Sunday, July 14, Maori House.

Maori got up early this morning and went downstairs to get the mail, which was very unusual. Linked to yesterday afternoon, the horse race that was blown up, and last night, when he didn't go out to drink, Ran and Conan deduced that the gross profit was completely lost.

Looking at the emails one by one, Maori's face is getting worse and worse, and it seems that there is no entrustment letter.

Eleven o'clock, detective agency.

Ran is preparing lunch, Conan is reading comics, Yamazaki is drinking tea, and Mori is lying on his desk watching TV, but looking at his blank eyes, he is obviously in a daze.

At this time, the doorbell rang, Maori immediately came to his senses, opened the door and saw that it was a beautiful woman, and immediately used the trick of quickly tidying up his face and clothes, and after a while, a handsome detective appeared.

The person who came introduced herself as Hanai, the secretary of the president of a financial company, came here because her boss's daughter suddenly disappeared yesterday afternoon, and she didn't come home until this morning. Worried, he rummaged through his personal belongings to see what clues he had, and found a letter of entrustment.

The letter of entrustment was to the effect that she realized that something might happen to her in the future and entrusted the Māori detective agency to handle the matter.

After seeing the payment, Lan exclaimed in surprise: "Wu, Takeju Naoko?"

Maori asked, "Do you know?"

"Our classmates," Yamazaki said, "Conan, go and call Maida here." ”

"Okay. Conan said and went.

Maori asked, "So, is this Miss Naoko really abducted?"

Miss Hanai 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 Miss Hanai's bag.

"I'm sorry. Miss Hanai said and took out her mobile phone.

The call was from President Takei, and Miss Naoko had already confirmed that she had been abducted, and the abductor had just called and asked him to prepare a ransom for ransom. President Takei asked Miss Hanai to go back immediately.

Mori rented a car and took Ran, Yamazaki, Midaiko and Conan with him, and followed Miss Hanai to Takei-ta, a large Western-style mansion. The car money was temporarily paid by Yamazaki, and the commission fee came, and he was repaid.

By the time they arrived, the Twilight Police Department had already arrived. As soon as she got there, Miss Hanai was called away by Mr. Takei. The Maori stayed with the Twilight Police Department.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Mori, why are you here?"

"I was commissioned by Miss Naoko herself," Mori smiled, "This is Miss Naoko's letter of entrustment." ”

"What is this......" the Twilight Police Department asked, "What's going on?"

"Don't you know?" said Mori, "Mr. Takei is a well-known master of mergers and acquisitions, and because of business problems, there are too many enemies to count. Miss Naoko should have had a premonition that this kind of thing would happen to her one day. Then he laughed, "That's why I left this letter of commission and asked people to come to my detective Mori Kogoro." ”

"Hey, what about them?" asked the Dusk Police Department in a whisper, "Why is Midaiko here?"

"Miss Naoko is a classmate of Mei Daiko's classmates," Mori whispered, "as if she was still a member of her club." ”

"Are you talking about me?" asked Midaiko as she walked over.

"No, no. The Twilight Police Department laughed dryly with Maori.

Yamazaki came over and said, "It's nothing now, let's go walk around the yard." With that, he pulled Mei Daiko away. ……

Before twelve o'clock, the abductor called, it was a phone call with a changed voice, and the time was short, and there was no way to track it. The gangsters asked President Takei to trade alone, and the time was one o'clock this afternoon, and the location was at the dock......

Less than one o'clock in the afternoon, the place of trading.

Mr. Takei sat in the car and waited, and the police, led by the Twilight Police Department, had already made arrangements around the area and stared at it from a distance.

Sitting in the command car, the Twilight Police Department commanded, "It's almost time." You must not be reckless, and remember, the safety of the hostages comes first. ”

At one o'clock, the gangsters called, and after knowing that the money was ready, a white van appeared, and then stopped next to President Takei's car.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Is Naoko-sama inside?"

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

Carrying a suitcase and getting out of the car, Mr. Takei said, "Naoko, you put Naoko first." ”

The gangster said on the mobile phone: "Don't move, I'll show you first." As he spoke, he opened the corner of the curtain, revealing the head of a blindfolded woman with her mouth taped to her mouth.

Mr. Takei shouted, "Naoko!" and continued, "I'll go get the rest." With that, he put the box on the ground and turned to walk towards the car.

"Huh......? You called the police," the gangster shouted on the mobile phone, "the deal is cancelled." With that, he drove away in the van.

Seeing this, the police immediately drove after him, and Maori followed.

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

"It's already the fastest," Maori said. ”

All the way to catch up with the road in front of the pier, but when it came to the bend, the van did not turn, but instead broke through the protective fence and rushed into the river.

The police cars stopped in front of the fence, and the last Maori also slowed down and prepared to stop. Mei Daizi said loudly: "Don't stop, rush down!"

Maori and several people were immediately taken aback, Mei Daizi saw that Maori was a little stunned, and immediately acted on her own, stepped on Maori's feet, let the car accelerate, and then opened another opening in the protective fence, and in the sound of Maori shouting "Pain, my car!", even people rushed into the river with the car.

Yamazaki and Conan thought to themselves, whether it was because of the pain in their feet that they had been stepped on, or because of the car, maybe they were both.

After getting into the water, before the car sank, Mei Daizi jumped out of the window and dived to the sinking van, which was already submerged in the water seven or eight meters away. Mori, Yamazaki, Ran, and Conan waited for the water to fill up, then got out of the car and floated upward. Moments later, Mori, Yamazaki, Ran, and Conan surfaced.

After pulling the four Maori ashore, the Dusk Police Department asked, "Brother Maori, what's the situation?"

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

"Midaiko went to see it. Yamazaki said.

Looking at the river, Maori suddenly exclaimed, "My car." ”

"Count me, Uncle Maori. Yamazaki laughed.

Maori immediately laughed and said, "That's great." ”

"Daddy!" said Lan.

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

When Mei Daizi came up, the Dusk Police Department asked, "Miss Mei Daiko, what's the situation below?" ”

"Before I could get closer, a man in a wetsuit rushed out of the window," said Midaiko, "and I went in and looked, and there was no one in the van." ”

"Huh?" the Twilight Police Department and Mr. Takei were taken aback.

"So, what about the man in the wetsuit?" asked Maori, "is he a man or a woman?"

"I didn't see it clearly, but it looked like a woman," said Midaiko, "that guy actually used a thruster and an oxygen tank, and I chased it for a distance and gave up." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Mr. Takei, are you sure you saw Miss Naoko?"

Mr. Takei exclaimed, "Of course, how can this be wrong?"

The Twilight Police Department said, "Then let's wait until the salvage comes up." ”

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

Pointing to the broken driver's seat window, Mei Daiko said, "That's where that person came from." ”

Opening the car door, the Dusk Police Department found it. There was a hammer under the driver's seat, so he said, "I think it was broken with this hammer." Then he asked Maidiko, "You only saw one person coming out?"

"Yes. "I just went into the van to see it, and I let the man run away." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked Mr. Takei again, "You said you saw Miss Naoko?"

"Yes, she was sitting in the front row, blindfolded and with her mouth glued. Mr. Takei asked rhetorically, "Who is not Naoko?"

"What's going on?" asked the Dusk Police Department, confused.

Mori said, "Maybe the gangsters pushed Miss Naoko out before Midaiko got close, so Midaiko didn't see it." ”

"It's unlikely," said Maidiko, "before the van sank, you watched, and after a few seconds of sinking, I passed." Unless Naoko is swept far away by the current as soon as she comes out, I won't be out of sight. ”

"Flow?" asked the Dusk Police Department.

"Yes," said the officer involved in the salvage, "the current down there is a strong current, and there is a possibility that it will be swept away." ”

"Oh my God, what is this? Mr. Takei shouted, then grabbed the collar of the Twilight Police Department and asked, "I trust you so much, and what about the result, tell me, how did it turn out?" and then let go of his hand, crying weakly, "Give it back, give me back Naoko." ”

"Actually, there's another possibility," Yamazaki said, "and that's that Naoko wasn't in the car at all." ”

"Y-What did you say?" asked Mr. Takei.

"Mr. Takei, can you confirm that the woman you saw sitting in the front row, blindfolded, with her mouth glued to her mouth, is Naoko herself?" Yamazaki asked, "Did you see her tied up?"

"I—I can't confirm that. Mr. Takei said, "I only saw the face. ”

"By the way," Mori laughed, "the gangster must be a woman, so if you just cover your eyes and put your mouth on it, you can pretend to be a hostage, Miss Naoko." Then tear off the adhesive tape and you can drive the car away immediately. Therefore, only one person will come out of the van. ”

"Smack, smack!" Conan applauded, "Uncle is so powerful." ”

"It seems that this is just a temptation by the gangsters. Maori said.

The Twilight Police Department said, "Okay, Mr. Takei, let's go back and ...... again"

"No, let's go," Mr. Takei asked, "Mr. Mori, may I ask you about this?"

"Ah, no problem at all," Mori laughed, "and I'll leave it to Detective Mori Kogoro." ”……