My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 580 Kataoka Renka Goes Out of Control

Then Suzuki Sonoko changed the subject and said with a smile: "But it was a close call. Fortunately, the master of reasoning couldn't understand it. Hahaha~"

[Hey!] Conan couldn't help but smile when he heard that. [I saw it.]

"But then again, why didn't you ask me to play the role?" Suzuki Sonoko said somewhat unhappily.

After these words were spoken, the members of the Junior Detective Team all laughed awkwardly.

No matter how much I feel that Suzuki Sonoko has no self-awareness, I don't know what's going on.

Because of Kataoka Renka's matter, Mao Lilan has been helping with rehearsals these two days.

On the other hand, on the day of the performance, the Metropolitan Police Department received a call from the Kataoka family - Kataoka Renka had been kidnapped!

According to Kataoka Hanshiro, Kataoka Renka suddenly lost contact last night. She said she was going out to buy something and never came back.

Then we received a kidnapping video from the kidnappers demanding a ransom.

The kidnappers demanded a ransom of 150 million yen.

What is even more strange is that the money was not paid by Kataoka Corporation, but by Imai Electronics, Kato Network, and Nakao Media each.

Then prepare the specified amount before 2pm, hand it to secretary Soichi Ohtsuki, and then deliver the money to the Yoshioka 1-chome parking lot.

The blackmail video and letter were sent an hour ago, around 10 am.

Aoki Matsu had just sorted out the logic and hadn't asked about the attack when Mao Li Ran, Conan and Ito Tamonsuke suddenly came running over and said they were looking for Renhua.

But they didn't expect that Renhua was not locked up by Kataoka Hanshiro, but was kidnapped.

"Sender, do you have any clues?" Aoki Matsu asked Kataoka Hanshiro and Oonuki Soichi.

"No." Oonuki Soichi replied.

"It feels like it takes quite a lot of effort!" said Kogoro Mori on the side.

He was commissioned by Kataoka Hanshiro.

As wealthy people, they are always skeptical of the police and think they are not as good as the people they paid for the job.

That's why Suzuki Jirokichi always makes mistakes and there are problems with the experts he hires every time.

"This method is common in international crimes," said Takagi Wataru. "It causes problems all over the world."

"Mr. Kataoka, what about these three companies that the kidnappers asked to prepare the ransom?" asked Aoki Matsu.

Kataoka Hanshiro did not answer the question himself, but said, "Okuri."

"Yes!" Oonuki Soichi responded, then looked at Aoki Matsu and Maori Kogoro and said, "These three are the companies that have had business dealings with our company recently."

Qing Musong frowned when he heard this, "But this doesn't make sense."

"That's right, but why were these three companies specifically designated to prepare?" Kogoro Mori was also very puzzled.

"That's because..." Oonuki Soichi didn't say anything else, but looked at Kataoka Hanshiro.

Kataoka Hanshiro was holding a wine glass with his back to the crowd, looking very unhappy. He heard Oonuki Soichi's pause, so he said, "It's okay, tell them."

"Yes!" Otsuguchi responded, and then continued: "In fact, it was the managers of these three companies who recently proposed to the president for the eldest lady at the same time."

"Huh?" Ito Tamonsuke was stunned when he heard this.

At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly said: "This is just like that story, that..."

"The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter!" said Aoki Matsu.

"The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" is also known as "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" and "The Princess of the Bamboo Grove". The story tells of an old bamboo cutter who found a little girl in the heart of a bamboo and named her "Kaguya-hime".

After three months, Princess Kaguya grew into a beautiful young lady. Five nobles proposed to her, and she promised to marry the one who could find the treasure she loved. However, all the suitors failed. The emperor wanted to force her to marry him by force, but she refused.

Finally, Princess Kaguya ascended to heaven, and the grandfather and grandmother who had raised Princess Kaguya with great effort could only watch her leave.

However... Aoki Matsu never figured out what "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" was trying to say in his entire life.

"That's right! It's Princess Kaguya." Kogoro Mori echoed.

At this time, the door to the living room of the Kataoka family was opened, and an employee of the Kataoka company walked in and said "Excuse me", then walked to Oonuki Soichi and whispered a few words in his ear.

After listening to this, Oonuki Soichi walked over to Kataoka Hanshiro and whispered to him.

No one knew what was going on, but Kataoka Hanshiro suddenly got angry and said, "Get him out!"

Da Guan Zong was shocked when he saw this.

Kataoka Hanshiro said unhappily, "It's already this late, I don't want to hear his lame excuses."

"Excuse me, what happened?" asked Qing Musong.

When Oonuki Muneichi saw that Kataoka Hanshiro had no objection, he turned around and explained, "Actually, it was one of the three suitors I mentioned earlier. He said that his company was not doing well and he couldn't help us prepare the ransom."

"Humph." Kataoka Hanshiro was still furious when he heard this again. "This is just nonsense. He is just afraid of trouble and scandal! My daughter... actually compared Renka's life with the reputation of his company. I am so angry."

At the end, Kataoka Hanshiro looked extremely unhappy and left the bar.

"But what about the ransom the kidnappers demanded?" asked Aoki Matsu.

Kataoka Hanshiro said stubbornly: "I have been prepared for a long time. On the surface, I will use the name of his company. But I will never marry my daughter to him!"

Maori Kogoro heard this and said, "He has lost the qualification to propose to the princess. This is more like the story of Princess Kaguya."

Seeing this, Daikan Soichi said, "As for the other two, they have already sent the designated amount of ransom. I will deliver the money to the designated location when the time comes."

"Inspector, it seems that we can only do what the kidnappers ask for now." Maruta Ayumi said, "We'll see what happens next."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu said, "Go and tell Mr. Oonuki what to pay attention to. I'll watch the video again."

"Yes!" Maruda Ayumi responded.

Aoki Matsu first watched the video quickly, and then started to slow down the video.

Knowing that there was something wrong with the video and that it was a fake kidnapping, Aoki Matsu quickly discovered the problem.

The first thing was that a very obvious spider web suddenly appeared on Kataoka Renka's hair.

Spider webs are actually quite sturdy and will basically not fall down unless someone touches them.

Kataoka Renka was kidnapped for less than 24 hours at most. It was impossible for a spider to weave a web in her hair, and the shape of the web was not normal.

The most important thing is that there was no spider web on Renka Kataoka's head at the beginning of the video, but after the curtains were drawn, there was a spider web. And there happened to be a damaged spider web on the curtains.

What is even more strange is that Kataoka Renka is tied up and squatting in the lower left corner of the video, while the damaged spider web on the curtain is in the upper right corner.

Therefore, the only conclusion is that Kataoka Renka drew the curtains herself.

At this time, Ito Tamanosuke, who had secretly come over to watch the video, suddenly said, "This place."

"Hmm?" Qing Musong looked up at him.

"I feel like I've seen it somewhere." Ito Tamonsuke said seriously.

"Where?" Qing Musong asked hurriedly.

Ito Tamonsuke thought for a moment and said, "This looks like a warehouse. I think it should be that place."

"Which place is that place?" Aoki Matsu asked.

"We rented a warehouse to store costumes and props, and that place is somewhat similar." Ito Tamonsuke said, and after a pause he said, "I remember Renhua also has a key there."

Hearing this, Qing Musong said quickly: "Come on, take us there right away."

"Okay!" Ito Tamanosuke responded.

Afterwards, Aoki Matsu asked Takagi Wataru to stay here and pay attention to the situation and keep in touch at any time, and then he and Ito Tamonsuke went to their troupe's clothing and props warehouse.

When they arrived at the warehouse, everyone got out of the car quickly and stood guard.

A few seconds later, Maruta Ayumi came over and said, "Inspector, there seems to be no sound and no one is coming."

"Then explore further step by step." Aoki Song ordered.

A few minutes later, a group of criminals walked into the warehouse.

"Inspector, this is bad. It seems the kidnappers have moved the person away." Maruta Ayumi came over and reported.

Qing Musong went up and checked the scene, and it was exactly the same as the environment in the kidnapping video.

There was a loose hemp rope on the ground. Where Kataoka Renka had squatted before, not only was her figure gone, but there was mud on the ground instead.

Seeing this, Qing Musong sighed in his heart. Some things cannot be tried, including some human nature.

As a result, Kataoka Renka made a mistake and the fake play turned into real play.

What’s even more frustrating is that now that the fake play has become real, the video and ransom note sent by the kidnapper are no longer valid. It seems that all the clues have been cut off.

Still, there are clues.

This real kidnapper should be the accomplice who helped Kataoka Renka stage the fake kidnapping scene.

If you calculate this way, there are actually not many candidates.

Because Kataoka Renka is in a special situation now.

She just ran away from home and was found.

In this case, her family will definitely keep an eye on her.

Since the Kataoka family is rich, Kataoka Hanshiro might even hire someone to keep an eye on Kataoka Renka, for fear that Kataoka Renka would run away from home again.

Therefore, not many people actually get to know Kataoka Renka.

"Go back to the Kataoka family!" said Aoki Matsu.

Ito Tamonsuke did not go back with Aoki Matsu because there was no way he could go back to the theater as the performance was about to begin.

And I have to bring Ran Mouri back to the theater, so now Ran is the only one who can go on stage.

As for Conan, he wanted to continue his evil intentions, but Aoki Matsu was on guard against him.

For Conan.

Qing Musong has always been: Sweetie when there is something, Mrs. Niu when there is nothing.

He needs Conan to act as insurance for the case he can't remember.

But for the cases that Aoki Matsu can recall, there is no need for Conan, a pretentious person.

Back at the Kataoka household, Aoki Matsu looked at Kataoka Hanshiro and said, "Mr. Kataoka, I need you to talk to our detective alone."

Kataoka Hanshiro subconsciously said: "Otoni."

"No, it's you who's talking to us, not Mr. Oonuki." Aoki Matsu interrupted him directly.

Seeing that Aoki Matsu insisted, Kataoka Hanshiro asked, "Is this related to Renka's kidnapping?"

"Of course it is related. I never do anything that wastes time." said Aoki Matsu.

"Okay, I'll talk to you in person." Kataoka Hanshiro agreed.

He only has this one daughter, so naturally he loves her very much.

Seeing this, Otsukazu tactfully left the living room.

Aoki Matsu waited until Oonuki Soichi left before he spoke: "Mr. Kataoka, first of all, I'm sorry to tell you that Miss Renhua herself let the matter slip. Now the fake kidnapping case has become a real kidnapping case."

"What?" Kataoka Hanshiro couldn't believe what he said. "Inspector Aoki, what do you mean by that?"

Qing Musong showed him the evidence he had just found, and then said: "Ms. Lianhua must want to prevent the marriage, so she deliberately created a fake kidnapping case, and then specifically asked the three companies who proposed to her to pay a ransom.

The purpose is to use the story of Princess Kaguya in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter to hope that you can understand her thoughts and not let her marry these people. But she didn't expect that she didn't expect the accomplice who helped her escape from the Kataoka family and helped her shoot the kidnapping video.

Because of the 150 million yen, she became greedy and turned the fake kidnapping into a real kidnapping. She wanted to get the 150 million yen, but she missed the trick.

After listening to what Aoki Matsu said, Kataoka Hanshiro thought about it, then looked up at Aoki Matsu and asked, "Inspector Aoki, do you suspect Oonuki?"

Otherwise, why would he deliberately ask Otonaki Soichi to go out and talk to him in person?

Aoki Matsu nodded and then shook his head, "Mr. Oonuki is just one of our suspects. Mr. Kataoka, you have such a big family, you should also employ housekeepers, maids and the like, they may also be Miss Renhua's helpers.

So I want to ask you, who was able to take Miss Lianhua away from here under your nose yesterday?"

"Onuki and Takano." Kataoka Hanshiro blurted out, "Yesterday and today, only Onuki's car went in and out of here. Food waste and the like were all taken care of by special people. Takano was the one I sent to take care of Renhua, and it was because she didn't follow Renhua closely yesterday that she disappeared."

Aoki Matsu nodded and said, "So, Mr. Oonuki and Ms. Kono are the most suspicious now."

Afterwards, Aoki Matsu ordered Maruta Ayumi and others to go to the homes of Oonuki Soichi and Miss Takano, as well as the area around their homes to check if they could find Kataoka Renka.

At the same time, he secretly monitored Soichi Oonuki and Miss Kono.

If the other party really wanted to embezzle the 150 million yen, then there would be no way he would let Kataoka Renka live, and he would definitely kill her.

Kataoka Hanshiro was not stupid, he had also thought of this, and after Aoki Matsu finished giving the order, he quickly asked: "Inspector Aoki, Renka, Renka she..."

"Mr. Kataoka, we will do our best," said Aoki Matsu.