Jiang Xia walked over and patted Conan on the head. "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him."
"Haha..." Conan could only strain to tilt his head up and force out an obedient smile.
The unexpected child was quickly forgotten by the police.
Jiang Xia looked at the familiar-looking Mrs. Domoto, who had accompanied her friend to the Detective Agency several times to look for cats. "Did you receive a ransom demand from the kidnappers today?"
"Yes." Mrs. Domoto nodded, tears in her eyes. "My father has been kidnapped."
Inspector Megure opened the cardboard box printed with a television logo and found that it contained not a television, but all kinds of police equipment.
"There isn't enough room here." Inspector Megure said to Mrs. Domoto, "Let's talk in the living room."
Even after taking her seat on the sofa, Mrs. Domoto had yet to fully recover from the shock.
She looked at the detective across from her, then at the police officers who had arrived with him, and asked blankly, "We shouldn't have called the police. The kidnappers said they'd kill my father if we did, so why are you..." Suddenly remembering something, she turned to her husband. "Was it you who called the police?"
Domoto Akinari hurriedly shook his head. "I only followed the kidnappers' instructions and left the ransom at the park."
Mrs. Domoto then looked at the elderly housekeeper nearby. "Then, Grandma Masayo..."
The toothless old woman carried over a tray, slowly set the tea on the coffee table, then slowly shook her head. "Not me either," she mumbled indistinctly.
Jiang Xia politely waited for them to finish suspecting one another before pointing at the Suitcase that had been smuggled into the house inside the television box. "No one called the police. The police simply happened