Unlike Officer Shiratori, Conan felt that he knew more of the truth: the kidnapper on the ground was definitely no friend of Jiang Xia's—he was plainly a real kidnapper!
"I remember Jiang Xia wanted to use him to lure out the other accomplices, but a murder case happened along the way and disrupted the plan. Who would've thought that by sheer coincidence, this suspicious guy would end up in police hands again?"
"If he's part of the Black Organization... then the police can follow the trail and arrest some of his colleagues. If there happen to be a few executives among them, they can keep expanding outward from those executives until they wipe out the whole organization in one go!"
A Fake Elementary School Student who had been knocked out and force-fed poison by the Black Organization stroked his chin and couldn't help revealing an incomparably sinister smile.
Hashimoto Maya, hidden in the distance: "..." How could an elementary school student make such a terrifying expression? He had long known that this kid was devious, but every time he saw it with his own eyes, he still couldn't help being shocked.
Officer Shiratori, standing beside Conan, hadn't noticed the enthusiastic elementary school student's expression—with his height, it really was difficult to make out the face of a child who wasn't even as tall as his leg in the dim night.
So after hearing Conan's suggestion, Officer Shiratori thought for a moment, then actually nodded. "The situation by the lake is strange. We really should question him. Besides..."
He cast an unfriendly glance at the sleeping Informant. Even if this guy had merely been joking with Jiang Xia and wasn't a real kidnapper, he had indeed caused trouble for the grand operation known as the Sato Miwako Defense Line. If Jiang