Chapter 751 The Reliable Bastard Leader
“What, what happened?!”
“What happened!”
“Stop the parade immediately and evacuate the scene immediately All spectators!”
Takagi Wataru’s vehicle was more than ten meters away from the parade crowd. However, since the power of the explosion was enough to lift the entire vehicle, it was naturally enough to alarm the parade crowd and the convoy.
Conan and others who were originally following the crowd were attracted by the movement here and quickly approached the intersection.
"What was that sound just now?"
"It's a bomb!" Conan asserted with great certainty, "The fax that Officer Sato and the others mentioned should be related to the bombing three years ago. It’s related. It seems that a car was blown up completely.”
“Isn’t that Officer Takagi’s car?” Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya judged the general direction through the smoke. When I saw Takagi Wataru appear before, I asked, "Officer Takagi, are you okay?!"
"It's hard to say, I just saw a person approaching the car through the crowded crowd..." Conan frowned tightly.
Under his leadership, several people crossed the guardrail and ran toward the explosion site before the police came to pull the cordon.
Only Haibara Ai was a little behind by two steps. As he ran, he reached out and tugged at the pants leg of Tangze, who seemed to be walking in a hurry, but was actually strolling leisurely.
"I just saw someone passing by earlier than Officer Takagi. Is it okay?" she asked in a low voice.
Tang Ze, who was walking forward in small steps, did not answer, but just smiled at her.
Of course there is no problem. Didn’t you just see a guy who looks like Matsuda Jinpei? Before the bombing is completely over, this "hallucination" will soon become collective.
As long as everyone has seen ghosts, it means that no one has seen ghosts at all!
"Where is Officer Takagi? Is he okay?!" Seeing Shiratori Rensaburo standing next to the police car, Conan asked quickly.
"He just walked into the car and was about to drive away when the car suddenly exploded." Shiratori Rensaburo looked at the burning car and replied calmly, "Usually when encountering this kind of situation, you should He will die."
"Huh? Could it be that he..."
"So, it's normal." Shiratori Renzaburo squinted his eyes and stood up while holding on to the iron mailbox. Takagi Wataru, "You're so lucky, you guy."
"Hey, I finally escaped, don't say it as if it's a pity!" Takagi Wataru wiped the black ash on his face from the smoke and dust swept away, "You're going to be misunderstood by the police. The working atmosphere has changed."
"It is better to be misunderstood that the relationship between us is not good than to misunderstand that the policeman has a mental problem." Shiratori Rensaburo rolled his eyelids, his face was speechless, "You might as well just go ahead. You're lucky. What does it mean that a man like Matsuda Jinpei pulled you back? Fortunately, Sato hasn't come yet, otherwise she wouldn't be able to do it for you. "
On this day, The lethality of Matsuda Jinpei's name is completely different.
Not to mention Sato Miwako, Shiratori himself wanted to punch this guy after hearing Takagi Wataru say such unswerving words.
This police officer who only served in the Investigation Section 1 for 7 days was not the only one who felt sorry for him. Miwako Sato was the only one who felt sorry for him. Sato, who had been his partner for 7 days, was particularly affected.
"I, I didn't lie..." Takagi Wataru patted the mailbox at hand, with the same helpless expression.
He was really dragged back by a man with black curly hair and sunglasses!
He has never met Matsuda Jinpei, so where can he fabricate such a lie to make people laugh...
While the two people were talking, a black figure came from the other side of the street. They quickly approached, and by the time they noticed, the person had already rushed to the side of the overturned vehicle, stretched out his hand, and tried to open the door that was constantly smoking.
"Oops, she hasn't noticed that you've escaped yet..." Shiratori Rensaburo couldn't care about his colleagues who hadn't escaped yet, so he hurriedly went over to stop him.
The vehicle has rolled over and is accompanied by an open flame. A secondary deflagration may occur at any time. It is very dangerous to get so close.
Miwako Sato, who tried with all her strength to open the car door, had a roar in her head. The cries of reality intertwined with the voice of a distant moment, and it was impossible to regain her consciousness.
“Forget it, Sato! Don’t go there!”
“It’s too late!”
“It’s too dangerous, hurry up and evacuate!”
But, but...
"But he's still inside——!" Sato Miwako grasped the deformed edge of the car door and let out a roar.
Obviously just ten minutes ago, she was watching him pass by her alive, just ten minutes...
"Miwako!" She held it with both hands under her armpits. Her Miyamoto Yumi also shouted and pulled her away from the vehicle, "Wake up, what are you doing?!"
"I want to rescue him..." Looking at As the car door got further and further away, Sato Miwako said something in a daze, trying to break away from the pull behind her.
"Takagi is fine!" Yumi Miyamoto reminded quickly, "He's not in the car! Back up quickly, this place has to be handed over to the fire brigade."
The stunned Miwako Sato was pulled away by Yumi Miyamoto After a few steps, he finally saw Takagi Wataru standing behind him with a bewildered face.
"Let me see, oops, your hands are burned." Yumi Miyamoto pulled up her hand that was already bloody and clenched on the deformed car door, "Why are you so impulsive! I'll go Find you some water..."
Miwako Sato closed her eyes and seemed to finally react, unable to help but shake her feet.
“The one she wanted to save should be Officer Matsuda.” Conan, who had already heard the whole story of the case, witnessed all this and couldn’t help but sigh, “That incident brought a great deal of trouble to her. A blow.”
Watching a colleague he likes die in front of his eyes, even if he can imagine it for a moment...
Conan looked around at his friends.
At this glance, he saw Tang Ze whose expression was completely different from that of the people around him, with a slightly gloomy expression.
"Tang Ze, why is this expression?" Conan, who felt that Tang Ze's expression was not quite right, immediately turned his attention, "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
He was listening to Tang Ze's expression. Ze described how he had a conflict with someone and was falsely accused of intentionally injuring others, and was eventually imprisoned. Although this experience may seem fishy now, this was how Tang Ze guessed the cause of the conflict between him and the other party at the time. .
"Maybe it's because I look a little fierce." Tang Ze pinched his cheek.
"...Huh? Are you sure?" Conan's eyes widened as he almost choked the jelly in the juice into his trachea, "You? A bit fierce?"
This guy is obviously older than him. He is still more than half a year old, but his face looks like his younger brother, and his clothes can fool people that he is a junior high school student. The contours of his entire face are very round, and he is completely in the state of a teenager who has not yet developed. Does Tang Ze have any idea about his appearance? Is there any misunderstanding?
"The reason why you think I'm not fierce now is because I've been trying to adjust my expression. Every time you take a step, you gain wisdom." Tang Ze said, then he put away the smile that kept coming from the corner of his mouth and lowered his head. Head, adjusted the angle of looking at people.
Conan was shocked to discover that what Karasawa said was actually true.
His appearance is indeed handsome, and the way he slightly bends his eyes when he smiles is also very friendly, but when he lowers his head like this and looks up from the edge of his bangs, the rounded arc is hidden and a circle is exposed. The whites of his eyes made his light-colored eyes seem to be glaring sharply, and his whole face took on a fierce aggression.
According to Karasawa, in order to avoid misunderstandings, he will always keep smiling as long as he can remember to adjust his facial muscles.
...So when you show such a gloomy expression, it means there is a big problem.
Sensing something was wrong, Conan immediately dropped his focus on the police story and pulled Tang Ze back a few steps.
"He must have recalled some bad things." Haihara Ai noticed their actions, took a few steps closer, and took the initiative to hold Tang Ze's hand. At the same time, she leaned close to Conan's ear and said in a weak voice: "...Have Karasawa told you? His home in Kyoto was burned down by the organization. He may not be able to bear this kind of situation. Live.”
"Is that so? But before..." Conan was about to say that he had not encountered bombings since coming to Tokyo, but after thinking carefully for a moment, the words were completely stuck on his lips.
...I have counted carefully and I have never encountered them before.
The most recent explosion was the Twin Towers skyscraper, and the one that preceded it was the master of the skyscraper architect, Teiji Moritani. In both cases, Karasawa had never seen the explosion scene at close range.
Counting further back, there have been many fires and explosions, large and small, but Karasawa seemed, seemed, definitely... not present? Or at least I have never seen a burning scene.
The closest he came to the explosion was probably Ye Caisan's time. The organizer at that time created an explosion on the bow of the ship in order to cover up the fact that he had killed his accomplices.
But it seems that Karasawa did not see the explosion scene, and the person had already fallen into the sea...
Strange, why did he subconsciously feel that Karasawa has experienced many explosions? Feeling, instinctively want to refute Haihara Ai's words?
"I'll take him there to rest for a while, and you can investigate first." After giving an answer that made Conan think deeply, Haibara Ai said lightly, took Tang Ze's hand, Went to each other across the street.
After turning his back completely to the crowd and making it difficult for his words to be heard, Huihara Ai finally lowered his voice.
"Why did you suddenly exchange with him? Is there anything going on with Tangze?"
Yes, just one glance at that gloomy face, Haihara Ai immediately recognized the person standing there. Tangze beside them had quietly been replaced by Hoshikawa Hui at some point.
Having been with the Phantom Thieves for a long time, the most important thing is that she knows very well how Karasawa and Hoshikawa Teru are substitutes for each other. Haibara Ai has been able to accurately distinguish Karasawa's authenticity at a glance.
Although Hoshikawa Teru's acting skills have improved a lot, they are still not as blind as Karasawa. When he forgets to control his expression, he may be seen through by keen detectives at a glance.
Hoshikawa Teru rarely appears in front of Conan. He does appear occasionally, and it is during the case when Conan's attention will not be turned to him.
"I haven't taken off my disguise today." Xingchuan Hui, the hard-working tool man, replied numbly, "The new guy, I don't know what he said to senior Jingguang, but the leader suddenly called me over when he saw the news."< br>
Taking advantage of the moment when everyone's attention was temporarily diverted after the explosion, he approached here. When Sato Miwako rushed over, Karasawa quietly retreated from the alley behind them.
"...Thank you so much for your hard work." Haiyuan Ai patted the back of Xingchuan Hui's hand sympathetically.
Hoshikawa Teru's character can only be a little more lively in front of Karasawa Miyano Akemi and others. Most of the time, he is a gloomy introvert.
It is scary to think about playing the sociable character of Karasawa who is always smiling and good at dancing.
"It's okay, I deserve it." Xingchuan Hui, who was used to being summoned by Karasawa at all times, was very calm. "You found the reason in time."
Who asked him to beg for nothing to stay? What about working for Tangze?
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence. Although Karasawa has actually experienced many bombings, and even half of the explosives in the Twin Towers skyscrapers were installed by himself, when it comes to Conan, Karasawa went through it with him. He did not use his own identity during the bombing.
Either it was Kitagawa Yusuke, or he was the joker, or Karasawa was rushing to other games for some purpose and was absent. All in all, this reason was surprisingly convincing.
"It's not that I found him in time. This is also the words Tangze and I exchanged." When Haibara Ai said this, his expression became similar to that of Xingchuan Hui beside him.
In order to facilitate the concealment of his identity, Tang Ze received special training for those who knew his identity.
The same goes for Toru Amuro.
It just happened that today was a bombing case. If today was another type of case, Haibara Ai could also come up with other plans for Tangze's condition.
"...You have worked hard too."
"It's okay, I deserve it."
How could she, with such a relative and so many things to worry about, throw herself into a trap and join them?
The two looked at each other, and there was a rare resonance in this scene of workers accusing their bosses.
What a reliable and asshole leader, a certain guy!
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Tang Ze had a good attitude when he couldn't hear his two hard-working teammates complaining about him behind his back.
He switched to the white-haired form with one click of the dress change. Under Noah's prompts, he accurately found Matsuda Jinpei who was hiding not far away in embarrassment.
He approached quietly and quietly, then patted the other party on the shoulder.
The alert Matsuda Jinpei was startled, turned his head suddenly, and saw this young man with a somewhat mysterious and strange temperament appearing behind him.
After all, you are a ghost and I am a ghost...ah, no...
It's all the fault of the new guy from the Search Section 1. What a ghost or not, how rude!
"Senior Jingguang said, you seem to have discovered something." Looking at Matsuda Jinpei's speechless expression, Karasawa raised the corners of his mouth a little, "Is there anything wrong with this case?"
"Yes. Yes, something is very wrong with this case." Patting his heart that was beating wildly, Matsuda Jinpei reluctantly returned his attention to the other party's question, "Jing said, according to your investigation, this case should not be committed by that prisoner. Yes, it happened today, and the police were targeted first to send the fax. It was probably a coincidence. You judged that it was a copycat, right?"
"Yes. You are one of the people who knows the most about this serial bombing case, right? If it were him, the content of the fax would not be like this." Tang Ze nodded and answered with reason, "The police have not announced the case. Details, and your full name has not been released. It is not clear to the outside world that this prisoner will leave a puzzle-like notice to the police. This is more like a copycat crime."
As for why this case also happened in. On November 7, when the real bombing happened, Karasawa himself hadn't figured it out yet. He could only attribute it to the strange timeline and the butterfly effect for the time being.
This is also the reason why he asked others to bring Matsuda Jinpei over here.
Let this expert on bombings take a look at what is going on in this case, and if possible, solve some of the bombs early to avoid damaging too many public facilities, and to avoid really big cases being diverted from the attention of these smoke bombs.
If when the search class went to the post office to arrest someone, the murderer's fax was sent to the police station, then this would be a big joke.
"It is indeed possible that the prisoner is not him. If it were him, the bomb would not be placed under the car, and he would definitely find a way to make it explode again when the policeman got into the car." Matsuda Jinpei He pursed his lips and said with great certainty, "But that guy made that bomb."
Kangze, who did not expect this development, opened his eyes slightly.
"You mean, the bomb used by the prisoner in this case was done by the serial bombing murderer?" Tangze's thoughts followed his words, "That guy actually started selling bombs. ? Or did he deliberately provide the explosives to draw attention to his actions today? "
It's hard to say which bomber is the real joker because he can carry out such a high-profile bombing case and pose questions to the police to test their humanity. He must be one of the most attention-hungry types among all types of criminals.
This kind of person would like to have a title attached to his name. How could he allow other criminals to share the spotlight in his most important and glorious moment?
“That’s why I informed Jing.” Matsuda Jin had a straight face and turned the phone’s interface to Karasawa.
It was a website with a gray background. The style of the website was quite familiar to Tangze.
It is inextricably linked to the organization. It is very likely that the other party imitated the move arranged by the Phantom Thief CH, that wishing website.
"The paper bag that was thrown under the car had a logo on it. I asked your technician to check it for me." Matsuda Jinpei's eyes were gloomy under his sunglasses. "That guy may be using this site to send money to people in need." Selling his 'works'. Maybe he did not do it himself by using the parade today, and the time must have been arranged by him, and his harm is expanding, and..."
When Matsuda Jinpei said this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Something weighed heavily on his heart, making him need some strength to finish the last sentence.
“Moreover, the case he wants to create this time will only be bigger than three years ago.”
(End of Chapter)