Chapter 466 The Domain of Haibara Ai (Anti-theft Plus Change) Ask for a Monthly Pass

Jiang Xia took out the gloves and put them on, walked to the "S"-shaped hook that fell from the sky, picked it up and looked at it.

Almost at the same time, beside him, Haibara Ai also squatted down.

When she stood up again, she had an additional "S"-shaped hook of the same style in her hand. In addition, on her hook, she was wearing a metal ring the thickness of a finger.

"...It's a ring." Ai Haibara pinched it with a handkerchief, brought it in front of her, and looked at it, "MtoA is written on the insidethis should be someone whose name begins with M, and is given to those whose name begins with A. A man's wedding ring."

"Ring?" Several other children were startled.

Even a wedding ring of poor condition will not be regarded as a falling object and thrown away casually. And now, since it was thrown down, there should be some unavoidable reason.

Speaking of which, two "S" hooks and a ring of are worn together to form "SOS" - a typical distress signal.

Hui Yuanai walked to Jiang Xia's side, raised his hand on tiptoe, and put on the two hooks with the wedding ring.

Then she looked at the "SoS" written vertically and frowned slightly: "Could this be related to the person you are looking for?"

"It's possible." Jiang Xia looked up at the apartment next to her.

This apartment building has a total of nine floors, and there is just a row of windows on the building facing this side.

But now, with all the windows closed, it is impossible to see which one the hooks were thrown from.

Jiang Xia's eyes swept up from the bottom, and his eyes stopped for a moment on a certain floor. There is a vague feeling of murder in it.

Unfortunately, when the hook landed, they were not standing in this direction, but on the other side of the intersection. No windows can be seen over there. And when he looked up at the window just now, Conan had already observed it in advance. Otherwise, now I can excuse myself seeing the person by the window and rush up directly...

Fortunately, this is not a problem at all - just walk around the apartment later, and when you get to the murderous floor, use the excuse that something is wrong, knock on the door politely, and then pick up the room. The murderousness of the gangster is enough.

"It should be a woman who dropped the ring."

Haihara Ai still didn't know that Jiang Xia had already set his sights on the murderer. She carefully touched the metal ring held by Jiang Xia with her fingertips, and speculated: "It's not cold to the touch, maybe it's just taken off from her hand. And..."

She spread out the handkerchief she used to hold the ring and hook just now, and showed it to Jiang Xia.

The white handkerchief was stained with something like red paint, which was sticky, but not blood.

Afraid that he might not recognize him, Haibara Ai took the initiative to say:

"It's lipstick. Depending on the color, it's the new limited edition released a few days ago. The person calling for help should have a good quality of life and is a suitable kidnapping target. In addition, she may be a bit fat - this ring is a ring size 11, which is average. Women are more commonly used sizes 7 to 9."

The three children in attendance nodded and carefully wrote down the characteristics of the victim: "Fat Auntie Fu..."

Jiang Xia finally looked at the nine closed windows, then turned around the corner and headed to the apartment gate.

"Let's go to the building and have a look." Jiang Xia remembered his murderous aura, and he found a suitable excuse for entering the building:

"Not long after the hook was thrown out, when we looked up, the window was already closed... Given that the kidnapped person is now handicapped, judging from the time difference, it is likely the kidnapper who closed the window. Moreover, if it is In this way, he may have witnessed the hostages' cry for help."

Yoshida Ayumi's face turned pale, and she blurted out: "Then, is that rich aunty dead now?! The kidnappers will silence the hostages when they see disobedient hostages. This is how they are played in TV dramas!"

"..." Then you always kick and bite when you're a hostage...

Jiang Xia glanced at her silently and comforted her casually:

"Now is not a good time to silence - for the kidnappers, the hostages have just delivered the information, and now is the time when passersby are likely to be suspicious. If the kidnappers do not move, curious passers-by may not find clues and think it is themselves. Overreact, give up and leave.

"But if you kill someone right away, the noise that the victim might make when he struggles, the body fluids that come out when he dies, the smell that comes after he dies, and the difficulty of cleaning up when transferring the body will make him more likely to be exposed.

"In addition, even if they don't consider reason and rely only on instinct, at such times, most people will not rashly make such a big decision as 'killing', but will try to maintain the status quo until they feel the threat is lifted."

The three children breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, he also reached the gate of the apartment building.

This apartment has no doorman, but a one-way sensor automatic door.

Jiang Xia was lucky. When he came to the door, someone happened to come out and the door opened.

The aunt who was about to go grocery shopping gave him a look with a shopping bag, and then looked at the group of children behind Jiang Xia. She didn't mean to stop him from rubbing the door. She just nodded friendly and walked away slowly.

The automatic door made of glass, just opposite the letterbox.

Jiang Xia turned around after entering the door, glanced at the mailbox through the transparent glass, and saw a row of names.

When he was looking at the mailbox, Conan quickly ran into the first floor, ran back, and told Jiang Xia, "From the window position, the ring was thrown from Room 5."

Jiang Xia nodded and looked at all the "05" rooms in the mailbox.

In order to facilitate delivery, the name of the head of the household is usually posted on the mailbox.

Combining the lipstick that Haibara Ai discovered just now, and the "MtoA" engraved on the inside of the ring, this ring should be a wedding ring for "a man whose name begins with M" to "a wife whose name begins with A".

That is to say, by finding out the names of all eligible couples in "05", you can guess which room the owner of the ring is in... Of course, if all the households do not meet the requirements, it is possible that someone has tied one The wife with A in her name goes home.

In short, although there is a certain chance, but there are no other clues at present anyway, the juvenile detective team thinks it is better to follow the first one.

"105 is 'Otake Nu', ruled out, 205... ah, it should be this!"

Conan pointed to the name of "Shima Masakazu / Shima Asuka" in a small font on the letterbox, and he was a little surprised.

I didn't expect progress so quickly.

Could it be that even if Jiang Xia didn't speak, his physique of "speeding up the progress of the case" would be activated automatically? ...His, speaking of which, sometimes, Jiang Xia's luck is indeed very good.

Conan's mind wandered for a second, and he couldn't help but think of the European spirit that Jiang Xia and Mao Lilan could draw in everything.

After that, he tried his best to focus on the business: "Let's go to 205 first. Sister Asuka may be saved."

(end of this chapter)