Chapter 782 Huihara Ai: The dirty deeds of the organization

Thinking about the robbed gems, they were indeed a considerable amount of wealth, and his finances had been tight recently. Chihiro Odao sighed and had no choice but to put his energy back to business.

 She turned back and smiled at Jiang Xia: "Let's take a look at the surveillance first."

  Miwako Sato: “…”

Jiang Xia nodded and followed her to the office at the back.

 Took two steps and found that Huiyuan Ai had not followed. There are so many people here, and children running around can easily be stepped on. Jiang Xia turned around and waved to her: "Let's go."

Haibara Ai:"…"

She looked at Jiang Xia, the familiar cat in the store manager’s photo on the wall, and then at Edao Qianxun.

Remembering the female customer's attitude towards Jiang Xia just now, her expression turned a little frightened for a moment.

When Jiang Xia shouted, Hui Yuan Ai trotted to keep up with him, but hesitated to speak: "...What are you doing in your usual work that requires cats?"

Jiang Xia glanced at her doubtfully: "I'm just helping the client find a cat."

Haibara Ai: "..." No, no, no, she always felt that something was not right... Speaking of which, no matter how it is a detective agency, it is still an agency opened by members of an organization... Jiangxia's shady boss, privately What kind of weird businesses have been opened here?

 …

Although Haihara Ai was greatly shocked, she was a restrained person after all and did not show much abnormality.

The store manager of Ludao led a group of people into the office and played back the surveillance. She pressed the mouse with her slender hand and dragged it, accurately skipping some content, and the picture was fixed on the robber's face.

 “That’s the guy,” she said.

The police, who arrived first, had already looked at the surveillance camera several times before and didn't pay much attention to her fast walking behavior.

 These latter few people indeed paid more attention to the appearance of the kidnapper.

Miwako Sato looked at it carefully: "Yes, it's Masao Koda... Why did he suddenly do such a thing?"

 “Find someone, just ask and you’ll find out.”

Jiang Xia looked at the face in the surveillance screen that did not shy away from the camera, and felt that there was a client fishing for fish: "It shouldn't be difficult to find. Robbers usually cover their faces or deliberately avoid the camera. But just now In the picture, when Koda Masao turned his eyes, he obviously saw the place where the surveillance was, but he didn't pay attention at all..."

Officer Sato frowned slightly: "In other words, he is not afraid of being recognized by us?"

She thought for a moment and first sent a message to the patrolling police officers to ask them to pay attention to whether anyone surrendered.

Next to him, Qiandao Qianxun held an exquisite product book and drew circles for Jiang Xia on it: "This, this, and this..." She circled a dozen gems, "all stolen."

 After a pause, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Do you know the robber?"

 “I just met you not long ago…”

 …

 When Jiang Xia reiterated his commission for the second time today.

The police suddenly got news.

—This jewelry store also has surveillance cameras at the entrance.

The motorcycle that Masao Koda was riding during the robbery was clearly photographed, including the license plate.

Following this very obvious clue, the police successfully found Masao Koda’s motorcycle near Mihua Station. It seemed that he had abandoned his motorcycle and taken the tram instead - on the steps going down to the platform, a dull-colored gem fell, which was one of the gems stolen from the jewelry store.

Sato Miwako sighed: "Abandoning the motorcycle and taking the tram...it can't be that he gave up looking for his sister and grabbed a sum of money to go back to his hometown in the countryside. There must be other purposes..." A group of criminal police officers were still waiting to obey the order.

Although Sato feels that the matter is not simple, he can only follow the procedures first: "Set up cards at several stations on the circular line where you can transfer, focus on searches, and move faster. Send people to other stations to check."

 After speaking, she looked at Jiang Xia subconsciously.

According to experience, when you encounter something that you don’t understand when solving a case, you can definitely ask Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia noticed her gaze, but her eyes drifted and she looked away. The Kojima store manager who was stuck next to him moved aside intentionally or unintentionally, blocking Miwako Sato's view.

 Police Officer Sato: “…”

 Let’s not talk about a certain store manager who has too many flaws... Is this little detective hiding something from her?

 She wanted to ask, but she felt that if Jiang Xia deliberately concealed it, he might not be able to tell her... What was going on?

Miwako Sato touched her chin. Her first reaction was: Jiang Xia had already deduced the whereabouts of Koda Masao, and was trying to get there first without telling the police to take the time to beat him up.

But after thinking about it, I realized that although Jiang Xia likes to beat prisoners, he usually does so only when he happens to happen to do so, and does not deliberately hide it from the police.

 It should be something else...

 Miwako Sato reorganized the cause and effect of the incident and thought about something quickly.

Conan discovered the brief interaction between Jiang Xia and Officer Sato, and had vague suspicions in his heart.

— Judging from the behavior of Koda Masao, his search for Koda Sanae is definitely from the heart and very motivated.

At this time, I suddenly came to rob a jewelry store... I always feel that there may be some connection between the two things.

 …The fact that he did not cover his face or avoid the camera when he snatched the gem shows that Masao Koda did not intend to escape punishment and did not mind being caught for it. The same goes for the motorcycle with its license plate not covered up. In addition, there is the gem that "unfortunately" fell on the platform steps.

These actions are not so much "escape", but more like deliberately directing the police's attention to Rice Flower Station, creating the illusion that Koda Masao is "fleeing in fear of crime."

In fact, starting from Mihua Station, in addition to transferring to other stations, you can actually go to another place - Cupido Town, the home of Watanuki Giichi.

　　　…”

Through the combination of several things, Conan felt that he might understand Koda Masao's plan - he wanted to bury the gems he grabbed in the yard of Watanukiyi's family. Later, if the police wanted to search for the stolen goods, they would have to open up the yard of Watanukiyi's family. If there is really a body buried in the yard, it will definitely be exposed by then.

Thinking of this, Conan looked at Officer Sato who was thinking, hesitated, and said nothing.

 …The most troublesome “armed robbery” has now happened.

In this case, adding the charge of "sneaking into someone else's yard to bury gems" is actually irrelevant.

Although this is unfair to Watanuki Yiichi, but from another perspective, if Koda Masao really has a mental disorder because of the disappearance of his sister, and then becomes a stalker who stalks and harasses Watanuki Yiichi for a long time, then Digging up the yard to let him see the situation inside was a bit frustrating, but it was also one of the possible ways to get out of this situation.

Jiang Xia probably realized this, so he didn't say anything.

 …

at the same time.

Okiya Subaru and the three children from the Junior Detective Team waved their hands and watched them leave.

Then he straightened up and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

 (End of this chapter)