Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 280 The Means of Delivering the Ransom

"Okay, I'll go right away."

In Zhizhi's house, Gao Yuan received a call from Mao Lilan, and after listening to the content, Gao Yuan immediately agreed.

So Gao Yuan, who hung up the phone, said to Hui Yuanai:

"Hui Yuan, I have something to go out for a while, I may come back later."

With that said, I'm going to get the car keys.

Regarding this, Hui Yuanai, who was still eating breakfast, felt a little depressed, and couldn't help saying:
"The girl from the detective agency called just now. What's the matter?"

"In the news just now, at the funeral of Daigoro Noguchi, Miss Sonoko Suzuki and Miss Yuri Noguchi were kidnapped."

Gao Yuan explained:
"Because I also rescued Miss Suzuki Sonoko who was kidnapped before, so her parents also want to ask me this time."

"Then I'll go too!"

When Huiyuan Ai heard the words, he said emotionally, then immediately turned his face away, stretched out his hand to stroke his temple hair, and said in a flat tone:

"Anyway, I don't have anything to do here alone. And the little detective will probably go too."

Saying this, Hui Yuan Ai looked at the outfit he had carefully selected today, and couldn't help but sneak a glance at Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan did not refuse this, so after breakfast, Gao Yuan drove the "MINI" and carried Hui Yuanai to Jincheng Temple in Tedan City.

……

"Sonoko, who attended Noguchi's funeral, was kidnapped together with Noguchi Yuri. Although Sonoko's parents and Uncle Jirokichi are rushing back from New York on their family's plane, it will take half a day no matter how fast, so Sonoko's father said Please take care of Mr. Wise for a while."

In the Poirot Cafe, after Xiaolan called Gao Yuan, she answered Kogoro's question like this, with tears in her eyes as she spoke.

In response, Kogoro immediately stood up:
"Okay! Leave this matter to my detective Mori Kogoro!"

"It's not please father. They asked Xinyi at first, but because they couldn't contact Xinyi, they asked Mr. Wise."

Xiaolan couldn't help saying.

"what!"

Hearing this, Kogoro was a little dissatisfied:

"Why? Didn't you make it clear that I'm here too!"

"Probably because Mr. Akechi also rescued the kidnapped Sonoko before."

Facing Kogoro's questioning, Xiaolan thought for a while and said.

In this regard, Conan sighed silently——Although Uncle Maori has become famous recently with my help, he is still a confused detective in essence.

Even so, Kogoro was obviously not to be outdone. After paying the bill, he immediately called a taxi and went to the next door, Tedan City. Naturally, Xiaolan and Conan also squeezed into this car, and the three of them headed to the city together. Jincheng Temple.

……

When Gao Yuan and Hui Yuanai rushed to Jincheng Temple, the three of Conan also arrived here almost at the same time.

At this point, the funeral was over and the temple staff were cleaning up.After being introduced by the elderly abbot of the monastery, everyone came to the lounge behind the main hall, and saw Police Officer Megure and others from the Metropolitan Police Department hurriedly conducting on-site inspections.

However, what is different from usual is that Police Officer Megure and others are dressed in black mourning clothes like ordinary worshipers. Presumably, they did this deliberately to hide the kidnappers and not to scare the snake.

"I brought Mr. Detective and the others."

The abbot said to the policemen who were checking the walls and floors.

Takagi Tsubasa and Sato Miwako heard the voice and raised their heads.

"Oh! It's Mr. Wise and Mr. Mori!"

Seeing these two people coming, the two couldn't help smiling.

"You guys are coming!"

When Officer Meguro saw the two, he also showed an expression of strong support.

"Don't worry, Officer Megure!"

Kogoro said bluntly:
"All in all, I, Detective Mori Kogoro, can go all the way to hunt down suspects. What's more, the person who was kidnapped this time is Xiaolan's good friend, so I will definitely catch all the criminals."

The menacing appearance made Police Officer Meguro very excited.

Seeing this, Conan on the side couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

"This is Yuri Noguchi's younger sister, Miki Noguchi, who was kidnapped."

A long-haired beauty in a black suit and a large pearl necklace appeared in front of everyone under the introduction of Takagi Tsutomu.

"I'm Miki."

Noguchi Miki just nodded slightly, showing a haughty attitude.

"What's going on? Why was Yuanzi kidnapped?"

Xiaolan, who has been tormented by anxiety, hurriedly asked the other party.

"While we were carrying my father's coffin to the crematorium, a phone call came... The voice inside seemed to be a mechanical voice with a voice changer. It was hard to distinguish whether it was male or female, and it made people feel chills all over."

It seemed that when thinking of that voice, Noguchi Miki's body trembled involuntarily.

Seeing her like this, the tall, serious middle-aged man in a black suit who had been standing beside her said:

"I'm very sorry for involving Ms. Sonoko Suzuki in this incident."

"Who is this?"

Gao Yuan asked aloud.

"I'm sorry. I'm the head of the Noguchi family, Kamoshida Ryosuke, and I've worked for the Noguchi family for nearly 30 years."

Kamoshida Ryosuke introduced himself, and at the same time took out a business card with the words "Noguchi Group Executive" printed on it.

"It turned out to be Mr. Executive."

Kogoro stepped forward to take the business card first, and couldn't help saying.

"Uncle, what do you mean by 'involve'?"

Conan on the side couldn't help but asked aloud.

In this regard, Kogoro looked at Conan with some annoyance, but Gao Yuan echoed and asked the same question, for fear that the other party would not answer.

"Although the kidnapper asked for a ransom on the phone, he only mentioned Yuri sister. He said that if he wanted Yuri sister to live, he would prepare diamonds worth one billion yen, and then use this aluminum alloy that he had placed in the lounge in advance. Pack the box and wait for his contact."

Noguchi Miki replied, "He said that if he dared to call the police, he should be mentally prepared for the death of both of them, so..."

"I see. They actually proposed to pay the ransom with diamonds! They even made a special box."

Thoughtful, Gao Yuan said.

"It should be this box. Look, wise man."

Police Officer Meguro said, wearing gloves, and handed the box that was originally placed at his feet to Gao Yuan, while Kogoro got the gloves from nowhere, took the box after putting it on, and observed, it seemed that there was something wrong with it. It looks like they are competing high and far.

"Ah, it's so strange! The box is divided into ten areas!"

At this time, Conan leaned forward, looked inside the box that Kogoro had opened, and couldn't help saying in a child's tone of surprise, Haibara, who was on the side, couldn't help but covered his mouth and smiled.

"Yes, we have checked that diamonds worth one billion yen can fit in just right."

Kamoshida Ryosuke said in a solemn tone.

"In other words, criminals must know a lot about diamonds."

Kogoro said.

"Not necessarily. If it is a couple who have been engaged, because men will give diamonds to women, they generally know the size and value of the diamonds. After all, most of the diamonds on the engagement ring are high-value diamonds."

Hui Yuanai retorted lightly at this time.

Most of the adults on the side were a little surprised by this.

"Little sister, you really know a lot."

Kamoshida said:
"Depending on the quality of the diamond, a 1-carat diamond is about 50 to 100 million. In terms of weight, 1 carat is 0.2 grams. Therefore, based on the requirements of the kidnappers, a diamond worth one billion yen is only a few kilograms at most. .”

"Based on the current market price, a gold nugget worth 10 billion yen is about 250 kilograms, and a banknote with a face value of 1 yen is 100 gram, and it is [-] kilograms if it is exchanged for banknotes."

It seems that because of the influence of Haibara Ai, Conan also began to analyze without any hesitation.

In this regard, Officer Mumu and the others couldn't help being dumbfounded——

"It's...so much worse! Escaping with a few kilograms of diamonds is indeed much easier than the other two!"

Police officer Mumu nodded vigorously and made an analysis.

Regarding this, Miki Noguchi couldn't help saying:

"When my father was alive, he often said that once a major earthquake occurs in Tokyo, the only thing that can be taken away immediately is diamonds. Gold is too heavy to carry away. The same is true for depositing money in the bank. When there is a major earthquake, inflation will increase. It’s like a piece of paper.”

"So that's the case, it's really smart."

Kogoro couldn't help saying.

"Not only that, because there are two countries in Asia with a population of more than one billion, so the president believes that once these two countries are also developed, one day they will become like Japan, the United States or Europe, and the people will want to buy Diamonds, then the price of diamonds may be even higher.”

Kamo Shida added.

In this regard, Gao Yuan couldn't help laughing——

"That's right, that's why the kidnappers came up with the idea of ​​trading with diamonds..."

Seemingly pointing, Gao Yuan looked at Miki Noguchi and Ryosuke Kamoshida in front of him, and asked:
"Then, why did the kidnappers only ask for ransom from Ms. Noguchi Yuri's family? After all, Ms. Sonoko's family is also very rich!"

　Thank you Yanxi 1 Weige for the reward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)