Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 112 The fog gradually dissipates

After hearing the words "Holy Grail Tarot Cards", the police officers present began to whisper to each other.

Since the first three cases did not cause much impact, the police have not yet announced the case details, let alone case details such as "Tarot Cards".

No one knew about the "Tarot cards" except the real criminal.

What puzzled everyone was that the case that had just happened seemed to be fundamentally different from the previous three cases.

The victims in the first three cases were orphans in nurseries, but the victim in this kidnapping case seemed to have family members.

Not only that, in this case, the criminal actually took the initiative to send a letter to the victim's mother, and tarot cards were placed in the letter.

After a while, the commotion in the conference room finally stopped.

Makino called the police officer who came to report to him and asked about the specific content of the report.

At this time, all the police officers in the audience looked up and forward, waiting for orders from Makino and others.

Manager Matsumoto also turned to look at Makino with a serious expression.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Makino slowly said: "Since this is a kidnapping case, we must act cautiously. Without knowing the criminal's true purpose and whether the hostages are safe, we should try to avoid provoking the criminal.

In addition to me, at most two more people will be sent to the scene. The rest of you will investigate the suspect while waiting for orders nearby and be ready to act at any time."

Having said that, Makino subconsciously glanced at Manager Matsumoto beside him.

Originally, he planned to have Manager Matsumoto go to the scene with him, but Manager Matsumoto's appearance was indeed not suitable for this mission.

Perhaps the victim’s family members thought their children had been murdered after seeing his hideous face.

It would be better for him to stay nearby with Inspector Megure.

……

Twenty minutes later, Makino, Officer Sato and Officer Takagi arrived at Hiramiya's house in Beika-cho 3-chome.

After seeing Makino, Kogoro Mouri and Conan in the house were a little surprised. They didn't expect that this kidnapping case would allow Makino to come to the scene in person.

After a brief surprise, Conan immediately lowered his head to think.

Since Officer Makino appeared here, it meant that the kidnapping case they encountered was probably not that simple.

After briefly greeting Xiaolan and the others, Makino, Sato and Takagi walked up to the mother of the kidnapped girl, Hiramiya Yui.

Officer Sato leaned forward and spoke in a gentle tone: "I'm sorry, you must be Ms. Hiramiya. I would like to ask you about the specific situation at that time... Ms. Hiramiya?"

At this moment, Pinggong Wei was slumped on the sofa in the living room, his face full of grief and fear, his eyes were red, and it was obvious that he had cried a lot not long ago.

It was not until Officer Sato spoke that she realized the arrival of Makino and his companions. She looked up at them in confusion.

The next second, she covered her face and cried again, her body twitching slightly.

Seeing this, Officer Sato quickly sat down next to him and carefully comforted him.

Seeing Ms. Hiramiya's expression, Officers Makino and Takagi looked at each other and realized that it would be difficult to get any useful information from her in a short period of time.

Kogoro Mouri walked up to Makino and the other man and whispered, "The letter from the criminal is on the table in the living room. Let me tell you the details." Makino nodded and walked to the living room with Kogoro Mouri.

After sorting out his thoughts, Maori Kogoro recalled: "Early this morning, I received a call from Ms. Hiramiya. She said that her daughter was missing and wanted me to help find her. Although she had already called the police, the police could not file a case because it was not within the prescribed time of 48 hours.

Ms. Hiramiya and her husband divorced shortly after their daughter was born. She was a bartender, and her job was mostly night shifts, which was completely opposite to her daughter's life.

This morning, when she got home from work and prepared to cook for her daughter, she found that her daughter, Masako Hiramiya, who should have woken up, was still asleep. When she went into the house to check on her daughter, she found that she was not at home at all.

After hearing this, Officers Makino and Takagi roughly understood what had happened.

Makino glanced at the envelope on the table and asked, "What's the situation with this letter?"

Maori Kogoro looked down at Conan and said, "That is... After we came here, Conan was rummaging through Hiramiya Masako's schoolbag and happened to find this letter inside."

Hearing this, Makino did not continue to ask questions, but put on white gloves, picked up the envelope on the table and examined it.

In the envelope, in addition to a "Queen of Cups" tarot card, there was also a letter typed out with a printer.

——"I have taken your child away. Since you can't take good care of your daughter, let me take care of her from now on. Don't worry, she will live a better and happier life than now."

Although there was not much content in the letter, it was enough to serve as proof that her daughter, Masako Hiramiya, had been "kidnapped."

Makino put the letter and tarot cards back into the envelope and handed them to Officer Takagi.

The next moment, Makino returned to Ms. Hiramiya and Officer Sato, and leaned over to look at Ms. Hiramiya, who had stopped crying:
"Ms. Hiramiya, I know you are very emotional right now. But the questions I am going to ask may increase the possibility of finding your child. Please answer them well!"

After hearing what Makino said, a glimmer of hope appeared in Ms. Hiramiya's eyes, and she nodded vigorously.

"Ms. Hiramiya, when your child was young, did you ever leave her in a nursery?" Makino asked.

Ms. Hirumiya was stunned for a moment, then she said, "Yes, at that time I had to earn money to support my family, so I really had no time to take care of young Masako. So before she was 3 years old, I kept her in a nursery for a while..."

"How old is your child this year? Do you have a photo of her?"

"12 years old. Her photo..."

Before Ms. Pinggong could finish, Xiaolan walked quickly to Makino's side and handed him a photo: "Brother Makino, this is the photo of the child."

After seeing the little girl in the photo, a light flashed in Makino's eyes.

The next moment, Makino continued to ask, "Ms. Hiramiya, where is the nursery you just mentioned? Also, please think carefully, have you met any children or parents in that nursery that left a deep impression on you?"

After recalling for a while, Hiramiya Yui hesitated and said, "The nursery is near Beihua 4-chome. As for the children or parents who left a deep impression..."

Having said this, Pinggong Wei lowered his head and paused for a long time.

Under Makino's expectant gaze, she finally spoke: "Come to think of it, I remember there was a child who looked very similar to Masako, and the childcare teacher there almost thought they were twins..."

After hearing this, Makino finally figured out something that he hadn't figured out before.

At this point, he already knew the criminal's gender and motive.

(End of this chapter)