"Toot, toot—"

"Damn, answer the phone......" Conan, who was clutching his phone, tightened his fingers as he looked at the explosion site that was getting closer and closer in front of him.

Since Emperor Moriya really hated him because of the miscarriage of Seitama City's plan, it was impossible for him not to take any action after knowing Xiaolan's whereabouts. He should have thought of it earlier!

Immersed in a state of reasoning, he slowly realized the plan of Emperor Moriya in half a beat, and his heart beat fast.

Although Emperor Moriya said to be exact, he only blew up the entrance and exit of the municipal building, and had no plans to harm people.

No, it would be more accurate to describe that he wants to extend the process of injury infinitely, and it is best to feel the pain and remorse he wants to give as long as possible before letting Kudo Shinichi die, so he will not pursue a one-time direct casualty......

But after all, it was an explosion, a huge impact force that could cause the building to collapse, and no one could guarantee that everything was under the control of Teiji Moriya......

Teiji Moriya's residence was indeed far from the city, and even if they turned on their sirens and tried their best to speed up their way over, by the time the vehicle arrived in front of the Yonka Municipal Building, half an hour had passed.

Without waiting for Mori Kogoro to stop him, Conan, who jumped out of the car, had already pinched his hot mobile phone and slipped into the crowd.

Regardless of whether the call can be answered or not, he will have to go to this uncertain appointment as Kudo Shinichi next, staying here, and he can't speak in front of the others.

Next, it's time for Shinichi Kudo.

"Toot-toot-click."

On the other end of the conversation, an unexpected voice suddenly came.

The call was answered.

"Hey?!" Conan, who had already pulled up the voice changer in advance, shouted at that side, "Xiaolan, Xiaolan! Are you in the theater? Hurt?! I-"

"Shinichi!" On the other end of the phone, Mao Lilan's angry voice sounded more worried than him, "You haven't come here yet, have you?" ”

“…… Yes? Conan, who stepped into the safe passage, was briefly stunned for two seconds.

"You didn't come, did you?! I heard Teiji Moriya talking like that on TV, and then the exit collapsed, and I thought, I thought ......" Moriran let out a breath, let go of the stone in his hand, and sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.

I don't know if it was because of the signal blocking caused by the collapse of the facility, or because of the channel blockage caused by the accident around her, she was very anxious to call Kudo Shinichi several times, but she couldn't get a response, and she was still glad that the other party was hanging higher and higher because of the heart of letting her pigeon escape.

After confirming that there were no casualties at the scene and assisting several people in the trapped crowd who were injured due to the collapse to treat their wounds, Mao Lilan, who could not get through the phone, simply began to try to dig up.

I don't know if the prisoners deliberately controlled the power of the explosion, if the structure of the theater itself was strong enough, or if they were lucky......

In short, although everyone in the waiting area was trapped by the explosion just now, there were no other serious accidents except for a few unlucky people who were scratched by the debris.

Therefore, even if they were temporarily trapped in the building, after a short period of panic, including the staff of the theater, they slowly recovered their emotions, maintained order, and prepared to save themselves.

After seeing the collapse of Maolilan's unexplained cavity, many people were actually brought up and followed her in unison, and began to try to dig through the buried exit.

It may be that the citizens of Mihua are indeed of high quality, or it may be that their emergency response ability is naturally outstanding, when the scene turned from crying and waiting for the police, to self-reliance, only after a few minutes of chaos, they even began to divide labor reasonably.

Energetic adult men and women came along with Maorilan to try to move away from the rubble, young children and the elderly were relegated to a more structurally stable and safe area, and those who did not have the strength to participate in the excavation began to take care of some simple logistics.

Inexplicably, it should have been a gloomy fog, waiting for the rescue to arrive at the scene, but now immersed in a positive atmosphere of unity and concerted efforts to fight the disaster.

Mao Lilan, who didn't realize that things were not quite right, finally answered the phone, and finally found an outlet for his emotions, and continued to chatter: "I also went to the main entrance to confirm that there was no one in the passage, and there was no flattened human body, and I began to find a way to dig through the safety exit." We dug together for half an hour before we saw a little security door, if you don't connect it again, I, I'll think it's ......."

"I, I've just arrived at the door......" Conan, who was really going to release the pigeon again, replied with a very confident attitude, looking at the safety exit above the stairs that was crushed by the collapsed cement pillars and leaving only some gaps, and carefully backhanded the safety door behind him.

For some reason, although the original panic slowly dissipated after hearing the voice that Maoriran seemed to be in good health and good condition, a new kind of panic began to arise again.

She did sound a little crying, but the reason for crying was far from what he originally imagined.

What he was starting to worry about now was that if he really said exactly where he was, Mao Lilan would really dig up the door with someone and open it...... He, he should ......

His hand had already subconsciously touched Conan on the small pill box given to him by Tang Ze: "......"

Otherwise, just take the medicine first......

"So you're not hurt, are you? Are you trapped in the aisle, or are you able to enter and exit freely? After talking for two or three minutes in one breath, Mao Lilan, who had a dry mouth, took the cup handed over by the lady who went to the tea next to her and poured warm water, thanked him, took a breath, and asked, "You just said that you arrived at the door, in which direction, is the mobile phone still charged, can you hear our voice?" ”

"I, I'm ......" was smashed to the ground by her firecracker-like question, and Conan, who had already crawled close to the security door, opened his mouth for a moment, and couldn't help but whisper back, "You, why do you suddenly seem to be very good at handling this situation......

"Isn't this the basic emergency response to an accident? I went out on a trip with everyone before, and then I had some accidents, and Tang Ze also suggested that I could learn a little bit about this. Mao Lilan lowered his head, glanced at the shoes on his feet that had been torn off by himself, and sighed a little regretfully, "The new clothes are indeed dirty." ”

Conan, who pressed his hand on the cold metal surface of the security door and didn't know what to say: "......"

Considering the scene in front of him, no matter how he listened, he felt that it was a very predictable suggestion, and Tang Ze, who could give this kind of proposal, said a thousand things and ten thousand, and he was a very interesting friend.

But why did he feel so panicked......

“…… I know you're worried about me. Mao Lilan, who was finally relaxed, remembered the excited voice on the other side that was about to shout when the phone was connected, and softened his tone, "I'm also worried about you." Don't be afraid, since the Monster of the Heart Thieves can find out about the problem of Emperor Moriya and give an early warning, maybe, the problem will be solved soon. ”

Conan, who always felt that the character was wrong, twitched the corners of his mouth for a long time, and finally held back a sentence: "Okay, don't be afraid, I'm near you......"

All of his friends, one or two, had made choices that were beneficial to him, but when taken together, why did they seem to have a completely different scene from what he expected......

————

The group of monster thieves who were chattering about the two affectionate (mistaken) young people across the door now have no time to care about their little troubles for the time being.

Tang Ze was almost thrown out like a meteor hammer.

"It's annoying, it's huge, isn't it—" Tang Ze, whose face was almost blown crooked in the fierce wind, let out a roar of rage, quickly shortening the length of the hook lock to prevent his attack from being thrown away by the huge statue again.

"That can't be helped!" Hearing his voice, Asai Narumi narrowly dodged a hammer blow and replied, "Who made him Hephaestus!" Hephaestus is a Titan—"

"And the ancient Greek god in charge of sculpture, he also deserves it?!" Tang Ze, who was the most annoying giant boss, was full of emotion, and shouted without skill, "Aim a little, Lunar, stop chatting!" ”

The whole person sank into the shadows, and Hoshikawa Hui, who was hanging on Tang Ze's lap, also shouted: "You are a little more concentrated, I can't aim at his eyes, it's going to burn——"

"I'm trying, Karma, get some water!"

"What do you mean to get some water...... Never mind. Yukihiko Umi-"

"Push the anvil a little farther away!"

"Ark, is the gear all right-"

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When there was laughter and laughter on the side of the monster thief group, the policemen who arrived at the scene with Teiji Moriya were also in full swing.

After being taken away from his home, Teiji Moriya didn't say a word the whole time, no matter how he pressed him about the bomb placement and details, he just had a gloomy face and didn't mean to answer at all.

Looking at the chaotic scene, Teiji Moriya only sneered twice, but his neatly trimmed nails were still slowly picked into his palms.

What he was really afraid of now, compared to the police, was the small card that looked like blood or flames.

He must have heard of this mysterious group of urban legends, but he never scoffed at them.

A simple teaser that unknowingly makes people change...... This is not some naïve fairy tale.

However, when he really embarked on the extreme road and really had a ghost in his heart, he didn't have the confidence to disdain this exaggerated and ridiculous style.

There was more to it than he dared to say......

"Professor Moriya." Holding his arms and looking at the scene of the evacuation blockade, looking at the cordon surrounding the originally brightly lit and prosperous building, Twilight Thirteen looked serious and helpless, "You are a very famous designer, there will be more new works in the future, your footprints may have been all over the world, for a little grievance, is it really worth destroying such a possibility?" ”

Threats and intimidation don't work, and Teiji Moriya, as a celebrity who is not short of money or profit, wants to pry his mouth open when he doesn't even want his face, and the police have nothing to do.

So this paragraph, it's not so much that he is persuading, but that he is sighing.

He really didn't quite understand Teiji Moriya's thoughts, but he suddenly remembered that this afternoon, the young man named Kitagawa concluded that the murderer was also engaged in the art industry.

Although it is not strange that the artist's brain is not normal, when I think of the young man who lived an embarrassed and poor life, and compare it with Teiji Moriya, there is no doubt that the latter is already standing at the top of the industry and has reached the peak of his life.

When he thought about it, he didn't understand it even more.

Learning art is expensive and requires long-term training, and it is not easy to cultivate a skilled talent.

Taking art as a profession is to rely on this craft to make money, and when you really make a lot of money, you start to complain that your profession does not meet your artistic pursuits......

What the hell is the picture?

"You don't understand." Teiji Moriya, who had not spoken, raised his eyes, looked at the building in front of him with a blurred outline in the black smoke, and said to himself, "Architecture is different, architecture is the continuation of the life of the architect......"

"But those are all built at the cost of builders? If you really have an opinion, can't you spend money to buy the land and then dispose of it casually? Twilight Thirteen asks a question of the soul.

"That's impossible!" Teiji Moriya, who was once again poked by the argument "It's not you who spends money", widened his eyes, "The world of architecture doesn't need to think about so many feelings, it's a world where there is only order and law!" ”

"But the law is—"

"Shut up!"

Ren Saburo, Shiratori, who was looking at the scene worriedly, shook his hands, looked at Twilight Thirteen, whose eyebrows were gathered together in confusion, and leaned over and reminded in a low voice: "He doesn't want to hear this, don't irritate the suspect......"

As a fan of Teiji Moriya's father's work, so he also loves Teiji Moriya and Wu, and of course Shiratori went to see Teiji Moriya's work exhibition.

And that subtle debate has spread on the scene with the word of mouth of the onlookers.

Although it is impossible to restore the details of the dialogue, the question of "you didn't spend money yourself" is obviously the pain point of Teiji Moriya.

"Okay." In order not to exacerbate Teiji Moriya's uncooperativeness, Twilight Thirteen finally changed the subject, "Are the explosive ordnance disposal team in place?" ”

"They are investigating, but there is a preliminary suspicion that more explosives may have been installed in areas that have been cordoned off by the collapse."

"It's hard to deal with......"

Of course, his original plan was to make the guy who brought a stain on his life disappear completely, and the explosion he designed was so easy to solve.

He's ......

Teiji Moriya's clenched fist suddenly loosened, his expression slowly stiffened, and his body gradually swayed.

"Huh, Professor Moriya?" The first reaction was that Emperor Moriya wanted to fix the moth's twilight thirteen again, and reflexively grabbed him.

However, the expression of Teiji Moriya, who was caught in his hand, slowly relaxed, and he looked a little sluggish.

After his muscles were no longer tense, his sagging skin revealed his age, as if he had aged a few years all of a sudden.

Putting aside the crazy core or the wealth and arrogance given to him by fame, Teiji Moriya is just an ordinary old man over half a hundred years old, and due to the long-term high-intensity desk work, his aging is even more obvious than ordinary people.

At this moment, he really looks a bit like the state of a prisoner who has been caught.

Twilight Thirteen and Shiratori Ren Saburo subconsciously glanced at each other, and they invariably felt familiar with the scene in front of them.

Then the action was very synchronous, and the body camera on the chest was adjusted.

How to say, practice makes perfect, I have a hunch.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Teiji Moriya's head slowly drooped, and a hoarse and tired voice came out.

"The location of the bomb, as well as the blueprints, have been destroyed by me. But I have an electronic archive, right in my secret mailbox. The account number is ......"

"Hey." Shiratori, who took out his notebook and began to record quickly, couldn't help but sigh, "If they move a little faster and can solve it before 10 o'clock, won't they even ...... the current problem?"

"What are you talking about, Shiratori." Concerned that this confession would likely turn into evidence in court, Twilight Thirteen coughed and then interrupted him solemnly, "We're the police. ”

Really leave the matter of punishing criminals completely to the monster thieves or something, what does it look like......

(End of chapter)