Chapter 421
"Buzz ββ!"
In the snowstorm, a locomotive crosses a snowy road and stops at a fork in the road, and the rider takes out a map and compares it with difficulty.
"Strange, I think it's going this way, right?"
The rider looked confusedly into the surrounding wilderness, and it was difficult to find any references, and it was only with great difficulty that he saw the road signs covered in snow.
"Whew, I knew I would have brought Xiao Ai over......"
Somewhere on an elevated highway in Tokyo, Vodka drove a black sedan alone: "Did you know that there is a station called Kenbashi that is still under construction?" It's a beautiful station on the Toto subway, so meet at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night tomorrow at the bottom of that station, in front of locker No. 0032, don't forget to bring that software......
"What? Inpatient check-ups? You don't want to delay the time before you finish the software, do you? β
"I can't wait too long, you go and postpone your admission...... Let's take the software to the place I just said 4 o'clock today, and 4 hours later, at 4 o'clock in the morning, I just said it......"
"Don't worry, we won't be ambushed."
Vodka hung up, a sneer on Cube's face.
"This guy is still so cautious, but do you really think you can run after the handover is completed?"
At Itakura Villa in Gunma Prefecture, Conan put down the phone and put away the butterfly-shaped transformer.
"Hooked ......"
"Shinichi," the doctor said anxiously, "what the hell do you want to do?" Do you really want to listen to him and give him the software? β
"Of course not," Conan chuckled, "I just deliberately pretended to be anxious and scared, and tricked him into bringing forward the delivery time to 4 a.m., and after dawn the news would start reporting on Mr. Itakura's incident, and if those guys knew about it, the clues would be interrupted...... Doctor, hurry up and wipe off the traces of our visit before leaving. β
Conan quickly wiped off his fingerprints and took a software disc that Itakura had prepared.
"Next, just check this, if this is information that can be used to commit a major crime, you can immediately notify the police, ask them to ambush at the place of the transaction, and maybe find out the purpose of those guys......"
"It's fine."
Dr. Asa wiped a cold sweat, cleaned up the traces, and hurriedly started the car and took Conan out of the villa.
The wind and snow outside were a little lighter, but the road was still not easy to walk, and he couldn't drive too fast, so Conan took advantage of this time to read the disc with his laptop, but found that he needed to enter the password.
"No, like the mailbox, this software also has a password, probably because Mr. Itakura and those guys agreed in advance......"
"Let's make a copy of it first." The doctor reminded.
"Still no, you need a password to copy."
Conan gritted his teeth.
"Damn, so there is no evidence for the police to see......"
"Don't those guys always carry guns?" Dr. Asa said in a deep voice, "Just use the name of carrying firearms illegally, so that the police will dispatch at least two or three police officers......"
"A few cops can't deal with them, it's too dangerous," Conan clenched his fingers, "and a large number of police must be dispatched...... We had no choice but to get there, although it was a bit dangerous......"
"You want to meet them directly?!" The Doctor exclaimed, "It's too messy, Shinichi!" It's better to inform the castle, he may have a way to ......"
"I didn't say I was going to meet them directly, but the guy from the castle house, maybe he would really go head-to-head......"
Conan's expression was slightly dazed, remembering what Gray Hara had said on the way out of school a few days ago.
"Kudo, have you really thought about it? Chenghu is different from the two of us, and has nothing to do with the organization in the first place...... If you continue to investigate, you will also get him into danger, and it will not be ......."
"Last time at the Cuphu Hotel, he wasn't shot by accident at all, he was the mysterious person who saved me from Gin......"
"Bang!" Suddenly, a violent shaking interrupted Conan's thoughts, and the turtle car came to an emergency stop on the side of the road.
"Hey, Doctor, it's not going to get a flat tire, is it?"
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On the Gunma County Highway, Gao Cheng rode the motorcycle back to the fork in the road and continued to move forward against the map.
I walked a little wrong, but fortunately, the snow has stopped, and it won't be long before I reach my destination, but I don't know if I can meet Conan and Dr. Asasa......
After driving for a while, I encountered the police in the middle of the road in front of me and had to stop.
"I'm sorry, what's going on here?"
Gao Cheng asked a police officer waving a light stick, and at this time, a sharp-beaked officer in a sweater jacket in front of him looked back in a daze.
"It can't be a Joto detective, right?" Yamamura Cao asked his subordinates to check the incoming vehicles, and walked towards Gao Cheng excitedly, "I remember your cheap motorcycle ......"
"Officer Yamamura?" Gao Cheng took off his helmet and said in surprise, "Why are you here?" β
"Because there are gem robbers in this area," Yamamura explained, "they robbed a jewelry store in Gunma Prefecture, and then abandoned the stolen car in the mountains, and then disappeared without a trace, but one of them was wounded by a gunshot wound, so I don't think they went too far, maybe they drove a car prepared in advance or robbed a car passing on the road and escaped......
"Gunshot wounds?"
"I hit a guy in the thigh, it's so exciting, it's as cool as a cop movie!"
Gao Cheng looked at the excited mountain village speechlessly, and asked, "Officer Mountain Village, have you seen a yellow golden turtle car passing by......
"Oh, you mean Conan still has Dr. Asasa, right?" Yamamura coughed and returned to his serious appearance, "Their car has a flat tire, so they came by hitchhiking in a BMW, I just sent someone to find the car with a flat tire......"
"Hitchhiking?" Gao Cheng's eyes shrank, "When did it happen?" β
"About half an hour ago......
"Half an hour ago? Did they say where to go? β
"I should go back to Tokyo...... "Yamamura stroked his chin, "I should be back to Tokyo for a ride." β
Gao Cheng quickly put on his helmet and turned the head of the car: "Excuse me, Officer Shancun, I have something to do with them......
"Huh?" Yamamura was stunned and hurriedly shouted, "Detective Chengto! Tell Dr. Asa to get there, and ask him to pick up the car at the Gunma Prefectural Police Station after he arrives......"
"Good!"
Gao Cheng increased his horsepower, ignoring the danger of slippery tires and disappeared at the end of the road.
Half an hour...... It should still be able to catch up.
But what's the deal with hitchhiking?
It looks like the car should be in a hurry after dropping the flat tire......
Gao Cheng leaned down slightly to stabilize the body of the locomotive moving at high speed, and looked through the darkness to look ahead.
Conan came over 12 in time for the software and the email announcing the time and place of delivery, and if the news of Itakura's murder was released at dawn, the black-clad organization would definitely clear the clues......
That is, what method did Conan use to advance the trading time to before dawn.
The place of trading is somewhere in Tokyo where no one will disturb you...... This is a good possibility.
When I drove into Tokyo along the road I had come, I finally saw the BMW that Officer Yamamura said, which seemed to be driving very well and always drove in the middle of the road, and when it encountered a vehicle coming from the opposite side, it hurriedly avoided it, but soon drove to the middle of the road, leaving clear tire marks on the road.
Gao Cheng drove past the car, and his afterglow swept inside the car, and although he couldn't see clearly, he still noticed Dr. Agasa's chubby body in the passenger seat.
"Buzz!"
Without revealing his identity, Gao Cheng continued to accelerate past the car and left, and finally stopped at a corner.
The tire marks of this BMW are quite conspicuous, and with his detection ability, there is no need to chase after him, but the whereabouts of this car still interest him.
After thinking about it, I took out my mobile phone to contact Xiao Ai.
Xiao Ai didn't seem to be asleep yet, so he called and connected the phone: "Hey? Castle households? β
"Xiao Ai," Gao Cheng looked at the BMW car that went straight away, "Conan and Dr. Conan are back in Tokyo, help me check the map, I want to know where they are going......"
Near Xianqiao, Vodka was driving on the phone: "Yes, the delivery time is early...... The location remains the same, but it is still in front of the locker on the ground floor of Hyunhashi Station, so remember to report it to the gin boss...... Of course, find more people and bring guns, and that guy might bring the police......
"Hmph, anyway, we were going to trade and kill that guy at Hyunbashi Station...... But be careful, that guy is very cautious, don't let him find out......"
Since after 3 o'clock in the morning, snowflakes have begun to fall again in Tokyo, and Gao Cheng silently rode a motorcycle to the intersection, and found that the BMW car in front of him had braked urgently in the middle of the road, and Conan left Dr. Asa alone and ran out of the car and left in a hurry.
"Doctor, if there's anything I'll contact you with the detective badge, don't go there until I contact you!"
"Shinichi! It's too dangerous! β
"In the direction ahead, there is Kenbashi Station, which is still under construction......
Gao Cheng looked at the time, and the engine car drove into another road.
Is the trading location at Hyungyo Station? It's a good place, especially if it's used to kill people......
"Huh?!" Dr. Asa looked at Conan worriedly, and suddenly noticed a rerouted locomotive through the rearview mirror.
"That car is not ......"
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Outside Hyunhashi Station, Vodka looked through the window at the entrance of Hyunhashi Subway Station with a construction sign, raised his wrist to check the time on his watch, and contacted his subordinates.
"The time is coming...... Very good, watch around the station and don't let him run, and not a single mouse can be spared......"
At the lowest storage point of the station, rows of lockers are placed together, and vodka flashes to locker 0032.
"Itakura!"
"This guy hasn't even come over yet......"
Vodka snorted, stood in front of the cabinet and lit a cigarette, and suddenly noticed that there was a check in the 0032 good locker, the amount of the tree was just the same as the payment given to Itakura, and when the cabinet was opened, there was a box of CDs held in place with duct tape.
"This guy left the money and put the things here, do you think that's all it takes?"
Vodka spit out his cigarette, took off his gloves and took out a disc from the cabinet, and said to his subordinates: "It's me, this bastard Itakura should still be nearby, catch him here...... What the? Only a few drunks and a little ghost enter the station? Impossible, search for me! β
"What do you want to do?"
A pistol suddenly pressed against the back of the vodka's head.
"The trade should be ...... tomorrow at 0:00"
"Big, big?" Vodka slowly turned around sweating, "That guy said it was inconvenient tomorrow, so I changed it to this time......"
Gin said coldly: "Hmph, is that guy agreeing with you on a trading time?" β
"No, it's not ......"
Vodka was held to his throat with the muzzle of a gun, and he said nervously: "The time is set by us...... The guy was collecting mail at the villa, and it seemed that I was using the phone to contact him because of the heavy snowfall...... AlthoughγAlthough we didn't kill that guy, but we have the software we wanted, that guy has a bad heart, and even if we don't do it, he won't live long......"
Gin took the disc noncommittally, and a smile appeared on his cold face: "Do you know why this floppy disk box is fixed with tape?" It's to get your fingerprints, because you can't tear off the tape while wearing gloves......"
"Huh?!" Vodka's face changed dramatically and he looked at the tape left in the locker, "It's actually for fingerprints!" β
"More than that," Gin picked up the cigarette butt on the floor, "you can't see the person you want to wait for here, and you may be tempted to smoke, and he will know your blood type by checking your saliva...... Even the nest will be pulled out......"
Gin took out a transmitter from the disc case: "This guy is really an old fox......"
Vodka's face was ugly: "Damn, this guy Itakura doesn't want to live anymore!" β
"Itakura didn't do it," Gin said calmly, "The temperature difference will stimulate the sympathetic nerves and increase the burden on the heart, and people with a bad heart will not run to a villa in Gunma Mountain on such a snowy day......
"So the person who spoke to me on the phone was ......"
"I'm afraid it's someone hired by that guy, smart is smart, but something went wrong......"
Gin chuckled and took off his gloves to touch the disc case.
"Although the fingerprints on this box have been wiped off, there is still temperature on it, which means that he is still hiding here......"
"Still here?"
"That's right," Gin took out his pistol and looked at the locker inside, "flanked from both sides, no matter who he is, he can't escape......"
In the last row of the lockers, Conan looked horrified, clenching his teeth as he listened to Gin's approaching footsteps, his back soaked with sweat.
"Oh no......"
"It's worthy of Gin, and it can analyze so much information in an instant......" A hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the aisle, startling Conan, and Gin and the two of them also tightened their bodies.
"Who is it?!"
Gin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked into the storage room, stopped and didn't move, just motioned for the vodka on the other side to use a flashlight to illuminate.
"It doesn't matter who I am......"
Gao Cheng walked out step by step with Toya Lake in his arms, wearing a mask on his face and a long windbreaker covering his body, making it difficult to see the specific figure, only a pair of cold eyes like knives came into Gin's eyes.
Time seemed to have returned to the time when he was on the roof of the Kakudo City Hotel, Gin's gaze fell on Lake Toya, his face suddenly became cold, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed tightly at Gao Cheng.
"It's ...... you again"