Other than the kidnappers and the hostage, the third most important party involved had actually left.
Even the Production Team was utterly baffled, with no idea where the case might go next.
Behind another screen, a graduate student who had just returned to Tokyo was also pondering the matter.
Okiya Subaru: "..." Although his boss always improvised these cases on a whim, experience showed that these seemingly chaotic incidents sometimes concealed messages Uzo truly wished to convey, like a bloody encrypted letter.
So what was Uzo trying to communicate through this kidnapping and River Fall Case?
He silently prayed that it had nothing to do with him.
But after looking at the hostage's father's age, Okiya Subaru suddenly remembered something. He climbed out of bed and searched around, only to find that Takei Katsuhiko's daughter, Takei Naoko, was listed in Teitan High School's student registry.
"Teitan High School... isn't that Jiang Xia's school? And this live broadcast seems to be going there to film too." Okiya Subaru felt as though he had caught onto something, and his expression shifted slightly. "Could it be that this time, Uzo is starting to target the Great Detective's everyday life?"
Meanwhile, Curacao, who possessed more information than he did, had a different interpretation.
"Takei Katsuhiko..."
Just then, an email arrived in her Mailbox. Curacao opened it and found that it was a reply from the Information Division regarding the message she had sent some time ago. They had investigated Takei Katsuhiko's detailed background for her.
—This businessman really was raising liquid capital, but the amount he had gathered was far greater than the ransom needed for his daughter—nearly twice as much.
"I heard that the suitcase he took to trade with the kidnappers was filled with counterfeit bills. So what did he spend