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

Chapter 55 In the last moments of life

There are only 6 minutes left in the bomb countdown.

Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath, no longer thinking about the detective's question, and raised his head to look at the ceiling.

As he explored the corridors he noticed that the ceiling was low, but it felt so far away now.From the small cracks above, the sunlight from outside faintly penetrated.

Will this be the last thing he sees?
Kudo Shinichi looked at the dazzling light in the darkness, and remembered that when he told them that Hojo had escaped, Officer Megure's voice was very surprised, and the policewoman's words...

"Kudo, there's something I have to tell you..."

Aoyagi Binguang's words brought Kudo Shinichi back from his thoughts.

Kudo Shinichi interrupted the other party's unspoken words: "I heard it just now. Did Hojo not call the police yet?"

At that time, the two of them didn't know there was a bomb in the Ark. Faced with the boulder blocking the only exit, they actually had two choices.

The first one is for the two of them to stay together on the negative floor where water has not yet seeped out, and continue to wait for rescue;

The second is to sacrifice one to use the winch, allowing the other to escape early.

Kudo Shinichi originally wanted to choose the first option. He estimated that the speed of water inflow would take a few more hours before it would reach the negative level.

But seeing Hojo Shinji's mental state, he chose the second option without hesitation.

If you want to escape from a dangerous situation, in addition to physical fitness, psychology is also very important.At that time, Hojo Shinji was about to collapse emotionally. It would be very dangerous if he was allowed to remain in such a mental state.

"We encountered a snake in this ark, and there are woods nearby. I hope he didn't get lost in the woods."

Kudo Shinichi sighed.

He said this sincerely, not out of spite, he really hoped that the other party had escaped safely.

He does not regard everyone as a good person. He has read various detective novels and various news since he was a child, and has learned all kinds of knowledge. He knows very well how despicable some people can be.

Sometimes, not only will you not receive any gratitude for your help, it will actually make the other person hate you even more.

"Kudo, actually..."

"Even if Hojo Shinji really didn't call the police to save me, I don't regret doing that." Kudo Shinichi interrupted for the second time.

Qingliu Binguang was silent for a few seconds, and then asked: "Why?"

Hearing this voice, Kudo Shinichi suddenly remembered Aoyagi Binguang in his previous dream.

There was no smile on Teacher Qingliu's face in that dream, but it gave people a more real feeling. At this time, their tone seemed to overlap.

"There is no reason. You don't need any reason to save people."

14-year-old Kudo Shinichi said firmly.

Either two die together, or one dies and the other lives. This is a nasty trolley problem.

There is no absolute right or wrong way to choose the trolley problem. The person who created the problem is the one who is wrong.

As a being tied to one side of the railway track, Kudo Shinichi was willing to turn the speeding train towards him in order to let another innocent life survive.

"...Aoyagi-sensei."

Kudo Shinichi lowered his eyes and looked at the countdown of bombs that continued to decrease in front of him.He had learned how to defuse bombs in Hawaii and didn't have any bomb-defusing tools at this time, so he laughed helplessly.

"If I had worked harder before, read more books, and learned more from my father and others, maybe I could find a better way to escape now."

What is it like when people are dying?Now Kudo Shinichi talks more. He thinks about every bit of the past. His original daily routine has become an out-of-reach past, but he doesn't have too much resentment in his heart.

"Kudo, you are already..."

Kudo Shinichi interrupted Aoyagi Binguang again. This time he was a little sad and a little embarrassed.

"Teacher Qingliu, can you help me bring something to my parents and a girl named Mao Lilan?"

"Tell Dad, although I sometimes say that he writes low-class detective novels, I have always liked his works...well, they are only a little worse than Sherlock Holmes..."

After defending his idol, the true Sherlock Holmes fan continued: "He is my pride. I am very happy that my father is the mystery novelist Yusaku Kudo."

It is natural to find out the truth of the case.

Even if this resulted in revenge from the prisoner, Kudo Shinichi was still proud of it.If he still has a future, he will continue to work in this direction.

"Next is mom..."

Kudo Shinichi lowered his head when he mentioned Kudo Yukiko who always loved teasing him.My feelings towards my mother are always different from those towards my father.The bomb countdown is only 3 minutes.

"In the past, I always thought it was annoying that she always kissed me. I thought she was pretending to be cute by always asking me to call her 'Yukiko-sister'. I felt that she wanted to drag me in every time the couple quarreled..."

After revealing a lot of his mother's dark history, the wayward son finally said: "...but in my heart, she is the best mother in the world."

"I love her and I love them."

"And Xiaolan..."

Kudo Shinichi raised his head, and this time he held the phone tightly.

After listening to a lot of words, Qingliu Binguang took advantage of his hesitation and spoke again: "You want me to express your feelings to other girls for you? Such words..."

Kudo Shinichi interrupted him for the last time.

"We are childhood sweethearts. We have known each other since kindergarten. She loves to show off her strength and loves to cry and refuses to admit it. But she also likes to laugh. She is also very cute when she smiles. I have always..."

"I've always liked her so much!"

The boy's sincere confession echoed in the dark room.

Kudo Shinichi's eyes felt numb. He still had a lot to say. For example, there was no need to tell Mao Lilan this confession, because it would only make her more sad, and...

Just when he was about to speak again, he heard the wooden wall outside suddenly shake, as if it had received a strong hammer blow.

In his stunned gaze, a hole quickly opened in the wall of the room, and several bright lights came in. Then a man in a black suit bent down and walked through the gap.

Kudo Shinichi stared at him blankly, all the surging sadness stuck in his throat.

The man took off the bag on his shoulder, looked him up and down, turned to the outside and shouted: "This kid is okay! Take him out quickly!"

The ticking bomb countdown sound was still ringing, and a few seconds later, Aoyagi Binguang's voice came from the mobile phone.

"...I wanted to tell you 3 minutes ago." Aoyagi Binguang said, "Teacher Amuro is very good at driving. He helped us drive over with police officers who can defuse bombs. You will be fine soon."

"It's better to keep your confession to the girl you like in person. Those things just now..." He paused and said calmly, "Don't worry, I didn't hear you clearly."

Kudo Shinichi: "..."

Kudo Shinichi: "???!!!"

……

10:59 am, outside the Ark.

"Teacher Aoyagi, you are going too far!!!"

Kudo Shinichi, wrapped in a blanket, held a cell phone with low battery. While waiting for an ambulance, he raised the volume to an unprecedented level and loudly questioned a certain music teacher.

"Thank you for trusting me so much!! You actually, actually..."

Recalling what he just said, Kudo Shinichi was extremely ashamed.

His body was still alive, but something seemed to have unfortunately died.

He really wanted to knock himself out of memory or change his identity with a stick, or simply shrink back into the ark in front of him and escape to a new world.

"I'm sorry, I've been trying to say something, but you always interrupt me..."

Kudo Shinichi's expression froze when he remembered how many times he had interrupted him.

He felt a little guilty and wanted to force out some more accusations. But at this moment, his cell phone, which had been fine after being soaked in water, finally ran out of battery.

Kudo Shinichi took back his phone, and Toru Amuro, who was next to him, raised his hand and touched his head: "Did you quarrel with Mr. Aoyagi?"

"No."

Kudo Shinichi wrapped himself tightly in the blanket and tried to control his expression to calm down: "Thank you, Teacher Amuro. I heard Teacher Aoyagi say that you drove the police here who can defuse bombs."

Unexpectedly, a bomb was planted in the school, and the police happened to go there to defuse the bomb; I didn’t expect that Mr. Amuro’s driving skills were better than those of so many police officers who are used to chasing criminals, so they could come to save him...

...No one on either side has had an accident so far, so it’s a blessing in misfortune, right?

　This chapter was written too hastily... I also borrowed the chapter about Dannizi from The Mystery, but I didn't write it at all funny...

　　
　
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