Conan headed off full of confidence.
Then he came back looking grim.
"The kidnapper never let doctor Endo get on the motorcycle," Conan said irritably. "I only realized something was wrong when I got to the exchange site, but it was already too late—the tracks in front of that platform were less than ten meters wide, and there was a tall wire-mesh fence on the other side. The kidnapper rode past outside the fence and used Keita as leverage, making doctor Endo throw the Briefcase over to him."
Haibara Ai froze. "They didn't bring the child with them?"
"No." Conan sighed. "They really shouldn't have handed over the ransom directly, but the kidnapper only said, 'Don't forget, your child is still in our hands,' and Doctor Endo got scared and threw the money over... I didn't have time to stop him."
As he spoke, Conan pressed his glasses. "Luckily, I installed a Transmitter beforehand, and I memorized that guy's Motorcycle license plate—Professor Agasa, let's go! We have to catch that kidnapper!"
"Leave it to me!" Professor Agasa rolled up his sleeves and slammed his little Beetle's accelerator, a surge of street racing spirit welling up inside him.
But he quickly realized a problem. "Which way do we go?"
"Toward... huh?" Conan pulled up the signal and suddenly froze. A moment later, delight appeared on his face. "The signal isn't moving anymore. Looks like that gang's hideout is nearby—drive that way!"
"What a coincidence." Though Haibara Ai found it hard to believe, she felt something was off. She turned to look at Jiang Xia, only to see him lowering his head and tapping on his phone, as if he were not anxious at all.
For some reason, Haibara Ai relaxed a little as well. As long as Jiang Xia wasn't