Chapter 41 Shinkansen Dungeon!

"..." Only Feng Xing Shou felt inexplicably nervous when he looked at the handsome man with charming eyes. He hoped that his clumsy and bad-for-learning brain would not embarrass him in front of such a handsome man!

So the three of them, each with their own agendas, used a gas canister and stove they had collected from the amusement park to make breakfast. One of them went to sleep, while the other stayed behind to teach Feng Xing the theoretical knowledge of driving.

It wasn't until almost noon, 10 minutes before the dungeon was to be woken up from napping on the sofa bed in the back of the car, to prepare for today's dungeon run.

Having learned from previous experiences, Feng Xing Shou was quite adept at entering the dungeon this time. However, he was a little nervous when he reached out to pull Matsuda, fearing that his sweaty palms would give this handsome young police officer the experience of being disgusted by a greasy middle-aged woman.

At this point, she didn't realize that she had also had this concern when she first met Hagiwara, but later, thanks to Hagiwara's social skills, she had long since forgotten about it.

She hadn't even remembered that Hagiwara was also a handsome guy, and even taller than Officer Matsuda! In the past two days, she hadn't even thought about whether touching Hagiwara's hand would make him feel disgusted or repulsed.

Matsuda, whose hand was being held by the Wind Star Guardian, was slightly taken aback. It wasn't that he disliked her or anything, but he suddenly remembered that his childhood friend had developed a jealous nature at some point, so he subconsciously glanced at Hagiwara.

Sure enough, just a second before being pulled into the dungeon by the Wind Star Guardian, I saw Hagiwara's gaze—it practically said: {This is just a necessary way to enter and exit the dungeon, don't overthink it! Let go of me as soon as you're inside. o(￣ヘ￣o＃)}

The complex look in his eyes made him involuntarily squint. Was this guy really that serious? Besides, had he forgotten that once they entered the instance, due to the spatial dimension, he and the other person would naturally be separated by Kaze-chan?

-_-|| Although Matsuda really wanted to complain, he still noticed the surrounding scene changing. Seeing Hagiwara nod at him to confirm that they had entered the instance, he immediately took out his phone, which he had turned off yesterday to save battery, and turned it on.

Upon seeing the date, he clicked his tongue in astonishment and muttered, "Tsk! It's September 13, 2014, three years after the Ferris wheel explosion. Let me try calling it now."

The attempt failed as expected; the call didn't go through at all, and he was told the number was not in service... He looked at Hagiwara with frustration.

Hagiwara couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It seems that Kofuruya and the others aren't as devoted to me as you are, still topping up their phones after all these years."

"Hey! Don't use Chinese words carelessly!" Matsuda glanced at him with his crescent-shaped eyes, habitually bickering with him. But even though they were joking around, they had already taken this opportunity to observe the environment of this instance.

Uh… actually, they didn’t even need to look to know where they were. After all, the slight vibrations from the moving train beneath their feet, the familiar layout and floor—there was only one such obvious place in all of Japan: “Inside the toilet on the Shinkansen!”

"So we're on a moving Shinkansen now?" Matsuda Jinpei glanced at the restroom door, then asked Hagiwara, "What do you think we should do next?"

After all, Hagiwara definitely has more experience with dungeons.

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Hagiwara was completely baffled, looking distressed as he said, "Putting aside the fact that the game's vehicle didn't move, how did we end up in three years in the future? Just considering the inherent rules of the instance, there must be more than one casualty."

The fact that a dungeon is only created in a place where even the surrounding environment has been destroyed is ominous!

There must be many passengers on the moving Shinkansen. If an accident were to occur here, how many people would be killed or injured?

"The casualties will definitely be greater than in the subway accident in 2005." Matsuda, understanding his thoughts as a close friend, realized what he was thinking: "You want Kaze to collect supplies so we can go and find out what caused the Shinkansen to collapse?"

"Yes!" Hagiwara nodded.

Matsuda asked with some doubt, "Kaze-chan, if there had been a major accident involving the Shinkansen in 2014, didn't you see any related reports in Chushu?"

I have no recollection of it. The only thing I remember related to the Shinkansen was a particularly large typhoon in October 2019 that flooded many high-speed rail stations in Japan, causing significant economic losses and reports of nearly a hundred casualties and thousands of people being forced to evacuate. I don't remember the exact number.

By the way, I don't know what happened, but after I came in, I found that the countdown to exiting the dungeon had changed to 1 hour. The dungeon time has been inexplicably extended. Will there be any problems? Feng Xing Shou was also standing next to the two of them. Because of the cramped space of the toilet in the car, he could only press himself tightly against the wall of the car.

Hearing their conversation, she recounted what she remembered. She was worried because she had used the Reincarnation Overturning skill yesterday, which caused the dungeon to malfunction, as she was seeing the dungeon countdown.

"Hey! Didn't you see the game announcement about the change in dungeon times this morning?" Upon seeing her note, Matsuda and Hagiwara exchanged a glance, only then remembering that they had been discussing the major upgrade to the car's interior that day.

I forgot to tell Feng Jiang about the game announcements regarding the extended dungeon time, the disaster theme, and the fact that the racing game after the dungeon will be a skill-based scoring competition. I just didn't expect that she wouldn't have seen this when she was looking at the unlocked content in the trading area this morning.

After explaining the extended copy time, he continued, "Japanese weather forecasts are rarely wrong, so it's impossible for the Shinkansen to be running during the peak typhoon season. Besides, Japan's typhoon season does start in June."

The season typically ends around the end of October. In reality, typhoons from June to late August and early September are generally not very powerful; only from late September to the end of October is a high-damage typhoon possible.

"Therefore, this crisis cannot be a natural disaster. In fact, referring to the examples of the previous instances, I think it is more likely that this is a man-made disaster." Matsuda believes that since the previous instances were all man-made disasters, there is no reason for this one to become a natural disaster.

Hagiwara thought what he said made sense. Knowing that the time for the dungeon was limited, he simply shifted the topic to the next key point: "Let's have Kaze-chan help us test out that this dungeon covers all the carriages of the Shinkansen."

"Is it limited to just one carriage? If it's just one carriage, then we'll split up and eliminate the potential hazard discreetly. If it's the entire high-speed train, the two of us definitely can't check it all. In that case, we'll try to get a cell phone and notify the Metropolitan Police Department."

"Hey! You don't really want to break every Japanese criminal offense, do you?!" Hearing his childhood friend's idea of ​​stealing a phone and calling the police again, Matsuda felt his handcuffs were itching to be removed.

Although he knew it was a better emergency measure, being a police officer and then a thief... he was finding it hard to adjust. -_-||

After hearing this, Hagiwara, despite not being able to see the Wind Star Guardian, still jokingly said to her, "You can tell, right, Fuu-chan! Jinpei may look fierce, but he's actually much more serious than me!"

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{Kenji Hagiwara, be serious and get this arranged quickly.} Although Kazesei was somewhat caught off guard by the game announcement, even with the extended dungeon time, an hour was still a short time for her. She knew that in the dungeon…

This is not the time to consider the pros and cons of these game announcements.

So without thinking much about it, he continued to focus his energy on the dungeon, but he didn't expect that Hagiwara would still be in the mood to joke at a time like this. He was speechless at his actions and couldn't help but speak in a serious tone when writing.

"Ahem..." When Kenji Hagiwara saw the way the name was written on the note, he immediately became serious and continued to give instructions in a serious manner: "Fuu-chan, you will follow us to explore the boundaries of the instance and then signal to us."

Once you've determined the boundaries of the instance, find the exit and then try to collect supplies! However, some carriages on the Shinkansen have restaurants, while others only have food delivery service cars. If you're lucky enough to enter a carriage with a restaurant, you should be able to collect quite a bit of stuff.

But if it's a carriage without a restaurant, besides some water, drinks, boxed meals, and snacks, there's probably not much else to collect, so it won't be as bountiful as yesterday. Be prepared for a difference!

o(￣ヘ￣o＃) Matsuda was speechless as he watched this guy suddenly become serious. Sure enough, even the most playful guy has someone who can control him.

Upon hearing Hagiwara's arrangement, Kazesei immediately wrote a small note: {Okay! I'll follow you guys and start trying from this carriage. I'll offer you a cigarette when we reach the boundary.}

Worried that other objects might be too large and attract attention in such a public place, Feng Xing Shou decided to use the two of them holding cigarettes, which didn't seem out of place at all, as a signal this time.

The two people who received the note nodded in unison, then opened the door to leave the bathroom...

To their utter surprise, the moment they opened the door, a six or seven-year-old boy with glasses, black hair, and blue eyes looked up at them in astonishment, staring dumbfounded at the cramped train toilet where it was difficult for even one person to turn around.

A tall, slender, handsome man in his early twenties with a charming smile always on his lips, and a curly-haired man dressed in all black with black sunglasses, also tall but slightly shorter than the other man, exuding a fierce aura, were huddled together in the toilet.

The toilet seat wasn't open, and the two were fully clothed, not looking like they were using the restroom. What were they doing huddled together in the toilet? Brokeback Mountain? Pure Romance, World's First Love...?

In an instant, images from movies and anime—scenes that were taboo for boys—flashed through his mind. No, no, no! They were both fully clothed, with no signs of intimate contact…

I guess I'm overthinking it! -_-|| But... Conan Edogawa's gaze was fixed on the black-clad curly-haired man. He had just discovered that the two black-clad men who had caused him to turn into a child were also on the Shinkansen, and he had been trying to get closer to them to gather information.

Unfortunately, Xiaolan was keeping a close eye on him, and he was worried that getting too close would alert the two men, so he could only stay in his seat and occasionally turn his head to look back. If he hadn't needed to go to the bathroom right now, he would definitely still be in his seat secretly watching those two guys.

Seeing that the one in black looked so much like the other two in both demeanor and attire, he couldn't help but wonder if these two knew the other two, or if they were accomplices. He also wondered if the other two had come to see them.

Hagiwara and Matsuda, who also saw the little boy, exchanged a glance. They inexplicably felt that the six or seven-year-old boy's eyes were thinking about things that a six or seven-year-old child would never think about.

However, they were in a hurry to act, and without thinking much, Hagiwara said to him, "Young man, please move aside!"

Matsuda nodded to him without saying anything.