Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 54 As a Detective
"Kudou?"

As soon as Aoyagi Binguang called out this surname, the classroom exploded like a spoonful of oil poured into a hot pot.

Officer Megure, who was about to walk out, almost jumped in front of Aoyagi Binguang at a teleporting speed, trying to get his mobile phone. However, Aoyagi Binguang reacted and dodged away.

"..."

Aoyagi Binguang stared at Officer Memu for a few seconds, confirming that he only grabbed the phone because he was anxious, turned the volume of the phone to maximum, and placed it on the table.

"Where are you now?!" Officer Megure asked anxiously.

Aoyagi Binguang is much calmer: "Kudo, the police are currently investigating your disappearance at the school. Are the kidnappers with you now? Can you move freely? Can you describe the location in detail?"

"Officer Megure is here too?"

Kudo Shinichi was stunned for a moment, and then answered one by one in an orderly manner.

"I was not kidnapped. The kidnappers are not here. In addition to me, Hojo was also kidnapped. Now I am in a room on the second floor of a boat-shaped building. The room is seeping with water and has been flooded up to my waist."

It is indeed the Ark!
Officer Megure, who was sure that his reasoning was correct, breathed a sigh of relief: "Kudo, we have deduced that you were at a certain project site of the Arkland project in the past, and the Metropolitan Police Department sent someone there! You will be fine soon! Now as soon as possible Go to higher ground!”

"Where are you, Hojo?" Aoyagi Binguang suddenly asked.

There was still an obvious rustling sound on the other side, and it took Kudo Shinichi a few seconds to reply.

"The kidnapper set up a trap. He blocked the only exit to the outside with huge rocks. One person had to be left to operate the underground winch to move it away."

Everyone else present realized something.

"I let Hojo escape, and now I stay in the room blocked by falling rocks, and..."

Kudo Shinichi said as he put his phone close to something.

tick tock...tick tock...

The devil's footsteps came from the other side.

"——There is a bomb in this room, and it will explode in 18 minutes."

There was a dead silence in the classroom.

When Matsuda Jinpei heard this, his fists clenched instantly.

He knew that this criminal was bad, but he didn't expect that he would be so bad - if this guy stayed next to him, he would definitely punch him hard! !

Next to him, Qingliu Binguang's hand holding the phone suddenly tightened. He raised his head and glanced at him, then quickly lowered his head.

"The other one has escaped?!" Officer Megure was shocked.

"Well, it was about half an hour ago." Kudo Shinichi confirmed, "I'm sure he escaped. We agreed that if he gets out safely, he will give me a signal through the gap."

Sato Miwako looked ugly: "But, we didn't receive any report——"

Halfway through, she realized she might have said the wrong thing and shut up immediately.

After a few seconds of silence, Aoyagi Binguang spoke again: "Kudo, there used to be a scenic spot there. There might be a map there. Have you seen it?"

"Indeed."

Kudo Shinichi's voice was not affected at all.

"At the top of the stairs, I saw a map that showed the ark was in Okuho Town."

"Okuho Town's Ark is the only one built on the water's edge, and water may indeed seep in!" the academic director who once took his children there said quickly.

"Okuho Town..."

Toru Amuro frowned on the side.

Okuho Town is a small place. There are no bomb disposal police officers in the regional police station there, and they can only be transferred from the Metropolitan Police Department.The fastest normal drive from Chiyoda Ward to Okuho Town is 30 minutes.

It's a little closer from the port area, about 20 minutes.

In addition to finding people, destroying walls to get in, and defuse bombs... you have to get there at a faster speed.

Toru Amuro thought of something.Matsuda Jinpei, who thought of the same thing as him, couldn't help but glance at him.

Aoyagi Binguang seemed not to care about anything around him.

He lowered his head and continued talking to Kudo Shinichi.

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10:52 a.m., underground ark.

Kudo Shinichi stood at the highest point in the room, with the bomb close at hand.

The room with the hoist was small, hot and humid, with some sunlight falling through the gap above the head. Other than that, the only illumination was the flashlight function of the mobile phone.

A poorly made bomb was placed behind the old table and activated 22 minutes ago, so when Kudo Shinichi first came in to use the windlass, he didn't notice it at all.

The only good thing is that perhaps the kidnappers installed a signal-strengthening device in this room to ensure that the bomb could receive the control signal.

He immediately tried to make a call, and after several attempts, he finally made the call.

Unexpectedly, 110 did not get through. Instead, Teacher Aoyagi’s number got through, and there happened to be a policeman nearby...

Kudo Shinichi raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and looked at the countdown on the bomb.

8 minutes left.

The noisy commotion on the other side has long since ended.

Only Aoyagi Binguang is still there, and Officer Megure asks him to try his best to comfort himself before leaving.He told him that the police were on their way.

Kudo Shinichi, who was familiar with Japan's geographical environment, knew that he would not have enough time to get here from the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Teacher Aoyagi," Kudo Shinichi said with difficulty breathing, "Who is the culprit? Have you caught him?"

Nearing the end of his life, it was finally time for him to determine whether his last reasoning was correct.

"The prisoner is Koji Koba, a handyman in the kitchen." Aoyagi Binguang said, "The police are still trying their best to find him, but they haven't found him yet."

"really."

Kudo Shinichi wanted to laugh when he found out that he guessed correctly, just like he did when he guessed the answer first when reading mystery novels.But the current situation made it impossible for him to laugh.

And hearing this name reminded him of more.

He had never paid attention to the school handyman, but he clearly remembered that Koji Koji was the younger brother of a prisoner his father had captured.

"...This case is probably a revenge crime against the detective."

Aoyagi Binguang seemed to hesitate, but finally said it.

"I know." Kudo Shinichi said.

The death penalty is rare in Japan, but the prisoner Koichi Koshiba died that time.When the media reported the bombing and suspected that the wrong person had been arrested, he committed suicide after leaving a suicide note in the detention center.

At that time, Kudo Yusaku read the suicide note and went to visit Oshiba's house. Kudo Shinichi went with him. Oshiba Koji did not open the door, but just glared at them through the door panel.

——That haggard face, the malice and pain in that eye almost gave Kudo Shinichi a nightmare that night.

"I don't think it's wrong to solve the case." Kudo Shinichi said firmly, "But..."

Now he knew who the prisoner who kidnapped him was, but he didn't feel any hatred in his heart.

After leaving Xiaochai's house that day, his father once said to him meaningfully.

"Shinichi, it's not easy to be a real detective."

"The detective in the novel only needs to solve the mystery, and the end of the reasoning is also the end of the story. But the detective in reality needs to face more and more problems..."

He somewhat understood what his father meant.

(End of this chapter)