Chapter 2698 2710 [False Accusation]
Just as he finished speaking, Conan remembered that there was an inexplicably low-key Maya Hashimoto next to him.
"..." After a moment of silence, he tried to make amends as if nothing had happened, "The magician who threw the cat might come back to bother you again. If you ask him now, wouldn't that be harming the cat?"
Suzuki Sonoko realized later: "It seems to be true..."
At this moment, a cell phone suddenly rang.
Hashimoto Maya, who was secretly looking at Gin, was startled and reached into his pocket. After a pause, he slowly took out an old black-and-white mobile phone.
Suzuki Sonoko saw this and was a little surprised: "Mr. Hashimoto is really frugal, but this kind of phone can't download applications. Isn't it uncomfortable to use it normally?"
Hashimoto Maya looked a little unhappy: "This is not my phone."
Someone must have put it in his pocket when he wasn't paying attention.
How could that person put such a big phone close to his body without alerting him at all? If this wasn't a phone, but a bomb...
Hashimoto Maya took a deep breath silently and felt like she had just walked back from the gates of hell again.
At the same time, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice: Fortunately, the many bitter lessons he and others had learned in the past made him dare not carry a gun when approaching Jiangxia - otherwise, if the guy who put the phone reached into his pocket and took out a gun... then things would probably be even more troublesome.
"Mr. Hashimoto? Mr. Hashimoto?"
Seeing Hashimoto Maya suddenly staring at a phone in a daze, the two high school girls looked at each other and asked him in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"
Hashimoto Maya came back to her senses: "…Nothing, I was just wondering when it got into my pocket."
Jiang Xia pointed to the still buzzing phone and said, "It seems like there's an incoming call. Pick it up and see."
Hashimoto Maya: "..." Really, do you really want to answer it? Don't you think this is very similar to those ghost calls in horror movies, where you will be haunted by evil spirits and die miserably if you answer it? - Based on experience, the best thing to do at this time is to hang up the phone, then throw this thing into the sewer, and let it be crushed into powder by the wheels on the rails!
But on second thought, this strangely appearing phone might have been arranged by my boss. If I really turned it into powder, then...
"Give it to me." The considerate detective stretched out his hand to him as he was struggling.
Jiang Xia seemed to see his reluctance and took the initiative to say, "This thing is indeed a bit weird. I'll take it."
Hashimoto Maya: “!” Is there such a good thing?
He was just about to humbly refuse and then hand the phone to Jiang Xia, but the understanding detective helped him skip this troublesome process.
Before he could open his mouth, Jiang Xia took the phone and pressed the speakerphone button.
A mechanical voice with an electronic feel came from the other end of the phone. The caller said in a slightly exaggerated tone: "Welcome aboard the Magic Train! How was it? Did you have a pleasant journey?"
"Not bad." Jiang Xia asked as if he was dealing with a guest, "Who are you?"
The person on the other side paused and said, "I am the Hell Puppet Master - you should still remember this name."
Jiang Xia: "Of course."
The Hell Puppet Master waited for a while, but nothing else came out and he fell silent.
Hell's Puppet Master: "..." Of course I know you still remember it, but as a detective who hates evil, isn't your tone and reaction a little problematic?
Fortunately, someone else gave him face and carried out the script he had in mind.
"Hell Puppet Master?!"
Officers Takagi and Sato, who were nearby, rushed over and said, "You are the one who caused the explosion and sent the threatening letter!"
"That's right." The Hell Puppet Master got the reaction he wanted, but he always felt that something was missing. He adjusted his mindset in a dull manner and continued according to his plan. "In fact, I called specifically to inform you that the bomb I planted is about to explode."
“…”
The two policemen listened to his calm tone and it took them a moment to react: "What did you say? A bomb?!"
Other passengers in the dining car: “?!”
Gin, who just had a refill of coffee: "..."
The cup in his hand cracked and two cracks appeared on it.
…
Unlike the organization members who quickly realized the current situation, other ordinary citizens did not want to believe this bad news.
Mao Lilan suddenly thought of something: "Do you think this voice is familiar? It sounds like the magician who handed out roses to everyone at the beginning. Maybe this phone call is also a magic..."
"boom--!!"
Suddenly, there was an explosion. Everyone dodged in panic and turned back in shock to see that the rose salad that someone had ordered had suddenly exploded. The delicate petals were shattered into pieces and scattered all over the table.
"Don't panic, it's just a small opening ceremony." The Hell Puppet Master laughed, "The next firework is the official gift. There are still 20 minutes before it is detonated - a little tip, it is different from the small fireworks just now, its power is enough to blow up this train, everyone please take it seriously."
After saying that, he hung up the phone without stopping.
Without that strange voice, the dining car became deathly silent.
The two policemen looked at each other, and Officer Sato took a deep breath: "I will contact the conductor and ask him to stop the train and evacuate the passengers. Takagi, go find the magic troupe and ask the magician who performed the rose magic before, which guy in the troupe he is."
…
The sudden explosion and the crime warning from the person behind the scene threw the passengers in the car into panic.
Fortunately, the train conductor had been in office for many years and was well-informed. After learning about the bomb, he quickly contacted the main station and finalized the next course of action.
"There's no official station nearby, but luckily there's a truck stop, so we'll stop there and drop off the passengers."
The flight attendants nodded, made an announcement, and trotted to each carriage, notifying passengers to evacuate from all directions.
Gin sat in silence in the sleeper car. After the attendant left, he took out his cell phone and sent a message with enough force to break the screen: [I have a mission in Hokkaido, put away your little tricks.]
While helping the flight attendant to notify the passengers, Jiang Xia took time out of his busy schedule to check his cell phone.
Seeing the condemnation from his colleagues, he sighed helplessly: "They are wrongly accusing me again. This is really too much."
Hashimoto Maya, who was standing by his side, heard him and asked, "What injustice?"
Jiang Xia came back to his senses: "Oh, there is a fan of mine on this train. He said that I have been delaying the arrest of the bomber and was stalling for time so that I could be a hero at the critical moment."
Hashimoto Maya: “……?” What kind of fans are these? Anti-fans, right? ——Now everything has just begun, even if Sherlock Holmes himself came, he couldn’t catch the criminal.
Moreover, this was Wu Zuo's plan. If Jiang Xia could easily see through it, wouldn't that adult be very embarrassed?
(End of this chapter)
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