"Dad?" Ran asked cautiously.
However, to her surprise, it wasn't Mouri Kogoro's voice that came from the other end of the phone, but Shinichi's!
"Ran, it's Shinichi! I just imitated your dad's voice to trick the kidnapper! How are you doing now?"
"I... I've been caught by them now." Ran glanced at Huang Mao and said cautiously, "Not just me, but Shirashi-kun is with me too!"
"Can you tell me about your situation? Did you see anything iconic?" Shinichi on the other end of the phone tried to get more clues.
Before Ran could speak, Huang Mao snatched the phone away.
He said into the phone, "Did you hear clearly? Your daughter is in my hands. If you don't want to see anything happen to her, then bring me the gold!!"
"What? You don't know where the gold is? Then go find it! Aren't you a Detective? This should be easy for you!"
"I'll give you three days. If you still can't find it, then don't blame me for being cruel!!"
After saying that, Huang Mao hung up the phone. He looked at the frightened Ran with a playful gaze and said, "You'd better pray your old man can find the gold, otherwise... hehehe."
With that, he gave a lewd smile and turned to leave.
Bang!
After the iron door closed, Ran stopped pretending. She frowned and said unhappily, "I didn't like that guy's gaze just now."
Baishi Hui said, "In that case, when we make our move later, be a bit heavier and teach him a lesson!"
To this, Ran nodded heavily. Although she was usually well-behaved, that didn't mean she had no temper!!
..................
The Diplomat Murder Case ended.
After Conan, under the name of Shinichi, won the competition, the three of them came to a cafe together.
He called Ran and only then did he know they had been kidnapped.
Looking at the hung-up phone, Yukiko, disguised as Shinichi, had a serious expression: "I didn't expect them to be kidnapped! Kogoro... Did Uncle Mouri take someone else's gold? Is that true?"
"They must have misunderstood!" Conan said with certainty, "Uncle Mouri definitely didn't take the gold!"
"He drank a lot that night on Moon Shadow Island and slept soundly!!"
"I can guarantee that!"
If the other party hadn't slept soundly, how would he have had the chance to sneak out?
"The most urgent thing now is to call the police!" Heiji took out his phone and said, "And then find Mouri Detective!!"
"There are no clues now, calling the police is useless!" Conan didn't expect the police to be of much help either.
He said unhurriedly, "As for Ran's safety... you don't need to worry, Shirashi is there, she'll be fine!"
"Maybe we don't need to do anything, he can handle this matter himself!"
To this, Heiji was quite surprised: "Is that guy named Baishi that sharp?"
"Of course! Old... Didn't Shinichi learn his skills last time—ah!" Just as Conan finished speaking, he received a tap on the head from Yukiko!
He covered his head and glared at the other person with confusion, saying, "Why did you suddenly hit me!"
"You're not allowed to mention this matter again!" Yukiko said angrily, feeling that her son really lacked foresight.
Bringing up something that shouldn't be mentioned!!
"..." Conan was speechless and also a little wronged.
Why can't he mention it? Wasn't it just one setback? What's the big deal!
Petty!
Yukiko changed the subject and said, "Then what should we do now? We can't just stay here and do nothing, right?"
"Let me see..." Conan said, looking around, and quickly found that there were surveillance cameras installed in the store!
He said happily, "Great! There are also surveillance cameras installed here. Let's look at the surveillance footage to see what happened at the time!"
Heiji looked at Conan in surprise, then looked at "Shinichi", always feeling that this kid was not right!
Since the murder occurred, this kid's performance has been more like a Detective than "KudoShinichi"!
But he didn't say anything and continued to observe calmly.
The three of them found the store manager to negotiate.
After showing "KudoShinichi's" face, the other party readily agreed and let them check the surveillance footage themselves!
After "Shinichi" thanked him, he began to retrieve the surveillance footage.
Before long, the three finally found the scene where RanBaishi Hui were kidnapped.
In the footage, two men walked up to RanBaishi Hui and said something. The Huang Mao man lifted his clothes, revealing a threatening gesture with a pistol, and then the two followed the other party.
"I understand!" After watching, Conan smiled and said, "Shirashi is deliberately going with them! I knew it, how could he be kidnapped so easily?"
"Deliberately? Didn't you see that guy reveal a pistol?" Yukiko said, rewinding the footage and pointing to the Huang Mao man's action of pulling out a gun.
"That's because you don't know Shirashi. Last time he—ah!" Before Conan could finish speaking, he was hit by Yukiko again.
Yukiko said angrily, "I told you not to mention this matter, and you still do!!"
"I'm talking about another thing!" Conan covered his forehead and said unhappily, "It's about Sonoko being kidnapped!"
"Huh? Is that so? Sorry, sorry, it's my fault... Let me rub it for you." Only then did Yukiko realize she had overreacted, and she awkwardly reached out and rubbed the spot where she had just hit Conan.
She shamelessly continued to ask, "You continue talking about Sonoko being kidnapped."
Conan angrily slapped her hand away and said, "At that time, the four of us were intercepted by two kidnappers, and they pointed guns at us... In that situation, Shirashi dared to seize the opportunity to fight back."
"Look at the surveillance footage, that Huang Mao man didn't even pull out his gun."
"Shirashi can easily take care of them! But he didn't do that."
Yukiko was a good foil and asked at the right time, "Why?"
"The answer is simple." Heiji also reacted and laughed, "This guy is probably trying to follow the clues and find the mastermind!"
"This method is a bit risky, but it has to be said that it's the most effective method!!"
"Yeah, yeah!!" Conan nodded repeatedly in agreement, saying, "I think... we don't need to worry, Shirashi can solve it himself!"
This was the first time Yukiko had seen Conan so confident in someone else.
But she quickly thought of a key question and said, "Then does that mean he's been alone with Ran all this time? Conan, have you heard of the suspension bridge effect?"
As soon as she said this, Conan's face changed drastically!
Heiji next to him also helpfully explained, "The suspension bridge effect, also known as the Capilano Suspension Bridge effect, is a psychological phenomenon where when a person walks across a suspension bridge in trepidation, their heart rate involuntarily increases."
"If they happen to meet another person at this time, they may mistake this increased heart rate as being caused by the other person, and thus develop an emotional attraction to them!"
Conan immediately panicked and quickly said, "I think we should go rescue them both!"
"First, find Uncle Mouri!! He's probably drunk in that bar right now... No, finding Uncle Mouri is too time-consuming!"
"Shinichi, just use Uncle Mouri's voice to lure them out!!!"
"Then we'll follow the clues!!"
Seeing Conan panic, Yukiko, on the contrary, was no longer in a hurry and chuckled, "No need to rush... We just finished the call. If we call back now and say we found the gold, they'll be suspicious."
Saying that, she picked a good seat and sat down, saying, "Let's have some afternoon tea first... I'm hungry anyway."
"I think Kudo is right! Kid, sit down and wait!" Heiji rubbed Conan's head and also went to sit down.
"You, you, you..." Conan stomped his feet in anxiety but couldn't retort!
He could only walk over sullenly.