I'm in Conan, I'm not a gangster

Chapter 519 It was Yusaku Kudo who told me to kill you (1st update)
There was a clang.

Kogoro Mouri landed, but couldn't reach the emergency exit at the top of the elevator.

Noticing the stares of others, he said somewhat awkwardly, "Um... I was disappointed just now, let's try a few more times."

As he spoke, he jumped up again with all his might, trying repeatedly.

But the fingertips were always a few centimeters off.

Kogoro Mouri landed awkwardly, chuckling dryly, "Ahem... Looks like I'm getting old, my jumping ability isn't what it used to be."

Emi Shiraishi didn't know what to say to Kogoro Mouri.

Doesn't this guy know his own limitations?
They even fought over who would come.

He said, "Let me do it."

He threw the cigarette through the broken glass, then walked to the bottom of the escape hatch, bent his knees slightly, and then leaped up, grabbing the edge of the hatch firmly with both hands.

With his arm muscles taut, he easily climbed up, his movements clean and efficient.

Standing at the top of the elevator, Shiraishi looked around. The elevator doors on the 43rd floor were tightly closed, about a meter above his shoulder, but not locked.

He reached out and gripped the door crack, then pulled hard, and the elevator door opened with a click.

"Alright, you can come up now!" he shouted down, then reached out and pulled Kogoro Mori up, and then let him climb to the elevator door on the 43rd floor.

He then pulled the other trapped people out of the elevator one by one.

Kogoro Mouri then pulled them up from the elevator entrance on the 43rd floor.

"Very good!!"

"We finally escaped."

"Yes, we're safe now!"

"What do you mean it's safe? We're still upstairs!"

"........."

However, when it was Eri's turn—

boom! !

Another deafening explosion! The entire building shook violently, the ceiling on the 43rd floor began to collapse, huge blocks of concrete crashed down, the ground cracked, and smoke and dust billowed everywhere!
"Watch out!" Kogoro Mouri shouted, grabbing the person next to him and rushing towards the nearest room.

At that moment, the elevator's braking system completely failed, and the car suddenly plummeted!

"Ah—!" A shrill scream came from inside the elevator, followed by a loud "boom" as the car slammed into the bottom of the shaft and remained motionless.

Eri had just climbed to the top of the elevator and hadn't even had time to stand firmly when she lost her balance due to the sudden tremor and fell backward!

"Oh no!" Her pupils contracted sharply as she looked down into the pitch-black elevator shaft, its bottom unseen, and her heart nearly stopped.

At the critical moment, Shiraishi E acted with lightning speed, grabbing her by the chest and pulling her back sharply!

"Huff...huff..." Eri's face was deathly pale. For a moment just now, she almost thought she was going to die.

"Th...thank you." She quickly hugged Shiraishi E tightly, her voice trembling slightly, her eyes filled with the relief of surviving a disaster.

"You're welcome... It happened so suddenly." Shiraishi E casually shifted her hand's position, now supporting her buttocks.

Eri Kisaki certainly knew the importance and urgency of the matter, so how could she possibly care about such things?

"Let's go, let's go up." Shiraishi E grabbed the steel cable with one hand and dragged Eri with the other, moved up a little, then pushed off the steel cable with both feet and jumped over with Eri in her arms.

The two returned to the 43rd-floor corridor, only to find it in complete disarray.

The ceiling collapsed, the walls shattered, the corridor was mostly blocked by rubble, and several corpses lay scattered on the ground, their flesh mangled and a gruesome sight.

After setting Eri down, Shiraishi asked, "Detective Mouri, are you still alive?"

"We're over here!" came Kogoro Mouri's reply from afar, his voice muffled by the thick rubble.

Emi Shiraishi walked over and exchanged a few words through the collapsed wall. They eventually decided to split up—Kogoro Mouri took Mio Tokiwa and evacuated through the other side of the safety passage, while Emi Shiraishi and Eri Kisaki searched for other ways out.

However, when they reached the emergency exit, they found it completely blocked. Eri Kisaki, pale-faced, said with a bitter smile, "It looks like... we can only wait to die here."

Shiraishi E shook her head, her gaze shifting to the dark elevator shaft: "No, there's another way."

Eri followed his gaze and instantly understood what he meant. Her lips twitched slightly: "...Is this another bungee jump?"

Shiraishi E laughed: "Let's forget about it. When we were bungee jumping, you were using all your strength, gripping me tightly... It was too dangerous. Let's just rappel down instead."

Eri blushed slightly, adjusted her glasses awkwardly, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

She smiled wryly and said, "To be honest, I really don't want to experience bungee jumping a second time."

Shiraishi E expressed his understanding, and then he took out a fire hose from a nearby fire hydrant box and skillfully secured it.

He looked at Eri Kisaki and gestured for her to hug him.

Eri did as she was told without hesitation. She knew very well that this was a time to escape, not to fall in love.

She calmly wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs tightly around his waist, making sure she wouldn't fall.

Shiraishi E supported her buttocks with one hand and grabbed the fire hose with the other, slowly moving her towards the edge of the elevator shaft.

"Hold on tight," he whispered, turning his back to begin the rappelling.

Eri Kisaki closed her eyes tightly, the wind whistling in her ears, her heart pounding in her chest. However, the expected feeling of weightlessness did not last long—Ei Shiraishi's descent was extremely smooth; he controlled his speed, each step precise and steady.

She quietly opened her eyes and found him focused, his profile appearing particularly resolute in the dim light. For some reason, her heart began to beat faster.

“You…are very skilled,” she said softly, trying to ease the tension.

Shiraishi E's lips curled slightly: "I've practiced before."

Eri looked at him, and suddenly, as if possessed, leaned closer and gently kissed his cheek.

"Thank you... If it weren't for you, I would have died long ago," she whispered, her ears burning.

Shiraishi E paused for a moment, then chuckled softly: "A life-saving grace, and a simple thank you is enough?"

Eri Kisaki gave a light snort and pinched his cheek, feigning displeasure: "Otherwise what? What else do you want?"

“You know what I want.” His voice was deep and slightly teasing.

Eri blushed even more, and said in embarrassment and annoyance, "You're not allowed to think about such things!"

Shiraishi E sighed dramatically, "Seriously? That's too much! You won't even let me think about it? You're meddling way too much."

Eri glared at him: "You're not allowed to think about it!"

As the two were arguing, suddenly—

Click.

The elevator doors on the 35th floor were forcibly pried open, and a short-haired woman stood there holding a gun, looking at them with a cold smile.

"Aren't you all a bit too leisurely?" she scoffed. "At a time like this, you're still here flirting?"

Shiraishi E's gaze sharpened—it was the woman who had been sniping at him from across the building!
A playful smile tugged at the corner of his lips: "You've moved pretty fast, haven't you? You've chased me all the way here? What's your name?"

The woman sneered: "Call me Scorpion. I like that title."

“An assassin…” Shiraishi E suddenly realized, then raised an eyebrow, “Who hired you to kill me?”

Scorpion pointed his gun at him and sneered, "You're about to die, and you still want to know these things?"

Shiraishi E shook her head, her tone light: "No, no, no, you're the one facing death... If you confess honestly, I might spare your life."

Shi Kaobing laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world: "You really know how to make things mysterious—"

boom!
Before she could finish speaking, Shiraishi E abruptly released her grip on Eri Kisaki's hand and drew her gun with lightning speed, firing!
"Ah!!" Scrooge screamed, blood streaming from his wrist, the pistol clattering to the ground. She stared in horror—she hadn't even seen how he'd made the move!
Shiraishi Ei's gun was pointed steadily at her, her voice icy: "I'll ask you one last time, who sent you?"

Scorpion was sweating profusely, and finally said in a trembling voice, "Yusaku... it's Kudo Yusaku! He sent me to kill you!"

(End of this chapter)