Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 88: A Master of Pretending to be Confused

"How did you find this place?" As soon as Tachibana Shizuka walked out of the station, he saw the Suzuki family's Maybach parked at the station entrance.

Good taste. The general also likes Maybach, but what the general likes is the people's Maybach.

The Suzuki family's driver drove Tachibana Shizuoka to a high-rise building near the Tsutsu River Rice Flower Pier.

They entered the high-rise building and took the elevator directly to the top of the building. On the rooftop, Tachibana Seiji and Sonoko had an undercover meeting.

"How about it? I found a good place, didn't I?" Sonoko walked with Tachibana Shizuka to the edge of the rooftop and pointed at the dock filled with containers not far away and said:
"President Takei will be there shortly to exchange hostages and ransom with the criminals. The Metropolitan Police Department officers have already set up a dragnet at the docks, waiting for the first person to take the bait.

Oh, and I also prepared this.”

Sonoko took out a telescope and handed it to Tachibana Shizuka.

Looking at the telescope stuffed into his hand, Tachibana Seiji fell silent. He had put a lot of effort into getting a piece of the melon garden.

"There's one thing I'm curious about. Sonoko, how did you know they would be exchanging at the dock?"

"You can find out about this kind of thing if you ask a little. I went with Mr. Maori, and the officers didn't keep it secret from me."

"Are Officer Megure and his team still on duty this time?"

"No, it's an officer I'm not very familiar with. Officer Megure seems to be in charge of another important case, so he is not in charge of this incident."

After listening to Sonoko's brief description, Tachibana Seiji began to be pessimistic about redeeming the hostages.

If you stand high up and observe through binoculars, you can see several "sneaky" figures. Needless to say, they are definitely police officers.

Could a group of police officers really come up with such a hasty action plan?

At least if it was Officer Sato who handled the matter, he would definitely not be so careless - at least he would make sure the hostages were rescued, right?
Tsk, it’s the first day that Officer Sato is away. I miss her.

"See that car, Shizue? That's President Takei sitting in it.

"Do you know how much ransom the kidnappers demanded from President Takei this time?" Sonoko asked mysteriously.

"How much? Thirty to fifty million? I think that's the price the kidnappers charge, right?
But since the president's company is willing to be your supplier, I guess it's 8 million to 1 million yen?"

Tachibana Shizuka made a reasonable guess - which is more difficult to carry out, robbing a bank or kidnapping?
Tachibana Shizuka believes that robbing a bank is more difficult. Although during a bank robbery, bank staff will "try their best" to cooperate with the robbers to save their lives.

But after the bank robbery, the police don't have to limit their investigation of the bank robbers. Not to mention the detectives from other places who may join the investigation and their accomplices who are eyeing the reward on the bank.

Detectives from all over the country who are eager to stand out and become famous, and their accomplices who are greedy because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, are the bank robbers' lifelong enemies.

On the contrary, kidnappers always make police and detectives afraid to act as long as they have hostages.

Risk and reward are obviously proportional under normal circumstances. After all, there is always cash in the bank. However, the cash flow that a president can provide may not necessarily satisfy the kidnappers.

Whether it's 8 million or 1 million yen, it's a great number for criminals. After all, sometimes you might not be able to steal that much from a bank robbery. million, million, billion, or million are rare cases.

After hearing Tachibana Shizuka's answer, Sonoko gave him a look that said, "You're still too young." "Only 8 million? You really look down on the kidnappers in Beika Town. This time, they're demanding 5 million yen from President Takei."

"How much? 5 million yen?" Tachibana Shizuka was stunned after hearing the amount. 5 million yen, doesn't that mean it's equivalent to half of Miyano Akemi?
I remember when Akemi Miyano was planning to rob a bank, she was looking for accomplices, preparing weapons, and finally even joined the bank herself just to get information about the bank's armored car.

As a result, the weapons that were prepared were taken away by Tachibana Shizuka before the operation even began. In the end, even if they really succeeded, they would only get 10 billion yen.

note!

The 10 billion yen does not belong to Akemi Miyano alone, she also has to share it with two or three accomplices she found.

When it comes to dividing up the spoils, it's unlikely to satisfy everyone. So, should those who are dissatisfied consider the bank's bounty?
Anyone would know what to choose between two or three hundred million in stolen money that cannot be spent, and one hundred million in bounty that can be spent at will.

"Is it so easy for kidnappers in Beika Town to make money now?" Tachibana Seiji held up a telescope and glanced at the place where hostages were handed over from time to time.

"But then again, is President Takei really going to pay the ransom?"

If it were somewhere else, Tachibana Shizuka might not ask this question, but this is Beika Town, where Conan grew up.

In Beika Town, whether it is the president or the kidnapper, how can they not have any work?
"Of course I won't pay the money honestly." Yuanzi said disdainfully: "That old guy didn't prepare any ransom at all. The money in the box was all cut out of newspaper.

On top of that was a banknote to hide it from the criminals.”

"This is the main reason why I came to you, Shizuka!" Sonoko looked very serious at the moment, and her tone was also rare and serious:
"That old man is completely unreliable, and these detectives are just too much to describe. In the end, Takei-san's safety depends on us!
With Uncle Mori and you, I believe we will be able to rescue Takei-san safely!"

"Oh, there's one more thing. I already discussed this with President Takei before you came back.

If we can successfully rescue his daughter, President Takei will pay us one tenth of the ransom demanded by the kidnappers, which is 50 million yen as our commission!"

Fifty million yen! As expected of Miss Sonoko, this is the limit of the detective world with just one move.

You have to know that the entire detective industry may not encounter a few orders worth over 10 million throughout the year.

It turns out that money ability is a very useful ability. Unfortunately, this thing can only be inherited for the most part.

"Okay, now that you mention it, I'm suddenly motivated!" Tachibana Shizuka suddenly felt a sense of mission:
"Isn't he just a little rice krispie kidnapper? Get rid of him!"

Also, just now when Sonoko mentioned that President Takei used newspapers to fool the kidnappers, Tachibana Seiji suddenly had an idea.

In the original novel, there really was a person who burned newspapers at a grave to fool the ghosts. Tachibana Shizuka remembered that the kidnapper seemed to be the secretary of the president?

"Hmm! A van has arrived. It looks like the kidnappers are already in place."

　Fight, fight, the battle of Riwan begins
　　
　
(End of this chapter)