Conan Moslin

Kuroba Kurian hung up the phone with no signal and continued dialing.

Speaking of which, when she was outside the Dongdu Art Museum, she heard people talking about the Mika Library.

By chatting with visitors, young and old, who come in and out of the art museum, I can piece together some understanding of how the Rice Flower Library operates.

Most people who often go to the Mihua Library know that the director of the Mihua Library is a person who is very strict about his time.

This is reflected not only in his daily work schedule, but also in the time planning of the museum staff.

Starting twenty minutes before closing, people who come to read will leave one after another at the urging of the security guards. Except for a few people who are immersed in the sea of ​​books, most of them will leave ten minutes before closing.

In addition to the director and assistants, there are three major types of staff in the library: security guards, cleaners and librarians.

Cleaning staff usually work in the morning before the museum opens and during the lunch break.

Security guards only work during the day. They will check the personnel situation on each floor before leaving get off work, and leave after making sure that there is no one. They are not responsible for night duty.

It is the librarians, including the director, who have to work night shifts.

You can register the borrowing time with the librarian, which is normally earlier than the closing time, to process the borrowing vouchers for the day's records, complete the missing records and enter them into the system.

Of course, if someone wants to borrow a book during this period, the librarian will not refuse.

beep - beep -

The call still didn't go through, maybe the phone was out of battery.

While packing his things, Li An estimated the time it would take Xiaochun to walk out of the library and reach the nearby telephone booth. During this time, he also called the two children, Xiaoai and Conan.

When she found that none of the calls were connected and she hadn't received the expected call, she had already sorted out everything and even took out a bunch of car keys from her white coat on the hanger at the door.

If the three of us can’t get through…

Thinking of a possibility, Li An turned and went into the practice room and took out his magic box.

The young magician I had just coached peeked out from behind the door and said, "Captain, are you leaving?"

Li An glanced at the car keys in his hand, then looked at him again and nodded: "Something happened."

"The magic trick you just demonstrated is great. You can add a few more instructions for the third step."

"If you keep up the form you're in today, you'll be able to perform on stage next month."

Hearing her words, the little magician's eyes lit up.

"I will continue to work hard!"

Li An gave him a few more instructions, then left with his magic box, and he did not seem to be in a hurry.

"By the way, please tell Dr. Cheng Shi that I'm going to pick up his sister to come visit the group."

As soon as he finished speaking, the person disappeared.

The little magician stood there in a daze for a while before he reacted belatedly.

"The leader seems to have taken the keys to the car that Dr. Aso rented..."

He scratched his head and thought for a while, then resigned himself to going to the doctor to explain.

On the other side, Li An quickly found the location of the car, drove away from the practice area, turned around to a fork in the road with very little traffic, and accelerated all the way to the library.

The probability of three people's cell phones running out of battery at the same time is not high. In addition to his own cell phone, Conan also has the earring-shaped portable phone recently developed by Dr. Agasa, plus the badge of the Junior Detective League.

With so many communication tools and none of them working, there is probably only one possibility.

Xiaochun and several children were trapped in the elevator.

It takes some time to get to the Beika Library from the practice hall and dormitory rented by the magic troupe. If she wants to get there as quickly as possible, she needs to avoid the traffic police who are patrolling at this time.

She wants it as soon as possible.

……

In the pitch-black cabin, two beams of light first lit up from below.

Haibara Ai and Conan both turned on the flashlights on their watches - it was a new gadget recently invented by Dr. Agasa, but it has not yet been promoted to the Junior Detective League.

The two began to check on the children.

Fortunately, the elevator did not fall directly from the fourth floor.

Because of the emergency brake, most of the force was removed in the process of the elevator falling from the middle of the third or fourth floor to the middle of the first or second floor. Therefore, although the elevator fell about two floors and more than six meters high, it did not cause much harm to the children.

The implication of this sentence is that someone is still injured in the elevator.

Apart from their pale faces and rapid heartbeats due to fright, the three children were fine.

But in order to protect the children and himself, Aso Jun pressed the elevator button immediately, and fell down because he lost his balance when the elevator was falling.

To protect her head and neck, she landed on her elbows.

Aso Jun was caught in the light and sweated profusely. She sat against the wall of the elevator with her left arm raised, grimacing. She felt that she was extremely unlucky today. "...Are you guys not hurt?"

"Don't talk, let me take a look." Huiyuan Ai stepped forward to check her injuries, "They are all fine."

"hiss--"

Although Aso Jun didn't quite understand why such a young girl would check her injuries, she still let her check.

The main problem was that I was in so much pain that I couldn't move. It was difficult for me to even sit against the wall.

"Are we...trapped in the elevator?" Ayumi, who was illuminated by the watch-shaped flashlight, turned pale and her voice trembled a little, "Conan, what should we do..."

“Why did the elevator suddenly break down? How are we going to get out now…” Mitsuhiko felt that the situation was a little difficult.

Yuantai shouted loudly towards the elevator door.

"Hello! Is anyone there?! We're trapped in the elevator!"

"Maybe there's a power outage in the library." Conan saw Huibara checking Asou Jun, so he raised his arm and swept the beam of light towards the elevator display screen. "We left too late today. There should be no one here except the librarian at this time."

The electronic screen was completely off and the lights in the elevator were also dark.

"Let's wait, maybe someone will come to help."

"When I come down, the director of the library should still be there." Aso Jun endured the pain, his voice trembling a little.

"Then let's..."

Genta wanted to call the director, but was stopped by Conan who heard something.

"Shh—wait, there seems to be a noise outside."

squeak--

From the empty elevator shaft came the sound of the elevator door opening.

The long echo reverberated in the elevator shaft, passing through the car and reaching the ears of several people in the car.

"Yes, I am working overtime today."

He probably didn't hear the shouting of the children in the elevator. He was staring at the ceiling of the elevator and talking to himself.

Looks like he's calling someone.

"It's okay. Someone accidentally triggered the elevator's emergency communication."

"You don't have to come over."

Director Jinchuan hung up the phone, walked to the window with his hands behind his back and looked out.

The round sun has not yet completely sunk into the distant mountains, but the deep blue has gradually spread from the foot of the mountains.

It's getting dark.