Chapter 161 The Scapegoat Police Officer Sang

Day 11 of the road survival game!

Just then, the bright lights around them suddenly went out. Seeing this, Zhu Fu immediately said, "Oh no, the seawater has probably flooded the power distribution room. Let's get out of here quickly!"

"Mm!" Hagiwara nodded in agreement, then suddenly felt a flashlight appear in his hand, and couldn't help but smile: "Heh... Kaze-chan is so thoughtful, thank you!"

"...Let's hurry up!" Feng Xingshou had given up on getting him to speak like a proper adult and just wanted to interrupt him as soon as possible to prevent him from saying anything inappropriate over such a trivial matter.

So, illuminated by the flashlights, the four of them exited the emergency passage, crossed the darkened cabin corridor, and hurried towards the dungeon exit, only to find that they hadn't even reached the exit yet!

They heard the noise of a helicopter circling overhead, which made them instinctively look up, and they saw a helicopter circling above the bow of the ship.

Above, a lifeline was pulling a lifeguard, a man, a woman, and a child toward the helicopter. The group swayed precariously, looking quite dangerous.

All three officers had good eyesight. Feng Xingshou was originally a little nearsighted, but his eyesight was also very good after being cured by the Palm Immortal Technique. So the moment they looked up, they could see the figure on the lifeline clearly by the light of the helicopter's projector.

Feng Xingshou wasn't good at remembering people. The first thing he noticed when he saw those figures was that the lifeguards were bleeding from their foreheads. He frowned and whispered in Hagiwara's ear, "Hagiwara, didn't they start evacuating more than 50 minutes ago? How come there are still people who need helicopter rescue?"

"It seems like something very dangerous has happened. That lifeguard has a head injury." Morofushi Kagemitsu said almost simultaneously, his worry evident in his words.

Only Hagiwara and Matsuda sighed in exasperation, saying, "As expected, it's Detective Mouri and that brat Shinichi Kudo again."

"We really do have a connection with them."

"Ah! I remember now, that child is the one I saw in the container last time who said he was also childish." Feng Xing Shou only remembered this after hearing the two of them talking.

Before they could say anything, they felt the boat beneath their feet rocking even more violently, and a large amount of seawater had flooded the floor of the small basketball court in front of them.

Seeing this, Hagiwara felt that the current rushing into the ship was unusually fast, and wondered if it was related to the former prime minister trying to destroy some evidence. But he didn't care about that at the moment, nor was he interested in investigating it. He quickly said to Kaze, Matsuda, and Morofushi, "Kaze-chan, this ship is sinking faster than expected. Let's leave the instance!"

"Hmm!" Feng Xingshou was already worried because the seawater around her was already up to her knees! Now that she heard what Hagiwara had to say, she naturally and without hesitation began skillfully bringing people into the dungeon exit...

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However, neither the three police officers who were taken into the space nor the Wind Star Guardian who had already entered the dungeon exit knew that when they ran out of the cabin corridor and headed towards the open-air mini basketball court...

Having just escaped danger, Conan, in his excitement, unconsciously glanced down at the massive cruise ship that was rapidly sinking below. His excellent eyesight allowed him to see what appeared to be figures on the ship below.

This prompted him to quickly raise his hand to adjust the tracking eye function and check what was going on with the figure below. He then saw the same person he had seen at the site of the Twin Towers explosion, who appeared to be a member of the organization, Darmo.

There was another member of the organization who was also present at the time, but whose code name was unknown, as well as a young man who was a stranger, with a lean and tall build and a strikingly handsome appearance, but whose stubble beard somewhat diminished his good looks.

The three of them ran from the corridor toward the mini outdoor basketball court where he had previously played football. Later, due to the angle and the flooding of the seawater, it was impossible to see where they went.

Conan, who had just been smiling with relief at escaping death, was suddenly terrified when he saw the scene clearly through his tracking glasses. It was Darmo, a member of the organization? Why was a member of the organization here?

Is that unfamiliar face also a member of the organization? What's the operation's code name? Is this shipwreck incident more than just a personal feud with the Yashiro family? Is it also related to the organization in some way?

By the way, last time I remembered that Dalmo's purpose was to prepare luxury goods such as drinks for the opening ceremony of the Tokiwa Building. Could it be that this time his purpose is also to prepare valuable items on this luxury cruise ship?

No wonder, judging from the explosions we heard earlier, the shipwreck was happening at an unusually fast pace, almost as if the Japanese authorities weren't going to tow it back. It's likely that the perpetrators detonated bombs on the surface to destroy the cruise ship.

There were other, more critical parts that were damaged by members of the organization, which caused the ship to sink at a speed that was as if a huge hole had been punched in the hull. Why would the organization do this? Are they also connected to Yūdai Shipbuilding?

When I get back, I must thoroughly investigate the secrets behind this case. I've been so ashamed this time. My reasoning was wrong, and I'm not even as perceptive as Uncle Mori. More importantly, I didn't even notice that the organization's people were active on this ship.

Haibara didn't mention sensing the organization's presence this time either. The same thing happened at the Twin Towers; she didn't mention anything related to the organization's presence either, although I've always felt it's unscientific that she could react to the organization's presence instantly.

But she did react when Vermouth, Gin, and the others were nearby. Wait, no, she didn't react to the organization's aura when she came into contact with Hara Yoshiaki earlier.

However, based on the information he learned from Vermouth during the Tanabata Kyoto case, which Gin used to silence him, it has been confirmed that Hara Yoshiaki is one of the members of the organization responsible for computer information.

Because she secretly downloaded a large amount of confidential information from the Tokiwa Group's servers, she was silenced by the organization. From this perspective, perhaps what triggered Haibara's reaction was the ruthless and vicious aura of someone who had killed many people.

Technicians like Hara Yoshiaki would almost never be assigned tasks that only people like Gin would do, such as combat or killing humans. That's why Haibara didn't react at all, if this reasoning is correct.

Even though Dalmo and his group had clearly been active in the Twin Towers and on this ship, Haibara didn't react at all to the presence of organization members nearby. Is it because Dalmo and his group were technical members of the organization, similar to Hara Yoshiaki?

Or perhaps they've only recently joined the organization and haven't yet carried out any harmful missions? But Haibara also said that the organization's boss only gives codenames to outstanding members he admires, proving that they are already high-ranking members, unlike lower-ranking members.

If they had just joined the organization, it would be impossible for them to have a codename. Therefore, they must be technical members like Haibara who obtained the codename through their technical performance.

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-_-|| It seems like they were valued because they collected a lot of funds for the organization's operation through various means, just like these two times! I wonder what kind of technical skills they possess?

Looking back, it was quite strange. Last time, the skyscraper was only minutes away from the explosion, and I waited for the bomb to detonate at the connecting bridge, but I didn't see them evacuate from the connecting bridge.

I thought they had perished in the skyscraper explosion! But not long after, I saw them on the soon-to-sink luxury cruise ship again. It seems they probably left an evacuation route, just like last time, which is why they dared to do this.

Could their technology be related to this? Just as Conan was speculating and looking around, trying to figure out where Darmo and the others would evacuate this time, his tracking glasses, which had not been turned off, scanned the sea surface far away from the rescue helicopter where he was rescued.

A luxury speedboat was speeding towards them. Standing on the bow was Gin, dressed in all black and wearing a black hat. He was looking in their direction with binoculars. He then said something to the driver of the speedboat, and the speedboat slowed down and gradually came to a stop.

Conan was already swaying back and forth on the rescue helicopter's lifeline, blown by the sea breeze. The distance between them was considerable, and the other person was wearing a casual hat with the brim pulled low, seemingly deliberately obscuring their face, making it impossible for Conan to see their features clearly.

However, you can see that the other person has some short blond hair peeking out from under his casual hat. His chin and fingers, which are not covered by the brim of his hat or his clothes, look slightly dark-skinned. He is a bit shorter than Gin, but given that Gin is at least 1.95 meters tall, the two are only slightly shorter.

It can be inferred that he is significantly taller than the average Japanese person, at least over 1.8 meters, possibly between 1.85 and 1.88 meters. The waistline cinched by the black vest indicates that he is very slender.

Was Gin's assistant not Vodka this time? Were they stopped here to rescue Dalmo and his two companions who escaped from the sunken cruise ship? If so, did Dalmo and his group escape underwater? It seems the organization possesses some rather advanced underwater technology!

But yet another new face, damn it… Just how many companions do these guys have? Gin, Vodka, Vermouth, Calvados, Dalmo, the Miyano sisters… and they all look like elites among elites…

What's worse is that after finally spotting the organization's members again, they're now hanging on a helicopter, making it impossible to chase after them and investigate what they're up to this time!

Thinking about it, today was really unlucky. I ran into the organization members I had been longing to meet, but I couldn't catch up with them. Lan was trapped in the cabin and sank with this cruise ship. I almost didn't even realize it.

Furthermore, when I was preparing to use Professor Agasa to deduce the truth, I inexplicably had the hallucination that my older sister, Ai Haibara, died in front of me, even though she had been poisoned and her body had turned into that of an elementary school student.

I told her to go find Professor Agasa, but she didn't come. Now I don't even know where she's hiding. Why did I have such a hallucination before? Even if Haibara is a member of the organization and was involved in the robbery and murder, there's no need for me to imagine that she's dead, right?

Thinking about what had happened that afternoon, Conan felt that his life was a bit of a mess...