Chapter 71
"Xiaolan?!"
"Mr. Kurokawa, where is the Mirror House?" Amuro Toru asked without hesitation.
Kurokawa Akiwa's face darkened. The latest mission had put a damper on his spirits. "Follow me."
He's super upset now.
The Mirror House is quite secluded, tucked away deep in an alley, while the circus is quite remote. It takes at least ten minutes to reach the Mirror House. Another name for the Mirror House is the Mirror Maze, and he needs to find the gun-toting bastard within 20 minutes.
Thinking of the difficulty of the mirror house, Kurokawa Akishige gritted his teeth.
The mechanism of the mirror maze will move the mirror walls. The difficulty of a maze made entirely of mirrors is already very high, and with the movement, the difficulty is greatly increased.
Without any delay, they rushed towards the mirror maze.
Kurokawa Akishige pulled out the facility control bar in the system interface, wanting to stop the moving mirror house, but the green option did not respond after clicking it.
[The controller in the mirror room was broken, and the system is now uncontrollable.]
Kurokawa Akiho couldn't help but want to curse.
Junichiro Shimakata and Norika Oida took a step back at the same time, and before they could make any further moves, they met Morobushi Takaaki's gaze.
Mr. Kong Ming from Nagano Prefecture adjusted his collar and stood up straight as if his feet had taken root.
"Please wait here for Officer Nakamori to arrive."
Junichiro Shimakata clenched his fists and looked at Norika Oida. He saw the determination to fight to the end in her eyes.
"Since we've been discovered, why not—"
The crisp sound of footsteps came from the darkness, gradually approaching one after another, attracting the attention of the two people.
Junichiro Shimakata turned his head and saw a figure dressed in a brown bear doll costume slowly walking in.
The brown bear doll ignored the gazes falling on him, and slowly tied the remaining balloons in his hand to the armrest. Then he looked up, and through the eyes of the brown bear doll, he looked at Zhu Fu Gaoming under the light.
"Do you need help?"
The voice was muffled through the heavy doll costume, and a sense of familiarity arose.
Zhu Fu Gaoming's pupils contracted slightly.
The foggy town in the style of the late 19th century is dimly lit at night, with vintage cars parked at the entrance of the alley. The classical main street is spotless, but the deep alleys cannot conceal the chaos of the times.
All the tourists in the foggy town were gathered in the central area. 221B Baker Street, which should have been a place that attracted a lot of people, was now empty and looked a little lonely.
Although the highly replica streets gave them a strong sense of immersion, the three of them had no intention of staying at this moment.
After passing No. 221B and turning left, there is a dark alley with only a few street lights that are so dim that they can only illuminate a corner.
The door to the mirror maze was open, several mirror walls were broken, and the ground was covered with broken glass.
Fortunately, there was no blood on the ground.
"Ran!" Maori Kogoro shouted, "Where are you?"
Kurokawa Akiwa said, "It's no use. The mirror maze has been soundproofed to prevent cheating. If you shout from this place, no one inside will hear you."
Amuro Toru looked at the center of the glass fragments, frowning slightly: "Someone got into the mirror room before us."
Kurokawa Akishige followed Amuro Toru's gaze and saw traces of glass shards. "This looks like the size of a cell phone?"
"Yeah." Amuro Toru said, "Ms. Xiaolan's phone model matches the traces. Someone took the phone away."
"Ino Shunsuke's goal is the camera; he won't waste his time on a cell phone."
Anyone who enters the mirror house later, whether it is a tourist or someone else, will definitely not be Ino Shunsuke's accomplice.
Maybe it can help them buy some time.
"Let's try not to stand too far apart," Kurokawa Akishige reminded.
Maori Kogoro looked anxious: "Under the current circumstances, it will definitely be easier to find the person if we search separately, right?"
"If this were an ordinary mirror maze, searching separately would definitely be the fastest," Kurokawa Akishige sighed. "Unfortunately, this is a moving maze. If we spread ourselves too thin, we'll be separated by the moving mirror walls."
The bright mirror wall reflected their figures, and after almost hitting his head for the nth time, Kogoro Mouri finally exploded.
"How should I go this way?" he muttered uncontrollably.
At a glance, there were only identical roads and mirror walls. The broken mirror fragments on the ground could barely help to identify the direction, but as the wall moved, many traces were covered up.
Kurokawa Akiho scratched his cheek guiltily. When he was building the mirror house, he directly chose the most complicated model and had never come in to experience it himself.
Who could have imagined that I would end up experiencing it firsthand in this way.
When the mirror wall is illuminated by light, it is easy to create a visual illusion. It will be very simple at the beginning, as if it is confusing people, but the difficulty will increase as time goes by.
"They should be going that way." Amuro Toru pointed ahead, looking through the debris along the way.
After hearing this, Maori Kogoro quickly walked in the direction pointed by Amuro Toru. Just after taking a few steps, he bumped into the mirror wall with a "bang".
"Hiss—" Maori Kogoro covered his head that was hit: "It's the mirror again, damn it. Director Kurokawa, can this moving wall be turned off?"
Kurokawa Akiwa's eyes couldn't help but show sympathy. He nodded and said, "It can be turned off, but the control switch is at the exit of the maze."
In other words, even if it is turned off, you still need to go through the entire maze.
Kogoro Mouri pulled his hair in frustration.
"The walls of the maze have complex mechanisms, and Shunsuke Ino may not be able to find Miss Xiaolan and the others." Toru Amuro said.
The lights in the mirror maze flickered for a moment, and the slowly moving trajectory of the mirror wall could be seen.
Kurokawa Akishi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he saw the figure reflected in the mirror wall.
"Is that Xiaolan?" Kogoro Mouri shouted in surprise.
Ran Mouri's reflection on the mirror wall was looking ahead with a serious expression, and then she quickly retreated out of their visible range.
"It's the mirror's projection." Amuro Toru turned his head to look in the direction the mirror was moving. "Ms. Xiaolan is behind this wall. The mirror has also preserved her image as it moved."
"Could it be that Ino Shunsuke discovered the way Xiaolan was just now?" Kogoro Mouri's face was filled with anxiety.
"How the hell can I get past this?"
As Kogoro Mori shouted, the lights above their heads suddenly went out and the surroundings fell into darkness.
At the same time, the mirror wall made a slight sound and began to move again.
"What's going on—" Kogoro Mouri's voice stopped abruptly in the middle of his sentence.
Before Kurokawa Akishige's eyes had time to adjust to the darkness, he felt his wrist being pulled. He stepped hastily to the side and bumped into a warm body, while his fingertips on the other side brushed against the cold mirror.
He stood on the moving track of the mirror wall.
Kurokawa Akiwa's azure eyes blinked as he adjusted to the darkness. He looked up and met a pair of purple-grey eyes.
"Are you okay?" Toru Amuro looked down at Kurokawa Akiwa's condition.
Toru Amuro pulled him to prevent Kurokawa Aki from being squeezed by the mirror wall.
Kurokawa Akiwa shook his head: "It's okay, thanks to Mr. Amuro, otherwise I would have crashed into it."
"But Mr. Maori may not be able to come over." He glanced at the mirror wall.
Amuro Toru: "We have to get to the control room as soon as possible."
Kurokawa Akiwa nodded.
Just after the two of them determined their position, the mirror maze suddenly moved faster, as if it was out of control, and the mirror wall in front of them changed in the blink of an eye.
As the mirror changed, the sound of the partition came intermittently.
Edogawa Conan's voice reached Kurokawa Akiho's ears, followed by the sound of a mirror exploding and continuous gunshots.
Kurokawa Akiwa looked at Amuro Toru with a serious expression, and a tacit understanding made them understand each other's meaning.
"I'm going to the control room."
Toru Amuro nodded, squeezed sideways in the last few seconds before the mirror wall closed, and rushed to the location where the gunshot came from.
Kurokawa Akishige did not stop for a moment, groping in the darkness to find a route by the angle of refraction of the mirror wall.
The control room was located to the side and rear of the exit. When passing through the central area of the mirror maze, there was a harsh sound on the ground, and a black object slid across the ground.
gun.
The mirror wall was completely removed, and Kurokawa Akiho met the eyes of Ino Shunsuke, who was holding the broken glass against Suzuki Sonoko's neck.
Kurokawa Akishige almost laughed at the dramatic scene before him.
It's true that enemies meet in a narrow road.
Ino Shunsuke is threatening Mouri Ran with Suzuki Sonoko.
His arm holding the glass fragments was shaking abnormally. Thinking of Ran Mouri's fighting power, Kurokawa Akiho raised his eyebrows slightly.
A piece of trash who can't even hold a gun.
The sharp broken glass cut Suzuki Sonoko's neck. Mao Lilan quickly said: "I will give you the camera, don't hurt Sonoko."
Kurokawa Akiho bent down, picked up the pistol on the ground, and skillfully checked the magazine.
One bullet left.
Shunsuke Ino stared nervously at Kurokawa Akiho's hand holding the pistol. He had read the information and knew that the young principal in front of him was just an ordinary person.
A month ago, he was still searching for investment because the amusement park was about to close. If it weren't for the generosity of the Suzuki Group, willing to take the risk of investing in a bankrupt amusement park, the young park director would surely be saddled with huge debts by now, unable to repay them, and might even commit suicide.
He definitely doesn't even know how to fire a gun.
Ino Shunsuke threatened harshly: "Mr. Principal, I advise you to throw the gun over here, unless you want to see Miss Suzuki's body."
Mao Lilan stared at him nervously.
Kurokawa Akiho raised his eyes, a layer of coldness appeared in the bottom of his blue eyes. He raised his hand and pointed the gun at Ino Shunsuke, with the corners of his lips curled up and his tone was cold.
"Who are you threatening?"
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