Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"You didn't plant the bomb? You and these criminals are not in the same group?"

Vodka was hit hard by Gin's elbow. He reacted immediately, so he coughed and said, "Bombs, of course, bombs that are enough to blow you up. I didn't expect you to discover our evil plan. You are worthy of being Kudo Yusaku."

[Would anyone generally call their own plans evil? ]

Yuko and Rize looked at each other, but they did not say anything to interrupt the conversation between Kudo Yusaku and the person on the other end.

"What do you want?"

Kudo Yusaku caught a glimpse of Suzuki Jirokichi, Yoshioka and others coming up from the bottom of the shelter, and with the permission of the Vice Minister, they continued to talk to the stranger on the other end of the phone.

"For us, of course it's money."

Vodka said in a condescending manner: "We were the ones who did the bombing, and we were also the gangsters. It was all because Kudo Shinichi once stopped us from robbing a bank."

"Then why did you blow up our Suzuki Group's island? Do you know how much it would cost us?!"

Suzuki Jirokichi reached out and snatched Kudo Yusaku's phone: "And the Karasuma Group, you have offended two major groups, we will not let you go."

"In fact, sir, if you don't want Hachijo Island to face the next crisis, it would be a good idea not to anger us now."

Threats are useless to people like Suzuki Jirokichi, but considering the situation on the island and the personal safety of the guests, he had to swallow his anger.

"So how much do you want, Suzuki Group..."

"Suzuki Group? No, no, no, I don't want your money."

Vodka took the speech Gin gave him: "Our enemy is Kudo Shinichi, we only want Kudo Shinichi's money."

"You want to rob a high school student of his New Year's money, then you are beyond my imagination." Suzuki Jirokichi put one hand in his pocket, turned around on the spot, and gave a mocking smile to those who could see him: "You are really promising."

"What I want is Kudo Yusaku's money. It's not much, just 4 billion in cash." Vodka snorted, "Give him the phone."

"I'm here."

Kudo Yusaku has noticed since the beginning that there is something wrong with the looks around him, especially from some of the injured family members. They look at him in even stranger ways.

"I know that those criminals have nothing to do with you, and the bombing has nothing to do with you either. Although I don't know where you came from, I will not refuse your request."

The novelist glanced at Suzuki Jirokichi, then hung up the phone, checked his cell phone and found that the line had returned to normal.

"Kudo, the Suzuki Group can..."

"Advisor, whoever is being blackmailed should pay the money. No exceptions can be made for this kind of thing."

Kudo Yusaku interrupted Suzuki Jirokichi and said with a smile: "If it was the Suzuki Group that was blackmailed today, do you think I would be worried and pay for you?"

"You are not being blackmailed by them."

Suzuki Jirokichi's peripheral vision fell on the people nearby, and he noticed that everyone in the hall was staring at this side, especially at Kudo Yusaku, so he closed his eyes.

"That's human nature."

"I need a virtual account so Yukiko can transfer the money to it."

Under the order of Suzuki Jirokichi, Suzuya took Kudo Yusaku to the bank on the island.

……

"Anyway, the inspection is over, everyone go back and have a rest." After Ye Shang returned to the command room, he saw the international police team that had begun to disband.

"Officer Nogami, since you have done everything you should do, why don't I take you back the same way you came." Makino straightened his collar and raised his right hand slightly towards the entrance of the ocean buoy.

"Your subordinates must be tired from waiting. Go back early and let them have a good rest."

"Then..."

"Director!"

Naomi's voice suddenly came from the command room, and the two people who were talking saw that she was staring straight at the computer screen. Realizing that something was wrong, Makino hurriedly wanted to stop her and tell her not to say anything, but it was too late.

"The base indicated that there was a problem with the support structure of the Outer Broadway. Three of the road rings are sinking to the seafloor. The base triggered an emergency command and it is expected that the sea surface section will be retracted in ten minutes."

"What about our boat at the anchorage?"

Nogami ignored Makino's despair and walked directly to Naomi. After learning that all the ships had sunk to the bottom because they were fixed on the wide road in the anchorage area, Nogami said in an unnegotiable attitude that the ocean buoy must let his subordinates in.

"...Go ahead." Makino sighed, not trying to hide his dissatisfaction: "I'm tired, go back to the room and rest."

Grace followed Makino out of the command room. Rena Mizunashi and Fujiwara confirmed the situation with each other and realized that this was the best opportunity to kidnap Naomi.

"Then Officer Nogami, please go to the entrance and bring your men in. We will operate from here. Please ensure that all personnel enter the ocean buoy within thirty minutes."

Mizuno Rena sat next to Naomi, and she rubbed the click ring on her hand. Fujihara focused his attention on Nogami, and found that she froze in place the moment the command room door opened. He immediately asked Mizuno Rena not to move, and ran over, staring at the police officers who filled the corridor.

"How did you get in? We haven't even opened the door yet."

"Oh, this is all thanks to these two kids."

Several captains pushed Hiroki and Conan out and explained the situation to them.

It turned out that two hours after Nogami followed Makino into the ocean buoy, for some unknown reason the outer channel began to shrink, and their boat sank into the sea.

Several policemen from the police station were sent by the captain to the remaining inner circle to check the situation, and they successfully found Hiroki and Conan who were unconscious (pretending to be asleep) in the corner with lifebuoys on their bodies.

"The two children said the island was attacked and even bombed by planes. They secretly went to the beach to swim in the middle of the night and were blown to the vicinity of the ocean buoy by the blast."

A captain patted his chest and said: "Fortunately there is an ocean buoy in this direction, otherwise they would have died of thirst."

After rescuing Hiroki and Conan, the police brought the two children back to the platform, only to notice that even the platform began to flash a diving signal.

"Luckily, Hiroki is a computer genius and hacked the door directly, otherwise we would have to wait for death on the platform."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm going to bring you in now."

Nogami, claiming that they were temporarily unable to leave the ocean buoy, assigned three people on each floor to guard the ocean buoy until the 15th floor. Then he looked at Hiroki, remembering that this guy seemed to have a sworn brother who was the grandson-in-law of the superior, and he felt that there was something fishy going on.

She originally thought that she brought the police in under the pretext of assisting this gang who kidnapped Naomi, but now it was another reason.

[And the accomplice of the guy below, he hasn't kidnapped Naomi yet, doesn't that mean the mission is not yet completed, then do I have to help her? ]

When Nogami remembered that he had just added three patrol police officers to each floor, he suddenly felt his head hurt.

"What a hassle." (End of this chapter)