When Uncle Mori saw his rented car in the river, he was devastated.
"No way!" Sonoko and Ran's expressions changed instantly, and they exclaimed in disbelief, "Our car was washed away by the water!"
"I warned you a long time ago." Conan, holding an umbrella, looked calmly at the car in the river. "The place where we parked was too close to the river."
He had reminded him before he even got off the bus, but Uncle Mori not only didn't listen, but also said he was being long-winded.
He didn't intend to help; not that he didn't want to, but he knew it would be pointless.
With their combined strength, it was impossible for them to pull the car ashore.
But Uncle Mori didn't want to give up so easily.
He paid for the car, it wasn't blown away by the wind, how could he just stand by and watch it get swept away by the river?
That's all money!
Uncle Mori was thinking of just letting it go since it was just a fish, but now that he knows it was a rented car, his attitude immediately changed.
We absolutely cannot give up!
"Damn it!" Uncle Mori gripped the fishing rod tightly with both hands, the veins on his arms were clearly visible, he leaned back and pulled upwards with all his might.
He felt a surge of power welling up in his muscles.
However, the weight of the car was not something a mere mortal like him could lift with a fishing rod.
If a bald caped knight in a yellow bodysuit, red gloves, and a white cape were present, he could do it.
But Uncle Mori is not that bald caped knight.
Even though he had tried his best, the car submerged in the river remained motionless, showing no respect to Uncle Mori.
"Uncle, you should just give up!" Guangyou shouted while pulling on Uncle Mori. "There's no way you can pull him up!"
He wasn't holding onto Uncle Mori to help save the car, but to prevent Uncle Mori from being dragged off.
If we had the machines, that would be fine, but we don't have them now.
Even if everyone present came to help, it would be to no avail; there was no way they could pull the car up with just a few people.
"We can't give up!" Uncle Mori shouted, still pulling hard on the fishing rod. "How can we let the car get washed away!"
At that moment, with a "snap," the fishing line on the rod finally gave way and broke.
This fishing line has been bearing a weight it shouldn't have had to.
When he saw the fishing line break, Guangyou seemed to hear a "snap" sound.
He knew that was the sound of Uncle Mori's heart breaking; Uncle Mori's last hope was shattered when the fishing line snapped.
But the next second, Guangyou didn't care whether Uncle Mori was heartbroken or where the car was being swept away; he only felt himself falling backward.
The fishing line broke too suddenly; as it broke, Kōyū and Uncle Mōri were still pulling it upwards with all their might.
So when the fishing line broke, the two of them fell backward uncontrollably.
Unfortunately, behind Kōyū was Conan, who had been watching the whole thing from the beginning with an umbrella.
The fishing line snapped, and the two men fell backward. This happened in the blink of an eye, before anyone present could react.
Before Conan could react, Kouyu bumped into him.
Unfortunately, Conan was standing on the bank with the river right behind him, and when Kouyu bumped into him, he fell directly into the river.
"Thump!"
"Bang!"
Two sounds rang out almost simultaneously: the sound of Conan falling into the river and the sound of Kouyu and Uncle Mori falling to the ground.
"Are you alright?" Ai frowned, dropped her umbrella, and quickly went to help Kyou up.
"I'm fine, nothing's wrong." With Ai's help, Kōyū stood up from the ground and rubbed his sore buttocks.
"Dad, are you alright?" Xiaolan also stepped forward to help Uncle Mori up, who had fallen to the ground.
"I'm fine." Uncle Mori stood up and looked in the direction the car had been swept away, saying with mixed feelings, "But the car I rented is damaged."
How did the car get swept away?
He remembers pulling the handbrake when he parked.
Has he forgotten?
Was it because he was in a hurry to find the female college student that he forgot to engage the handbrake?
"Conan!"
Ran didn't hear the second half of what he said. After helping Uncle Mori up, she followed Sonoko and ran downstream along the riverbank, thinking about how to save Conan who had fallen into the river.
The river isn't still; otherwise, the car wouldn't have been swept here.
Conan was swept away by the river immediately after falling in.
Fortunately, Conan can swim. After falling into the river, he quickly calmed down and tried his best to swim to the shore.
The river wasn't flowing fast, and Ran and Sonoko caught up with Conan in no time.
Just as Ran was about to jump into the river to save Conan, Kōyū, holding a fishing rod, caught up and shouted loudly at the group.
"Use a fishing rod!"
Upon hearing Guangyou's voice, Xiaolan abandoned her idea of jumping into the river to save the person, stopped, and took the fishing rod from Guangyou's hand.
This wasn't the time to say thank you. Ran took the fishing rod, ran a few meters in front of Conan, squatted down, and extended the fishing rod.
Then, Ran shouted loudly at Conan, "Conan! Grab the fishing rod!"
Conan, being swept downstream by the river, looked at the fishing rod a few meters away and took a breath.
The distance of a few meters was covered in the blink of an eye. Conan seized the opportunity, reached out, and firmly grasped the fishing rod!
Seeing Conan grab the fishing rod, Ran felt a sense of relief.
But the person hasn't been rescued yet, so we can't relax.
Grabbing the fishing rod, Conan had a point of leverage. He held on to the rod, enduring the pain in his right wrist, and struggled to get closer to the shore.
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