Conan: The Mechanic

Chiba visited Charing Cross Station once when he was studying at Imperial College, but the architectural style at that time was obviously different from that of today - the roof of the station in the game is much more gorgeous than when he went. (In fact, the game's beautiful vaulted roof collapsed in December 1905, and it was only replaced with a much tackier structure and reopened in March 1906.)

However, the structure of the platform is still the same, so Chiba has a good understanding of the terrain here.

On the six platforms, only one train was still on the platform at this time.

This is very mystical. . . Because at this time, there should be more than just this train at Charing Cross Station. . .

Do not. . . It should be Noah's Ark who deleted the trains on other platforms - otherwise, there should be a crowd of people on the platform now. (European trains are waiting for the train at the platform, a bit like our urban railway)

At this time, a group of train workers was throwing something under the front of the train, and the front of the train was emitting roaring white smoke.

Jack the Ripper runs into the train from the nearest door - where's the ticket-checking cop? Was it attracted by the explosion of the opera house?

At this moment, the jet vents at the bottom of the front of the car also began to spew thick steam.

"Let's get on the train quickly!" Qianyu immediately realized that the train was about to start, and said quickly.

Conan, Maurilan, and Chiba also rushed into the train from the same entrance before the train started.

With the long deflation sound, the locomotive began to slowly move forward, but after advancing for more than ten centimeters, it was suddenly pulled. The connecting ring between the locomotive and the carriage was pulled straight, and the driving wheel and the rail rubbed in place. , raising countless gravels. At the same time, a "bang" sounded from the middle of the train.

"!?" Qianyu and the others had just entered the carriage through the door, but the carriage that was stationary was suddenly shoved forward, and Mao Lilan was swayed to the ground by the sudden movement - by the way, the already downed carriage was thrown to the ground. Conan and Chiba, who was grabbing a bulge by the side, were also crushed to the ground.

Qianyu was a little helpless, but she didn't say anything, because it's true that Maurilan and Conan knew that they should pay attention to this.

The era of steam locomotives has long passed. If Chiba had not studied steam locomotives, she would never have grabbed the handrail when the steam locomotive started. And Conan and Maorilan are both new generations, they have never been exposed to steam trains.

The steam locomotive itself has insufficient power, so it is impossible to pull all the stationary carriages at once. Therefore, before the steam locomotive set off, it had to move backwards and loosen the tight shackles between the carriages. In this way, the front of the car can pull the car section by section - the dynamic friction of the car is far less than the static friction.

Therefore, when the train pulls all the cars that can be pulled, it will be dragged by the next car, and after a while it will not be able to move forward again, and then it will be dragged by the next car until all the cars are dragged.

So, every time the train is dragged by a carriage, the train will shake. The shock just now was because the train happened to be dragged by the carriage where Qianyu and the others were, so it was exaggerated enough to knock Maurilan and Conan over.

Qianyu took a lot of effort to climb out from under Conan and Maurilan. She was about to lift Conan and Maurilan up when she heard a sound from the car door not far away.

The voice was so soft, so soft that Qianyu thought she had hallucinated—or was that just a hallucination?

But Qianyu's heart drove him to look outside the door.

The closer you got to the door, the more obvious the strange sound—it was the sound of something dragging on the ground.

Qian Yu felt even more uneasy in her heart, and walked quickly to the door.

They didn't close the compartment door when they came in, but now the compartment door is closed—not so much closed, but someone outside the door grabbed it, causing the inward-opening compartment door to be closed.

Qianyu approached the car door and glanced out through the car window, her eyes immediately filled with surprise and anxiety.

Haibara Ai was holding onto the handrail outside the door, her feet were being dragged on the ground by the high speed of the train.

This girl. . . Why don't you follow me?

"Why are you here?" Qianyu asked subconsciously, but then she realized that she shouldn't be entangled in this kind of problem now-you have to pull Haibara Ai up first!

Chiba pulled the door back with force, and Haibara Ai, who was hanging on the door, was dragged in at the same time.

"Why are you here?" Qianyu said angrily when Haibara Ai knelt at the door and gasped for a while.

"Why can't I be here?" Haibara Ai raised her head and shot back. "Where should I go should be my freedom?"

"Free to smash the train door?" Qian Yu said angrily. "You are dying!"

"I'm happy to die, you take care of me?" Haibara Ai was also angry.

"Ai-chan is probably here because Qianyu-kun is here, right?" Behind Qianyu, Mao Lilan said with a playful expression.

"..." Beside her, Conan narrowed his eyes slightly expectantly~www.NovelMTL.com~ looked at Qianyu and Haibara Ai-he was guessing what would happen next.

"That's not it!" Haibara Ai jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, and retorted loudly. "I'm just...just...I'm just trying to catch Jack the Ripper!"

As expected, Conan smiled.

Then, will Chiba's reaction be the same as she imagined?

"In order to catch Jack the Ripper, I don't even have to die!" Qianyu complained. "Fool!"

"You're an idiot!" Haibara Ai stared at Qianyu fiercely.

Conan covered his face with his hands to cover his smile - every time this happened, both of their faces would be very red. . . Although if they were asked to explain it themselves, they would probably say it was red-faced.

In the end, Maurilan, who had been smiling all the time, took Conan and left together. Behind them, Zhuxing Hongshu looked at the two who were quarreling with a half-smile expression.

Although it may be absurd to use such words to describe children like them, the two of them. . . It's really like a couple bickering every day. . . They don't like each other very much, but when the other party is away, their hearts are empty; their attitudes towards each other are not very friendly in their mouths, but their bodies are very honest. . .

Seeing Chiyu and Haibara Ai who were still arguing, Zhuxing Hiroki smiled and shook his head.

"You two, we should do something serious now, shouldn't we?"

"..." Haibara Ai and Qianyu both had a sense of relief in their eyes, but their expressions were still like "I'll spare you this time." "Humph!"

Zhu Xing Hongshu finally couldn't help it, and while trying his best to empty the air from his lungs to make himself laugh less loudly, he walked into the carriage.