Ming Ke: When the villain accidentally mixes into the protagonist group

Under the dark night sky, the street lamps emit a dim light, as if the light of fireflies cannot dispel the darkness, and there is darkness wherever you look.

There were several cars parked in front of Kudo's house. The house was brightly lit and a group of plainclothes police officers were patrolling around. Recent events had made them extremely nervous.

On the street at this time, apart from the workers who were rushing home, there were only drunken middle-aged men walking staggeringly. In the distance, the employees in the store were cleaning up after seeing off the last wave of customers, apparently preparing to close the shop.

Megure Juzo quietly directed a group of police officers into Kudo's house, while the Kudo couple and Shinichi had been waiting for a long time.

"I went to the burned villa again."

Yusaku looked at Megure Jusan, "Any new clues?"

Megure Jusan shook his head, his expression solemn, "I wonder if Maori has offended someone in the past few years?"

Kudo Yusaku held his chin in his hand and thought, "I'm not sure about this."

"Xiaolan was attacked before and now her whereabouts are unknown." Kudo Shinichi clenched his teeth, looking nervous.

Dr. Agasa pushed his glasses, bent down with difficulty, and looked at the instruments that were carried in.

"This is a satellite phone, and these are signal tracking devices." Megure Jusan took out several headphones from the box and distributed them to everyone. "These headphones are connected to the satellite phone, so we can hear what the kidnappers say at the same time. This computer can separate the human voice and the background sound. By analyzing the background sound, we can determine the environment where the kidnappers are located and narrow down the scope."

Megure Juzo explained the functions of each device in detail to Kudo Yusaku.

"It is very likely that we only have one chance." Kudo Yusaku looked solemn and repeatedly simulated possible situations in his mind.

"Officer Megure, will it take a very long time to capture the signal this time, just like last time?" Kudo Shinichi was nervous. Since it concerned Mouri Ran, he couldn't calm down.

Megure Jusan looked at Shinichi, frowned, and sighed, "It will take at least one minute, preferably three to five minutes, so that the positioning will be more accurate."

Everyone present remembered that time when they called Mingyue's cell phone and heard only the sound of the wind. If the call had been hung up a second earlier, they would not have been able to find Mingyue's location. They hoped that they would be as lucky this time and successfully locate the kidnapper and rescue the hostage.

"Yusaku, this is a voice changer. Wear it around your neck, and then press here to adjust the timbre and change your voice." Dr. Agasa handed the collar-shaped voice changer to Kudo Yusaku.

Kudo Yusaku frowned as he looked at the collar-shaped voice changer in his hand. "It's still quite difficult for me to play the role of Detective Mori. If I get caught, the risk will be huge." Yusaku looked at Shinichi. "Inuko might be more suitable to make this call."

"Dad!" Kudo Shinichi looked at his father.

Yusaku nodded slightly, "No one here knows Xiaolan better than you. If the person who answered the phone was Xiaolan, then when she recognized your voice, she would probably try to ask you for help. Perhaps we can get more useful information."

"Are you asking Shinichi to disguise himself as Mr. Mori?" Dr. Agasa looked at Kudo Yusaku. "If the kidnappers recognize that it's not Mr. Mori's voice, then wouldn't Xiaolan be in danger?"

Yusaku Kudo tied the collar-shaped voice changer around Shinichi's neck. "I think the person who answered the phone must be the kidnapper, but from what Ms. Enomoto said, Mr. Maori concluded that it must be Xiaolan who communicated with him later. So Shinichi should use Mr. Maori's voice at the beginning, and use his own voice at the right time, so that we can achieve the result we want."

"Can you do it?" Yusaku looked at his son.

Shinichi felt his heart beating fast and his palms were full of sweat. Thinking of the time when Mingyue and Sonoko were kidnapped, he snatched the phone from his mother and asked loudly into the phone, but the call was hung up the next second. If the police had not successfully obtained the location of the phone, the result would have been unimaginable.

Megure Jusan looked at Kudo Shinichi and patted him on the shoulder gently. "Don't feel any psychological burden. You must find a way to delay time. The rest will be left to us, the police."

Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath, looked at his parents, and then looked at Inspector Megure who had put on headphones.

Although Yusaku had informed Shinichi of all the possible situations, Shinichi rehearsed many times before the police arrived. As an actor, Yukiko also gave a lot of suggestions, but when this moment came, it was still inevitable to be a little nervous.

If Mingyue or squad leader Uno were here, what would they do? Kudo Shinichi tried to calm himself down. He had to face what was going to happen next calmly, and there could be no mistakes in any link.

Megure looked at the police officer beside him, who nodded and made an OK gesture. Megure signaled Kudo Shinichi to call Mao Lilan.

Kudo Shinichi looked down at the satellite phone in his hand and pressed the numbers one by one. When he was about to press the dial button, Kudo Shinichi looked up at his father again.

Yusaku nodded.

Shinichi bit his lip, pressed the dial button steadily with his thumb, and waited for the musical ringtone of the call to be connected to come out of the receiver.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the air seemed to condense, as if an invisible hand was strangling everyone's throat, and the sticky air was almost suffocating. Every second was very difficult to endure, and time became extremely long.

Ran! You must answer it! Ran! Kudo Shinichi shouted in his heart, his breathing became rapid, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

The melodious music came into every monitoring earphone, and everyone's heart was tightened.

Kudo Shinichi didn't know how much time had passed. He was worried that no one would answer the call. His mind began to wander involuntarily, but every bad thought would be ruthlessly suppressed by him.

Lan, she will be fine! Kudo Shinichi warned himself again and again in his heart, but the feeling of uneasiness was like the bottomless sea, drowning him little by little.

Finally the call was connected, and just as it had been rehearsed, Kudo Shinichi spoke in the voice of Maori Kogoro, "Ran! Ran!"

The only call was connected, but the voice coming from the receiver made Kudo Shinichi's hair stand on end.

"Dad, did you and Mom have fun on the cruise?" The voice of Mouri Ran came from the receiver, but from the tone of the voice, Kudo Shinichi was sure that the person on the other end of the phone was definitely not Mouri Ran. Fear and uneasiness struck his heart, and his breathing became heavier unconsciously. His brows furrowed and he looked at his father.

Yusaku also sensed something was wrong, looked at his son's anxious expression, confirmed his guess, and quickly wrote a few words on the notebook in front of him: [Keep the other party steady and continue communicating. ]

Megure Jusan glanced at Kudo Yusaku and put the earphones tightly against his ears, afraid of missing any important information.

Yukiko stared at the progress bar on the computer screen, her hands clasped tightly in front of her chest.

"The cruise ship is very interesting." Kudo Shinichi gradually calmed down and continued to communicate with the other party in the voice of Maori Kogoro, speaking slowly, trying to prolong the call time.

Mao Lilan's voice continued to come from the receiver, "Have fun, then, and don't forget to complete what you need to do."

Everyone at the scene almost held their breath. This should be a piece of breaking news. As long as they had a few more clues and continued the investigation, they might be able to know the kidnappers' ultimate goal.

Kudo Shinichi's mind raced, and he imitated Maori Kogoro's tone and said, "Of course I won't forget."

"I'm glad you didn't forget."

"But at least let me hear your real voice." Kudo Shinichi felt that he had to confirm Mouri Ran's current situation no matter what, at least to confirm whether Mouri Ran was next to the kidnapper.

Dong Dong, Dong Dong...

At this moment, Kudo Shinichi's heart was beating very fast, but time seemed too long and every second was torture.

There is still a long, long time to reach the goal of five-minute calls.

Although Kudo Shinichi felt that asking this might result in the call being hung up directly, he wanted to hear Xiaolan's voice anyway, rather than the voice disguised by the kidnapper using a voice changer.

After saying this, Kudo Shinichi looked at his father again with a nervous mood.

Kudo Yusaku nodded approvingly at his son.

However, Megure Jusan was even more confused. Wasn't that Ran Maori on the other end of the phone? This voice...

Megure Jusan looked up at the voice changer on Kudo Shinichi's neck, and it seemed that all his doubts were resolved, but his heart was still tense.

The person on the other end of the phone chuckled twice in Mao Lilan's voice, "Don't worry, everything is fine."

Then everyone heard a woman's muffled groan.

"Dad, please complete the task quickly." The kidnapper said in the sweet voice of Mao Lilan.

Kudo Shinichi clenched his back teeth and forced himself to calm down. He had to find a way to prolong the time. However, when he was about to say something, the phone was hung up.

A chill spread from his coccyx to his whole body. Kudo Shinichi looked at the call time. It was only one second away from five minutes. Did he get the location? Did I say something wrong? Kudo Shinichi looked at his father with a pair of horrified eyes.

Kudo Yusaku frowned, looked at Megure Jusan, and asked in a low voice: "Have you found the source of the signal?"

"It's not long now. The signal has been interfered with. Currently, we can only circle out a rough range." Megure Jusan looked at the map displayed on the computer screen.

"Report." Another young police officer looked at Megure Jusan, "Inspector Megure, the background sound has been analyzed."

Kudo Shinichi rushed over, "Can you find Xiaolan? Can you?" His eyes were full of anticipation. At this moment he was extremely afraid of hearing bad news.

Megure Juzo signaled the young police officer to continue reporting.

"The background sound is very clean, and there is an echo during the conversation. We can infer that the kidnappers and the hostages may be in a basement or warehouse." The young police officer circled several areas on the map. "These places are far away from traffic tracks and busy areas, and have basements."

"You, you, you, go to these places." Megure Jusan made a prompt decision and began to arrange manpower, "You, and you, go here..."

Yukiko, staring at the computer screen, slowly lowered her hands that were covering her mouth. She had bitten a small hole in her lip, and bright red blood slowly oozed out.

"Mom!" Kudo Shinichi called out nervously.

Yusaku turned his head and quickly took out his handkerchief.

Yukiko took the handkerchief and said, "That muffled sound was made by Eri Kisaki."

"It's not Xiaolan?!" Megure Jusan's heart tightened, "Are you sure it's Kisaki Eri?"

Yukiko nodded very seriously, "I won't hear it wrong."

Kudo Shinichi lowered his head and slammed the table hard, "That voice certainly doesn't sound like Xiaolan's. Xiaolan..."

"But Miss Enomoto Azusa said that before Mori hung up the phone, he asked Kisaki Eri to answer the call." Megure Jusan couldn't understand it for a moment. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was something fishy.

Kudo Yusaku sorted out all the information in his mind. "From the information we know now, we can infer that Mori has boarded the cruise ship, and the kidnappers want Mori to complete something. There is a woman who is monitoring Mori, and this woman pretends to be Eri Kisaki, and the real Eri Kisaki is locked up."

Yukiko pressed the wound on her lip with a handkerchief, and the stinging pain spread throughout her body.

"Ran! Where is Ran?" Kudo Shinichi felt very uneasy. "I hope she's okay."

Megure Jusan said solemnly: "As long as we can find the kidnappers, we will definitely find the whereabouts of Mao Lilan."

Kudo Shinichi looked out the window, the bare branches swayed in the cold wind. The last stubborn leaf was torn off the branch by the wind and flew away with the biting cold.

The cold sea water was billowing with waves, and the lifeboat carrying Ross and Maori Kogoro was chasing the black figure in the sky.

"That direction is the Japanese island."

Naoko Honae and Takuma Kirima stood at the stern and watched the lifeboat gradually go away.

"Have you arranged someone?"

"Of course. How could I let her go so easily after she hurt me like this?"

Beeping Naoko lowered her head and whispered, "Daqi, you look scary right now."

"Really?" Sitting in a wheelchair, Kirie Mata softened his tone, "I'm sorry to scare you. After going through something like that, maybe I really have changed a lot."

Feng Ming Naoko didn't know what to say for a moment, "I don't think I have completed the things that my father-in-law assigned to me."

Kirima Daqi reached out and grabbed Fengming Naoko's slightly cold hand, "Are you scared?"

"I didn't do those things." Naoko Bee's eyes were a little evasive.

"You are indeed scared." Kirima Daqi looked up at Fengming Naoko, "Maybe you shouldn't have met me, in that case..."

Naoko Beemer covered Kirima's mouth with her cold little hand, "Don't say that, I will keep working hard." Naoko Beemer smiled faintly and tried to change the subject, "Is that lady also involved in this? Between you and her..."

Kirito interrupted Naoko and said, "Naoko, there are some things I don't want you to know."

"Okay, I understand." Naoko Honae slowly lowered her head, her expression dark and unclear hidden under her thick eyelashes.

After a few angry roars from the crowd on the twelfth deck, they dispersed.

Three Bottles of Whiskey frowned as they watched the figure flying away.

"I didn't expect that the Kaito Crow could fly, but how far can he fly with just a hang glider?" Bourbon asked the question first.

Rye glanced at Bourbon, who was wearing a Siamese cat mask. "Come to think of it, you surprised me."

Bourbon's mind was filled with alarm bells. Just as he was about to say something, Scotland said with a gloomy face, "Isn't it the most important thing to find Mingyue now?"

Lei quickly glanced at Bourbon and for a moment was unsure of Bourbon's attitude towards Mingyue.

Bourbon knew that Scotland must be very angry now, so he put his injured hands into his trouser pockets, thinking: Now is not the time to ask Hiro to help bandage them.

Scotland looked at Zero with displeasure as he hid his injured hands. Did he think that he wouldn't be angry if he couldn't see his wounds? But with Lei around, his plan to bandage Zero's wounds had to be postponed.

Lei looked at the gray rabbit mask in his hand and thought of the clothes on the doll. "I think I know where the gray rabbit is hiding."

Bourbon and Scotland turned to look at Rye at the same time.

"Follow me." Lei stretched out his long legs and led the way in front, his long black hair blown up by the cold wind.

Bourbon suddenly felt a pair of eyes locked on him...

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Preview of the next chapter: The long night will eventually pass. When the light of dawn falls on the sea, where is Miss Gray Rabbit, who has disappeared for a long time, hiding?