Chapter 24 Chapter 24 The Great Detective is in Distress

The wise detective went out, the taxi had been waiting for a long time.He is a regular customer of this car, and he is also familiar with the driver. After getting into the car, he said "The Metropolitan Police Department", and the driver set off immediately. After turning three street corners, the car came to a desolate residential area with long concrete walls on both sides of the road.When driving through an intersection, suddenly a bicycle came out from the fork.Oddly enough, this car doesn't have a rider!The driver slammed on the brakes, it was too late—— "Ping bell bang bang!"

The detective's car hit the bike hard.The bicycle was knocked far away, and when it landed, the frame and wheels were crooked beyond recognition.The front face of the car was also seriously injured. It is estimated that the engine was damaged and it could no longer be started.The car slammed on the brakes, causing Detective Wise to fall forward and nearly hit his face. A bicycle without a rider sprang out by itself. How could there be such a strange thing in the world.The driver got out of the car and looked towards the fork where the bicycle came out.This look made him even more puzzled. There was no one who looked like the owner of the car at all. He only saw a ragged beggar staggering towards him from afar.

"Did you ride this car?" When the beggar approached, the driver asked him sharply. "It's not me." The beggar looked surprised. "Strange. No one but you. Did you see the bicycle?" "I see. From there." "Where did the cyclist go? Run away?" "No one rides at all." "No one rides?! Then how can the bicycle move?" "No one rides it, so it runs by itself. I wonder too, the world is so big and full of wonders." The driver broke out in a cold sweat when he heard it, and couldn't help but look back.Just when the detective got out of the car, the two looked at each other, knowing each other well.Of course the driver knew about the transparent weirdo, and guessed that Detective Wise's trip was related to this case.

"So, this bicycle belongs to the transparent weirdo? It deliberately jumped out of the fork and hit us." The driver looked terrified.The detective nodded slightly, noncommittal, although his expression didn't change, he was also secretly surprised - he didn't expect this strange old man to act so fast, and he did this right after the phone call. Let's say the accident was the work of transparent monsters. After all, we can't see them and we can't hunt them down.The driver now has no choice but to ask the beggars for help and push the car to the side of the road for maintenance.He smacked his lips and said, "Let me call a car for you. I'm afraid it won't be repaired in a while."

At this time, a taxi came slowly from the opposite side, showing the "empty car" sign, and it seemed that it had just dropped off a passenger. "What a coincidence, there's a car coming." The driver went to stop the car, and the wise detective got into the car without thinking much—the dignified detective didn't expect the disaster to come. Unlike ordinary taxis, this car is surprisingly luxurious.There is nothing special about the appearance, but the interior is brand new and tidy, and the layout is different from ordinary cars.After the sensible detective told him where he was going, the car sped away.After turning a few street corners, the surrounding scenery gradually became depressed, and finally came to a wasteland.

"I said, master driver, did you drive the wrong way? You didn't pass by here when you went to the Metropolitan Police Department." Detective Wise Detective questioned.Unexpectedly, the driver buried himself in the car and sneered, "Uh hehehe...you just realized it? As a great detective, you're not very vigilant." Before the words were finished, the car stopped, and the driver turned around and pointed the black muzzle of the gun at the detective's chest.What was even more frightening was that the driver's face - the dignified and sensible detective only took one look, and his skin got goosebumps - it was a wax figure!The two eyes are two black holes, the skin is pale with a sense of transparency, and looks like a foreigner.

This car pretending to be a taxi is actually the old man's fault.He deliberately let the bicycle hit the detective, and then staged a quick and easy scene, which made the detective hooked. Looking at Detective Wise again, he was unhurried, leaning back on the seat, staring straight at the mask, intending to wait for an opportunity to fight back.Unexpectedly, another unexpected thing happened at this time. The wise detective's cushion suddenly pushed forward, the detective was startled, and when he looked back, a human head emerged from the gap in the cushion!It's like the kind of toy that pops out a human head when you open the box to scare people.And this face is also a scary wax man mask, appearing together, there is also a hand holding a gun, pressing the muzzle of the gun against the detective's back.

There is more than one opponent, all of them are transparent monsters wearing masks.One was in the driver's seat and one was behind the cushion, both with guns in their hands.Presumably they are the transparent people No. 1 and No. 2 created by the old man. Now even the great detective is helpless.It was useless to cry for help, because the surrounding area was an empty wasteland.What if you give it a go?Of course, he would be attacked from both front and back and die in Huangquan.Right now, he can only obediently let the enemy manipulate him. "Uh heh heh...Mr. Detective, our boss kindly called you to persuade you, but you just didn't listen. No, it's you who are unlucky, right? The dignified detective is not the boss's opponent. Look at your useless appearance, really Poor. Hehehe..." The person in the driver's seat smiled maliciously.It was said that he laughed, but he only heard laughter. The wax man mask still had a straight face and no expression. This contrast was even more frightening.

The one in the back pointed the gun at the detective's back and didn't move.After a while, the guy pretending to be the driver stepped over the driver's seat and came to the back seat.The pale, waxed face pressed close to the detective's eyes, and said: "I've wronged you for a while, just for a little while, take care of me." Detective Sensei's eyes suddenly went dark—it turned out that he was blindfolded, and then he felt tied up with a thin rope, which became tighter and tighter, and he couldn't move his hands and feet.Oh my god, the dignified and wise Kogoro has become a prisoner of the bad guys!