Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

Chapter 3830 Operation Ends

Nakadai Hidetora was not slow-witted. Seeing that Koshimizu Nanatsuki acted as if nothing had happened, he also pretended that he hadn't seen anything. He zipped up his travel bag and said to Ehara Kenichiro, "Ehara, I'll trouble you from now on!"

Kenichiro Ehara nodded, picked up his travel bag with a nervous look, and went downstairs.

Maori Kogoro followed behind and talked to Chi Feichi, "Feichi, Takagi..."

"Teacher," Chi Feichi interrupted again, leaning close to Maori Kogoro's ear and whispering, "We are not sure if there are other accomplices of the kidnappers in the hotel. The fewer people who know about the police's involvement, the better."

Maori Kogoro finally understood why Chi Feichi had interrupted him before. He nodded in recognition of Chi Feichi's caution and spoke in a low voice, "Have you told Officer Takagi the news?"

Chi Feichi took out his cell phone, found the emails, and showed Maori Kogoro the email records between himself and Takagi Wataru.

[Half an hour later, at Takasakiyama Natural Zoo, the kidnappers have designated Mr. Ehara Kenichiro to deliver the ransom alone, and we will follow behind.]

[Received. We will rush over as soon as possible and set up an ambush at the Takasakiyama Natural Zoo. Considering that the kidnappers may change the transaction location midway, we will also deploy personnel to monitor the nearby roads. In addition, the Oita Prefectural Police will also help us monitor the traffic surveillance of nearby roads. We will keep in touch with you next time, and please pay attention to your safety. ]

After reading the email, Maori Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief and talked to Chi Feichi about other topics, "Feichi, let's split up and drive over there later..."

After arriving outside the hotel, Kogoro Mori handed a car key to Kenichiro Ehara and asked him to drive his rented car to pay the ransom. He got another car key from Chi Feichi, drove the car prepared by Chi Feichi, and followed behind Kenichiro Ehara's car.

Hidetora Nakadai, Yozo Hosogai, Ran Mori and Kogoro Mori got in the same car, while Nanatsuki Koshimizu, Ai Haibara and Conan got in the third car with Ike Feichi. As Ike Feichi kept accelerating and overtaking, the car soon overtook the two cars in front and arrived at the parking lot outside Takasakiyama Natural Zoo first.

Sato Miwako was wearing a wig and dressed as a fashionable woman, waiting in the parking lot. When she saw Chi Feichi and the other three get out of the car, she immediately walked up to them and started a conversation, whispering about the preparations of both parties.

Five minutes later, Kenichiro Ehara drove to the Takasakiyama Natural Zoo and parked his car in the parking lot. Following the instructions from the criminal, he walked into the Takasakiyama Natural Zoo carrying a yellow suitcase containing 100 million in cash and boarded the sightseeing cable car.

The prisoner seemed to want to use this method to confirm how many people were following Kenichiro Ehara and whether it would cause trouble for him to collect the ransom. Nakadai Hidetora was worried that too many people following Kenichiro Ehara would anger the prisoner and put Nakadai Manami in danger. Therefore, only Kogoro Mori followed closely among the group, and the others were scattered everywhere.

Kenichiro Ehara went to the monkey park as instructed, walked into the lounge alone and stayed there for a while. Then he received a call from the criminal. While passing the message to Kogoro Mori on the phone, he anxiously rushed to the new place indicated by the criminal.

"Mr. Maoli, the other party told me to go to Monkey Rock immediately."

"Saru Rock?" Maori Kogoro saw Jiang Yuanjian walking out of the lounge and heard that Jiang Yuanjian was a little nervous. He comforted him and followed him, "I know, you just follow the other party's instructions. Don't worry, I will always follow you."

Nanatsuki Koshimizu was holding a laptop computer, looking down at the signal trajectory of the transmitter displayed on the computer, and confirmed the direction of the signal movement. "The signal transmission of the transmitter is normal, and the direction of the signal movement is also correct."

Three minutes later, Haibara Ai received a call from Conan.

"Edogawa?...Okay, I understand. Wait a moment..."

Putting down the phone, Huiyuan Ai explained to Chi Feichi and Yueshui Nanatsuki, "Edogawa said that the criminal used a drone to take away the package containing the ransom, and we need to track its location."

"The signal is moving westward," Nanatsuki Koshimizu looked at the signal display on the computer, "and continues to go deeper into the woods."

Ai Huihara immediately said to Conan on the other end of the phone, "Edogawa, did you hear that? The signal is moving to the west..."

At the same time, Chi Feichi called Sato Miwako and said, "Officer Sato, the criminal used a drone to take the ransom bag. The transmitter in the bag moved deeper into the woods. The teacher and Officer Takagi are tracking them. Drones cannot fly long distances, so the criminal should be in the zoo now. Once the criminal has recovered the drone and the ransom, he may drive away from the zoo. Please be alert in the parking lot and pay attention to whether there are any suspicious people or vehicles nearby."

"I understand," Sato Miwako responded in a serious tone, "I will ask everyone to pay more attention!"

After Chi Feichi hung up the phone, Huiyuan Ai said with some emotion, "We have become the command center here, how is it? Are we going to help track down the criminals?"

Chi Feichi checked the time on his phone and stood up. "If you want to help, why don't you go to the parking lot? There aren't many transportation options nearby. No matter where the criminal plans to escape from the zoo, he will probably need a car."

"That's true," Nanatsuki Koshimizu stood up, holding the computer. She felt that she couldn't be impatient anymore when she was with this pair of overly stable siblings, so she followed them to the parking lot. "I hope the criminal doesn't find the transmitter so early, so he can lead us to his accomplices."

As the three of them were on their way to the parking lot, the drone that took away the ransom suddenly turned in the air, left and right, and the drone disappeared from the sight of Kogoro Mori and others.

However, the ransom package contained a transmitter placed by Nanatsuki Koshimizu, and the group of people knew the direction in which the package was moving for the time being.

After a while, Miwako Sato and two Oita Prefecture police officers saw a suspicious man in the parking lot.

The man looked very similar to Ryuji Ogikubo, with a red demon mask on his face and a yellow travel bag in his hand. He walked quickly towards a car.

Sato Miwako sat in the car, staring at the man's movements, called Chi Feichi to find out the situation, and confirmed that the signal in the ransom package had reached the parking lot. She became more and more convinced that the man was the kidnapper.

The man came alone to collect the ransom. Sato Miwako did not see the man's accomplices. She was worried that if she rashly arrested the man, his accomplices would be angry and hurt Nakadai Manami. After hesitating for a moment, she postponed the arrest and drove behind the man's car.

Afterwards, Chi Feichi and Maori Kogoro also drove after them.

The man did not notice the transmitter in the bag and drove all the way to the Umihell scenic area in Beppu. After parking the car, he walked into the scenic area with the bag and also brought a large group of people following him into the scenic area.

Realizing that the man wanted to go up the mountain, the police and detective teams immediately dispersed and entered the woods on the mountain trail. Some people fell behind the man, while others sped up and tried to get in front of the man.

The man walked to a secluded place, looked back and confirmed that no one was following him. He took off the red demon mask on his face, revealing the face of Ogikubo Ryuji.

Ryuji Ogikubo took out his cell phone to make a call, but soon put it down again, looked at the screen for a moment, put the phone away with a grim expression, squatted down, put the yellow travel bag on the ground, unzipped it, reached into the bag, and took out a transmitter.

In the woods beside the mountain trail, Takagi Wataru's face changed, "He found me..."

"Catch him!" Seeing that the transmitter used to track the criminal had been discovered, Sato Miwako did not hesitate any longer. She stood up from the bushes where she was hiding while holding onto the wireless headset and speaking, "Everyone, be careful, he..."

Before Sato Miwako could finish her words, Koshimizu Nanatsuki had already jumped down from the wall across the road, and chopped down with the wooden stick in her hand, hitting Ogikubo Ryuji on the back of his neck, causing Ogikubo Ryuji to see black.

Chi Feichi followed closely behind and pushed the dizzy Ogikubo Ryuji to the ground. He quickly searched under Ogikubo Ryuji's clothes and threw the pistol to Koshimizu Nanatsuki. He pressed Ogikubo Ryuji's lower back with his knee, took out a cable tie from his pocket, and tied Ogikubo Ryuji's hands behind his back.

Miwako Sato and other police officers lying in ambush: "..."

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In the blink of an eye, the arrest operation was over.

On the side, Conan looked at the stunned policemen, swallowed his complaints, and walked out of the woods.

I hope the police officers can be more open-minded. This time it's not that the police officers were slow, it's that Brother Ike and Sister Nanatsuki were too fast... no, it should be said that they were ridiculously fast.