Conan Rick's Investigator

By checking the surveillance footage, it was discovered that after the power outage, a food truck was pushed out of the venue by a man dressed as a hotel waiter.

Conan still remembered that the main dining area of ​​the venue had just been set up before the power outage, and it was impossible to take it down so quickly.

There is also a storage space under the hotel's dining car, which is just enough to hide an adult.

So, Conan and the Hakuba scout split into two groups, one went back to the venue to call people, and the other went to explain the situation to the police.

"Conan, did you find it over there?"

"No, How about you?"

"I do not have either……"

Masumi Sera's outfit was rather neutral, yet he looked quite heroic.

Since the Akai couple, who had finally reunited, and Xiu Ge were out on a mission, even though Hakuba Tan had recovered, she still stayed at Hakuba Tan's house for a while and ate there.

This time she also came to attend the banquet with Bai Ma Tan.

Unfortunately, she was in the bathroom when the power outage occurred and was not in the meeting room.

At this time, since all the chefs in the kitchen were taken to the police for questioning and the banquet was suspended, the dishes were neatly placed on the workbench.

Yuan Tai, who had been hungry for a long time, stood on tiptoe and looked at the delicious dishes on the operating table. The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily and his saliva flowed out.

However, the most basic moral integrity still had to be maintained. Yuantai finally overcame his appetite and withdrew his gaze.

Suddenly, a familiar fragrance entered his nostrils.

He twitched his nose and sniffed carefully, and found that it was the fragrance of eel rice.

Now I can no longer control my restless heart.

Yuantai instantly switched to police dog mode and began crawling forward, following the scent into the depths of the kitchen.

When he came to a cupboard, he finally saw the eel rice he had been longing for... the sauce.

There was only a smear of soy sauce-colored yakiniku sauce on the metal door of the cupboard.

As a qualified foodie, he now had reason to suspect that the cabinet was filled with eel rice.

But when he opened the cabinet door, he found that there was no eel rice inside.

Instead, there was a middle-aged man lying inside with his eyes closed. He had a thick beard under his nose, his mouth was taped, his hands were tied, and he was in a coma.

This person is obviously the missing President Suzuki.

……

A moment later, President Suzuki was sent to the hotel's infirmary and gradually woke up.

Under the questioning of Inspector Megure, President Suzuki told the story of how he was kidnapped.

In fact, there was nothing much that happened. He was unconscious throughout the whole process and the suspect's face was not seen at all.

However, when President Suzuki made his statement, he mentioned that just last week, President Mitsutsuka, who was playing golf with him on the golf course, was also kidnapped and disappeared for a while.

When the police arrived, they found her in the bathroom of the golf course.

And President Mitsutsuka is also one of the sponsors of the Tokyo World Games.

However, perhaps she was frightened and the female president of the dessert company did not attend today's banquet.

This new situation made Conan, Hakuba Tantei, and Sera Masumi all raise their chins at the same time, looking as if they were thinking calmly.

Ran Mao Li, who was standing next to them, was also stunned when she saw the three people's synchronized movements.

At this moment, a calm and steady voice sounded from behind the screen near the door of the infirmary.

"Inspector Megure, this case may be related to the kidnapping case that occurred on the eve of the opening of the Boston World Games 15 years ago..."

Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Inspector Megure was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look.

A well-mannered middle-aged man wearing glasses walked in.

This person is Yusaku Kudo.

"Brother Yusaku!"

"When did you come back? How long do you plan to stay this time?"

As we all know, behind every successful man there is a woman who silently supports him.

But behind Megure are countless younger brothers who silently support him.

And Kudo Yusaku is the first generation "brother" Jinchūriki. Although he has retired from the "brother world" for many years, he still has considerable weight in Megure's heart.

"I just returned to Japan recently and will stay for a while..."

Kudo Yusaku did not exchange too many pleasantries with Megure, but went straight to the point.

"Officer Megure, 15 years ago in Boston, the United States, there was a serial kidnapping of high-ranking figures from the deceased's sponsors. It was almost exactly the same as what happened to President Suzuki today."

"As for the specific situation, let the professionals explain it..."

As Kudo Yusaku finished his words, an old man with a goatee and gray hair walked in from outside the door.

"This is Mr. James, an FBI investigator from the United States. He came to Japan for this case..."

"Hi everyone, my name is James Blake..."

James nodded to everyone in the room, and then began to introduce the case that happened 15 years ago.

It turned out that on the eve of the Boston World Games 15 years ago, three senior executives of sponsors were kidnapped one after another.

The first is a senior executive of a Japanese pastry manufacturer in Atlanta.

The second is a senior executive of a Chicago consortium company.

The third is a top executive at a Detroit automaker.

"Among them, only the victim in the third case was shot dead at the station after escaping from the criminals."

"Although the victims of the first and second kidnapping cases were later rescued safely, for some reason, when asked for information about the suspect, they remained silent and refused to cooperate with the investigation."

"After a lot of investigation, we narrowed down the suspect to a sushi chef in Boston."

"His name is Ishihara Makoto, and he once served as a banquet chef at a banquet held by the Boston World Sports Arena."

"And when the victim of the third case was killed, he was seen near the scene."

"In addition, his fingerprints were also found on the murder weapon, the pistol, that was found afterwards..."

James paused in his narration.

Bai Ma Tan took advantage of the situation and continued, "I've heard of this case as well. It's said that the motive for the crime was to resist the commercialization of the world and commit terrorist acts."

"Those companies whose top executives were kidnapped immediately stopped sponsoring the World Sports Association..."

Chapter 1483: Genius Appreciates Genius

When the Suzuki family heard the murderer's motive from Bai Batan, they all became visibly nervous.

Because the Suzuki Group is the largest sponsor of this World Games, many of its subsidiaries also sponsor the event.

"You're right."

James continued expressionlessly: "After we arrested Ishihara Makoto, he still refused to admit his crime despite the irrefutable evidence and eventually died of illness in prison."

"But in fact, 11 years ago we caught a copycat kidnapper who imitated the kidnapping case 15 years ago."

"He admitted in person that he was an accomplice in the sponsor kidnapping case 15 years ago and an accomplice of Makoto Ishihara."

Hearing James' statement, Bai Matan's eyes showed a hint of shock.

"Is that so? I have never heard of this matter..."

“It’s a judicial transaction.”

Kudo Yusaku continued, "The FBI made a legal deal with the copycat criminal. In exchange for him revealing his accomplices in other cases, they no longer publicly disclosed that he was one of the criminals in the sponsor kidnapping case."

"However, this has also led to a small number of people outside still questioning this case, believing that the FBI arrested the wrong person and that Ishihara Makoto is not the murderer."

"The sponsor kidnapping case at this World Sports Congress was very similar in method to the case 15 years ago. It can be assumed that it was done by someone who was dissatisfied with the outcome of the case 15 years ago..."

Since all the events that occurred during this World Conference may be related to the organization's plan, Kudo Yusaku and the FBI are paying close attention to this kidnapping case.

As soon as the news of Chairman Suzuki's kidnapping came out, the FBI had already determined that this case was related to the kidnapping case 15 years ago.

Combined with Kudo Yusaku's reasoning, we now have a suspect.

It’s just that we don’t have the strongest evidence yet, so we can’t arrest them directly.

"But since the criminal is dissatisfied with the outcome of the case 15 years ago, he will definitely go find someone..."

"And this person is the criminal's real target."

Kudo Yusaku said so.

……

Pacific buoy.

During the two days in the deep sea, Qin Zhibo gained a general understanding of the creation of the Pacific Buoy Project.

Due to the frequent occurrence of cases around the world and the significant increase in crime rates compared to 10 years ago, ICPO began preparing for this plan very early.

The plan has been joined by most countries in the world. In the future, when the plan is fully completed, all member countries will establish branches and can use this monitoring system after applying.

This is equivalent to a high-end version of "Prism", which will be invested on a large scale in criminal investigations and counter-terrorism operations in the future.

During the past two days of work, in addition to assisting Dr. Agasa to increase the speed of setting up the server channel, Hiroki Sawada also specially built an enhanced firewall system.

This is also a means to prevent organizations from using Internet attacks.

On the night before the global monitoring system was officially put into use and the day before the World Sports Games officially opened, the Pacific Buoy began to connect to the European Police Organization's monitoring center for the first time.

"One minute left before making the first connection!"

Director Makino stood in front of the large screen in the main control room and announced solemnly.

Following his order, operators at all levels outside the main control room and the four operators at the main control desk quickly operated on the keyboards.

Qin Zhibo, Kuroda Heiwei and the Akai family stood behind Director Makino, looking up at the countdown on the big screen.

When the countdown reached zero, a long progress bar appeared simultaneously on the six huge screens hanging on the central column.

The background of the progress bar is an animation of countless fiber optic cables from all over the world converging into buoys in the Pacific Ocean.

However, the progress bar is quite slow, and the number before the percentage sign is divided into three decimal places.

After all, all European police surveillance cameras and even past surveillance data are connected to the server of the Pacific buoy from the European monitoring center.

The amount of data flowing is as huge as the traffic of all the color websites in the world combined.

At this moment, Dr. Agasa came to the microphone at the main console and said, "Hiroki, we can start speeding up..."

"Yes, doctor."

Hiroki Sawada's serious childish voice echoed in the main control room.

Then, the progress bar on the central large screen suddenly flashed, and the speed at which the progress bar increased suddenly doubled.

At the same time, the electricity consumption of the entire server area also increased sharply.

In the Pacific Buoy's living quarters, in the clean white hallways, the ceiling lights began to flicker.

After a while, the efficiency of setting up the server channel reached its peak.

In less than 3 minutes, the progress bar rose to 100%.

"Completion rate 100%, the European Monitoring Center monitoring system has been connected to the server."

Following Sawada Hiroki's announcement, everyone in the control room relaxed their tense shoulders and leaned back in their chairs, breathing a sigh of relief.

A large number of small monitoring windows instantly popped up on the central large screen, and each small window corresponded to a surveillance camera located in Europe.

"Yeah!"

“Wow——！”

"Success!"

Staff members in various parts of the main control room cheered sparsely, celebrating this initial victory.