Chapter 708 My first reaction was fear.

"Hahahaha... Koto, Koto-chan, is this really Sherry-neechan? Hahahaha... Hahahahahaha..."

Ignoring Bertrand, who was laughing so hard he was shaking and even punching the wall, Gin stared intently at the skyscraper across the street. After a long while, a cruel smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Even if this isn't her, she must be in there."

After finally having laughed enough, Bertrand made a few more "goose-goose-goose" sounds, adjusted his scope, and aimed at Sonoko Suzuki, who had climbed up to the top of the elevator.

"Since you're already here, here's a small gift for you~" he muttered as he pulled the trigger.

Gin, who was standing nearby, did not stop him.

Conan, sensing something was amiss, suddenly made Sonoko Suzuki squat down.

Although she didn't know what had happened, Sonoko Suzuki instinctively crouched down, dodging the bullet once again.

Unfortunately, as she crouched down, Bertrand fired several more shots, each one hitting her but perfectly avoiding vital organs.

Bertrand also knew that even if the world consciousness used all its strength, it wouldn't let him kill the main characters, but he had no intention of doing so at the moment, so he didn't aim for the opponent's vital points.

Of course, if he could, he would even like to give Conan and Ran a small gift as well.

Bertrand's eyes lit up slightly as he thought of this.

Let's do it!

"The garden!"

Upon seeing that Sonoko Suzuki had been shot, Ran Mouri, who had been trying to pry open the elevator door with her bare hands, immediately let go and crouched down to check on her condition.

The next second, Ran Mouri gasped slightly as a bullet grazed her arm, leaving a trail of blood.

"Ran-neechan!" Conan exclaimed in a panic, turning his head to look in the direction where Bertrand and the others were, cursing under his breath, before turning back to Ran Mouri. "Ran-neechan, let's open the elevator door and hide inside!"

Ran Mouri nodded, told Sonoko Suzuki to cover her wound to reduce bleeding, then got up and forcefully pried open the elevator door. She carried Sonoko up first before getting on herself.

After bringing the rest of the people in the elevator up, thick smoke and flames rushed into the corridor on the 45th floor.

"Hurry to the connecting bridge! From there, we can get to the other building!" Conan used the flashlight function on his watch to let Ran Mouri carry Sonoko Suzuki and run ahead.

Seeing that they had all entered the building, Bertrand blinked, raised an eyebrow indifferently, and then turned to Gin, "Gin-chan, have you seen Sherry?"

Gin didn't answer, but instead contacted Vodka in Building A, "How are things on your end?"

Vodka: "I don't see anyone here."

"So she's hiding, then let's just trap her inside~" Bertrand put away his sniper rifle and clicked his tongue.

Gin nodded slightly in agreement, then took out a remote control and detonated the bomb.

The two connecting bridges collapsed instantly.

At this moment, only the five members of the Detective Club remain in Building A.

They were just about to cross the connecting bridge to Building B on the other side when the bridge was blown up.

Kawasaki Makoto gasped silently, feigning extreme fear, yet his eyes were brimming with intense excitement.

This excitement made him tremble all over.

But the other children thought he was too scared, so they comforted him.

Kawasaki Machi shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

However, they still helped him to a nearby seat and sat him down, where he waited for rescue.

After going to Building B via the connecting bridge, Conan watched the ambulance leave and immediately found Professor Agasa.

Upon discovering that Ai Haibara and the others were not downstairs, he immediately took out his Detective Boys badge and contacted them.

"Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, where are you now?"

“We’re now next to the connecting bridge on the 60th floor,” Mitsuhiko replied, glancing at the destroyed bridge.

"What?" Conan was a little dumbfounded. He looked up and then immediately ran to get his skateboard and took the elevator in Building B directly to the 60th floor.

Using his skateboard, he sped directly to Building A across the street, but the skateboard broke when he fell.

Skateboard: I've cracked my family!

Kawasaki Machi sat quietly to the side with his head down, his fingers intertwined.

Conan noticed him and realized that something was wrong with him.

Zhenzhi broke out in a cold sweat and his whole body was trembling slightly.

Conan frowned, his first thought being that the man was afraid.

"True Knowledge? Are you alright?"

He walked over and asked softly.

Kawasaki Machi looked up at him for a moment, then looked down again.

But that glance made Conan's eyelids twitch slightly.

Because Kawasaki Machi's face was terribly pale, and his originally light purple eyes had turned somewhat blood red.

His heart skipped a beat, and a bad feeling immediately arose.

Conan quickly took out his phone and called Inspector Megure, asking him to call a helicopter to land on the roof. He then had Genta carry Kawasaki Machi on his back and told them to rush to the roof immediately.

When they arrived at the banquet hall on the 75th floor, Conan and Ai Haibara opened the door and went inside, while Mitsuhiko and the others continued to the rooftop.

After arriving at the rooftop, they waited for a while and then saw a helicopter flying towards them.

However, just as the helicopter approached, flames suddenly burst up on the roof for some unknown reason. The falling oil drums accelerated the spread of the fire, and the helicopter was unable to land. Mitsuhiko and the others could only hurriedly return to the building.

Conan originally planned to wait here for the fire to be extinguished, but he discovered that bombs had been placed under all the tables in the banquet hall!

There were only four minutes left before the bomb exploded!

In that short time, Conan immediately came up with a way to escape.

—Using the luxury car and the wind generated by the explosion, they leaped to the rooftop across the street.

Genta first put the extremely unwell-looking Makoto into the car, and then carried the unconscious murderer into the car.

There was only one minute left before the explosion.

In the last 30 seconds, Ayumi counts down the seconds, while Ai Haibara sits next to the countdown clock and runs to the car before the last 30 seconds are up.

Kawasaki Machi opened his mouth, feeling a sense of nausea. He raised his hand to cover his mouth to suppress the feeling, then turned to look at Ai Haibara.

After thinking for a second, he suddenly unbuckled his seatbelt, jumped out of the car quickly, and ran towards Ai Haibara. When he saw that there were only 30 seconds left on the countdown, he shouted, then picked up Ai Haibara and ran to the car.

Caught off guard, Ai Haibara was startled by this action.

"You're probably thinking the same thing you did on the bus last time, right?"

Kawasaki Machi exhaled a breath of hot air, then handed the car to Genta and returned to his own car.

Ayumi is also starting to count down now.

At that precise moment, Conan, seeing that everyone was in the car, immediately started the car and sped towards the windshield.

At the same time, the bomb suddenly exploded.