It took Haibara Ai the time to tie someone up, but Suzuki Sonoko finally recalled what happened.
She, the eldest lady of the Suzuki Consortium, was kidnapped.
After reacting, Suzuki Sonoko calmly accepted the situation, and then cooperated with Haibara Ai to untie the remaining three members of the Young Detective Team.
Compared to the other children who had been crying since the car, the three members of the Young Detective Team were much stronger. After such a long time, they had long since gotten rid of the initial panic and had begun to think of ways to escape.
When untying Mitsuhiko, Haihara Ai found that most of the rope around his wrists had been worn away.
"Haihara-san is still awesome." Mitsuhiko's face turned slightly red and he moved his wrists to stand up from the ground.
"What do we do next? Where are the rest of us?"
The remaining children began to struggle slightly after they clearly realized that someone was free.
Hui Yuan Ai glanced at the black mask on the ground and sighed softly, but his voice was unusually sharp.
"I promised in advance that no one should make any noise when I untie everyone."
"The other party doesn't know how many people are there. The slightest noise may attract someone with a gun. Then no one can escape."
As soon as she finished speaking, the remaining people did not dare to move. Haiyuan motioned for everyone to split up and untie the person.
There are exactly three boys and three girls among the six children. The oldest girl is only three or four years older than them, and she looks like she is in the third or fourth grade of elementary school.
When Mitsuhiko lifted the hood of the girl in front of him, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Xiangzi?"
The other party was closing his eyes to adapt to the light. When he heard the familiar voice, he quickly opened his eyes, but tears flowed uncontrollably from his eyes because of the dazzling light.
"Mitsuhiko?" She was also stunned for a moment, but then she smiled, "I didn't expect that we agreed to meet in the evening like this before we went out."
Genta took off the hood of the person in front of him and looked back in the direction of Mitsuhiko, "Mitsuhiko, do you know her?"
"This is my neighbor and also from our school."
"My name is Amamiya Shoko, from Class A, fourth grade at Tedan Elementary School." Amamiya Shoko stood up from the ground and waved in Genta's direction.
Genta waved in a silly manner, and then heard Shoko Amamiya say: "Xiao Akira, as expected, you were brought here too."
Yuantai then turned back to look at the man next to him, and saw him spitting out the ball of cloth in his mouth, and then touching his wrist that was frayed by the rope.
"You are so amazing..." Yuantai opened his eyes wide and looked at the child who had no need to save himself.
Haiyuan Ai heard the movement and glanced in this direction, and saw the unbroken hemp rope on the ground and the frayed blood marks on the boy's wrist.
This child...could he have turned his wrist over with all his strength and slowly untied the rope?
"I'm fine." Xiao Huang smiled slightly at Amamiya Shoko, then calmed down his expression and nodded lightly to Genta.
"This is my classmate, Akira Sugitani." Shoko Amamiya knew the personality of his good friend, so he introduced him to him first.
At this moment, an impatient voice came out: "You are so slow, when will it be my turn!"
Everyone looked towards the source of the incident and saw a child sitting there alone, with no one going to help him.
Of course, there were only five of them, and there were six children left, so one of them would be the last to be untied.
Just as Haibara Ai was about to go over, Sugitani Akira, who was closest to him, said, "I'll do it."
He walked up to the person, lifted off his hood, and untied the rope from his wrist in three strokes.
The last person was a boy. He staggered up and leaned back, with a wary look on his face.
"It's not a good place to stay here for a long time. Let's find a way out."
Haiyuan Ai tried to move the door and pushed it open a gap, but it was stuck by the iron chain.
She looked out through the crack in the door. The door handle and the wall were somehow tied together by chains and locked by a lock.
"It's a bit difficult to deal with now." Haiyuan Ai frowned, "With the thickness of this chain, I'm afraid the gun can't hit it." Not to mention that the sound of gunfire will attract the attention of other gangs.
"Then, is there a way to pry it open?" Mitsuhiko must have watched too many police stories.
"Who do you think is better at picking locks among us?" Haiyuan Ai was a little annoyed. In fact, the organization did have this course, but as a researcher she didn't need to take it, so she didn't think it was troublesome so she didn't go.
The only extracurricular lessons she learned in the organization were the use of pistols. Maybe transportation could also be counted?
"Then why don't you let me learn the Masked Superman Flying Kick from Masked Superman——!"
Before Yuantai could sprint, he was carried back by a hand.
"Let me take a look." Akira Sugitani walked past Genta and ignored the noisy Genta. Mitsuhiko, who was on the side, reminded him not to speak too loudly before he quieted down.
Haibara Ai made way for him, and Sugitani Akira half-crouched at the door and carefully observed the iron lock.
"Is he really okay?" Genta looked distrustful and touched his stomach again, "I'm already hungry. When can I go home and eat eel rice?"
"We have been kidnapped." The boy who was finally released said, "It's not like playing house. You can leave whenever you want."
"Then you have to give me food." Yuantai felt aggrieved, "I haven't eaten for several hours."
"When we go out, I can treat you to dinner." Another boy who had been very quiet suddenly said, "So be patient for the time being. The most important thing is that we find a way to go out together."
Haihara Ai was a little surprised that these children could remain so calm at this time. Looking at the outfits of these two people... well, except for a few of them, the clothes of everyone present looked very expensive.
Did she think wrong? These people kidnapped so many people, not to sell their organs, but to ask for ransom from their families?
At this time, Sugitani Akira suddenly said: "Can you take one of the badges on your body and give it to me?"
Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi subconsciously covered the badges on their chests. Ayumi asked with a wary look: "What do you want this for?"
"Are you really good at picking locks?" Haihara Ai was doubtful. He first calmed his companions and asked them not to react so violently, for fear that others would not know that the badge had other uses.
Akira Sugitani looked indifferent, but you could still vaguely see the "please praise me" expression hidden in his expression, and said lightly: "I thought he was pretty handsome when I was watching the TV series, so I practiced for a while."
Haibara Ai took off the badge on her chest and handed it over. Akira Sugitani took it and raised his eyebrows slightly, covering the microphone part with his hand.
He stretched his hand out of the crack of the door, tried to reach the lock, and slowly inserted the pin into the keyhole.
Fortunately, the lock was not far from the crack of the door, and he could barely reach out with both hands. He fixed it with one hand and slowly rotated the pin with the other hand.
Ayumi quietly approached Haibara.
"Xiao Ai, do you think he is really fine?"
Huihara Ai didn't know either, but there was really no better way at the moment, so she could only smile and comfort her:
"It's okay, just trust him."
"Yes, believe him." Amamiya Xiangzi came over at some point, with a face similar to Haihara Ai showing a gentle smile that she would never learn.
"I have never seen Xiao Huang fail to do what he promised."
