Chapter 137 Doubts and the two people’s reasoning!"I felt something was wrong from the beginning." Hattori glued his eyes to the back of Mrs. Fujimori: "When their son disappeared, they did not think he was lost, but instead reported it to the police as a kidnapping." "Of course!" "It can be said that Mrs. Fujimori is cautious by nature, and it can't be called suspicious." "but……" "Some of her actions afterwards were inconsistent with the emotions she was expressing." "That's right." Conan continued. “First the phone call!” "Initially, our focus was on the kidnapper, and we thought it was unprofessional for him not to let the family hear the hostages' voices." "But on the other hand..."
"Would a mother who cares about her son's life ignore this because of nervousness?" Hattori nodded in agreement: "The second is the reaction just now." "It makes sense that they might anger the kidnappers and stop the police from investigating." "But what if the kidnappers kill the victim right after getting the ransom? Her behavior would actually be a waste of precious rescue time!" He turned the hat on his head. "But why? Why did the lady think that the kidnappers would release the hostages? Could it be that she is in league with the kidnappers?" Conan shook his head: "No, the motivation doesn't make sense." "Yes." Hattori himself also felt that it was impossible: "From their performance along the way, the couple has a harmonious relationship, and Mr. Fujimori cares about his wife sincerely." "If the lady needs money, I think Mr. Fujimori will definitely not be stingy." The two of them talked back and forth, and in the frequent exchanges, the fog of the incident gradually dissipated. "Madam, the reason why you think the kidnappers won't kill the hostages..." Conan's footsteps gradually stopped, his thoughts became clearer and clearer, and suddenly a flash of lightning flashed in his mind! Hattori's eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted, "So that's it!" He clenched his fist and smashed it into his palm: "If the kidnapper had already spoken to her on the phone before she called the police and the two reached an agreement, then everything makes sense!!" Conan understood and said, "That's why she was sure that this was a kidnapping case!" "So while she's worried about her son, she also acts like she doesn't care about his safety!" He pursed his lips, his eyes became a little complicated, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "A mother's decision..." Conan had to admit that, in a way, this was a very good idea! "In this way, the kidnappers get the ransom, and the lady gets her son back... The only ones who might suffer losses are us police officers and detectives who have been kept in the dark." "...Hey, Hattori..." Conan shouted inexplicably: "...Are you going to tell anyone?" Under the bright sun, I couldn't see the expression on his face; everything was white.
Hattori was dazed for a moment and did not answer. He hesitated for a long time. Only when he was about to reach the car did he let out a breath and smiled again. "Well, never mind. Let's talk about it after Maruta comes back." …… The car is moving. Because there was one more person, Hattori held Conan to make room for Mr. Fujimori who was sitting in the back, and Mrs. Fujimori naturally sat in the co-pilot seat. Officer Yamashita first returned to the cafe to retrieve Mrs. Fujimori's vehicle. Then the two cars drove back to Fujimori's mansion together. "Everyone, please take a seat first!" Mr. Fujimori invited everyone to the living room and poured them tea. No one was in the mood to talk. Everyone stared at the mobile phone on the middle table, waiting quietly for the call. In Conan's opinion, since the kidnapper has already received the ransom, it should be not long before he calls. but…… The sun rose little by little and then slowly sank to the west. When the sun set in the sky, everyone realized that something was wrong! Officer Yamashita looked at his watch for the twentieth time: "Damn it! It's almost six o'clock! Why hasn't the kidnapper called me after getting the ransom?! Is he really going to kill the victim?!" Mr. Fujimori's face changed drastically: "What? Killing! Maruta... " Mrs. Fujimori also looked pale and shaky. "lady!" Hattori didn't bother to hide it and shouted, "What exactly is the agreement between you and the kidnappers?!" ??? This news was obviously too shocking for others. "…Wait! Hattori-kun! What do you mean by that?!" Yamashita was shocked by this and asked in disbelief, "You mean... Mrs. Fujimori kidnapped her own son?" "...No, of course not!" Hattori rolled his eyes and repeated his previous reasoning. "Madam, you..."
After hearing this, Mr. Fujimori subconsciously wanted to question his wife, but when he saw his wife's haggard face, the words were stuck in his throat for a moment. Seeing that she was still hesitating, Conan immediately said, "Madam! If it is normal for Ganta not to return now according to your agreement with the kidnappers, then you can continue to remain silent, and we will continue to wait here with you!" "But if this matter is not normal, every second you hesitate now is killing Maruta's hope!" Mrs. Fujimori's expression kept changing. After a moment, she said dejectedly as if all her bones had been pulled out: "...I don't know either." She looked confused: "He only told me that he would release me after receiving the ransom, but he didn't tell me the specific time..." Although this statement did not provide any useful information, it undoubtedly acknowledged that Hattori and Conan's ideas were completely correct. Mr. Fujimori was heartbroken: "Madam! How foolish! How can you believe the words of a kidnapper?!" "But...but, I really just want Maruta to be safe!" Mrs. Fujimori shed tears. Officer Yamashita took a deep breath and suppressed the curse that was about to come out of his mouth: "I will send someone to Buqi now and try to find the kidnapper as soon as possible!" Mrs. Fujimori opened her mouth to say something. But Hattori spoke first: "No need, Officer Yamashita!" He said shockingly: "The kidnappers are not in Buqi at all!" "what?!" Hattori smiled confidently: "Officer, think about it carefully. In just ten minutes, it is impossible to transport such a huge amount of money as 100 million yen." He said with a scorching gaze, "The real ransom was taken away by the kidnappers long before it arrived in Fuqi!" "Impossible!" Yamashita subconsciously refuted: "Didn't we see it from the camera? After the lady put the big bag in the tattoo shop, she also took out a lot of money from it!" "Did you see inside the big bag?" "??" "Officer, recall this. Madam only opened it a little, right? With just that little gap, we couldn't see what was inside." Yamashita was stunned: "Well, if you put it that way, it's true..." Hattori put one hand in his pocket and said, "I think the lady did this because she was afraid that we would find out that the money had been swapped out! At that time, the only thing left in the bag was the money she took out." "But...what about the ransom? Where did the ransom go?" Conan could no longer resist reasoning, so he stood up and said, "If the kidnappers want to take the ransom, they must disappear from our sight! Officer Yamashita, where do you think they can do this along the way?" "This……" Yamashita thought for a moment and said uncertainly: "You mean in the taxi? But we actually stopped the taxi and checked it after the Madam got off, and there was nothing wrong with it!" "How stupid."
Hattori's complaints made Yamashita's veins jump. Conan laughed awkwardly and said, "Hasn't Mrs. Fujimori been alone for a while?" "what?" Seeing that Yamashita hadn't turned the corner yet, Conan said directly: "It's all the way from Fujimori's house to the cafe! Isn't Mrs. Fujimori alone in the car?" "Uh, you mean..." "That's right!" Conan's eyes were sharp: "If my reasoning is correct, the kidnapper was in that car at the time!" "This is impossible!!" Yamashita exclaimed: "When the madam moved the money to the car, didn't we all see that there was no one in it!" "Besides, we were following her on the road and we didn't see her stop to let anyone get on!" "Then... have you looked at the trunk?" Conan's question left Yamashita speechless. "With Mrs. Fujimori's car, the trunk and the back seat are connected. The kidnappers could hide in the trunk where no one can see them and exchange the large bag filled with newspapers for the ransom on the back seat!" Conan said: "As for the fact that the big bags are of the same style..." "As long as Mrs. Fujimori puts the big bags in a prominent place at home, Mr. Fujimori will naturally choose them." "And the kidnappers who have made an agreement with the lady can naturally prepare in advance. It is not difficult to buy the same style!" "Then, when we take the taxi to Buqi, he can exit the trunk without any hesitation and disappear from everyone's sight." At this time. Hattori also added: "By the way, the kidnappers chose Kamaki because they wanted to use the locals' refusal to cooperate with the police to delay more time... Unfortunately, we saw through it in advance!" Yamashita was almost stunned by what he heard! He looked at the lady sitting on the sofa in shock, unable to believe that all this was done by this poor woman. "...They are right." Mrs. Fujimori nodded in agreement with their reasoning. It also caused Hattori to look at the other detective provocatively. Saotsu smiled and clapped his hands at them symbolically. Yamashita ignored all that and waved his hands anxiously, asking, "Then... who are the kidnappers?!" "……I have no idea." "lady!!" "I really don't know." Ms. Fujimori smiled bitterly: "We agreed on the phone that he would hide in the trunk." "After that, I just parked the car in the surveillance blind spot. I really don't know when he entered." "And because of Ganta, I didn't dare go out of my way to see it." Conan frowned and asked, "What about when he got the ransom?" "You can definitely see him in the rearview mirror can't you?"
Mrs. Fujimori shook her head. “He was wearing a motorcycle helmet, so I couldn’t see his face at all.” That's it... Hattori then asked, "Where are the gloves? Did he wear them?" "Of course I did. Motorcycle gloves, too." Everyone looked at each other. Yamashita let out a sigh of annoyance: "There's nothing we can do. Let's check the entire car first to see if there are any clues." He then called over a forensic officer and asked him to take someone to search the trunk carefully. Conan had no hope for this. The kidnappers are so vigilant, the possibility of leaving any clues is too small! He couldn't help but feel annoyed when he thought that he had deduced the truth but it didn't help the case at all. but! As if to go against him, everything that happened today was completely opposite to what he expected. "Officer Yamashita! We found a yellow hair in the trunk!" "What!!" Yamashita was overjoyed when he heard that. Because the Fujimoris all have black hair! This hair was most likely left by the kidnapper. Conan was incredulous and looked at the forensic personnel: "Where did you find it?" "It's in a gap in the trunk." Conan ran out before he could finish. Several police officers were surrounding Mrs. Fujimori's car. The trunk was wide open, and Conan could see the scene inside at a glance - it was empty, with only a white car cover piled there. Conan was not surprised by this. If the car was filled with things, the kidnappers would not be able to hide. As for the white car cover, it should be a prop used to cover his body and hide. "Was the hair found under the hood of the car?" "Oh, no." An examiner pointed to the narrow gap between the hood and the hood. "It fell in here." He scratched his head: "If I don't look carefully, I really won't find it." [This location...] Conan kept simulating it in his mind, but still found it incredible that his hair fell here. the other side. Officer Yamashita has sent someone to take the hair for DNA testing.
"It's just that... even if we detect the DNA, we can't find a suspect to compare it to." He grumbled in distress and asked, "Ma'am, do you know anyone with blonde hair?" "……Do not!" Ms. Fujimori thought for a moment and said, "I don't remember anyone like that." Mr. Fujimori also echoed: "I don't have any around me either." "Then there's nothing we can do." Hattori shrugged, "We can only start from the Fujimori residence and check one by one in the distance... After all, it's very likely that the kidnapper lives nearby." He said, and comforted Yamashita again: "But since it's blonde, it should be much easier to find." Saotsu, who had been silent the whole time, also said, "Or, we could send someone to the area near the coffee shop to ask if anyone has seen a suspicious person crawling out of a car trunk." "This is the only way." Yamashita sighed. then. At his urging, the police began to act at full speed - after all, every minute and every second was extremely important to the safety of the hostages. …… The sky is full of stars, shining brightly and coldly. When the crescent moon quietly hung in the sky, the police finally got news! "This is the first suspect we found." Tired, Yamashita pushed a photo onto the table. It shows a tall man with a fierce face, blond hair, and wearing a security uniform. "Hinata Jito, 43 years old, unmarried, a security guard in a residential complex near the villa." "Because of his blond hair, we wanted to summon him for DNA matching, but we couldn't find him. Therefore, we put him on the suspect list." Yamashita introduced: "According to his colleagues, Hinata has been going out for unknown reasons in the past few days. He even turned down many of his favorite gatherings. I don't know what he is doing." Saotsu nodded in understanding, then asked curiously, "So are we going to arrest them? Why are you putting the photos here?" Yamashita was stunned and suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Ah... I'm just used to it, I want to ask for your opinion." Seeing three pairs of helpless rolling eyes, even he couldn't help blushing, coughing dryly and saying seriously: "After all, this is a serious matter, and no one's advice should be ignored!" At the critical moment, it was Hattori who gave face and offered a way out: "We have no other ideas now, so we can only try this stupid method first." "I understand." Yamashita immediately turned around and left without looking back: "I'm going to take charge of the work now!" "Wait, Mr. Officer!" Mrs. Fujimori shouted at his back: "My son's safety must be prioritized!!" (End of this chapter)