Conan: I am definitely not a kid

Four years ago, downstairs in an apartment.

There was chaos in front of the usually quiet apartment door, with police cars parked here and there with their lights flashing.

The police officers from the search section had serious faces and hurried steps in and out of the apartment door. The on-duty police officers who came from the police station were knocking on doors to notify people in the apartment and organize the evacuation of the people in the apartment.

As the police car cleared the way, a motor vehicle with the words 'explosion-proof' on its body finally arrived at the scene.

As soon as the members of the bomb disposal team rushed out, Hagihara Kenji was surrounded by several people. He raised his arms and asked his team members to put heavy explosion-proof suits on him, while communicating with the police on the scene about the situation.

"Based on the clues provided by the prisoner, we have found the bomb installed in the apartment." A police officer from the search department held up a walkie-talkie and while arranging on-site operations, he took the time to introduce the situation to Hagiwara Kenji: "After communicating with the prisoner, it is currently The countdown of the bomb has been suspended at 6 seconds, and the residents on the two floors above and below the bomb have been evacuated, but to be on the safe side, it is best to wait until the residents on the entire floor have left the apartment before demolishing it."

As a special recruit member of the mobile team, even though he has only joined the explosives disposal class not long ago, Kenji Hagihara is already very familiar with this process. Hearing this, he nodded: "You don't have explosion-proof equipment. After confirming the bomb situation, be careful to keep a distance and observe. Don’t get too close.”

The Police Department of the Search Section nodded neatly: "I will inform them, thank you for the reminder."

The two of them didn't waste any time being polite. The police department of the Search Division determined that Kenji Hagihara had nothing else to know, and they joined their teammates in evacuating the scene.

This kind of super-high-rise apartments accommodates a very large population, and the police need to go door-to-door to confirm whether there are any omissions. The efficiency of the evacuation work can only be said to be average.

After Hagiwara Kenji was fully armed, there were still residents running out of the apartment door in a panic.

"Let's go up first."

Hagiwara Kenji decided to go up first to see the structure of the bomb. After all, although the bureau stipulated that the operation could not start until the evacuation of the people on site was completed, the sooner such a thing could be dismantled, the better.

It is very difficult to put on and take off the explosion-proof suit. After putting it on, it becomes even more sluggish and inconvenient to move. Hagiwara Kenji turned his head and raised his hand to stop the team members from putting on the heavy helmet. He was about to hold it in his arms. He moved upstairs first and then put on this stuff that made it difficult to breathe and extremely suffocating. Suddenly, he caught a cluster of things in the corner of his eye. A flash of fire——

"boom--!"

The sudden impact made everyone turn around subconsciously.

It's an explosion!

But hasn’t the bomb countdown been suspended?

Hagiwara Kenji turned around in shock and found that the first floor of the apartment was in a mess and was actually caught in a raging fire!

"what!!"

All the glass doors and windows on the first floor of the apartment burst open. The police officers who were surrounding the area and cordoning off the scene were immediately hit. Those who were close to the apartment were either swept away by the high temperature or scratched by sharp fragments.

"Get down!"

"Get away! Stay away!"

The policemen who woke up from the loud noise and impact of the explosion were in disbelief.

"What's going on?! Why is it exploding now?"

"The first floor was clearly checked and there were no bombs!"

"Police Department! Police Department, are you there?"

The evacuation scene instantly fell into chaos. The people who had just been taken out of the apartment fled in panic. The police officers held their injured colleagues and shouted for medical help. The police officers who were still able to maintain order ran to get fire extinguishers and sprayed them on the burning first floor of the apartment. There were even some people. He poured water on himself, covered his mouth and nose, and tried to rush in to save others.

wrong!

Hagiwara Kenji saw too many explosions and quickly discovered something unusual. He was wearing a heavy anti-explosion suit, and it was extremely heavy to move. He finally moved a few steps, but when he saw that it was almost too late, he just grabbed a passing policeman without hesitation.

Hagiwara Kenji shouted at him in the middle of the noise: "You can't go in!"

The other party had a blank look on his face like "What are you talking about?", and Hagiwara Kenji shouted anxiously: "The fire is not right! I'm afraid there is an accelerant at the scene! Just pouring it on yourself won't do!"

Hagiwara Kenji grabbed the young detective by the collar and shouted in his ear: "Once it gets exposed to the accelerant at the scene, it's over! Tell your police department, don't enter the scene for rescue at will! Wait for the professional fire fighters to come over!"

After making sure that the other party heard clearly, Hagiwara Kenji let go and asked the other party to report the message: "Remember! Put out the fire first!"

Other members of the explosive ordnance disposal squad have joined the team to maintain order at the scene. No one came to help Hagihara Kenji take off the obstructive explosion-proof suit. He could only stand at a safe distance while trying to unbuckle himself. Anxiously observing the situation at the scene.

From the perspective of priority for firefighting and rescue, those who were most directly affected by the explosion were the criminal police officers from the Search Section who were originally stationed in the lobby on the first floor. Most of the police officers outside the building were not seriously injured and had already left with the help of their colleagues. to the burning apartment and received emergency treatment.

However, the entrance and exit on the first floor were surrounded by flames, which meant that the police officers and residents who were still in the apartment and had not evacuated were trapped in the building. There was also a bomb in the apartment that was confirmed by the search department police officers!

Although the countdown has been suspended, who knows whether under such a level of explosion impact, the bomb will be detonated unexpectedly due to environmental stimulation?

There were bombs above and fire below. The people trapped in the apartment were obviously very anxious. They were organized by the police to stop near the safety stairs on the fifth floor and anxiously looked at the situation downstairs.

Fortunately, fire trucks arrived quickly with sirens blaring, and professional firefighters organized a team and joined in the fire-fighting operation.

The fire was quickly brought under control.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before the on-site personnel could organize the second wave of rescue, another huge "boom!" was heard.

Hagiwara Kenji looked up sharply following the sound, and could only see thick black smoke coming from a certain floor of the high-rise apartment.

——Another bomb installed upstairs exploded.

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Because it involved the search for dangerous objects and negotiations with prisoners, this case was mainly handled by the Search Division. Hagiwara Kenji was later informed that while the Search Division police officers were chasing the prisoners, one of the prisoners died in a car accident and the other one died in a car accident. One prisoner suddenly repented and restarted the suspended bomb remote control, intending to make the police officers at the scene pay for his companion's life.

In another subsequent case, Hagiwara Kenji saw a familiar bomb structure, and after painstaking efforts to investigate across multiple locations, he gradually realized that there was another hidden secret in the case that year. The truth may be far more complicated than the case determination of the Search Division.

And until now, in order to explore Mori Yuro's motives for approaching Matsuda Jinpei, through some unexplained investigation methods of Furitani Rei, Hagiwara Kenji finally found the third person hidden in the bombing four years ago——

The buyer of the black market bomb, Yuro Mori, detonated a bomb and accelerant on the first floor of the apartment, which directly led to the death of several police officers from the Search Division. It also indirectly allowed him to survive another bomb.