Detective Conan: Orange-flavored summer

Chapter 103 Escape

"What's wrong?" Kaito Kidd, who had changed back into his white clothes, came to Shangguan Qianxia and asked in confusion.

Shangguan Qianxia heard his doubts and said indifferently: "Because it takes too long to put out the fire, the air pressure in the cave drops too quickly. If we don't find a way to get out, we will be buried alive."

"Trouble." Kaito Kidd also frowned and said.

……

"I already know who the Jews are." Kudo Shinichi's confident voice came clearly from their headphones.

"What? Higashi Yukiji has been arrested by the police." Officer Nakamori thought Kudo Shinichi didn't know that the criminal had been arrested, so he reminded him.

"No, actually, he is not a traitor."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Charlie adjusted his glasses with his hand and said with certainty, "That's right, Mr. Higashi Koji had no motive to burn the two paintings. Moreover, when the sunflowers first caught fire, he should have been talking to you."

"That's true, but there's absolutely no way any of us would betray you."

"Yeah, everyone is trying their best to protect Sunflower's companions!"

"That's right. It was Kaito Kidd who hinted that there was a traitor among us. It's really strange to believe what a thief said."

"That's right. We should be thankful that Sunflower is safe."

The remaining five elites discussed. (Except for Uncle Maori, there is also Higashi Kouji.)

After listening to their discussion, Kudo Shinichi smiled confidently and said, "Really? Miss Guantai Xiamei, this is the fuse that you ignited with great difficulty."

When Guan Tai Xia Mei heard this, she pretended to be calm and said, "You...what are you talking about?"

"Your goal is to burn the Ashiya sunflowers together with the fifth sunflower. Your goal from the beginning was to do everything you could to destroy these two sunflowers."

When Guan Tai Xia Mei heard this, she immediately retorted angrily: "Please don't talk nonsense like this. Why should I do this?"

"Well, I can only settle things with you one by one. Because of Kaito Kidd's disruption at the filming venue, the security alert has been upgraded, so you have no way to attack Himawari."

"So you gave up your action in the United States and bribed the staff to plant a bomb on the door near the cargo hold when the painting was being transported to Japan."

"However, Kidd ruined your plan again, and therefore, you changed your target from the second picture to the fifth picture."

Cold sweat began to appear on Guan Tai Xia Mei's forehead, and her body moved slightly uncontrollably.

However, Kudo Shinichi did not give her a chance to speak. He continued to reason: "Kid, who was the first to notice this, sent a warning letter to Detective Maori, asking all of you to be on high alert again."

"Your plans were ruined by Kidd twice in a row. This time, in order to get ahead of the game, you put a fake Kidd card on the inside of the wooden box used for transportation, so that the painting could be transported to your studio."

Officer Nakamori listened to what he said, and then asked in confusion: "You mean that this time it was all thanks to Kidd playing the bad guy that we were able to save Himawari?"

"You're talking nonsense, this is all just your imagination!" Guan Tai Xia Mei retorted harshly.

"She's right. Natsumi, who loves sunflowers more than anyone else, would never do something like that."

"Yes, and besides, why did she have to destroy those two paintings?"

"Indeed, I still don't understand why she chose those two paintings to destroy."

"What a ridiculous reasoning!"

Kudo Shinichi was not panicked at all. He heard what they said and explained, "Anyway, I will ask Miss Xiamei directly about the reason later."

Then, he said confidently, "Let's get to the point first. Miss Xia Mei, I heard that it was you who proposed to place sunflowers in the tubular passages of Ray Kroc. Is this true?"

"You used your identity as an appraiser to allow turpentine, which is often used in painting restoration, to be left along the decorative sunflower bed from the top floor to serve as a fuse."

Guantai Xia Mei's face was gloomy. She refuted sharply: "That can only mean that the traitor took advantage of my suggestion. You can't say that I am the criminal based on these indirect evidences!"

"Is that so? I was hoping you would turn yourself in. If you need more concrete evidence, I'll let you take a look later. That is the plan to destroy the two sunflowers in your computer file!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Tai Xia Mei's pupils suddenly dilated. Then, she chuckled and said, "It seems that I can't quibble anymore."

……

"Chinatsu, I hope you're okay." Haibara Ai looked at the broken rocks in the distance with a worried look and prayed.

When Yuanzi heard this, he also clasped his hands together and said, "Xiaolan, you must come back safely."

Then, she looked at Huihara Ai in confusion and asked, "Isn't your sister in there too?"

"He is Kidd, not my sister. Whether he lives or dies has nothing to do with me."

"What?!" Sonoko widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief.

……

"Hey, what are you going to do?" Kaito Kidd frowned and looked at Shangguan Qianxia in confusion.

Shangguan Qianxia was slightly stunned when she heard this. She said expressionlessly: "Actually, my plan was to borrow your hang glider, but now..."

"Hey, you don't have any plans at all, do you?"

"Not really. At least I brought an oxygen tank."

While chatting, they returned to where Xiaolan and Conan were.

"Chinatsu, I'm causing you trouble again." Xiaolan must have heard their conversation. Her eyes darkened and she said guiltily.

"I don't blame you." Shangguan Qianxia said with a gentle smile.

Boom!

"Damn it, how long can we hold out here?" Conan said gritting his teeth.

Shangguan Qianxia frowned, then suddenly took out an oxygen bottle. She handed the medium-sized oxygen bottle to Conan, then turned to Kaito Kid and said, "You take Xiaolan with you and fly out. Conan, your body should be able to get out of the sunflower's protective passage."

"What about you?" asked Kaito Kidd with some confusion.

"Don't worry, I have my own way." Shangguan Qianxia said calmly.

Boom!

A huge stone crushed the pipes above. They stared at the stone intently. Conan reminded loudly: "Kid! Xiaolan, please!"

"Yoshi!"

……

(I won’t write about how Chinatsu escaped, because I didn’t expect it either, so I’ll omit it… Please be gentle with me.)

"Look, that's Kidd!"

"Kid seems to still be holding Sister Xiaolan!"

"It's Sister Xiaolan!"

The Young Detectives pointed at a white figure in the sky and said in surprise.

Haibara Ai clenched her fists. She had a very bad feeling in her heart and prayed in her heart, Chinatsu, you will be fine.