Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 227 Deception
Since the information Xiao Ai had at that time was seriously insufficient, she took the safest action - delaying time.

After roughly inferring that the other party had no intention of harming her for the time being, Xiao Ai disguised herself as a severely frightened little girl and acted as if she was unable to give an effective response.

The other party saw that the girl seemed to be very frightened, and could not question her properly for the time being, so she asked someone to take Xiao Ai to the lounge to keep her under supervision, and planned to wait for an hour until the girl's mood stabilized before questioning her again.

At this moment, Xiao Ai once again met the middle-aged man. Faced with the ultimatum of the other party, in order to protect his companions from being harmed, Xiao Ai once again chose the delaying tactic. But this time, if he wanted to delay time, he would have to make excuses with the other party. .

"No! Don't hurt those sisters. Although I don't know what you want me to do, I will listen to you!" As if frightened by the other party's threat, Xiao Ai looked at the other party in a panic. prayed.

It seemed that he was satisfied that his intimidation was effective, or he was happy when he saw the little girl's frightened expression. The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Ai with a wicked smile and said, "That's right, Grace. , you are much smarter and more useful than your useless parents."

The man walked up to Xiao Ai, held the half cigar in his hand, raised his chin and said with a smile: "As long as you are willing to continue to serve me and become a bridge between the organization and the entertainment industry, I can not only guarantee your safety, but also make Your career has skyrocketed since then, and it won’t be difficult to surpass Chrissy Wynyard.”

From the information revealed by the other party, Xiao Ai immediately deduced that the girl named "Grace" should be a child star in the United States, and her parents should have worked for this organization, but died for some reason. This little girl must have escaped from the other party before, so the other party chose this violent kidnapping method to bring her here.

Since the other party "Grace" has a certain use value, it means that she may be able to use this identity to negotiate some conditions with the other party, so Xiao Ai tentatively said: "I, I know, I will work hard... ...But, can you let those sisters go? They are all good people who saved me, and they are just foreign tourists coming to the United States. If they are locked up here, they may cause trouble..."

"Hahaha, don't worry. As long as I make sure that they are not too involved with you, I will naturally find an opportunity to let them go." When he heard that the other party gave up resistance and agreed to work for him, the middle-aged man immediately put on a kind face. He smiled and said, "But it's getting late now, and the security in the suburbs of New York is not very good. For the sake of the safety of the girls, I'd better make them stay here for one night, and arrange for them to leave tomorrow."

Xiao Ai, who has lived in an international criminal organization like a winery for 17 years, couldn't tell that the other party actually had no intention of letting the girls go. However, she just thought that she believed the other party's promise and nodded in agreement. : "I understand, then let's send them away tomorrow."

Seeing that the little girl was easily deceived by him, the man comforted him with a kind face: "Okay, you are tired after a day of hard work. Now that you have recognized the reality, you can go back to your own home from tomorrow, and you can still That idol Grace with thousands of fans, and I will also arrange for someone to take care of your daily life, so you don’t have to worry about any difficulties in life."

After saying that, the man clapped his hands, and two big men in black walked in from outside the door. Under the instructions of the other party, they took Xiao Ai out of the room and returned to the lounge where she was previously detained.

Not long after Xiao Ai was taken away, another man in black walked into the office and reported to the proud-looking middle-aged man sitting on the office chair: "Boss, I have already questioned the three The foreign girls seemed to have really never heard of the name 'Grace'. They only said that the little girl's name was Xiao Ai and that she was their friend. They also asked us why we kidnapped them." "Hmph! What Xiao Ai, most likely it's Xiao Ai. Grace used a false name when she escaped before, but those girls don't know Grace's true identity, so it saved us a lot of trouble." The middle-aged man snorted and said disdainfully.

"Then boss, what should we do with them? How about blindfolding them and throwing them somewhere?" Seeing that the other party didn't seem to have any intention of killing them, the man in black asked with some uncertainty.

"Since everyone has been arrested, how can there be any reason to let them go so easily?" The middle-aged man glared at the younger brother angrily, and then said with a greedy look on his face, "They are just a few girls from Japan, they are long. It’s quite beautiful. If it’s sold to the underground people, there will definitely be investors interested in oriental beauties who will pay a high price.”

Having said this, the man couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick the corner of his mouth, squinting his eyes and smiling lewdly: "Especially that little beauty with some Eastern European features. Her figure and appearance are definitely the best of the best. I can't tell who my ancestor is." European royal nobles, why not let me taste it before selling it, hehehe..."

"Yes, these girls are valuable at first glance." After hearing the boss's decision, the man in black said with a flattering smile, "Then I will go and bring you the mixed-race girl now?"

"Then go quickly, why are you still hanging around?" The middle-aged man urged the other party impatiently, and at the same time he did not forget to add, "As for the other two Japanese girls, you can figure it out yourself, don't Just kill him."

"Don't worry, boss. We know the severity. Just wait a moment and I'll bring you here." After saying that, the man in black left the room with unconcealable excitement and strode toward the corner room. Walking to the storage room, that's where Xiaolan, Qingzi and Yangzi were imprisoned.

In this dark room, after a brief period of panic, Xiaolan and Qingzi had returned to a calm state and were sitting quietly on the floor looking for opportunities to escape on their own or waiting for rescue to arrive.

As for Yangzi, his expression didn't change much from beginning to end. After initially comforting Xiaolan and Qingzi to stay calm and waiting for rescue, he entered the state of meditation of an old monk.

If the mafia outside saw her in this state, they might think she was scared out of her mind. However, Xiaolan and Qingzi knew that the other party was still very calm at this moment. After all, the other party had separated the three of them for questioning one after another. The answers each gave at that time were exactly the suggestions derived from Yangzi’s calm reasoning.

(End of this chapter)