The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Stay in the car!"

After coming to his senses, he hurriedly picked up his ID and car keys, left this reminder, and rushed towards the direction of the Tokyo Tower without looking back.

"Have you found the location of the bomb?" Seeing Takagi rushing towards the Tokyo Tower without hesitation, the people in the car were a little agitated.

"I'll go check the situation." Seeing Takagi disappear at the entrance of the building, Hoshikawa Teru, who was relieved, immediately sat up straight, opened the back door and jumped out without waiting for the other children in the car to react.

With Amuro Toru's questioning and Haibara Ai's stare, plus Conan's suspicion that the perceptive detective might appear at any time, his role-playing was really tormenting that day, to the point that he vaguely realized that playing Karasawa was more tiring than playing Akechi Goro.

Now they have finally arrived. When Karasawa arrives from the other side of the world, he can change his identity back with a clear conscience.

Ai Huihara watched the back of Hoshikawa Teru, who wanted to use all his talents to disappear on the spot, and finally cast his eyes on Conan.

"Huihara, I'm leaving them to you." Sure enough, seeing the back of "Karaze" quickly following, Conan also jumped up before the car door was closed, and did not forget to close the car door to stop other elementary school students from trying.

No matter how confident he was in his reasoning, he was well aware of the risks he was about to face, and he didn't dare to take the children to take risks.

"Why does Conan want to go too!" Yoshida Ayumi slapped her hands on the car window, looking at Conan's back unwillingly and uneasily.

"He's going to help Officer Takagi, and we have our own mission." Huihara Ai spoke, calming the three restless children with one sentence, "This criminal likes to blow up the police's car, and he has been observing the police's progress near the crime scene, otherwise he would not have known the police's bomb disposal efficiency so accurately three years ago. We have the obligation to guard the car for Officer Takagi."

"Oh..."

"You have a point."

"Leave it to us!"

The three anxious children were calmed down by Huihara Ai's words, and turned their attention to observing the people passing by the vehicle.

Huihara Ai looked at their serious expressions, smiled, turned back, and leaned back in the seat again to close her eyes and rest.

She was not worried at all whether Conan would encounter risks if he followed.

She knew that the bomb installed in Tokyo Tower at this time was real, but she knew that the experts who were about to rush to the scene were also real experts.

If there was anyone who really needed to worry at this time, it should be the criminal in this case.

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Yoji Motobashi's current condition was indeed very bad.

No, it would be an understatement to say that it was terrible. He was almost driven crazy by the complex circuits and the bombs that could be triggered at any time.

As Tang Ze mocked in the previous message, although he believed that he was a person who could stir up the situation and decide the life and death of others, he was definitely not a high-IQ criminal.

He was just a guy with a little talent in mechanical and circuit design, and at the same time, he was malicious enough and had no bottom line.

What he did was not difficult to replicate. He just needed to place the bomb in any corner of this metropolis and then tell the police about it in a mysterious and complacent manner.

But Yoji Motohashi certainly didn't think so before.

In his mind, it was probably that the bomber was like this, and the police only needed to dismantle the bomb, but the bomber had a lot of things to consider.

However, the tit-for-tat strategy of the Phantom Thieves successfully defeated his confidence.

This was obviously his own rented residence, a place he was very familiar with. This room was not even a secret room, and the door was wide open.

However, the pressure trigger devices were scattered around his bed. Unless he had enough confidence to jump three meters and jump directly to the door of the room, he could only disassemble the circuit here tremblingly, analyze which line could be cut off, and where to start processing...

He didn't dare to cut any circuit at will, nor did he dare to test the purpose of each switch at will.

Of course, he did have a simpler way to escape, which was also the method he was most unwilling to use even if he died.

Call the police.

The police had more professional bomb disposal personnel. Even if they couldn't handle it, they could use other equipment to free him from the trap first.

But he didn't want to, and didn't dare to.

His mobile phone had the detonation number that could detonate Tokyo Tower and the second bomb. The Phantom Thieves of Heart had already confirmed his identity and installed so many complex devices in his home. God knew if the police would find out why he was targeted when they really came.

More than two hours passed, the sun gradually rose, and the time was approaching noon.

He spent a lot of effort and only removed a quarter of the line. The situation was so desperate.

Yoji Motobashi raised his head, looked at the TV in front of him with a sinister look, and pressed the power button.

These thieves should not forget that his bombs were installed yesterday.

If he could not successfully escape from the dilemma, then even if he died, he would detonate all the bombs before he died, and expose the true face of these thieves who disregarded the lives of other citizens and did not save them.

Thinking of this, Yoji Motobashi, whose mental state had long been extremely unstable, turned on the TV.

There, journalists with keen sense of smell have rushed to the bottom of Tokyo Tower, which is being evacuated. The live broadcasts are continuously transmitted to Yoji Motohashi through signals.

"Once again, the child who is currently trapped has not left the stationary elevator. We, who are broadcasting this accident to the viewers at the Tokyo Tower, are also confused by the current situation..."

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"In case of emergency, the Metropolitan Police Department will notify all units!"

"The possibility of a bomb being placed near the Tokyo Tower is extremely high! Please rush to the scene as soon as possible, prohibit people from getting close to the Tower, and assist-"

Haihara Ai, who had quick eyes and quick hands, reached over and grabbed the intercom next to the driver's seat before the naughty kid behind him, pressed the thing down, and turned down the volume of the radio.

"What are you doing, Xiao Ai? This is the news notified to the police by the Metropolitan Police Department. If you don't listen, we won't know what happened to Officer Takagi and Conan..." Yoshida sneakily tried to hook the intercom to listen carefully. When Ayumi saw her stop her, she made a confused protest.

"Right now, reporters and people outside are still unclear about the bomb case." Haiyuan Ai shook his head and said seriously, "They currently only think that there was an accident on the sightseeing equipment. This is the police contact channel. It’s not good for people to hear it.”

Once panic is caused, the subsequent chain reaction is beyond the control of the police.

"In that case, wouldn't the prisoner achieve his goal of creating fear and making citizens blame the police?" Haiyuan Ai frowned and said seriously, "Conan and Officer Takagi are probably already trying to rescue the trapped people. Don’t cause trouble for them at this time.”

When she said "causing confusion", she was naturally referring to the reporter who had already put on a worried expression and described the situation to the camera seriously.

Although it is a bit outrageous, there is nothing we can do about it.

The Tokyo Tower is originally a broadcasting tower used by TV stations and broadcasters to transmit radio waves. Any movement will definitely alert the media immediately. Even because of the facilities above the head, the broadcast picture will be timely and clear.

This may be one of the reasons why the prisoners chose Dongdu Iron Tower.

As he spoke, Haiyuan Ai looked in the direction of the reporter.

This prisoner hated both the police and the TV station. The previous reason for telling the children not to get out of the car was just an excuse. According to her understanding, this time the prisoner would most likely know the situation at the scene through TV.

If the TV station could really cooperate with the police and not synchronize the situation so quickly, the police would be much safer...

Just as she was thinking this, a TV station staff member wearing a vest quickly approached from the direction of the entrance, leaned into the reporter's ear and said something.

The female reporter showed an exaggerated expression of surprise on her face, then immediately raised the microphone and said to the camera in an passionate tone: "According to the latest news just received, in order to rescue this little girl, police have arrived at the elevator. Location, trying to enter the elevator——"

At this moment, inside the Dongdu Iron Tower.

Near the observatory on the middle level, other tourists have been evacuated below, leaving only the personnel responsible for repairs and maintaining order, and the anxious cries of the mothers of the trapped children.

"Zhu Mei, Zhu Mei! Come out, come to mother!"

The woman stood on a folding chair and stretched out her arms toward the elevator through the narrow gap, trying to touch the little girl huddled in the corner.

The little girl, who was so frightened that she was almost paralyzed, tightened the stuffed bear in her hand and sobbed softly without any intention of moving.

"The elevator suddenly stopped when it came down from the observation deck on the top floor." The maintenance staff who took Takagi Wataru close to the elevator door quickly introduced the situation, "Although there is only one little girl and she is not injured, she seems to be I was so scared that I couldn’t move.”

"The width is indeed too narrow." Takagi Wataru visually inspected the gap left by the elevator and the elevator door, frowning deeply.

The little girl had fallen into a stupor due to the sudden fright and weightlessness.

It will take some time for the fire brigade to get here, and Takagi Wataru, who knows the inside story of the accident, is very anxious.

This is probably the target location selected by the prisoner this time. No one knows when the countdown will start. If the child cannot be rescued in time, will we expect three or four-year-old children to solve the bomb?

"Let me do it!"

While Takagi Sheba was still thinking, the clear children's voice rang at his feet.

"Conan? How did you get in?" Takagi Wataru looked around at the tourists who had been evacuated, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Before, he sneaked across the cordon and entered the crime scene, and now he broke through the cordon and climbed directly into the tower. Does this child have any innate ability to sneak into a place under martial law?

"That's right, you walked in along the safe passage." Conan said, looking around and frowning, "As for Brother Tang Ze, I obviously came up with him..."

Tangze chased Takagi Wataru. He chased Tangze and entered the building one after another before it was sealed. He didn't know which corner he was in. As soon as he turned around, Tangze disappeared.

I don’t know where I went. Could it be that I’ve never been to the Dongdu Iron Tower before and got lost?

Conan murmured in his heart, but he still knew his priorities clearly. He glanced at the wall of the elevator shaft exposed by the dark elevator door and smiled reassuringly.

"If adults can't get in, is this width okay for children?"

"But, this is very dangerous..." Takagi Wataru looked at the unlit car and expressed disapproval.

Conan insisted: "You can tie the safety rope around my waist first, no problem. Time is tight, Officer Takagi."

Takagi Wataru observed the scene, weighed the situation, and gritted his teeth.

A secondary explosion may occur at any time, so we can only race against time.

So, when Motohashi Yoji, who gave up touching the circuit again, raised his head, the reporter in the camera was constantly following the development of the incident.

"In order to rescue the trapped little girl as soon as possible, it seems that another child decided to help the police enter the blocked elevator to assist in the rescue. I hope everyone can escape safely. The police have not yet explained the specific cause of the accident. They only said that they are still Under investigation..."

"These losers...!" Motohashi Yoji gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth.

He just tried to call the police.

Due to various concerns, he did not directly state that he might have encountered explosives. He only said that there were flammable materials in his home that could cause fires, that there were hidden dangers in the circuits, and that he hoped that the fire department could provide support.

However, the person who received the police call quickly called back and said that due to unexpected accidents, the fire brigade and explosives-related police departments in the city were busy. He asked him to wait patiently and the police would be there in the afternoon. Contact him and so on...

Motohashi Yoji, who had brought his own evil to some extent, became increasingly angry. At this time, he could only transfer his emotions to the police inside the Toto Tower.

Use other children to assist in the rescue. If the elevator's steel cable breaks completely at this time...

It would be better to simply cut off the children who climbed in, which would be used to prove the incompetence of the police and accuse them of not being able to fulfill their duties.

With this in mind, Motohashi Yoji dialed a series of numbers without hesitation.

The signal was faithfully transmitted through the radio waves. In the Toto Tower, Conan was passing the shivering child through the cracks of the elevator to Takagi Wataru who was in charge of the reception outside.

"Come on, be careful not to hit your head, be good..." Takagi Wataru caught the little girl's small body, slowly pulled her out of the elevator, and then handed her into the waiting woman's hands.

The next second, the elevator cable above them made another loud noise.

"Conan——!" Takagi Wataru suddenly turned his head and saw the falling elevator. He lowered his head and glanced at the safety rope around his waist. Without thinking, he took advantage of the moment when the elevator car passed the elevator door and followed him. Jumped down.

Hearing this noise, the crowd watching outside instinctively raised their heads.

Also raised at the same time were the lenses in the hands of the television station’s photographers with keen sense of smell and first-rate capturing ability.

This bright fire passed through the steel body of the Dongdu Tower and was clearly reflected in the eyes of the crowd below and all the viewers in front of the TV.

"Are you an idiot?" The panting Miwako Sato held her cell phone and shouted loudly at Wataru Takagi on the other end of the phone, "You and Conan are tied together by a safety rope. That's not what you should do compared to simply jumping down." Is it faster to just drag Conan out?"

After listening to Takagi Shita's description, she was really stunned. She didn't know whether to praise him for his quick reaction or scold him for being stubborn.

"I'm sorry, I, I'm also worried about what might happen..." Takagi Wataru replied coquettishly, leaning in the dark elevator, holding Conan's hand.

He only instinctively thought that if he didn't follow closely, under the dual effects of the safety rope and gravity, he would kill the child who climbed in to save others. He completely forgot that with this reaction ability, he could actually pull the person out in time.

But now that it's raining down, it seems it's too late to say anything.

"Really. By the way, no bombs were found in the elevator, right?" Miwako Sato rolled her eyelids, but she was still concerned about issues related to the case first.

If this was also a trap designed by the criminals, their situation would be dire.

"Well, there is everything inside. We are going to use the exit at the top of the elevator to see if we can climb out of the elevator shaft..."

Sato Miwako was listening intently to the voice on the other end of the phone, when the surrounding crowd looking up at the tower suddenly became commotion.

"There, what is there!"

"It seems like two people...ah, someone fell from the top!"

Hearing the keyword "two people", Sato Miwako was startled and instinctively raised her head to look in the direction everyone was pointing.

But it was not the Takagi Wataru or Conan she had expected.

When she raised her head and glanced at her, she could only see two black figures, pointing straight down from the highest point of the elevator inside the Dongdu Tower.

Behind them, a bright red color was like a knife mark tearing through the darkness, chasing two figures and falling into the darkness below.

"It's the Phantom Thieves!" Before she could react, the children in the car behind her screamed in surprise.