Chapter 19: Shopping Mall Bombing (Part 2)
After Nimachi Shigenori finished speaking, as if to announce the end of his speech, an explosion occurred at the last entrance and exit of the mall.
Fortunately, the police who entered early had already evacuated the crowded crowd nearby, preventing further casualties.
But at this moment, the shopping mall, which is isolated from the outside world in the conventional sense, is in darkness because most areas have lost power.
The only light was the glow of the fire where the explosion had occurred, apart from the few remaining lamps and the red light of the camera.
In the chaos, the police were checking for bombs and rescuing the injured at the same time. Three elementary school students slipped away from the crowd without anyone noticing.
This newly opened shopping mall was invested by Suzuki Sonoko's family, and Suzuki Sonoko had been here several times before it opened.
After it opened, Kudo Shinichi didn't want to come because he wanted to play football after school, but Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran still liked the children's playground inside and made plans to come here twice.
Therefore, they were much more familiar with this place than Kudo Shinichi was, and were not unfamiliar with pointing the way.
The first thing Kudo Shinichi wanted to find was the control room.
The bombs were all controlled remotely, and Nimachi Shigenori deliberately cut off the power, leaving a single monitoring circuit and some lights on, in order to facilitate monitoring of the movements of people in the mall.
The first place where one can see the surveillance of the entire mall is the control room. It is possible that Shigenori Nimachi himself is not in the control room and transfers the data to his own computer and hides it somewhere else, but the control room can see the entire mall, and it is easier to infer Shigenori Nimachi's whereabouts.
Yes, Kudo Shinichi believed that Nimachi Shigenori himself was in the mall at the moment.
Whether in detective novels or in some real-life cases that he has come into contact with, Nimachi Shigenori's personality is very typical.
He doesn't care about other people at all, and has no so-called empathy. He is self-centered. Therefore, when he is about to die, he plans to do something big to keep his reputation alive forever.
Therefore, he would definitely be there to personally ensure that the plan would not be disrupted, and if necessary, it would not be impossible for him to sacrifice his own life.
Coincidentally, there are many people who have the same idea as Kudo Shinichi.
However, compared to Kudo Shinichi, who is not experienced enough, the adults have already confirmed the worst fact.
Although the police were trying to comfort the hostages, provide rescue, and find a safe evacuation route while defusing the bomb, the emergency response team had not arrived before the mall entrance was closed.
After all, the report received was about witnesses of the explosion by Hisaji Jōno, so the first people to arrive were the patrol police in charge of patrolling the area and those who came to arrest people.
As for Jinpei Matsuda, he came here on his own - after all, he was transferred from the □□ Processing Team to the Investigation Section 1 because of something, and his colleagues knew it.
Jinpei Matsuda can be said to have deep hatred and indignation towards the bomber.
Therefore, at this moment, the only police officer who has the expertise and can spare personnel to investigate the bomb is Jinpei Matsuda.
Jinpei Matsuda was not afraid that Shigenori Nimachi was watching his whereabouts behind the surveillance camera, and he quickly found a bomb.
A red countdown was flashing on it.
24:58.
Not just a bomb, but a time bomb.
There were simple bomb disposal tools in the bag he carried with him. Jinpei Matsuda tried to dismantle them and found that they were similar to the models he had dismantled before. It was not very difficult and he could solve the problem in three minutes.
However, there are only twenty-two minutes left in the countdown.
This newly opened comprehensive shopping mall has five floors, and we don't know how many bombs are inside. It will be too late to just demolish them.
Others who discovered this included Toru Amuro and Shuichi Akai, who had just sneaked in and found a bomb on the ceiling.
Toru Amuro's current mood is not at all good.
The rampant bomber is endangering society again. Hiro must have stayed here to catch the bomber, which is equivalent to being trapped in this mall. The people arranged by Gin didn't listen to him at all. After entering the mall, they started searching for people.
He was anxious to help Morofushi Kagemitsu out of his predicament, but he also knew that the person who should be dealt with most now was Nimachi Shigenori.
But at this moment, the annoying Lei was still beside him.
Of course, if Lei was to act alone, he would only be more cautious.
Amuro Toru opened the bomb with a dark face that was actually hard to tell. After looking at the countdown, he realized that Nimachi Shigenori had no intention of leaving alive and was completely planning to turn this shopping mall into ruins.
He sneered as he defuses the bomb: "Even if you don't do anything, the traitor can only live for more than 20 minutes. Do you really want this credit so much?"
As an undercover agent, Shuichi Akai wants to help Morobushi Kagemitsu, but he is not sure whether Amuro Toru is in the same situation, so he might as well test him out.
However...
Akai Shuichi picked up the dismantled bomb, turned it over and took a look, and confirmed, "It's from the organization."
Amuro Toru understood, and he put on a fake smile, "It's impossible for an organization to ship such a large quantity without a backup plan. When I came, I heard that Gin was on the way.
Given Gin's attitude towards traitors and rats, and the need to destroy all traces of this batch of goods that have caused too much noise, if the police show any signs of solving the bombing case, I'm afraid he will remotely control the background to blow up this place.
However, if he could control Nimachi Shigenori before him, find Scotland, and bring him back alive, his achievement would be even greater.
If you are afraid, go back, Lei."
He showed the madness of the intelligence agents in pursuit of dangerous interests to the fullest. Besides, they were code members after all. If Gin had not doubted them, he would have definitely notified them to leave before taking any action.
Shuichi Akai didn't see anything wrong, but given the tight time schedule, it would be better for him to meet with Scotland first.
Scotland's reason for staying here as an undercover agent must be for Nimachi Shigenori.
"We act separately, each according to our own abilities."
Lei, with his long black hair, was not provoked by Bourbon. He opened the door and walked out, avoiding surveillance. After looking at the mall guide map that could be seen everywhere, he went to the control room with a clear goal.
——In order for Shigenori Nimachi to monitor the entire mall, he had to stay in a place with electricity. It would be easier to detect the situation when most of the power was out.
It's just that they found a place that was more suitable for a secret attack. Otherwise, given Nimachi Shigenori's mental state, if they suddenly cut off the power or the electricity in the mall, the other party might feel that they had lost control and then remotely control all the bombs to explode.
Amuro Toru noticed the direction of Lei and quickly took action. He had more things to do and more things to consider, so his methods naturally had to be more reliable.
He followed the light circuit to find an office with electricity. He sneaked in, turned on the computer, plugged in the USB drive with its own software, and prepared to invade the mall's backend control system, which naturally included the surveillance system.
In this way, you can check the situation of the entire mall, track Nimachi Shigenori's location from the backstage, and send messages to Hiro through code words using lights.
As for Morofuku Jingguang, it is a bit difficult to describe.
After the broadcast was over and the last passage of the shopping mall was blown up, Morobushi Kagemitsu discussed with Jiono Hisaji that he was going to look for the criminal and Jiono Hisaji could leave from somewhere else and there was no need for him to take the risk with him.
Although Jyouno Hisaji is also a bomber, no one was killed in his bombing. Morofushi Kagemitsu thinks that this man has problems with his brain circuits but is not a bad person.
Morofushi Kagemitsu said a lot, and Jyouno Hisaji responded with a “Huh?”
Morofushi Kagemitsu: "..."
To be honest, his blood pressure was almost off the charts again.
The player was innocent. He didn't even watch the automatic broadcast of the plot earlier. He switched off to look for information about the detective on the Star Network.
He was hit by the fact that he couldn't get rid of the wanted warrant even though he was a detective, but after completing the main and side quests of this copy, his sunk costs were even greater. It would be a pity to die at this time!
However, the information found about the detectives was not satisfactory. Although there were always some illegal activities, they were all minor and could not be compared with his level.
The plot dialogue with the quest NPC Scotland was also automatically skipped, and the player decided to wait until the end of this dungeon to see what happens.
Therefore, when players switch back from the Star Network, they have no idea about the current situation.
He opened the task list and saw that the stage mission had not been updated. It was still to protect Scotland. This should be the last stage of this mission.
Morobushi Kagemitsu, who has a really good personality, briefly explained the current situation to the players. Time is urgent and they are not going to delay any further.
The players suddenly realized that the game was not thrilling enough with just some plots of monsters chasing Scotland, so a minesweeping mode was also added!
He completely ignored the NPC's words asking him to leave, and took out two wild mushroom and chicken skewers from his backpack and stuffed them into Scotland's hands.
"Go to a safe place and hide to eat if you get hurt. Leave this to me!"
Morofushi Kagemitsu: “Wait…”
Before he finished speaking, the player disappeared.
Morofushi Kagemitsu: "..."
Why do I feel so uneasy?