Chapter 148 Birds and Light

After the initial chaos, the venue was completely silent. Almost any sound would echo clearly in the venue. Even the suppressed cry of the girl next to her was suppressed by the masked gangster with a submachine gun, and was suppressed back into her throat.

"You, get up." The suppressed voice came from not far away. Edogawa Conan frowned and looked over there. He saw two people pointing guns at a girl with light brown hair. One of them was holding a mobile phone in his hand, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

The girl stood up for a long time. She looked like she was about to fall down at any time, and her eyes were full of tears. She came with her teacher. The teacher was an old man in his 50s or 60s who looked very interesting in a printed shirt. His painting style was similar to this outfit.

Seeing his student being pulled up, the old man could no longer sit still. He stood up and dragged the girl back behind him, and shouted, "Where are you taking her?!" "Get

out of the way!" The man said dissatisfiedly. He obviously didn't want to waste time getting entangled with others. He used the butt of his gun to hit the teacher's head hard, knocking the teacher to the ground.

"Teacher!" The girl's tears that had been about to fall finally fell from her eyes. She was about to go up to check on her teacher, but someone next to her grabbed her wrist and twisted her to the other side. The girl quickly cried out in pain and her body was stiff and she dared not move.

Blood soon oozes out from the place where the butt of the gun hit the old man's head. The gunman still feels that this is not enough. He stretches out his foot to kick the girl to the other side while taking her away. Before his toe can kick the other person's vulnerable abdomen, he feels a flash in front of his eyes. The person lying on the ground is pulled back a little, avoiding the front of his hard leather shoes.

The gangster looks down with dissatisfaction, and sees a black-haired man holding the old man half in his arms and pulling him to the other side. The goggles block the facial features of the eyebrows, and the curves of the lower half of the face are soft, but the pink eyes under the goggles shoot out a sharp gaze, suppressing the gentle temperament around him.

"Pretty boy." The gangster muttered while holding his gun. He felt that the man's eyes looked familiar for some reason, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. He wanted to say something else when the man who was escorting the crying girl next to him winked at him and said in a low voice, "Don't make trouble."

Yueshan Chaoli tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart. He frowned and quickly checked the wound on the old man's head. After putting on the goggles, he could only see a darker gray.

The old man was still conscious, his eyes still following his student who was taken away by several people. The blood flowing from the wound soon soaked half of his face. After the examination, the black-haired man turned to look at the two people who were about to leave, "I need a medical kit. It's next to the hall where fire extinguishers are placed."

His voice was not loud and fell steadily. The moment he spoke, the gangster who had already turned around and was about to leave quickly raised his gun and turned to point it at him.

"Medical kit?" The man sneered as if he heard something ridiculous, "You are not qualified to negotiate with us."

Conan Edogawa felt his heart was about to rise to his throat. He held his watch and opened the lid. Then, the boy noticed that the masked gangster seemed to have thought of something. Even with his face covered, he could see that he showed a somewhat strange smile, which made him inexplicably startled. This smile made him suddenly realize something, and he quickly turned around and shouted, "Be careful!"

At the same time the boy shouted, the gangster raised his gun at an extremely fast speed, aimed at Tsukiyama who was squatting next to the old man, and pulled the trigger. The bullet fired from the gun, but the man did not even dodge to the side, and did not even blink.

The bullet landed on the floor next to the black-haired man. The gunshot triggered screams one after another, and the Red Scorpions scattered around the venue with guns in hand suppressed the screams.

"I am not qualified to negotiate with you." Yueshan Chaoli took a deep breath and stood up. His hands were covered with blood that had not yet dried when he examined the old man's wound. It was sticky and uncomfortable. Then, as if on purpose, the black-haired man imitated the gangster's behavior and chuckled sarcastically, "But the hostages are the bargaining chip in your negotiation with the police. In the current situation, what you just told the police in front of the camera is that the safety of the hostages will be absolutely guaranteed."

The man was really angered by his attitude. He gritted his teeth and put the muzzle of the gun against the other's chest. He was about to say something when he was interrupted by the voice from the stage.

"Give him the first aid kit." The man who looked like the leader spoke in a very impolite tone, as if he was very dissatisfied with the chaos in the venue. After scolding the impatient subordinate, the man turned his gaze to the inside of the venue and paused slightly on Tsukiyama Asari, "We will naturally ensure the safety of the hostages, but..."

"This is under normal circumstances." The man's voice was fierce and his tone was very good. "You'd better be obedient. There are 214 people here. I don't care about fewer disobedient guys. The police will not refuse our request because a few hostages died and ignore the safety of other hostages."

Knowing that he said this to her implicitly, giving her a first aid kit was already the biggest concession. He took the medical kit from the criminals, squatted down and bandaged the old man's wound carefully.

"Thank you, my...student." There were dark gray bloodstains in the wrinkles on the old man's forehead. After thanking him, he only looked at the girl who was taken away.

Once a teacher, always a father. Although he knew how worried the old man was now, Yueshan Asari could only close the medical kit and whispered in a pale and useless language to comfort him, "Don't worry, it will be fine."

The old man looked blankly in the direction they left, not knowing whether he heard it.

"Brother Asari." When Tsukiyama Asari was bandaging the old man, Conan Edogawa moved slowly and came to the side of the man when the criminals were not paying attention. Because of the leader's words just now, the venue was full of whispers and it would take a while for the crowd to quiet down. His voice was not abrupt. "You did it on purpose just now?"

According to Tsukiyama Asari's character, it is impossible for him to say such a reckless thing in such a dangerous situation, especially since the guy who injured the old man was obviously hot-tempered and angry. He could only be deliberately provoking others.

When he asked, the young detective figured out the reason. He couldn't help but cast a glance at his brother because of this risky behavior.

Tsukiyama Asari silently stretched out his hand to block the other party's gaze.

No, don't I usually give him that look? Why is it the other way around today?

[Because you were so brave today that the detective boy was shocked.]

The system replied in his head. He certainly knew what this guy was thinking. It was just that this was a theater version. It was not like a comic where you could not use the time converter to reverse the scene you had drawn, and you could start over again no matter what happened. So this guy now had the three huge words "not afraid of death" written on his head, and he dared to rush forward in anything.

The worried system turned the data in its own database for a while, and still gave a reminder.

[You should be careful. Don't waste all the points Shugo has earned in the past seven years in one night.]

'Of course not, do I look like such a spendthrift?' Tsukiyama Asari replied in his heart, speechless. He had felt something was wrong earlier, and took out the murderous index tester that he had used on the cruise ship before. The murderous index was basically 70 or 80, and the lowest was more than 50. The bright red eyes and the leader's promise of 'absolutely guaranteeing the safety of the hostages' were completely inconsistent.

He was thinking, and felt that the little boy next to him pulled his wrist. In the meeting room that had become quiet again, Edogawa Conan could only choose to use actions to communicate information.

'Kiri... was taken away.'

Tsukiyama Asari quickly recognized what Edogawa Conan had written on his palm, and was somewhat surprised that the young detective had discovered it so quickly.

The boy's expression was very serious. He had just seen the content on the mobile phone of the gangster who had dragged the girl when Tsukiyama Asari was confronting the man. It was the surveillance video in front of the bathroom. The girl seemed to be looking for something with her head down, and after glancing at the sign, she rushed in and ran straight to the side of the bathroom where the little person in a skirt was drawn.

This bathroom looked familiar. Edogawa Conan pondered for two seconds, and soon realized that this was where Mao Li Ran and Asuka Kiri were just now.

Is there anything special here? Or is this bathroom a trap? But if it is a trap, how did they "select"?

The boy looked at the huge sign with "Open" written on it at the door of the bathroom for several times. Before he could see clearly, the man put away his phone and dragged him away.

That sign always feels a bit suspicious. The boy frowned and pondered. I remember before, Sonoko said...

'Really, this is too much, Xiaolan, let me tell you, the sign on the door of the bathroom that said "under maintenance" was too small, it was just tucked at the bottom, and I almost broke in, even if it was in the conspicuous red color...'

That's right! It's the color that is used.

Conan Edogawa's eyes widened instantly. He gritted his teeth and looked to the other side. He finally found Mao Li Ran at the door of the bathroom, and Asuka Kiri, who had been with the long-haired girl, disappeared.

Damn! If the target is really Kiri, and considering Cointreau who appeared at the venue before, this group of people is probably related to that organization.

He could only tell Tsukiyama Asari next to him about the situation. The black-haired man seemed to be at a loss after knowing the news. He was panicked for a long time before he calmed himself down.

Concern leads to confusion. Conan Edogawa next to him looked at the man and couldn't help but worry. He didn't know if it was right for him to tell Tsukiyama Asari about what he had found.

Tsukiyama Asari had no idea what the little boy next to him was thinking about. He was discussing in his mind whether concealer could effectively prevent the scar on Asuka Mizuki's neck from being discovered.

Asuka Mizuki was threatened with a gun and walked into the elevator. Then, something was stuck on the top of his goggles, blocking all his vision. He didn't know how long he had been wandering in the huge building. When the black cloth was removed, he was in a completely unfamiliar place.

The windowless room was like a huge iron cage. The only two exits were the ventilation duct next to it and the locked door behind him. In addition to him, there were five other people who were also captured in the room.

The researcher who came back with him didn't rush to speak, but kept looking at the watch. After six or seven minutes, he finally waited for the last person to be forced in. It was the girl who was taken away in front of Tsukiyama Asa and others at the meeting.

She was taken away at 18:13, and now it was almost 20 minutes.

The white-haired boy wrote down this information that might help analyze the location.

"Ahem." After the girl was pushed to the side of a few people, the man standing in the middle slowly tied up his messy hair, revealing his face that had been hidden by his hair before, "I'm sorry for the intrusion of inviting you all here."

His appearance did not match the gray hair. If he changed his hairstyle, he could go to an office building and cosplay as a nine-to-five office worker. In this respect, this researcher is somewhat similar to Matsuo Kazushi.

But the latter is greedy and afraid of death, a guy who is all show and no substance. Compared with him, this researcher is much more dangerous. He has no false titles and reputations to maintain, and he is not even afraid of death. He never hides the madness in his eyes that makes people tremble with fear. He is a guy who dares to do anything for his passionate research.

After all, few people dare to bring up the topic of experiments in front of Cointreau and Bermode at the same time and directly express their interest in their research.

The most troublesome thing is this kind of guy who is not afraid of death.

The white-haired boy couldn't help complaining in his heart. Forget it, this is a theater version, there is no restriction on the use of props, no matter what happens, I can handle it.

"Okay, no more nonsense." The man smiled, "Everyone, take off your clothes, don't be shy, take your time."

......?

No, I can't handle this at all.

Fei Niao Wu, who had just made up his mind, wished that time could go back a few hours. Even if he could only pretend to be unconscious on the way here to escape, he would never step into this venue.

Look at the previous article after the modification suggested by the previous suggestion~ There are quite a lot of changes in the settings, and a lot of new plots have been added to the hot spring chapter. 3