Stay away from Conan

Chapter 284 The place where the ransom is paid

"I'm Ran. Ah, Sonoko's father. Well, Mr. Akechi is by my side."

After picking up the phone, Xiaolan handed the phone to Gao Yuan after hearing the content of the call.

"I am Akechi."

Gao Yuan took the phone and the conversation with Suzuki Sonoko's father continued for a while.

"I see."

After Gao Yuan finished speaking, he hung up the phone and returned the phone to Xiaolan.

"What did uncle say?"

Xiaolan asked anxiously.

"It must be saying that if things go bad, please ask Mr. Detective to negotiate with the kidnapper and save his daughter's life first."

Noguchi Miki said disdainfully.

"That's not right."

Gao Yuan said calmly:

"President Suzuki said that just because Miss Sonoko is the daughter of the Suzuki family, we should not only value Miss Sonoko's life safety, but must not let the kidnappers escape justice. He also said that if Miss Yuri's ransom is not enough, the Suzuki family can prepare it."

"What!"

Noguchi Miki said in surprise.

In this regard, when Officer Megure, Miwako, and Takagi Wataru heard Takato's report, they all felt as if they had been given a shot in the arm, and their eyes became firm.

"Kamoshida, quickly take out all the best diamonds from the Noguchi family. There is nothing to be stingy about. Prepare the best diamonds for me, and ask the kidnappers to put Yuri-san and Sonoko-san back as soon as they open the box. ”

Miki Noguchi seemed to be stimulated by what Gao Yuan said, and she couldn't help but give instructions.

"yes!"

Kamoshida responded happily, bowed deeply to Noguchi Miki, and then left the scene to prepare the diamond.

When everyone heard what Noguchi Miki said, they were relieved when they were a little worried.

In this regard, looking at the box in front of him, specially prepared by the kidnapper, Takagi Wataru thought:

"Do you want to put a tracker in the box?"

"better not."

Gao Yuan rejected this proposal:

"Since the kidnappers have designated this box to contain diamonds, they have obviously made preparations in advance. If you put other things in it, when the kidnappers take away the diamonds and weigh the box, it will be easy to detect that there are things inside. Something suspicious that the police put in.”

After hearing what Gao Yuan said, the police chose to give up this method.

But after saying this, Gao Yuan stood aside and looked thoughtfully at Noguchi Miki, who was still here. Noticing Gao Yuan's gaze, Haiyuan Ai could not help but ask in a low voice:

"You just persuaded the police not to put the tracker in the box. In fact, there may be another reason."

"I have some ideas, but I'm not sure yet. I have to find someone first."

Gao Yuan thought and replied quietly.

Soon, an hour later, Kamoshida came to the lounge with the diamond.

"The diamonds are all ready."

Kamoshida said as he placed bags of diamonds on the table in front of everyone.

Everyone said nothing, and there was some expectation in their eyes.

Noguchi Miki put the diamonds into the interior of the box, which was divided into pieces, and a large number of dazzling diamonds were displayed in front of everyone.

"Wow!"

All the women present were dazzled by the light of the diamond and couldn't help but scream.

Although Haihara Ai wanted to restrain herself, seeing so many high-value high-end diamonds neatly placed in front of her eyes, her eyes couldn't help but be moved under such a visual impact.

Then he involuntarily held the bracelet on his hand with his left hand, compared the dots of red on the bracelet, and then looked at the bright diamonds in front of him, imagining that if the red on the bracelet were replaced by diamonds, it would be very dazzling.

“Even as a layman, I know what a high-end diamond this is!”

Officer Memu stared at the dazzling diamond in front of him and murmured.

"This is the most high-grade diamond that our Noguchi family can boast about. Whether it is Europe, America, or Asia, as long as we take action, there should be buyers immediately."

Kamoshida said with a very confident expression, while Noguchi Miki added:

"The box is divided into ten parts. Each part can hold fifty diamonds, so there are five hundred diamonds in total."

"In other words, a diamond...is worth two million!"

Kogoro was surprised and calculated the value of each diamond.

"Takagi, Sato, count them on site to confirm the number of diamonds. When we finally get them back, we must make sure there are not many diamonds!"

Officer Megure ordered.

"yes!"

After listening to the order, Takagi Wataru and Miwako immediately put on their gloves and started counting carefully.

Miki Noguchi, who was standing on the side and squinting at the police, looked at the diamond in front of her and said unhappily:

"Next time the kidnapper calls, I will scold him even if I just say one sentence!"

"You can't do this."

Officer Megure flatly denied it.

"Why!"

Miki Noguchi looked unkind, "He took away my family's diamonds worth one billion, and I can't even scold him!"

"Generally speaking, criminals have antisocial personalities and are capable of anything. Now your sister and Suzuki Sonoko are in each other's hands. If they provoke each other, I don't know what the other will do. "

Officer Megure explained.

In this regard, Miki Noguchi, who had a bad personality, reconsidered and could only honestly agree. At this time, the mobile phone that had been placed on the table rang again.

Everyone's emotions suddenly became tense. After Officer Megure and the others put on their headphones, they sent a signal to Noguchi Miki to answer the phone.

After answering the phone, Miki Noguchi seemed to have been listening to the kidnapper's instructions, but suddenly, she raised her tone and said:

"Hey, it's Miss Sonoko. Are you okay? Huh? What did you say? Okay, I understand. We have prepared diamonds and will definitely let you come back safely, so you must hold on. Please say this also Tell my sister."

After Miki Noguchi finished speaking, she suppressed her trembling hands and put the phone back on the table, but the call had been hung up.

"Sonoko, are you okay?"

Seeing this, Xiaolan immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Judging from the sound, she must have been crying."

Officer Megure, who had been staring at the monitor, replied.

"What? I'm crying... Sonoko, who is stronger than anyone else, is crying..."

Hearing this, Xiaolan also cried sadly.

"Don't worry, Miss Xiaolan."

Miwako stood up, came to Xiaolan, patted her on the shoulder, and comforted:

"The kidnapper is most likely to be careless the moment he gets the ransom. We will definitely take advantage of that moment to arrest him and rescue them all."

"What did the kidnapper say just now?"

Gao Yuan asked at this time.

"The kidnappers asked Miss Miki to walk alone to the Noguchi Building in Didan City, where Miki's father ran the 'Lucky' small steel ball shop, and then climbed to the roof of the building. At three o'clock, they hoisted the diamond box to the on advertising balloons.”

Officer Megure replied.

"Three o'clock? Huh? There are only thirty minutes until three o'clock! And what does 'hanging boxes on advertising balloons' mean?"

Kogoro looked at the time on his watch and said confusedly and anxiously.

Conan also looked at the time, looking very nervous, and then asked aloud:

"How long does it take to hike from here?"

At this time, Takagi Wataru unfolded the map, found the destination on it, then looked at the distance and said:

"From here, it takes about fifteen minutes to walk to the Noguchi Building... Well, it's still a fifteen-story building!"

"There are taller buildings near the Noguchi Building. If we send people to lurk on the roof, they will probably be discovered by the kidnappers who are monitoring the situation."

Looking at the map, Miwako thought.

"It seems it's not easy to get close."

Officer Megure also said, frowning deeply.

"By the way, Miss Miki, can we borrow the uniforms from the Little Steel Ball Store to wear?"

Miwako asked after thinking for a while.

"I see, you can dress up as a store clerk and spy on me."

Kogoro noticed Miwako's intention and immediately said with certainty:

"That way you can move around the building freely."

"I don't think so."

Gao Yuan denied aloud, "Since the kidnapper has designated that place to deliver the diamonds, he is obviously very familiar with the place. If a few store clerks he has never seen before suddenly show up, they will probably be discovered."

"That's it."

After listening to Gao Yuan's analysis, the police couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

"In this case, because we don't know where the kidnappers will be watching, we can only hide as far away as possible during the journey... But what should we do when we get to the building..."

"Come to think of it, are all the fifteen-story buildings filled with small steel ball shops?"

When Officer Mumu was in trouble, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask:

“Are there areas accessible to children?”

"Area accessible to children..."

Kamoshida thought for a moment, and then said: "There is a video game city on the first floor, and children are allowed to enter."

"Wait a minute! Boy, what do you mean by asking?"

After hearing Gao Yuan's question, Kogoro immediately realized something.

"Since adults are easily noticed by kidnappers, will children let the kidnappers relax their vigilance?"

Saying this, Gao Yuan looked down at Conan.

In response, Conan's face suddenly showed a look of understanding, as if he was ready to go.

"Besides, it's not incomprehensible for a playful child to sneak onto the roof."

Gao Yuan added.

Faced with Gao Yuan's proposal, Officer Memu and others were silent for a while. Looking at the two children in the lounge at the moment, they always felt very embarrassed——

"No matter what, you can't let your children do such dangerous things."

Takagi Wataru sighed.

"I can!"

Conan volunteered, and then said in a child's tone, "Just go and look at the balloons on the roof. It should be fun!"

"Conan!"

In response, Xiaolan grabbed Conan who was acting coquettishly towards Officer Memu and the others, stopped him and said:

"No way! It's too dangerous! Mr. Mingzhi feels the same, how could you come up with such a dangerous suggestion!"

"Time is limited. If we don't decide, we will run out of time."

Gao Yuan said, then squatted down and touched Conan's head, "And this child has always been very smart. I believe he can complete this task well. And the kidnappers certainly didn't expect that the police would use the child to monitor the scene!"

"For Sister Sonoko and Sister Yuri, I will complete this matter well!"

Conan said in a coquettish tone.

In response, Haihara Ai looked at Conan, who was trying his best to pretend to be cute, and couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile. Then he looked at Gao Yuan who made the suggestion, wondering what he was planning.

Time passed by, and faced with the tight time limit and the safety of the two hostages, Officer Memu finally made the decision that Conan would go to the top floor of the building, pretending to be a playful child, go there to watch, and install him. A pocket wireless microphone.

Thus, the operation of paying the ransom began.