Early one morning, Qianyu came to school with a solemn face.

"The third one." Qian Yu just said this to Conan and the others. "This morning, over there in the 3-chome."

"You see?" Conan's face instantly turned very bad.

"What?" Yuan Tai asked inexplicably.

"A targeted kidnapping that specializes in kidnapping women and young children, right?" Mitsuhiko said thoughtfully. "Two people have been killed in the past few days - wait a minute, Chiba-san, you saw the third ???"

"Hmm," Chiba closed her eyes and nodded. "The police officers pulling the line there carried a sign for the search section."

"That's how it should be," Conan sighed. "Serial killing."

"Madness... Qian Yu also shook his head and sighed. "It is said that the first two parents have already paid the ransom in full, but ... The meat ticket is all torn... ”

"Meat ticket? What's that? Yuan Tai continued to be confused.

"It is said that in Huaxia in the west, more than ten years ago, they needed meat tickets to buy meat." Mitsuhiko explained.

"It's not that meat ticket... Chiba interrupted Mitsuhiko's words with a frown. "What this meat ticket means, hostages."

"Hostages?" Mitsuhiko looked surprised. "That,What does it mean to tear all the meat tickets... Could it be—"

"All the hostages were killed after receiving the ransom, without exception." Thousand feathers spread their hands. "What's even more excessive is that the meat ticket was not only torn, but also torn into several pieces."

"Don't talk about it." Conan interrupted Chiba. "Give these things to the police, they should be able to bring the prisoners to justice."

———— before school

Before school, the homeroom teacher, Mr. Kobayashi, came to the class and announced the matter to everyone.

"Girls, do you know any of the boys who are on the same route home as you?" Mr. Kobayashi asked.

"Teacher! I'm on the same route home as Bunji! ”

"Teacher, I'm the same route home as Ninjiro, I'll get home first!"

"Teacher...

"Is this to prevent kidnappings?" Chiba and Conan both had a number in their minds. "But it's no wonder, after all, these three kidnappings are all related to rice flowers. In the first two cases, children were killed elsewhere and dumped in the rice flower, while in the third case, although the child's origin has not been announced, the body was thrown in the rice flower. ”

"So, you have to go home with the boys on the same road when you go home, okay? Don't be separated! Mr. Kobayashi was still smiling. Especially don't go with strange uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters! ”

"Good!" Everyone spoke in unison.

“。。。” Qian Yu looked at the children next to him and sighed in his heart. "Do they really know the gravity of the situation?"

Mihua only has one primary school in Didan, which means that this time, the new plaything of the Grim Reaper comes from Didan Primary School.

From everyone's side.

Qianyu didn't know that the demon had quietly descended.

———— after school, in a supermarket

"I didn't see Ayumi," Chiba anxiously walked out of a row of shelves. "What about you?"

"I don't have it on my side!" Conan's anxiety was even greater.

Originally, everyone just came home from school together after school and then bought some food at this supermarket to go home, but after buying the food, Ayumi was gone.

"Is it in the women's bathroom?" Yuan Tai doesn't care about the way.

"She's not in the bathroom," Chiba leaned against the container, tapping her heel uncomfortably on the ground. "I asked a sister to look for it just now, and Ayumi wasn't there."

"Didn't Conan call Ayumi on the help desk just now?" Mitsuhiko pointed to the supermarket horn not far away.

"But no one has come yet!" Conan's anxious look continued unabated. "If Ayumi appeared, I wouldn't be in such a hurry!"

"There don't seem to be any surveillance cameras here... Qian Yu looked around. "I'll ask the clerk."

A minute later, Qian Yu walked back with a grim face.

"A middle-aged man carried the sleeping Ayumi away." When Qian Yu said this, his teeth were clenched, and his angry expression was overflowing.

"Middle-aged man?" Conan frowned. "What are the characteristics?"

"Mustache, black-rimmed glasses—" Before Chiba could finish speaking, Conan interrupted him. "Needless to say, his dad doesn't have a beard and doesn't wear glasses."

"Are you going to call the police now?" Chiba asked.

"Without further ado, you call the police, and I'll see if I can find any trace of the gangster." After Conan finished speaking, he ran out.

———— police kiosk next to the supermarket

“bang！！！” Conan slammed his fist into the wall, making a loud noise. "Damn!"

Mitsuhiko Motota was all panicked.

"Didn't find it?" - Mitsuhiko

"What should I do?" - Gentus

Chiba closed her eyes, lowered her head, and rhythmically tapped her forehead with the metacarpophalangeal joints of her index finger, as if thinking about something. After a long time, Qian Yu raised his head and looked at everyone.

"We," Qian Yu said slowly. "Go to the Metropolitan Police Department."

"Huh?" Conan was slightly stunned. "Do you want to..."

"Go to the police and ask for the files of the first three victims!" After Qian Yu finished speaking, he walked out first.

As long as there is the slightest possibility, you must try to bring Ayumi back!

Qianyu's vision was blurred and condensed again, and the scenery in front of him after leaving the police pavilion was simply a thick file and a few pages full of notes. I turned my head and glanced at the time, only to realize that it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

What patterns did you discover?

In terms of candidates, the four abductees, all seven-year-old girls, disappeared on the northern edge of the rice flower district. When he disappeared, he went out with his family, but before he disappeared, he was briefly out of his family's sight.

From this point, it can be shown that the kidnappers are definitely prepared, and it is impossible for an unprepared kidnapper to seize such a short gap to succeed.

In terms of time - in terms of date, the four abductees were tied up three days apart, and the hours, minutes, and seconds were irregular.

From this point, it can be inferred that there is a fixed pattern of kidnappers' behavior, whether it is because of the kidnapper's own inherent murderous pattern or because of objective reasons of forced submission.

In terms of the kidnapping process – the first three abductees were all informed of the abduction by their families on the first night after they were kidnapped on the first day; Have the family listen to the child once the next day, then make a ransom demand, and encourage the family to call the police; On the third day, parents are again asked to hear their children's voices, and then the families are informed of where the ransom will be paid; On the morning of the fourth day, the family was informed of the fact that they had torn up the ticket, and at the same time they were told where the body was dumped, and the new girl was abducted on the afternoon of the fourth day.

From this point of view, it can also be corroborated that the kidnappers were well prepared, and that the kidnappers' purpose of the kidnapping was not for any ransom, after all, once the family heard that they had a reputation for tearing up tickets, they would probably not give money at all.

They are for some special purpose, for some purpose that can be quite frustrating!