Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 296 290. The Naughty Child's Day of Fame - Continued

"Ah? Did Uncle Lin also notice that Sister Gao Shan was kidnapped?!"

Conan was extremely surprised to hear what Lin Longma said. He thought they were the only witnesses at the scene.

I didn’t expect that Lin Longma also saw it?

As for Hayashi Ryoma's reason, Conan thought it was very reasonable. With Hayashi Ryoma's personality, he would definitely not be blocked forever.

But he didn’t seem to see Lin Longma in the restaurant at that time?

Conan's attention was initially focused on Takayama Nan, because Takayama Nan also jokingly mentioned the troubles he had recently encountered.

Later, Gao Shannan was kidnapped, and his attention was focused on the van and the criminals outside.

It's understandable that I didn't notice Hayashi Ryoma and Kaneda.

This question was just out of detective habit. As long as Lin Longma could give a reasonable reason, he would not be suspicious.

By the way, many of the murderers in Beika Town were investigated because Conan became suspicious due to a casual remark.

Fortunately, the reason given by Lin Longma was very reasonable.

"Yes, Jintian and I were in the restaurant at the time, sitting in the corner. It was Jintian who first noticed you sitting by the window.

Not long after, Miss Gaoshan was kidnapped after answering the phone call."

After Lin Longma finished explaining, he said to Shiratori, “I asked Shiraishi to write down the license plate number of the van.

What's the situation now? "

Hearing that Shiraishi had written down the kidnapper's license plate number, Shiratori immediately called a criminal police officer and asked him to take Shiraishi to provide some information.

However, even though he had the license plate number information, Shiratori did not relax at all.

The criminal base of Beika Town is so large that the quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Not to mention how fancy the methods used by these criminals are.

But at least these criminals still have the most basic anti-detection means.

Generally speaking, this license plate is either a duplicate or a fake one, or even a stolen car.

You can focus on the investigation, but don't place too much hope on it.

In Tokyo, only the worst thieves would use their own cars to commit crimes, and then be caught on the spot by the police.

After letting his men take Bai Shi away, Shiratori introduced the current situation to Lin Longma.

"We received a call from Conan thirty minutes ago. Twenty minutes ago, the concert organizer received a ransom call from the kidnappers."

"Want money?"

"No." Shiratori shook his head, then showed a puzzled look. Then he took Lin Longma to the backstage phone.

The police had already installed a monitoring and recording device next to the landline backstage at the concert. Shiratori pressed the playback button, and the criminal's voice slowly sounded.

Lin Longma listened to the entire recording quietly, and then showed a puzzled look. The kidnapper did not ask for money, and did not even mention money.

The entire recording was just asking the organizer for Gao Shannan's carry-on bag.

"You want a package?"

It is obvious that TWO-MIX was not kidnapped for money.

Gao Shannan's backpack was taken by Bai Niao, and then a pair of white gloves was handed to Lin Longma.

After Lin Longma put on his gloves, he took out everything in his backpack.

Gao Shannan's backpack is no different from other girls', with keys, cosmetics, tissues, and wet wipes.
The only difference is that there is a Walkman inside.

"Does anyone know what's in here?" Obviously, the other items were nothing special.

There was nothing hidden in it, so it couldn't be the kidnapper's target. As for the kidnapper's nonsense that he was a fetishist and only wanted the items in Gao Shannan's bag as a souvenir, Lin Longma didn't believe it at all.

Gao Shannan is such a living person in their hands, so what can’t they get if they want it?

To put it bluntly, even if we use local materials, the things on Gao Shannan's body should be more valuable to the fetishist than the things in her bag.

In this way, this Walkman is a bit too conspicuous.

"It contains the new song that TWO-MIX is about to release - Sister Gaoshan said that tonight's concert will be the first performance of their new song."

"New song?"

After hearing Conan's answer, Lin Longma simply picked up the headphones, put them in his ears, pressed the play button and listened to the new song.

There's nothing wrong with the music, and there's nothing wrong with the recording, so the problem is with the lyrics?
Lin Longma asked Shiratori for a pen, and then wrote down the lyrics while listening to the song.

"There seems to be nothing wrong with these lyrics?" After Lin Longma wrote down the lyrics, he looked at them for a while, then raised his head in confusion and said.

In his opinion, these lyrics were perfectly normal, without any metaphors or anything particularly strange.

Lin Longma looked at Conan and asked, "Did Ms. Takayama say anything special about this new song?"

If it was an ordinary kid, Lin Longma would definitely not ask this question. But Conan is a wicked kid.

His mouth was like a magic, he would answer every question he asked.

Maybe Gao Shannan might have left some useful clues.

Conan thought hard about it. In fact, Conan had been thinking about this matter ever since they returned Gao Shannan's backpack.

The backpack had been checked by the police long ago, and Conan and Lin Longma agreed that the kidnappers were after the Walkman in the backpack.

But Conan couldn't hear anything wrong with the new song.

"Sister Gaoshan said that this song was inspired by their time collecting folk songs at Shoen-ji Temple.

But nothing special happened in Shengyuan Temple when they were collecting folk songs?"

"Shoenji? Shoenji." Lin Longma looked at Shiratori and said, "Let's have someone check Shoenji. Don't limit yourself to Shoenji, but investigate the surrounding areas as well.

See if there are any special circumstances around New Year’s Day.”

As the saying goes, when in doubt, expand the search; this is the biggest difference between Lin Longma and an orthodox detective.

Detectives basically work alone, and even if there are detectives from a company, they cannot mobilize many people for investigation.

But as Lin Longma grew up in the organization, he never lacked people. When the Isshin Society didn't have enough people, he could borrow some people from Gin's executive department.

Otherwise why is Gin so familiar with Hayashi Ryoma? They have been friends for many years.

In this way, his style of operation is actually a bit like that of the police. When there is a direction for investigation, it is entirely possible to use manpower to shorten the investigation time.

The police force has plenty of manpower, why not use it?

The same is true for this incident. If there is a direction, let someone investigate. It is better than sitting and waiting.

Shiratori thought that there was nothing wrong with Lin Longma's proposal and immediately ordered his men to investigate.

"So, who are you going to ask to deliver this backpack? Do you have enough manpower?" Since the kidnappers specifically asked for Gao Shannan's backpack, they must find someone to deliver it.

There is no particular requirement for the person who delivers the gift, but with the number of people Shiratori currently has in the martial arts hall, it is definitely impossible to achieve complete control.

If Shiratori needs help, Lin Longma doesn't mind lending him a hand.

Compared with the police who catch thieves all day long, Lin Longma actually believes more in the professional abilities of his subordinates.

Isn't it a consensus that the police in Tokyo are not good enough?

(End of this chapter)