42 Suzuki's words
Kogoro was a little proud of his reasoning, and as he spoke, he glared at the abbot who had been sitting in the corner.
"Huh?"
In the face of Kogoro's trouble, the abbot widened his eyes and his face was full of dazed expressions.
"Why did you say that the monk did it?"
Miwako Sato asked in surprise.
"Because if the kidnapper is a monk of the temple, he must be familiar with the structure of the temple, and the practice in the temple is very hard, so the little monk who can't stand the cultivation plans to run away with a huge amount of money."
With a straight face, Kogoro said.
"Repair...... Cultivation is indeed very hard......"
The elderly abbot was full of embarrassment, and his words were only general, when he was interrupted by Kogoro's reasoning, and he continued to reason.
"And Mr. Noguchi is a believer in this temple, right? He's done a lot of rituals here, so the kidnappers already know how much he has. ”
"I see! In other words, it was the monk who had a bad heart! ”
Wataru Takagi seemed to be impressed by Kogoro's reasoning, and couldn't help but echo him.
In this regard, Gao Yuan and Conan couldn't help but look at Kogoro helplessly, and they only felt very big.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
The abbot blushed angrily and strongly denied Kogoro's reasoning:
"There's no one in this temple who can do anything like that!"
"Impossible!"
Kogoro also replied confidently, "There must be a monk in this temple who has disappeared!" ”
"Brother Maori, you're wrong about this, everyone is here."
With a helpless look on his face, Officer Twilight explained.
"What?"
Kogoro couldn't believe his ears.
"Also, because Mr. Noguchi's funeral was so grand today, the temple couldn't be busy, so everyone came to help! So there's no way they have time to make a phone call! ”
The abbot further explained.
In this regard, Wataru Takagi, who originally agreed with Kogoro's reasoning, was speechless.
"Really, Dad, can't you stop making these unfounded inferences?"
Xiaolan said to her father with some shame.
"But how did the kidnappers take the two women out of the temple?"
Miwako Sato raised her doubts.
"That is to say, even if you use a car, it is not easy for two people to take it away."
Wataru Takagi echoed Miwako's words at this time.
"Well, whether it's a large car or a car with film on the window, the police will interrogate you...... What's going on? ”
Officer Twilight also thought seriously about this question.
"It's a coffin."
Gao Yuan said at this time, "If it is a coffin, no one can see the situation inside from the outside, and even if it is stopped by the police, they will not investigate the coffin inside." ”
"Moreover, the coffin car is parked in the temple, so no one will find it strange."
Conan added.
"I see!"
Hearing this, Takagi Shibu couldn't help but praise, then pointed to the location at the door and said:
"And the car can be parked right in front of this lounge!"
"Well...... I think the kidnappers must have used sleeping pills or something to make the two unconscious, put them in a coffin, put them in a car, and quickly left the place. ”
Soon, Kogoro made a new guess after getting new clues.
And for this conclusion, Conan is also very much in favor of it, except for Gao Yuan, the people present basically feel that the process of the kidnapper's crime has been restored.
"Now is not the time to sigh, immediately go and investigate if the hearse has been stolen!"
Officer Twilight ordered solemnly.
Gu Yu
"Yes!"
Wataru Takagi quickly pulled out his phone.
"However, it's almost time for the kidnappers to call their families."
At this time, Gao Yuan suddenly asked.
In response, Miwako looked at the time, put on headphones, and confirmed the status of the monitor that the police had installed on Miss Miki's phone.
"Don't worry, wise brother. As soon as Miss Miki receives a call, this recorder will record all the conversations. ”
Officer Twilight said, pointing to the recording device on the table.
"Miss Miki, when the kidnappers call, please be sure to negotiate with the other party, and you must hear the voices of your sister and Miss Yuanzi."
Gao Yuan thought for a moment and instructed.
"And if you can, it's better not only to hear them, but to talk to them."
"Huh? Why? ”
Miki Noguchi said strangely.
"To make sure the hostages are safe."
Conan explained, "Prevent the other party from fooling us with the recorded hostage voices to confirm that the two are still alive." ”
"I see."
Kamoshida nodded deeply and said, "If something happened to the two of them, there would be no need for us to pay the kidnappers anymore." ”
"Kamoshida! What are you talking about bad luck! ”
Miki Noguchi raised her eyebrows high and reprimanded unhappily.
"It's me who was rude."
Kamoshida bent down, revealing his gray hair, and apologized.
"I'll do what you say."
Looking at Takato, Miki Noguchi said, "But what if the kidnappers say they won't let them talk until after they get the diamonds?" ”
"It won't be."
Gao Yuan said with great certainty:
"If the kidnapper dares to say that, you must not listen to him."
"Huh? But ......"
Hearing Takato say this, Miki Noguchi paused.
"If the kidnappers want to get the diamonds no matter what, just keep that in mind, it's equivalent to grasping the kidnappers' weaknesses."
Gao Yuan explained, "As long as you make it clear, you will never hand over the diamond to him if you don't hear the hostage's voice, so the kidnappers generally don't dare to mess around." ”
"Wise brother is right."
Officer Twilight said approvingly.
"Understood, I'll do it."
As soon as Miki Noguchi finished speaking, the mobile phone on the table rang-
When Officer Twilight and Wataru Takagi heard the ringing, they quickly put on their headphones, and after getting ready, Officer Twilight signaled that Miki Noguchi could answer the phone.
So, as instructed, Miki Noguchi pressed the call button-
"Yes...... Yes, I'm ......"
Her tone trembled with nervousness, and Miki Noguchi said, and everyone present was also looking at her nervously.
"Diamonds we are preparing. But before that, I want to say a few words to my sister and Sonoko Suzuki, who is with her! ”
Miki Noguchi swallowed nervously and said as Takato commanded.
"But...... If...... If you can't prove that they're alive, I'm not going to give you the diamonds! ”
Miki Noguchi held back the tremor of her voice and tried to negotiate with the kidnapper, but the kidnapper suddenly lost his voice, but the call was not cut off.
After waiting for a while, Suzuki Sonoko's voice came from the earpiece-
Yuri, she hasn't woken up because of sleeping pills. We were all blindfolded, headphones were put on, and he also put on masks that smelled of a particularly strong perfume...... Hmmm......"
As if sensing that it was the kidnappers who asked her to talk to the person on the other side of the phone, Suzuki Sonoko took advantage of this opportunity to shout as much as she could to tell her about her situation with Noguchi Yuri, but apparently the kidnappers quickly stopped her from continuing.
In this regard, Takato relied on the details revealed by Suzuki Sonoko and fell into thinking......