Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 473 I bet there is no battery in your detonator! (Monthly ticket requested!)

"What did you say?"

Faced with the threat from Teiji Moritani, Kogoro Mori, Inspector Megure, and Officer Shiratori were all shocked and pale.

They never imagined that Moriya Teiji had already prepared for this, and they never expected that the means prepared by the other party would be so cruel and crazy.

You know, bombs are very dangerous. If you are not careful, you may touch the wrong part of the detonator, or a spark may fall from your cigarette, causing the bomb to explode. You won't be able to run away in time...

Of course, they also knew that under normal circumstances, Moriya Teiji would not easily let others touch the detonator, nor would he smoke near the bomb.

But if you install a bomb in the house where you live, aren't you afraid that the other party might accidentally detonate it, or press the detonation switch, which would cause the house and yourself to explode on the spot, leaving no place to be buried?

For a moment, they didn't know whether they were shocked by the madness of Moritani Teiji's methods or stunned by the other party's arrogance.

As for the possibility that Moriya Teiji was deceiving them, they had thought about the possibility that what the other party was holding was not a detonator at all, but just a peculiarly shaped lighter.

But the key point is that they dare not gamble and cannot afford to gamble.

After all, the Moriya Second Company did such crazy things as installing bombs in Green Park, Beika Station, and the Toudou Loop Line, and the reason they did this was simply because of the unreasonable reason that these buildings were asymmetrical.

No one can guarantee whether such a madman would be so cruel as to install a bomb in his own home!
They really didn't dare to gamble on such things.

Because the price of making a wrong bet is that they and the house will be reduced to ashes together.

Compared to the panic of Maori Kogoro and others, Conan seemed very calm, "It's impossible for it to explode!"

As for why he is so sure?
the reason is simple……

"Because there's no battery in the detonator!"

As he spoke, Conan calmly took out a few batteries he had just removed from his pocket.

Kogoro Mori and others are afraid of death, so isn’t he afraid?

No, he was also afraid. In fact, he was more afraid than Kogoro Mori and others.

Because, now he is the elementary school student Edogawa Conan, and has not yet returned to his true identity, the high school detective Kudo Shinichi.

If he died in his current identity, then Kudo Shinichi would never have a chance to reappear in this world. No one would even know when he died.

No matter what, he was unwilling to accept such a thing!

Upon hearing this, Moriya Teiji's pupils suddenly shrank, and he quickly opened the detonator disguised as a lighter in his hand to check it. The result was that it would have been fine if he hadn't looked at it, but when he did, he was shocked.

Because, the layout inside was just as Conan said, there was no battery.

"What! When are you?"

Moriya Tei was very puzzled by Conan's prophetic actions, "How did you know that this was a detonator?"

He was obviously hiding so deeply, so why did the little brat in front of him know his arrangement, and even took out the battery in the detonator in advance, making it impossible for him to use this last resort to threaten Inspector Megure and others?

Could it be that a certain high school detective is really that smart, so smart that he can see ten steps ahead and easily see through all his plans, including his final resort?
Conan looked at him deeply, his face full of meaning, "Of course I know, because you don't even use a lighter. When you light your pipe, you use those long matches."

A certain architectural designer clearly used matches to light his cigarette, but there happened to be a lighter in his study.

But the style of the lighter is so strange that it looks wrong at first glance.

Thinking back to the series of cases he had encountered before, how could a smart person like Conan not know that the strange lighter might very well be the detonator of the bomb.

It was also because of this that when he saw the peculiarly shaped lighter on the table in Moriya Teiji's study, he secretly checked it.

As he expected, the lighter was not a real lighter, but an explosive device.

Since everyone knew that the peculiarly shaped lighter was actually a detonating device, how could he possibly leave any opportunity for Moriya Teiji to take advantage of and make desperate moves?

"Also, that sweet smell that Ayumi told us about, I think it's the smell of your pipe, right?"

Speaking of pipes, Inspector Megure suddenly remembered something.

That is, when she was in the hospital asking Ayumi and others for clues about the mysterious man, Ayumi once mentioned that when she came into contact with the mysterious man, she smelled a sweet scent from the other person.

Originally, he thought that the fragrant smell was probably perfume or cosmetics, but now it seems that the fragrance emitted by the mysterious man when Ayumi came into contact with him was not cosmetics at all, but the smell of a pipe.

Thinking of this, Inspector Megure no longer hesitated and decisively issued an order, "Arrest him immediately!"

His brother Kudo has already deduced Moritani Teiji's modus operandi and motives so clearly. In addition, Moritani Teiji's self-destruction and the use of detonating devices now threaten their actions.

All of this proves one thing without a doubt, that is, Teiji Moriya, as deduced by the high school detective Shinichi Kudo, was the real culprit behind the theft of gunpowder from the Oriental gunpowder depot, the serial arson incidents involving the Kurokawa family, the Mizushima family, the Yasuda family, and the Akutsu family, as well as the installation of bombs at Green Park, Beika Station, and the Touto Loop Line in an attempt to blow up these buildings!
Since everyone knows that the other party is the real culprit behind this series of crimes, why not arrest him now? When will we arrest him?
"Click..."

While Teiji Moriya was shocked by the disappearance of the battery in the detonator, Officer Shiratori quickly stepped forward and rewarded Teiji Moriya with a pair of shiny silver handcuffs.

"Moriya Teiji, you are under arrest!"

Previously, they were afraid of the detonator that Moriya Teiji took out, so they did not dare to act rashly. But now that they all know that the detonator in the other party's hand is useless, what else is there to say? Of course, they will reward the other party with a pair of silver bracelets, a pork chop rice set and a private suite, so that the other party will not have to worry about food and shelter for the rest of his life!
"That's great, the matter has finally been resolved. It's really cause for celebration!" Looking at Teiji Moritani who was successfully arrested, Kogoro Mori couldn't help but show joy on his face.

It was not easy at all, but we finally arrested the hateful bomber.

God knows how frightened and uneasy he was when he knew that the criminal this time had a lot of gunpowder and that the other party had made it into plastic bombs.

Also, when he couldn't find where the other party had installed the bomb, he was so anxious and scared.

Fortunately, all this can finally end now!
Hearing his excited voice, Officer Shiratori, who was handcuffing Teiji Moriya and successfully arresting him, couldn't help but turn his head and look at the excited Maori Kogoro, and his words were full of dissatisfaction: "Hey, what is there to celebrate, Mr. Maori? You went too far just now, and actually called me a suspect!"

In all his years as a police officer, this was the first time he was accused of being a suspect.

Moreover, such accusations did not come from the parties involved in the case, but from his own teammates.

This novel experience brought to him by his own people was hard for him to accept for a while.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! As the saying goes, people make mistakes and horses stumble, right?"

Kogoro Mouri waved his hands awkwardly and apologized to Officer Shiratori.

Of course, he was not targeting Officer Shiratori, nor was he intentionally throwing dirty water on the other person just because the other person was more handsome than him.

It was simply because Officer Shiratori's previous words and actions were so suspicious.

Every time the suspect called, the other party was not at the scene. It was okay once in a while, but if it happened too many times, it would be hard for him not to suspect the other party.

Well, he was sure of that.

But after the rebuttal and reasoning of the high school detective Kudo Shinichi, and the self-explosion of Teiji Moriya under Conan's guidance, how could he not understand now that he suspected the wrong person and that Officer Shiratori was not a criminal, but innocent.

It's a pity that Officer Shiratori didn't want to forgive him. As for Conan, who was standing aside, he couldn't help but glance at him with disgust.

What's the matter with a horse stumbling? He saw that it was just a confused detective who was used to mixing up the names of people when solving cases. As a result, this time, he couldn't help but attack his teammates!
"Hum hum……"

Seeing this farce, Moriya Teiji sneered in a low voice, "If you think that everything is solved like this, then you are totally wrong!"

Yes, he admitted that Kudo Shinichi, the high school detective, had great reasoning ability, admitted that it was his mistake that he accidentally blew up the location of the disguise tools under the other party's inducement, and admitted that he did not expect that the battery in the detonator had been tampered with by someone.

But if Inspector Megure and others thought that he only had the means of detonating a device, then he could only say that these people were too young after all.

"Because there is another building that I plan to destroy!"

As a professor of architecture at Touto University for many years and a famous architectural designer in Japan, it is impossible that he only designed a few excellent works such as the Kurokawa family, Mizushima family, Yasuda family, Akutsu family, and Sumida Canal Bridge.

In fact, in addition to the Kurokawa family, Mizushima family, Yasuda family, Akutsu family, and Sumida Canal, he also designed the Beika City Hall.

Of course, these architectural works may be excellent in the eyes of others, but in his current opinion, they are all imperfect works, his black history, and architectural works that should be completely destroyed. Otherwise, he would not have thought of using the gunpowder stolen from the Japanese powder depot to personally destroy the non-completely symmetrical buildings he had designed in his early 30s.

"There's another one?"

Hearing this, Conan was shocked, as if he had thought of something. He turned around and looked at a photo on the wall in disbelief.

And in that photo, there was a skyscraper towering into the sky.

It’s the Rice Flower City Hall!
"Could it be...Mihua City Hall?"

Since the photo of Beika City Hall can be hung in this exhibition room in Teiji Moriya's house, it is obvious that it, like the Kurokawa family, Sumida Canal Bridge and other buildings, is the architectural work of Teiji Moriya, an elite in the architectural world.

Thinking of this, and thinking of what Moriya Teiji had just said, Conan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart, "Could it be that there is also no complete symmetry there?"

Isn’t even the magnificent Beika City Hall a perfect work in the mind of this guy Moriya Teiji?
This guy is so strict about his architectural works that it's almost insane!

But if you think about it carefully, if it weren't for his obsessive pursuit of symmetry, Moriya Teiji would never have done such a crazy thing as stealing explosives for plastic bombs from the Oriental Gunpowder Magazine and burning down four mansions including the Kurokawa residence in order to destroy the non-completely symmetrical building he designed in his early 30s with his own hands. He then installed bombs in Tsutsumi Mukagawa Green Park, in front of Beika Station, and on the Touto Loop Line.

Moriya Teiji's words confirmed the ominous premonition in his heart.

"You said that because of the collapse of the bubble economy, there was not enough construction funds. This reason is simply ridiculous! That is the most unsuccessful work of my life. You people don't understand the aesthetics in my heart at all!"

Since it is a failed work, it will naturally be destroyed like Kurokawa's and other works that do not conform to his aesthetic standards!

As he spoke, Moriya Teiji raised his wrist, looked at the watch on his wrist, and then sneered, "It's still one minute to ten o'clock, hehehe..."

At ten o'clock, there no longer existed in the world any non-completely symmetrical building that he had designed in his early 30s!
"What……"

As soon as these words came out, Conan couldn't help but his expression changed drastically.

"Not good...Xiaolan!"

At this moment, Conan finally remembered his childhood sweetheart, and also remembered the place where she had asked him out, which was the Beika City Hall.

But if possible, he would rather never have received this invitation.

Because the next place that Moriya Teiji is going to blow up is the Beika City Hall!
(End of this chapter)