Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 22 21. Why is it you again? (Still Conan version)
"Metropolitan Police Department? I want to call the police!" Lin Longma said confidently as soon as the call was connected.

"Okay, please explain your situation."

"I'm at the entrance of Marutan Department Store. The lights in the building are suddenly on, and I see someone has painted SOS on three connected windows on one floor.

Officer, I suspect that the gang of robbers that has been rampant recently and specializes in robbing department stores is in there now.

Maybe they still have hostages!"

"Okay, Marutan Department Store, right? Please keep the line open, we'll send someone right over!"

Marutan Department Store and the gang of robbers who robbed department stores serially were like some key words. As soon as Lin Longma finished speaking, the operator on the other end spoke hurriedly.

"Okay, please hurry up, I'm downstairs in the department store now."

After contacting the police, Lin Longma hung up the phone contentedly. To be honest, this was also an exploration into an unknown area.

When Lin Longma's parents were still alive when he was a child, he was always curious about calls to the police.

Boys, at the age of seven or eight, are the most annoying. It is the time when they will not complain even if they are beaten. Fortunately, the deterrent effect from teachers and parents is strong enough. Although he was tempted, he did not take any actual action.

Until today, Lin Longma treated his younger self to a treat and called the police?
"Brother Ryoma, are we just going to wait here?" Miyano Akemi asked worriedly after touching the speechless little head of Shirley.

On the one hand, she was worried about the possible children inside, and on the other hand, their identities.
"Don't worry, there's no problem with our identities." To be honest, among this group of people, only Miyano Akemi doesn't have a proper job.

People like Hayashi Ryoma, Kaneda and the driver Shiraishi are the president, secretary and driver of a formal company. They pay taxes and social security every month according to regulations.

Shirley is also a high-end talent, and the benefits and treatment she receives from a research institute are no less than what she should have.

The identity of the director of the institute will not lose points no matter where you get it.

Only Miyano Akemi doesn't have a proper job and has a lot of free time every day. Once she has free time, she tends to think too much.

Lin Longma's words dispelled half of Miyano Akemi's worries, and the remaining half was just worry about the children inside.

"I don't know if the kids inside are smart enough. Now the lights in the entire building are on, it's hard for them to hide."

Jintian looked at the department store in front of him and sighed. Although they were in the organization, their conscience had not been completely destroyed.

"Bai Shi." Lin Longma suddenly waved to the driver who was leaning against the car door and smoking not far away.

Shiraishi threw away the half-smoked cigarette, stomped it out with his foot, and then came to Lin Ryoma.

"Go inside and check the situation, and if there are children in danger, give them a hand.

If you are an adult, come out.”

After listening to Lin Longma's instructions, Shiraishi nodded silently, then walked quickly towards Marutan Department Store. After observing for a moment at the main entrance, Shiraishi walked around to the side of the building.

"Do you trust him so much? There's a whole gang of robbers in there. Aren't you worried that something might happen to your driver?"

"Don't worry, you don't know Shiraishi, but he is the best one." There was no worry on Lin Longma's face, which made Shirley unable to understand where his confidence came from.

Based on Shirley's current understanding of Lin Longma, Lin Longma should be responsible for intelligence work.

But it seems that he has a good relationship with Gin. Although Hayashi Ryoma has no respect for Gin at all, the fact that Gin handed this matter over to Hayashi Ryoma is enough to explain a lot.

Lin Longma looked at the time. It was almost midnight and there were not too many cars on the street. The traffic was still smooth, so the Metropolitan Police Department's detectives should be able to arrive within 20 to 30 minutes. Of course, the nature of this gang of robbers should allow the police to rush a little faster.

Twenty minutes should be enough for Shiraishi to find someone in this department store, right?

The seven-story department store looks quite large, and it is indeed quite large. It is quite difficult to find the children hiding in the building.

Fortunately, Shiraishi is professional in tracking, and the robbers in the building can help Shiraishi to point out the location, so Lin Longma has full confidence in Shiraishi.

As for Bai Shi's safety, a group of robbers fought a guerrilla war with the "survivors" in the building for such a long time, but not even a gunshot was fired.

Lin Longma felt that this group of bandits might not have any or only have one or two pistols to show off.

It is impossible to be a gangster in Beika Town without a gun. This thing is the same as the dragon head stick of the gang. If you don't have a gun, you are not even qualified to sit at the table with the children in the circle.

Therefore, the leader of this gang of robbers had to get one or two guns for his men to keep an eye on just to save face.

It doesn't matter if they don't have guns, Shiraishi has them. Shiraishi with a gun is not the same as Shiraishi without a gun.

Before joining the organization, Lin Longma's driver Shiraishi made a living by holding a gun.

"Bang bang, bang bang!"

A rhythmic burst of gunfire interrupted Lin Longma's thoughts, and he and Kaneda looked at the brightly lit department store at the same time.

"Brother, Bai Shi fired a shot."

"Yes, it looks like there really are children inside?" Lin Longma nodded and confirmed Jintian's statement.

Shirley was a little confused: "Why are you so sure that it was Mr. Shiraishi who fired the gun? Could it be that the robbers inside discovered Mr. Shiraishi?"

"No, if it was the robbers who fired the guns, you would have heard a crackling sound like firecrackers.

Also, I have rarely seen any criminals using CZ75 in Beika Town. "

Ten minutes after the gunshot, Shiraishi appeared at the main entrance of the department store, accompanied by four "little ones".

With the help of the lights in the department store, Lin Longma saw the appearance of these four unfortunate children, and one of them gave him a puzzled expression.

"I remember you seemed to be the one from Mr. Maori's family."

"Hello, President Lin, my name is Edogawa Conan!" Conan was not surprised to see Hayashi Ryoma, because he was already surprised when he saw Shiraishi.

It was Mr. Shiraishi and Mr. Kaneda who helped settle Kogoro Mori last time.

"It's you, Conan. Can you tell me why you are here?

I suppose the department store has closed long ago?"

Although Lin Longma did not scold the naughty kids, his intimidating temperament still made three of them silent.

Naughty kids are creatures who like to take advantage of others, but if you make them feel that you are not easy to bully from the beginning, they will also be quite afraid of the strong and bully the weak.

Now Lin Longma has only one thought: Hey boy, why are you here again?

(End of this chapter)