Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 541: Something from Heaven! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

The bus continued to drive smoothly on the road and soon arrived at an abandoned building.

From a distance, this abandoned building exudes a sense of desolation and decay eroded by time. Weeds grow all around, some of which are even taller than people, swaying in the wind, making a "rustling" sound, as if the building is sighing helplessly. The exterior walls of the building are mottled, with most of the wall peeling off, exposing the gray bricks and stones inside. Some places are covered with cracks left by time, as if they can't bear the weight and may collapse at any time.

On the roof, there stands a uniquely shaped circular building, which is particularly eye-catching in the surrounding desolation. It is like a lonely eye, quietly gazing at this long-forgotten corner. It also seems to hide countless unknown secrets, waiting for everyone to unveil its mysterious veil.

Maya Tachibana inadvertently looked out the window, and the moment her eyes touched the circular building, she felt as if struck by an electric current. Her body trembled violently, and she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah!" The voice was full of shock and fear, breaking the originally oppressive silence in the car.

Then, as if driven by an invisible force, she suddenly stood up from her seat, ignoring her weak body, and excitedly rushed to the car window, her eyes wide open, staring at the circular building, her eyes full of disbelief and deep fear, and her voice unconsciously rose a few notes, shouting: "It's here! I...I remember it's here!"

Her lips trembled as she repeated tremblingly: "Right...right here!"

The tone was full of surprise, as if he had finally found the direction he had lost for so long.

At this moment, she was so excited that she could hardly control herself, as if all those broken memories came flooding back like a tide...

Mao Lilan stood up hurriedly and held Maya Tachibana's shoulders tightly with both hands, trying to steady her excited body. At the same time, she encouraged her in a gentle but firm voice: "Ms. Maya, don't be afraid, speak slowly. We are all by your side and will not let you get hurt."

Hearing what Mao Lilan said, Maya Tachibana seemed to have recovered from her extreme fear. She slowly turned her head and looked at Mao Lilan, her eyes full of complex emotions, including fear, relief, and a sense of relief. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and recalled, "I was planning to get off here at that time!"

As these words came out of her mouth, the door of memory was completely opened, and more scenes flashed in her mind like a revolving lantern. Those fragments that were once buried deep in her memory and forgotten in the corner were gradually pieced together, and a complete memory puzzle was slowly appearing in her mind.

When everyone heard this, they became more and more certain that this abandoned building was the key to the whole case. There must be important clues closely related to the case hidden in it, and it is very likely to be the key to solving all the mysteries.

So, when the bus stopped at the nearest stop to the building, Maori Kogoro said with a serious expression and a firm gaze: "We will get off here. No matter what is inside, we have to go in and find out."

He was full of anticipation and curiosity about what secrets were hidden behind this seemingly ordinary abandoned building.

In fact, he is not the only one who is curious about this. Mao Lilan, Conan and others are also curious about this.
It was precisely because of this that no one objected to his proposal.

……

The bus stopped steadily at the platform, and the door opened slowly with a creak. Kogoro Mouri, Ran Mouri, Conan, Maya Tachibana, and Byakuya got off the bus one after another.

Everyone stood by the platform, looking up at the mysterious circular building. Everyone was eager to find out the truth, but also felt a little uneasy.

After all, no one can predict what kind of difficult challenges are waiting for them.

Conan retracted his gaze from the round-roofed building in front of him, pushed his glasses on his nose, his eyes behind the lenses flashed sharp and determined light, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a confident smile, he turned his head to look at Tachibana Maya and Maori Kogoro beside him, and said in a steady and confident tone: "Sister Tachibana Maya, Uncle Maori, I think we have to go over there and have a good look! There must be a lot of key clues hidden in this abandoned building. Maybe after a thorough investigation, the truth will be revealed to the world."

"Yes," Maori Kogoro nodded in agreement, his eyes showing a determination to achieve his goal, "Let's set off without further delay."

So, the group headed towards the circular building.

Along the way, there were ruins of construction sites all around, with various abandoned buildings scattered in all directions, blocked by various rusty fences. Some of the fences were already in tatters, swaying in the wind, making "clang clang" sounds, adding a bit of weird atmosphere to this already gloomy environment.

Conan and Maya Tachibana walked in front of the team. Maya Tachibana lowered her head slightly as she walked, her brows knitted tightly into the shape of a "川" character, as if she was trying her best to dig out more useful information from the depths of her memory. Her steps seemed particularly heavy, and every step she took seemed to exhaust all her strength, as if she was carrying countless heavy pasts. Maori Kogoro, Maori Ran, and Byakuya followed behind them silently.

Maori Kogoro looked solemn, with his hands habitually in his trouser pockets, and his eyes vigilantly scanned the surroundings, not missing any corners that might hide danger, and constantly thinking about various possible situations and countermeasures in his mind. Maori Ran kept an eye on Tachibana Maya's condition, and also vigilantly observed the movements around her. Her eyes were alert, her body was slightly tense, and she was always ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

At this moment, Conan's ears moved sharply, and he suddenly heard a sharp and strange sound coming from above his head, as if a sharp weapon was cutting through the air and flying towards them at a high speed.

Conan reacted instantly and realized that this sharp sound was definitely not natural and was most likely a signal of approaching danger.

"Pfft~~~!!!"

Conan looked up subconsciously, and saw a piece of debris made of reinforced concrete above his head, falling towards the people below.

"Danger!" Conan screamed reflexively, "Scatter!"

At the same time, relying on his agility, he rushed towards the opposite direction of the sound, trying to lead the people around him to avoid the unknown attack.

When Kogoro Mouri heard Conan's cry, his years of detective instinct allowed him to make a quick judgment. He dodged to the side and with his agility, he quickly jumped away from the location where the broken blocks of cement and steel mixture had fallen.

Bai Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, reached out and grabbed Mao Lilan at an extremely fast speed, and hid in a safe place nearby.

Conan could sense the danger, so he, an elite killer from the Black Organization and who had been strengthened by the system many times, would certainly not fail to sense it. In fact, he sensed the danger before Conan discovered it, and made full plans to protect his girlfriend.

Tachibana Maya was also very agile, jumping backwards and avoiding the dangerous area very agilely. After dodging, Tachibana Maya raised his head with a grim expression and looked at the figure standing where the steel and concrete mixture fell.

"Ok?"

The moment she saw the figure, a hint of surprise flashed in Tachibana Maya's eyes, as if she had instantly remembered something.

"Sister Maya?"

After the broken rocks completely fell to the ground, Conan subconsciously looked in the direction of Maya Tachibana. When he found Maya Tachibana staring at a certain place on the roof, Conan immediately looked up in the direction she was looking. After carefully looking up and down, Conan narrowed his eyes slightly, as if thinking about something.

"These two people?"

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that judging from the looks in the two people's eyes, they should know each other.

But, if they were friends, why did the man in the black hat repeatedly attack Maya Tachibana and try to kill her?
But if he is an enemy, Tachibana Maya doesn't seem to have any intention of killing him?

Or, these two people were friends before, but later because of certain things, they turned from friends into enemies who wanted to kill each other?

While he was thinking, Maya Tachibana, who was staring at the man in the black hat on the roof, suddenly felt another sharp pain in her head. Instinctively, she pulled out the wire from the pendant around her neck, as if she wanted to do something.

However, it seemed that this subconscious action touched a string deep in her memory, making her remember something. Tachibana Mayo's pupils suddenly shrank, her hands loosened, and the wire automatically bounced back into the pendant in front of her neck. She stood there blankly with empty eyes, not knowing what she was thinking about.

"Wire? In a place like that?"

Conan saw Maya Tachibana subconsciously pulling out the wire, frowned, and pondered in his heart.

Earlier, when he saw the muscles on Tachibana Maya's body and the strange scars on his hands, he felt that he was extraordinary.

Now he was even more certain of his guess.

Because whether it was Maya Tachibana's extraordinary agility when encountering danger, or the other party's subconscious reaction of pulling out the wire in the necklace after feeling threatened, they did not look like ordinary people at all.

I just don't know who the other person is, and what kind of relationship he has with the man in the black hat.

……

Maori Kogoro stared at the concrete fragments that crashed to the ground, creating a shocking pit. His anger instantly broke through the sky, and his hair stood on end. He clenched his hands into fists, his knuckles turned white from excessive force, and his face was as red as a ripe tomato, almost purple from anger. Then, he pulled his hoarse voice and shouted wildly towards the roof: "Are you kidding? He wants to kill us!"

Anyone with a little common sense knows the terrifying danger of falling objects from high altitudes, not to mention that the falling objects were made of steel bars and cement, and were extremely hard. Looking at the deep pit on the ground with some cracks on the edge, you can really feel the terrifying power of the fragments.

It is not difficult to imagine that if they had hesitated for a moment and failed to dodge in time, they would have been hit by the cement debris thrown by the black-hatted man maliciously, and the consequences would have been disastrous. Even if they were lucky enough to survive this fatal blow, they would have been severely injured and left with lifelong disabilities, and would have spent the rest of their lives in endless pain.

"Ah! Today I must let you see how powerful I am, you damn bastard!" Kogoro Mouri's roar was filled with uncontrollable anger and determination.

This extremely evil and hateful black-hatted man first drove his car into him and Maya Tachibana on the road, and now he has become even more cruel and crazy, throwing concrete fragments from the top of a tall building, determined to put them in an irreparable situation. The cruelty of his behavior and the viciousness of his mind are simply outrageous and rare in the world. Maori Kogoro secretly swore in his heart that if he let this guy go so easily, all the suffering, physical torture and mental torment he had endured during this period of time would be in vain. More importantly, he really felt sorry for his daughter beside him and the people who had experienced this life-and-death crisis with them. They had just suffered a huge shock.

After saying this, Maori Kogoro, who was burning with anger, made up his mind, stomped his foot hard on the ground, and rushed into the construction site like an arrow shot from a bow with an indomitable momentum...

"father!"

"father!"

When Mao Lilan heard her father's angry and desperate words, her heart suddenly shrank, as if it was tightly grasped by an invisible hand. She subconsciously wanted to reach out and stop her father's impulsive behavior.

After all, the black-hatted man's behavior was extremely arrogant and daring. In front of a large crowd of people, he dared to drive his car and hit people wantonly, completely ignoring the safety of others' lives; and now, he blatantly stood on a high-rise building and threw concrete fragments at people below. His behavior was so crazy that he looked like a crazy and extremely dangerous thug.

Letting her father go alone to seek revenge on such a dangerous villain, Mao Lilan was really worried that he would encounter an accident and never come back.

Unfortunately, although Maori Ran reacted immediately and her body moved quickly, she still seriously underestimated the raging fire of revenge in Maori Kogoro's heart.

Therefore, before her hand could touch the corner of her father's clothes, she could only watch Maori Kogoro's rapidly running figure quickly disappear into the distance, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared from her sight...

(End of this chapter)