Stay away from Conan

Chapter 613: Only those who manipulate people are called puppet masters

Listening to the reasons given by Hasegawa Ryuichi, Gao Yuan could not help but frown slightly and asked in confusion:

"Since you care so much about the value of life, why..."

"Precisely because life is precious, the only thing that can pay tribute to life is life!"

Hasegawa Ryuichi responded to Gao Yuan with a decisive voice, and then couldn't help but say:

"Mr. Akechi, you don't have to waste your time. If you spend more time here struggling with me, that girl will be in more danger. You know how to choose!"

In this regard, Gao Yuan frowned, but he had to admit Hasegawa Ryuichi's statement. After all, the disappearance of Shirozuka Hisui was most likely related to the "puppet master", and this "puppet master" created twenty The culprit of the tragedy years ago, so facing the situation of the missing Chengzhong Jade at this moment, Gao Yuan must do his best to find the missing Chengzhong Jade as soon as possible.

So, after hesitating for a moment, Gao Yuan made a judgment and decided to find a way to find the Jadeite in the Tomb first -

"how do you want to do it?"

With a serious expression, Gao Yuan temporarily put away his attitude towards the enemy, but still looked at Hasegawa Ryuichi with a very wary expression.

Looking at Gao Yuan's reaction at this moment, Hasegawa Ryuichi smiled faintly, and then explained:

"If you want to save that girl, you must first know how she disappeared. Unfortunately, although I have been paying attention to Ichiro Tanaka, I did not notice when the girl disappeared."

Saying this, Hasegawa Ryuichi seemed a little emotional, but he immediately adjusted his mood and continued to say seriously:

"However, although there was no surveillance equipment in the hall of the venue, there were many news media reporters taking photos at the scene. If we can get the photos from them, it may be possible to find clues as to why the girl disappeared at the venue.

"If you just do this, Tanaka Ichiro in the same venue will definitely find that someone is asking reporters from various media for photos, and he should immediately notice something unusual."

"so?"

Listening to Hasegawa Ryuichi's description, Gao Yuan recalled what he had just seen and heard in the hall of the venue. He was indeed impressed by the reporters holding cameras in the venue that he mentioned, so he couldn't help but ask the person who raised this point. Hasegawa Ryuichi's plan.

"Therefore, it was up to me to ask for photos from the reporters present, while Mr. Akechi conducted the investigation outside. Because every door in the hall of this venue is guarded by security guards, if anyone enters or exits the venue after it starts, they will definitely be arrested. The security guard noticed. If the missing girl has been taken out of the venue, then Mr. Akechi will definitely be able to investigate the clues!"

Hasegawa Ryuichi expressed his thoughts as if he knew the layout of the venue very well.

After listening to his words, Gao Yuan immediately understood Hasegawa Ryuichi's plan——

"You want to alert the enemy, attract the attention of Ichiro Tanaka, and create opportunities for me?"

As if confirming, but more doubtful, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask -

Hasegawa Ryuichi attracted the attention of the "puppet master" Tanaka Ichiro in the hall of the venue, giving him the opportunity to find the whereabouts of Shirozuka Jade without being disturbed by the "puppet master" as much as possible. As Hasegawa, who wanted to kill Tanaka Ichiro Does Long Yi want to do this again?

Could it be that he just wanted to kill Ichiro Tanaka directly in front of everyone?

Hasegawa Ryuichi, who understood the implication of Gao Yuan's words, did not intend to explain this, but just replied lightly:

"Please hurry up, Mr. Akechi."

In this regard, seeing that Hasegawa Ryuichi was not going to give an explanation, Gao Yuan simply stopped wasting time, bypassed Hasegawa Ryuichi in front of him, and ran straight towards the venue.

Looking at the choice made by Gao Yuan, Hasegawa Ryuichi smiled slightly, but he quickly put away his smile, looking solemn and serious, and lowered his head slightly, as if he had finally made up his mind. As if determined, he walked towards the venue hall with heavy steps...

…

Because of time constraints, Gao Yuan finally had no choice but to follow Hasegawa Ryuichi's advice.

But even so, Gao Yuan still noticed the doubts in the whole matter——

First of all, Shirozuka Hisui came here to find Ichiro Tanaka, and Tanaka Ichiro himself already knew that he was the "puppet master". Therefore, according to common sense, Shirozuka Hisui's disappearance under such circumstances must be related to this "puppet master" There is an inseparable relationship.

However, the problem also arises——

As Shigehiko Tonguchi's secretary, at this mobilization meeting held for the next election of Shigehiko Tonguchi, is it possible, as Ichiro Tanaka, to kidnap Hisui Shirozuka in this venue?

Since Hasegawa Ryuichi has been staring at Tanaka Ichiro, he shouldn't have a chance to leave the venue, right?

So, maybe Tanaka Ichiro still has help here?

Thinking like this, although Gao Yuan feels that there are many doubts about the current situation, since the matter has reached this point, he can only continue to investigate. After all, the safety of the jade in the city tomb is important. As for the other things, he will discuss it after confirming the safety of the jade in the city tomb.

So, after making such a decision, Gao Yuan came outside the venue hall and looked at the hall. In addition to the main door where the etiquette lady registered visitors when entering, there were actually other corridors on both sides. There are two doors.

Moreover, as Ryuichi Hasegawa said, all entrances and exits are guarded by security guards. If someone can come out of the hall, then the security guards will naturally be able to see it.

Therefore, Gao Yuan stepped forward and asked the security guards at each door if anyone had come out of the venue since the mobilization meeting started...

…

At the same time, over at the Metropolitan Police Department.

When the call between Gao Yuan and Mingzhi Jianwu ended, without the slightest hesitation, Mingzhi Jianwu went directly to the office of the Investigation Division. Looking at some police officers who were still busy here working on the case, Mingzhi Jianwu couldn't help but look at the target who was still on duty. Officer Mu said:

"Megure Police Department, mobilize manpower immediately and follow me to the Rice Krispies Hotel. There may be clues about the Akutsu Saburo incident!"

"Really! A wise warning!"

After hearing this, Officer Memu was startled, and then asked unexpectedly:

"Huh? Rice Krispies Hotel?"

"I just got news from Detective Akechi and found a suspected murderer named Hasegawa Ryuichi, who is a doctor."

There is nothing to hide, he is wise and enlightened.

After hearing this statement, Officer Memu couldn't help but said in surprise:

"That's right! Brother Mingzhi discovered it?"

"It's just a suspicion at the moment...Megure Police Department, please arrange some manpower here to investigate Hasegawa Ryuichi's resume. At the same time, it is said that Hasegawa Ryuichi's son Hasegawa Ryosuke was arrested for committing a murder. Please help me interrogate this person, maybe I can get some information from him!"

Mingzhi Jianwu ordered.

"yes!"

Faced with Akechi's deployment, Officer Megure couldn't help but nodded seriously.

"Then I'll leave the interrogation and investigation to the Mu Police Department. The remaining police officers will follow me to the Rice Krispies Hotel immediately!"

Mingzhi Jianwu arranged it in such an orderly manner, but even though his expression was very calm, Mingzhi Jianwu was thinking about another thing Gao Yuan said, which made him a little uneasy -

"Don't let me down, Detective Akechi..."

…

He turned his attention back to the Rice Krispies Hotel.

After Gao Yuan asked the security guards outside the hall door one after another, Gao Yuan already learned from the security guards the entry and exit of people at various gates.

Although he only received testimony from a few security guards, Gao Yuan has roughly deduced the truth behind the disappearance of Shirozuka Jade——

First of all, Gao Yuan clearly knows that his primary goal is to find the whereabouts of Chengzhong Jade. In order to find the jadeite in the city tomb, Gao Yuan must first understand what happened.

Because at first, he couldn't contact Shirozuka Jade on the phone, so he rushed to the scene in a hurry, so Gao Yuan first confirmed why he couldn't contact her on the phone at that time.

Regarding this point, after confirming the registration and entry procedures in the venue hall, it is already clear that in order to enter the banquet site, you must register at the main entrance of the hall and hand in your mobile phone.

Therefore, Shirozuka Hisui probably called her just before entering the venue. After the call, she turned off her phone, handed it to the hostess for safekeeping, and then entered the venue.

Regarding this point, Miss etiquette also said before that the girl Gao Yuan described entered the venue, so it is clear that Shirozuka Hisui entered the venue normally.

Then, the problem lies after she enters the venue.

According to the content of her previous phone call to herself, she came here to ask Ichiro Tanaka about the situation. The reason was that she learned from some source that Ichiro Tanaka was the editor-in-chief of the previous publishing house that went bankrupt.

Therefore, after entering the venue, Shirozuka Hisui should find an opportunity to talk to Tanaka Ichiro.

In this case, the problem should lie here. After all, Tanaka Ichiro is the "puppet master"!

Shirozuka Jade asked him for information, which probably aroused his vigilance, so he took action against Shirozuka Jade——

Yes, this is the most likely reason, otherwise Gao Yuan would not have thought of anyone who would have a reason to want the Castle Tomb Jade to disappear on such an occasion.

So up to this point, Gao Yuan's speculations are quite reasonable. The question is what happened after that.

According to Hasegawa Ryuichi, he did not notice when the Shirozuka Jade disappeared, but he himself has been paying attention to Tanaka Ichiro's movements!

In this case, things seem strange.

If according to his previous speculation, it was Ichiro Tanaka who wanted the Castle Emerald to disappear, then he would have done it himself. However, it was impossible for Hasegawa Ryuichi, who had been paying attention to him, not to notice this, and there were other people at the scene at that time. There are so many people here!

Therefore, as long as Hasegawa Ryuichi did not lie, this almost ruled out the possibility of Tanaka Ichiro taking action.

Therefore, Gao Yuan's guess seems to have reached a dead end at this step.

But Gao Yuan, who clearly understood the focus of what he needed to do now, did not dwell too much on this issue, but quickly clarified the problem——

In other words, Shirozuka Hisui must have entered the venue and then disappeared from the venue!

So, in fact, the problem Gao Yuan needs to consider is how the jadeite in the city tomb disappeared.

And disappearing is nothing more than two situations -

Shirozuka Hisui was still at the venue, just hiding where no one could see him.

Or, Hisui Shirozuka is no longer at the venue.

Because Gao Yuan was outside the venue now, Gao Yuan naturally considered the situation that Shirozuka Jade was no longer at the venue.

There are only three doors to leave the venue.

First of all, there is the main entrance of the hall with the registration desk. After the mobilization banquet started, there were actually quite a lot of people coming in and out. In addition to Takato himself and Hasegawa Ryuichi, there were also some other people who came in and out, and because of etiquette, The lady and the security guard couldn't identify everyone, so even they couldn't tell who had been out.

However, based on the testimony of the security guard and the etiquette lady, they naturally have never seen anyone bring a junior high school girl out, so this has almost ruled out that someone brought out Castle Tomb Jade from the main entrance——

Of course, this is impossible even if you think about it. After all, the appearance of Shirozuka Jade is too conspicuous. If someone does this, it will definitely be very eye-catching.

Therefore, if someone in the venue took the Castle Jade out of the venue, it would be unlikely to do so blatantly. It is possible that someone borrowed some tool to hide the Castle Jade inside, and then, together with that tool, removed the Castle Jade. Jade was taken away from the venue.

However, among the guests who came to the election mobilization meeting today, naturally no one came to the banquet with something that could hold a junior high school girl. The security guard at the front door also clearly remembered the guests who came to the meeting. Except for those who carried Except for the reporters who were on camera, almost everyone else didn’t bring anything with them, and it was even less likely that they would be taken out of the venue with anything that could hold people inside.

However, just because the guests don’t have this kind of tool doesn’t mean that others don’t have it——

For example, the hotel’s food delivery truck!

Speaking of the Rice Krispies Hotel, Gao Yuan still remembered the scene where he and Kudo Yusaku and his wife set up a scene to deceive Conan. At that time, Conan hid in the hotel room and sneaked into the food delivery truck.

As for the hotel's food delivery truck, of that size, it was natural to hide the petite Shirozuka Jade.

Therefore, after Gao Yuan learned from the two side doors that these two side doors were specially used for the entrance and exit of the waiters who served the banquet, Gao Yuan had already confirmed that Shirozuka Jade had some means of being taken away from the venue.

Therefore, because the hotel security guard knew the waiters who had just delivered the food to the venue, Gao Yuan directly found those waiters one by one. Finally, he learned from a waiter that there was a food delivery truck. After coming out of the banquet hall, Was sent to a hotel room reserved by a participant——

"The gentleman said that he liked the paella at the banquet very much, and asked me to send the portion I sent to the banquet hall directly to his room...because he also gave me a lot of tips, plus the portion In fact, there is paella on every table in the banquet hall. It doesn’t matter if you have one more or less, so I sent it to him..."

After Gao Yuan also used tips as a stepping stone to pry open the waiter's mouth, Gao Yuan got the news.

So, after confirming that there was no sign of Shirozuka Jade on the other food delivery trucks, Gao Yuan naturally became suspicious of the food delivery truck that was sent to the hotel room by the waiter...

Is it possible?

Suddenly, Gao Yuan thought of a possibility, and then hurried towards the guest room——

With Shirozuka Jade's figure and appearance, it's not surprising that a man would covet her.

Moreover, many of the people participating in today's election mobilization meeting have power and status. Such people...

If it is as expected, the "puppet master" is indeed a "puppet master"!

This method of manipulating people's hearts...

He doesn't even have to do it himself!

Just like the tragedy twenty years ago!

All he needs to do is arouse someone's desire!