Stay away from Conan

Chapter 288 The kidnapper’s accomplice

"ah?"

When the patrol officer heard Conan's words, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and said in surprise:

"Yes! Yes, it's very cold. It's cooler to the touch than an ordinary metal box."

"Hey, that's it. Thank you uncle!"

Hearing this answer, Conan immediately showed a look of understanding, but his tone was still like a child's thanks.

In response, Gao Yuan also stepped forward and patted Conan on the shoulder, thanked him, and then said to the patrolman:

"Mr. Patrolman, thank you for your cooperation."

"What's going on, brother Akechi?"

Officer Memu was confused and couldn't understand why Gao Yuan wanted to thank Conan for his question, so he confirmed to Gao Yuan.

"When Mr. Patrolman got the box, there was indeed something inside. But as time went by, when you took the box off the advertising balloon, the thing disappeared on its own."

Gao Yuan said calmly.

"Something that...will disappear?"

The adults present all had doubtful expressions, and Conan explained aloud:

"It's dry ice! Although dry ice is solid, it will vaporize into carbon dioxide, so as time goes by, the contents of the box will naturally disappear!"

"Moreover, the weather is so sunny today. Bathed in the sun, the dry ice in the box will vaporize more easily, and because all the dry ice will eventually vaporize, it will look like there is nothing in the box. This is why Mr. Patrolman picked up When I picked up the box, it felt like there was weight inside, but after an hour, there was nothing there.”

Gao Yuan added:

"The only person who can do this is naturally Ms. Noguchi Miki. Considering the time it takes to vaporize dry ice, Noguchi Miki should have asked her accomplices to put the box containing dry ice into this mechanism before the operation started. Then she used the blind spot in the corner to complete the exchange of boxes. "

"In that case, the box you just took out from the mechanism should be..."

After hearing what Gao Yuan said, Kogoro immediately reacted and looked at the box that Gao Yuan had just given to Officer Megure——

"That's right, that's the box containing the diamond worth one billion yen that Ms. Noguchi Miki didn't have time to take away!"

Gao Yuan said, "After all, I have been staring here before this and didn't see Miss Noguchi Miki coming out to pick up the box."

Hearing this, Officer Memu pondered for a moment, placed the aluminum alloy box on the ground, and opened the box carefully——

Suddenly, from the opened gap, the shining diamonds emitted dazzling light.

But since he was still on the street, after taking another look, Officer Megure immediately closed the box and asked:

"But, you just mentioned Miss Miki's accomplice? Who is that?"

"Huh? You still don't understand what's going on?"

Hearing this question, Gao Yuan asked in surprise.

"Isn't it Miss Noguchi Miki who directed and acted in this kidnapping case, kidnapped her sister and Miss Sonoko, and then took the ransom under the eyes of the police? Is there anything you don't understand about this?"

Kogoro said doubtfully.

In response, Gao Yuan shook his head helplessly, then looked at Suzuki Sonoko aside and asked:

"Miss Sonoko, can you tell everyone in detail what happened when you were kidnapped?"

"Okay...ok."

Although he was a little surprised, Yuanzi still opened his mouth to explain:

"Because Yuri said that after discussing the funeral with the monk, she wanted to go to the crematorium together, so I waited for her in the main hall. But I waited for a long time, but she didn't come, so I went into the inner room. Look for her. Then a dark figure jumped out from behind me and covered my mouth and nose with a handkerchief. Although I resisted desperately, I lost consciousness after a while. "

"I was kidnapped in the same way. At that time, I was checking the list of worshipers in the inner room, and suddenly my mouth and nose were covered with a drugged handkerchief."

At this time, Noguchi Yuri on the side also continued what Sonoko said:

"I'm really sorry for getting Sonoko involved in this kind of thing."

"it does not matter."

Looking at Noguchi Yuri's apologetic expression, Sonoko shook her head and said.

"So you haven't seen that dark figure's face."

In response to Noguchi Yuri's interruption, Takato didn't say much, but continued to ask.

"I had no chance to look back at the kidnapper... and when I woke up, I was blindfolded, put on a mask, and tied to a chair without being able to move. However, although my My ears were also covered with headphones, but I could still hear some vague moans, so I knew Yuri was by my side."

Sonoko looked at Noguchi Yuri and said.

"Well. Although I was gagged, I still desperately shouted for help again and again... Probably because of this behavior, I was knocked unconscious again soon."

Noguchi Yuri also added.

"How many times have the kidnappers been to that basement?"

Gao Yuan continued to ask.

"Let me think about it..."

Yuanzi thought:

"This is the second time I was asked to talk on the phone... yes, it was two times. The first time was when I heard Yuri was knocked unconscious again, and the second time was when the kidnapper asked me to talk to the phone, but before I could say anything After that, I was knocked unconscious again. When I woke up again, it was time for Mr. Akechi to come to rescue us. "

Hearing this, Gao Yuan and Conan couldn't help but smile——

"Miss Sonoko, that is to say, except for hearing the sound, you actually don't know anything else."

Gao Yuan looked at Noguchi Yuri aside with a hint, and then asked Sonoko.

"Well...that's it."

After raising his head and thinking for a moment, Sonoko replied.

"Hey! So what? Who is the accomplice? After listening to Miss Sonoko, I still don't understand? Can you tell who the accomplice is from these contents? How about you answer?"

Kogoro couldn't help but ask.

"Isn't it obvious?"

Gao Yuan said calmly, "The accomplice is you—Miss Yuri Noguchi!"

"What?"

All the adults stared at Noguchi Yuri in disbelief.

"You...you're talking about me?"

Noguchi Yuri said in disbelief.

"Yes, it's you."

Gao Yuan looked at Noguchi Yuri and said in confirmation.

"Ah……"

With a faint smile, Noguchi Yuri said:

"What did I think you were going to say? How stupid! I have been locked in the basement the whole time! Sonoko is the witness! Right, Sonoko!"

"Huh? Yes."

Regarding this, Yuanzi said quite confidently.

"Miss Sonoko has been blindfolded, so she can't tell what state you are in. She just heard your moans. As long as you block your mouth and pretend to shout twice, Sonoko can't see anything. Miss, you will naturally think that you are in the same situation as her."

With a calm expression, Gao Yuan began to explain.