Chapter 63 Conan's Shock
"Heh...you'll find out in a minute." Tsk! Why do I always feel like I'm being mocked whenever this brat talks? And I even have an urge to tease him back.
While thinking, Matsuda reached out to test if the fire hose was tied securely enough. Seeing that the knot was indeed tied properly, ensuring that the two of them wouldn't fall halfway, he gave them a slightly mischievous smile: "Hey! Get ready, the super exciting extreme sport is about to begin."
Without giving Ran and Conan any warning, he grabbed the fire hose and jumped down, causing Ran to scream in terror as she plummeted and lost her balance: "Ah!!!"
This guy is definitely a member of the organization; he's got some serious mental issues. Who would do something like this?! He should at least give them some mental preparation, shouldn't he? Doesn't he know what psychological preparation is for a teenage girl and a six or seven-year-old child...?
Although Conan didn't scream out of fright, the sudden feeling of weightlessness caused his face to change drastically, and he subconsciously vented his shock by constantly making sarcastic remarks!
In the few seconds that he was terrified and instinctively tried to calm himself down by complaining, the fire hose reached its maximum length, but it still looked quite high off the ground.
The three of them were being tossed back and forth involuntarily by the turbulence caused by the fall from a great height, just as Uncle Mori's anxious shouts came from below: "Ran! Hurry up, the fire hoses up there have started to catch fire."
Damn it! This is made of fire-resistant material, with good flame resistance. Why did it have to catch fire at this time, in such a short time? Fortunately, the pipe doesn't seem to have burned through yet. Quick, think of something to do in this situation...
Just as Conan was anxiously trying to find a way to solve the current predicament, Ran Mouri's superior physique allowed her to quickly regain her balance from the fall. She raised her hand and grabbed the fire hose in front of her, using her own swaying to increase the impact she would have to make a move.
Although Matsuda had gripped the fire hose tightly with his left hand during the fall, his left arm still felt strained. However, he didn't pay attention to his injury. Only after seeing her actions did he stop, as he was about to do something similar.
Then, while coordinating his body movements with Ran Mouri's actions to increase the amplitude of the high-altitude swaying, he took out a pistol with his right hand and aimed it at the glass window of the building that Ran Mouri was swaying towards.
Less than three seconds later, as Ran Mouri kicked the glass window, several of his bullets accurately hit several angles of the window, causing most of the glass to be kicked directly onto the ground of the building the instant Ran kicked it.
After a loud crash, a large section of glass shattered the moment it hit the ground. Fortunately, all three of them jumped safely into the building. Just as they finally landed on solid ground and were catching their breath, still shaken, they realized what was happening.
The fire hose that had saved their lives also fell from the sky, making the three realize that if they had been any later, they would probably have fallen to the ground... The thought of that scene sent a chill down their spines.
Even under these circumstances, Conan quickly regained his composure, looked at Matsuda, and thought to himself that he was indeed a member of the organization, carrying a gun with him. He had only used the fire hose in front of their knot to wrap around his left arm, leaving his right hand and body free.
He probably did this to create distance between himself and Ran, making it easier to control his body and aim the gun! It seems he really was the one who shot and saved Tokiwa-san earlier, and maybe there was another guy we encountered on the Shinkansen...
However, Conan simply didn't have the energy to continue the deduction at this point.
Leland, disregarding her earlier emotions, hurriedly untied the fire hose and ran downstairs. Fortunately, she had called the fire truck when the fire alarm was triggered, and the fire department's headlights were already on downstairs.
The incoming light made the lower floors of the building much brighter than the floors they had been on, allowing them to quickly and easily descend without needing any additional lighting...
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Once downstairs, Matsuda quickly took advantage of Ran Mouri being held excitedly in her father's arms, crying with relief that they had been rescued, to deliberately minimize his presence and hide himself among the crowd of onlookers.
He was preparing to return to the banquet hall on the top floor of the building where the dungeon was located as soon as possible, and he also needed to save the mother and child. However, the floors below the banquet hall were already burning bright red.
It's impossible to go up via the elevator or stairs anymore. I heard them talk about the building's structure when I was up there. There are two connecting bridges linking this building called the Twin Towers, but one of the connecting bridges was blown up just now...
As he pondered this, he looked up at the other connecting bridge that was still standing higher up, thinking that it was now the only passageway leading to the banquet hall of Building A, and that he could only go back through that last remaining connecting bridge.
Judging from the previous installation of those explosives, the sniping, and the destruction of the communication bridge, the person who seems to be the junior sister's brother, or his boss, not only wants to completely destroy something in this building, but also wants to kill someone who was in this building just now.
It should be a woman who looks a lot like this short brown-haired girl. He didn't voice his guess in the elevator to avoid panic, but if his reasoning is correct, the other party didn't fire a second shot after firing one.
Matsuda didn't think this action meant he wasn't confident he could miss the second sniper shot. After all, if he really wanted to kill the girl called Sonoko-san, in the elevator, he could at least hit her in other positions after a few shots.
Being shot in this situation, there was virtually no chance of escape, but the other side did not fire a second shot. Sonoko-san ran from the connecting bridge to Building B of the Twin Towers, which would definitely have been spotted by a sniper scope.
The enemy saw Sonoko-san escape, but Building B of the Twin Towers remained quiet and untouched. This suggests that the enemy likely realized the girl was not their target after firing the first shot, which is why they stopped shooting and pursuing her.
But it should also be confirmed that the person they wanted to kill was still inside Building A of the Twin Towers... If I were the younger sister's brother or the mastermind behind this attack, I would have made sure to install explosives on the roof and in flammable and explosive locations on each floor.
If even the connecting bridge is equipped with explosives, indicating a plan to turn the Twin Towers into an isolated city island, then there's no reason for them to leave the other connecting bridge untouched. Therefore, if his reasoning is correct, the other side should have also installed explosives on the other remaining connecting bridge.
If someone tries to escape through that bridge, the other side will likely blow it up, just like before, so that if you try to go back through that bridge in that situation...
What if you're unlucky enough to run into the target? You might either be blocked at Tower B of the Twin Towers before you even get there, or you might be blown up along with the connecting bridge while you're stuck on the bridge and unable to escape...
Given my terrible luck, I feel like both possibilities are very likely! It seems I need to find a way to stop or delay the bombing of the last remaining connecting bridge. How can I stop it?
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Matsuda looked around, trying to find a solution to the problem, when he saw a serious-looking person behind his glasses watching Ran Mouri and her father.
Conan speaks with great emotion.
Thinking about his behavior before and after Sonoko-san was sniped in the elevator, and the green fluorescence that appeared on those glasses at the time, a possibility made him quietly walk over, bend down and pat the little guy on the shoulder, and whisper in his ear, "Kid, can I borrow your glasses for a bit?"
That's what they said, but in reality, given Matsuda's personality, he didn't even wait for Conan's reply before taking off Conan's glasses, putting them on himself, and then trying to replicate Conan's behavior in the elevator.
With his nimble fingers and extensive knowledge, he quickly figured out how to use the glasses, adjusting the magnification and brightness as he looked towards the building where he had previously deduced the sniper was located...
"Huh?" Conan, who was looking up at Ran and Uncle Mori, was surprised by the sudden development and his beady eyes showed. He looked blankly at the 'member' of the organization next to him, who unceremoniously took off his glasses and quickly learned how to use them.
A cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his clothes on the back were instantly soaked. Damn it, how could this member of the organization be so perceptive? He had only used Professor Agasa's special tracking eyes once in front of him, and the other person had already noticed.
Thankfully, I didn't pretend to be Uncle Mori and try to deduce things in front of him, otherwise I would have been exposed in no time. I must be more careful in the future; I must never use Uncle Mori's identity to deduce things in front of suspected members or associates of the organization. -_-||
At the same time, Matsuda was not surprised to see the familiar handsome man with silver hair, pale skin, and a black coat standing on the rooftop, looking in their direction through binoculars, holding what appeared to be a small black remote control, and next to him was a very sophisticated sniper rifle...
Tsk! How arrogant! Making such a commotion and still daring to observe this area, why don't they just leave? Aren't they worried at all that they'll come down and tell the police about the sniping, causing the police to come and arrest them?
Or is he confident he can evacuate before the police arrive? If so, does the police have their own people? Corrupt cops? Never mind, now is not the time to think about these things. We need to quickly find a way to stop him from blowing up the last connecting bridge.
It's likely that he possesses the remote controls for all the bombs inside the building. If so, then the younger schoolgirl's older brother is probably the mastermind, commander, or planner of this attack—someone with decision-making power.
Thinking of this, Matsuda looked around at the police officers who were either busy putting out fires, rescuing people, or asking if anyone upstairs hadn't come down yet. In this situation, unless he planned to let loose like Hagi and steal his colleagues' phones, he would have to give in to their desires.
Otherwise, he would have to think of another way. As he thought this, he took off his glasses and returned them to Conan. However, as Conan took the glasses, he suddenly realized something, revealed a mischievous smile, and said to Conan, "Hey! Kid, go borrow your Raniejadu-san's phone for me to use."
As he spoke, he secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, when he and Hagiwara discovered that the way the bombs were assembled here was very similar to that on the Shinkansen, and guessed that it was related to the junior school girl's brother, they asked the junior school girl for her brother's phone number. They could try to contact him to stop it or buy some time.
"...Uncle Mori's phone, along with everyone else's, was taken away by Tokiwa-san's assistant in the banquet hall on the top floor because of the event. It's probably in one of the offices on the top floor." Conan, who was suddenly ordered to borrow a phone, couldn't help but show his beady eyes again.
However, out of wariness towards the organization's members, even though he didn't sense any malice or murderous intent from this man with such a foul tone, he still spoke in a childlike tone before tentatively asking, "Brother Darmo, don't you have a cell phone?"
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