be with the children."
"In the parking lot of the children's club, we found the blood stains of the driver Tanabe, as well as many footprints suspected to be left by prisoners."
"In addition, the blue minibus in this case was ordered to stop by a patrol car near Miwa 13-chome because it violated traffic regulations with red flags.
The person who was talking to the patrol officer at that time was a short-haired man in his forties."
"Among the eight children who were kidnapped, except for Conan and his party who were invited today, the other four are from very wealthy families, so it cannot be ruled out that this kidnapping is a criminal operation aimed at extorting a large amount of ransom.
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"Also, although it has not been completely confirmed, Hattori Heiji, the son of Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters Chief Hattori Heizo, is likely to have been subdued by the gangsters because of suspicion after discovering the clues."
After Karasawa called the police and notified Officer Megure and others, everyone immediately started a meeting based on the information Karasawa had. After obtaining the case information after the meeting, a large number of people started a large-scale search operation non-stop.
As for Karasawa's colleagues, the three investigators returned to the opera house under the leadership of Karasawa.
After investigating around the theater, personnel from the three departments began to gather together to sort out the overall situation of the opera house.
"Whether the clown wants to enter the theater through the cargo port or sneak in from the backstage, it is impossible." Officer Takagi held a small notebook and talked to his companions about the intelligence they had investigated previously.
"The security personnel are responsible for confirming the entry and exit of all people at the entrance and exit, and will carefully confirm the identity of the people entering and exiting." After the report, Sato Miwako frowned and said: "This is really troublesome, and there is no trace of the other party's entry or exit."
"No, on the contrary." Tang Ze smiled slightly after hearing the two people's investigation results, "It might as well be a big help."
"Well? What do you mean?" Takagi heard the words and asked doubtfully: "Tang Zejun, have you found any clues?"
"certainly."
While walking towards the opera house manager who was being questioned, Karasawa explained: "As you have investigated, if other passages are strictly guarded by security, then the only way the clown can come in is through the front entrance.
If you want to enter from the entrance, you need to buy a ticket to enter as a spectator."
"Are you saying that the prisoner may have left fingerprints?" Miwako Sato's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately looked at the opera house nearby and asked, "How many guests are there today?"
"Due to the opera's huge sales, all 1,314 seats tonight have been sold out," the middle-aged manager replied immediately.
Hearing this, Sato Miwako and Takagi's expressions couldn't help but fall.
"Does that mean we have to collect fingerprints from 1,300 ticket stubs? Don't be kidding, this is impossible. Uncle Demi will kill us." After listening to the manager's words, Takagi said in a desperate tone.
"No, no, no, there is actually a way to save worry."
Tangze shook his finger, then looked at the manager and asked, "Have all the 1,314 guests at the opera house arrived here to enjoy the opera as promised?"
"No, eighteen guests did not come for various reasons."
The uniformed waitress on the side replied: "Because as an usher, I need to lead late guests to their seats immediately."
"Bingo, this will save us a lot of effort. We don't have to go through all the ticket stubs to see which eighteen guests are missing."
Tangze snapped his fingers and immediately looked at the usher in front of him and said, "Then please tell us the eighteen seats."
"I see, now the suspects have been narrowed down to eighteen people." Takagi suddenly said.
"More than that, we can even directly lock the prisoner's seat."
Sato Miwako quickly figured out Karasawa's thoughts and said with bright eyes: "These eighteen people are all guests who did not come. If one of them has a ticket stub here, it proves that he came to the theater but did not watch the opera.
, I’m afraid that person is the prisoner!”
"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and put all the ticket stubs back, and then screen all the ticket stubs!"
Takagi immediately asked the forensics department for a large evidence bag, and worked with Miwako Sato to pack the ticket stubs, preparing to gather people to screen out the ticket stubs belonging to the prisoners.
"Then I'll leave this place to you. I'll go to the side where the bus stops and have a look."
Karasawa said hello and walked towards the place where the bus stopped to pick up the children. If Hattori Heiji really discovered something, he would definitely not be subdued without any resistance if he was on guard.
And if there had been a scuffle between the two, then there might be some traces left at the scene, or it might even be a clue intentionally left by Hattori Heiji.