Chapter 287 Seventy-Threeth Cycle (117)

"I'm fine, don't worry, Hiro." Furuya Rei smiled reassuringly at Morofushi Kagemitsu.

Although it was a bit unexpected, it was part of the plan to let Conan Edogawa know the truth about "Scotland" recently.

Around this time, Rum's identity was also revealed, and there was no need to hide his Scottish identity from Conan Edogawa any longer.

If Conan Edogawa cannot learn this crucial part of the truth before the final battle, their plans will be greatly affected.

Fortunately, things went as smoothly as they had predicted. Even though Conan Edogawa knew that Scotland was actually Kagemitsu Morofushi, Rei Furuya's heart was still beating well.

The world line continues to advance steadily.

The success of the plan put him in a very good mood. He bent down to take Kiyoko Yamaguchi's gun and laughed, "It's not too late for you to turn back now. We've already defused all the bombs that Pramia was threatening the Yamaguchi-gumi with."

Kiyoko Yamaguchi's pupils contracted sharply. She silently covered her still-bleeding hand, and after two seconds, she gave a helpless smile: "Furuya-kun, you still don't trust me after all. Actually, I never intended to betray you, really."

Rei Furuya didn't say whether she believed it or not, but at least she has stated her position.

"Impossible!" Pramia exclaimed in disbelief. "How could you possibly defuse so many of the latest bombs? The Yamaguchi-gumi has so much territory, how did you find the bombs and disarm them so silently?!"

Rei Furuya smirked: "Because I have excellent subordinates."

Kazami is probably too tired to sleep right now.

"No! Impossible!" Pramia still felt he was being bluffed. "If you could really defuse my bomb, you'd be the first to remove the pincers from your own neck..."

Her gaze froze on the bomb collar around Rei Furuya's neck, her eyes widening.

“This…” Furuya Rei chuckled, then reached out and ripped the bomb collar off his neck, throwing it in front of Pramie, saying, “It’s fake.”

Pramia was completely stunned, unable to believe that she had been defeated by these despicable policemen once again.

Kiyoko Yamaguchi had figured out the situation: "So Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji didn't actually die, right? They were secretly defusing the bomb all along? You guys were actually capable of defusing the bomb a long time ago, and what happened in the Public Security Bureau's underground bunker was just an act for us?"

Although it's outrageous, this seems to be the reality.

But how exactly did they manage to do that?

Kiyoko Yamaguchi suddenly remembered that she had previously investigated and found that Bourbon was so intelligent within the organization that he was almost supernatural and even had the nickname of a prophet.

"...Was all of this within your expectations?" Her eyes changed.

Under her monstrous gaze, Rei Furuya didn't answer, but instead took out handcuffs and cuffed Pramie first.

Pramia made a gesture to surrender before he approached, but was warned by Morofushi Kagemitsu, who was holding a gun, "Don't move."

“…” Pramia gritted her teeth and glared at Kiyoko Yamaguchi with hatred.

Kiyoko Yamaguchi had already torn off the hem of her skirt and was bandaging the wound on her hand. Her expression was calm, and she seemed not to have noticed her gesture.

"Click—" Pramia's hands were completely bound by silver handcuffs.

"What about the remaining pumpkin lantern bombs on the streets?" Kiyoko Yamaguchi said. "Prumia has already set a timer. Even if the remote control is taken away, they will still explode at 9 p.m.

It's already 8:45, and the remaining 15 minutes aren't enough to clear out so many pumpkin bombs.

"Kiyoko Yamaguchi!!!" Pramia was completely enraged, turning to Furuya Rei and roaring, "You actually believe this woman?! It's laughable! She's only on your side because you have the upper hand! Do you believe that if I gain even the slightest advantage and blow you all up here, she'll immediately switch sides and stand on my side?!"

Kiyoko Yamaguchi's expression remained unchanged.

Pramia sneered: "She said herself that she also wanted to blow up all of you who were hindering the development of the Yamaguchi-gumi right here! If we successfully blow up the entire city and something like that happens, all the police will definitely face huge criticism and will be unable to continue to deal with the Yamaguchi-gumi!"

She added fuel to the fire, completely betraying Kiyoko Yamaguchi: "Kiyoko Yamaguchi has even planned to have the Yamaguchi-gumi use this opportunity to help the disaster victims, thereby making a name for themselves again and rising to power by stepping on your corpses and blood! How can your police force trust someone like that?!"

Rei Furuya turned to look at Kiyoko Yamaguchi: "Is that so?"

Kiyoko Yamaguchi shrugged with a laugh: "That was just an excuse I used to deal with her... Well, thinking about it, it shouldn't be illegal, right? Who doesn't have a few crazy ideas in this world?"

Furuya Rei remained noncommittal, then took out another pair of handcuffs and handcuffed Yamaguchi Kiyoko as well.

The matter was finally temporarily resolved, and Rei Furuya breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to go and talk to Hiro, someone suddenly tugged at his clothes.

Rei Furuya turned his head and met Conan Edogawa's accusing eyes.

Jianggu Ling: "..."

"What's wrong?" Morofushi Kagemitsu took the initiative to come over.

Conan Edogawa turned and stared at him for a few seconds before saying quietly, "Actually, I had already deduced your identity before, when I went to the Iroha Sushi restaurant not long ago and talked to you about Kudo Huai."

"And then?" Morabushi Kagemitsu squatted down and laughed.

“Then…” Conan Edogawa gritted his teeth and glared at Rei Furuya, who looked completely innocent beside him, “Then during this incident, I saw a group photo of the five of you from your police academy days, and that idea started to waver again.”

Rei Furuya's gaze shifted slightly.

Conan Edogawa rubbed his head: "Back then, Amuro... Mr. Furuya said that the reason his portrait was blacked out was because he went undercover. That's very strange. If Mr. Morofushi really was Scotland and went undercover in the organization with Mr. Furuya, then why was he able to show his face like that?"

And to be honest, Mr. Morofushi's police academy photos look so gentle and well-behaved, he looks like a completely different person from his current appearance.

Morofushi Kagemitsu's smile gradually faded, and he lowered his eyes and said softly, "Because... right now only Zero is special."

Is it because only Mr. Furuya is currently facing a death trap?

Conan Edogawa nodded and said, "Then, my thoughts were already a bit shaken. When Pramia and Kiyoko Yamaguchi targeted Mr. Furuya, and Mr. Furuya was even captured and put in danger by Kiyoko Yamaguchi, Mr. Morofushi still did not appear... So I had the same thought as Pramia, that my reasoning might be flawed, otherwise Mr. Morofushi would have come to save Mr. Furuya."

Unless he's already dead and can't come.

Therefore, Conan Edogawa has just completely abandoned this speculation.

As soon as he gave up, the real answer came right out of the box.

It was the answer he had guessed before.

That was also the answer he had just identified as wrong.

"So," Conan Edogawa looked up, his eyes fixed intently on the two people in front of him, and asked, "Can you tell me why now?"

Rei Furuya and Kagemitsu Morofushi exchanged a glance.

“This is a complex and long story,” Rei Furuya said.

"Let's talk about Scotland when we get back," said Morofushi Kagemitsu.

The story of the Scottish theft is not something that can be explained in a short time.

*

Pramia and Kiyoko Yamaguchi were taken away by Rei Furuya and Hiromitsu Morofushi directly onto a helicopter.

Just then, the door to the rooftop was finally kicked open.

"Prumia!!!" Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru ran over, only to see a blond policeman stuffing handcuffed Pramia into a helicopter.

The blond policeman didn't turn around, leaving them only with his back to them, and then he drove away with the helicopter.

Once the helicopter starts, the dangerous propellers and enormous wind pressure make it impossible for ordinary people to get close.

Sato Miwako could only run over after the plane had left, and bent down to ask Edogawa Conan, "Conan-kun! Who were those people? Where did they take Pramie?"

"Don't worry, Officer Sato, those are the Public Security Bureau officers. They've already taken Pramia back," Conan Edogawa said, looking up.

"Really?" Sato Miwako straightened up, looked up at the departing helicopter, and murmured to herself, "Why does that person seem a little familiar..."

What interrupted her thoughts was the sound of Takagi Wataru falling to the ground.

Takagi Wataru had been shot earlier down there, but he held on until the danger was over before collapsing.

Upon discovering this, Miwako Sato immediately rushed the person to the hospital.

After everyone had left, Conan Edogawa looked at the water tower, which had remained completely silent.

"..."

Shuichi Akai slowly emerged from the darkness.

Conan Edogawa, with his deadpan expression: "Mr. Akai already knew that Scotland was actually Mr. Morofushi, didn't he?"

He was clearly so misled before, completely unable to shake off the rumors about Scotland that Mr. Akai had told him.

Shuichi Akai walked over to him, his expression somewhat complicated: "I didn't know this much earlier than you did."

My suspicions started after that holographic game ended.

This conjecture was then strongly supported by evidence presented at the Black Tea Conference.

Finally, all the speculations have been confirmed today.

"Is that so..." Conan Edogawa was slightly taken aback, then sighed and looked at the huge full moon with him, and the helicopter gradually disappearing into the distance under the moonlight.

Then, right before their eyes, the helicopter exploded in mid-air into a huge, familiar purple-red flame.

"boom--"

The explosion in the air immediately caused screams and gasps from the crowd on the street below.

"What?!" Conan Edogawa's mind went blank for two seconds before he quickly calmed down after realizing that only the tail of the plane had experienced a small explosion.

Such an explosion should not be fatal; it only affected the flight of the aircraft.

The helicopter, writhing and swaying, plummeted rapidly downwards.

Conan Edogawa lunged to the edge of the rooftop, his eyes rapidly scanning the entire Shibuya Crossing, a thought flashing through his mind in an instant.

He glanced down at his soccer Belt, which Professor Agasa had just modified that day, then turned to Akai Hideaki, who was frowning and preparing to raise his sniper rifle: "Mr. Akai, I have an idea..."

Just then, he was wondering if this method could be used to stop the bombs from exploding in Pramie.

Mr. Furuya's ordeal was indeed extremely dangerous.

We have no choice but to take a gamble.