Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

They escaped to the 19th floor as planned. Looking at the mechanical door that was closed again after being connected to the battery, Machiko immediately threw the oxygen tank to the ground and rushed out to look for the battery.

Seeing him leave, Fujiwara also dragged the Indian to the side and made sure that he would not wake up in a short time. To be on the safe side, he poked him with the anesthetic needle he carried with him.

"I'm a little confused."

Mizunashi Reina swapped places with him and let Fujiwara take over the work in front of the mechanical door: "Why don't we just connect the mechanical door to the power grid on the 19th floor, instead of asking the president to find a battery?"

Standing by the mechanical door, Fujiwara checked the power transmission and found that the loss was a bit large. Without looking back, he said, "Doesn't that reveal that the problem above was caused by human factors?"

"But we are no different from being exposed now."

Rena Mizunashi thought of what Kurosawa Machiko had just shouted into the communicator, and suddenly an idea popped into her head.

"The president... isn't she trying to put the blame on a ghost or something..."

After noticing that Fujiwara's face had instantly stiffened, Mizunashi Reina's expression immediately twisted: "They are still children after all. Will anyone really believe such a thing?"

If it were her, she would definitely seek help immediately if something like this happened.

"From the reply on the communicator just now, it can be heard that the director does not want to seek help from outside due to non-human factors. Combined with the current situation that this base has not yet been fully activated, he is afraid of being replaced by the higher-ups. The president thought of this faster than us."

"Really? I feel like she's just gambling." Mizuno Rena muttered.

But then again, Kudo Yuji's idea is still too outrageous, but since it has already started like this, we have no choice but to continue according to his idea.

"Found it! There's a generator down there."

Pushing a generator back to the door, Machiko snorted twice and straightened her chest despite the helpless looks of the two men.

"Now, they're all here."

"Where are the batteries?"

"No batteries." Machiko patted the red and white generator next to her: "Isn't this enough?"

Fujiwara pinched his chin and bent over. After checking it once, he concluded that this was the generator used to test the circuit after the base was built. The thing was good and there was no fault, but there was a small problem.

"What's the problem?" Living in one of the most prosperous areas in Tokyo, Kudo Yuji has rarely experienced power outages. Although there is a generator at home in Hawaii, it is solar-powered.

“It’s a diesel generator and we don’t have diesel on hand.”

Fujiwara looked at the somewhat embarrassed Machiko, a hint of smile flashed across his eyes, and he pretended to be distressed: "What should I do now?"

Disgusted by the mummy's playfulness, Machiko looked at the generator on the ground and said silently, "Then we can only use that trick."

"Which move?"

Fujiwara really thought that she had thought of a solution, and he and Rena Mizunashi stared at Machiko curiously, but they saw him take out a waterproof cloth from his arms, untied it and took out two bombs.

"Blow up this ocean buoy and then tell Gin that the Japanese police don't want to give up the surveillance rights to the international police, so they secretly sent the public security to attack here. Yes, that's it. As long as this place is blown up, we won't be punished if we fail to complete the mission."

Machiko's eyes began to flash red, and her crazy look scared Rena Mizunashi and Fujiwara so much that they took two steps back, fearing that she was mentally unstable and would blow up the three of them.

"But... these two bombs alone can't sink an ocean buoy." Mizunashi Rena saw Machiko pause and thought she had sobered up a little: "President, let's think of another way and don't waste bombs."

Fortunately, when Machiko proposed the plan just now, she was actually moved and almost forgot that she was an undercover agent.

"Then just blow up the bottom floor. All the important equipment is there."

Seeing this guy getting up and preparing to take action, Fujiwara hurriedly stopped him: "Actually, I have thought of a way to use the generator."

"Oh."

The crazy look disappeared in an instant, and Machiko just looked at Fujiwara quietly, as if the person just now was not him.

[Sure enough... I had guessed that he had a way.] After putting away the bomb, Machiko urged Fujiwara.

"A diesel generator drives the power generation mechanism inside through mechanical work. As long as the outer shell is removed and the work is done manually, it becomes..."

"Human Power Generator!" x2
Machiko and Mizunashi Rena said it at the same time, and after getting Fujiwara's approval, the three of them started to dismantle the generator casing together.

"There is another problem before us."

Lifting the generator to the mechanical door, Fujiwara began to manually connect the generator and the power supply interface of the mechanical door, and removed the battery which was almost out of power.

“I’m the president.”

Looking at the homemade crank, Machiko coughed and emphasized her status as the boss.

"I have to keep an eye out for any problems with the mechanical door."

The two of them looked at the demented Mizuno Rena.

"So, I'll turn the handle?"

"You are worthy of being my most loyal subordinate."

Machiko was deeply moved, patted her subordinate on the shoulder and said, "It's great that you volunteered."

[Asshole! This is a question, don’t you understand? ]

"But...I'm a girl."

"You talk as if everyone is the same." Machiko ignored Fujiwara's contempt and puffed out her chest. She had two pieces of silicone inserted when she changed her appearance, and now she is quite confident about her figure.

"Kier, get to work."

……

"The 16th floor is blocked, the bottom is flooded, and the mechanical door on the 15th floor cannot be opened."

In the part on the ocean buoy, Leonhardt was carrying an oxygen tank and wearing a black diving suit, with Naomi and her partner coming out to see him off in front of him.

"Leonhardt-kun, you need to enter through the 16th floor's escape exit and then repair the circuits on the 17th floor."

Naomi squatted on the ground, typing away on her laptop with both hands: "Although the 16th floor caused the 17th floor to be damaged, the circuit on the 17th floor just froze, unlike the 16th floor which was completely paralyzed."

In order to demonstrate the latest technology, the elevator on the ocean buoy uses a full signal connection and there is no steel cable on it. There was no electricity between the 16th and 18th floors, and the elevator would fall directly when passing these two floors. Even if the signal was reconnected to the remaining floors, it might not be able to stop.

"As long as you can fix the 17th floor, we can restart the wireless elevator that connects the upper and lower floors, and then we can go directly down."

Grace shook her hand earnestly at Leonhardt.

“I don’t know what Ed saw.
"No need, you are too weak. I will show you that we are different."

He jumped directly into the sea, the waves splashed on the edge of the buoy, and then Makino's hurried voice came from behind.

"Where is Leonhardt? It's so dangerous down there, how can you go out without a weapon?" Makino held a rifle in his arms, his face full of anxiety.

"Commander, this is in the sea."

"I know."

Grace put her hand on the gun, but was slapped away by Makino as soon as she raised it.

"That's why I didn't load any bullets." (End of this chapter)