Chapter 696: If it continues, it will lead to death.
While Chizuru and Behefinger went to check on Professor Agasa and call an ambulance, Conan had already caught up with them using his skateboard.
In Professor Agasa's hospital room, Conan and his friends, after some deduction, confirmed that the culprit was acting in the order of playing cards, and that the target was someone related to Kogoro Mouri.
They identified the suspect and guessed who would be next to meet with misfortune.
While Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure were heading to the next location, Chitake and Ran Mouri were escorted back by Inspector Shiratori.
...
Crystal underwater restaurant.
Kogoro Mori glared at Chizuru and Behefinger, who had appeared in front of him, and shouted angrily, "Why are you two here too?!"
Ran and Conan are here, fine, but how did you two even get here?!
Behefinger shrank back, moved to hide behind Qianzhu, and muttered with an innocent expression, "Don't be so angry, uncle, we're already here anyway."
Kogoro Mouri's eyebrows twitched: "..."
It must have been this guy who persuaded Qianzhu to come along!
They seemed to have simply come along and were just touring the underwater restaurant, without wandering around or getting in their way.
Behrfinger watched with a smile.
They certainly had a small purpose in coming here, but it wasn't to stop the murderer from killing others.
When the dead appeared one after another, Behefinger was so frightened that he hugged Qianzhu tightly.
Bei: That's scary, I was just pretending.
Qianzhu glanced at him, then pulled his hand away and walked to Conan's side, squatting down to ask in a low voice, "Do you have an idea yet?"
Conan nodded. "Almost there, but we still need to find evidence."
Qianzhu smiled knowingly, then stood up and looked around. "I see."
He glanced at the group of fish swimming around him, which were separated from the view by glass, then turned around and went to the kitchen, where he took out a glass and poured himself a glass of water.
Suddenly, an explosion rang out, the lights in the restaurant went out instantly, and everyone outside was startled, but Qianzhu calmly took a sip of water.
The emergency lights in the restaurant quickly came on, but before they could react, a second explosion rang out, this time destroying the restaurant and sending seawater rushing in.
Qianzhu pondered for a moment.
The spot where he's standing should be easy enough to trap him, right?
He took a few steps back, narrowly avoiding the collapsing closet.
Seawater quickly rushed into the kitchen. Although he hadn't closed the door when he came in, given how twisted the door was now, he 'had no way' to get out, and a fallen closet was blocking the exit.
The people outside quickly swam to the surface and breathed in the salty air. Conan immediately checked to see if Ran Mouri had come out. After not finding her, he immediately took a plastic bottle filled with a little air and dived back into the water.
Behringer blinked, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Ah! Where's Qianzhu!?"
"What?! He didn't come up?!"
Kogoro Mouri and the others were shocked.
Behefinger returned to the water, glanced at Conan and Ran Mouri, and then dived to other places to look for Chizuru.
Following Kogoro Mouri, who had dived into the water, he saw Ran Mouri. He first brought her back to the surface, handed her over to Shiratori to look after, and then dived down again to find Chizuru.
"Officer Shiratori, could you please keep an eye on Ran for me? I'm going downstairs to look for Chizuru!"
"OK."
Officer Shiratori took the person, responded, and noticed that Conan had also gone down. He was about to speak when the other person crawled down.
At this moment, Qianzhu was already lacking oxygen, and her mind began to become muddled.
Slightly affected, Behringer opened his mouth, then had a mouthful of water poured into him.
He tried to push the kitchen door open.
"Hmm."
Glug glug...
Behringer raised his hand to cover his mouth, trying to surface for air. He seemed to see Kogoro Mouri and Conan, and quickly pointed towards the kitchen.
Upon seeing this, the two quickly swam towards the kitchen. Through the small gap in the doorway, which was too narrow for an adult to pass through, they saw Qianzhu floating in the water.
He had already fainted due to lack of oxygen. If we don't rescue him quickly, he will probably drown very soon.
Behrfinger stood to the side, his face turning pale with suppressed urges.
If this goes too far, we're doomed...
That seems to be...
It doesn't matter?
He went up to get some air, then went back down.
Because he was in the water, his somewhat transparent body was not very noticeable.
At least at this moment, the two people who were in a hurry to save Qianzhu did not notice.
Behrfinger raised his hand and pressed down on his arm, which was twitching and flashing with code. He shook his head helplessly, but a glint of light flashed in his deep purple eyes.
If it succeeds, continue.
If it doesn't work, I'll just die here.
He stepped forward to make room for Kogoro Mouri and the other man, then grabbed the door frame with both hands and kicked the door hard with both legs.
The gap in the door widened slightly, but it was still a bit difficult for them to squeeze through. However, if Conan were that size, he should be able to get through easily.
Conan had just retrieved the retractable belt he used to lift the car to rescue Ran Mouri, and immediately took the belt and crawled inside, using it to pull the door open.
Kogoro Mori quickly swam over and brought Chizuru with him.
They took a while and were a bit short of oxygen, catching their breath several times when they surfaced.
But Qianzhu was not breathing at that moment.
Behrfinger also felt weak all over, and even began to have difficulty breathing. His eyes were open, but his vision was black, as if his eyes were closed.
“We need to get ashore quickly!” he said casually. “There’s no way to revive a drowning person here.”
"But how do we get out of here? The exit is blocked."
"There's another exit! We can get out through the shattered glass of the restaurant!" Conan quickly called out.
“That’s right, we can swim back to the sea from there in the opposite direction.” Kogoro Mouri thought it made sense, and then he led Chitake to swim out.
They swam to the Water Crystal building, and Behfinger, who had climbed ashore, took Chizuru from Kogoro Mori and carried her to the side.
On the surface, they were giving him artificial respiration, but in reality, they were casting a spell.
Once his breathing became easier, Behringer felt much better, though he was still a little dizzy.
So he and Qianzhu leaned against each other, listening to Conan use his voice changer to start his deduction show.
After the identity of the murderer was revealed, the murderer took Ran Mouri hostage with a knife.
Ran Mouri had not fully recovered from the lack of oxygen, so she was unable to use karate to break free from his restraints.
The building has begun to lose its balance and is even starting to collapse due to the explosion at the underwater restaurant.
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