Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 765 Tang Ze: It's time to get a rat

"Ah - the exam is finally over -" Suzuki Sonoko cheered and raised her hands high, "I'm free!"

She let out a breath and stood up. She turned around and was about to pull up her best friend who had packed her stationery, but she saw Mao Lilan holding her mobile phone with a serious look on her face and looking at something.

"What's wrong?" Suzuki Sonoko came closer and looked at her phone screen, "Is there something..."

In the picture, Takagi Wataru, with an embarrassed look on his face, is being interviewed by a reporter. He stutters as he responds to the reporter who is praising him with exaggerated words. It is obvious that he is not used to such an occasion.

"No, no, I'm not the one who defuses the bomb. Because of the special switch, I can only ask the children who climbed up to help... Yes, the suspect has been arrested, and we have launched an investigation into the case..."

"Isn't this the policeman from the First Investigation Division?" Suzuki Sonoko, who had followed Maori Ran and Maori Kogoro and had come into contact with the First Investigation Division many times, quickly recognized the embarrassed face in the picture, "What bomb disposal? What happened?"

Mao Lilan pursed her lips, but her eyes were fixed on the scroll bar below.

"'Toudou Tower Explosion Crisis'? 'A first-grader with both wisdom and courage helps the police dismantle a large explosive'?" She read the subtitles below in a low voice, and thought of Conan and Karasawa who had not returned home all night, and veins slowly popped out on Ran Maori's forehead.

Even though the police did not allow the child who assisted in bomb disposal to appear in front of the camera on the grounds of protecting privacy, she identified the suspect at the first moment.

What did that guy say on the phone yesterday? Huh?

"Oh my god, did such a big thing happen today? Damn, it's all because of the exam. I missed it completely." Suzuki Sonoko held her face and exclaimed, "The exam is really... huh?"

Just as she was about to make some more outrageous remarks, her attention was drawn to the sound of sirens coming from below. Like many other people in the classroom, she walked to the window and looked down.

A line of police cars with sirens blaring drove in from the school gate, and the police officers who got out were communicating with the school staff who came out to greet them.

This time it was Suzuki Sonoko who narrowed her eyes and carefully observed the person getting off the bus.

"Hey, is that Tang Ze? Why is he with the police? Is there a case? Oh oh! Xiaolan, the one you just saw...!"

Standing in the crowd, Tang Ze was communicating closely with the police officers from the Investigation Section.

"The school did find the criminal's traces in the surveillance. That's amazing, Tang Ze-kun." Shiratori Renzaburo, who was standing next to him, patted Tang Ze's shoulder and said with emotion, "You are quite talented in this area."

While Takagi Shigeru was still trapped in the elevator and the connection was disconnected, the Investigation Division 1 suddenly received a message from Karasawa.

He did not join Takagi Wataru who went to the faulty elevator to investigate the trapped people. Instead, he ran to the monitoring room to retrieve the surveillance video while everyone was evacuating, and successfully locked onto a suspicious guy in the elevator video.

This is why they were able to lock down Yoji Motobashi in such a short time and successfully intercept the criminal who was still playing with circuits at home.

"No, that's too exaggerated, Officer Shiratori." Tang Ze could only smile in response. "I just thought that if it was really done by the criminal of the serial bombings, then he should still use the same large liquid bombs as before. It would be very difficult to install such a heavy object in a tourist attraction with a large flow of people without anyone noticing. As for watching the surveillance... you know, my memory is pretty good."

Elevators are facilities that are rarely opened for inspection unless there are any faults. In many places, even basic maintenance and warranty are neglected. Under normal circumstances, how could someone place such a heavy object on top of an elevator without being discovered?
So when the Ferris wheel fell directly from the Honbashi Hall into the elevator shaft of the Dongdu Tower, Tang Ze did not forget to ask Noah to retrieve the elevator maintenance records and related surveillance videos of the Dongdu Tower. Naturally, the message sent to the police was also done by Noah.

This would explain Tang Ze's whereabouts during the bomb disposal.

In response to his modesty, Shiratori Renzaburo shook his head seriously and said, "No, you don't understand the value of your efficiency. Even if there are only four or five cameras, the suspect entered the Dongdu Tower 72 hours ago, which means that the surveillance video that needs to be checked is as long as hundreds of hours, not to mention switching between different cameras to confirm the identity... This is a professional criminal science investigation technology, not everyone can do it."

Even though it may sound like there is no technical difficulty just by watching the video, since surveillance itself has not yet been popularized, and the clarity and usage systems of different cameras vary greatly, it is not easy to identify such a suspect by manpower alone without a keen sense of criminal investigation.

Criminal police can indeed achieve similar results, but that is often done by relying on human wave tactics, with more than a dozen people working day and night for several days to find a clue.

It took Tang Ze less than two hours to find such an accurate answer, saving countless manpower and resources.

Moreover, they did not rely on the detective's reasoning, but solved the urgent case entirely through criminal investigation. This was a rare experience for the Investigation Section.

In response to his sigh, Tang Ze could only show embarrassment but politeness and did not respond.

Don't talk nonsense, it's Rum who is watching the surveillance, not him. If you talk nonsense, be careful that Rum will make a choice and accuse me as well.

This is not a question of talent or not, it is a question of strong artificial intelligence breaking through with violence. It is Noah who is capable, not him.

"It's amazing." Shiratori Renzaburo was still sighing to himself, "The bomb disposal personnel have entered the scene now, and it will probably be done soon. It's a pity..."

A determined and calm character, a high aptitude for learning, and even the other party's congenital diseases will only become an advantage in this profession. This will be a detective with a photographic memory and a built-in evidence library in his mind.

It’s a pity that Tang Ze’s criminal record means he is destined to have no chance of becoming a policeman.

Tang Ze blinked, not knowing how to answer this question.

He is indeed good at being a policeman, but not in this aspect...

He changed the subject and said, "What about Conan-kun and Officer Takagi? Are they okay?"

"It's okay. They both escaped at noon and are on their way here." Shiratori Renzaburo hesitated for a moment and did not reveal any more information.

The problem now is actually with the bomber himself, who theoretically would hardly be injured as a result of his criminal act.

As they were going to arrest him, the bomber was attacked by a small explosive from nowhere.

According to the feedback from the scene, the other party probably had no intention of killing, or even of hurting anyone. It was more like a provocation with a warning, and the power of the explosives used was only slightly stronger than large fireworks.

But for some reason, the prisoner just stood there acting like a tough guy, motionless as he was hit by the explosion at close range. He suffered medium-area burns all over his body and multiple serious external injuries caused by the collapsed garbage and debris. He has not yet regained consciousness.

However, all this has nothing to do with the enthusiastic citizens who provided clues in time and solved their urgent problems.

"You were able to identify Teitan High School as the target in a timely manner, which was a great help." Shiratori Jinzaburo skipped irrelevant content and continued to thank the entire Metropolitan Police Department, "We were able to lock on this place so quickly because this is your school?" Conan had already explained clearly when he was acting with Takagi Wataru that the final answer to the puzzle about the criminal was the school.

The extra innings in American baseball games are abbreviated as extra. The defensive rate mentioned later is generally abbreviated as era, extra-era in baseball scenes. Together with "reversal" and "extension", it constitutes the school logo in the map logo.

However, even knowing this, there are hundreds of schools of all sizes in Tokyo, and without the reminder that the criminal has to stay in the countdown for three seconds, they still cannot be accurately located.

Fortunately, Karasawa is a student of Teitan High School. He tracked Yoji Motobashi's recent movements and determined the location.

"Well, that's probably the reason." Tang Ze glanced in the direction of Class 2-B and silently took the blame.

How to say it, this is not a question of Teitan or not. When you find that there is a bomb and the location of the bomb is uncertain, you should give priority to where Mao Lilan is.

She is the kind of lucky person who, if there is a bomb under a random seat in a cinema and she randomly buys a ticket to that cinema, then it is 100% certain that the bomb is under her butt.

Don’t ask, the answer is the koi halo.

"I really have to thank you this time, otherwise... um?" Shiratori Renzaburo wanted to chat with Tang Ze for a few more words, but when his eyes turned to the police who were quickly withdrawing from the gymnasium, he couldn't help but frowned.

Although the criminals have been caught, the demolition work does not need to be carried out in secret, but running around in panic is a bit...

"All five bombs have been defused!" The policeman who ran over quickly reported loudly. The others just smiled excitedly, but the next sentence broke their smiles, "When we found them, all the bombs had been defused!"

"...Huh?" Megure Jusan, who was still communicating with the school teacher, froze in his tracks. "You mean the criminal didn't intend to activate them?"

"No, they have all been removed manually. We found these in the gymnasium." The police officer handed over the piece of paper in his hand while trying to choose his words accurately.

Megure Jusan only took a look at the thing and closed his eyes in pain.

He knew what the red and black hard paper card was without even looking at it.

Forget about the murder case, this was an explosion that attracted everyone's attention. He couldn't even imagine how helpless he would be when he faced the media...

Although he was in pain, Megure Jusan quickly adjusted his mood and took the two or three pieces of paper in his hands.

The note on the card that was not used as a notice was quite concise.

"There is a beginning and an end."

To put it simply, since we have been involved for such a long time and have deeply interfered with the work of the police, does that mean that everything should be handled in a complete and complete manner?
Megure Juzo, who had already learned from Takagi Wataru that the person who defuses the bomb was also from the Phantom Thieves, put down the card and looked at his subordinates around him for a moment.

"Forget it, the explosives still need to be dealt with."

"Yes, and they entered the East Capital Tower and were seen by so many onlookers and the media."

"Calm down, Officer Megure. Calm down. If a press conference doesn't work, just say that we are enthusiastic citizens..."

The police officer who handed over the card hesitated for a moment, but chose to swallow his guess about what he saw at the scene.

The paper card was indeed thrown near the oil drum where the explosives had been removed, and those dangerous objects were indeed defused manually.

However, rather than the bomb disposal personnel leaving them at the scene as a reminder of their identities, it seems more like they were thrown out randomly during a fight or a quick run...

Forget it. Inspector Megure still has to see the photos of the scene later.

Tang Ze, who was standing behind them, watched a group of mentally broken detectives walk towards the gymnasium. He took two steps back with a smile, took out his cell phone, and prepared to contact other teammates.

They had to work all night to deal with Yoji Motobashi and then rush to defuse the bomb. No matter which group they were in, they should be very tired now.

Especially Matsuda Jinpei who just awakened today. Even if he relied on some potions to prolong the stimulation effect brought by awakening, he should be almost exhausted now. He might even fall asleep and be dragged away by Morobushi Kagemitsu...

He took out his cell phone and just clicked on the new message of Kaito Line, he saw the last message left by Zhu Fujingguang in the group, whose code name had been changed to Spy.

Spy: SOS

[Spy: Tang Ze, don't come over here, run! ]

"Snapped!"

Just as Tang Ze frowned and was about to figure out what was going on with Zhu Fu Jingguang, a hand hit him heavily on the shoulder, causing Tang Ze to almost stagger forward.

Tang Ze was so shocked that he froze for a moment. A bad premonition quickly came over him, and his face turned pale in an instant.

It's over, I'm really going to be killed this time.

"Mr. Amuro..." Having prepared himself mentally, Tang Ze shrank his neck, turned his head, and gave Amuro a cautious and flattering smile, "That..."

"Well, what?" The guardian, who hadn't seen the others for two days, showed a bright smile. "You talk, I'm listening. Don't worry, we finally meet again, I can't let them beat me to death, right?"

"Um..." Tang Ze glanced around at the police who had left to check the explosion site, so there were not many police officers left. "If we fight here, the detectives will misunderstand us."

"Don't worry, I'm not prepared to fight." Amuro Toru tightened his arms, clamped Tang Ze's neck directly, and dragged him out without saying anything. "How can a one-sided beating be called a fight?"

"Come on, Mr. Amuro, Mr. Amuro, calm down, I can't breathe, I can't breathe--!"

(End of this chapter)