Chapter 8 8. The Mocking of a Detective

Ah, it turned out to be the head of a puppet. This trick is really extraordinary and unexpected.However, this villain obviously didn't pay attention to wisdom, this deceitful trick was simply used to coax a three-year-old child.However, because this trick is designed to deceive children, adults are more likely to fall into the trap.Even Akechi Kogoro could not have imagined that the gangster would resort to such childish means. Having said that, who is the "Dark Knight" mentioned by Mrs. Luchuan earlier?Who is the mysterious person who kidnapped Sanae and left the head of a ridiculous doll?Readers must be very clear that the "Dark Knight" is none other than Mrs. Green River.As explained in the previous section, she disguised herself as Sanae from the beginning, went to bed and pretended to be asleep after getting ready, and waited for the moment when Zhuang Bingwei relaxed and fell asleep.Then, he took out the pre-prepared puppet head and arranged it, and returned to his room calmly.Remember, when she sneaked into Iwase's room, she was carrying a bag, which contained the answer to the magic trick and the head of the puppet.

Zhizhi has been a detective for a long time, and this is the first time he has encountered such a humiliation in such a long time.He fell into a predicament. On the one hand, he was ashamed of his trust in Iwase, and on the other hand, he couldn't face the Haikou that he boasted to Mrs. Midorikawa.And the reason for his failure was a puppet head that tricked children, which was really a great shame that made him feel ashamed. "Mr. Wise, as you can see, I entrusted my little girl to you, but she was taken away. You must get her back, arrange it now. If you can't do it alone, ask the police for help... ...Yes, the matter has come to this point, we can only turn to the police for help, call and report the crime, or do you want me to come in person?"

The enraged Iwase Shohei threw away his gentleman's reserve, and even spoke a lot more rudely. "No, please wait a moment. It's been at least two hours since the crime happened. No matter how loud the commotion is, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch the criminals." Zhizhi tried his best to calm himself down, and his brain was not idle at all and spinning rapidly. "I'm sure that nothing unusual happened while I was in the room, so the gangsters could only start before the telegram was delivered. In other words, the real purpose of that telegram was not to foretell a crime, but to disguise the crime that had occurred as What is about to happen tempts us to concentrate on the room until twelve o'clock. During this period, the criminal can escape without any worries. This is the criminal's plan."

"Hehe, oops, I'm sorry, I couldn't help laughing. However, when I thought that the famous detective Akechi Kogoro was concentrating on guarding the head of a puppet for two hours, I just..." Regardless of the occasion, Mrs. Luchuan viciously uncovered Zhizhi's scars.Having won a great victory, she couldn't restrain and didn't want to restrain the elation and joy welling up in her heart. Zhizhi could only grit his teeth and endure the teasing in silence.Although he is indeed a loser right now, he can't believe that he has been completely defeated.There was still a glimmer of hope in a corner of his heart, and he wasn't going to throw in the towel until the truth was found out.

"But just wait, my daughter can't come back." Iwase was so annoyed by Mrs. Midorikawa's unsympathetic words, his heart became more and more anxious, and he couldn't help but blame Zhizhi, "Mr. Zhizhi, I want to call the police. You Could it be that you are not convinced?" Before she could answer wisely, Iwase stumbled towards the living room.Just as his finger was about to touch the receiver, as if he had calculated it correctly, the phone rang first. Iwase babbled, answered the phone helplessly, scolded the innocent operator severely, and then called out to Akechi angrily:

"Mr. Wise, your phone number." Zhizhi was shocked when he heard this, and rushed to the phone as if he remembered something. I don't know what information the two sides exchanged, I only heard Zhizhi was very eager, and the ending was vague: "Twenty minutes? How could it take so long. Fifteen minutes? No, no, no, that's too late. Ten minutes. I'll be here in ten minutes. I'm only waiting for ten minutes. Do you understand?" After Zhizhi hung up the phone, Zhuang Bingwei, who was waiting by the side, retorted displeasedly: "If you finish talking on the phone, can you ask the operator to call the police?"

"Don't rush to call the police. The most urgent thing is to let me sort out my thoughts a little bit. Obviously, I have a big misunderstanding." Akechi ignored Iwase, stood alone in the living room and meditated, his expression much more relaxed. "Mr. Wise, are you not worried about my daughter at all? You have repeatedly promised..." Looking at the sensible and unclear attitude, Iwase's anger is getting higher and higher, which is not difficult to understand. "Hehe, Mr. Iwase, he doesn't have time to take care of your daughter's safety now." Mrs. Luchuan walked from the dormitory to the living room at some point, and said loudly.

"Uh, what do you mean by that?" Iwase was taken aback. "Mr. Wise, please allow me to guess what's on your mind. It's related to our bet, right? Hehe..." The female thief no longer hides her hostility towards the famous detective, and her attitude of acting like no one else is very rampant. "Mr. Iwase, he made a bet with me on his honor and career as a detective. Now that the outcome is decided, he is so depressed and sad. Mr. Akechi, am I right?" "No, ma'am, it's not. The reason why I'm so depressed is that I feel sorry for you." Zhizhi countered tit for tat.

What are these two people doing regardless of my kidnapped daughter?Iwase was confused, and Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out, so he could only look at the two of them in turn. "Hey, poor, what do you say?" Madam couldn't help asking back.As cunning as a female thief, she can't see through the incomprehensible smile hidden deep in the detective's eyes. "Hmm..." Zhizhi took pleasure in it, and replied slowly, "Because it's not me who lost, but you, madam." "Hey, what are you talking about? Don't be so unwilling to admit defeat..."

"I don't admit defeat?" Ming Zhi simply gloated. "Of course. If you don't hurry up and chase the criminals, you'll only be playing tricks here." "Oh, then, does Madam really think I let the criminal get away easily? No wonder, I've caught the criminal long ago." When the female thief heard this, her heart skipped a beat in shock.This unfathomable man was still depressed until a moment ago, why is he talking nonsense again now? "Hehe, interesting, you really know how to joke." "You thought it was a joke?" "Well, what else?"

"Well, let me show you the evidence. Well, for example... What would you think if I knew where your friend Kensaku Yamakawa went after leaving this restaurant?" Mrs. Luchuan's face turned pale, and her steps staggered. "Yanchuan bought a ticket to Nagoya. Why did he get off the bus and stay at the M Hotel in the city? What is in the suitcase he is carrying? If I knew the answer to the above question, what would you think?" "Nonsense, nonsense!" The female thief seemed to have lost all her strength, and her figure shook slightly. "Nonsense? Oh, you didn't realize who made the call just now, did you? Allow me to answer for you, that is my subordinate. When I was scolded by you just now, I was still calmly waiting for the other party to contact me. Because, once Ms. Sanae was taken out of this hotel, and the five subordinates I arranged to guard around could not have noticed. I repeatedly told them to follow any suspicious person. "I waited so hard for that phone call, it was hopeless, but the victory belongs to me after all. You made a mistake, thinking that I was alone protecting Ms. Sanae, and prematurely concluded that I had no helper. Madam, I will accept it as agreed. All your jewelry. Hahaha..." Zhizhi couldn't help laughing out loud, he kept laughing complacently, and the victory and defeat were reversed instantly.Sensible's chest was filled with the same or greater thrill of victory as Mrs. Midorikawa experienced just now.Zhizhi wanted to suppress the laughter, but couldn't.This time it was the female thief's turn to exert her uncompromising stamina and endure the ridicule silently. "It means, you rescued Ms. Sanae? Congratulations! But where is Mr. Yamakawa?" She forced herself to be calm, so as not to let others hear her trembling voice, and tried her best to put on an indifferent attitude. "It's a pity that he escaped." Zhizhi said frankly. "Eh, didn't catch it? Oh..." Mrs. Luchuan let out a long breath, showing a completely reassuring look. "Ah, thank you very much, Mr. Wise. Please forgive me for getting emotional and being rude to you before I figured out the ins and outs. However, you said a moment ago that you had caught the criminal, but listen to what you are saying now What do you mean, let the gangsters escape in the end?" Hearing the unexpected good news, Yan Bin's mood immediately improved, and he couldn't help asking. "Oh, you didn't understand what I meant. The mastermind of this kidnapping case is not Shanchuan. Just now when I said that the gangsters were caught, I didn't just talk about it." Zhizhi's words made Mrs. Luchuan's face turn pale.The next moment, she showed a terrified expression, like a beast driven to a desperate situation, her eyes widened, and her panicked eyes couldn't help searching around. Unfortunately, she couldn't escape from this locked door when she was interested in leaving. "So, where's the gangster?" Iwase, who didn't notice anything unusual, asked back. "Right here, in front of us." Akechi hit the nail on the head. "Oh, but there is no one else here except you, me and Mrs. Midorikawa..." "This Mrs. Midorikawa is a terrible female thief, the mastermind who kidnapped Ms. Sanae." In the room, the deathly silence lasted for dozens of seconds.All three watched each other thoughtfully. Soon, Mrs. Midorikawa broke the silence: "Oh, you can't make it out of nothing. I don't know anything about what Mr. Shanchuan did. I have some friendship with him, so I introduced this restaurant to him. Your accusation is too much..." However, this is only the last scene of the temptress. As soon as she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Zhizhi walked to the door impatiently, and unlocked it with the key in his hand. "Mrs. Midorikawa, stop making excuses, I have witnesses. Can you continue to open your eyes and talk nonsense in front of Ms. Sanae?" Zhizhi finally had a showdown. Outside the door was a wise and young subordinate, leaning against him was Sanae with a haggard face, and police officers in uniform guarded him. The female thief Hei Lizard is currently in a predicament surrounded by enemies.Her enemies, apart from Sanae, plus the police, had a total of four men, and it was obviously impossible for her to escape, given that she was a frail woman. However, she actually looked like she was determined to resist to the end.Why does she still have such confidence? No, not only that.What was even more surprising was that a trace of blood appeared on her pale cheeks, and then she showed a strange smile, which gradually deepened. At this last moment, the arrogant female thief did not know what she had planned, so she burst into laughter out of nowhere. "Hahaha, is this the finale of tonight's scene? Hey, as expected of everyone's acclaimed famous detective Akechi Kogoro, it seems that I lost the battle this time, well, I admit defeat, but this So what? Are you going to arrest me? Could this be wishful thinking? Detective, think about it carefully, did you neglect something? How? Did you lose something in a moment of carelessness? Hehehe... ..." Why is she so arrogant?And what step did Zhizhi go wrong?