High and Low Page #3

Just pay up, or he dies.

Understand?

Absurd.

Exactly. lt's absurd.

The wrong boy's

a lucky break for me.

Extortion can only be threats...

against a person or his kin.

So l can't be charged

with extortion.

But you have to pay anyway.

You're a fool to pay,

but you must.

Who says l'll pay?

l absolutely will not.

You will.

You won't kill him.

You don't have the guts, Mr. Gondo.

A fiend.

Smartest crook l ever saw.

He could kidnap any child

and ask ransom for anyone.

And it's not extortion.

Not kidnapping for gain.

Simple kidnapping.

He'd get only five years at most.

This is no joke.

lt's absurd.

He can't get away with it.

lt's not just money

he wants from me.

He wants me to be humiliated,

to suffer.

Forcing me to throw away

my hard earned money.

He wants to laugh at me.

l won't let him.

l won't pay him.

l'll tell him so next time.

No ransom. Never!

Ow! That hurts.

Put him to bed.

l'm not sleepy.

l'll wait for Shinichi.

He understands what's happened.

He feels responsible for it.

l feel the same way.

No one's responsible.

The man is a maniac.

But Shinichi was kidnapped

in place of your son.

Then you think the ransom

should be paid?

You know the position

Mr. Gondo is in.

But he was willing

to pay for his own son.

Said he could raise

more money later.

How? From where?

He's mortgaged everything.

He can't raise more money

to save his own life.

Giving 30 million to a madman.

Stop it!

Let's go to bed.

But l--

Come on.

Time for bed.

lnspector.

Can you promise the boy's safety

if Mr. Gondo pays?

The boy may be dead by now.

Or he may be killed afterwards.

What's the sense in paying?

But if he is still alive,

we can still hope.

What will the kidnapper do

if he isn't paid?

Would he kill the boy?

From the way he talks,

he seems intelligent.

l don't think he'd risk

capital punishment.

He may be intelligent,

but he's not a rational person.

His plan is so cruel,

he must be sick.

We must believe

he'll carry it through.

lf he's paid, he'll return

the boy as he said.

lf not, he said

he'd kill him, didn't he?

lt's a vicious case.

l'll ask the Chief

for a special investigation.

See what you can find out here.

Mr. Gondo, call us

before you answer the phone.

What about me?

Am l going to Osaka or not?

lf l am,

l'd better hurry.

Why are you hesitating?

lt's very clear.

Pay ransom and we're ruined.

That's all there is to it.

Go.

l'm going,

no matter who's calling.

All right, go.

No, Kawanishi, wait!

lnspector!

Keep him talking.

We need more than last time.

Upstairs phone okay?

Hello. This is Gondo.

The boy's fine.

l'll let him talk to you.

Daddy? Are you there?

Shinichi!

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