Stay away from Conan

Chapter 282 Suzuki Sonoko’s words

Kogoro was a little proud of his deduction. As he spoke, he glared at the abbot who had been sitting in the corner.

"ah?"

Faced with Kogoro's attack, the abbot's eyes widened with a blank look on his face.

"Why do you say it was a monk who did it?"

Miwako Sato asked in surprise.

"Because if the kidnapper is a monk in the temple, he must be familiar with the structure of the temple. In addition, the practice in the temple is very difficult, so the young monk who can't stand the practice plans to run away with a huge sum of money."

Kogoro said with a serious face.

"Cultivation...cultivation is indeed very difficult..."

The elderly abbot had a troubled face. He was only halfway through his words when he was interrupted by Kogoro's reasoning, and he continued to reason.

"And Mr. Noguchi is a believer in this temple, right? He has held many rituals here, so the kidnappers have long known how much assets he has."

"That's it! In other words, the monk has evil intentions!"

Takagi Wataru seemed impressed by Kogoro's reasoning and couldn't help but agree.

In response, Gao Yuan and Conan couldn't help but look at Kogoro, feeling very heavy-headed.

"Stop talking nonsense here!"

The abbot's face turned red with anger, and he strongly rejected Kogoro's reasoning:

"There is no one in this temple who can do such a thing!"

"impossible!"

Kogoro responded confidently, "There must be a monk in this temple who has disappeared!"

"Brother Maori, you are wrong. Everyone is here."

With a look of helplessness, Officer Megure explained.

"What?"

Kogoro couldn't believe his ears.

"Moreover, because Mr. Noguchi's funeral was very grand today, the temple was completely overwhelmed, so everyone came to help! So there is no way they have time to make phone calls!"

The abbot explained further.

In response, Takagi Wataru, who originally agreed with Kogoro's reasoning, looked speechless.

"Really dad, can't you stop making these unfounded inferences?"

Xiaolan said to her father with some shame.

"But what method did the kidnappers use to 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 difficult for two people to take it away."

Takagi Wataru echoed Miwako's words at this time.

"Well, no matter it's a large car or a car with film on the windows, the police will question you... What is going on?"

Officer Memu also thought about this issue seriously.

"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. Even if it is stopped by the police, they will not investigate the coffin inside."

"Moreover, no one will find it strange that the coffin is parked in the temple."

Conan added.

"I see!"

Hearing this, Takagi Wataru couldn't help but praise, then pointed to the door and said:

“And the car can park right in front of this lounge!”

"Well... I think the kidnappers used sleeping pills or something like that to make the two lose consciousness, then put them in a coffin, put them in a car, and left here quickly."

Soon, after getting new clues, Kogoro made new speculations.

Conan also agreed with this conclusion. Except for Gao Yuan, everyone present basically felt that the process of the kidnapper's crime had been restored.

"Now is not the time to sigh. Go immediately to investigate whether the coffin has been stolen!"

Officer Megure ordered seriously.

"yes!"

Takagi Wataru quickly took out his cell phone.

"But it's about time the kidnappers called to contact the family."

At this time, Gao Yuan suddenly asked.

In response, Miwako looked at the time, put on her headphones, and checked the status of the monitor installed by the police on Miss Miki's mobile phone.

"Don't worry, brother Akechi. As soon as Miss Miki receives the call, this recorder will record all conversations."

Officer Megure pointed to the recording device on the table and said.

"Miss Miki, when the kidnapper calls, please be sure to negotiate with the other party and hear the voices of your sister and Miss Sonoko."

Gao Yuan thought for a while and instructed.

“And if you can, it’s better not just to hear their voices, but to talk to them.”

"Hey? Why?"

Noguchi Miki said strangely.

"To confirm the safety of the hostages."

Conan explained aloud, "To prevent the other party from using the recorded voices of the hostages to fool us to confirm whether the two are still alive."

"I see."

Kamoshida nodded deeply and said, "If something unexpected happened to the two of them, there is no need for us to pay the kidnappers anymore."

"Kamoshida! What unlucky words are you talking about!"

Noguchi Miki raised her eyebrows high and scolded unhappily.

"I was rude."

Kamoshida bent down, revealing his white hair, and apologized.

"I'll do what you say."

Looking at Gao Yuan, Noguchi Miki said, "But what if the kidnappers say they won't let them talk until they get the diamonds?"

"It won't happen."

Gao Yuan said with great certainty:

"If the kidnapper dares to say that, you must not listen to him."

"Huh? But..."

Hearing what Gao Yuan said, Noguchi Miki was stunned.

"If the kidnapper wants to get the diamond no matter what, just keeping this in mind is equivalent to grasping the kidnapper's weakness."

Gao Yuan explained, "As long as you make it clear that you will never hand over the diamond to the hostage until you hear his voice, then the kidnappers will generally not dare to mess around."

"Brother Mingzhi is right."

Officer Megure said in agreement.

"Understood, I will do it."

As soon as Noguchi Miki finished speaking, the mobile phone on the table rang——

When Officer Megure and Takagi Wataru heard the ringtone, they quickly put on their headphones. After getting ready, Officer Megure signaled Noguchi Miki to answer the phone.

So, as instructed, Noguchi Miki pressed the call button——

"Yes...yes, I am..."

Noguchi Miki said with a nervous tremor in her voice, and everyone present was watching her nervously.

"We are preparing the diamond. But before that, I want to say a few words to my sister and Suzuki Sonoko who is with her!"

Noguchi Miki swallowed nervously and followed Takato's instructions.

"But...if...you can't prove that they are still alive, I will not give the diamonds to you!"

Noguchi Miki suppressed the trembling in her voice and tried to negotiate with the kidnapper. The kidnapper's voice suddenly went silent, but the call was not disconnected.

After waiting for a while, Suzuki Sonoko's voice came from the receiver——

"Yuri hasn't woken up yet because of the sleeping pills. We were all blindfolded and put on headphones, and he also put on us masks with a very strong perfume smell...well..."

It seemed that she realized that the kidnapper wanted her to talk to the person on the other side of the phone. Taking this opportunity, Suzuki Sonoko shouted out the situation between herself and Noguchi Yuri as much as possible, but obviously the kidnapper also quickly stopped her from continuing. Go on.

In this regard, Gao Yuan fell into thinking based on the details revealed by Suzuki Sonoko...