Chapter 62 Matsuda's Disaster
Meanwhile, Matsuda and his group waited for two minutes and, seeing that there was no further sign of sniping outside, breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, Matsuda, Conan, and Ran Mouri had already been observing the situation while avoiding potential sniping positions.
Matsuda even used his strength from years of boxing training to pry open the malfunctioning elevator door with his bare hands. Unfortunately, the elevator stopped at a point between floors, and most of the area outside the elevator door was a wall.
Only the top and bottom corners of the elevator doors were visible, a distance of less than ten centimeters between the very bottom and top. Even the little boy from earlier couldn't squeeze through that distance, let alone an adult.
Unable to access other floors through the elevator doors, whether going up or down, he muttered to himself that his luck was truly terrible, and sighed helplessly: "Looks like I'll have to go up through the maintenance hatch at the top of the elevator to check the situation."
"Brother Darmo! Lift me up so I can see what's going on at the top of the elevator!" After turning into a child, Shinichi Kudo got used to running around in various crime scenes and incident sites.
Inspector Megure or others, out of respect for Kogoro Mouri, allowed him to barge in, making him feel that a child's appearance could sometimes be quite useful, and at this moment he thought he was invincible!
Unexpectedly, faced with his innocent and eager expression, Matsuda grabbed him by the collar, shoved him next to Sonoko, and said 'fiercely', "Kids should stay where kids should stay."
After all, his older brother, that brat, was capable of breaking a park water pipe with a soccer ball, so judging from the way he was talking just now, this younger brother doesn't seem like an easy person to deal with either.
He didn't want to be caught in a situation where he had to figure out what his junior schoolmate's brother or her brother's accomplices might do after a failed sniping attempt, while also having to clean up the mess he caused.
As Matsuda thought this, he tried to jump up and use brute force to open the maintenance hatch on the top of the elevator. However, just as he slightly bent his knees to gather his strength, before he could even fully exert his power, the elevator shook violently. Fearing that the elevator would fall, he quickly stopped it.
Seeing this, Ran Mouri quickly said, "Let me do it! I'm lighter, so I'm less likely to cause the elevator to malfunction."
Matsuda glanced at her figure, nodded slightly, and moved aside.
Seeing that he agreed, Ran Mouri skillfully kicked open the maintenance hatch cover on the top of the elevator, then nimbly slipped through the hatch to the top of the elevator, where she saw that the outer door of the elevator next to the top was tightly closed.
She rushed forward and used brute force to pull open the door. Even though she had managed to pry open the outer elevator door, she was still not satisfied. She thought to herself, "My skills are definitely not good enough. That curly-haired handsome guy just now opened the elevator door with a little effort, but I had to use all my strength to succeed..."
As she muttered to herself, she reached out her hand to the elevator: "Conan, Sonoko, come on up, I'll pull you out!"
As she reached down, Matsuda picked up Conan and handed him over. Then, after Ran confirmed that Conan had safely reached the floor, he helped Sonoko and the others enter the floor through this exit. Finally, after Ran had also safely entered the floor, he went up himself...
After confirming that everyone had left the elevator and entered the building, Matsuda was unfamiliar with the building's layout, while Ran, Sonoko, and Conan had all visited it a few days prior.
Knowing the general structure of the building, they immediately suggested that there was a connecting bridge on the next few floors that led to Tower B of the Twin Towers, and that they could go down from there.
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However, Matsuda hadn't actually gone downstairs.
There was no need for that, and besides, the madam upstairs definitely hadn't come down yet, so upon hearing this, he said, "You guys go ahead! I'm a little worried about the madam who got off the elevator halfway upstairs earlier, so I'm going to go up and see if she's come down."
"Brother Darmo! The elevator went up so many floors just now. It must have been tiring for you to go up without an elevator!" Facing the 'organization member', Conan tried his best to hide his high school student side and deliberately spoke in a childish tone.
-_-|| Thinking about how many flights of stairs he had to climb, Matsuda once again experienced how unlucky someone with E-rank luck could be. But he was an adult, and he wouldn't let a little kid see his frustration!
He casually bent down and patted Conan's head, saying 'fiercely', "Then you don't need to worry about it, little guy."
"Hey! But..." Conan had finally encountered a member of the organization and didn't want to give him a chance to slip away. He was about to say something when he suddenly heard several explosions coming from a distance on this floor.
Upon hearing the sound, Matsuda remembered the bombs he had found on the roof and other floors, and his expression immediately changed. Sure enough, the changes caused by the building had prevented the bombs from detonating automatically at their scheduled time.
Instead, they used a remote-controlled explosion method! Luckily, it wasn't nearby. Judging from the sound, it should have started from the gas pipes and electrical lines across the street. Realizing this, he scooped up Conan.
As he ran, he shouted to the people coming out of the elevator, "Run towards the connecting bridge quickly! The natural gas pipeline here has started to explode, and the flames and explosions will spread over here soon..."
As he shouted, he had already run several steps forward with Conan. The firelight from the explosion illuminated the floor, allowing everyone to quickly run towards the connecting bridge without being hindered by the darkness.
Seeing that everyone else was running forward, Matsuda originally wanted to grab a girl he knew and run with her, since girls of that age might be slow to react, and any delay could be fatal.
Everyone else was an adult, and adults should take care of themselves in a crisis! But before he could even reach out, he saw the girl, whom the girl who seemed to be called Sonoko, call Ran after he ran off with Conan in his arms.
He grabbed the girl with short, ear-length hair and ran towards the connecting bridge, wanting to cross it as quickly as possible to reach Building B. Her running speed was even faster than his.
At this moment, Matsuda was quite doubtful about life. Although he had been smoking, suffering from insomnia, staying up all night to build models and review various criminal case files since the death certificate of his childhood friend was issued, and drinking during his leave, he was still a qualified policeman.
He hasn't neglected physical training either, and he's never given up boxing. He feels that his physical fitness should be among the best in the police force, so how come even a young girl can outrun him now?
No wonder he's named Lan; he's practically born to run! He looked at his beady child with wide eyes because he lost the race to the child he was seriously injured with, but after the initial shock, he sincerely praised the other child.
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However, to their surprise, when they reached the bridge, Ran pushed Sonoko onto the bridge and told her to run towards Building B, saying that she would wait for Conan to join her shortly thereafter.
Just as Sonoko reached Building B, the connecting bridge was suddenly blown up from both ends. One section of the bridge fell directly to the ground from the air. To make matters worse, an explosion was heard behind them, accompanied by a wave of heat and thick smoke rushing toward the exit of the connecting bridge.
Faced with this situation, Matsuda Jinpei, who always believed that being impatient was the worst thing, did not succumb to anxiety. Instead, he calmly looked around and searched for a solution.
Crisis management methods.
He was, after all, a well-trained police officer, especially as a former member of the Explosives Handling Team. He had simulated such incidents many times, so he found the fire-fighting equipment in just a few seconds, put Conan down, and bent down to turn on the fire-fighting equipment.
He took out the fireproof hose, checked its length, and immediately opened the bundle. He strode towards Conan and the girl who was running even faster than him, comparing the hose end with the hose end as he shouted to them, "Come here, we're about to take a little risk."
On the other hand, Ran Mouri had felt that the young man looked familiar and his voice sounded familiar when she was at the elevator, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before. However, after seeing him, she had a feeling that she could trust him.
So when things were dangerous just now, Conan stayed by his side without worrying, but he couldn't remember where this sense of trust came from until he bent down to get the fire hose.
That strange yet familiar bending posture reminded her... Ah... wasn't that one of the policemen she met in the park seven years ago? She remembered that he liked to tease Shinichi, who was quite arrogant back then.
The posture he just adopted was very similar to the way he bent down to tease Shinichi. Apart from being much taller and having a more mature male physique, nothing else has changed!
Before recalling her memories of knowing and interacting with this person, Ran Mouri had subconsciously trusted him. Now, she naturally trusted his judgment and ability as a police officer even more. She immediately went over and asked decisively, "What should I do?"
"Extreme rappel!" Matsuda Jinpei said as he used a fire hose as a rope, lifting Conan up and tying him to Ran Mouri with a special knot.
At the same time, she mentally praised Ran Mouri for her calm and decisive reaction under pressure. Sure enough, this kid is just as easy to manage as she was seven years ago, much more likable than that arrogant future detective. o(￣ヘ￣o＃)
If Hagiwara could actually have a daughter who looks like this kid with that junior high school girl, I can imagine how happy that guy would be. Hmph... what a lucky bastard. o(￣ヘ￣o＃)
Ran Mouri had no idea that her trusted officer, San, was in the mood to slack off at this moment. She had a feeling that this was exactly what was going on, just as she had thought when the connecting bridge was disconnected.
However, before she even considered the possibility of success, the policewoman had already begun to take action. She wondered if this kind of thing, which she had only seen in special effects movies, could really be achieved in reality.
Conan also realized that Dalmore did this, but seeing that he tied himself and Ran together but not himself, he only wrapped the fire hose around his left hand a few times.
He had been secretly observing the man ever since he suspected that the man was also a member of the organization. He knew that the man's right hand was more dexterous in all his actions, such as opening and closing the elevator and helping others climb to the top of the elevator, so his dominant hand must be his right hand.
Therefore, knowing this information, Conan's wariness of the organization members meant that he wasn't worried about whether this person was trying to save others by doing this. On the contrary, he was worried about whether the person had wrapped the fire hose around his left arm.
Subconsciously, I guessed that he knew about other evacuation routes and wanted to make a final rescue of me and Lan before evacuating through other routes. But then I discovered that he had wrapped the fire hose around his left arm.
They also speculated that he might be going to use his right hand for something later, since the escape process was bound to be very dangerous, and if he had ulterior motives, he might do something unnecessary...
Even if he seemed to be doing good deeds, Conan wouldn't trust anyone from the organization, so he simply put on that innocent boyish face and tentatively asked, "Brother Darmo, why don't you tie yourself up too?"
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