Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 761 The Real Overtime
Takagi Wataru, who was unaware of the movement above his head, was still looking up to observe the condition of Conan who had climbed up, while diligently explaining the situation on the scene to Sato Miwako on the other end of the phone.

"All the cables that suspend the elevator have broken, and the elevator has activated its emergency stop device. We are somewhere between the observation deck on the middle road and the first floor. Wait a minute, I'll go up and check the situation. If there is no suitable escape route, we'll have to ask the search and rescue team for help..."

Conan pushed open the elevator ceiling exit, turned the flashlight at hand, and immediately saw something eye-catching among the scattered cables.

"No, don't move, Officer Takagi!" Conan spoke up immediately, stopping Takagi Wataru from climbing up immediately after him, "The mercury rod is already working!"

"Water, mercury rod? What is that?" Takagi Shige moved his phone slightly away and looked at the dark hole above his head in shock.

"A switch that can be triggered by a slight tilt... is also part of the detonator." Conan carefully crawled forward two steps, approaching the numbers glowing in the dark. "In short, there is a large bomb here that can not only blow up the elevator, but may even break the East Metro Tower in half! The countdown has begun, and there is still one hour and forty minutes."

"What, what!" Takagi Wataru trembled and almost lost his grip on the phone in his hand.

Looking at Conan's feet with only a little of the tip of his shoes showing, Takagi Shigeru frowned and felt a little regretful for his previous actions.

Children should not be allowed to go up first.

"It's definitely right. It's similar to the bombs I saw in the movies." Conan, who identified the type of bomb at a glance, lied with his eyes open. "I've seen the movie introduction. It said that although the liquid on one side is very stable, when the two sides are mixed, the power will become extremely huge."

"Has the switch been turned on?" Takagi Wataru pursed his lips and realized what Conan meant.

"Yes, it's already started." Conan looked at the complex circuits and devices in the device under the light of his watch. "Whether you climb up to the ceiling now, or the search and rescue team climbs down with a rope, if any vibration is caused when you step on the top of the elevator, a huge explosion will occur immediately!"

It should be said that it was fortunate that he was still a light child. If he were an adult, the action of climbing up and observing just now might have triggered the switch.

"Even using the sling to climb out directly is impossible." After quickly checking the surrounding situation, Conan lowered his eyes to look at the device next to the bomb, "There is a bug here. Now, the criminal must be hiding somewhere to eavesdrop on the movements here. If his purpose is to have people stay here to dismantle the bomb, then once we try to leave, he will directly detonate the bomb."

Takagi Wataru took a breath and his expression became completely heavy.

Compared to the murder of Jinpei Matsuda three years ago, the criminal this time has become more cunning and more vicious.

This is a trap that has absolutely no intention of letting the trapped people survive, and has completely blocked all escape routes.

"Isn't this completely helpless..." Takagi Shige muttered to himself, moved the phone away from his ear, and looked down at the battery level.

There is still 30% of battery left, which may be enough to last until the countdown is over, but if I keep talking on the phone, it will be a question whether I can last until noon.

It seemed that he had to consider hanging up the phone directly, and like the police officer who died three years ago, he should consider preserving as much power as possible and use it on the critical blade position...

"Don't say that, Takagi!" Sato Miwako's voice was a little tense, "Support is on the way. We still have time to come up with a foolproof plan! Don't..."

Don't follow in Matsuda's footsteps.

Mercury rod, countdown, eavesdropping device...

A bad feeling came over her, and she had already anticipated what might happen next.

The situation she tried her best to avoid still happened. Was she going to watch someone step into a death trap again?

“Also, we just saw someone approaching the direction where you are trapped from a higher position. The kids said it might be the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. You are not at the end of your rope yet…”

So please, don't die...

Her voice was very nervous and trembling, almost like a plea.

"Sato..." Takagi Shigeru heard her voice as if she was about to cry, and closed his eyes in discomfort.

He knew that the reason why Sato Miwako had not been in a relationship until now was not because she had no feelings at all, and it was not even entirely because of Matsuda Jinpei.

He heard the self-deprecating description from Yumi Miyamoto and Miwako Sato who was drunk that day.

The people who were close to her and the people she loved all became very unfortunate. She thought she was a cursed person, which was why she experienced the pain of loss again and again.

Her father, her elementary school physical education teacher, even her former classmates, and of course, Jinpei Matsuda.

If I can't get out safely today, then Sato...

Takagi Wataru below was caught in a tangled emotional state, while Conan was concentrating on checking the situation.

Conan touched the cable carefully to confirm that his action would not trigger the sensitive mercury switch. He glanced at the battery level on his watch and slowly exhaled.

Takagi Wataru couldn't get up, and the search and rescue team or explosive ordnance disposal team that arrived couldn't get down either.

The only solution now is to let him, who still has access to the bomb, be responsible for defusing it...

"We have another way..." Conan calmed himself down and was about to say this when a piece of soft cloth touched his head.

After a moment of confusion, Conan controlled the amplitude of his movements and raised his head blankly.

I met a pair of blood-red eyes that glowed in the darkness.

"Hey, isn't this our great detective?" Tang Ze, who was hanging upside down in the air, raised his hand and waved at Conan easily, "Are you in trouble again? Do you need a hand?"

"...Eh? You..." Conan, who had never expected to see Joker here, was stunned for two seconds, and then immediately looked at the bug at hand.

The prisoner is currently eavesdropping on the situation here in real time, and suddenly someone comes up with this...

"A bug, right?" Tang Ze raised his chin and hinted euphemistically, "You've seen other people use this thing, right? No matter what function the bug has, it needs to be monitored with headphones. In other words, you are holding a one-way condenser microphone in your hand..."

Without waiting for him to continue, Conan, who was extremely quick to react, suddenly realized something and immediately grabbed the bug in his hand, without caring about where the resonance cavity was, and rubbed it against his clothes frantically.

He himself often used this kind of equipment, so he knew very well that a bug could basically be regarded as a radio receiving device consisting of a condenser microphone and a wireless radio frequency device. He also knew very well how to drive an eavesdropper crazy.

Tang Ze raised his hand and pressed the volume reduction button on the headphones in anticipation, and then he heard Motobashi Yoji's scream again as he wished.

You like listening, right? Then listen more.

After making sure that the eavesdropper couldn't hear the noise here, Conan asked again to confirm: "Why are you here? Are you following the signal?"

Considering Takagi Wataru below and Sato Miwako on the other end of the phone, he was careful not to reveal any title.

His watch, which he now uses as a flashlight, contains the locator of the Phantom Thieves.

When accepting it, Conan was actually very clear that he was indirectly accepting the assistance agreement of the Phantom Thieves, that is, as long as he was willing to share his location information, when something happened to him, the Phantom Thieves would be able to find him accurately and provide help.

That being said, it was still unexpected that they came so quickly. "What's going on?" Takagi Wataru, who was below, heard the unexpected movement above his head and asked in surprise.

In such an environment, when a strange voice suddenly appeared, the first feeling it brought to people was naturally horror rather than being rescued.

"Of course, I'm here to save people, and by the way..." Tang Ze looked up.

A red chain transformed from his scarf hung down from above. His other two teammates did not have the ability to control the rope as easily as he did, so they could only climb down on their own.

Conan followed the direction of his gaze and looked up at the dark top of his head.

In the darkness, a man dressed in black slowly approached from the darkness, grabbed the hand that Joker extended, and landed towards where he was lying.

It wasn't until the other person's face came closer that Conan saw the pair of raven blue eyes.

"Come and solve some remaining problems." Looking at the familiar bomb below, Matsuda Jinpei waved at the surprised kid with black and gray engine oil on his face.

The dazed Takagi Wataru hadn't reacted yet. Sato Miwako on the other end of the phone caught the man's voice and her eyes suddenly widened.

That is, that is...!
"The next step is confidential time. Noah." Tang Ze wanted to snap his fingers to show off, but he was holding the rope with one hand and Matsuda Jinpei with the other, so he could only call out directly.

"receive."

"Hello, hello?! Takagi, Conan!" There was a noisy interference sound coming from the receiver, and Sato Miwako shouted twice to the other end of the phone.

In response, there was a flat busy tone on the other end of the line.

It was hung up.

"Damn it, let me pass, I want to go in and take a look--"

"Sato, Sato, calm down! The explosive ordnance disposal team is on the way!"

"You don't understand, let me in--"

Jinpei Matsuda turned his head and glanced at the smiling Karasawa, and heard the confused voice of the newcomer in the Investigation Section who had no idea what was going on in the elevator, and he rolled his eyelids.

This evil-minded guy could have found a way to block the communication before he got close, but he had to hang up the policeman's phone only after he started talking. It was obviously intentional.

I just don’t know which old friend from the Investigation Division 1 is on the other end of the phone…

Matsuda Jinpei had a complicated expression on his face but didn't say anything. He just followed Tang Ze's extremely slow descent and slowly stepped on the messy iron roof.

The broken steel cables of the elevator were coiled randomly on the ground, and it was not easy to find a suitable foothold, which made his standing posture a little awkward.

Not to mention, there was a little kid lying there, looking at him stupidly.

"Make way, little friend, let me meet an old acquaintance." Matsuda Jinpei, dressed in a black robe, raised his chin and signaled Conan to make room for him.

The countdown on the fluorescent screen, the mercury rod, the impending explosion... these ghost things were all too familiar to him.

Conan looked at the newcomer's face, then looked at Joker's, and after observing them for a long time, he revealed a strange expression.

Thinking of the information analysis related to the serial bombings that Joker had asked him to help organize, he had a bold guess...

"Let professionals handle professional matters." From Conan's expression which was a mixture of confusion, horror and disbelief, Tang Ze could see that he probably understood a little about Matsuda Jinpei's identity, and answered suggestively.

"He, he is--" Conan understood the answer from Joker's half-smile, and pointed at the man squatting in front of the bomb with trembling hands.

"Shh." Tang Ze raised a finger and pointed at the elevator below, then at the bug in Conan's hand.

Conan looked down at the small device in his hand, then at the open elevator ceiling. He lowered his head and continued to rub the bug on his clothes desperately.

The Phantom Thieves who suddenly appeared obviously trusted him, so they had no intention of hiding their faces. Conan himself was of course very trustworthy, and Takagi Wataru, who was left alone, was also a trustworthy good man.

But it was precisely this group of trustworthy people, plus the eavesdropping device in his hand, that formed a strange and secretive situation.

Damn it, why is there such a frustrating feeling...

Tang Ze shook the rope and swung to the wall on the side of the elevator shaft.

Xingchuan Hui, who was lurking in the shadows, accurately grabbed his arm and placed him on the horizontal concrete pillar on the side.

Tang Ze finally didn't have to play Spider-Man anymore and relaxed, and continued to tell riddles: "Isn't it romantic? An evil ghost who takes revenge on the murderer himself. You know, I always like this kind of drama."

Conan looked at the man in the black cloak and understood what Joker was referring to.

After years of forbearance, he finally succeeded in killing Asai Narimi, the enemy who killed his father. In order to avenge his mother, he killed three of his old friends, Shimabukuro Kimie. He even wanted to seek justice for Sawada Hiroki, so he simply set up a Noah's Ark of kidnapping...

Joker is a guy who advocates justice based on results and therefore supports blood revenge. Conan was very clear about this when he first met him.

It's a good thing to prevent tragedy from happening, but it's so exaggerated that he can do this. If it continues like this, won't this guy fall into another level of paranoia...

While Conan was mechanically rubbing the bug, he once again fell into the philosophical puzzle of how to pull his friend back from the extreme of the gray area. Over there, Jinpei Matsuda, who had removed the cover, was observing the structure with a flashlight in his mouth. His eyebrows twitched twice when he heard this.

Without turning around, he protested vaguely: "Hey, what is a demon?"

"Okay, okay, let me put it another way." Tang Ze raised his hand and changed the metaphor smoothly. "Didn't that guy say that the 'extra game' has started? It's a good description, so I decided to fulfill his wish."

The contest three years ago entered round 2, and the real "extra game" had indeed begun.

"'The Phantom Thieves of Hearts'?" Thinking of what Sato Miwako said when she was grasping at straws before, Takagi Wataru was startled and suddenly realized who the person who appeared above might be.

Joker, like other mysterious thief characters, is very popular in the media due to his popularity and involvement in events, but there are very few people who have actually come into close contact with him.

Conan is one of them.

So the one who could communicate with him so familiarly must be the Phantom Thief Joker, and that, that other relatively mature male voice...

Thinking of the strange and fantastic experiences of the past two days, Takagi Shigeru swallowed his saliva and called out tentatively: "Matsuda... uh, senior...?"

He was responded with two low chuckles.

(End of this chapter)