The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"Ms. Minami Takayama!"

Conan was interrupted by the calls of a waiter from a nearby shop.

"Excuse me, do you have a Ms. Takayama in the store right now?"

The middle-aged man next to the telephone had disappeared, replaced by a waitress holding the receiver and looking around.

"Ah, I am Takayama!" Minami Takayama quickly stood up and walked over.

"Ms. Takayama, a Mr. Shiina Nagano is calling for you," the waitress explained as she handed the phone to Minami Takayama.

"Okay, thank you!" Minami Takayama smiled and nodded to the waitress, but immediately switched to a complaining tone as she took the microphone. "Please, where are you? We're about to start the harmonies!"

"Um, sorry, I have something else to take care of. I'm already at the store entrance by car."

"Taking a car?" Minami Takayama paused, then turned to look outside the door in confusion. Sure enough, she saw Shiina Nagano's face reflected in the window of an unfamiliar car. "Whose car is that?"

Instead of answering Takayama Minami's question directly, Nagano Shiina said softly, "I have something to show you. Can you come over here for a moment?"

"Come over now?"

"Yes...yes!"

Minami Takayama, filled with doubt, failed to notice the embarrassed expression on Shiina Nagano's face and the frantic winking and signaling she was receiving.

Of course, he wouldn't notice the revolver pressed against the back of his head, threatening him.

"No, don't come any closer... Ah!" Seeing that Minami Takayama didn't seem to understand her signal, Shiina Nagano was about to say something, but suddenly let out a scream and the phone was abruptly hung up.

"Hello?!" Minami Takayama glanced at the busy signal on the microphone with a puzzled look, then looked at the car outside the door again, only to find that the car window had been rolled up.

"What's going on?" Completely bewildered, Minami Takayama hesitated for a moment before deciding to walk towards the door.

Upon seeing this, Aragaki Yu, who was seated, suddenly narrowed his eyes. At his signal, the Snow Woman quietly floated onto Takayama Minami's head and lay down.

dong dong dong~

"Hey Shiina, can't you at least make a sound?" Minami Takayama tapped on the car window, sounding somewhat annoyed.

Just as Minami Takayama was delighted to find the car door open, a fat man suddenly pointed a gun at her and said with a sneer, "Don't move!"

"Ah!" Takayama Minami was clearly startled when she saw the dark muzzle of the gun and saw Nagano Shiina, who was tied up and had already fainted. "Shiina, are you alright!"

"Quick, get inside!" The man who had been hogging the phone in the store suddenly appeared behind Minami Takayama and shoved her into the car.

Then, after he climbed in, the black car sped away.

"what!"

"Oh no! Aragaki-nii, and Conan too!"

Aragaki Yu and Conan, who were sitting in the shop, naturally saw this scene through the glass.

When Conan and his friends rushed out of the store, they found that the car was nowhere to be seen on the street.

Just as Aragaki Yu was about to get up and leave the store, he was stopped by a waitress holding the bill.

At this moment, Yuu Aragaki finally realized the crux of the problem.

Minami Takayama, she hasn't paid the bill yet!

Finally, under the waitress's suggestion that "as long as you leave a phone number, you can get a 20% discount," Aragaki Yu reluctantly paid the bill.

Although the amount of money was not much, the feeling of being cheated still made Aragaki Yu feel a little unhappy.

"Those damned kidnappers!" As the waitress warmly saw him off, a hint of murderous intent inadvertently appeared in Aragaki Yu's eyes as he walked out of the store.

"Mina-neechan, what should we do?!"

"She's been kidnapped!"

When Aragaki Yu arrived at the children's side, they were still in a state of fear.

Conan, however, clenched his fists and glared fiercely in the direction the car had disappeared. "Damn it! How dare they kidnap someone right in front of me!"

……

Finally, after some discussion, since Yuu Aragaki didn't have his phone with him, and Conan's phone was with Minami Takayama.

Yuu Aragaki suggested that he contact the police, while Conan took the children back to the Budokan to inform the staff there.

Having no better solution in mind, Conan naturally agreed.

……

In the office of the martial arts hall.

Many people are making their final preparations here before the concert begins.

Ring ring~

Just when everyone was busy, the office phone suddenly rang.

"Hello." A staff member picked up the landline phone on the table. "This is the Budokan."

"Huh? I'm sorry, could you please say it again?" The staff member looked bewildered, not knowing what the person on the other end of the phone had said.

"I said TWO-MAX is in my hands right now."

"what?"

"If you want to save them, call the police right now!"

"Sir, please don't play pranks!" The staff member, who had just met Minami Takayama at the Budokan not long ago, angrily hung up the phone without waiting for a response.

Please, don't these people know that this is the busiest time of year?

You're just joking!

Chapter 402 Rescue

"what happened?"

The supervisor noticed his subordinate's angry expression and asked him what was wrong.

The staff member who answered the phone complained indignantly, "There was a guy who inexplicably said he kidnapped TWO-MAX..."

"excuse me!"

Just then, the office door was suddenly opened from the outside.

A security guard who had been standing guard outside led Conan and his friends into the office and said to the staff inside, "These kids told me they saw Minami Takayama being kidnapped!"

"Huh?" The staff member opened his mouth in surprise when he heard the word "kidnapping" again.

The manager slammed his hand on the table and stood up in shock, exclaiming, "What did you say?!"

It's true!

"She was just pushed into a car right in front of us!" Mitsuhiko gestured wildly to illustrate the scene, worried that the staff wouldn't believe him.

"Hurry and save Minami-neechan!" Ayumi was so anxious she was almost crying.

"So, what happened just now...!?" The staff member who had answered the phone finally realized the seriousness of the situation and looked at his supervisor in a panic.

"This is bad! It seems that guy was telling the truth!" The supervisor looked at the staff member who was still standing there in a daze. "You need to call the police right now!"

……

the other side.

After being separated from the children, Aragaki Yu did not immediately choose to call the police.

Instead, he casually walked into a roadside bookstore and whiled away the time flipping through magazines.

Because the Yuki-onna was with them, Aragaki Yuu wasn't too worried.

All he needs to do now is wait patiently for the kidnappers to take Takayama Minami and Nagano Shiina to the place where they are being held, and then return to report.

As for calling the police, once Conan and the others notify the Budokan, their staff will naturally take care of it.

……

About thirty minutes later.

Under the guidance of the snow woman, Aragaki Yu has arrived near a two-story warehouse.

Minami Takayama and Shiina Nagano are currently locked in a room on the second floor.

Not long ago, a man left that room and disappeared somewhere.

"very good!"

After realizing that the assailant who came out hadn't noticed him hiding in the corner, Yuu Aragaki quietly emerged from the shadows and followed him from a distance.

After confirming that the thugs still in the room were no longer aware of the commotion, Aragaki Yu slowly approached the man from behind.

From the description of the Snow Woman, Aragaki Yuu can learn that—

There were two men involved in the attack, and both of them were armed with handguns.

To prevent any accidents from happening without revealing his shikigami, Aragaki Yuu waited until the thugs were alone before taking action.

"Who goes there!? Hmph..."

When the man was horrified to discover the figure that had suddenly appeared behind him and instinctively reached for the pistol at his waist, Aragaki Yu had already delivered a vicious chop to his neck.