Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

Hearing a soft cough from the back seat, Kogoro Mouri's smile froze. He turned to look at the back seat and exclaimed in surprise, "Ran? And Ryuno? What are you doing here?!"

"Because this child got on the bus without permission!" Ran pointed to Conan standing next to her.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri noticed Conan standing to the side and angrily exclaimed, "Who is this guy?!"

"This is Professor Agasa's relative's child, who wants to stay at our house temporarily."

"What? Impossible! Besides, don't disturb my work, get off the bus!"

"That's even more impossible, we're already on the highway..."

"..."

Looking out at the highway, Kogoro Mouri sighed and had no choice but to accept the situation.

……

The group arrived at the residence they had been entrusted with by car.

As soon as the client met Kogoro Mouri, he immediately told him about the current situation.

"The kidnapped person is my daughter, Akiko Tani, she's ten years old. My butler, Aso, witnessed the kidnapping firsthand..."

After understanding the current situation, Kogoro Mouri made a preliminary judgment that the culprit must be President Tani's competitor or rival company.

But with Conan's deliberate reminder, even Kogoro Mouri realized that if the culprit had really escaped from beside the tree, the dog would have barked.

Since no one heard the dog barking, it means that the whole story of someone coming in and kidnapping the little girl is a hoax.

So, Aso the butler was lying! And this indirectly proves that he is the real culprit.

Seeing that the master and everyone else were staring at him, Butler Aso was sweating profusely and could no longer hide the truth.

He confessed to the whole incident, explaining the reason for kidnapping the young lady and her current location.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the housekeeper suddenly rushed in with a phone, anxiously saying, "Master! There's a call for you! And..."

Seeing the housekeeper's flustered appearance, President Gu immediately took the phone.

The phone call brought a shocking statement: "The three hundred million yuan in old banknotes are all ready, aren't they?"

"Dad! It's the school's warehouse! You can see a huge chimney from the window!"

"..."

After the butler, Aso, frantically denied it, everyone realized that the young lady had apparently been kidnapped by real criminals.

Seeing this, Longye knew that the real show was about to begin.

However, he had a question when he watched this episode.

Why such a coincidence?

During their "fake kidnapping" attempt, Butler Aso and Miss Aso suddenly encountered a real kidnapper.

And the kidnapper just happened to know the identity of this strange little girl? And just happened to find out the little girl's home phone number?

In fact, he just happened to know that this President Gu had the ability to come up with 300 million old banknotes?

This... doesn't seem right at all, does it?

But the most important thing right now is to find the little girl's location and rescue her first.

Thinking of this, Longye looked around and then mentally instructed the advanced AI: "Xiao Jia, bring up the 3D model of the entire city. Find out which school's warehouse leads to the building that looks like a giant chimney."

[Received. 3D model analysis in progress... A suitable location has been found—the warehouse of Erqiao Middle School.]

Since the system's AI function was upgraded to an advanced level, it has been able to help him do all sorts of things. In memory of a certain person from his previous life, Longye specially named this AI "Xiao Jia".

Looking at the location marked on the virtual screen in front of him, he picked up Xiaolan and ran out of the mansion with her.

No one noticed their actions.

……

"Ryūno? W-what happened?"

Looking at Longye, who was carrying her and running at high speed, Xiaolan asked curiously.

Upon hearing Xiaolan's question, Longye sped up and replied, "Oh, I know where that little girl is."

"Then why did you carry me while you ran?"

"Of course, it's faster this way!"

"Then if you don't carry me, won't you run even faster?"

"..."

Upon hearing Xiaolan's question, Longye suddenly opened his eyes and realized... Xiaolan was right, why did he carry her along when he ran?

Could it be... a habit?

Seeing Ryuno deep in thought, Ran looked at his profile gently and then smiled.

Soon after, with Long Ye's inhuman running speed, they arrived at the gate of Erqiao Middle School.

Longye, carrying Xiaolan, pushed off with his legs and easily jumped over the school gate, landing smoothly.

At this time, inside the warehouse

A man wearing a baseball cap put down his knife, took out his phone, and thought to himself, "It's time to tell them where to put the ransom."

Just then, the warehouse door was suddenly opened.

"Who?!"

The man immediately turned his head to look at the warehouse door.

"Bang! Bang!"

With two muffled thuds, the man fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

Not long after, the little girl, Akiko, who was tied up nearby, overheard this conversation.

"Ryūno, what did you just throw? I think I saw something flashing silver..."

"Haha, you must be imagining things, Xiaolan. I just threw a stone that I picked up randomly."

"Yeah…"

Seeing that Xiaolan seemed to have dispelled her doubts, Longye breathed a sigh of relief.

He casually pulled a steel pipe from the "steel pipe" space and threw it out.

After upgrading his "Love of Steel Pipes" skill to S rank, he discovered that not only had the quality of the steel pipes improved dramatically, but he had also gained a new ability.

Previously, he could only summon the steel pipe at will, but he could not return it to the "steel pipe" space without touching it.

But now, even if he throws the steel pipe out casually, he can retrieve it at any time with just a thought.

If you think about it in a wicked way, if he really wanted to kill someone... he could just aim at the target from a distance, throw the steel pipe with all his might, and then instantly retract the pipe.

This method of murder not only exceeds the comprehension of ordinary people, but it also leaves no evidence at the scene…

Even if Sherlock Holmes came, let alone Shinichi Kudo, he wouldn't be able to catch the murderer!

Chapter 49 For every person who evolves, there is someone who regresses (Part 4)

……

Seeing the older brother and sister who suddenly appeared in front of her, Tani Akiko realized that she seemed to have been saved.

After Xiaolan untied her, the little girl immediately threw herself into Xiaolan's arms and started crying. Xiaolan could only pat the little girl's back and comfort her.

After tying up the prisoner, Longye turned to Xiaolan and said, "Xiaolan, don't you think this is too much of a coincidence?"

"I believe there must be a 'mole' lurking in the shadows within the client's home..."

After listening to Longye's analysis, Xiaolan nodded. Indeed, these two kidnappings were extremely suspicious.

Looking at the little girl who had calmed down, Xiaolan asked, "Longye, what should we do?"

After thinking for a while, Longye suddenly remembered that the prisoner had a cell phone. He immediately picked up the cell phone that the prisoner had dropped on the ground and examined it carefully.

Upon seeing the call logs and call duration, a slight smile appeared on his lips; he knew the answer.

However, the next moment, he started complaining about the level of technological development in this timeline.

This phone is so basic! It doesn't even have a function to delete call logs?

For someone like Gin, who is constantly involved in the underworld, does he have to throw away a cell phone every time he makes a call to prevent information leaks?

Could this be the reason why the organization has always been short of money? A VVIP at a mobile phone store?

No wonder even a big shot like Gin had to personally step in to raise funds for the organization...

After feeling sorry for Gin, Ryūno picked up the prisoner from the ground and calmly said, "Let's go back. I already know who that 'traitor' is."

……

Client's courtyard

President Gu kept pacing back and forth, raising his arm every now and then to look at his watch: "Why hasn't the prisoner called yet?! My daughter..."

Kogoro Mouri, standing to the side, was also sweating profusely with anxiety. Although he had previously handled criminal cases, he also had a basic understanding of kidnapping cases.

The longer a kidnapping takes place, the lower the victim's chances of survival.

Moreover, it's not uncommon for prisoners to suddenly kill their captives during ransom demands, for various reasons...

For a moment, the scene was extremely quiet, and everyone was very tense.

Therefore, no one noticed that Ryūno and Ran, as well as Conan and the puppy, were missing.

A few minutes later, Kogoro Mouri finally couldn't hold back any longer. He solemnly suggested to President Tani that he wanted to secretly contact the police.

Upon hearing his suggestion, President Gu clenched his fist and nodded helplessly.

There's no other way now.

Seeing that the client had agreed, Kogoro Mouri instructed, "Ran, go and call the police!"

"...Xiao Lan?"

Two seconds later, he still hadn't heard Xiaolan's reply, and then he realized that Xiaolan and Longye and the others had disappeared.

"Damn it! These guys just come and go as they please!?"