Chapter 7 Chapter VII

When we got back to the apartment, Juri seemed to be doing something in the kitchen.Judging from the taste, she was probably cooking something. "Are there any ingredients for milk Shan thick soup?" I asked her standing at the kitchen door. Juli was stirring the pot in my shirt and sweater, with my T-shirt tied around her waist as an apron. "There are still several kinds of fish in the refrigerator, and the vegetables seem to be rotten, but they are still usable." It just occurred to me that these were originally bought for gratin. "You haven't met anyone, haven't you answered the phone?"

"Not at all! I still want not to let others know that someone is there. I even turn off the sound of the TV to a low level. I also pay attention not to make a sound when I walk. The phone rang during the day, but I didn't answer it." I should have called it.Anyway, Juli's vigilance didn't seem to be lowered. She keeps an eye on the size of the gas fire, the big pot of soup that I haven't used more than twice so far. "I didn't expect you to be good at cooking!" "No, it's just because of boredom. Are you hungry?" "I'm full, I brought this back for you." I picked up the paper bag and showed it to her.

"What's inside?" "Bento." She looked at the things in the paper bag, opened her eyes and said: "'An Wan's bento! It's so good! The head chef of this restaurant will occasionally appear on TV. Then I'll eat this." "What about the soup?" "This kind of thing is whatever you want." Shuli went to the pot and turned off the fire. By the time I went back to the dormitory, changed my clothes and returned to the living room, she had already started to eat the bento, tasting each mouthful carefully while explaining one by one, while I drank a can of beer and listened to her talk.

"By the way, I can see your father today." She stopped her chopsticks: "Where is it?" "He came to our company. His daughter has been kidnapped. I really don't know what he is thinking. I think it may be the police's instruction. If you want to pretend to be calm, it is best to stay in your company together in the end. " "He doesn't care about my affairs." She started eating her dinner again. "Don't worry about his real thoughts, but he should know that this is a troublesome matter, because he has seen the threat letter and has already responded."

"Really? Have you replied to the website?" I turned on the computer and went online and went to the website. "Oh! The number of responses has increased!" In addition to the messages seen during the day, there are other new replies on it. Want to confirm the quality (Julie) I'm the new Julie.Someone was going to give away the new CPT, but I still wanted to see things for myself.If you want to confirm whether there are any injuries, and also want to hear the sound of the engine to pay, at least wait until these are confirmed.I think so, do you think so too? Shuli ate and stopped, she looked at the picture.I turned to her profile and said, "Well... what do you think? Ms. Juri?"

"The results are……" "Make sure you're okay first, then talk about the deal—that's what it means." "What are you going to do?" "Well, what should I do." I sat down on the sofa, stretched my legs, and drank beer.Shuri looked at me. There are two main reasons for the enemy to say this: one is to make sure that the hostages are really okay, and the other is to let the prisoner show his feet.The enemy is the police, and what they are most looking forward to is that the prisoner will call, and then ask Shuli to speak on the phone, to see if they can get any kind of information while counter-detection.Now Katsuragi's phone should be equipped with a phone recorder and a lot of other machines that some don't have. The detectives are also waiting with earphones in one hand.

This is a scene that is sure to appear in novels and movies about kidnapping.Once the families of the victims demanded confirmation of the safety of the hostages, the prisoners had to rack their brains to think about how to hinder the police's investigation.This can be said to be the first hand-to-hand combat between the police and the prisoner.Some kidnappers even take advantage of live TV broadcasts to present hostages. Thinking about it, this is very strange. Logically speaking, the prisoner has no reason to agree to the request of the victim's family. The prisoner only needs to make the request unilaterally.If we stop negotiating, the victim will lose. In the same way, I just need to be rude to these demands in this case.The safety of the hostages can still be confirmed after paying the money, why, because the hostages will be released unscathed - it should be possible to respond like this.I would like to write a reply letter like this.The "Julie" on the bulletin board is also written with an e-mail address.Of course, the other party thought that I would reply by email.

"Can't make a phone call!?" Shuli said. "It's going to die." "I think so." "Do you want to call?" She shook her head and said, "Nope!" "At this moment, unless you're an overly stupid madman, you won't do such a thing. But, I also thought that if you do such an idiot thing, it should be very interesting." "Interesting meaning..." "Because it's a game, you can't start it if it's not fun. But there's no reason to just make a phone call." If you want to make a phone call, you have to have something good to do.The benefit I want is to disrupt detection, so how do I do it?

When I was thinking this, "Hey..." Jyuri moved her lips slightly. "What's up?" "Speaking of phone calls, one thing comes to mind, I... probably did something I shouldn't have done." It is rare for Juli to speak with such polite and weak evidence. I have an omen that something bad is going on.I taught myself that my eyes changed and I stared at her sharply. "Yesterday, you asked me, did I call anyone after I ran away from home?" "Ah! Hey! How is it possible...you didn't say it!?" I couldn't help standing up. "I didn't say anything. But... called."

"This is how the same thing?" "I have a friend named Yuki. I wanted to go to her place first, so I called her. Don't look at me like that. At that time, I never thought that things would turn out like this!" "Forget it, you continue to talk." I started to have a headache.Young girls always do that! "But she wasn't there, and I realized later that Yuki went to the United States this month, so no one answered the phone, only the answering voice on the answering machine." "You're not going to leave a message on the answering machine, are you?"

In response to my question, Jyuri looked down with disgust.I started scratching my head wildly. "What did you say in it!?" "I'm Shuli, I forgot to call when I went to America for entertainment." "and then?" "Just like that, hang up immediately." I sat down on the sofa again, frowned, and stretched heartily. "Why did it take until now..." "I never said anything. So I forgot all about it until just now." "Do you know that the answering machine will record the time exactly. If Yuki comes back from the United States, she will know the time of the kidnapping. Maybe she will investigate in detail because her friend was kidnapped! Also, what will happen if the message is heard? Can you still make a leisurely phone call after being kidnapped? Will it not arouse suspicion from others?" "I think it shouldn't matter. Basically, she is a slow person and won't notice the contradiction in time." In the middle of what she said, I started shaking my head. "I want to play this game perfectly to the end. It doesn't matter what, do you think it's possible to keep playing with such ambiguous statements?" "Then what's going on!" Shuli said angrily. I rubbed my eyes with the index fingers of both hands, exhaled lightly and said: "I've decided, the plan is aborted, and the game will end here." "why is it like this……" "I can't help it! If Yuki finds a contradiction in time, if you talk to someone about it, what do you think will happen? What if this enthusiastic person still runs to the police? After that The police found out that it was just a kidnapping for a prank, and then ran to question you? Then the game is over!" "I will never say it, not even in death!" Shuli said decisively.Probably to express her determination, she pursed her mouth into a straight line after speaking. "The police investigation is not as simple as you think. I'm not so clear about it, but it's definitely not something you, a stubborn little girl like you, can handle." The little girl felt unhappy after being read, with a straight face.But I didn't have the strength to fight her. I drank the beer in one go and squished the can with one hand. Now that the plan is about to be terminated, it would be better for Juli to go back earlier for her own consideration, but it is not enough to let her go back like this, because the threatening letter has been sent out, and the police have also begun to take action.I had to make up a story to show that I was tricked by Jyuri into following this prank.The question is how to convince Shuli? "Hey, I have a proposal." "Before I listen to you, I want to say my proposal first." "I don't want to listen to the words to stop the game!"