The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"After 4 o'clock today, if the train speed on the Dongdu Circular Line is less than 60 kilometers per hour, the bomb will detonate; if you fail to defuse them before the sun sets, the bomb will also detonate."

The Memu Police Department, whose brows were furrowed, finally couldn't bear it after hearing this, and reached out to pick up Conan's cell phone.

Anyway, the other party has determined that the owner of the mobile phone has entered the police station, so it becomes very reasonable for the police to continue the conversation.

"What are you planning to do when you do these things..."

This unfamiliar voice reached my ears, and the person on the other end of the call uttered a sneer that was still full of contempt even though the voice had been changed, as if he was very disdainful of the fact that "Kudo Shinichi" had found a "helper".

"It doesn't matter if you call the police. Involving more people will only make your incompetence more exposed. I will announce to everyone after the victory that you were the one who lost this bet and killed everyone."

Not only did he refuse to communicate and formal dialogue, he did not even put forward corresponding demands and blackmail targets. This is a determined madman.

Knowing that he had met the most difficult murderer this time, Mumu Shisan's face also became ugly.

Without room for negotiation, the police will lose most of the room in which they can operate.

And although the prisoner's logic is strong enough, he clearly installed the bomb with malicious intentions, and it was he who caused the explosion, but if he is like what he said, "the explosion was because the police and detectives were unable to solve his mystery in time" If this conclusion is made public, then a considerable number of people will indeed blame them for these problems.

This is the natural torture that one has to face in this profession and in this position. After all, their duty is to punish crimes and maintain order.

The man on the other side of the phone seemed very satisfied with the silence. After letting out a hearty laugh, he added the last sentence: "Okay, that's it. I have nothing more to say."

The phone was hung up, a busy tone was heard, and several people in the office looked at each other in confusion.

"Speaking of which, you said before that the prisoner misunderstood you as Brother Kudo. What's going on?" Faced with this prisoner whose attitude was extremely arrogant, the Megu Police Department, which had been paying more and more attention to it, couldn't help but look at the police officer who was looking for him with his mobile phone. Elementary school students and grandfathers came.

He remembered that Brother Kudo said he was going abroad with his parents for some reason. Why didn't he even have his mobile phone number...

"Oh, well, this prisoner probably doesn't know Shinichi himself." Dr. Agasa quickly glanced at Conan and Kitagawa Yusuke, who was inexplicably involved, and explained bravely, "He was calling the Shinichi family's landline. , and then we heard his question about bombs and so on. We didn’t dare to say that Shinichi was not here, so we gave him a mobile phone number casually..."

"So, this young man brought here by Conan's children..." Megure Shisan looked at Yusuke Kitagawa, who was silent and had already eaten the cookies for three people prepared by the police for the children.

"Oh, my voice sounds very old, and Conan's voice sounds like a child, so Conan found someone of the right age on the way to find the bomb, my friend..." Trying hard to prepare for this unique oolong. Dr. Ali pushed up his glasses and said guiltily.

"In any case, it's not appropriate to involve unsuspecting citizens." Megure Shisan glanced at Kitagawa Yusuke, who had a different look on his face, as if he didn't even realize what kind of danger he was facing today, and deceived them like this. I still strongly disagree with the behavior of ignorant high school students.

"Yes, yes, that's it..." Dr. Ali couldn't say anything, so he could only wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly.

"Thankfully you brought a stranger to fool the prisoner." Megure Thirteen shook his head and muttered in a low voice, "Fortunately, the prisoner doesn't know Brother Kudo."

Dr. A Li laughed a few times, glanced at Conan who also had an embarrassed expression, wiped his smooth forehead, and did not dare to say any more.

They had no choice but to make Conan answer the phone with his voice changer on. As a result, due to repeated coincidences, the prisoner misunderstood Kudo Shinichi's arrival at the scene and explained clearly, so they had no choice but to let the police misunderstand.

After talking about the unruly grandfather and children, the Memu Police Department, who was almost used to it to some extent, turned around and began to arrange the next work.

"Takagi, please inform the Dongdu Railway's command center about the bomb situation and ask them to clear all operating trains as much as possible. After 4 o'clock, the operating speed of the entire line cannot be lower than 60 kilometers per hour!"

"yes!"

"Sato, contact the explosive ordnance disposal squad. Before 4 o'clock, all trains operating on the circular line must have professionals on board to screen for bombs!"

"……yes!"

"Shiratori, please take two people to retrieve the files related to Brother Kudo and do a simple interpersonal screening."

"yes!"

"I'll notify Brother Maori, and then go directly to the command room of the Dongdu Railway to communicate directly with the explosive ordnance disposal personnel."

After finishing the instructions, he straightened his hat and was about to leave the police station and rush to the Dongdu Railway Headquarters.

"...Then, what about us?" They thought they had provided a key clue, but the few members of the Young Detective Team who had listened helplessly for a long time without even mentioning a word looked at his cold and ruthless back.

"You guys..." Memu Shisan looked back and waved to the police officers in the office, "Bring them some more cookies."

After working so hard to provide evidence for so long, some biscuits were mixed in and eaten up by high school students who had no self-awareness. The children were indeed a little pitiful.

"ah--?"

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"Chengshi, the action has begun over there."

"Has it finally started?" Naomi Asai, who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed to relax, opened his eyes, moved his slightly stiff hands and feet, and adjusted the headset in his ear, "Then let's go."

"You haven't been a doctor for so long, can you still keep your hands steady?" the female voice in the earphones said with a smile.

"I'm not a surgeon before, right? But I can still do basic surgical operations." Asai Naomi pulled up her mask, completely hiding her face in the black mask, taking advantage of the chaotic scene of the train entering the station and evacuating passengers, He easily slipped through the warning tape and walked into the maintenance channel.

"Check the direction again and don't let your shadow cover the railway tracks." Miyano Akemi looked at the window in front and emphasized, "When the bomb is detonated, rush to Moritani Teiji's palace as quickly as possible. Our Time is also limited.”

The palace based on the entire city of Nishitama occupies a huge area. Even with their current strategy progress, it is still very difficult to break through the entire central axis as quickly as possible.

And they only have one day.

"Don't worry, we won't miss." Shimabukuro Kimie's energetic voice came, "Please worry about Noah!"

"Leave it to me. The locations of the five bombs have been confirmed. Moving forward, the circular line train will keep running at a speed of 70 yards. You will only have 3 minutes between the two cars to operate. Pay attention to your safety."

Miyano Akemi switched several surveillance angles, watching the two companions who were good at disguise complete their infiltration work, and flipped the channel signal on the console.

"Xingchuan, it's your turn."

"receive."

After adjusting his hairstyle and hiding the miniature headset deeper into the cover of his hair, Hoshikawa Teru looked at the expressionless Akechi Goro in the mirror, calmly adjusted his clothes, and smiled with a warm and confident smile.

He walked out of the restroom, put away the maintenance sign in front of the door, quickly entered the station through the safe passage, crossed the entrance level that was blocked by the police, and walked towards the railway control room.

"...Brother Mingzhi, why are you here?"

Hearing the movement behind him, Megure Thirteen turned his head and looked at Goro Akechi who walked in the door, a little surprised.

It wasn't that he was surprised that he could walk in - these underage detectives wanted to enter the scene controlled by the criminal police, and their faces were better than any other documents.

He was mainly surprised why Goro Akechi suddenly appeared here.

Although with the sense of smell of the Tokyo media, they may only be able to suppress the news about the explosion for less than half an hour, but something was revealed so quickly...

"Officer Megure, Mr. Mori, good afternoon." He raised his hand and said hello with a smile. Hoshikawa Hui stood beside them, looked around at the command room in chaos, and the smile on his face deepened slightly, " I happened to be taking a train here, and suddenly I heard the announcement that the railway was out of service due to a breakdown, but I saw the police boarding the train... Well, let me guess, a bomb?"

Mumu Shisan looked at the calm expression on his face, raised the brim of his hat, and said helplessly: "Is it obvious? That may not be hidden from the reporters for long."

"When I came up, there were already people carrying cameras entering the station downstairs. I didn't pay attention to which TV station it was." Information release and preparation for press conference.”

He really didn't have the chance to see these things with his own eyes because he had been staying in the bathroom, but with Noah, an electronic ghost who could easily hack into the camera, he now knew the situation at Dongdu Railway Terminal better than the police.

After receiving the notice from the police, the Dongdu Railway was in a hurry. It cleared all the trains in motion as quickly as possible, arranged for the police officers who rushed to the scene to board the trains, and after a simple adjustment of personnel, continued to arrange drivers. Start.

There is no way. The threat from the prisoners requires the speed of the train. If the train is stopped directly, the bomb will be detonated at 4 o'clock, causing immeasurable losses.

Based on the current capacity of the Circular Line and the location of the Circular Line itself, the fact that there are no passengers on the train does not mean that the bomb will not threaten the lives of others.

After all, the prisoner's words were unclear, and it was unknown where the bomb was located or whether it was simply placed at a station on the Circle Line.

They now only have 2 hours to deal with the dozens of kilometers along the route, which is extremely difficult.

"Those guys with dog noses." Megure Thirteen sighed helplessly, looking at Mouri Kogoro who was thinking hard and looking at the surveillance screen in front of him, and then looked at Akechi Goro's face, and simply recounted the general story. What happened and what the prisoner said.

One detective is useful, and two detectives are useful. There is nothing wrong with gathering more intelligence now.

Xingchuan Hui nodded calmly, assumed a thinking posture, lowered his eyes and thought, but in fact, he completely focused on the sound in his ears.

Regarding Moritani Teiji's plan, they have already learned about it through various means. The teammates who are seriously preparing to "defuse bombs", or in other words, prepare to "set off fireworks" are already on track and are just waiting for the sunset to give Moritani Di Er, a self-righteous control freak, was a little surprised.

The question now is not how to answer his riddle, but how to say it and how much can be said.

This has never been his area of ​​expertise. He came to the command line as a wise person, and his purpose was just to help Tang Ze.

Holding a bag of potato chips paid for by elementary school students, Karasawa sat outside the convenience store waiting for the elementary school students who were having a heated discussion inside to go out. He answered a few words in a low voice under the cover of the potato chips.

So Megure Thirteen saw that after a moment of thinking, Goro Akechi touched his chin and gave an answer: "Although I don't know where he installed the bomb for the time being, what is certain is that this person should be there. There are some devices set up along the track, and they are basically on the rails."

"What do you think? It doesn't matter if it's a guess, just tell me." Mumu Shisan's eyes lit up and he asked quickly.

"The time and speed given by the prisoner are very accurate, too accurate. Of course, as for the 4 o'clock start, this is easy to do. From your description, this prisoner is also good at using remote control devices to control bombs." Goro Akechi He raised his hand and pointed at the train that closed the gate again and started to start as the time approached 4 o'clock. "But as for the speed of the train, this is not a problem that remote control can solve."

"You mean, he set up some measurement methods?" Mouri Kogoro, who was still confused after thinking for a long time, seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said hurriedly.

"Yes, whether it is a speedometer or other device, unless the vehicle's engine and control panel are directly manipulated, the method to accurately confirm the vehicle speed must be installed outside the train. It is too difficult to install the device on the control panel Yes, the railways are subject to regular inspections every day." After organizing the words to convey Tang Ze's key points, Hoshikawa Hui, who felt that he had said a lot, let out a breath.

Even if he is accustomed to playing the role of Akechi Goro, it is difficult for him to like social interaction itself. In other words, having to use social rhetoric to talk to people he is not familiar with is a challenge to his weakness.

A few months ago, he would never have imagined that he could get used to maintaining such a role, and even gradually learned how to speak in such a formal tone.

How did Tangze do it, and how did he do it... It's a bit scary when you think about it.

"What you said makes sense..." Interpreting the exhalation movement of the young man next to him as the pressure of making a major decision, Mumu Shisan patted his shoulder, "Don't be too stressed, even if the bomb doesn't work in the end. If it can be dismantled smoothly, it won’t be your problem.”

"Isn't this what detectives have to do?" Although he didn't understand what the fat police officer next to him suddenly felt, Xingchuan Hui habitually used his usual slogan shouting method and caught his words, " If there is no problem with manpower, I suggest you arrange for people to check the track conditions between stations now. As long as it can prevent the device itself from taking effect, it has the same meaning as preventing the bomb from being triggered."

"Well, it is indeed a method." Mumu Shisan nodded and stepped forward to communicate with the person in charge of the command room.

Xingchuan Hui stood there, watching the maintenance personnel who began to appear on the track one after another following the stationmaster's instructions, and tapped the back of the phone twice with his fingertips.

Okay, now that the track is full of people, it's time to inform Noah that there's no need to keep the scene clipped.

Two men dressed in black blended in with the maintenance teams scattered around the track, and they were not conspicuous at all.

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"The time is now close to 4:30. Dear viewers, you can see that there have been no vehicles on the entire Dongdu Circular Line below for 30 minutes..."

Gathering in front of the TV in the convenience store, several elementary school students looked nervously at the aerial view on the screen.

Looking from top to bottom, the two-way gray-black trains look like insects connected head to tail, densely packed and constantly shuttling back and forth.

"Damn it, are we just going to watch like this? We are also detectives, how can we just sit back and wait for death?" The indignant Kojima Mota smashed the table at his hand.

"Officer Megure refused to take us with him at all. We are obviously important witnesses who provided key clues!" Yoshida Ayumi clenched her fists and was very angry.

"Otherwise, it's impossible for the police to let other people board the train at this time..." He glanced sideways at the primary school students who had regained their hearts to be heroes, "You guys, keep your voices down, the bomb matter hasn't been reported to you yet. If the public announces it, now it will cause panic."

"It doesn't matter, right? Anyway, even if you tell them, they will say 'kid's nonsense', 'prank' and so on." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, who has been used to being criticized by similar reasons, sighed maturely, "Be a kid." The children are really troublesome, and no one takes us seriously."

Who says it's not?

Conan shook his head, looking at the live broadcast on the TV in trance, constantly thinking about the sunset and the driving speed.

Perhaps it was confirmed that the person standing opposite was Kudo Shinichi. The prisoner's mood was obviously higher than at the beginning. After giving the puzzle, he didn't even give out any hints, as if he "wanted to test you."

With this prisoner's pretentious style, he would not be willing to accept his threat as just a bomber's cry. From his perspective, he might feel that he is still fighting for the pinnacle of intelligence or something.

So, in his opinion, the information he has given so far is enough for the detective to deduce the location of the bomb without being present.

Let me think...

Sitting outside the convenience store, Karasawa looked down at the time on his phone, stuffed the last fries into his mouth, held it in his mouth and said vaguely to the earphone: "It's almost time, the great detective is about to solve the problem. Already. Are the fireworks ready, everyone? It’s time to prepare for the show.”