Chapter 65
◎Surprise! The kidnappers are back◎
When Mu Anjiaxi saw the numbers on the screen, his mind went blank and his body froze. He wanted to escape, but they were locked in here, so where could they escape to?
Several children were so frightened that they immediately huddled together and screamed in terror, "Ah!!"
Amuro Toru was completely taken aback. His hands were shaking as he held the paper. The others on Conan's side were even more surprised. They could only shout, "Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko, Sister Jiaxi!"
There is no other way to solve the current situation. Mu Anjiaxi watched the numbers in front of him continue to drop sharply. The number has dropped from 10 to 3. If he doesn't find a solution quickly, he will really be killed.
She looked at the few remaining threads, took a deep breath, and decided to go all out. She picked up another thread, quickly cut it off, closed her eyes and waited for death. One, two, three, four, five, until she counted to the fifth and it still didn't explode.
He opened his eyes tremblingly and looked at the screen, only to see the time frozen at 0.3. Just three seconds left, just three seconds left and they would be finished.
She let out a long breath, relaxed, and sat down completely on the ground. She smiled, turned her head to look at the children who were huddled together and shivering, smiled, opened her arms, hugged them in her arms, and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Her tone was filled with fear.
When the children heard what was said, they looked down at the ground and started crying. Ayumi said, "I thought I was going to die today."
Yuantai cried and wailed, "I thought I was going to die too. If I died, I would never be able to eat eel rice again."
Mitsuhiko was crying so hard that he couldn't speak.
Hearing their cries, Conan's voice quickly emerged, anxiously saying, "Yuanta, are you all okay?"
Yuantai immediately picked up his detective badge and responded, "It's okay, we're fine. The bomb stopped and didn't explode."
When Toru Amuro heard that they were fine, he quickly took the badge from Conan's hand and said nervously: "Jia Xi, Jia Xi, are you okay?"
Mu'an Jiaxi said, "I'm fine." He reassured him that he was safe and at ease.
Amuro Toru's tense body completely relaxed after hearing that familiar voice. He said with a hint of fear, "I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay." Then he got down to business and asked, "How did the bomb stop?"
Mu'an Jiaxi recounted what had just happened. "I cut another string, and the bomb finally stopped. It was the yellow string. I didn't think too much about it at the time and just took a gamble. I didn't expect it to actually stop."
Amuro Toru took the blueprint and studied it according to what she said, then suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. We have all fallen into the trap he set."
She wondered, "Trap"
Holding the detective badge, Amuro Toru explained to her, "Yes, this is a trap. The two strings inside are just a trick to confuse us. They are meant to lead us to cut one of the two strings, thus triggering the bomb to explode. If we don't touch the white string, everything will be fine."
"Since one has already been removed, the next step will be easy. Jia Xi, just cut the red and yellow ones next. Don't worry about the others."
Mu Anjiaxi's eyes flashed, his expression became firm, and he said seriously, "Okay."
He picked up the nail clippers and went back to the two bombs. Following Amuro Toru's instructions, he began to defuse the bombs. As expected, as long as he cut the two wires, the bombs would stop immediately and everything would be fine.
Mu'an Jiaxi quickly dismantled the two bombs, put the nail clippers back into his pocket, then picked up three more bombs, found a dirty and old bag in the corner, put them in, and handed them to the children, asking them to keep them.
The danger was over, and everyone felt relieved, but only half relieved, because they were still trapped in an unknown place and couldn't get out. Mu'an Jiaxi took the detective badge from Yuantai and walked to the door, analyzing: "Since the detective badge can contact us, it means we are not far away. As long as we know the effective range of this badge, we can roughly determine where we are."
Conan asked the policeman next to him for a topographic map to find their location, and then determined their approximate location, which was in this mountain.
Amuro Toru asked the police who was familiar with the terrain, "Do you know where there is a small house on this mountain?"
The leading police officer thought for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know."
Amuro Toru frowned, his expression filled with annoyance and anger, but he suppressed all of it and asked loudly, "Does anyone know the approximate locations of the small houses in this mountain?"
Because he was not familiar with the terrain here, and now that he knew their approximate location and the environment they were in, he could not continue to search aimlessly like before. If the kidnappers came back, they would be in great danger, and it would be too late to rescue them. Therefore, he had to determine their location and rescue them quickly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a young policeman in the crowd raised his hand and said, "I know."
He walked out in front of everyone, came to the front row, and replied again: "I know, I've been here before and seen similar houses. I'll take you there."
Everyone was delighted and quickly followed his footsteps and moved forward.
Amuro Toru did not forget to comfort An Jiaxi in the middle of the conversation, "We will be here soon, don't be afraid, be careful, if the kidnappers come back, you can delay time, try to delay, we will come to rescue you soon."
Muan Jiaxi said, "Okay." Then he returned the detective badge to Yuanta and comforted him, "You heard what Amuro brother said, right? Be good and don't be afraid. They will come to rescue us soon."
The children said, "Okay."
She smiled and rubbed a handful of the children's carrot heads, then lay down at the door, listening carefully to the noise outside, wondering: Where did the kidnappers go? Did they just lock them up here and leave them alone?
Just as she was wondering, a voice suddenly came from outside, "Our good plan was ruined by this woman."
"That's right. If it weren't for her, that woman would have died long ago."
"So what do you think we should do now? The woman has been taken to the hospital by the police, and there are still police guarding her. We have no idea where to start."
"If you ask me, let this woman inside who ruined our plan pay the debt. She ruined our plan, and the people who should have died didn't die."
"Yes, it's really abominable. Let the woman inside pay off the debt. Since she is so nosy and you let her see your true face, this woman must not survive."
"Then who will do it?"
"You, you created this mess yourself, so go and get yourself into trouble."
"I!"
"If you don't go, who will? Should we go? It's you who didn't do your job well and let others find out. Who can you blame? It must be you who goes."
"Yes, go ahead."
"I, we already strapped bombs to them, why bother with this?"
"The bomb is fake, just to scare people."
"Ah, so you all said it was true before."
"Stop talking nonsense and go or not."
"Go, I'll go."
Unbeknownst to them, Mu'an Jiaxi, who was inside, had heard their entire conversation and guessed a good portion of what they had said. The woman in the restroom must have had some grudge against them, leading them to want to kill her, only to be caught by her. In the end, they failed to kill her and were pursued by the police, so they blamed everything on her and wanted to take it out on her.
Mu An Jiaxi really wanted to shout, "I'm innocent." God have mercy on her. It was just a coincidence. She really had a stomachache and went to the bathroom. If she knew she would encounter this kind of thing, she would never go.
But what concerned her most was that the bomb was fake! No, no, no, this bomb was absolutely real, because she could smell gunpowder when she was defusing the bomb. Her nose was more sensitive than that of an average person, so she would definitely not be wrong, this was 100% a real bomb.
There are only three possible explanations. First, everyone knew about the murder except the man who committed the murder in the restroom. Several people conspired to hide the truth from him, and then tried to pin the blame on him when the truth was revealed. After all, judging by the current situation, the murder was only committed by the man who was encountered in the restroom, and the others did not appear.
Even if the police found out, the other people didn't do anything, so they could just put the blame on him.
Secondly, the bomb was suddenly switched by one of the men, and the others were completely unaware of it. But why would they do that? The bomb must have been prepared in advance, and it wasn't originally intended for them. If it was, it would have been used on the woman in the bathroom, to threaten her and coerce her into doing something.
But when she arrived, the woman was already unconscious, and the man was about to kill her, so their bomb hadn't worked. Mu'an Jiaxi guessed that there must have been a flaw in the process, so it was useless.
Third, they said these words specifically to her and it was all acting.
The most important thing now is not these, they are about to come in, what should I do!!
With a quick glance, she spotted the iron rod she had placed aside and immediately grabbed it. She knew she couldn't stand up to them, but she could hold them off for a while, trying to delay until Toru Amuro and the others arrived. That way, they would be saved.
She held the iron rod and made an attacking gesture, not forgetting to turn around and warn the children behind her, saying, "Stay away for a while and don't get hurt. Ayumi, take the detective badge and tell them that the kidnappers are back and ask them to come over as soon as possible."
Several children answered obediently and hid far away, trying not to cause trouble for her. Ayumi picked up the detective badge and reported the situation here to Conan, whispering anxiously: "Conan, Conan, are you there? Our kidnappers are back and are about to come in. Come and save us."
Conan heard the sound and ran while saying, "Don't worry, Ayumi, we're coming right away! We're coming right away!"
When Amuro Toru heard this, he shouted, "Speed up! The kidnappers are back."
A group of people kept running through the jungle and forward.
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Mu'an Jiaxi stood behind the door holding an iron rod, staring at the door in front of him and swallowing nervously.
In a moment, the door was opened from the outside, and a thin man in black walked in with a knife. Mu An Jiaxi looked at the familiar pointed jaw and shifty eyes and recognized that this was the man she had met in the restroom.
When Mu'an Jiaxi saw him, he didn't give him time to react. He took the initiative and hit him on the head with an iron rod without any mercy.
The sharp-nosed monkey didn't expect that the knife in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang", and then the whole person staggered around like a drunk and fell to the ground with a "bang".
The people watching the show outside rushed in when they saw this. Mu'an Jiaxi took the iron rod and hit the first person's calf quickly. The man felt pain in his calf and fell on the sharp-nosed monkey. He rolled off him, holding his calf and screaming.
Without stopping, she quickly turned the stick to the second and third ones, but the two behind were stronger and prepared, so this trick was no longer effective against them. One of them blocked the attack with his hand, and the other one cooperated by grabbing the iron stick, and that one also reacted and grabbed the other end.
The two men joined forces to grab the stick in her hand. One of them exerted force, but Mu'an Jiaxi's strength was no match for the two big men. As soon as her hand slipped away, the stick fell into their hands.
One of the sturdy ones said angrily, "Today is the day you die."
Mu An Jia Xi didn't know what he saw, but he suddenly laughed and said bluntly: "I wonder whose death date is?"
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