Outside a rental warehouse in Hakone Town, Kudo Shinichi finished searching for several locations and came here. This was the last of the five possible locations.
Looking at the time on his phone, it was almost midnight. Kudo Shinichi thought back to Gao Yuan's previous phone call. After thinking for a moment, he ran in without hesitation.
However, before entering the warehouse, Kudo Shinichi stopped and said calmly: "Is it really you? Mai Nishida!"
As he said that, he turned around and looked at Mai Nishida who was standing behind him.
Looking at Kudo Shinichi's serious expression, Nishida Mai paused, then smiled, and strolled up to Kudo Shinichi.
"What a coincidence. What are you doing here?"
"You are waiting here just to confirm."
Kudo Shinichi said, "Let's see if I can successfully find Xiaolan and the others at the last moment. Let's confirm whether they can be killed by the bomb together with me."
"Bomb? What the hell are you talking about?"
Mai Nishida said with a puzzled expression.
"Stop pretending to be stupid."
Kudo Shinichi said, "Return Xiaolan to me. All your companions have been arrested!"
Mai Nishida ignored Kudo Shinichi at all, with an indifferent expression on her face. She walked up to Kudo Shinichi and said, "You have been saying very rude things since just now, as if you treat me as a prisoner. Don't you see?
News? It was reported in the news just now that the real prisoner is Mr. Captain Dong, and he has committed suicide!"
"Hey, committing suicide? Could it be said that Mr. Dong is the criminal?"
After listening to Nishida Mai's words, Kudo Shinichi said with a surprised expression.
"There's even a suicide note, it's absolutely unmistakable."
Mai Nishida said, "Your reasoning is wrong."
Hearing this, Kudo Shinichi smiled.
"Miss Mai, you just stopped asking yourself. How do you know that Mr. Dong wrote a suicide note?"
"I said, in the news just now..."
"That's impossible because the suicide note was taken away by me before the police arrived!"
Kudo Shinichi interrupted Nishida Mai's words and took out the letter he took from Tokun's husband's house from his pocket.
"Moreover, the content of the news report just now was specially released after I discussed it with the police. It is absolutely impossible to mention the suicide note!"
"What?"
Hearing this, Nishida Mai's expression changed and she started to feel a little nervous.
"Let me start from the beginning."
Kudo Shinichi said, "I made a mistake from the beginning. I thought the prisoner who wrote me the letter of challenge was one person, but in fact he was not. This was a group of despicable prisoners, carefully planned revenge against me! However,
It's a pity that these prisoners made a huge mistake - I also have a reliable partner!"
"partner?"
Mai Nishida looked at Kudo Shinichi in confusion and said.
"That's right, mate."
Kudo Shinichi said, "My partner discovered that multiple prisoners acted together in this incident, so after helping me investigate the incident, he hid, and noticed that Mr. Nantian and Mr. Kitajima were suspicious, and also that
There is someone behind the scenes."
After a pause, Kudo Shinichi continued.
"Although there is no evidence, under the circumstances, the remaining Mr. Dong and Miss Mai may be the people behind the scenes. So, my companion followed Mr. Dong and saw the scene where Mr. Nantian threatened Mr. Dong.
.If something like this happened, then Mr. Dong can definitely not be your accomplice, so the only suspect is you, Miss Mai!"
As he spoke, Kudo Shinichi took out the letter and showed it with the back in front of Nishida Mai. Through the moonlight, he saw the arrow sandwiched between "A" and "AM".
"IAMAKIDNAPER. But if you look in the direction of the arrow, 'IAM' becomes 'MAI (Mai)', AKIDNAPERMAI. In other words, Miss Mai, you are the kidnapper."
Kudo Shinichi said, "At that time, my partner had no time to notify me of the matter because his cell phone was out of battery, so he used the suicide note you wrote to threaten Mr. Azuma and left me a reminder to investigate your matter, Miss Mai.
So, I asked the police department that I was familiar with to investigate about you, and it turned out that you were the girlfriend of the arrested male prisoner who I had assisted the police in solving a case before. "
Speaking of this, Nishida Mai looked relieved and stopped trying to disguise herself.
"Now that we have reached this point, there is no point in me continuing to deny it. However, you should tell me how we kidnapped two of your friends."
"The method you used to take away Xiaolan was very simple, but also very despicable!"
Kudo Shinichi said angrily, "You took advantage of Sonoko's safety to threaten Xiaolan, and prepared the key to the lobby lock and the hotel attendant's clothes for her in advance, so that she could leave the hotel by herself at the predicted time and go to the location designated by you.
.When the time comes, you can just take Xiaolan away at the designated place."
"And you went to great lengths to kidnap Yuanzi and take her away."
Kudo Shinichi said, "You used the ignition device at the stern of the ship to make the sound of falling into the water. In fact, the Sonoko was hidden in the cabinet in the warehouse by you long before that. And the glass fragments I found in the cabinet today bear witness to my
Idea. After you stun Sonoko, put it in the cabinet, and then put a huge mirror diagonally on Sonoko. When you open the cabinet like this, it will be like seeing an empty cabinet. And you only need to wait for it afterwards.
Once the ship docks, you can look for opportunities to take the garden away."
Hearing this, Nishida Mai showed a proud smile.
"Of course, this is the clue you left behind because you deliberately wanted me to think this way."
Kudo Shinichi suddenly changed the topic, and Nishida Mai's face immediately became a little ugly.
"Because my partner said that there were no glass fragments in the cabinet yesterday. It should be your companion who deliberately left the fragments there last night. He wanted me to think this way. You deliberately left two layers
The false clues are to cover up the method you really used to take Yuanzi away! Because once the method is exposed, your other companion will also be exposed!"
Looking at Nishida Mai, whose expression turned ugly, Kudo Shinichi continued:
"Because your method is so simple and terrifying! You put Sonoko in a sealed box, then put an oxygen bottle in the box to ensure Sonoko's breathing, and then threw the box directly into the lake! The sound heard on the boat at that time
The sound of falling into the water was actually the sound of the box containing the garden falling into the water! Afterwards, the police dived into the bottom of the lake to investigate, but found nothing, because your other accomplice is the police officer - Officer Tamagawa!"
After a pause, Kudo Shinichi said: "Your boyfriend works as a rental warehouse. Because he was heavily in debt and needed money urgently, he committed the crime of reselling guns. However, in the end, he died before he could reveal the source of the guns.
In jail. In fact, according to police records, the guns he resold were scrapped police guns, and the person behind him was a policeman!"
"That's right. Officer Tamagawa."
Mai Nishida said calmly, "I found evidence among his belongings that could accuse Officer Tamagawa of illegally handling scrapped guns, so I used this evidence to threaten him to help me. Tamagawa was also worried that sooner or later, you would find him out.
So I agreed to this cooperation, and Kitajima and Nanda were originally working for Tamagawa."
"No time! Where is Xiaolan!"
Kudo Shinichi looked at the little time left and shouted.
Mai Nishida turned around and looked at Kudo Shinichi. Without saying anything, she stretched out her right hand from her pocket, held a gun, and pointed it straight at Kudo Shinichi.
"Actually, it doesn't matter to me that they were arrested."
Mai Nishida said coldly, "As long as you die, that's enough!"
"Even if you do this, you can't escape!"
Seeing Nishida Mai's attitude, Kudo Shinichi shook his head and said.
"I never planned to run away from the beginning."
Mai Nishida threatened.
"Aren't you looking for that girl? Let's go!"
With that said, Nishida Mai pointed a gun at Kudo Shinichi, asked him to walk forward, and took him to a warehouse.
The warehouse was as high as two stories, and the surrounding windows were not boarded up. Only a skylight above the head was open. Then, in the warehouse, I saw Mao Lilan who had passed out on the ground.
"Xiaolan!"
Seeing Xiaolan lying there, Kudo Shinichi didn't care anymore, rushed forward and helped her up.
Mai Nishida, on the other hand, locked the warehouse door with a very thick iron chain in the warehouse, threw the key on the ground, and turned the gun towards the key.
"Okay, the three of us will die together here!"
After saying that, he fired a shot and broke the only key.
At the same time, Gao Yuan and Kogoro had already reached the police station in Henggou. They had just arrived when they heard a gunshot.
"What's going on? The kidnapper shot?"
Henggou Shigego shouted.
"Sure enough, you are still impulsive!"
Gao Yuan anxiously got out of the car and ran directly inside, while Kogoro also rushed to the warehouse door where gunshots had just been heard, trying to open the locked door.
"Xiaolan! Detective boy!"
However, I couldn't pull it even though I tried my best.
Gao Yuan looked at several shorter warehouses lined up like steps next to this warehouse, thought for a while and said: "I'll climb up and have a look!"
As he said that, he took out the "Star", stretched out the chain, and used the chain's strength to climb up to the roof of the warehouse where the gunshots were heard.
In the warehouse, looking at Mai Nishida who had destroyed the key, Kudo Shinichi put down Xiaolan who was still unconscious in his arms, stood up slowly, and said: "Call back from the cliff. If you want to hate, then hate your boyfriend, don't pull us apart.
Come in!"
"He committed a crime and was indeed at fault."
Holding a gun in both hands and pointing it at Kudo Shinichi, Nishida Mai said sadly:
"But, I love him! If it weren't for the power of this resentment, I don't know how I would have survived in the years without him!"
"Then please, at least let Xiaolan go!"
Kudo Shinichi knew that he could no longer dissuade her with words, so he seemed to beg for mercy, "She is the most important person to me! I can give you my life!"
"Do you know why I locked her up here in the end? Because she is the person you cherish most, so if you let you die alone, then she would be so pitiful! She will become kinder after being left behind.
Like me, I can only live like a ghost."
Mai Nishida said, feeling a little sad.
"Xiaolan is not such a fragile person."
"Really? If you disappear, she will definitely change. No matter what happens, she will never leave you..."
Saying that, Mai Nishida seemed to be lost in memories, and her hands holding the gun were a little slack for a moment. Kudo Shinichi wanted to take this opportunity to take away her gun, but Mai Nishida reacted immediately and pointed the gun at Kudo Shinichi again.
.
"Mai Nishida! Everything is over!"
Suddenly, Gao Yuan's voice came from the skylight on the roof. Involuntarily, Nishida Mai raised her head and looked in the direction of the skylight - only to see Gao Yuan wearing a pair of monocles on her right eye. At this time, she was looking straight.
looked at her.
Kudo Shinichi immediately took advantage of this opportunity and snatched the pistol from Mai Nishida's hand.
"Star" was originally called "Detective's Monocle". The effect mentioned that "when you put on these glasses and start reasoning, the people you are looking at will temporarily stop their actions and pay attention."
"Put it on you." This was also the first time Takato used this effect. Although it was only for a moment, Takato used it to divert Nishida Mai's attention and create an opportunity for Kudo Shinichi.
Faced with this situation, Mai Nishida knew that the situation was over, so she knelt down and cried loudly.
Kudo Shinichi immediately ran to the table beside him and looked at the bomb that was tied to the table with iron chains and that there was not much left in the timer.
Using the nails on the table at hand, he pried open the shell of the bomb. The scene in front of him made Kudo Shinichi completely dumbfounded - "It's all white lines!"
"Damn it! Which one should I cut?"
Kudo Shinichi said urgently - We have obviously reached this point!
"It's useless to cut it, I never intended to stop it in the first place!"
Nishida Mai said weakly.
Looking at this bomb, which has no mercury and only has two activation methods: timer and remote control, Kudo Shinichi thought for a moment, then immediately picked up the gun, broke the iron chain binding the bomb, then picked up the bomb and looked up.
Looking into the distance from the sky window.
"Mr. Akechi! Please!"
Shouting, Kudo Shinichi kicked the bomb up the sky window with his feet.
"How dare you think about it!"
Seeing Kudo Shinichi's actions, Gao Yuan broke into a cold sweat and understood his plan, so he took off the "star" from his right eye and flicked it again to make the chain longer. Then Gao Yuan stepped aside and pinched the star with his hand.
Then he flicked the end of the glasses and used them to wrap around the bomb that was kicked out of the skylight.
Looking at the countdown of the last few seconds, Gao Yuan had no time to hesitate. He used the chain to extend the length of the swing and threw the bomb hard into the sky. After swinging it to the highest point, he loosened the chain binding the bomb and let the bomb fly vertically into the sky.
Throw it away!
Then Gao Yuan immediately ran away, and when he heard the explosion of the bomb, he immediately fell to the ground.
Huge sparks exploded in the sky, but fortunately the location of the explosion was high enough and no one was hurt.
"The reasoning is over, let's start closing the case."
"Comprehensive evaluation of case closure: A"
"Logic:S"
"Observation:A"
"Courage:A"
"The settlement is completed, the overall score reaches A, and the reward is 40."
"This case is too difficult, and an additional reward of 200 will be added. Since the overall score reaches A, an additional reward of 160 will be awarded."
"Detective Rating: Assistant Detective"
"Bounty: 770"
He stood up and looked at the rewards on the settlement panel. The extra bounty reached 200. Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh at the difficulty of this incident. But at the same time, Gao Yuan raised his head and saw in the sky, not far from the location of the bomb explosion.
, a vaguely visible white hang glider suddenly flew over there!
"Hello? No way."
Feeling slightly speechless, Gao Yuan said helplessly.
Soon, Officer Shigego Henggou led the police officers and a cutting machine, opened the door of the warehouse, and rescued the few people trapped inside. At this point, the whole incident finally ended successfully, and Xiaolan was taken to the ambulance
He was taken away and found to be fine after inspection. Tokunio, who had been rescued by Gao Yuan before, was also rescued.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Akechi."
At that time, on the way back, sitting in Kogoro's rented car, Kudo Shinichi thanked Takato.
"You're welcome, but you were too impulsive in the end."
Gao Yuan said helplessly, sighed, and fell asleep in the car - although it did not reach "S", the bounty value obtained this time was really worth it.
I just didn't expect that the day after I got home and charged my phone, Gao Yuan received a bombardment of text messages from Kuroba Kaito!