Chapter 619: The Phantom Thieves' Statement of War
"What are the results of the inspection?" Looking up at the busy command room ahead, seeing Megure Thirteen walking over with a serious expression after answering the phone, Hoshikawa Teru asked. road.
"You were half right, brother Akechi. They checked the situation on the train as quickly as possible. As you guessed, no items suspected of bombs were found on the train." Megure Thirteen glanced at the time and emphasized, "The time is almost up. If we can't think of a way, you two, I have to prepare a press release to notify the media..."
At this moment, he The phone number was dialed again.
"Hey, oh, Brother Kudo! Do you have any ideas?" Hearing the long-lost voice, Megure Thirteen couldn't help but raise his voice, feeling a little excited.
With Kudo's character, if he hadn't discovered the exact answer to the problem, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to make this call!
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Hiding in a public phone booth, paying attention to the movements of his classmates with his peripheral vision, Conan spoke to the other side of the receiver.
A few elementary school students who had been persuaded by him to temporarily give up their strange heroic thinking were standing outside the convenience store, surrounding Yusuke Kitagawa's sleeping cat wrapped in his coat, studying something in a low voice. .
Siam lay in the arms of Kitagawa Yusuke and turned over lazily, ignoring the children who were gesticulating and making trouble around him. His temper was surprisingly good.
Should I say that I'm lucky to have Kitagawa Yusuke here today? Conan suddenly felt a sense of relief that he had used cat cans or something to immobilize all the disobedient kittens.
“If the train travels at a speed lower than 60 kilometers, the bomb will be detonated. At the same time, if the sun sets, the bomb will also be detonated... The similarity between the two conditions is actually light. "Withdrawing his distracted gaze, Conan gave the results of his thinking.
"Light? You mean, there is a certain relationship between the murderer's design and the light?" Megure Thirteen, whose eyebrows twitched twice, couldn't help but glance at Goro Akechi, who was standing aside.
Hoshikawa Teru, who was standing with everyone, listened to the voice on the other side of the call and felt confused about his gaze, but still followed the rules when playing Akechi Goro and showed a standard smile. .
I could feel the suddenness and confidence from his smile, and Mu Mu Shisan was also a little emotional.
It was around the time when the people who dispersed began to race against time to check the track lines, Akechi also put forward a similar hypothesis, to the effect that, just like the principle commonly used for speed measuring instruments on the road, the mechanism designed by the murderer is likely to It has functions such as "infrared", so we hope that the inspectors will try not to get too close to the railway track or the pipe network on both sides, so as not to be covered by the shadow of the inspector and accidentally touch a bomb or something.
The two young men's ideas coincided with each other. They were indeed detectives who had made a name for themselves in the Tokyo area, and they were shining young people.
"Yes. I think the bomb should be planted between the tracks of the ring line. It is an activated time bomb that is automatically set for a little more than 12 seconds. Conan said firmly, "The murderer designed a photosensitive switch for the bomb in advance as a condition for the countdown to start."
As he quickly flipped through the page where he had written simple calculations, Conan described the calculation process. , and then gave its own calculation results.
“The length of a single carriage of the Dongdu Circular Line train is about 20 meters, and the entire train is about 200 meters long. Therefore, as long as the vehicle cannot pass the same location within 12 seconds, it means that the vehicle speed is lower than 60 kilometers per hour, the countdown will end. On the contrary, as long as the vehicle passes and the light resumes, the countdown will be terminated and reset..."
"So, the so-called detonation after the sun sets is because after the sun sets, the mechanism that loses light will activate itself and then explode?" After reacting, Mu Mu Shisan tightened his phone and became a little excited.
"Yes. I have already checked. It is a sunny day in the Tokyo area today, and the sunset time is 18:06. You still have one hour, Officer Megure." Conan's reasoning was approved. Relieved, he leaned against the glass door of the phone booth behind him, "So, as long as the trains sailing on the circular line are allowed to enter the station immediately or change routes, leave the entire circular line track, and then screen the location of the bomb in time for disposal , we can minimize the loss."
"I understand." After hanging up the phone, Megure Thirteen looked at the person in charge of the railway management department standing in front, "Director Sakata, you heard it too. ”
“Okay, I understand.” Nodding, the director took a few steps forward, completely took over the control of the command center, and began to arrange for the rerouting and parking of the vehicles still in motion. , "Train No. 11 will transfer to the freight train line at Shibahama Station in 3 minutes! Evacuate the vehicles on the freight line urgently..."
Seeing this, Goro Akechi raised his hand and raised his hand slightly. Palm: "Is this the famous Kudo Shinichi? He can win against an easy-chair detective thousands of miles away, and he can do it so well. It's amazing."
Mouri Kogoro heard a hint of sarcasm in his "easy chair detective" and turned to look at him in surprise.
"This case did arise because of that boy, but he shouldn't be called an easy chair detective. Anyway, he was... huh? No." At this point, Mouri Kogoro frowned. Wrinkle, "If he is not in Tokyo, then who is Xiaolan asking to go out to watch a movie?"
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"After all, Xiaolan, you are not sure about Kudo tonight. You bought two tickets so confidently whether you are coming or not." Suzuki Sonoko, who was sitting opposite Mao Lilan, looked at her dresser and her serious-looking best friend, and curled her lips in displeasure, "He didn't even know. Answer whether you can come. "
After dressing up so carefully for an important day, especially the other person's birthday, it would be miserable no matter what if you were let go in the end, right?
I really hope that reasoning madman can take a good look at Xiaolan like this.
"I just think that his birthday is also a very important day. I think that even if he can't come to see me, he should still give me an answer." Warming his hands with the hot drink in his hand, Mao Lilan stroked He glanced at his brand-new bright red coat and smiled at Suzuki Sonoko, "Even if he really can't come to see me for the time being, it's good to have a definite deadline."
"What you said. Yes, it feels like I haven't seen him for a long time." After estimating the last time he saw Kudo Shinichi, Suzuki Sonoko was speechless, "It's too much to not even say hello to us."
"Yes, waiting indefinitely will really wear down your patience." Rubbing the smooth rim of the cup, Mao Lilan shook his head, "I hope I can wait for the answer this time."
"That's you. If I were to be ignored by someone like this and no one could be seen except the phone, I would have dumped him long ago." Suzuki Sonoko said, waving her hand boldly.
"Well, it's the same even if the other person is a handsome guy?" Mao Lilan couldn't help teasing after hearing this.
"Handsome guy, it depends on what kind of handsome guy he is. And if he doesn't love me, I won't cling to him." Suzuki Sonoko spread her hands, "I want to When I’m in a sweet relationship, I don’t just want to see a handsome face. If I just look at the face, it’s the same as watching movies and TV.”
“Your thoughts are surprisingly clear. ..."
"I have always thought clearly?"
"But the premise is that we must start with appearance, right?"
"Of course...huh?"
Smilingly putting a spoonful of cake to his mouth, Suzuki Sonoko felt something red and bright flashing in the corner of his sight.
She turned her head and looked in the direction of the movement.
They are currently sitting in the booths of the afternoon tea restaurant. The height of seven floors is enough for them to have a clear view of the street view below, which also includes the JR station that is supposed to be above the road and the trains crossing the road. line.
The flashing thing was in that direction. She looked over and saw the orange-red detonating light and the smoke rising instantly.
"What's going on? Did it explode?!" For a moment, she thought of the news that had been playing on the TV in the restaurant. Suzuki Sonoko became nervous and moved her body slightly away from the floor-to-ceiling windows.
She said that if the closed lines are stopped operating, there is basically no way to avoid explosions, threats, attacks and other incidents.
If the police handled it inappropriately and an explosion occurred...
Although it was a little far away from the railway bridge, she still instinctively wanted to stay away from the possible source of the explosion as much as possible, for fear of What are the effects of shock waves?
"It doesn't look like an explosion." Mao Lilan, whose attention was also attracted, carefully observed the position below for a while, and said hesitantly, "The gray smoke... is more like fireworks?" The next moment, As if to prove her words, a shining point of light rose from the center of the explosion, exploding violently against the bright red background of dusk.
"Special effects fireworks?" Suzuki Sonoko, who was feeling relaxed again, looked at it carefully for a while, "It seems to be an English word? Know?"
At the same time, not only was he sitting in the restaurant watching The two female high school students who noticed this scene quickly organized an investigation and tried to solve the problem before the explosion, as well as the media who continued to take aerial photos and follow the progress of the entire incident. They all noticed this scene immediately. .
Wearing soundproof headphones, the reporter standing next to the helicopter door suddenly became excited, and his tone suddenly went up two octaves: "Dear viewers, have you seen it! What happened just now Situation! There was an explosion on the Dongdu Loop Line. No, it shouldn't be said to be an explosion. It should be said that it was a slightly strange fireworks. Our camera faithfully recorded this scene. Let's take a closer look! "
In line with his impassioned explanation, the photographer beside him changed the focal length in response, trying to zoom in and observe the gray-white smoke and dust that had not yet dispersed in the lens.
"Oh! We seem to have seen something! That is——"
"Deep——"
Kuroba Kaito pressed the standby button on the remote control and turned it on with a bored expression. Putting it aside, he imitated the reporter's voice on TV and automatically completed the part he hadn't heard: "——'Phantom Thieves of the Heart's Preview Letter'! Hey, I told them, so I told them If the stuff is filled with gunpowder, the actual effect will only be part of the explosion. In the end, the guy actually said, 'That's why I asked you what material the playing cards are made of.'"
< br>Kuroba Kaito, who had already imagined the natural expression on the opponent's face when he saw that line, couldn't help rolling his eyes again.
He is indeed a Phantom Thief who pays great attention to ritual and visual effects, but that is because he is still essentially a magician, including his predecessor Kidd, his father, as well.
Moreover, with the gorgeous sound and light effects of magic, the danger is left to the performers themselves. These guys are basically robbers...
"They all use special materials to make notice letters and stuff them into explosive bags. , is it no different from a fragmentation grenade?" Kuroba Kaito, who had a certain lethality with the poker gun in his hand, couldn't help but raise his voice, "Can't we use other methods, such as spraying a logo on the side? You have to use this method..."
"Master, spray painting on the rails should be more expensive for the railway than cleaning some warning letters." He placed tea on the table in front of him. Terai Huangnosuke gently reminded, "They paid attention when they detonated it, and they detonated it when there were no people nearby."
"But if you do this, the cost itself will be higher... ..." Thinking of the extravagant and wasteful style of this group of people, the Phantom Thief, who had no money to spend, picked up the tea cup and let out a sad sigh, "Where did they get so much money?"
" We didn't lose money by selling them special paper raw materials, Master," Terai Huangnosuke reminded again.
"Hey..." He picked up the gray-black crystal from his hand and once again used the magnifying glass to look closer. Kuroba Kaito sighed, and his momentum suddenly dropped again, "Anyway, I hope you won't find out about me. Let’s go.”
Although he felt that the police would not connect them casually, and he almost never left any special playing cards as evidence, but when he thought of using a poker gun in the future, At that time, the police might one day discover his connection with the Phantom Thieves of the Heart...
As I said, I really can’t afford to embarrass this person.
"Hurry up and improve the formula. Please ask your friend, Grandpa Terai!"
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"The Phantom Thieves of the Heart?" He let out an almost weird cry. Conan covered his mouth and made sure that no one on the left and right noticed his movements before he raised the receiver of the public telephone booth again.
"The email has been sent to Brother Kudo." When things happened, Megure Thirteen, who was shot back, also had a headache on his face, "We found bombs that were defused in advance at the scene, and , Uh, there are about 200 previews of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts for each location.”
Why is it not surprising at all?
Conan finally remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something and pressed his temple.
Such a big event happened, and I didn’t even send a notification to joker. This kind of behavior is full of intentions to point him out.
He was so engrossed in this case of explosive threats against him that he almost forgot that even if he didn't notify him, he would still have the locator installed by Joker on him.
Apparently, my failure to communicate the progress of the case to the other party in time this time somewhat angered the group of Phantom Thieves, who also unilaterally intervened in the case without notifying me.
Even if he didn’t solve the puzzle, what would explode would only be 5 prank-like declaration letters. With an absolutely provocative attitude, he launched a challenge towards the prisoner who originally came for him. .
Theoretically, he should thank them properly. Even if he did not ventilate in advance, this action would share the pressure for him, but when joker's narrow smile flashed in front of his eyes, he still couldn't help but feel that My head throbbed for a while, and I pressed my temples again.
Unknown to the complicated emotions of the people on the other side of the phone, Mu Mu Shisan continued to explain: "They should have set off five special customized fireworks. According to the order of the ring line, there were five in sequence. The word - 'Weknowwhoyouare'. Well, it sounds like it's talking about the prisoner."
"If you look at the Phantom Thieves of the Heart, maybe they can really know who the culprit is." Conan was slightly excited for a moment, but soon realized that this meant that he would have to take the initiative to contact Joker, and the mood that had just risen fell again.
Damn it, this is basically forcing him to apologize for not sharing his information first...
Hung up the phone and walked out of the phone booth, Conan looked at several elementary school students standing beside him. Kitagawa Yusuke, who had been sketching for a while, walked over quickly: "I've finished making the phone call, you can go, Mr. Kitagawa."
"Are you done?" Kitagawa Yusuke, who finished the last stroke, clicked He nodded, put the sleeping nekko on his shoulder, and distributed the cat sketches in his hand to several children. He also did not forget to praise the paintings in their hands, "They are all very good. You are very talented.”
“Really!”
"Wow, I didn't expect that I could also be a painter!"
Conan glanced at the strangely shaped paintings on the hands of several children, which could barely be seen as animal shapes, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice.
These naughty kids are already confident enough. Don’t talk nonsense just to coax them. Give them a little false confidence. I really don’t know what will happen to them later.
"It's really interesting. I didn't understand the significance of providing electronic payment channels in public phone booths before, but I finally understand it today." Kitagawa Yusuke looked down at the short Conan and pushed the cat up. He sighed, "There really are people who use mobile phones to call public phones."
"This, I accidentally took Shinichi's brother's phone number, and I lost my own phone at the doctor's, so I There's nothing we can do..." Conan, who was laughing awkwardly, tried to explain.
Kitagawa Yusuke nodded, as if he didn't intend to care about this matter. He just patted the milk tea-white two-color cat hair on his black pants and said calmly: "It's getting late. I have to go back to the dormitory. If I don't leave now, Maybe the school gate will be closed in time."
I really plan to walk back to Cupido Town from here...
Looking at him in shock for a while, Conan thought of something and moved his eyes to his shoulder. On the cat: "Well, as for this cat..."
A high school student who has difficulty feeding himself does not have the conditions to raise a cat, not to mention that he still lives in the school dormitory and cannot even have an independent house. There is no personal residence.
"I will store it with my friend. You are not allowed to bring it into the school dormitory." After stroking the cat's soft back, Kitagawa Yusuke smiled, "Don't worry, nekko will be well taken care of. ”
Hearing this name again, Conan still felt speechless "..."
(End of this chapter)