As night falls, a full moon is rising slowly through the clouds.

Yukiko continued to call Ming Yue's phone number. Although she didn't know how long Ming Yue's cell phone battery would last, what if she was answered? As long as it is connected once, even if it is only for a short time, as long as it is connected and the voices of the girls are heard, it will be fine.

But too many times it failed.

The Kudo family and the surrounding police officers were very nervous, but Yusaku frowned.

"Dad, I don't think something is right." Kudo Shinichi looked at Yusaku anxiously.

Yuzu nodded and said, "It's indeed not right."

"What's wrong?" Officer Memu wiped the sweat from his head.

"The time of hanging up is not right. In the past, it almost always hung up after a few seconds of ringing. But from now on, the system automatically hangs up after one minute."

Yukiko held the phone tightly and looked at Yusaku, "Why is this happening?"

"It is estimated that something unexpected happened. Yukiko, please continue to fight. We have to set off quickly. Let's use the equipment to search near the shopping mall first."

Yukiko called Mingyue's mobile phone again, but to her surprise, the call was answered this time!

Everyone is ready.

Yukiko said quickly: "We have prepared the ransom you want. Where can I deliver it? And we want to listen to the child's voice to confirm whether the child is safe."

However, there was no echo from the receiver, only the whistling of the wind.

Yukiko's heart was tightened, and she said eagerly: "Hey, can you hear me?"

"Hello? Hello, are you listening?"

There was no response, and the monitoring police officer also frowned. The only sound coming from the receiver was the sound of wind, which was very loud. Such background sound can be heard anywhere. It has no characteristics, which means that the search area is very large. , which is very difficult to find.

"Our ransom is ready." Yukiko was a little anxious, but there was no reply at all from the other party, as if a ghost had answered the phone.

The hearts of the group of people in the car were in their throats, and they did not dare to take a breath. Some police officers even covered their mouths and noses, holding their breath, for fear that some sounds would not be heard.

However, the only sound that came from the receiver was the whistling wind, like the wind on the rooftop, like the wind in high-rise buildings, like the wind in the mountains.

Officer Megure signaled Yukiko to continue. They had not completely captured the source of the signal. Yukiko had to repeat it over and over again. However, there was only the sound of wind whistling in the receiver. No one knew what was happening on the other side of the phone, and the hostage was now Whether he is dead or alive is completely unknown.

Everyone present was sweating.

It's okay if you negotiate terms! What outrageous conditions can be proposed! Don't be like this dead silence! The monitoring officer howled and cursed in his heart, but gritted his teeth and stared at the progress bar.

90%...

91%...

The progress bar of capturing the signal is about to reach the end, just hold on!

Yukiko kept repeating, and she felt that she had been acting for so long and had stood on all stages, so she should not be nervous about anything. However, Yukiko's palms were all sweaty, and she was afraid that she would say something wrong. If you say that, what if you anger the other party and hurt the two children.

The progress bar is growing slowly.

97%...

98%...

Just a little bit away!

All the police officers stared at the progress bar, shouting in their hearts: Hurry up! Hurry up!

There was still only the sound of wind on the other side of the receiver, no human voice, and it was dead silence.

Kudo Shinichi clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, grabbed the phone, and roared loudly: "Speak! Don't say nothing! Tell us how to pay the ransom, don't say anything! You..."

Shinichi wanted to continue ranting, but found that the call had been hung up. He looked at the phone blankly. The screen of the phone was already black, and the other party hung up the call. Kudo Shinichi stiffly turned his head to look at Yusaku and asked, "Dad, did I do something wrong?"

The progress bar is frozen at 99%, is it a little bit close? Just a little bit worse?

Yusaku didn't speak, and Yukiko sobbed softly: "Has something unexpected happened to her?"

No one answered. Everyone was staring closely at the progress bar. It seemed that as long as they stared, they would be able to move forward one space. Just go one space.

"Ding!"

100%!

All the police officers who were staring at the screen slowly exhaled. Although they knew that this was just the beginning, it was much faster to have a direction than to search around without any goal.

"The signal has been captured successfully, let's go there immediately!" Officer Megure quickly called Yusaku.

In the car, Yusaku was still thinking about the noise he had just heard. He asked the monitoring police officer for the recording. He listened to it repeatedly, but he really didn't hear any useful sound. His brows furrowed, feeling strange. Some suspected that the person who answered the phone deliberately let them hear.

So who answered the call and who hung up?

Yukiko wiped away her tears and asked Yusaku if he wanted to continue making phone calls.

Yuzuo thought for a moment and said, "Keep calling, but not too frequently. Call every ten minutes. I'm worried about the power of Mingyue's phone."

Yukiko took the time to call, but no one answered the phone after that.

Everyone's hearts were in suspense again.

The bright moonlight passed through the slits of the vent baffle, leaving large and small circular spots.

The two girls huddled in the ventilation duct, not daring to make a sound. From their feet came the sound of the two kidnappers hitting objects with sticks, or the sound of metal colliding.

Mingyue listened carefully to the movements outside, feeling a little upset.

Killing the two kidnappers was not particularly difficult. What was difficult was the subsequent police investigation. After all, there was also the second lady of the Suzuki Group with him.

It would be very difficult to use the previous plan to deal with this incident. The serial confession of two girls is not a reliable plan, and it will arouse more suspicion from the police, not to mention that the bomb in this warehouse does not appear to be due to the division of stolen goods. Killing people and silencing them out of injustice is more like premeditated murder from the beginning.

But now it seems that the kidnappers have differences on some things. Although some articles can be made, how to separate them has become a problem. After all, it is impossible to convey the information without using special means.

I hope that the police can be more forceful, but compared to the kidnappers who are still looking for the whereabouts of the two, the other one is more troublesome.

Mingyue sighed, and the bombs ticking in her ears also reminded her that she really didn't have much time left and she had to solve it.

Listening to the footsteps getting further away, Mingyue pulled Yuanzi and climbed forward quickly, twisting and turning along the ventilation duct, and finally found an exit with no sound around. Just as he was about to remove the baffle, he heard the sound of broken glass. Sure enough, the two kidnappers came over quickly.

Mingyue looked at Yuanzi and made a silencing gesture, and Yuanzi covered her mouth tightly. Mingyue put her ear against the wall of the pipe to listen to the sounds outside.

Three footsteps, who is the person who broke in through the window? Is the fifth person who suddenly appears an enemy or a friend?

Mingyue tried to distinguish the two kidnappers and which one was the new one through their voices, but failed. She laughed to herself. She was really not Yui Midorikawa. It was really difficult to identify people by listening to their footsteps.

A big black bird flew in the dark night sky, and a familiar figure was captured. Mingyue gritted her teeth. There was one more person, which really added to the chaos, and the difficulty level increased a lot.

The kidnappers who heard the sound quickly rushed to the window with broken glass, but seemed to find no trace. One kidnapper lay on the window edge and looked down, "Did they run away?"

Another kidnapper knelt down to look at the glass fragments on the ground. His eyes became fierce and he said, "No, not really. The glass fell inside, so someone must have come in."

The kidnapper looked out the window again and said in disbelief: "You came in from the second floor? It must be four or five meters high."

"A pretty good guy."

"Those notes?"

"Who knows?"

Mingyue and Yuanzi heard the sound of bullets being loaded. Mingyue's heart sank, it was a bit tricky. Mingyue lay on the baffle and looked out through the gap. The two people had gone far away. She pulled Yuanzi, but Yuanzi did not move.

Yuanzi's little face turned pale, and his whole body was already weak with fear. He looked at Mingyue with wet eyes, trembling his lips, and whispered tremblingly: "Mingyue, please go away and leave me alone."

Mingyue listened to the movement outside and sighed without answering.

The flowers raised in the greenhouse are so kind that they are willing to sacrifice themselves. Unfortunately, your death will do no harm to me. It is very simple to die, but there will be a lot of trouble in the future.

Yuanzi took off the bracelet tremblingly and put it on Mingyue's hand tremblingly. Mingyue was a little confused.

"If you were alone, you could escape, right?" Yuanzi crawled to Mingyue, "I can see that you have such ability."

Mingyue didn't answer. She looked at the bracelet tied on her wrist by Sonoko. She couldn't see it clearly in the dim ventilation duct, but she could still tell that it was a four-leaf clover bracelet.

Yuanzi wiped her tears with dirty hands, and her face was darkened. "Tell my parents that I actually love them very much. Tell my sister that I can only let her work hard to take care of the family affairs. Tell my little one Lan, I cherish my friendship with her. Help me bless Xiaolan and Shinichi, even though I can't see them getting together. Tell Kudo that kid must be good to Xiaolan, otherwise I won't let him go even if he is a ghost. he……"

Yuanzi babbled in a low voice, but her tears couldn't stop flowing out. She wiped them with her dirty hands over and over again, turning herself into a tabby cat.

Mingyue took off the bracelet, stuffed it back into Yuanzi's hand, and said, "It's not time to give your last words yet. Besides, how can I remember you after you said so much?"

Yuanzi lowered her head and looked at the bracelet that was stuffed back in her hand, tears falling down her cheeks. She didn't sob or make a sound, she just kept shedding tears.

Mingyue listened carefully to her surroundings. It was very quiet. Then she took off the baffle of the vent and stuck her head out. The moonlight was bright and there was no one around. She found a strong support, fixed the rope ladder, and climbed down quickly. He then pulled up the bottom of the rope ladder and waved Yuanzi down.

Sonoko poked her head out of the pipe and looked around. Her hands and legs seemed to be out of control. However, she clenched her teeth tightly and climbed up the rope ladder tremblingly. She tried hard to balance her body and control her body. With good hands and feet, I climbed down slowly.

One section, two sections...

Seventh section, eight section...

Trembling, she continued to climb down. Yuanzi knew that there were still three knots before she could land, because she had counted them carefully. She didn't want to die, and she didn't want to hold Mingyue back. Although she was scared, she tried hard to restrain herself.

But for some reason, the closer she got to the ground, the more frightened she became. She seemed to hear the sound of footsteps. Yuanzi trembled even more violently. She stepped on the air, lost her grip, and fell to the ground, causing quite a stir. However, Fortunately, the distance was not high and no one was injured.

Mingyue quickly let go of the rope ladder, pulled the garden up from the ground, and ran away. The two kidnappers were nearby, and they must have heard the sound just now.

Sonoko looked back at the rope ladder and said, "Don't we take it down? They will find us."

"There is no time. We have to leave this place quickly. They will come looking for us." Mingyue frowned. Destroying the rope ladder was the best way, but things happened so suddenly that we had to give up first.

Mingyue pulled Yuanzi and ran towards the stairs. As expected, they heard footsteps behind them.

The two ran down the stairs to the first floor. The warehouse door was locked. Mingyue thought she didn't have the ability to violently break the door. If she used technology to open the door, she wouldn't have enough time.

The footsteps behind him were getting closer and closer, and Yuanzi was trembling all over.

"I found you~" The man's slightly teasing voice came from a distance.

Mingyue quickly pulled Yuanzi away from the warehouse gate. After all, this was the only place where they could escape. Mingyue and the others could think that the kidnappers would naturally know about it.

The dark first floor had no windows, just like a basement, but suddenly a light came on behind them. In order to find them faster, the kidnapper opened the electric switch, and the first floor suddenly became brightly lit.

The bugs that were originally crawling slowly and comfortably on the ground were stimulated by the light and crawled very fast, and quickly got into the dark corner.

Mingyue took Yuanzi and fled into the locker room. This locker room should be used by warehouse workers. Inside were iron lockers close to each other. Some were locked, some were open, and some contained various items. There were cleaning tools, and some of them still had work clothes hanging inside them. Mingyue took Yuanzi and hid them in the narrow changing closet.

Mingyue made the hidden wardrobe look like it was locked from the outside. The two of them pressed their backs against the thin iron cabinet wall, not daring to take a breath. Yuanzi covered her mouth, and Mingyue clenched her molars.

The footsteps are getting closer.

"Oh, stop hiding, I saw you." A man's voice sounded.

Sonoko bit her lips, trying not to make a sound, her eyes full of fear.

"Are you hiding here?" The man's voice was soft, like he was playing a hide-and-seek game.

Mingyue heard the creak of the iron door being opened, and it was very close.

"Oh, no," the man's voice seemed a little disappointed, "Is that here?"

"Bang!"

The sound of the stick hitting the iron sheet was loud, even harsh, and Mingyue frowned. Yuanzi's eyes widened and tears fell silently, but she still covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from making any sound.

Then I heard a violent slamming of the door, as if trying to open the beaten iron door.

"Don't hide. After all, I don't want to hurt you." The man's voice contained a bewitching tenderness, as if he was calling his naughty sister.

But Mingyue heard the sound of the knife scratching the iron sheet.

The sound is getting closer.

Yuanzi controlled herself to prevent herself from shaking too much. She clung to the thin cabinet wall, hoping that this would stop her trembling.

The footsteps were very close, and they seemed to be separated from the bright moon by a thin layer of iron.

"Oh!"

The sound of the wooden stick hitting the iron sheet was as loud as the cabinet next to it.

"I really saw you. Come out obediently." The man was still tempting, but both Mingyue and Yuanzi knew that once discovered, it would be inhumane treatment.

"Gala! Gala!"

It was the sound of the door being forcibly pulled open.

"Bah!"

A sharp machete penetrated the thin iron door and was inserted between the two girls. The tip of Ming Yue's nose was only three centimeters away from the cold blade of the machete.

The machete was withdrawn, leaving a crack in the door.

The girls in the closet saw a vicious eye through the slit, and the girls held their breath.

That eye stared for a long time, but unfortunately it was too dark in the closet and he couldn't see anything clearly. He smashed the cabinet door next to him as if to vent his anger, but there was nothing in the cabinet door.

The two kidnappers stabbed the iron door with machetes and smashed it with wooden sticks. They said gentle words and gradually left.

Yuanzi hugged herself with frightened hands, her lips were bitten and bleeding. She restrained herself, not to make any sound, not to move, not to make any noise.

But she was very scared, and tears rolled down her face. Her little face, which was originally bruised from climbing into the ventilation duct, was now black and white, with a few blood stains.

Suddenly the kidnapper's cell phone rang.

The two kidnappers looked at each other, and the man who had been driving answered the phone.

A female voice came from the microphone: "Where are you now? It's time to notify the Suzuki family to pay the ransom."

The man who was driving before picked his ears and said disdainfully: "The Suzuki family only offered 300 million, which is a bit small. The other family was willing to pay 300 million, but those two little guys seemed to have escaped."

"The warehouse door is locked so they can't escape. Please hurry up and notify us as planned and don't do those useless things." The woman on the phone seemed a little unhappy.

"But it seems someone got involved."

The woman's voice was a little nervous, "Have you been exposed? Let those cops go into the warehouse. Once you get the ransom, your mission is over. Don't do anything unnecessary!"

The woman hung up the phone.

The man sighed disdainfully, took out Suzuki Sonoko's cell phone, turned it on and sent a text message, asking Shiro Suzuki to come to this abandoned warehouse alone with 300 million yen.

Just as the kidnapper was about to turn off the phone, Suzuki Sonoko's phone rang. The kidnapper snorted and answered the phone. Without waiting for the other party to speak, he preemptively said: "Follow the text message, otherwise..."

The fifth person who broke in through the window rushed to the first floor. He realized that Yuanzi and Mingyue might have been blocked in the dressing room by two kidnappers, so he made some noise.

But of course, the kidnapper noticed and fired a shot at the place where the noise came from. A pile of bottles and cans of unknown objects rolled to the ground, making the sound of metal hitting the ground.

After firing the shot, the kidnapper noticed that something seemed inappropriate. He immediately hung up the phone and turned off Yuanzi's cell phone. He found a figure in the corner and hurriedly chased after him.

The figure moved very quickly, and the two robbers soon lost sight of him.

"hateful!"

"Is it a note?"

"Have you ever seen a single-handed cop?!"

"That is?"

"It's probably a private detective, but just kill him."

The two kidnappers searched the area where the figure disappeared.

After the figure got rid of the kidnapper, he came to the locker room again and whispered: "Mingyue, Mingyue, I'm here to save you two. If you hear it, come out and I will take you away."

This figure was none other than Toru Amuro, who had followed Ming Yue's cell phone signal all the way, but the reply to him in the locker room was deathly silence.

Toru Amuro frowned, looking at the locker room in a mess. Almost all the cabinets had been damaged, some were smashed with sticks, some were stabbed with machetes, plus the gunfire just now.

Is it possible that they are not here anymore? Toru Amuro checked every trace, but found no trace of the two girls.

I hope they haven't been discovered and I want to find them faster!

After the gunshot, Mingyue did take Yuanzi to escape from the narrow changing closet, closed the door where she was hiding, and dragged Yuanzi to the third floor in one breath. The roof of the third floor was not as high as the first and second floors. After finding a small room that seemed to be an office, there were many cabinets for storing information. Mingyue took out the information from one cabinet and asked Yuanzi to hide in it.

Yuanzi looked at Mingyue with wet eyes, full of fear.

Mingyue told Yuanzi seriously: "No matter what you hear, don't make a sound or show up. I will lead them away to open the door and then come to pick you up."

Sonoko's teeth were stained red with his own blood, and his face was stained with tears. He said, "How about you escape and leave me alone."

Mingyue gently took away Yuanzi's wig, returned her the hairband that originally belonged to Yuanzi, and said before gently closing the cabinet door: "Wait for me."

Yuanzi fell into endless darkness. She hugged her knees, surrounded by deathly silence. She held the four-leaf clover bracelet close to her mouth, kissed the four-leaf clover with her bloody lips, and prayed silently in her heart.

After Toru Amuro searched the first floor to no avail, he went up to the second floor. Through the window, he saw a sniper in a nearby high-rise building. Could it be that the police had already intervened? No, there is no police information, and the detectives don't seem to be following. Who is that?

Toru Amuro had a guess in his mind, but he was even more afraid that this guess would become reality. A chill ran down his spine, and his palms were soaked in sweat.

It seems that there is only one person who can know this place and be a good sniper before him.

But will that person really come to the rescue?

If the task fails, if it doesn't work, if...

Then it will be wiped out...

Toru Amuro thought about Mingyue's mobile phone. If the phone was lost and decrypted, then Mingyue would be in danger. According to the organization's behavior, they would rather kill by mistake than let go. As long as Mingyue is dead, even if the information on the mobile phone is exposed, it will be difficult to continue investigating some things.

We must find Gin before she kills Mingyue!

Toru Amuro heard the kidnapper's voice from a distance.

"Second Miss Suzuki, your father is coming to pay the ransom soon. You will be able to see your father soon. Why don't you come out?"

Then there was the sound of a machete chopping things.

"Miss Suzuki, how can you see your father if you don't come out? How can your father take you home?"

The sound of a stick hitting something.

"Come out, brother won't hurt you, you'll get hit by me accidentally if you hide~"

Things were pushed over, doors kicked in, cabinets destroyed.

"Come out, I've seen you~"

The kidnapper saw a strand of gray hair caught in the gap of the locker, made a silent gesture to his companion, and tiptoed over...

Night has fallen, the full moon hangs high, and everything looks quiet and peaceful under the bright moonlight.

At Suzuki's house, Suzuki Tomoko fainted after hearing the gunshot. Suzuki Shiro sat in front of Tomoko's bed and dialed Sonoko's phone number over and over again. However, what he heard was always the sentence "You dialed The phone has been switched off..."

Tomoko Suzuki held down the phone with her hand and said with a cry: "Sonoko must have been killed."

Suzuki Shiro lowered his head and gritted his teeth. The man who had been in the mall for many years shed tears. He gave up, but he could not get his lovely daughter back. He wiped away his tears, looked at the butler beside him and said, "Contact all the reporters and media, whether it's TV, radio, newspapers or magazines, get them all for me. I want to publish a piece of information."

"Yes, sir!" The butler went to make arrangements in a hurry.

The wind at night is very cool and comfortable. Without the heat during the day, you can also see clouds at night. The smoke-like clouds cover the moon, making it unreal.

On the rooftop, there is no obstruction except for a few short ventilation ducts, and in this weather, the sniper's vision is the best. Even if a palm-sized rat jumps across the rooftop, the sniper can accurately hit the rat's small head.

A girl with short coffee hair appeared in the field of view of Gin's sniper scope, and Gin's dark green wolf eyes narrowed slightly.

The prey has fallen into the trap, and the hunter who is waiting quietly in the distance curls up his lips.

Sure enough, that bastard won't die so easily, and he can only die in my hands.

Gin put his index finger on the trigger and stared at the girl on the rooftop through the sniper scope.

The girl took off her wig, revealing her original gray hair, and looked at where Gin was with her clear eyes.

Mingyue stood at Ginjiu's best sniping position. A dark mechanical bird flew from the sky and returned the mobile phone that had been troubled by the kidnappers for a long time to Mingyue. He easily unlocked the phone and found the one with the note "lover" The number was dialed.

Gin still looked at the gray-haired girl through the sniper scope, removed his left hand from the trigger, took out his cell phone, and answered the call.

"Gin~" The girl's voice came from the receiver, a little tired.

Gin's tone was still cold, "The phone has been taken back."

"Well, do you want to kill me?" The girl's tone was very calm, as if she was asking "Have you eaten today?"

Gin chuckled, "Has the phone been decrypted?"

"How is it possible? If it is deciphered, you will not be the only one coming."

Suddenly Mingyue noticed a sudden noise behind her and turned around suddenly.

Gin also noticed someone coming and moved the muzzle of the sniper rifle behind Mingyue.

Toru Amuro saw the obvious gray-haired girl Mingyue standing on the rooftop. He looked up and saw the reflection of the sniper scope. He gritted his teeth and ran towards Mingyue at full speed.

Mingyue wanted to escape, but failed.

Amuro Toru was faster than Ming Yue, and as soon as he stretched out his arm, he pulled Ming Yue into his arms, ran to a corner that could not be hit by snipers, and said in a low voice, but full of anger: "Didn't you see that there was a sniper rifle pointing at me?" You?"

Mingyue: ...

Gin on the other side of the phone: ...

Dead silence fell for a moment.

Mingyue looked at Toru Amuro, who was still hugging her, and a tic-tac-toe appeared on her forehead. How to explain this? There’s no way to explain it! It’s strange that you jumped over suddenly!

Finally, Ginjiu spoke up and broke the damn silence. Ginjiu's unique and cold voice came from Mingyue's mobile phone: "My skills are so bad, come back for more training when you have time."

Mingyue looked at Toru Amuro, who was a little stunned, with a very unhappy look, and replied: "You should retreat quickly, the police are coming soon."

Gin hung up the phone, disassembled the sniper rifle, looked in the direction of Mingyue, and left the sniper point.

Several big black birds flapped their wings and flew high into the sky, and a bright full moon poked out from the clouds.

In the car, Yukiko looked at Yusaku nervously and said, "Mingyue's phone was busy just now!"

"That means someone contacted her, or the kidnapper contacted someone else." Yuzu frowned, and an indescribable strange feeling made Yuzu fall into deep thought. After a while, he said to Yukiko, "Keep fighting. "

"Officer Megure! We have lost the trace of the signal source!" The police officer who had been monitoring the scene shouted anxiously.

Officer Memu quickly came over to look at the computer screen. The originally clear light spot disappeared on the map, "What?! What's going on?"

The monitoring police officer was sweating profusely and said while operating the computer: "Before, there was only some signal weakening, but now the signal is completely lost."

"Hurry up and continue dialing!" Officer Megure looked at Yukiko, who quickly dialed Mingyue's number.

On the rooftop, the evening breeze blew through the hair, and the jade plate-like moon hung high. The ticking needle is still turning, and there is not much time left.

Mingyue put on her brown wig again and looked at her phone. The moon pendant flashed a few times.

Toru Amuro glanced at the spot where the sniper scope reflected the light. It seemed that Gin had already evacuated. Then he looked at Mingyue and asked, "Where is Miss Suzuki?"

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Preview of the next chapter: The time bomb is running out. How can Mingyue and the others escape?

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