Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

Chapter 357: The Challenge of the Puppet Clown

On the 16th, that is, the evening of the second day after Reika Hayamizu was kidnapped, in a forested mountainous area, the sunset glowed red in the sky.

Hayami Reika stood anxiously by the window of the log cabin, standing on tiptoe and trying to open the wooden frame.

"That clown...even if he got the ransom, he might not let us go..."

The manager, Mr. Yasuoka, is still in the wooden house next door. I don’t know what’s going on now. It seems that there has been no movement...

"What are you doing?!" The door of the wooden house was suddenly opened, and the clown roared angrily, "Did I tell you? If you try to escape, I will kill you!!"

"ah!"

Reika Hayami had no time to escape, she was grabbed by the clown by her long hair and slammed into the wall and fell unconscious.

"Humph!"

The clown closed the door again, took out his phone and contacted, "Something went wrong, and that detective saw through the counterfeit banknotes all at once... What should we do next? Why do we need a famous detective?"

"It's okay, there will always be some accidents in the official performance," the other party on the phone chuckled, "just follow the plan, and it will go smoothly later."

...

On the morning of the 17th, at nearly 7 o'clock, Gao Cheng walked to Zhongyuan Station with a suitcase containing 100 million ransom money.

Because of the counterfeit banknotes, in the end he had no choice but to borrow 100 million from Suzuki's family, but he didn't expect that the president of Kazuki ignored the gangster's warning and secretly called the police.

Sweeping down Gao Cheng's forehead as he glanced over the police officer Mu Mu and others who were watching around the station.

The gangster called again yesterday and demanded to pay the ransom at 7 o'clock this morning. The location is north of the Zhongyuan Station where he is now, next to a public phone booth with a green window.

The gangster also specifically told him to bring a bouquet of blood-red roses as a symbol...

He still remembers the original Sikuyuan magic train incident, especially the blood rose magic performed by Gao Yuanyao. The blood red rose seemed to be the opponent's symbol.

If the kidnapping was really done by Gao Yuanyao, it means that he will have to confront this high-intelligence criminal again.

According to the police investigation,

Gao Yuanyao's IQ probably exceeded 300...

A high IQ does not necessarily mean how powerful it is, but Gao Yuanyao's ability matches his IQ, and it is used in crimes.

Gao Cheng closely watched the passers-by around him.

Although he won the Magic Train last time, to a large extent it was Gao Yuanyao who didn't pay attention to him from the beginning. This time, he must work hard this time. If something happens, Hayami Lingxiang really cannot be saved...

"Brother Chenghu..." Officer Mu Mu and others looked nervously at Gao Cheng beside the telephone booth, and as the second hand turned the time approaching 7 o'clock, they all held their breath, and could even hear their own heartbeat clearly.

"Tick tock!"

At 7 o'clock on time, there was still no suspicious person, but the public phone booth rang first.

Gao Cheng paused, then connected the phone: "Hello?"

"Is it Detective Kido?" The voice on the opposite side was hoarse after being processed by a voice changer. "Let's guess a mystery. There is a person next to the kiss, so what is between Zhong and Xiao?"

"What do you mean?" Gao Cheng's complexion changed.

"Hmph, it's just a simple puzzle, it should be easy for a detective, right?" the voice continued, "It will be difficult if this phone is bugged, the answer is where you will go next, See you in 5 minutes!"

Gao Cheng's expression changed again and again.

The first question stumped him...

Looking around, looking for a possible location within a 5-minute distance, the detective badge on his body suddenly rang.

"Kito," Kudo Shinichi's angelic voice sounded, "I've heard everything from Haibara..."

Near Nakahara Station, Conan and Haibara stood on the side of the road, observing the surroundings and communicating with each other with bowknot transformation devices.

"The location is at the pharmacy opposite the station, have you seen it?"

"Ahhh."

Seeing the towering billboard, Gao Cheng hurried across the road to the only pharmacy without asking further questions.

"Mr. Kido, please go to the cashier. I have your phone number..." After running into the store, Gao Cheng was stopped by the radio, and quickly grabbed the receiver under the surprised gaze of the cashier.

"Hey!"

"Hehe," he said with a hoarse smile, "the index finger is next to the thumb, and the ring finger is between the middle finger and the little finger, so the answer is pharmacy. This kind of difficult question is easy for you, right?"

Gao Cheng gritted his teeth: "What about you? If you dare to hurt the hostages, I will never let you go!"

"Huh," the voice continued, "it depends on whether you are worthy or not, now you walk about 4 kilometers north along the avenue, and take the bus bound for Miyazawa Plateau at 7:20... After getting on the bus, pay attention to the right side of the bus driving direction, there is a beautiful scenery waiting for you!"

"What? 4, 4 kilometers!"

"You'd better hurry up, this bus only runs once a day, if you miss it, it will be gone!"

"hateful!"

Gao Cheng glanced at the time, quickly ran out of the pharmacy with his suitcase, and sprinted north across the congested road.

It happened to be during the morning rush hour. The distance of 4 kilometers is simply terrible. It usually takes less than an hour, but now the time given to him is only a short ten minutes.

"Hoo hoo!"

The bus stop was just opposite the tram tracks. Gao Cheng rushed over panting. He finally saw the bus that hadn't had time to leave, but when the tram passed by, the railing came down one step ahead of time to block the road.

Gao Cheng took a breath. Seeing that the bus was about to leave, he jumped up regardless of the guards' shouts. He stepped on the railing and leaped into the air, narrowly missing the speeding tram and landed on the opposite side.

Mu Mu and the others caught up panting, and only had time to see two trams passing the intersection one after another in the opposite direction, and their hearts were raised in their throats, and they were relieved until a high-pitched voice came from the headset.

"Great, brother Kido managed to catch up," Mu Mu wore a communication headset in his right ear, and after confirming that Gao Cheng was safe, he said to Gao Mu, who was exhausted beside him, "Let's take a taxi to catch up now, try not to let the gangsters Find!"

"yes!"

Besides the driver, Gao Cheng was the only one on the bus bound for Miyazawa Plateau, and the whole bus was empty.

After Gao Cheng confirmed the communication, he looked to the right side of the bus as the gangster said. After leaving the urban area, it was just an ordinary mountain and forest scenery, and there was nothing special to see.

"Brother Kido," Mu Mu asked, "what's the situation now?"

Gao Cheng glanced at the driver, and replied in a low voice: "I don't know yet, the other party asked me to look at the right side of the driving direction..."

"Shua!"

Suddenly a line of words flashed before Gao Cheng's eyes, and when he looked back, he found that "get off the car immediately" was written on the road guardrail.

"parking!"

Gao Cheng stood up suddenly and shouted at the driver: "Please stop the car!"

"Huh?" The driver was puzzled, "You can't stop here!"

"That's too late!"

Gao Cheng opened the car door urgently, jumped out with the suitcase in his arms, rolled and fell to the ground several times to stabilize his body amidst the driver's horrified cries, and rushed to the guardrail where the words were written just now without stopping.

The driver stepped on the brake and watched Gao Cheng run back in horror.

"It's so, so crazy..."

The bus didn't drive too far, Gao Chengcai ran for a while and then saw the guardrail with handwriting again, wiped off his sweat but didn't see half a figure, and finally found a note covered with spelling on the back of the guardrail.

"If you walk along the mountain road, you will see the suspension bridge over the Otaki River. You must arrive before 8:30!"

Gao Cheng looked at the time and found that there was only one hour left.

It was as if he was torturing him, even though he had been exercising all the time, he was a little exhausted this time, and he had to go on the mountain road for an hour, obviously not enough time.

"Officer Megure," Gao Cheng looked at the surrounding mountains, picked up the communicator and contacted, "I left a note by the roadside, asking me to go to the suspension bridge on Otaki River."

"That's good!" Mu Mu said in a deep voice, "We'll follow right away, and once we find the criminals, try to delay for a while!"

"I try my best."

Gao Cheng let out a sigh of relief.

The mountain road is another challenge, but even if the other party is really trying to trick him, he has to pass. Now he is the only one who can save the two hostages.

If even Hayamizu Reika can't save her, how can she protect Xiao Ai from the Black Organization...

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