Chapter 430

Despite the help of Shinryu Kanakawa, the work efficiency in Japan was exceptionally low. Many staff members' goal was not to reduce danger, but rather "if I break the rules, I can't be the one to take responsibility."

Therefore, although the police contacted the transportation department in time, the transportation department contacted its superiors for approval and then notified the express train. In order not to cause panic, the express train could not make an announcement directly, but had to go to the seats to look for people...

Time seems to fly by at times like this. By the time the crew found Mr. Murphy, the express train had already slowed down on the cross-sea railway.

Meanwhile, Conan Edogawa and Sera Masumi, on their way to Asakusa Station, spotted a car that had abruptly stopped on the cross-sea bridge and realized that the culprit intended to strike there.

Conan Edogawa quickly looked over at the railway and saw that the express train had arrived. Calculating the time, it was the same train that Mr. Murphy had taken.

In desperation, he used his skateboard to take a shortcut onto the bridge between the railway where the express train was located and the bridge across the sea where the prisoner was located. He pulled out the soccer ball from the belt invented by Professor Agasa and made it very large, trying to block the prisoner's view and attract Mr. Murphy's attention to see if he could alert him.

This behavior was really impulsive. After seeing the soccer ball, the criminal turned around and saw Conan Edogawa waving frantically towards the express train, and immediately became furious.

He remembered Conan Edogawa; the time he sniped the shady real estate agent on Suzuki Tower, it was this kid who chased after him relentlessly, almost causing him to have a car accident.

I can't believe it's that brat again!

This kid is either born to clash with him, or he's here specifically to go against him!

Without hesitation, the culprit aimed again, first shooting through the obstructing giant soccer ball, and then aiming at the back of Conan Edogawa's head.

He had even killed his respected teacher, and was now a ruthless sniper who would never hesitate to act when necessary. Therefore, the criminal did not care that Conan Edogawa was still just an elementary school student and planned to kill the guy who was causing him trouble first.

The infrared-assisted aiming point had already appeared on Conan Edogawa's head. Just at this critical moment, Sera Masumi arrived on her bicycle and tackled Conan Edogawa to the ground.

Conan Edogawa escaped death, but Sera Masumi injured her arm.

Although Conan Edogawa hadn't been killed yet, the culprit was too lazy to waste time on him, because he had already calculated the carriage. The carriage carrying Hunter's enemy was about to pass in front of him. He didn't care about anyone else and directly aimed at Mr. Murphy, who had his back to the window because the train attendant had come to talk to the attendant at the door.

At that moment, Sera Masumi, in an attempt to save Conan Edogawa, lost her brakes and flew off, crashing into a railing and causing a violent explosion that caught the attention of the flight attendants who were looking out the window.

The flight attendant, remembering the purpose of their visit, immediately changed her expression: "Stop packing! A sniper is coming to kill you!"

What time is it?! Hurry up and get out of here! Don't die in their car!

Why do these foreigners have so many grudges and feuds, and why don't they go back to their own countries instead of coming to Japan?!

Mr. Murphy had been using the computer the whole time. Although he knew it was dangerous, human reflexes are uncontrollable. When the flight attendants reminded him, he had already subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the explosion.

In the blink of an eye, the bullet pierced the glass.

"...Tsk."

The prisoner saw that the flight attendant was in a hurry, so he grabbed Murphy, which may have caused the bullet to land slightly off-target, but it definitely hit his head... He should be dead.

The perpetrator hesitated for a moment, but then put down a bullet and a die, which were the signature items of this serial murder case.

There's only one person left...

The Metropolitan Police Department quickly received the latest information.

—Mr. Murphy and Sera Masumi are both in the hospital.

Unlike his immediate death in the original timeline, Mr. Murphy in this world is being rescued.

The bullet did hit his head, but Hunter survived for so long after being shot in the head, and Mr. Murphy could still be saved. It's just unknown whether he can be saved, and even if he does, how many aftereffects he will suffer.

He might end up like Hunter, suffering a fate worse than death... But Hunter was betrayed by his own people, this is his retribution.

It might be easier to just die.

Sera Masumi was shot in the arm while saving Conan Edogawa. She lunged forward, and due to gravity, she fell to the ground and slid a distance. Fortunately, the bullet didn't hit a major artery, causing massive bleeding or a concussion, so she didn't need emergency treatment, but she still had to be hospitalized.

Since Sera Masumi seemed to have no family members to visit her, Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki came to the ward to help take care of her.

"After all, she saved Conan-kun, so I want to thank her properly when she wakes up." Ran Mouri forced a smile, trying not to make anyone worry about her at a time like this.

Conan Edogawa murmured, "...Ran...Sister..."

Sonoko Suzuki wasn't so polite, directly lecturing Conan Edogawa: "Serves you right for always running around! Making Ran worry! See, this time it's really gotten into trouble!"

Conan Edogawa, realizing he was in the wrong, surprisingly didn't pretend to be stupid and laugh it off as he usually did. Instead, he lowered his head and hummed in agreement.

Just then, someone knocked on the door of the ward.

Immediately afterwards, a fluffy, silvery-white creature peeked in through the crack in the door, its light green eyes blinking as it looked at the people inside: "Hello everyone, is it convenient for you to come in?"

"Bo Ye-san? Please come in." Suzuki Sonoko said in surprise, "What brings you here?"

"I heard Conan-kun is in the hospital," said Saiki Usaba.

"...This kid wasn't hospitalized; he only had scrapes. It was Sera who was hospitalized." Sonoko Suzuki glared at Conan Edogawa, annoyed.

Ran Mouri said with concern, "Conan really acted too recklessly this time."

“I heard that when you encountered a sniper at Suzuki Tower, Conan chased after them.” Saiki Usaba stroked his chin. “It doesn’t seem like this is the first time he’s done this.”

Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki both had "That's right!" written all over their faces.

"How about this, I'll talk to Conan-kun." Usaku Saiki casually beckoned Conan Edogawa to come out.

Neither Ran Mouri nor Sonoko Suzuki had any objections.

In their eyes, Bo Ye Zhaiji was a very reliable older brother. When the unreliable boys around them would run away and disappear at any time, only Bo Ye would stay by their side, which made them feel very safe!

Conan Edogawa followed Saiki Usaba to the hospital rooftop, looking dejected.

When they arrived at the rooftop, they found the door was locked.

"Maybe they're worried someone might jump off the building," Conan Edogawa guessed. "Shall we go somewhere else?"

Usoya Saiki said, "No need."

Conan Edogawa thought that Saiki Usaba was going to talk to him here, since even if they didn't go to the rooftop, this place was sparsely populated and hardly anyone came here.

As a result, Conan Edogawa watched helplessly as Saiki Usaba took off a hair clip from his head and pried open the rooftop lock in five seconds.

Conan Edogawa: "…………"

He found himself not particularly surprised. Upon closer reflection... oh, so Brother Bo Ye had unlocked the door in front of him before!

It seems there's a bomb in a briefcase on the Shinkansen (bullet train). Bo Ye found the person involved and pried open the briefcase...

Even the tool used to pick the lock was a hair clip from Bo Ye Ge's head.

But at the time, it was to prove that the box contained a bomb. This was the rooftop of a hospital, so the situation was different!

After a few seconds of hesitation, Conan Edogawa finally said, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

As he stepped onto the rooftop and closed the door behind him, Usoya Saiki gave him a shocked look.

"You actually told me it's not good? Do you want to think about how many times you've trespassed on other people's property, and how many times you've violated traffic laws? I just opened a rooftop and it becomes 'not good'? How do you plan to evaluate yourself? You even caused a car accident, do you know that? Luckily no one died."

Conan Edogawa's energy immediately waned.

Although he was taking emergency measures to solve the case... it did have a somewhat negative impact.

Usakabe Saiki continued to complain: "I think Professor Agasa should confiscate all these gadgets you have! Look at me, I don't have as many of your random gadgets, does that mean I can't be a detective?"

How can that be the same! Brother Bo Ye is already an adult, but he has the body of a child, which makes many things inconvenient for him! He can only make up for it with props!

Conan Edogawa coughed, trying to drag him into the mess: "With so much jewelry on you, don't you have any props to disguise it as jewelry?"

“How could that be?” Bo Yezaki rolled his eyes. “These are all proper decorations… but the string for this very long Buddhist prayer bead string is a specially made fishing line, which can be used as a murder weapon if necessary… I mean, it can be useful.”

Conan Edogawa: "...When would it become a murder weapon?!"

"It's nothing, it's just that whenever I think about fishing lines, hundreds of examples come to mind..."

Conan Edogawa was speechless.

After all, many of the mechanisms and puzzles in the cases he handled were indeed made of fishing line...

"Even so," Conan Edogawa said firmly, "most people wouldn't go out of their way to replace the rope with fishing line, would they?"

He didn't mean to suspect that Brother Bo Ye was up to something bad, but this was something no normal person would do!

If he hadn't known Brother Bo Ye for so many years, he would have complained that he was crazy!

Usoppei Kijima fell silent for a moment.

"Shinichi, hasn't Sera Masumi's hospitalization made you realize how dangerous things are around you?"

Conan Edogawa was taken aback when he was suddenly called by his real name, realizing how serious Usaku Saiki was.

"What does Brother Bo Ye mean...?"

“I’m making these preparations just in case,” Bo Yezhai said. “If that organization you’ve messed with comes knocking on my door and does something to me, I’ll have something I can use. Usually, a body search wouldn’t confiscate my prayer beads…”

Conan Edogawa panicked: "How did it get to this point! It can't be that bad!"

Usoppei sighed: "Actually... I almost died a few days ago, so I have some PTSD now... I have PTSD, so please forgive me."

Conan Edogawa's expression froze instantly: "Almost...died?"

Wait a minute, could it be that the reason Sonoko Suzuki invited everyone out this time wasn't because she really thought something bad was going to happen, but because something bad had already happened to him, making it inconvenient for him?!

Conan Edogawa, for the first time in a long time, has begun to contribute his suspicions.

Suspicion System: [You don't mean Gin is going to blow the whole train up at the final stop, do you...?]

Usui Saiki: [Shut up! Just tell me I almost died! I was doing Yukiko-neechan's job! Tell Conan to stop being so reckless, and stop bothering me!]

Suspicion System: [But this is way too far off!!!]

—Does that kid, Usakabe Saiki, ever tell the truth?! It can no longer trust this world!!!

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Hanchuan returns in the next chapter

At this moment, Inspector Megure wonders: Why can't I get through to Kanakawa on the phone again?