Chapter 672 "Emperor"
"Belmod?" Mouri Kogoro crossed his arms and confirmed in a shocked tone, "You mean, is this person asking you to complete the murder plan?"
As he spoke, he glanced at the frightened face of the deceased on the ground.
Is this the real challenge for the inviter, to invite him to solve a carefully planned killing game?
"That's not true..." The man wearing the werewolf hood said a little weaker, "I want to kill Producer Fukuura. This is my own idea."
"Why? Just because of the casting problem of the movie?" Mouri Kogoro guessed as he looked around the ship full of monsters and monsters.
“No, a series of works that I really liked very much was judged by him to have insufficient commercial value, so he ended it hastily and started making this kind of Ghost Captain movie that could only deceive children, and he was so complacent about it. Likened to the captain who leads the fleet... I hate him very much."
Mouri Kogoro curled his lips, but he did not comment much on his thoughts.
Having experienced several scenes of lovers killing each other for various reasons, Mouri Kogoro very conscientiously chose to shut up at this time.
After explaining the murder scene, he also figured out why the party on the boat was in this style.
This is an event held by the Dead Film Company to build publicity for the film, and is always held before casting begins.
The mummy, who was almost framed by a werewolf, was asked by the deceased to sneak into the scene to play the role of an NPC in a puzzle game, while looking for excellent makeup artists and monster actors.
Fans of the film series are well aware of this process, and the prize for the decryption event is a set of movie tickets for the preview screening.
It must be said that in order to build momentum for this series of movies, the film company spent a lot of money.
The werewolf, immersed in some kind of panic, still kept talking: "I wrote this matter on a wish-making website on the Internet. I said that I resented Producer Fukuura so much that I even thought about it. Kill him. Then, not long after, a man who called himself Belmode sent me a message. He said that he could help me prepare a killing plan and supplies, so I might as well give it a try..."
"Huh? Just because of this motive and this kind of childish temptation, you really killed someone?" Mouri Kogoro's eyebrows jumped wildly.
"Of course I refused at first!" The werewolf's voice became louder, "I vented my dissatisfaction online, and I didn't really want to kill people? But it didn't take long for me to start receiving various messages. Various photos. Secretly photographed me and my relatives, taped recordings of my phone calls, and even detailed records of my daily actions..."
As he told it, he seemed to have once again entered the bone-chilling coldness of the time. In fear.
His voice trembled.
“There are too many, getting closer and closer, filling a whole carton and sending it to my home. I, I dare not refuse anymore, the other party seems to be saying, if I continue to refuse or If you call the police, something unexpected will happen!”
"Okay, you should go to the police station to talk about the next thing." Mouri Kogoro winked, and several young adults next to him came forward, each grabbing the werewolf's arms and clothes to prevent the other party from resisting. Violent and hurtful.
The werewolf, whose crime was exposed in front of so many people, did not resist. He lowered his head dejectedly and allowed several people to pull him toward the cabin.
"As expected of Kudo Shinichi!" The murderer was taken away, and the atmosphere at the scene became lively again, "Amazing!"
"The case can be solved in such a short time, it is well-deserved! "
"Where is it?" Hattori Heiji, who was holding the observation tower, listened to the sound on the other end of the earphone and laughed.
Belmod had used all her cards and thought she had the wisdom and control over the situation. This was the moment when she was most relaxed.
And what he wanted to do was to deliver a severe fatal blow at the weakest moment.
“I was able to solve it quickly because the prisoner and I had similar ideas and used the same technique.”
“What do you mean by the same technique?” Qinliang was holding a broom. Suzuki Sonoko, who shivered in the sea breeze for a while, couldn't stand him continuing to act like this, "Didn't the prisoner add his hood on top of the mummy's bandage, what do you mean?"
"So, That is..."
"Bang——"
As soon as Belmod put her finger on the trigger, the sound of shattering bulletproof glass was heard first, and the flying glass shards hit her face head-on.
Instinctively dodged, Hattori Heiji's voice, which was completely different from Kudo Shinichi's, happened to come from the earphones.
The revolver in his hand was knocked away by the powerful and heavy ball, and his wrist felt a pain like dislocation, which made Belmod instinctively take two steps back and give up his position.
She raised her head and looked at the passenger seat where the glass was completely shattered.
"Hai Yuan Ai" who was sitting there pushed open the car door, stepped on the torn glass shards, and stood in front of her.
The attacker stepped on broken glass and tried to give her a fatal blow...
Everything was exactly the same as the murder she arranged on the ship, like some kind of confirmation of fate.
"You..." Belmode looked at the calm child and his face darkened.
"My name is Edogawa Conan, and I am a detective." The little boy wearing headphones took off his disguise and revealed a serious face.
On the other end of the headset, Hattori Heiji also wiped off his disguise, lifted the mask prepared by Kudo Yukiko for him, and revealed his true face.
"It is indeed a detective, but it is just this one." Hattori Heiji smiled confidently and put down the microphone connected to the ship's broadcast.
The next words were conveyed to Conan alone through the microphone in his hand.
"Kudo, it's solved here. You should also speed up."
"You know the situation about Detective Mori, then you should also know its power. Get in the car, behind. If so, just go to the police station and explain." After thanking Hattori Heiji for his help, Conan raised his watch with a serious expression.
"Edogawa Conan..." Repeating his self-proclaimed name, Belmod looked at him with complicated emotions.
If only she and Kumel were present, even if Kudo Shinichi's name was called, it would not affect the overall situation.
However, there is still a troublesome guy named Calvados in the communication.
Although she plans to let Kumail finish this guy tonight, God knows if the suspicious organization has laid any secret mines on Calvados, the person she is most likely to mobilize.
So, after just reading the pseudonym once, Belmode stopped talking and pursed his lips.
"Don't move. Your current position is between us and the sniper. That guy can't shoot." Conan pointed out her current situation and continued to request, "After Teacher Judy gets in the car, please get in the car too. Do you know the way to the police station? If you don’t, I’ll point it out for you. Don’t play tricks.”
Looking down at the child who was only as high as his own waist, he pointed his watch at her seriously, even if the situation became uncomfortable. Wonderful now, Belmod couldn't help but smile.
This look is really indescribably funny and cute.
Since she is such a vicious and unscrupulous member of the organization, how can we assume that she only has Calvados as a foreign aid?
It is one thing that she decided to act without authorization, resulting in the inability to call in other support, but it is another thing that the crisis that the detective should have envisaged was.
If it weren't for the fact that the second sniper was also impossible to hurt him, coolguy's life would be in danger now.
After that, Kumail needs to teach coolguy how to deal with dangerous moments more effectively. A small tranquilizer gun can't threaten gun-wielding gangsters like them.
Just as he was about to continue to say some intimidating words, another hurried footsteps approached quickly from behind the container.
The sound of small footsteps and small breathing did not sound like any well-trained personnel...
In the confrontation, Conan and Belmod looked distracted at the same time.
Wearing a windbreaker, with a pale face but extremely firm steps, Haiyuan Ai appeared from the other side of the container.
"Haiyuan, you! Quick, leave quickly——"
Seeing Conan's unexpected and shocked look, Belmode quickly squatted down and grabbed his wrist Put the watch on and turn it over.
Pinching the button on the side disguised as a clockwork device, a tiny anesthesia needle popped out and hit Conan himself.
Withdrawing another pistol from the holster hidden on his calf, Bermod aimed it at the sudden appearance of Haibara Ai. At the same time, he did not forget to continue to use his body to cover the fallen Conan and the wounded Conan who was gasping for breath. Judy.
She couldn't reveal any favoritism towards Coolguy, but she couldn't let Calvados really hurt him, so it was better to continue to act as a human cover.
"Let me see who is here. Shirley, it's been a long time no see."
"Bellmode." Looking at the black muzzle of the gun, followed by Belmode De's face was full of murderous intent, and Hui Yuan'ai's lips were trembling, but he was very firm in moving forward step by step.
Relax, relax, don't let Belmod find any flaws.
I have to believe in Tang Ze’s ability. As long as he is here, he will not let anyone hurt me.
Relax, relax...
Keeping thinking silently in her heart, Haihara Ai straightened her breath and came up with the excuse she had prepared: "Don't implicate other people. I know you have discovered me. Even if you are arrested "As long as I am alive, you will still chase me to the end of the world." "You are very self-aware, stupid girl." Seeing her heroic sacrifice, Belmod narrowed her eyes.
"There is no way. The last remnants of Karasawa and Miyano are in my hands. You have already obtained so many things, it is impossible to leave the last key alone." I have already put these lines Haiyuan Ai, who knew everything by heart, answered without thinking.
She must follow Karasawa's idea, cover up the identity of Karasawa, and act as if she knew of Karasawa's death, but did not tell Conan and others due to various conditions.
...If you think about it carefully, accident seems like a choice you would make.
Hui Yuan Ai smiled mockingly.
Facing her smile at this time, Belmod's side face twitched inconspicuously.
The expression is so familiar, and the tone is so familiar...
"You, the whole family, look exactly the same in this disgusting way." He suppressed his emotions and did not let himself be exposed. Showing an even more violent look, Belmode sneered, "If you want to hate, just hate that your parents are a group of guys who took over stupid research."
Along with the expression on this young face, those horrific pains, those heart-rending screams, and the sharp pain that pierced the nerves like a curse during countless sleepless nights, all came to her heart one by one, and she almost couldn't control the explosion. Out of anger and resentment.
No, I can’t go on. Just now, let’s end this guy’s sinful life...
She raised her arm, adjusted her sight, and was about to fire. Another, louder gunshot came from above.
Belmod turned his head suddenly and saw the girl who narrowly missed the muzzle of the gunfire.
Adrenaline surged crazily, and Mao Lilan, whose mind was confused with thoughts, turned over and jumped out of the trunk, sprinting in the direction of Haibara Ai regardless.
This kid, what did this kid just say? !
No, those can be discussed in detail later. She only knew that she could not endure it any longer.
The murder and killing were about to happen before her eyes, and there was only one thought in her mind right now.
Save her, save Karasawa’s sister, or in other words, save an innocent victim!
"What! No, Calvados! Wait!"
Seeing that slender figure, he rushed forward and hugged Haiyuan Ai tightly in his arms. Belmod felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
However, when she opened her mouth to stop him, another bullet grazed the feet of Mao Lilan who fell to the ground, causing a spark on the steel plate.
"No, don't! Get out of the way, Angel!" Belmode blurted out with an angry roar as blood surged from his mouth.
No, it was too late. It was impossible for her to tell Calvados anything about them. In Calvados’ eyes, a fragile girl had nothing to do with the monotonous human-shaped target in the shooting range. the difference.
Can’t wait any longer!
"Kumail!"
Judy, who was crawling towards his pistol, paused. Conan, whose eyelids were trembling, couldn't help but follow her shout and tried to open his eyes.
Haihara Ai, who was hugged hard by Mao Lilan, smelled the vanilla-scented softener on her body, looked over her shoulder and looked at the night sky with the bright moon hanging high.
Kang Ze heard everything through his headphones, but his breathing rate did not change at all.
He looked through the scope at the man lying on the top of the container.
Tang Ze held the gun in his hand steady and suddenly recalled the scene a few months ago.
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“...Although you seem to have made your decision without permission, Karasawa, I want to confirm it with you again. Do you understand clearly or not that staying here means What? "
The green eyes under the brim of Akai Shuichi's hat were like two clusters of green flames under the light, seeming to penetrate Karasawa's eyes and looking directly at the soul behind him.
"My uncle and aunt have died, and before that, more people paid the price. This is not the time to be a hero casually. You can stand here and get a chance to escape danger, which is a countless sacrifice The result of fighting for it with blood.”
Akai Shuichi lowered his eyes and looked at the photo in his hand.
In the photo, Xingchuan Hui's eyes are lifeless. A pair of eyes that should appear bright because of their color are like caves soaked in the dark night, unable to reflect any light.
“Giving up a rare glimmer of life lightly...Tang Zezhao, if even you fail, everyone’s efforts and struggles will be in vain.
“You can bear this Heavy power? Do you really know what to do next? ”
There was no sadness or nostalgia on his face. That kind of calm was not indifference, but a kind of calm that was used to seeing life and death. He had lost too much and had gone too far.
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A kind of calm that Tangze is very familiar with.
Feeling this calmness and the turbulent undercurrent that followed, Karasawa did not show the slightest timidity or hesitation as Akai Shuichi expected.
He laughed.
"I know, I know... Brother Xiuyi. It is precisely because I know that I cannot pass this hatred on to others."
It is precisely because of this hatred, this hatred He had to bear too many heavy responsibilities and beliefs and hatred before he made that choice.
He was physically disabled, but the rage that was burning all the time still echoed in his ears.
“No one understands their efforts better than me, and no one wants an answer more than me. Therefore, I don’t think anyone values this choice more than me.”
Akai Shuichi stared at Karasawa's face and also felt calm in it.
A kind of calm before boiling, a kind of calm before ignition, a kind of dark calm before thunder is about to break through the sky.
"I can do it, I can do it better than anyone else." Tang Ze stood there, his straight back like a javelin stuck straight there, "Give me a chance, you You won’t be disappointed.”
Akai Shuichi studied his expression, and the corners of his straight mouth finally raised a little.
Yes, I can do it better than anyone else.
That’s why I ignored the opposition of my family, left home for many years, and embarked on this path without looking back.
Should we say that we are truly blood-related family members?
“Okay.”
"I am you...you are me..."
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"I, the emperor's mask was born in the wind of blessings"
"To fly forward The ending, even more help..."
The interface that he had seen many times popped up in front of Tangze.
[cooperation Akai Shuichi]
[Arcana: Emperor rank 1]
[This is a job you are all too familiar with, and this is a situation you are all too familiar with.
I plunged into the raging waves of revenge alone for ten years, walking alone and hunchback...
At the moment of standing at the end, did you ever feel a moment of hesitation and regret for the past? Was the life lost for this, the self sacrificed for this, freed at that moment?
Presumably, his answer is the same as yours, fool. ]
[Acquired ability "Sniper Mastery"]
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With his finger on the trigger, Tang Ze held his breath.
The moment the huge recoil force was transmitted backward, his crosshair still did not tremble at all.
"Bang——"
Looking at that moment through the scope, Karasawa's fingertips pressed on the microphone switch.
"The sniper has been killed. over."
(End of this chapter)