Conan: I can hear the murderer's voice

After reading the threatening letter, Wu Jui's face turned pale, but not because he was worried about his daughter.

[Five hundred million yen? What kind of daydreaming is this!]

[How can my money be given away to you social parasites? ]

[I won't even give you 10 yen! ]

Lin Xuan finally understood this person.

[Why does he live in a big villa but not hire a servant? As the president of a large company, he still feels bad about paying the commission fee to the famous detective. He subconsciously thinks that his daughter has been kidnapped and killed]

[It's all because of the same reason, this beast doesn't want to pay]

Although Lin Xuan had met people who became richer the more stingy they were, and stingier the richer they were.

But I never thought that You Li could be so perverted that he would not care about the life of his only daughter for money!

Secretary Hanai looked worried, as if she was about to burst into tears:

"President, although I don't know how the kidnapper found out that the 300 million yen in today's transaction was counterfeit, we can't anger him anymore, otherwise Miss..."

Hanai choked up a bit and continued to ask:

"Five hundred million yen is not a small sum. Would you like to contact the bank manager to prepare so that you can directly withdraw the company's deposit tomorrow?"

The last bit of blood disappeared from Takei's face, but he could only take out 500 million yen from his bank deposits.

[But once the 500 million is paid as ransom, the company will have very little available liquidity]

[If my competitors knew about this, they would never let me go]

Wu Ju was able to expand the company to its current size by using cruel means to drive his competitors to the point of ruin and destruction. Of course, he was also afraid that those means would be used against him.

[The project being acquired will run into trouble, and I will go bankrupt and become a pauper with nothing! ]

【…】

[Naoko, it’s Daddy who’s sorry for you]

[Even if you cooperate with the bad guys, they may not let you go. You should still invest your money in a business that is sure to make money]

Lin Xuan didn't even know whether to hate or sympathize with President Takei.

[He is not the criminal who committed the kidnapping case. This guy is not even a human being.]

[It is just a machine without any emotion that makes capital increase continuously]

Wu Ju was prepared to give up his daughter in exchange for the money, but he still had to save his dignity.

This decision cannot be made by him. After all, once public opinion spreads that a well-known entrepreneur disregards his daughter's life for money, the company's stock will be affected.

So the capital appreciation machine ignored the secretary's crying request and asked Inspector Megure:

"My mind is in a mess and I can't make a decision. Inspector, are you going to offer 500 million yen to cooperate with the criminal?"

Although it was an inquiry, as a police inspector, Megure Juzo could only give one answer: his "profession" and "identity" did not allow him to persuade the family of the kidnapped person to obey the kidnappers.

He will suggest that Takei use the disguised banknotes again and deploy police forces near the Toudou Tower to make a second attempt on the kidnappers.

If the action is successful, everyone will be happy.

If the cunning kidnapper escaped again and took his anger out on Naoko, for Takei it would just be the death of a cheap daughter. In the eyes of an "entrepreneur", 500 million yen is far more important than a daughter.

Even if the media dug it up and hyped it up, the public would only scold the police for being useless, and President Takei would be the victim's family member who deserves sympathy.

Lin Xuan couldn't bear it any longer.

In previous cases, he would at most criticize the murderer and tease Conan who helped provide ideas.

Unless there is a beautiful woman involved, Lin Xuan won't care about other people related to the case. The sooner the case is solved, the sooner the reward can be obtained.

[Only this time I don't mind wasting time. I must tear off your hypocritical and greedy face! ]

However, before Lin Xuan, another detective took action.

"As a father, you have to ask others for advice on matters concerning your daughter's life or death. Isn't Naoko your biological daughter?"

Kogoro Mouri put away his usual sloppy appearance, his cold eyes seemed to be able to see through all appearances and penetrate people's hearts, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised to reveal a mysterious sneer that only the protagonist had.

Even Lin Xuan was shocked.

[With this momentum, when will this guy become the protagonist of Conan's world? ]

Xiaolan didn't expect that her father would suddenly become so handsome, and Sato Takagi recalled the legend of the police academy many years ago.

What Megure wants to say:

"Brother Maori..."

But Maori Kogoro shook his head and interrupted him:

"Inspector Megure, of course I know what the police's position is, but don't forget that Miss Naoko is Mr. Takei's only child."

"This is a decision about my daughter's life and death. Please give the choice back to her father."

Megure was silent.

Secretary Hanai asked Takei for instructions for the second time:

"President, if you don't notify the bank manager, everything will have to wait until tomorrow. If we can't raise 500 million yen, Miss..."

The choice of whether to use the money to save his daughter is back in Takei's hands.

[Damn it! This bastard detective! Is he forcing me to bear a bad name? ]

[Once the media starts hyping it up, what will happen to the company's stock and acquisition progress? ]

"I also want to save Naoko. After all, she is my only child."

"But once I give the kidnappers 500 million yen, other criminals will follow suit, and there will be more and more kidnappings."

President Takei paused. Even he himself didn't believe this explanation, but he still continued to make excuses for himself:

"I am a well-respected Liben people's entrepreneur. You cannot set a precedent just because of me."

"In order to prevent more children from being kidnapped by kidnappers, I cannot cooperate with the kidnappers."

Lin Xuan almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

【666, tears in my eyes! 】

[So great, so touching]

[It is clear that he is a beast who values ​​money more than life and regards family affection as dirt, but he can still find an angle to whitewash himself]

Xiaolan looked sad and sighed.

[No wonder Naoko rarely interacts with others in class]

Although his parents are divorced, his father was a third-rate detective who could only secretly take photos to prove his infidelity and help find pets.

But Xiaolan's family environment is much happier and warmer than that of the daughters of big companies.

Wu Jui's self-deceiving rhetoric couldn't even fool the simplest Xiaolan, let alone others.

However, the whereabouts of the kidnapped Naoko is still unknown, and everyone is too lazy to expose Takei's ridiculous excuse.

Of course, Lin Xuan already has an idea.

Ever since President Takei chose not to pay 500 million in exchange for his daughter as the kidnappers demanded, there has been someone who has been shouting in his heart that he wants to kill Takei.

It's Hanai, the secretary who has the same hairstyle as the kidnapped Naoko.

[Vampire! All your money is the product of blood sucking! ]

[I gave you one more chance, but you didn't know how to cherish it! ]

[You are willing to sacrifice your daughter's life for money. I will kill you tonight. Can you take the money with you? ]

Conan seemed to notice something as well.

[The skin color of the secretary's wrists and ankles is different from other parts of her body. Is it a mark left by wearing a diving suit? ]

The kidnapper's method was not actually very sophisticated. Lin Xuan secretly glanced at Hanai's wrists and ankles, and he immediately solved the mystery of the criminal and Naoko's underwater disappearance.