Chapter 407
Just as Conan Edogawa was about to ask something else, Jirokichi Suzuki, who had suddenly left the restaurant after receiving a phone call, and several police officers returned with grave expressions and announced some very serious news.
"What?! The red Siamese cat spread a virus on this airship?!"
The TV station's manager was shocked: "How could this be! You must be joking!"
"Sorry, this is not a joke. We've already contacted the Metropolitan Police Department... It really was the red Siamese cat that left the ampoule at the research institute. The ampoule is broken, and the virus inside should also be... However, we've already sealed off the smoking room on the second floor, so..."
"Ugh!"
Suddenly, someone made a strange noise. Everyone turned to look and saw that the independent reporter had obvious red rashes on his face and hands. He was staggering and his face was full of terror: "Help me, I don't want to die..."
One of the waiters shouted, "He went to the smoking room! He's infected!"
Instantly, the atmosphere, which was already somewhat chaotic, became even more disorderly. No one wanted to touch the person who appeared to be infected, but the independent reporter insisted on walking into the crowd. In the end, Ran Mouri knocked him unconscious with a punch, and only then did the crowd quiet down.
"Anyway, let's take him to the infirmary first." Officer Nakamori wiped his sweat.
The reasons used to reassure everyone earlier are clearly no longer effective. After all, everyone has been in the same room with this person who is obviously infected for so long; who knows if they themselves have been infected?
Everyone was happy at first, but now no one can laugh.
"We can't stay in this restaurant anymore, let's move to the rest room."
Conan Edogawa turned to Saiki Usui and asked, "What did you mean by hijacking?"
Usakabe Saiki said, "It's nothing, I was just joking."
Conan Edogawa: "...???"
Is this a joke?! When did Phantom Thief Kid become so mean...? Wait a minute.
He looked at Bo Yezaki with some suspicion: "Brother Bo Ye?"
Bo Yezhai raised an eyebrow: "Who's your brother Bo Ye? We're not familiar with each other."
Conan Edogawa's expression went blank for a moment.
Usoya Saiki was still turning the tables: "You call someone else right in front of me, you're something else."
Conan Edogawa snapped out of his daze, his lips twitching: "This isn't my fault, is it? You were the one who suddenly changed your tone first... You saw Kid?"
When he called him "Great Detective," his tone was so much like Kaito Kid's; it's impossible that Brother Bo Ye suddenly had a brain fart and called him that...
"Yeah, he even tried to impersonate Shinichi Kudo... How did he know your identity? I told you you weren't careful enough, didn't I? Anyway, he's working on solving the problem. I came back to tell you what happened."
Conan Edogawa deduced that these two people might be the ones who bumped into the red Siamese cat, so they discovered the problem in advance. Usopp, who is always too lazy to do anything, just dumped the task on Kaito Kid. Usopp would come back and explain the situation to him so that he could fill in the gaps.
Well, judging from Brother Bo Ye's attitude, the solution seems quite reliable. I feel a little relieved.
"...That Kid actually called himself Shinichi Kudo in front of you?" Conan Edogawa couldn't help but feel a little smug. "He's really out of his mind."
Bo Yezaki gave him a sympathetic look: "You shouldn't be too happy yet."
Conan Edogawa: "...?"
Everyone had arrived at the lounge as planned. Conan Edogawa wanted to ask Usui Saiki what he meant by those words, but suddenly he heard the airship's broadcast system seem to have been turned on, making a little noise.
"Ahem, sound check—sound check—ladies and gentlemen, by the time you hear this broadcast, the airship will have already been hijacked by us..."
Just as Conan Edogawa was about to get nervous, he heard Saiki Usaba say something.
Usakabe Saiki: "Don't worry, it's Kid."
Conan Edogawa: "...?!?!?!?!"
—Kaito Kid!!! Is this the solution you came up with?!
Not only was Conan Edogawa greatly shocked, but at this moment, the fake reporter who was pretending to be infected and secretly directing his subordinates in the infirmary was also dumbfounded.
Wait a minute?! How could someone beat you to a hijacking?!
Were those Sirius guys so focused on hijacking the plane that they forgot to leave a mole in the restaurant, so they don't know the airship is already "infected" with the virus?!
Why would you hijack a plane at a time like this?!
Just as the mastermind was completely bewildered, the door to the infirmary suddenly opened.
Mastermind: "???"
Huh? He didn't lock the door?
Before he could even ask, the person who opened the door exclaimed in surprise, "You didn't lock the door?"
The mastermind looked closely and realized it was one of his own people who had been sent to impersonate a waitress. No wonder he asked such a question; he probably thought the man was too careless. So he relaxed again: "There might be something wrong with this door... But let's not talk about the door for now. What was that announcement about?"
The waitress sighed: "Just like you heard, the plane was hijacked. They were all carrying guns, and it seems like they have some kind of grudge against the Suzuki zaibatsu. I managed to escape by sneaking out. What do we do now?"
Because his mind was a bit muddled, the mastermind didn't pay much attention to his accomplice's approach. By the time he was suddenly shot with an anesthetic gun and lost consciousness, it was too late for anything.
Kaito Kid, disguised as an accomplice, wiped away his sweat.
Wow, this is a really tight schedule.
He had just drugged everyone in the driver's seat, adjusted the autopilot route, and made sure the broadcast was pre-recorded, which is how he managed to get here in time...
Kaito Kid looked at the innocent waitress who had developed symptoms after going to the smoking room and was brought to the infirmary, only to be tied up by the mastermind. After thinking for a moment, he decided not to help untie her.
Normally, when he steals, he would tie up or knock out anyone who might interfere with him. Now that the situation is so chaotic, he can't take care of one more terrified person.
To avoid putting too much psychological pressure on her, Phantom Thief Kid also gave her a numbing shot, hoping that everything would be resolved by the time she woke up.
Then he found a rope, tied up the mastermind, gagged him, and then picked up the mastermind's phone to check his emails and incoming calls.
Just then, a phone call came in. Kaito Kid coughed twice, changed his voice, and answered the call.
"You told us to come over, and now we're on the airship, so why isn't the door open?"
Kaito Kid thought to himself, "It's right that it wasn't opened. He even knocked out and locked up the waiter who was about to open the door, and stole his account!"
It's just women's clothing, he doesn't feel any pressure at all.
But this answer wasn't appropriate to say to the person on the other end of the phone, so Kaito Kid used the mastermind's voice to say, "There's been a problem. Please wait outside for a bit."
"What's the problem? How long will it take to fix? I'm not sure what's wrong with the airship's trajectory... it even seems to be losing altitude..."
Kaito Kid: "We've run into a fellow thief; someone's hijacking the plane."
The person on the other end of the phone: "…………"
What's so great about hijacking a plane? They're already outside the Tokyo metropolitan area, how come the crime rate is still so high!
"But it's not a big problem. There are only two people who came for the gems. The police should be able to handle them quickly. You guys stand by outside."
Perhaps because the mastermind had high prestige, the person on the other end of the phone didn't say anything more and agreed.
Kaito Kid hung up the phone, then touched the guns he had stolen from the people specified by Usui Saiki.
Hmm... He's finished the task that Usakabe Saiki assigned him, but what's next? Did he explain it to the great detective?
Conan Edogawa originally thought he had figured it out, but now he thinks he might not.
"Bo Ye? What is Phantom Thief Kid trying to do? Is he trying to make those people hesitate and not enter the airship yet? Will that work?"
Bo Yezaki absentmindedly played on his phone: "Then what do you suggest we do?"
Conan Edogawa: "…………"
This won't do, none of these people are reliable!!!
In fact, Usoppō Saiki wasn't simply playing on his phone; he was having a conversation with two systems in his mind.
So, have you two finished writing your bids? I'll choose the store with the lower price!
Yes, after luring the undercover system in, Usaku Saiki finally revealed his terrifying true colors!
He wants to buy something, so he lets the two systems bid against each other! He chooses the one with the lowest price!
What do you mean the prices of goods in the store are fixed...? Who are you kidding? If the system takes less kickback, it'll be cheaper, right?
The Suspicion Value System lamented: "You've finally shown your true colors!"
Bo Yezhai: [While you were cursing me, the undercover system obediently offered its price; I'll assume you've given up.]
The Suspicion System was taken aback, then shocked: [Undercover System! How can you offer such a low price?!]
Undercover System: [I'm afraid you'll try to steal it from me... I've been doing maintenance for ages, haven't had any income in ages, I'm so hungry...]
Suspicion System: [Are you stupid?! We should have agreed beforehand not to lower the price at a time like this...]
Undercover System: [Next time for sure.]
Suspicion value system: [...]
What's causing this ominous feeling in my heart?
Bo Yezhai didn't take the idea of the system in his head telling crosstalk too seriously; he was quite busy right now.
Because he had redeemed a one-time remote electronic control skill, he was hacking into the airship's piloting system, intending to take it into manual control.
He didn't feel it was a waste, since even the skill he exchanged for Han Chuan Shen Liu couldn't be operated from this far away from the cockpit, so it was still a good deal.
Soon, everyone realized something was wrong, and even the police officers who were about to go to the driver's seat to check the situation stopped in their tracks.
"Everyone, do you feel like the ground is tilted a bit?"
"It's not an illusion! The chair is moving! No! The airship is moving upwards... If we can feel it, it means the angle is already very large, and it's still going..."
"Are you crazy?! What are these hijackers trying to do?! Are they trying to ride a roller coaster on the airship?!"
That's right, the trick that Usaku Saiki used is exactly the same trick that Conan Edogawa used in the original work to use a soccer ball that could grow bigger to crush an airship passing by the bridge, causing the mastermind standing on the airship to fall off.
However, the airship is currently filled with armed enemies, and he can't let Conan Edogawa go out and deal with them right now, so he has to operate it manually himself.
Anyway, Kaito Kid had already lowered the altitude, and there was the sea below, so whether the criminals lived or died depended on their luck.
It's better to let the criminals in and threaten them with guns than to leave them in with their lives unknown... In the original work, these criminals even threw Conan Edogawa out of the window. If it weren't for Kaito Kid, he would have been dead. These people deserve to die.
Because the angle rose relatively slowly at first, it gave everyone time to prepare. They quickly pushed all the easily movable items down, and then they found a place to secure them to prevent them from falling.
Seeing that everyone was almost ready, and noticing the approaching helicopter on the [Omnipotent Navigation] to pick up the people outside, Bo Yezhaiji suddenly made a ruthless move—
In the "All-in-One Navigation" app, a group of names fell like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Ran Mouri was standing close to the window when she suddenly saw something outside. She looked closer, puzzled—
"...Everyone, I think I see a lot of people falling down..."
Usoba Saiki said in an indifferent tone, "They must be the people from the Red Siamese Cat who haven't had a chance to come in yet. What bad luck. Didn't they agree on when to open the door?"
Conan Edogawa: "...Let's call the police again! We need to get them out of there!"
—Was this a plan devised by Phantom Thief Kid, or by Bo Ye?! How could this be so outrageous?!
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