"We also opened the guard before and looked at it," Hattori Heiji looked at the note in Conan's hand, glanced at the photo album under Conan's elbow, and also saw the photo taken by Dr. Kawahara and Nanaze together, and was stunned. After a moment, he said, "I remember this Japanese song has the following line..."
"Although we are separated by the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, we know that we will eventually be reunited." Feimo raised his eyes and looked at Kawahara who walked in the door. "It is a love poem that expresses the time when separation will eventually lead to reunion. Dr. Kawahara, how is Grandpa Yukihira?"
"Ah..." Kawahara was in a daze for a moment, then quickly replied, "Master is fine. I have asked him to lie down and rest. Madam will take care of him and asked me to come over and see if there is anything I need help with."
Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at each other and quickly smiled and said, "There is nothing that requires Dr. Kawahara's help for the time being. If there is, we will tell you. I hope you will wait for a while."
Kawahara nodded worriedly and entered the room towards the wall.
"So, Brother Feichi..." Hattori Heiji turned around and saw Chi Feichi leisurely eating insect delicacies. He suddenly felt speechless and asked with half-moon eyes, "Did you encounter anything suspicious when you came from the camping ground?" Someone, or did you find something suspicious?"
"There doesn't seem to be anything noteworthy," Chi Feichi recalled, feeding Feichi a locust sushi roll, "because there are a lot of people and cars at the camping ground, and they are basically people from outside, but there are also some people He has a weird habit, and there used to be people who liked to wander around the camping grounds, so it was hard to tell if anyone looked suspicious.”
Dr. Agasa was a little worried, "If the kidnappers took Miss Nanaze to the camping ground and then drove away, they might have taken Miss Nanaze to other places..."
"Probably not. After discovering the letter from the kidnapper last night, Grandpa Xingping asked someone to secretly keep an eye on the cars and people passing by here, and also asked someone to ask the staff at the camping ground," Feimo said, "Schools in many places started their vacation just the day before yesterday, and the camping ground only started to have so many people yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, there were only cars arriving at the camping ground, but no cars leaving the camping ground."
"In order to prevent others from calling the police and alerting the kidnappers, Mr. Yukihira told the villagers last night that Miss Nanaze has been found," Kuroki Yasuji said, "so the camping ground and farmland supply have not stopped operations, from yesterday afternoon to this afternoon. , there are only two refrigerated trucks and one private car leaving this area. The two refrigerated trucks are used to transport vegetables here. Mr. Xingping has already sent people to check on the grounds of checking the quality of vegetables. There is nothing. Miss Nanaze might be hiding. As for leaving the private car, it was a young couple who came to camp. It seemed that they didn't like children, so they took leave to camp before the children went on vacation. There were more people camping yesterday. After that, I decided to end the camping trip..."
"The private car cannot be searched, but their license plate number can be found at the registration office of the camping ground. Mr. Yukihira has sent people to investigate the owner of the car and sent two bodyguards to Tokyo to monitor those two people," Hattori Heiji He touched his chin and thought solemnly, "But so far, the young couple has not shown anything strange. The bodyguards are still watching there. If they find anything, they will contact us in time."
Conan: "..."
No wonder such a big house seems deserted. Aren't all the servants and bodyguards sent out?
Dr. A Li: "..."
The investigation is very strict. This should be the so-called "loose outside and tight inside"...
"By the way," Conan looked at Kuroki Yasuji and asked curiously, "When we saw Mr. Kuroki, the sides of Mr. Kuroki's shoes were stained with still wet soil. He went to the mountains and forests, so he probably wasn't simply thinking Are you searching for Ms. Nanase?"
"I started from the shrine and walked through the woods to the camping ground," Kuroki Yasuji explained. "If the prisoner took Miss Nanaze away from the woods, then there may be some traces left in the woods."
Conan nodded.
Sure enough...
After searching the woods, Mr. Kuroki wandered around the village. He probably didn't find any useful clues in the woods, so he searched for anyone suspicious in the village and brought back insect snacks for his young master...
"There are many traces of small animal activity in the woods, and there are also traces left by the villagers' search last night, but in the woods near the camping ground, there are no traces of human activity until I arrived near the camping ground. I just saw traces of activities left by some tourists," Kuroki Yasuji said seriously, "So, I think it is unlikely that the kidnappers took Miss Nanaze to the camping ground. They may still stay in the mountains and forests in this area. "
"Not many people left the camping ground today, but tomorrow, there may be a large number of tourists leaving," Feimo said seriously, "So before twelve o'clock tonight, if we can't find Nanaze, we will think Try to create some kind of accident and block the way out of here..."
"Dingle bell! Dingle bell!"
The phone on the small table rang twice, and Tachibana Yukihira rushed in quickly after he had gone to rest.
When the phone rang, Feimo Shota also put down the wooden chopsticks in his hand, and, accompanied by Kuroki Yasuji, stood up and stepped forward.
Tachibana Yukihei was just about to reach out and grab the landline phone, but stopped halfway and turned his head to look at Feimo Shota, who was walking forward.
Kuroki Yasuji squatted down, looked at the prompt light of the recording equipment, nodded towards Feimo, then turned to Hattori Heiji and others who were surrounding him and whispered, "Please keep quiet."
Feimo sat down at the small table, raised his head and said to Tachibana Yukihei, "Please answer the phone, and don't forget to ask the kidnapper to let you listen to Nanaze's voice."
Conan followed Hattori Heiji around. Although he thought Feimo's behavior of sitting at the table was a bit strange, he didn't bother to ask questions and kept quiet.
Tachibana Yukihira took a deep breath, reached for the landline phone, and pressed the speakerphone while answering the call, "Hello?"
The moment the call was connected, Fei Mo listened intently to the voice on the other end of the phone, and the expression on his baby-fat face was particularly serious.
There was a slight sound of water running and a strange rustling sound coming from the other end of the phone, which was quickly covered up by a voice using a voice changer, "Are you ready for the 200 million in cash?"
Hattori Heiji and Conan immediately held their breath.
It's the kidnapper's phone number!
"I've prepared the money," Tachibana Yukihei said immediately, "As long as you don't hurt Nanaze, it doesn't matter whether you want 200 million or 300 million! But I want to listen to Nanaze's voice first to make sure she is okay !”
"All right……"
The kidnapper over there agreed, and a moment later, the little girl's panicked and helpless cry was heard, "Grandpa!"
Tachibana Yukihira felt distressed when he heard this, and quickly comforted him, "Nanaze, don't be afraid, grandpa will definitely save you!"
"But I seem to be dying," Nanaze's voice became depressed, "I saw many souls floating around outside the window, still..."
"You talk too much!" The kidnapper interrupted Nanaze rudely, "At twelve o'clock tonight, on the suspension bridge, 200 million in cash, do you understand?!"
"Nanaze, she..."
Before Tachibana Yukihei could ask if his granddaughter was injured, the other party hung up the phone.
"hateful!"
Tachibana Yukihei cursed unwillingly, and realized that there was a child beside him, so he didn't lose his temper again, and cast a questioning look at Feimo.
"There was no sound of wind, no echo. It should be a small, not too empty indoor environment. Before Nanaze spoke, there were two footsteps, which should be..." Feimo Shota thought for a while, "leather shoes stepping on Sounds on the wooden floor.”
Hattori Heiji looked confused.
Footsteps? Have it? Why didn't he hear it?
Kuroki Yasuji took out a notepad and pen from his coat pocket.
After the notepad is opened, the left and right pages are filled with various arcs of curves and some circles.
Conan took a closer look and saw that it should be a simple topographic map of this area, so he followed Kuroki Yasuji to find the location.
The horizontal curve in the middle should be the road, the top circle is the shrine, and then the curved line is...a small river?
Really, this picture is too simple. I'm afraid only Mr. Kuroki can understand it, right?
Haibara Ai looked at the contents of Kuroki Yasuji's notebook, and then raised his eyes to observe Fei Mozhengtai, who had a serious look on his face.
She had thought that Mizuno-san was more mature than his peers before, but she didn't expect that he had such amazing hearing. It looked really extraordinary...
"There is the sound of running water, and the sound of running water is very obvious. The location should be very far away from the river. There is no sound of water hitting the rocks, which means the water is slow, there are no big rocks in the river, and it is far away from the rock wall." Fei Mo recalled what he had heard He paused when he heard the sound, "There seemed to be no other people or small animals nearby. In addition, I also heard the sound of insects hitting the glass. It must have been dark outside. What Nanaze saw was floating around. The departed soul might be a firefly..."
"Beside the river, a small room with a wooden floor, located in an area where the water flow is gentle, with windows where you can see fireflies..." Yasuji Kuroki looked down at his notepad and drew a tick on one of the circles with a pen. Then he put away his notebook, stood up and said, "Master, it's the abandoned workshop area by the river. I'm going to have a look!"
"I didn't hear anyone else moving on the phone. There may be only one kidnapper, but it's also possible that the kidnapper's accomplices have gone out temporarily, so you have to pay attention to safety," Feimo warned, "Observe the situation first when you arrive. If you need support, please contact me in time.”
Tachibana Yukihei suddenly said, "Dr. Kawahara, you should also come over and take a look!"
Kawahara nodded quickly, "Yes!"
"Then I'll go and help," Hattori Heiji started walking out in a hurry, "Mr. Kuroki, please lead the way!"
Conan hesitated for a moment and looked at Shota Feimo, who stood up and returned to the big table, but did not follow Hattori Heiji.
When the three children saw that Conan did not follow him, they did not join in the fun either.
Feimo returned to the big table and sat down, stretched out his hand to pack the lunch box, pulled the laptop in front of him, started operating the computer, and brought up a row of video images.
Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi watched curiously.
Mitsuhiko looked at the pictures carefully and asked in surprise, "Senior Mizuno, are these the cameras filming the nearby area?"
(End of chapter)
