Chapter 114
When Shimizu Tomokazu left, Bai Yun wanted to follow him as soon as possible, but this time he was stopped by Okkotsu Yuta again.
This not-yet-adult special sorcerer looked at Bai Yun with pleading eyes, like a middle-aged parent who saw his child planning to go out and fool around, but was powerless to do anything about it: "Can you not go?"
"He has obviously noticed you. The possibility of stealing the data under such circumstances is too low."
Bai Yun thought this was actually a good idea. After all, the Black Organization did not stipulate that the mission must be completed today.
But Bai Yun was indeed a little curious about Shimizu Tomokazu.
Although his own acting skills may be a matter of opinion, Bai Yun's appreciation level is excellent in the conventional sense.
So he could see that Shimizu Tomokazu was hiding a lot of things.
An unknown premonition lingered in Bai Yun's heart, as if it was teasing his emotions like a cat's paw. He didn't know whether it came from him or from Uchiha Sasuke's sensitive intuition after experiencing sudden changes in his life.
In the end, Bai Yun decided to trust her intuition.
"You wait here and be on standby at any time."
Bai Yun said to Yuta Okkotsu, "Something is wrong."
When Okkotsu Yuta saw his expression, he knew that Bai Yun had made up his mind and it would be useless to say anything, but Edogawa Conan was a little hesitant.
It's not that he disagrees with Bai Yun's judgment. On the contrary, it's because he also smells the coming storm that he is wavering between trying to stop it and going back to find Dr. Agasa to confirm their safety.
Bai Yun and the others had no intention of urging Conan Edogawa, but he himself did not dwell on it for long and quickly decided to go back to find Professor Agasa and the others.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to feel at ease with that group of old and young people even if Haibara Ai was watching over them.
Before leaving, Edogawa Conan exchanged contact information with Otkotsu Yuta: "If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me."
In fact, he also wanted to take the opportunity to get Uchiha Sasuke's number, but Bai Yun refused on the grounds that he did not have a mobile phone.
As soon as he said this, the phone that the organization had provided for easy contact buzzed. Conan Edogawa choked for a moment, but in the end he didn't say much.
Now Conan Edogawa went downstairs to find Professor Agasa and the others, Otsukotsuki Yuta stood on the top floor, which was the most convenient place for movement (for a flying sorcerer), and Bai Yun finally took the time to look at his mobile phone when he left the crowd to look for Shimizu Tomokazu.
The brand new cell phone had no notes on it, and the message from a completely unfamiliar number contained a long string of words.
The gist of it is, well, they discovered that some of the bombs that had been resold from the organization before had fallen into the hands of Shimizu Tomokazu, and they haven't figured out how this guy is going to use them, so in any case, Bai Yun should be careful.
When he saw these words, Bai Yun felt a sense of relief in his heart.
To be honest, when Bai Yun saw Fushiguro Shigeki, he was actually already thinking, if Shimizu Tomokazu really hired a group of cursers, how would he get away without being OOC.
And now...how should I put it, it's like after the division into arts and sciences, I thought there would be new sparks, but in the end I found that it's still the same as before.
Isn't this the usual routine of science theater?
There is Conan Edogawa, there are suspects who look suspicious, there are landmark buildings...it seems like the only thing missing is an explosion.
Thinking of this, Bai Yun's search for Shimizu Tomokazu did not slow down at all.
Although generally speaking, in the theater version, even if the villain's conspiracy has been discovered in advance, the building is unlikely to be saved.
But who will know if you don’t try?
Moreover, Bai Yun still hasn’t figured out why Shimizu Tomokazu had any motive for blowing up the building... maybe the bomb really wasn’t going to be used today?
In the corridor, many people who had received the news were still dressed up and heading to the rooftop. They had no idea that the host of the banquet had already left, and they were still looking forward to this sleepless night.
Bai Yun walked against the flow of people towards the elevator. In fact, he didn't have a clear purpose in his mind at the moment. He was just thinking about where Shimizu Tomokazu might be hiding to rest.
In the middle of the process, he also took the time to send a text message to Okkotsu Yuta, telling him about the bomb and asking him to be prepared for the impact at any time. Then Bai Yun faced a long list of question marks from the other side and turned his phone to silent mode before Okkotsu Yuta couldn't help but call him.
When he finally got away from the crowded crowd, the elevator was called down again. It took a long time for the elevator to go up and down in a building with dozens of floors. Bai Yun wanted to turn around and find the fire escape, but out of the corner of his eye he noticed a high-foot glass lying upside down on a small round table by the window not far away.
The round table was originally just decorative, with a pot of ornamental plants on it.
Now a hole has been dug next to the plant pot, and the soil that was originally filled in it has been piled on the table, forming a small mound of earth. A half-dead sprout that looks like it has just been broken off is stuck straight on it, and a goblet holds the whole strange thing underneath.
Such an obvious and strange thing was obviously meant to lure people over, but since there were no other clues at the moment, Bai Yun thought for two seconds and still followed his heart.
The closer they got, the more details Bai Yun discovered. It turned out that the small mound of earth had been deliberately compacted. It even looked a bit like a grave mound rather than a mound of earth.
After observing for two seconds, Bai Yun looked down through the window beside him and, as expected, saw Shimizu Tomokazu smiling at him.
This building is in a great location, with a river view next to it. In order to maximize this as a selling point, the hotel built spacious open-air balconies outside the walls on every floor except the roof.
The balconies were arranged in a staggered spiral, and from a distance they looked a bit like a string of potato chips. Now Shimizu Tomokazu was standing on an open-air balcony on the next floor, waving in the direction of Bai Yun.
Bai Yun observed the other person through the glass, and finally chose to go over to take a look.
When Bai Yun finally came in front of Shimizu Zhiyi, he suddenly said, "Do you know? I once had a friend."
"My friend and I first met in the autumn when I was seven years old. He and I planned to watch the first snow of winter together, but I had a fever, so I couldn't go out on the day of the snow."
He recalled to himself: "When I watched the news the next day, I found out that he had gone and waited for me all night."
At this point, he suddenly turned his head to look at Bai Yun and said, "You may want to ask if he was frozen to death."
"But no, he's missing."
Shimizu Tomokazu looked back at the deep river and said, "More than 20 years have passed since then, and no one has seen him since."
"I have been trying to find him since then. The purpose of the investor's facial recognition was also the same..."
Bai Yun interrupted his long speech: "I'm not interested in listening to other people's stories."
"Especially when the storyteller is a liar."
Shimizu Tomokazu looked at his expression and smiled: "I always use this excuse to the outside world. How did you find out that something was wrong in the first place?"
Bai Yun explained: "If that situation really happened to you, then when you woke up the next day and saw the news on TV, you would just be glad that it wasn't you who was missing."
Judging from Shimizu Tomokazu's performance, he is definitely a very self-centered person who is unrestrained and does not have a strong sense of morality.
Such people will not take the initiative to blame themselves for the tragedy, nor will they remember the past decades at once.
"Then you are quite good at judging people."
Shimizu Tomo shrugged: "That was indeed my first thought."
"And that guy is not actually my friend, at least I don't think so. He always outshines me. Wherever I go, he will overshadow me."
"But on the surface, I still spent very little time with him, and that guy seemed to really treat me as a friend."
Shimizu Tomokazu can no longer remember his specific mood at the time. It was like some kind of protective measure of the brain.
They could have been like ordinary enemies, competing with each other and achieving each other's success, or they could have been like many ordinary people, drifting apart along the way.
But at the grade where he cares about each other the most, this happened, and Shimizu Tomokazu's future life will never go back to the way it was before.
It was indeed the other party who took the initiative to invite him, but Shimizu Tomokazu deliberately did not show up.
Shimizu Tomokazu could no longer remember anything else. It was like an answer that he had corrected countless times in his mind. Under the layers of overlap, the original handwriting could no longer be discerned.
Tomokazu Shimizu successfully deceived himself for twenty years.
"But after such a long time, I am also tired."
“I didn’t want to live anymore, but I didn’t want to die that much either,” he explained.
"So I plan to leave everything to fate, just like I did more than 20 years ago."
As he spoke, Shimizu Tomokazu took out something that looked like a remote control from his pocket.
"I had previously asked the hotel to hide more than 20 packages containing bombs, all on the pretext of hosting an event."
"Now I will choose a place to stay. If I am still alive after all the bombs explode, I will let go of the past and embrace my new life."
Bai Yun didn't understand the logic of the psychopath at all, and the other party was obviously just saying it for his own happiness and didn't expect any feedback from him at all.
After all, Bai Yun just looks a bit like Shimizu Tomokazu's old enemy who disappeared inexplicably, a mental image, a reflection.
Shimizu Tomokazu still clearly knows that the most important thing is himself.
After explaining his motives, Shimizu Tomo was about to press the button. Bai Yun wanted to step forward to stop him, but was grabbed by Fushiguro Shinji who suddenly appeared from nowhere, and both of them fell to the balcony on the next level.
Fushiguro Shiro stood up with his head on Shimizu Tomokazu's face, a little speechless: "I say, this disguise is completely unnecessary, right?"
"Of course."
Shimizu Tomokazu poked his head out from the edge of the balcony and said, "It looks better this way."
Bai Yun: “…”
I didn't expect that at your age, you'd be so extravagant.
He stood up slowly, and every bone in his body seemed to protest. Fushiguro Shier looked at Bai Yun who was ready again and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Aren't you going to change back?"
Bai Yun did not answer, and Fushiguro Shier did not care. Instead, he simply stretched his arms and said, "Well, forget it. Anyway, this is good for me."
As he spoke, he suddenly disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of Bai Yun.
"Then I'll be welcome."
In fact, I wanted to write "Then I'll start (that big kimas)" at the end, but I always felt like I had some special fetish, so I gave up.
Regarding the motive of the villain's mission this time, it has been changed many times, and it has become more and more perverted. It is hard to explain.
But in Conan, there was a scene where a building was blown up because it was not symmetrical, so this should be quite normal (?)
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