Conan's other self

"You specifically asked the doctor to increase the dose of the anesthetic injection, and you also took Edogawa's coat... because you wanted to sneak into the detective agency and find a chance to subdue the prisoner, right?"

Looking into Feng Yuan's eyes, Hai Yuan Ai continued.

"Yeah." Maplehara admitted frankly, "Since the bomb man wants to hijack the office, there will definitely be a minimum investigation. He should know that there is a kid named Edogawa Conan in the office..."

As a child, "Edogawa Conan" returning to the detective agency will not arouse Bomb Man's suspicion and alertness.

And just like Conan's phone call was answered, Bomb Man would not refuse to let him in in order not to arouse suspicion.

"But what if Mori told that guy that Edogawa was going to stay at the doctor's house tonight?"

"Then you can just find an excuse..." Fengyuan replied, "For example, if you forget to bring something with you when camping tomorrow, go back and get it..."

Hui Yuan Ai bit her lip lightly and did not reply.

She neither wanted Feng Yuan to take this risk nor wanted to stop him. In fact, if she really wanted to stop him, she wouldn't have followed him.

She just... felt uneasy.

"Don't worry...that guy won't be wary of children. Judging from the fact that he asked Xiaolan to answer the phone by herself and didn't notice that the phone was hung up, he is not alert enough..."

At least if he came by himself, Conan would have no way of knowing what happened in the office.

"He didn't even close the curtains, which shows that he doesn't know enough about the police. He just acted when his brain got hot...so it's no problem," Maplehara continued, "and you also know the doctor's anesthesia needles, He won't have any reaction time..."

The anesthesia needle has been tested for a long time, and the other person is not as experienced as Uncle Maori. He asked the doctor to increase the dose, so the bomb man would lose consciousness in just a moment.

This is more effective than directly sniping at Bomb Man's weak point with a gun.

And...it can save his life.

Therefore, compared to asking the police to attack or snipe, or using reasoning to hope that the bomb man would give up or lose his mind, Maplehara felt that the anesthetic needle was more reliable.

After all, Bomb Man obviously has a will to die. Even if he is told that his sister committed suicide, he may also commit suicide.

"So... don't worry, Haiyuan."

"I didn't come here to get in the way..."

"Of course not... I have something to ask you..." Fengyuan said, looking at the office that had become quiet for a while, "then use the phone to tell me the specific location of that guy in the room..."

Haiyuan Ai jumped up a little and lay down on the guardrail to watch. Then he turned to look at Fengyuan, "Then is it 5C now?"

This comes from the chess board puzzle they met at the Blue Castle when they were not familiar enough.

The chessboard uses numbers and letters as coordinate axes, and if it corresponds to the office room, the bomb man's current position can be represented by the combination just mentioned.

Fengyuan thought for a moment and understood what Haiyuan Ai meant, and nodded in agreement, "Well... that's it, but there's no rush now..."

He paused and said, "Dealing with the prisoner is easy. The most troublesome thing is actually how to convince the police to allow me to go in... I'm afraid he won't be able to agree until the assault team is in place..."

After all, bombs also need to be dealt with by the police.

In fact, if the police could solve it themselves, he did not want to act on his own and affect the police plan.

But if the police can't do it, and he and Conan can't come up with a better solution, he will naturally let Conan use Kudo Shinichi's name to persuade the Megure Police Department to let him in.

Anyway, even if he fails, the worst he can do is go in and become a hostage. There are also Conan, Haibara and Akai Shuichi outside.

Time passes gradually.

The police strike team came very slowly and did not arrive after a while. Maplehara and Haibara Ai just stood on the roof of the building looking at the office opposite, each with an earphone, listening to what was coming from the phone. Movement in the office.

Before leaving, he asked Conan to turn on the phone's speaker, and then used the doctor's phone to keep talking to him.

Although after all this tossing, the sounds coming from the detective agency were not very clear, but he could hear them.

…

Inside the Mori Detective Agency.

Ze Lixun glanced at the time impatiently.

"I've been here for a while."

Sawaguri looked at Kogoro Mouri with a serious look on his face, "It's about time you let me know the truth about that incident, right? Who among the three people was the murderer of my sister?"

"Easier said than done."

Uncle Maori replied, "Judging from the copy you brought, the scene was a completely secret room, and it proved that the first person who found the body was you! How did you know that this was murder?"

He had no idea at all. After looking at it for a while, he just felt that the police who were handling the case at the time were right.

"I heard a sound! I found my sister who had fallen down, and when I called an ambulance, there was a clang at the window. Then I went to the window to check and found some small glass fragments falling on the balcony outside the window! I obviously broke the glass from outside, isn’t it strange?”

Zelixun continued his speculation, "The prisoner must be hiding somewhere in the room. When I broke the window glass and entered the room and was attracted by my sister, he secretly got out through the broken window. evidence!"

"But weren't those fragments brought out of the window after you stepped on them? Didn't you go check them in a panic?"

"The police said the same thing, but I had never been outside the window at that time!"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Sera Masumi asked Sawaguri Isun: "Are you the type who acts first without considering the consequences when your head gets hot?"

"Yes, my friends who play survival games with me always say that I am a person who gets angry easily."

"In this case, your reasoning may not be unreasonable." Sera Masaki looked at the three female novelists again, "If these aunties know you, they might take advantage of your personality."

"And look! This is the photo I took before the police came!" Zawali Xun pointed to Uncle Maori to look at the photo on the table, "There are bloody fingerprints on the floor mat in front of the bathroom door, right?"

"No, that's right."

"I'm afraid this is the blood stains my sister got when she tried to escape from the bathroom after the criminal slit her wrists! Otherwise, how could there be blood stains in a place like this?"

"But you can't doubt those three people just because of this."

"These three people went to my sister's room just before the incident!" Zelixun said, looking back at the three people, "That's right?"

"Yes, yes." Mitsui Tumi replied, "The four of us, including Weihong, had agreed that the first one to achieve one million sales would entertain the others to the hot spring hotel."

"In the end, Wei became a best-selling author..." Yuchi Shishin was the one who spoke next, "This is a rare opportunity, so we asked her to sign the first edition of her debut novel that was given to us..."

"So we all went to her room that day," it was Er Bottle of Pure Summer who finally took over, "but the three of us happened to miss each other."

"Have you all brought that book?" Zelixun pointed his gun at the three men.

"Yes, it is…"

"By the way, how did you ask them to bring this book?" Uncle Maori asked.

"I said my sister and you are friends! If you want to hear your story about solving the case, bring me the book that proves that they and my sister are good friends!"

At Zeli Xun's signal, the three of them opened the books they brought, revealing the signatures on the title page.

"Look, there's a date on the signature! This is evidence that these three people met my sister on the day of the crime!"

"Also," Isao Sawaguri then pointed to Moori Kogoro to look at the paper on the table, "On the day of the crime, my sister posted the scene where these three people met her on SNS. This is a copy!"

"But if these people are your sister's friends on SNS, they should have seen those Weibo posts, right?" Masumi Sera said.

"No, my sister secretly sent it using my ID! In order not to let these people see it! Take a look quickly!"

Under the urging of Ze Lixun, Uncle Maori read while reading, "Well... the first person who came to ask for an autograph was the elephant. I just finished taking a shower and my hair hasn't been dried yet. It's such a troublesome elephant——"

"What is this elephant?" Uncle Maori raised his head and asked Ze Lixun.

"My sister's hobby is comparing people to animals! Don't worry, read on!"

Uncle Maori had no choice but to continue reading the copy.

"...The next one is the fox, looking for trouble again? It's annoying. I've already signed it for you. Go back quickly! The last one is the ignorant mouse. Hurry and sign your name. Get her out of the room! It's so annoying... Why are you still here with me? Oops, I'm starting to feel sleepy... What should I do - is this the end of Weibo?"

"Right? You can tell that, right?"

Ze Lixun said, "How could the sister who left such a Weibo commit suicide? The last one among the three made my sister fall asleep and pretended that she had committed suicide. He was that rat!"

Zelixun obviously didn't know who the mouse was referring to, and he didn't give the rules for his sister's nickname. In other words, he didn't know either.

On the other hand, because the detective agency was temporarily quiet again, Conan walked away and started communicating with Maplehara.

"Elephants, foxes, and mice..." Conan said while thinking, "Hey, Maplehara, have you thought of it?"

"No, I don't even know the situation of these three people."

"By the way, I haven't told you the information about these three people yet..."

Conan walked back to the computer and read while reading, which also helped him organize his thoughts.

"Mitsui Tamami, 41 years old, unmarried, has been helping in the stone shop run by her family, type A Taurus.

Yuchi Shishin, 36 years old, divorced once, worked in a neighbor's bakery for nearly 20 years, Pisces type B.

Erping Chunxia, ​​39 years old, her husband makes seals, she writes mystery novels while being a housewife, Leo type O. "

After a pause, Conan continued, "There is also Zeuri Xun, the captain of the survival game. The team name is Green Caps."

The doctor also helped retrieve information about Ze Lixun. It is worth mentioning that the information provided by the Gunma Prefectural Police is not as detailed as what can be found online.

“A knock-off version of the U.S. Army Special Forces Green Berets?”

"Yeah...ah...they and Officer Takagi are back..."

The people Conan refers to are obviously Ayumi and others.

Officer Takagi happened to meet them on the street when he was driving to deliver the materials. After delivering the things to Conan, he helped follow them and questioned other people who were present at the time of the crime.

The primary school students talked about what they learned one sentence at a time.

"The tall aunt with glasses was very polite and tidied up all the shampoo and conditioner that the unknown children had messed up!" Mitsuhiko was talking about two bottles of Pure Summer.

"My little aunt loves hot springs because she has protruding teeth! She goes to hot springs several times a day!" Genta was talking about Yuchi Shishin.

"The strangest thing is the fat aunt! It is said that I just saw her from the crack in the door of the room. She ran out of the dead man's room in a panic with a pale face!" Ayumi was talking about Mitsui Tumi.

"Is the person who saw this the room opposite the room where Weihong died?"

"No, it's the next door to the next door on the same side."

Ayumi and the others also obtained photos of the room where the crime occurred.

But Conan just glanced at it and stopped paying attention. This was already included in the information brought by Officer Takagi.

but…

"Uncle Takagi, why didn't you say those things just now?"

"Uh...the ones from Gunma Prefecture are the ones from before..."

"But they said they told the police at that time!"

The elementary school students interjected, "But the Yamamura Police Department said the scene was a secret room and has nothing to do with the case..."

"hehe…"

"By the way, Conan," Officer Takagi asked, "You have already passed all the information to Kudo Shinichi, right?"

Although he didn't understand why Kudo Shinichi didn't just ask them to fax the information or take photos to him instead of giving it to Conan, Officer Takagi, who was used to it, didn't take it to heart.

Conan didn't even bother to explain.

"Yeah!" Conan replied simply.

He has asked the doctor to take photos of the information and send it to his other self via email...

So...this shouldn't be considered lying?

Officer Takagi had nothing to do here, so he quickly went to the detective office to report to the Megure Police Department and help separate the crowd.

At Kaedehara's reminder, Conan also told Ayumi and others not to get too close to the phone, lest Bomb Man hear the sound here.

Here, after communicating with Conan and Haibara about the case for a period of time, the police commando team finally arrived, and Maplehara told Conan about his plan.

Conan was silent for a moment. He was so lost in thought that he didn't notice that Feng Yuan had taken away the coat he had left on the sofa.

"Hey, Maplehara, are you okay?" Conan asked worriedly.

"Don't believe me or don't believe the Doctor?"

"No, please..." Conan paused, "Thanks."

Conan himself also felt that it would be safer to use an anesthetic needle, and although he was not 100% sure, the other self should be fine.

And there’s a better chance of a happy ending…

Thinking this way, despite being worried, Conan did not raise any objection. He himself had to continue thinking, so that after Maplehara solved the bomb man, he could also solve the case...

Of course, he had to call the Megure Police Department before that.

This was the most difficult call he had made to the Memu Police Department in the past few months.

He spent a lot of time, analyzed the success rate of the plan in the name of Kudo Shinichi and repeatedly guaranteed it, before the Megure Police Department agreed to help report the plan and got permission.

In fact, the Mumu Police Department is still a little confused.

He can be said to have great trust in Kudo Shinichi, and he also knows very well that Maplehara and Conan are not ordinary children, but after all, they want children to risk their lives to help...

"I'll go with you." Police Department Megure said to Fengyuan.

Although it would be useless if he went there, if it exploded, he wouldn't be able to escape - this would make him feel better.

That's what he thought.

Feng Principle raised his head and glanced at Huihara Ai who was still on the roof.

It was already dark now, and there was no light source on the roof, so he couldn't see clearly.

However, he knew that Haibara Ai was on the roof now, keeping a certain distance from the SAT police officers who were preparing to take their positions to see what was going on inside the detective agency. This was only allowed after asking the Megure Police Department.

The call between him and Conan has been hung up, and now the call with Haibara Ai has been connected.

As mentioned before, Haiyuan Ai gave him points.

…

a few minutes ago.

"The matter will be solved soon." Sera Masumi glanced out the window and whispered to Xiaolan standing next to him.

"What do you mean?" Xiaolan responded in a low voice.

"I put your cell phone pendant in the phone and kept the call on the phone."

Xiaolan glanced at her phone subconsciously.

"Don't look," Sera Masumi said, "that guy hasn't noticed this yet. I did this to let Conan help investigate..."

"But Conan is just a kid," Xiaolan said, and then realized, "Ah, he should tell Shinichi..."

"Oh? It's Kudo Shinichi again..."

Sera Masumi blinked at Xiaolan, "Although I don't know what the relationship is between Conan and the famous high school detective, I can only let him negotiate here to convince this bomb man..."

"The bomb man believed that my sister did not commit suicide, but was killed by one of the three people. If he knew who the culprit was, he would die with that person," Masumi Sera continued, "But it seems that there is no such thing now. It’s necessary.”

"W-why?"

"Can you see the flash outside the window?"

Sera Masumi gestured to Xiaolan to look out the window. Although it was dark outside, she could see a faint flash of light, "That's probably upstairs opposite... evidence that the police have arrived!"