Chapter 166: The Number of People in the Car

Sunday, July 14th, Maori House.

Maori got up early this morning, and then went downstairs to get the mail, which was very abnormal. Linking to yesterday afternoon, the horse race that was blown up, and last night, they didn't go out to drink. Lan and Conan deduced that Maori was completely lost.

Flipping through the emails, Mao Li's complexion is getting worse and worse. It seems that there is no entrustment letter.

Eleven o'clock, detective agency.

Lan was preparing lunch, Conan was reading manga, Yamazaki was drinking tea, and Mori was lying on his desk watching TV. However, seeing his blank eyes, he was obviously in a daze.

At this time, the doorbell rang, and Mao Li regained his spirits immediately. When he opened the door, he saw that it was a beautiful woman, and immediately resorted to the trick of quickly tidying up his face and clothes. After a while, a handsome detective appeared.

The visitor introduced himself as Huajing, the secretary of the president of a financial company. She came here because her boss' daughter suddenly disappeared yesterday afternoon, and she didn't come home until this morning. Worried, he rummaged through his personal belongings, looking for clues, and found a letter of entrustment.

The general idea of ​​the entrustment letter was that she realized that something might happen to her in the future, and she entrusted Maori Detective Agency to handle this matter.

After reading the signature, Lan exclaimed in surprise, "Wu, Wuju Naoko?"

Maori asked, "You know him?"

"Our classmate," Yamazaki said, "Conan, go and call Mei Daizi."

"Okay." Conan said and went.

Mao Li asked: "So, Miss Naoko, was she really kidnapped?"

Ms. Huajing said: "It's not clear yet, and the time is less than twenty-four hours."

At this time, the voice of the mobile phone came from Ms. Huajing's bag.

"Sorry." Ms. Huajing said and took out her mobile phone.

The call was from President Wuju. Miss Naoko had already confirmed that she had been kidnapped. The kidnapper called just now and asked him to prepare a ransom. President Wuju asked Ms. Huajing to go back immediately.

Mori rented a car, took Ran, Yamazaki, Mei Daiko and Conan, and followed Ms. Hanai to Takeju Residence, a large western-style mansion. The fare was temporarily paid by Yamazaki, and when the commission fee came, he would pay it back.

When Maori and the others arrived, the Megure Police Department had already arrived. Once there, Miss Hanai was called away by Mr. Takeju. Maori and the others stayed with the Mumu police department.

Megure Police Department asked: "Maori, why did you come here?"

"I was entrusted by Ms. Naoko herself," Maori said with a smile, "This is a letter of entrustment from Ms. Naoko."

"This is..." Mumu Police Department asked, "What's going on?"

"Don't you know?" Mao Li said, "Mr. Wuju is a well-known master of mergers and acquisitions. Because of business problems, there are too many enemies. Ms. Naoko should have a premonition that something like this will happen to her one day." Then he laughed and said, "That's why I left this entrustment letter, so that people can come to my detective, Kogoro Mori."

"Hey, what about them?" Mumu Police Department asked in a low voice, "Why is Mei Daizi here?"

"Miss Naoko is a classmate of Mei Daizi and the others," Mao Li said in a low voice, "it seems to be a member of her club."

"Are you talking about me?" Mei Daizi walked over and asked.

"No, no." Mumu Police Department and Mao Li laughed dryly.

Yamazaki came over and said, "There's nothing to do now, let's go to the yard." Then he pulled Mei Daizi away. ...

Before twelve o'clock, the kidnapper called. It was a call with a changed voice, and the time was short, so there was no way to trace it. The gangster asked President Wuju to go to the transaction alone. The time is one o'clock this afternoon, and the place is at the pier...

It's less than one o'clock in the afternoon, the trading place.

Mr. Takeju sat in the car and waited. The police led by the Mumu police department had already made arrangements around the area and watched from a distance.

Sitting in the command car, the Mumu Police Department ordered: "The time is almost up. You must not be brave. Remember, the safety of the hostages comes first."

At exactly one o'clock, the gangster called. After knowing that the money was ready, a white van appeared and stopped beside President Takei's car.

Police Department Megure asked, "Is Miss Naoko in there?"

The police officer reported: "The front window is reflective glass, and the other curtains are all down, so you can't see inside at all."

After getting out of the car with a suitcase, Mr. Wu Ju said, "Naoko, you let Naoko go first."

The gangster said on the mobile phone: "Don't move, let me take a look first." Then he opened a corner of the curtain, revealing the head of a blindfolded woman with her mouth stuck to her mouth.

Mr. Wu Ju called out, "Naoko!" Then he said, "I'll get the rest." He put the box on the ground, turned around and walked into the car.

"Huh? On you...you called the police," the gangster yelled on the mobile phone, "The deal is cancelled." Then he drove away in the van.

Seeing this, the police immediately drove after him, and Mao Li also followed.

Mei Daizi, who was sitting on the passenger seat, kept urging: "Hurry up, hurry up."

Maori said: "This is already the fastest."

All the way to catch up with the road in front of the pier, but when it reached the corner, the van did not turn, but broke through the guardrail and rushed into the river.

The police cars stopped in front of the guardrail, and Mao Li, who was driving at the end, also slowed down and was about to stop. Mei Daizi said loudly: "Don't stop, rush down!"

Maori and the others were taken aback immediately. Mei Daizi saw that Maori was in a daze, and immediately acted by herself, stepped on Maori's foot, accelerated the car, then opened another hole in the guardrail, and shouted at Maori, "It hurts!" , my car!" In the voice, even the people and the car rushed into the river.

Yamazaki and Conan thought, is it because of the foot pain from being stepped on, or the heartache because of the car, maybe both.

After entering the water, before the car sank, Mei Daizi jumped out of the window and dived into the sinking van seven or eight meters away. Mori, Yamazaki, Ran and Conan waited until the water was full, got out of the car and floated up. Moments later, Mouri, Yamazaki, Ran and Conan surfaced.

After pulling the four of them ashore, Mumu Police Department asked, "Brother Maoli, what's going on?"

Maori gasped and said, "I don't know."

"Mei Daizi went to see it." Yamazaki said.

Looking at the river, Maori suddenly called out, "My car."

"It's mine, Uncle Mori." Yamazaki said with a smile.

Maori immediately smiled and said, "That's great."

"Daddy!" Ran said.

A few minutes later, Mei Daizi floated up by the bridge more than 100 meters away.

When Mei Daizi came up, the Mumu Police Department asked: "Miss Mei Daizi, what's going on next?"

"Before I got close, a person in a diving suit rushed out of the window," Mei Daizi said, "I went in and took a look, and there was no one in the van."

"Ah?" Megure Police Department and Mr. Takeju were taken aback.

"So, what about the man in the diving suit?" Maori asked. "Is he a man or a woman?"

"I didn't see it clearly, but it looked like a woman," Mei Daizi said, "That guy actually used a propeller and carried an oxygen cylinder. I gave up after chasing for a certain distance."

Police Department Mu Mu asked: "Mr. Takeju, are you sure you saw Miss Naoko?"

Mr. Wu Ju exclaimed: "Of course, how could this be wrong?"

The Mumu Police Department said: "Then wait until it is salvaged."

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the van was salvaged.

Pointing to the broken side window of the driver's seat, Mei Daizi said: "That man came out from here."

Opening the car door, the Mumu Police Department found out. There was a hammer under the driver's seat, so he said, "It should be broken with this hammer." Then he asked Mei Daizi, "You only saw one person come out?"

"Yes." Mei Daizi said, "I just went into the van to see, and that's why I let that person run away."

The Mumu Police Department asked Mr. Takeju again: "You said you saw Miss Naoko?"

"Yes, she's sitting in the front row, with her eyes closed and her mouth closed." Mr. Takeju asked, "Who is it if it's not Naoko?"

"What's going on here?" Mu Mu asked suspiciously.

Mao Li said: "Maybe the gangster pushed Miss Naoko out before Mei Daizi got close, so Mei Daizi didn't see it."

"It's unlikely," Mei Daizi said. "Before the van sank, you were watching. After a few seconds of sinking, I passed by. Unless Naoko was washed away by the water as soon as he came out, I wouldn't invisible."

"Water flow?" Mumu Police Department asked.

"Yes," said the police officer involved in the salvage, "the current is relatively fast down here, and it may be washed away by the water."

"Oh my god, what's the matter." Mr. Takeju yelled, and then grabbed the police department's collar and asked, "I trust you so much, but the result, tell me, what's the result?" Then Sending her hands away, she cried weakly, "Give it back to me, give me Naoko back."

"Actually, there is another possibility," said Yamazaki, "that Naoko is not in the car at all."

"You, what did you say?" Mr. Wuju asked.

"Takei-san, can you confirm that the woman you saw sitting in the front row with her eyes closed and her mouth pressed is Naoko herself?" Yamazaki asked, "Did you see her tied up?"

"I, I can't confirm." Mr. Takeju said, "I only saw the face."

"By the way," Maori said with a smile, "the criminal must be a woman. In this case, as long as you cover your eyes and cover your mouth, you can pretend to be a hostage, Miss Naoko. Then tear off the adhesive tape , the car can be driven away immediately. Therefore, from the van, only one person will come out."

"Crack, crack!" Conan applauded and said, "Uncle is so amazing."

"It seems that this is just a tentative move by the gangsters." Mao Li said.

The Mumu Police Department said: "Okay, Mr. Takeju, let's go back and..."

"No, let's go," Mr. Wuju asked, "Mr. Mori, can I ask you for this matter?"

"Ah, there is no problem at all," Mori smiled, "I will leave it to my detective, Mori Kogoro."...