Chapter 194: Conveyed Intelligence

Inside the old warehouse, the assumed archenemy of the Metropolitan Police Department was now writhing in pain on the ground.

"Sorry, but we don't want to accompany you to your death."

Looking at the agonized Ueno Hirayama, Kōmō played with the original notice in his hand with disdain. "Do you think those conservative old men would listen to your opinions?"

Aiming the gun at Ueno Hirayama, Kōmō sneered, "The detectives have already deduced your identity. You left your fingerprint on the ticket stub, didn't you?

It's a pity. Your goal and our goal have been a bit different from the beginning, so we changed your plans."

"Ueno-san, even if you make such a declaration, nothing will change."

Heiwa Seiji looked down at Ueno with a cold gaze and spoke calmly, "No matter what we do, this world won't change."

"This is how things are. In order to prevent your unnecessary sacrifice, we have decided to change your plans."

Kōmō looked at the agonized Ueno lying on the ground and said with a playful tone, "Using your name to extort 2 billion and live the life of the wealthy, that's the life us stray dogs want. Thank you, uncle who worries for the country and the people."

Upon hearing Kōmō's words, Ueno Hirayama's eyes filled with rage, but gradually, his voice faded away along with his pent-up frustration.

Yet his unyielding eyes continued to fixate on the three individuals, as if to etch their faces into his memory, vowing to never forget them even in hell.

Heiwa Seiji bent down and gently closed Ueno Hirayama's unyielding eyes. He placed the notice of concern for the country and the people on his chest.

"Well, now let's begin our plan." Heiwa Seiji stood up, smiled, and turned to the other two.

"Ah, I can't wait any longer." Kōmō picked up his gun and, along with Rabbit, headed towards the room with the hostages.

...

At the same time.

When the criminals made the extortion demands over the phone,

Senichi at the Metropolitan Police Department naturally heard the ransom demands that were obviously edited word by word from various news and TV dramas.

After receiving the demands from the criminals, the person in charge of the operation on the SAT's side immediately excluded the subordinate tactical teams and began preparing to eliminate the criminals at the moment of the ransom exchange!

Meanwhile, under pressure from higher-ups, the Metropolitan Police Department had no choice but to exclude their own special forces and await further orders.

Shortly after, due to the reminder in the criminal's phone call, the Metropolitan Police Department's official email address, which had been under surveillance, received an email from the criminals.

Upon opening it, a video appeared, apparently serving as evidence to prove that they were the genuine criminals.

In the video, the eight children,Yūko, Heiji Hattori, and Ryōsuke appeared, with a TV broadcasting today's news playing in the background.

This was also a means of proof, demonstrating that all the hostages were unharmed at the current time.

Perhaps to exert more pressure, the video soon began to circulate wildly online.

However, within the Metropolitan Police Department, the agency was not affected in any way. Instead, they immediately contacted the chairman of the Tokyo City Heliport, Hiroshi Ito, with an absolutely non-negotiable attitude. They demanded his cooperation in providing security and fully assisting their agency's operation.

At the same time, the agency began to gather their special assault teams, preparing to position snipers and assault troops at the rendezvous point to ensure that when the criminals arrived, they would be instantly eliminated.

This uncompromising attitude, leaving no survivors, made everyone's expression solemn.

But at this moment, Senichi couldn't care less about these matters. He was currently watching the video sent by the criminals on a computer screen.

And this time, he focused entirely on Heiji Hattori and Conan, hoping to find any traces of information being conveyed between them.

Regardless of whether it seemed logical or not, based on his understanding of the two, he didn't believe that Heiji Hattori and Conan would miss such a great opportunity to communicate with the outside world.

In the video, the hostages appeared to be having breakfast, but all the children had gloomy expressions, looking reluctantly compliant. The two adults pretended to remain calm and comforted the children as they ate.

But this seemingly normal scene was incredibly dissonant to Senichi.

Because in the video, Conan had a frightened expression as if he was about to cry. Could this be more incongruous!

It wasn't that Senichi looked down on the two adults next to him. He believed that in such a situation, they would both be overwhelmed, while Heiji Hattori and Conan would calmly analyze the situation.

Something was amiss!

Unusual behavior concealed something. Senichi immediately operated the computer, rewinding the video while zooming in on the two individuals.

At first glance, Conan and Heiji Hattori sat side by side, with Conan looking like he was about to cry, and Heiji Hattori comforting him. Everything seemed perfectly fine.

But Senichi believed that this was just a disguise they put on to deceive the criminals.

After all, they had to convey information right under the criminals' noses. If they weren't discreet, the criminals capturing the video would have noticed long ago.

He rewound the video again and excluded all the actions of the two individuals. When he focused on their lip movements, he finally discovered the hidden message, relying on his lip-reading skills!

Although this scene appeared as adults comforting a child, in reality, the conversation between the two was a word-for-word alternation, repeating a single sentence!

One person alternated each word, gradually forming a sentence.

Yes, it was like a certain celebrity who only knew how to recite 12345, regardless of their actions or expressions, they were essentially emotionless number repeaters.

Of course, it had nothing to do with being unprofessional. This repetition was for conveying valuable information!

Using his lip-reading skills, Senichi carefully deciphered the lip movements of the two individuals, finally obtaining a sentence: "Bus, in, Toriya!"

After receiving this information, Senichi quickly exclaimed, "Bus, it's a bus! The hijacked bus is in Toriya! Heiji-kun and Conan left us a message in the video!"

"What?!"

Upon hearing Senichi's words, the detectives immediately gathered around. With Senichi's explanation, they eventually discovered the signals left by the two through their lip movements.

"Toriya is quite large, but there aren't many places to park a bus. Our target won't be too many."

Senichi looked at the map of Toriya brought by Takagi and suggested, "I propose conducting a systematic search of the abandoned factories, old warehouses, and defunct car repair shops in the Toriya area. These are our targets, and the bus must be in one of these places!

And inside the bus, there must be crucial information left for us by the two individuals in the video. If we find the bus, we must search it carefully!"

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