Conan: On the possibility that Whiskey is an undercover agent

Thanks to the daily training of the action team, Scotland, as a sniper, has excellent physical fitness and hardly ever has a headache or a cold in a year.

But he was a little confused just now, and he didn't even notice what Tokaj said behind him. Realizing this, he immediately woke up. It must be that this guy had a fever yesterday that infected him.

"Zero."

The familiar word made Scotland's nerves tense, and he repeated it tentatively.

"zero?"

Iori Yemuro stared at Scotland in the rearview mirror. He paused for a long time before explaining.

"No. P-000, Paxton Whiskey."

This is not a secret. Anyway, the defective product will be cleared away, so there is no harm in telling Scotland.

What's more, despite being a flawed experimental subject, Paxton's physical fitness is far stronger than that of ordinary people. His size and strength alone are enough to create a sense of oppression. Being able to inform teammates of the enemy's weaknesses in advance naturally makes it easier for them to cooperate in combat.

"His weak spot is his right abdomen, which is not protected by a metal bracket. Of course, it would be best if we could snipe him directly. There is something else I want to think about..."

Metal bracket?

After learning that Paxton had undergone human experiments, it was not difficult for Scotland to understand what Tokaj meant, so they were facing a strong guy who was almost inhuman.

Even Ley and Scotland themselves might not be able to defeat him in a head-on battle. How could flesh and blood be able to defeat steel and iron in the physical sense?

What's more, there is Tokaj, a weakling who can be killed by a slap from Paxton, except for being a bait to lure out the target.

Scotland was lost in thought.

"Oh, and the right eye, too. His right eye is a prosthetic eye, which is a blind spot in his vision."

When Paxton was sent to the laboratory, he had been blown beyond recognition. All his limbs were blown off, and only two-thirds of his body and one intact eyeball were left.

The bionic limbs fit him well, but they could no longer revive his damaged eyeballs, and the installed prosthetic eyes had no vision.

At that time, Iori Yamuro was determined to achieve some results, so he came up with an idea and did something beyond his plan - he converted his eye into a mechanical electronic camera.

They also secretly placed a locator, as if for remote monitoring, but since the order to hunt down the person was issued, it means that Paxton had used some means to steal the organization's control over the prosthetic eye.

The organization would not allow anything to get out of control, so they asked Iori Yemuro to find a way to solve this mess.

To be honest, if it weren't for this accident, he would have forgotten about it. Judging from the development of the situation, Iori Yemuro himself felt a little bad.

——Someone hacked into his laptop through his exclusive control channel.

There was a thrilling red flash on the screen, and after a freeze, someone typed a line of words in the middle of the desktop.

"Please enjoy your masterpiece."

The scarlet artistic font took over the entire screen, like a threatening invitation.

If only I had known that I would have slipped my hand and let him die on the operating table, Iori Yemuro felt a little regretful. Now he has caused such a big trouble for him.

This method is not something that a fool like Paxton would do. There must be someone helping him behind the scenes. The bomber's style is very different from this. From this point of view, the only one left is the hacker who secretly helped them.

Based on where Tatsu had been active during this period, he had already received a warning letter from the bomber to the Metropolitan Police Department.

〖The clock strikes twelve at midnight, and Cinderella has lost her crystal shoes. My dear Prince, please go to the banquet with your noble love.

——tatsu.〗

The only thing here that fits this fairy-tale setting is the anniversary event held by the department store in the city center. Judging from the flow of people today, they really are planning to make a big deal.

This is really crazy. Iori Yemuro rubbed his brows, ignored the outline of the double object, and stuffed a piece of hard candy into his mouth.

Suddenly, a sharp turn almost made him lose his breath. Scotland, who was driving in front of him, explained while turning the steering wheel, "There is a policeman stopping the road for inspection at the intersection ahead."

ha?

Having been waiting here so early, Ye Shiyi was pondering the riddle. Based on his understanding of Paxton, this prince was most likely referring to himself, and he was definitely waiting somewhere here.

So the question is, what should the prince do if he is stopped by the police outside?

It was not wrong to say that Scotland's sharp turn was due to the police. He glanced inconspicuously at the white Mazda left behind, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he was sure that the other party didn't notice it.

I met a classmate while undercover, this mission must be of hellish difficulty.

But Scotland clearly remembered that they were not on the list of people sent by the Metropolitan Police Department's Explosive Ordnance Division for support. Could something unexpected have happened?

"Drive slower, drive slower!"

There were screams coming from the Mazda speeding on the road. Gojo Yoshiharu, at his age, had never ridden in such an exciting ride before. Realizing that there were other people in the car, Hagiwara Kenji slowed down the car and said repeatedly with a guilty conscience.

"Ah, isn't this urgent? Sorry, sorry!"

Matsuda Jinpei then yawned and pushed up his sunglasses, "Why haven't they arrived yet?"

"It's okay, it's okay. It only cost me half my life."

After hearing this conversation, Jinpei Matsuda was startled and all sleepiness disappeared. He quickly checked if Officer Gojo next to him was okay.

"It's a good thing you can sleep."

"This is called conserving your energy." Matsuda Jinpei patted the toolbox, "We have a tough battle to fight tonight."

"You two are the only ones coming to the Explosives Department?"

"We came here when we were on a field mission. The others are still on the way. Have the people from the Investigation Division arrived earlier?" Hagiwara Kenji paused, "Officer Ida... is there too?"

"We've arrived a long time ago and are still screening suspicious individuals, but there's little hope." Gojo Yoshiharu glanced at his watch. "We need to evacuate everyone before twelve o'clock. I don't know what this guy is thinking. He's crazy."

"We still have to find the location of the bomb first. It will take at least twice as long as usual to evacuate people."

It had to be tonight, Matsuda Jinpei sighed, this Tatsu had been playing with them before and no one was killed every time, but this time he had a bad feeling.

He wanted to take out the puzzle he had printed before, but he took out a piece of candy instead. When Gojo Zenji saw it, his expression changed and he said teasingly, "Oh, you want candy again."

"It's wedding candy given by others!"

"What's the big deal? Don't be shy. My daughter loves candy, too." Gojo Yoshiharu said jokingly with an expression that said, "I understand."

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly put it back. Only then did Matsuda Jinpei remember that this seemed to be the wedding candy that the police officer next to him had taken from someone else.

Since it is wedding candy, it should bring some good luck.

Due to the police's interception, it was extremely difficult to bring the guys in. Fortunately, Lei scouted the area in advance and hid some things in it.

"I'll stay outside. The view from the window on the next floor is just right."

Iori Hashimura looked at the supervisor curiously, but Scotland remained calm, "Don't I know Paxton's weaknesses better than Lei?"

That's right, Lei didn't care how the work was divided, as long as he could complete the task and make sure Gin didn't make any mistakes. He was happy to be close to Tokaj.

Logically, he should have shared the information with Lei, but since Gin believed that this was a bottle of Schrödinger's fake wine, Tokaj chose to stand on Gin's side unconditionally.

If this really was a traitor, without Scotland around, Tokaj felt that he might be the one who needed to be wary.

There are still two hours until midnight, and Ye Mu Yizhi suggested that they act separately temporarily to avoid attracting the attention of the police.

This is a reasonable explanation, he needs some free time.

"Children's Park, please go to the third floor!"

Avoiding the bustling crowd, Iori Yemuro followed the instructions and came to the children's playground alone. A temporary theater had been set up here early, and the staff members dressed up as fairy tale characters.

Considering that she was also a target of Paxton, Iori Yemuro not only wore colored contact lenses when she went out, but also put on a rabbit mask on her face, and successfully blended in with the staff.

There were a lot of doll costumes backstage, and Iori Yemuro took the opportunity to get herself one.

"what are you doing?"

Ye Shimu Iori paused for a moment, then immediately zipped himself up. He turned around and saw a fox standing at the door. His expression couldn't be seen from the doll's costume, but his tone showed impatience.

"You're too slow, hurry up!"

Fortunately, he didn't seem to notice anything, so Ye Muro Iori took the opportunity to move closer.

"How long will it take? I hope I haven't wasted any time."

"Send them away early, before twelve o'clock."

Ye Mu Yizhi felt that there was something wrong with these words, but the next second the crowd suddenly became a commotion, the spotlights flickered and changed, and the castle projected on the screen turned into a bunch of garbled characters.

bang——

The aftermath of the explosion from the ceiling caused the ground to shake, people were screaming and children were crying, and Iori Yemuro knew that they were starting to take action.

"Damn it! Why is it early?!"

The staff member who had just been leading the way cursed, and Ye Shiyi suddenly had a bad premonition. He saw the fox tear off its head and reveal its true face.

The collar of his police uniform was exposed at his neck. He glanced at Iori Yemuro who was standing still and said, "What are you doing? Go and evacuate the people!"

After saying that, he quickly took off his doll costume and rushed out, leaving Ye Mu Yizhi who didn't know what to say.

This guy is actually a policeman!

All the lights here were off, and the lit screen of Ye Shiyi's mobile phone was particularly eye-catching. Everyone was scrambling to escape from the mall, but he was still wandering around leisurely, which looked very suspicious.

"Mom, Mom..."

Just as Iori Yemuro was about to take off his mask, he paused and followed the source of the sound, finding a crying child holding a fox doll under a chair.

The child was about four or five years old, with pigtails on her head. The light from the cell phone's flashlight focused her attention on Yemuro Iori.

"Sister Rabbit!"

Yeshiro Iori, who was still hesitating whether to share a piece of chocolate with her, stopped. Seeing this, she shouted again.

"Brother Rabbit!"

With tears in her eyes, she looked over pitifully. Children are the most adept at testing, because adults always relax their tolerance for young children. Yeshiro Iori was defeated and walked over to pick her up.

Probably because they did not expect the time to be advanced, the manpower dispatched by the police was obviously insufficient, and it would be even more difficult to take care of them if they were dispersed to every floor.

"I'm very good, don't leave me, my mother's phone number is..."

I have to say that this child was well taught by adults, but it was a pity that the person he met was not a policeman but Iori Yemuro.

He didn't have the time to escort the child to safe evacuation, and it would be the most dangerous for him to follow him, as Paxton could come knocking on his door at any time.

"Number p-000 has entered your visual range. Do you want to start real-time positioning broadcast?"

This is killing me.

Ye Shimu Iori estimated that the locator's prompt meant that the distance between him and him was no more than a hundred meters. He just didn't know if the chip was still accurate after a few years.

This was the third floor. Iori Yemuro quickly went down to the second floor and stuffed the child into the stairwell, then returned to the theater from the other side, and even found time to call the police.

With so much time, finding a child should not be a problem. The Japanese police should not be so useless.

"Someone else will come to see you later. Stay here and don't make any noise or move around."

The protagonist has not appeared yet and the prince has not waited for Cinderella, so it is safe here for the time being.

Comparing herself to Cinderella...Yamuro Iori had long felt that Paxton was mentally ill. Perhaps he should have changed everything and replaced his useless brain with a computer.

After an unknown amount of time, the long alarm finally stopped and he heard some tiny noises.

Da da--

Something was approaching, and Iori Yemuro swallowed the candy, turned off his phone and sat in the audience.

A figure at least two meters tall appeared in the theater. He walked very quietly, at least for a man of this size, it was incredibly quiet.

one two Three……

Iori Yemuro counted her steps, and the voice assistant in the Bluetooth headset gave her instructions.

"Number p-000, only five or three meters away from you..."

The theater stage seemed to be cast under a spell of shrinking. The dim stage lights that were still intact lit up flickeringly, and the light couldn't even illuminate the road below the stage.

The scarlet eyes instantly locked onto the target. The man shook off the non-existent dust on his shirt and performed a nondescript gentleman's salute.

"Cinderella" is on the scene.