Detectives of Detective World

Turning his attention back to the computer, Tang Ze manipulated the mouse, and then began to seriously watch the video of Kataoka Renhua being kidnapped in the mailbox.

It can be clearly seen in the video that Kataoka Renhua is in a slightly old room, and the curtains on the windows are also covered, making the room a bit dark.

And her own condition is not very good. It can be seen that her mouth is sealed with tape. Although she struggles hard, the rope on her body restrains her actions.

Seeing this murderer lying down for the first time, he frowned, thinking that the kidnapping case was a bit troublesome.

This tactic is common in international crime, and the troublesome tactic is found all over the world.

"Mr. Taicang, I don't know the origins of the three companies that asked for the ransom." Tang Ze glanced at the ransom request on the computer and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Otsuki." Kataoka Hanshiro took a sip of his wine in annoyance, motioning for the secretary to explain.

With his daughter's whereabouts unknown at this moment, he really didn't have much mood to deal with the police's questioning.

"Yes..." Secretary Daguan, who was wearing glasses, responded, and then explained to everyone: "Actually, these three companies are all clubs that have business dealings with them recently."

"Huh?" Mori Kogoro was a little puzzled when he heard the words. He touched his chin and said, "Then why did the kidnappers specifically designate these three companies to prepare the ransom?"

"That's because..." Secretary Otsuru looked at Hanshiro Kataoka after hearing the words, he hesitated to speak, obviously he had some scruples.

"It's okay, tell them Soichi, now is not the time to worry about these things." Kataoka Hanshiro said.

"I see."

Daguanzong nodded, then looked at the crowd and explained: "In fact, the operators of these three companies recently proposed to Mr. Kataoka for Miss Lianhua at the same time."

"Eh? This seems to be the story..." Mori Kogoro touched his chin and pondered, "Yes, Snow White!"

"No, Dad!" Xiaolan hurriedly leaned over to his father's ear and whispered, "You should be talking about Kaguya Ji!"

"Haha... You can also say that..." Mori Kogoro heard his daughter's reminder, Hao couldn't help blushing, and laughed awkwardly.

"Kaguya Princess..."

Tang Ze on the side couldn't help but subconsciously frowned after hearing this description from Mori Kogoro.

Because when I heard Conan said that they were involved in the case, I mentioned that Kataoka Renhua played the role of "Hui Yue Ji" in the theater.

As a teacher of "Ke Xue's Law", Tang Ze vaguely felt that there must be some connection between the two.

After all, this is also a classic routine in the Ke Xue case, which is to make the legendary story somewhat similar to the circumstances of the current case.

While Tang Ze was thinking, another strange man knocked on the door and walked in, and whispered something in Da Guanzong's ear.

After that, the other party came to Hanshiro Kataoka and whispered again.

"Hmph, drive him out!"

After listening to Okinawa Soichi's words, Kataoka Hanshiro snorted and said angrily: "What time is it, you dare to use such an excuse to prevaricate me, let him fool the children with such a bad excuse!"

"Excuse me, what happened?" Looking at Hanshiro Kataoka who was furious, Officer Megure asked aloud.

"It's actually one of the three suitors I just mentioned."

Daguanzong glanced at Kataoka Hanshiro next to him, and seeing that he didn't respond, he continued to explain: "We told the other party about Miss Lianhua, but he said that his company's situation is not very good, and there is no way to help him. We are ready for a ransom."

"Hmph, you don't even blink when you lie!" Kataoka Hanshiro said angrily, "It's just that I'm afraid of getting into trouble and scandal.

My daughter Lianhua's life is not as good as the company's reputation in his eyes, so he dares to say that he wants to marry my daughter,

It really pissed me off! "

"But what about the ransom demanded by the kidnappers?" Police officer Mu Mu asked worriedly.

"I've already prepared the ransom, but it's just in the name of his company on the surface." Kataoka Hanshiro snorted coldly: "But, I will never marry my daughter to such a person!"

"In other words, he has already lost the qualification to propose like a princess." Mori Kogoro touched his chin and said, "It feels more like the story of "Kaguya Hime"..."

"The other two have already handed over the designated ransom amount at this moment." Da Guanzong explained the situation and said, "As soon as the time comes, I will send the money to the designated place requested by the prisoner."

"At present, we can only follow the requirements of the gangsters..." Mori Kogoro pondered for a moment and said, "I can only wait and see the follow-up development..."

"Our police will also carry out search operations with the priority of rescuing your daughter." Officer Megure looked at Hanshiro Kataoka and said with relief: "Please rest assured."

After the situation of the case and the matter of paying the ransom were finished, the room fell into a long silence, and everyone quietly waited for the time to pass until the kidnappers demanded the payment of the ransom.

And taking advantage of this time, Tang Ze finally had time to start carefully checking the video.

The video is not too long, and there is no change in the scene as a whole, just the situation where Kataoka Renhua is tied up in the room.

However, there are still some slight changes in the video.

At the beginning, the windows of the room were opened, and the sunlight outside the house was just facing the camera, and some scenes outside the house could also be seen.

Tang Ze focused on the scene outside the window, and found that the most noteworthy place was a cylindrical chimney building in the distance.

Not long after, the video suddenly turned dark, and the curtains that had been opened in the video were also closed.

Judging from one point, Tang Ze judged that the video should have been edited by someone. It is probably because of the backlight or other reasons that the camera was temporarily turned off and the curtains were closed.

This situation seems to have not changed much, but the sharp eyesight still found the subtle difference.

Originally, when the curtains were opened, Kataoka Renka's head was clean and free of foreign objects.

But when the curtains were drawn, there seemed to be something extra on the other party's head.

Tang Ze took a closer look and found that Kataoka Renhua's head was covered with spider webs!

Looking at the dense cobwebs beside the window, a possibility flashed in Tang Ze's mind.

Kataoka Renka...couldn't be pretending to be kidnapped! ?

He said this not because of random guesses, but because there are spider webs on the opponent's head!

Under normal circumstances, if a person is tied up and unable to move, it is impossible for others to get the spider web on the other person's head.

After all, the spider web is easy to be destroyed, and there is no way to take it a second time. Only when you accidentally stick it, can this situation happen to the other party's head.

But Kataoka Lianhua is a hostage, how could the kidnappers let her move around at will, and let her head be covered with cobwebs?

But this situation has appeared in reality, and there is a possibility that they have never imagined before.

That is fake kidnapping!

Those who walk must leave traces. This sentence is not only about people's actions, but also contains the reasons for people's actions.

And since the spider web on Kataoka Lianhua's head is already the result of appearance, no matter how incredible the reason is, it can only be accepted.

Reminiscent of the conflict between Kataoka Renhua and her father, the other party colluded with others to carry out a fake kidnapping, and it may not be impossible to prevent her from getting married.

In this way, it is also understandable that the ransom demanded by the kidnapper specifically pointed out that the ransom was demanded from the companies of her three suitors.

I'm afraid that Kataoka Renka wanted to let her father understand her thoughts through the story of "The Tale of Bamboo Tori" Kaguya Hime.

If this is the case, then the accomplices of this fake kidnapping can only be people around Kataoka Lianhua.

After all, Kataoka Renhua is just a seventeen-year-old girl, and she doesn't have many connections.

Tamanosuke Ito and his partner in the theater should be the most suspicious, but the other party came to Kataoka's house to discuss with Hanshiro Kataoka, and the surprise after learning that Kataoka Renka was kidnapped did not seem to be feigned.

It is very unlikely that the other party is an accomplice of Kataoka Renka.

Then the most suspicious person is Kataoka Hanshiro's secretary Okino Soichi.

The other party is Hanshiro Kataoka's secretary, so naturally he will obey his daughter's orders because of his father.

And since the other party is someone his father trusts, it also proves that he is more reliable than ordinary people.

After all, even if it's just a fake kidnapping, her worth is still there, and the money is touching, so she has to be in case the other party's fake show is real.

It's just that now it seems that this little girl is still a little naive, not knowing that money will make a person seduce greed in people's hearts.

That's right, Tang Ze has almost guessed the follow-up development.

I'm afraid this fake kidnapping has now become a real kidnapping.

As for the reason?

Heh, Conan, the scourge, is here. Could it be that there are still some small troubles?

Thinking of this, Tang Ze glanced at Daguan Zongyi next to him. This guy is now the number one suspect in his eyes. After all, if he really wants to get the ransom, it is only possible for him to be the ransom sender himself.

And it just so happened that the secretary was appointed to do this at the prisoner's request.

This is actually very unreasonable. After all, ordinary kidnappers will ask the closest and most important person to the hostage to send the ransom.

This is also normal, because only if the ransom sender cares more about the hostages, he will obey the kidnapper's orders more.

You let an outsider, even the secretary, take the risk to send the ransom, even if he values ​​the hostages again, can he compare with his father?

Although this slight unreasonableness is generally not noticed, when Tang Ze noticed that this may be a case of "fake show for real", it became a reason for suspicion.

But on the surface, Tang Ze still remained calm, but the thoughts in his mind were constantly running.

"Mr. Kataoka, I wonder if I can go to Ms. Lianhua's room to have a look?"

After thinking for a moment, Tang Ze stood up and asked Kataoka.

"My little girl hasn't been home for half a year." Kataoka Hanshiro frowned, but immediately nodded and said, "Since this police officer wants to see it, then go, I'll let Okanori take you there."

"Thank you." Tang Ze thanked Conan when he heard the words, and then went to Kataoka Renhua's room under the guidance of Conan who was a little confused.

He also watched the video with Tamanosuke Ito just now, and noticed the traces of the other party's spider silk, and made some judgments in his heart.

It's just that before he could think about it, Tang Ze's actions interrupted his thoughts and made him puzzled.

Because from the video, he didn't notice any clues that he needed to go to the other party's room to check.

However, he also knew that since it was Tang Ze's move, there was a deep meaning behind it, but there was no need to follow in the footsteps of the other party.

Similarly, he didn't believe that the other party didn't notice the strangeness in the video.

But since the other party didn't say anything, maybe he had some guesses in his mind and was on guard against something.

Conan knew this well, and quickly dismissed his previous thoughts, cooperating with Tang Ze to hide this discovery.

Everyone has a tacit understanding on this point, after all their main purpose is to find Lianhua.

They don't need to go to the dark on the same road, they just need to follow their own ideas, which can also make up for their own shortcomings and increase the chance of Lianhua being saved.

Thinking of this, Conan looked at Tamanosuke Ito and decided to tell him his reasoning.

In his opinion, if Miss Lianhua was really a fake kidnapper, then the address chosen by the other party would definitely not be able to escape from a place he was familiar with.

And this kind of remote place is not like a place that a young lady like her knows.

If you know it, it is very likely that you met it in the theater during the past six months.

Therefore, he intends to tell Xiaolan and Tamanosuke Ito his guess. It is inconvenient for him to do anything as a child, and he still needs the help of an adult.

At least these two people will listen to their own words, unlike Mori Kogoro who will only go up and give himself a hammer.

'But Criminal Tang Ze saw through the truth, so he planned to wait for Miss Lianhua to come back by herself? '

Seeing Tang Ze, who came out of Ms. Lianhua's room alone, without any extra actions, as if planning to follow the police, Conan couldn't help but have this idea in his mind.

It seems that it is not incomprehensible to do this. After all, Tang Ze doesn't know Tamanosuke Ito, so it's normal not to explain the situation to him if he is on guard.

But I know that Ito Tamanosuke is a trustworthy person, and I also know that his personality will not agree to be Miss Lianhua's internal support, so I can naturally explain the situation and listen to the other party's suggestions.

'Then maybe this time I can find Miss Lianhua faster than Criminal Tang Ze. '

Thinking of this, Conan cheered up.

Even if he is not one step ahead of the other party, if he can find Miss Lianhua in advance through other means, then it can also prove that he is surpassing criminal Tang Ze.

Regardless of the reason, but being able to achieve success in a way that Tang Ze could not achieve is also his own victory! !