Chapter 173: Teenagers' Treasure Hunt, Good Guy Card
"But, are we just going to leave them like this?" Toru Amuro looked at the bushes behind the children.
There were several furtive black figures following behind them.
Lin Xi: "You have to trust them. If you can't even solve this little problem, how are you going to solve more problems in the future?"
Amuro Toru was speechless. "You call this 'this little bit of difficulty'? Those guys are fugitives, right? They might even be armed... What can a few kids do against them?"
Yes, Toru Amuro noticed this group of sneaky people as soon as he left Poirot Café.
They were following the children and fell not far from them.
But their tracking technology was really poor... Several times, Toru Amuro saw the little girl named Haibara Ai looking back, as if she had discovered them.
Considering the Italian word "gold" on the treasure map and the news that the leader of the Italian bandit group Dino Cabane was arrested and his accomplices disappeared two days ago, as well as the whereabouts of the 15,000 maple leaf gold coins they stole, Toru Amuro suspected that these people were the missing accomplices of Cabane.
The so-called "treasure map" may be a secret code left by Kabane for them, and the answer is the location of the stolen goods.
Amuro Toru didn't believe that Lin Xi didn't notice such a conspicuous group of people.
He even felt that she knew he was in the Café Poirot and deliberately dragged him over to let him see the treasure map and the fugitives.
Lin Xi: "Just wait and see. Besides, aren't you here? You won't just sit there and watch a few children fall into the clutches of the evil, right?"
Toru Amuro:......
He just knew it.
You pulled him here on purpose just to use him as a safety bolt for the kids, right?
So why not nip the danger in the bud at the outset?
He estimated that if he asked this question, Lin Xi's answer would definitely be:
That would be so boring.
Amuro Toru has a headache.
"Why can't you do it yourself?" he said.
Lin Xi was horrified. "Are you asking a weak woman like me, who can't even lift a chicken, to confront a gunman head-on?"
Toru Amuro:?
He recalled the people he and Lin Xi had knocked down and the guns they had confiscated at night on Yueying Island, and then listened to Lin Xi say that he was "powerless"... He couldn't help but be shocked that there were such shameless people in the world.
"Besides, you look like a good person," Lin Xi said nonchalantly, "the kind of person who would bravely protect the citizens."
These words were like a hand plucking the strings in Toru Amuro's heart, making a sound that was unclear whether it was noise or music...and the implicit implication in the words made Toru Amuro tense up.
The corners of his mouth twitched as he sneered, "Oh, good guy? Have the members of the organization you've met so far been too gentle towards you, giving you some inappropriate misconceptions?"
"We are far more dangerous than those fugitives who don't even realize they've been discovered."
Lin Xi was not frightened by Amuro Toru's sudden cold face and harsh words. Instead, he touched his chin and asked, "Are you shy?"
Amuro Toru's hair stood on end, and he couldn't hold back his dangerous expression any longer: "I'm not kidding you!"
Lin Xi shrugged: "Me neither."
"I'm a good judge of people. You and Punch are both good people."
Toru Amuro:......
That's fine with him, but is Punch also a good person?
Although Punch is indeed the type who will not offend others unless ordered by the organization, and will even help the weak...
But Punch... anyone who knows her a little bit can't say that she is a good person!
Toru Amuro stared at Lin Xi's profile.
He always felt that this guy was teasing him.
Being stared at, Lin Xi laughed guiltily: "Ahem, the kids seem to have figured out the code... Let's quickly follow them!"
Toru Amuro:......
What an abrupt way to change the subject.
But he still paid for it. He followed Lin Xi, observing the children not far away and the gangster behind them, making sure he could subdue the gangster before the children were hurt.
In this way, the gangsters followed the children, and Lin Xi and Amuro Toru followed the gangsters, and the group walked under Tokyo Tower. They didn't stop until the sun set, the moon gradually climbed up the sky, and the street lights and neon signs of shops gradually lit up.
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"Are we mistaken? There is no fish-shaped signboard here." Ayumi Yoshida asked with her head tilted.
"But we've been searching all the way here, and we've found the corresponding neon signs for the patterns on the treasure map," said Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya.
Kojima Genta put his hands on his hips and said, "I see! The fish pattern refers to the river under the bridge! The treasure must be hidden in the river!"
As he said this, he ran down the river bank, picked up a wooden stick and fished frantically in the water.
"Mrs. Yuan!" Several children quickly grabbed him.
"You can't get it out like this!" said Ayumi Yoshida.
"Ahh, where is the treasure?" Kojima Genta threw away his stick and sat on the ground: "I'm so hungry..."
Hearing this, the children were a little depressed.
Conan looked at the bridge across the river, lost in thought.
fish……
Could it be a reflection?
He compared them carefully and found that the neon lights on the bridge and its reflection did form a fish pattern.
It's just missing a spot of light, the fish eye.
Ah, could it be——
"-It's a street light, right?" Haibara Ai walked to Conan and said.
"If we add the light, the fish pattern will be complete, right?" she said. "Then all we have to do is keep moving it until the streetlight is right between its reflection and the sign. Then we'll find the treasure—that's what you think, Detective."
Conan: ...
I'm happy to have solved the puzzle...but why do I always feel like my lines have been taken away?
QAQ.
"Congratulations, great detective, you've solved the mystery." Huiyuan Ai said calmly, "But now there is something more important."
Conan: "What?"
Huiyuan Ai: "Didn't you notice that Sister Lin and that golden-haired detective disappeared from a while ago?"
Conan: "Ah, isn't it normal for them to disappear together? It's not like they haven't disappeared together before..."
Haibara Ai:?
Normal size!
Her sister Lin was kidnapped by that hateful golden-haired detective again!
Moreover, soon after they left Poirot Café, several sneaky people had been following them...
Edogawa was so completely unguarded that he didn't even notice this!
"Forget it, let's find the treasure first." Huiyuan Ai said simply, "Did you bring the football?"
Conan: "I brought it, I brought it. There's an inflatable football in my belt."
Haibara Ai nodded and touched her pocket.
For some reason, Conan always felt that she was exuding murderous intent.
Huiyuan is so aggressive now... What happened? He was thinking about this when he heard Yoshida Ayumi ask:
"Conan, have you found where the fish is?"
This sentence made Conan put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and smiled: "Yeah!"
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In the abandoned building in front.
"There's so much dust..." Ayumi Yoshida carefully stepped over the horizontal wood.
"It's still a little dark..." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya also said.
"How many more floors do we have to go up to?" The small cake and milk he had eaten in the afternoon had long been consumed. Kojima Genta's stomach was rumbling, protesting against his master who did not eat dinner on time.
Ai Haibara, who was walking at the back, was observing the abandoned building.
She looked back.
There were three figures in the darkness. When they saw her turn around, they stopped and shrank into the shadows.
Haibara Ai frowned.
She turned around and caught up with her companions.
"We're almost there..." Conan walked in front, holding the treasure map and comparing it with the scenery outside the window.
"Hmm, should this be it?" He stopped, found the right position, and then slowly backed away.
As he stepped back, the position of the light outside the window changed in his field of vision, gradually overlapping with the pattern of fish on the paper in his hand.
jingle.
His football hit something metallic.
He squatted down and picked up the thing.
It is a golden coin with a maple leaf pattern engraved on it.
He looked up and saw several heavy cloth bags hanging from the ceiling.
His eyes followed the cloth bag forward and saw the rope fixed to the wall.
...This treasure was hung up there by someone?
At this moment, Conan even had the absurd thought, "Could this be a puzzle or treasure that Sister Lin specially made up to amuse them?"
He walked to the rope, grabbed it with his hand and pulled it hard. The cloth bag on the ceiling shook, and some gold coins fell out with a jingle.
"Treasure! It's treasure!" The children cheered and picked up the gold coins on the ground.
The moment I saw the gold emitting golden light, it seemed as if all the fatigue brought by running around for an afternoon was swept away.
But just when they were happy, several discordant voices were heard in the abandoned building.
"The treasure is here."
"Hehe, we really have to thank these little devils for finding the treasure for us."
Three men in suits stepped out from the shadows.
They had ferocious expressions and sneered as they approached the children, intending to tie them up first and then kill them and dispose of their bodies after getting the treasure.
Oh no... Conan looked at the three people, his eyes quickly patrolling the house, looking for an angle to kick someone with the football.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Haibara Ai secretly move behind the three people in the dark and make a gesture to him.
The three real children were already hugged in fear.
The man in the suit chuckled and was about to say something when he saw a few small balls rolling to the side of his leather shoes.
"What the hell?" he asked puzzledly.
Just as he was about to kick the strange thing away, he saw the small ball explode, and a large amount of white smoke overflowed, which quickly turned his eyes red.
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