Chapter 424: The Clouds and Waves
When the time came to half past nine, the exchange of 2 million yen was finally completed, and the bank staff helped to sort the banknotes, put them into bundles and put them into garbage bags.

Lin Hao, who was standing by, put on the communication and tracking equipment provided by the police, then put the garbage bag containing the money in the car, and went to Setagaya West Park, waiting for the next instructions from the kidnappers!
At this time, some police officers had already ambushed in several areas near the park in advance. As long as the kidnappers came to bring the hostages to get the money, they would arrest them!
The time soon came to ten o'clock in the morning, and Lin Hao was standing in the center of the park. He just heard the beeping of an alarm clock coming from a nearby trash basket.

So Lin Hao took the money and ran to the trash can without hesitation, only to see a palm-sized alarm clock inside.

Lin Hao picked up the alarm clock and immediately found a note behind it that read, "Be at the third base stand of Daocheng Baseball Stadium within 30 minutes!"

Then Lin Hao carried a large bag of money and went to where he parked his car, while speaking into the intercom hidden in his collar:
"There was a note left in the trash can asking me to rush to the third base stand of Daocheng Baseball Stadium within 30 minutes!"

Yabuki Yutaka, who was in temporary command, immediately said to Lin Hao:
"Okay, just go ahead! We'll make arrangements right away!"

As he spoke, Yabuki Yutaka, who was in the car following Lin Hao, began to arrange plainclothes officers to go to the destination.

Just when Lin Hao and others were heading to the baseball field, Soma Seiichiro brought his people to Ogata Shogo's house.

It turned out that when Lin Hao exchanged old banknotes this morning, Soma had already found out Ogata's whereabouts. After finding his residence, he immediately arranged for people to monitor his residence!

When Lin Hao set out for the park, Soma also brought people to Ogata's house.

Soma looked at a small one-family house in the distance and asked the police officer who was monitoring him:
"Have you found out anything?"

The team leader who has been monitoring here said:

We asked the neighbors nearby and found out his car is not here. Ogata has been leaving early and coming back late recently, so it is rare to see him!

"At the same time, we just went to his house to check, and he should not be at home!" The team leader said with some regret:
"It's mainly because they came too suddenly. Otherwise, if they had used a life detector, they wouldn't have had to wait for your search warrant!"

Soma Seiichiro smiled and said, "I not only brought a search warrant, but also a life detector!"

As he said that, he asked his men to start the machine to detect it, but it turned out that there was no one inside!

"Maria and Ogata are not here!" Soma frowned.

At this time, the team leader suddenly said:

"Director, since we have a search warrant, why don't we just go in and search!"

"Wait a moment, the locksmith will be here soon!" Soma Seiichiro looked around and explained:

"On the one hand, I'm worried that there are accomplices of the kidnappers nearby, and on the other hand, I'm worried that there are alarms or something like that in the house!"

"If the kidnappers find out, the hostages will be in danger!"

Thinking that Mochizuki Yukihira should have paid the ransom, he picked up the phone and called his assistant Yabuki Yutaka:

"What's going on over there? Have you found the kidnapper?"

Upon hearing this, Yabuki Yutaka immediately said:

"The kidnappers are so cunning. They left a note at the park, asking Mochizuki Yukihira to rush to the third base stand of Daocheng Baseball Stadium within 30 minutes. We'll be there in about ten minutes!"

"Baga~, these criminals must have learned their tricks from the movies. I'm sure they'll leave notes at the next baseball field to change locations!"

"There's nothing we can do!" Yabuki Feng complained a few words, then asked with concern: "Director, how is the situation there?"

"The hostages and kidnappers are not here, they should be hiding somewhere else!" Soma Seiichiro felt helpless and then warned:
"Don't let your guard down over there either. Leave a few cars outside the baseball field to prevent them from changing locations again. I'll be waiting for your news!"

"I understand!" After saying that, Yabuki Yutaka hung up the phone!
Lin Hao's car finally arrived at the baseball stadium, and then he came to the third base stand carrying a bag of money.

As soon as he arrived at the stands, he heard the familiar beeping sound again, so Lin Hao followed the sound and took out another alarm clock from under a box. Sure enough, there was a note on the back.

After reading the content, Lin Hao smiled silently, and then said to the intercom on his collar:

"We'll be at the Tama River Lake camping site in 30 minutes!"

Then Lin Hao picked up the money bag again and left the baseball field. He just glanced casually at the stands diagonally opposite and then left through Channel No. 1!

Just when he walked to the trash can next to the passage, Lin Hao exchanged his purse with the purse in the trash can!
Then Lin Hao got in the car again and headed towards the Tama River Lake camping ground.

On the other side, at Ogata Shogo's house, a middle-aged man was holding a lock-picking tool in his hand, while Soma Seiichiro brought people with him and held special testing equipment.

Soon the door of Ogata's house was opened. After the middle-aged man in charge of unlocking the door left, Soma led two team members into Ogata's house.

After entering the door, Soma asked the team member holding the testing equipment beside him:

"Is there anything unusual?" The team member looked at the monitor, then shook his head and said:

"There is no alarm device, you can go in!"

Then several people filed in, and after seeing the situation inside, everyone was immediately overjoyed, because the layout of this place was exactly the same as the one where Maria was in the video!
Soma said excitedly at this time: "We finally found it, the kidnapper is Ogata Shogo!"

The people outside also became excited when they heard Soma's words. Since it was confirmed that Ogata Shogo was the kidnapper, the rest of the things would be much simpler!
After all, it is impossible for a person to be away from the social group for a long time. As long as he appears in the crowd, he will inevitably leave traces!
Seiichiro Soma didn't even bother to search the room. He immediately reported to the Metropolitan Police Department and reported the situation there!
After Soma finished his report, the team leader said with some regret:
"What a pity! If we had found the Ogata family earlier, we might have found Maria!"

Soma said helplessly: "There's nothing we can do. It's because those guys are so slow!"

"But I believe it won't be long before we find Maria!"

After that, Soma stopped searching the room, looked at the kitchen and frowned.

"I always feel like something is wrong with this place."

"Ah~?" The team leader asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Looking at the furnishings in the room and the portrait of Maria on the wall, Soma said:
"Look at these paintings, they are all of Maria. It's obvious that he loves Maria, but why did he kidnap her?"

"If it was really Maria Ai, then why did she ask for a ransom of 2 million yen?"

Everyone was at a loss as to what to do, but after looking at the daily necessities, Soma immediately said to everyone:
"Restore this place immediately. If Ogata gets the ransom, he will definitely come back here!"

At this time, Seiichiro Soma's cell phone suddenly rang!

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At the same time, Lin Hao was on his way to the Tama River Lake Camping Ground. Lin Hao held the steering wheel with one hand and tapped the walkie-talkie on his collar with the other hand.

Yabuki Yutaka, who was following behind Lin Hao, heard a clicking noise coming from the headset, but didn't think there was anything wrong at first.

But after a while, the same frequency of knocking sounded, which made Yabuki Feng feel something was wrong, so he tried to say in the headset:
"Mr. Wangyue, are you okay?" However, Lin Hao did not answer, but continued to tap at the same frequency!
!

After listening carefully, Yabuki Yutaka suddenly had an idea in his mind: this is Morse code!

Although Yabuki Feng had learned the Morse code, he had almost forgotten it after not using it for such a long time, so he tried to find out:

"Mr. Mochizuki, if you are not comfortable speaking, please knock once if it is the answer, and twice if it is not the answer. The same logic applies to the following questions!"

"Ding!" Lin Hao knocked immediately!
As expected, upon hearing a knock, Yabuki Yutaka immediately said to the police officer:
"Notify Director Soma immediately, and notify the Metropolitan Police Department to crack the code just now!"

After giving the order, he picked up Lin Hao's intercom again and said:
"Did you find anything unusual?"

"Dah!" Lin Hao knocked again!
"We have one of our people in the trunk of your car. Can we ask him to help you?" Yabuki Yutaka asked again.

"Dada!" Lin Hao knocked twice again!
"Is your life threatened?" Yabuki Yutaka frowned and continued to ask.

"Da da!"

"The threat came from inside the car?"

"clatter!"

At this time, Yabuki Feng suddenly realized that the abnormality came from inside the car, and there was no danger to life. The people inside the car could not help, so he picked up the intercom and said:
"You are being monitored!"

At this time, the police officer next to him suddenly said:

"The code has been cracked, which means it's wiretapping!"

"Dang!" Just then a knock was heard here, which undoubtedly confirmed the answer of Officer Yabuki Toyokazu.

Lin Hao was also complaining in his heart, he just reacted now.

Yabuki Yutaka was a little embarrassed, but luckily the police officer took out his cell phone and said into the intercom:
"Director Soma knows Morse code, you can continue to communicate with him in Morse code!"

Then Lin Hao was not polite and knocked again:
-
!

On the other side, Soma was furious after hearing this, and immediately said loudly into the microphone of his mobile phone:
“Baseball crap money!”

"Mr. Mochizuki means the money is in the trash can at the baseball stadium!" Then Soma Seiichiro immediately said:
"Hurry up and arrange for someone to check the baseball field and the trash cans along Mr. Mochizuki's route!"

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At the same time, Mariya, who had already received the money, hesitated for a moment standing in front of the phone booth, but when she thought of Kitasato Anna instigating her husband to poison her, she immediately made up her mind!

"She wants to destroy this shameless woman. She destroyed her own family. This woman must receive the most severe punishment!"

Then Maria picked up the phone in the public phone booth and called the police station to report:

"That day, I saw Mr. Mochizuki injecting something into a bottle of wine in the supermarket parking lot!"

After saying that, Maria hung up the phone and prepared to drive away. Next, it was time to prepare to return!
But before she could get in the car, she saw several police cars arriving at the baseball field. However, she was not nervous at all. Instead, she frowned and watched the police cars leave beside her!

“It feels wrong!”

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At this time, Lin Hao had stopped communicating with Soma because he was about to reach his destination, the Tama River Lake Camping Ground!

Just when Lin Hao passed the bridge, he curiously turned on his mental lock to check, and happened to find that Ogata Shogo was in the car at the bridge!

"It's just bad luck for you!" Then he tapped the intercom again:

!

As soon as Seiichiro Soma hung up the phone, Lin Hao sent Morse code again, and Yabuki Yutaka quickly called Soma again and played the recording for him!

After sending the code, Lin Hao's car happened to come to an open space, and then Lin Hao got out of the car quickly.

Although he knew where the person was, Lin Hao still carried the purse and walked to the open space to wait!

At this moment, Lin Hao discovered a heavy drone flying straight towards him!

On the other side, Seiichiro Soma had already translated the Morse code and shouted:

"Yabuki, the kidnappers may be at the bridge head, immediately confirm with Mr. Mochizuki if this is true!"

Yabuki Fengli said to several people: "Keep an eye on the bridgehead immediately!"

After saying this, he asked Lin Hao:
"Mr. Mochizuki, did you find the kidnappers on the bridge?"

Lin Hao stood in the open space, watching the drone slowly descend, and then knocked quickly: "Da!"

Looking at the police deployed everywhere, Lin Hao shook his head. Even though he told the police Ogata's location, they couldn't catch him right away.

After all, this is to rescue the hostage Mariya, not simply to capture the criminals.

Moreover, in the police's view, the kidnappers have already received the money, and they just need to wait for them to release Maria so that they can arrest criminals without restraint.

Therefore, their goal now is to identify the criminals and collect evidence against them, rather than arresting them without confirming the safety of the hostages!
When Lin Hao saw the drone land smoothly, he hurried forward to check. Sure enough, there was another note on it, asking him to put the money into the net bag under the drone!

Of course Lin Hao did as he was told. Soon, the drone took off shakily, dragging the heavy bag of money, crossed two bridges, and arrived at the Tama River Lake Park not far away.

At this time, several police cars passed by Tama River Lake Park. After all, we couldn't have any luck, what if there were still kidnappers!
Most of the police officers here were still monitoring a car on the bridge, which was Ogata's car.

At this moment, he was flying the drone seriously and had no idea that he was being monitored!
After the drone landed, Ogata immediately started the car and left, and several police cars followed without hesitation!

At this time, Lin Hao's cell phone rang. It was Soma Seiichiro who was on the other end. He only heard him say:
"Mr. Mochizuki, what happened just now?"

Lin Hao looked at the police officers who came over, shook his head and said:
"I'll tell you in detail what happened when I come back!"

Soma heard a call coming in, so he said:

"Okay, we have found Ogata's hiding place, I believe we will find your wife soon!"

"Thank you very much!"

Soma, who had just hung up the phone, immediately received the latest information from the Metropolitan Police Department. His face suddenly changed. Thinking of Lin Hao's performance in the past two days, he suddenly felt that things had become even more complicated and confusing!
(End of this chapter)