Conan: On the possibility that Whiskey is an undercover agent

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The alarm rang in the corridor. Lei, who had just got something from the control room, heard a loud explosion. They actually took action in advance, which meant that Paxton had already discovered their infiltration.

It's time to reunite.

Thinking of this, Lei was about to take out his cell phone to send a message to Tokaj, but some sharp and dangerous intuition forced him to give up halfway. He pulled down a chair and threw it behind him, then rolled to the side.

His heart was filled with alarm bells, and he turned around to check. The place where he was standing was cracked by a punch from the person who came. The guy who was coming was Paxton, who swung his hand and smashed the chair towards him, and the wooden structure shattered with a "clang".

A terrifying power that is not human at all. No, this guy is actually a cyborg.

Paxton withdrew his hand, and a look of doubt appeared on his mixed-race face. He looked up and down at the somewhat embarrassed sniper, and his expression became slightly disdainful and disgusted.

"You look familiar. Are you the sniper partnering with him this time?"

The figure was so oppressive that Lei had to look up to see his face. At this moment, the humanoid weapon was approaching step by step. The right eyeball with obviously inhuman features turned mechanically, and a strange red light flashed, and finally locked onto him.

Will die...

If you don't run away.

Realizing this, Lei fled with his survival instinct, and the feeling of his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, making him unusually calm at the moment. No wonder Tokaj didn't intend to let himself and Scotland kill him directly, because this was simply impossible.

Find a way to escape.

"Coward, a low-level creature like you, don't you even have the courage to face me?"

Maybe a provocation?

Lei had no time to take care of these things. Fortunately, there were more obstacles indoors, making it easier to hide than in the open outdoors. Paxton's extremely tall stature actually held him back.

bang——

The shelves filled with items were forcibly torn apart, and this happened to be his hiding place. Due to the power outage caused by the explosion, the dim environment also brought inconvenience to Lei.

On the other hand, Paxton can always find his position accurately, as if he has night vision. Wait... maybe this guy really has some equipment.

Damn Tokaj!

Lei cursed inwardly and pulled out a gun from the half-opened guitar bag at the back. At this point, he didn't care about the accuracy, as long as he could disrupt the opponent's actions.

The expected sound of the bullet penetrating into the human body did not come. It was as if it collided with some refined steel armor. A few bangs only slowed down Paxton's movements. Lei gritted his teeth and continued shooting.

As if he was enraged, Paxton lifted up the huge shelf, and the metal frame and the goods flew away. Lei even saw sparks from the impact on the ceiling.

Commodities were flying all over the sky and suddenly fell down. There were more obstacles on Lei's way forward, and he also had to be careful not to be hit by the large goods.

Without the obstruction of the shelves, these small obstacles could not affect Paxton at all. In the blink of an eye, Lei felt that the other party was almost approaching him.

Relying on his intuition gained from years of wandering between life and death, he made a prompt decision to dodge to the right. In just a split second, the sharp wind from the fist brushed past his hair and hit the spot where his head was originally.

This punch would definitely make his head explode.

Lei thought with fear that he had just heard the sound of air friction.

What the hell is this perversion!

After running for a short distance, Lei changed course and turned right, but saw that Paxton's speed slowed down slightly for a moment, and the electronic eye flashing red light turned left and right, unable to capture the target.

Just now it seemed that Paxton also covered his left eye but ignored the right one. Suddenly he had an idea.

Lei rolled over and went under the shelf. He squinted his eyes and watched for a while before he realized that the guy was blocking his right abdomen with his right arm. Although it was difficult to aim with his eyes, it was still easy to hit the right abdomen of such a big target.

Let's take a gamble, thinking this, he raised the gun again.

bang bang-

"Gunshots!? There's someone else inside!"

"What's happening here!"

Too much energy has been spent on calming the rioting crowd. Jinpei Matsuda put on his sunglasses in annoyance. This riddle is confusing. What princess and prince? If the policeman is considered a prince, then does that mean the bomber is a princess?

Alas--

Jinpei Matsuda was troubled by his own thoughts.

"Cinderella's glass slipper..."

Kenji Hagiwara was thinking, and suddenly he slapped his head, "Ball! Cinderella's shoes fell on the stairs when leaving the party!"

"So the next bomb is at the staircase from the second floor to the first floor?"

Jinpei Matsuda continued, saying that they had defused a bomb at the entrance of the mall, but the continuous gunfire just now proved that there were other people inside, and it was very likely that the police officers from the investigation department had a conflict with them.

"I'll go!"

Matsuda Jinpei squeezed the wedding candy in his pocket and tossed the cigarette box to Hagiwara Kenji who was standing beside him. The latter wanted to say something, but when he saw him rush in without hesitation, he opened his mouth and swallowed his words in the end.

The explosion just now came from the ceiling of the third floor. Jinpei Matsuda was not sure how many bombs there were, so he could only check as much as possible because the police from the search department were still looking for those who had not escaped in time in the building.

We must buy time for our companions. If we can defuse one more bomb, we may be able to reduce the risk.

Matsuda Jin calmed himself down and concentrated on dismantling the bomb. The sounds of fighting and gunfire on the upper floor gradually stopped, and it was unclear which side had won.

The theater was still dark, with only a flickering spotlight on the stage, and the floor shook as the man moved.

"Long time no see, are you having a good time?"

The young man's cheerful tone was like the greetings of old friends reuniting, but of course the two of them would never have such thoughts. The tall man on the stage raised his hand, and Iori Yemuro couldn't see the other person's situation clearly, but he soon knew what this meant.

boom--

A heavy object was dropped to the ground and there was a sound of glass breaking, probably from the glass table in front of the seat. Iori Yemuro sat in the chair without moving, even though the seats in the front rows had been violently removed by this "Cinderella".

"You finally came."

The man's right eye turned mechanically and met the pair of calm golden eyes. He frowned and said with some confusion.

"You also performed surgery on yourself?"

Ye Shimu Iori's first reaction was that his brain was indeed broken. After a while, he realized that this person was staring at his eyes. He still remembered his previous eye color, which meant that he had not lost his memory.

The hacker probably didn't seize control directly, which means that Paxton is now in a free and sober state.

It was a bit of a ruined atmosphere, and Iori Yamuro didn't plan to answer this question, "I was invited here to appreciate my masterpiece, so what show are you going to perform, Zero?"

Zero, P-000, was once the name of Paxton before he got a code name. He was Iori Hamuro's first human experiment transformation subject and the first experimental subject with a code name.

Paxton's record is truly outstanding. As a cyborg, he is simply overwhelming in completing missions and has never lost. Yemuro Iori is also particularly valued by the boss because of him.

"certainly--"

The one who spoke was not Paxton. A figure walked out from behind the curtain, waved away the former, and walked towards Yemuro Iori.

"Mr. Tokaj, you are about to see the most spectacular fireworks show!"

Tatsu stepped in front of him, "I don't think you will refuse, look at how panicked those cops are, haha! Oh, of course, I won't forget, of course there must be guests for the ball, this building is very lively."

He snapped his fingers, and then the lights in the theater and the exhibition hall in the distance lit up. Not all the lights were on, but small areas were lit up in an almost irregular manner. Yemuro Iori probably guessed what he was going to do.

There are still many hostages in this building, and those lighted areas are either where the hostages are or they are misleading. However, there is less than an hour left until twelve o'clock, and it is completely impossible to search and rescue them all.

Moreover, what is the difference between this and clearly seeking death? If they do not come to search and rescue, he can naturally manipulate public opinion and create a shocking case. According to the height of this building, there must be at least dozens or even hundreds of hostages.

Back to the present, the current situation is not good for Iori Yemuro. At least he didn't expect Tatsu to come to see him on his own initiative. Generally, bombers would not take the risk of being surrounded by the police.

It turns out that the bomber is the most annoying.

"Okay, Paxton, haven't you been waiting for your Cinderella? You can take him to the ball." Tatsu smiled, his maliciousness undisguised, "Of course, the VIP seat."

Paxton's hand was about to fall on the back of his neck, but Ye Shimu Iori laughed out loud, and then the man who was more than two meters tall fell to the ground with a bang. Tatsu, who was standing next to him, was unable to dodge and was knocked to the ground by this behemoth.

"That sounds great, but I'm sorry I'm not really interested."

The only option for a computer that has lost control is to restore it to factory settings. Unfortunately, the founder, the only person who could issue this command, happened to be at the scene.

Without Paxton, Tatsu didn't look much stronger than Iori Yemuro. Of course, he didn't intend to fight with the former, so it would be better to leave first.

At least Yemuro Iori is very good at escaping.

While Tatsu was still unable to get up, Iori Yemuro quickly fled from the theater. He had just entered the theater without any weapons, and it was obvious that Tatsu could not be like him with nothing.

As he had just thought, the lit areas here were irregular. He deliberately walked towards the place where there was no light. The darkness would be his best protection.

Tatsu seemed to know this as well and followed Iori Yemuro's trail. This was the merchandise area with shelves everywhere and it was dark so it was easy to get lost.

He laughed softly, "Did you think I wouldn't be able to find you here?"

There was an aisle between Iori Yemuro and Tatsu. He watched the other person's figure flash by and tried to slow down his breathing.

drip-

It was the vibration of the mailbox notification, which was particularly harsh in the silence, and my heart almost stopped beating.

It was almost deathly quiet, as if the person had already gone far away. Ye Shimu Iori felt a little relieved, but still did not dare to act rashly.

With the help of the light from the exhibition hall over there, Ye Shiyi did not see the figure appear again. It seemed that he had gone somewhere else. He breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to touch his cell phone.

He wanted to see which idiot had nothing to do.

"Hey, look who I found?"

A hard object pressed against his lower back, and Iori Yemuro suddenly stiffened. His cold hand slid from his shoulder to his wrist and pulled out his cell phone. The light from the screen was very dazzling, and Tatsu's strange voice sounded behind his ear.

"The ball has officially begun, my Cinderella, you should return to your seat."