Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 105 It’s Not an Indirect Kiss
Miwako Sato confirmed the procedures with the flight attendants who wanted to shirk responsibility.

Let's go to carriage No. 7 to check the bomb in the bag.

Kousaka Haruhiko threw the empty can into the trash can and quickly followed.

He burped after running only two steps.

The gas from the carbonated drink rises from the stomach, and the taste, which is much sweeter than ordinary cola, fills the mouth.

So this is the [Miwako Summer Limited Edition Cola]?
Haruhiko licked the corner of his lips unconsciously, and suddenly remembered the iced American coffee he drank when he accompanied Sonoko to buy a swimsuit some time ago. It seemed to have a similar sweet taste.

But it seems not exactly the same.

Haruhiko walked while recalling the difference in taste between Sato Miwako and Suzuki Sonoko, and came to carriage No. 7.

This is indeed a high-end carriage. The decoration is different from the one below. There are soft sofa seats, spacious space between seats, and the air seems to be better than below.

Haruhiko looked up and saw a no-smoking sign on the wall.

Apparently that's why smoking is not allowed here.

There weren't many passengers here, and many seats were empty. However, there were quite a few suspicious female passengers, at least ten at first glance, just as he had expected.

If they really relied on their own strength to search, it would be very difficult to lock on to that woman among so many suspects.

In addition to those short-haired women, there were several special passengers in carriage 7, namely -

A young man wearing glasses and a Rolex on his wrist is concentrating on manipulating stock purchases on his laptop.

A burly man with a fierce look and an exaggerated gold necklace.

I remember that these two Haruhiko were suspects in the original work.

In addition to this, there is the office worker Conan mentioned who made a strange phone call in the toilet. The other party also had a black leather bag in his hand, and he kept holding it in his arms, which was very suspicious.

The crew asked the people in the car to open their bags for inspection under the pretext of searching for narcotics, and promised that they would never reveal the contents.

The reason for using this reason may be to reduce the trouble of explaining it later.

If we just say it's a bomb, it might be difficult to explain if we don't find it in the end. But it's much easier if we change it to anesthetics. Narcotics searches happen every day in various places in Tokyo, but bombs are different. Once they appear, they will be big news that can make headlines.

But even so, it was still met with unanimous opposition from everyone.

"Are you kidding me? How could someone in this car do something like that?"

"Just say yes, and didn't you check it when you got in the car just now?"

"Do you have a search warrant? If not, I refuse to cooperate with the investigation."

It seems that this group of people is not as easy to deal with as imagined.

Miwako Sato was forced to take out the police manual again and use coaxing and deception to get several people to compromise and accept inspection.

The inspection order is based on the seats in the carriage.

The first person to be eliminated was the short-haired woman who was standing near Haruhiko. Then, the man wearing a Rolex watch had only information about stock trading in his black leather bag.

And in the black leather bag of the fierce-looking, burly man with a gold necklace, there were actually underwear of various colorful colors.

The man was so angry that his private fetish was exposed in front of everyone that he said he would definitely file a complaint with the Metropolitan Police Department.

Miwako simply laughed off the man's anger and continued searching for the next target.

But when the search reached the office worker named Sato Masao, things encountered obstacles again.

"I reject."

Masao Sato was holding a black suitcase and speaking in a calm tone.

He refused to open the box for inspection on the grounds that there was no search warrant for Sato Miwako.

Haruhiko frowned upon seeing this.

He was very sure that the person carrying the bomb in this case was a woman with short hair, but why was Sato Masao so nervous?
Is there some unspeakable secret in his bag?

At this time, Conan pulled his sleeve and whispered, "I said there must be something wrong with this person. The bomb must be in his bag."

Haruhiko shook his head thoughtfully: "No, I think it's still with the woman with short hair."

Conan rolled his eyes and thought to himself that Kousaka was really stubborn. He really didn't know why he was so obsessed with dropping the bomb on a short-haired woman?

Do you have a special hobby?
Then I thought again that this guy not only flirted with Sonoko, but also dared to flirt with that scary woman Haibara Ai, and the officer Sato next to him also had short hair.

Come to think of it, this guy must be a fan of short hair?

But you wouldn't impose your own fetish on the suspect, right?

Conan didn't quite understand it, but the mystery would be revealed soon anyway, and Kousaka would probably be dumbfounded by then.

But the problem now is how to get this man to open the bag. Conan is a little worried that things will get worse if time drags on: "Hey, what if he keeps refusing to cooperate? Will Detective Sato use force?"

Haruhiko narrowed his eyes. "Perhaps, but if we do that and don't find the bomb in the man's bag, Detective Sato will be in a very difficult situation. He might even be suspended again."

Conan leaned his shoulders on the armrest of the chair: "Do you still think the bomb is in some woman's purse?"

Haruhiko nodded. "Yes, I'm absolutely sure."

Conan sighed. "I don't know why you're so suspicious of a short-haired woman, but in this situation, there's no way I can bypass Sato Masao and check other customers' bags. I'm sure they'll refuse, saying, 'Why would he refuse to be checked?'"

"So, the goal suddenly became how to get Sato Masao to undergo an examination." Haruhiko reached into the plastic bag that Conan was holding, which contained the snacks that Sato Miwako had bought.

Conan looked at Haruhiko doubtfully as he took out a can of Coke from a plastic bag. "Yeah, Detective Sato might have to make a choice this time. But I think she'll definitely resort to coercion."

"That won't do," Haruhiko said, shaking his cola. "Letting Detective Sato bear the consequences alone would be too embarrassing for the two of us detectives, wouldn't it?"

"Do you have a solution?" Conan's eyes lit up.

"I was just about to go help Detective Sato with his troubles."

Haruhiko walked towards Sato Masao while shaking the Coke in his hand.

...

Suzuki Sonoko returned to the carriage holding a can of Leco.

Sitting opposite, Kogoro Mouri covered his face with a horse racing newspaper, while Ran Mouri sat in the window seat looking out, seeming a little uneasy.

Noticing Sonoko's return, Mao Lilan stood up and asked Sonoko to sit by the window, then looked at her puzzledly: "What's wrong, Sonoko? You seem a little nervous."

Suzuki Sonoko put the Coke on the table and leaned over to Xiaolan's ear to tell her that there was a bomb in the car.

"What? You said in the car..." Ran Mouri couldn't help but want to exclaim, but was stopped by Sonoko.

Sonoko covered Ran's soft lips with her hand: "Keep your voice down, Ran. Before I came back, Haruhiko specifically told me not to spread this news, for fear of causing a commotion."

Mao Lilan blinked her eyes to show that she understood.

Only then did Yuanzi take his hand away from her mouth.

When she suddenly heard the news, Mao Lilan's expression became nervous.

Since both Haruhiko and Conan were involved, it is likely to be true, because both Haruhiko and Conan seem to have the "bad luck physique" that allows them to encounter all kinds of events.

But she couldn't help much in this matter, and could only pray in her heart that Haruhiko could find the person carrying the bomb.

Driven by tension, Mao Lilan subconsciously wanted to find something to do, so her eyes fell on the half-filled can of Coke in front of her.

Ran Mao Li grabbed the Coke on the table and wanted to take a sip.

"Wait a minute!" Suzuki Sonoko was startled and spoke out to stop him.

Mao Lilan looked confused: "What's wrong? Do you want to drink more?"

"Who wants to drink that stuff?" Yuanzi said with disgust.

She didn't know why she asked for Haruhiko's Coke. She seemed to be in a strange state at the time, and her subsequent words were strange and thoughtless. However, on the way back, Sonoko had calmed down.

I won't drink anything that guy has drunk, Sonoko thought.

"Well, I'm thirsty." Mao Lilan raised the cola and put it to her mouth. "Wait a minute!" Sonoko stopped Xiaolan again, "Drinking this will make you fat."

Yuanzi thought of a reason.

Mao Lilan smiled and said, "It's okay to just drink a little. Besides, I'm a little nervous now. Maybe adding some sugar will help relieve it."

As she spoke, Xiaolan brought the cup to her lips again.

In a panic, Sonoko snatched the can of Coke from Mao Lilan's hand, raised her little face and drank it in a few gulps. Finally, she put the empty can on the table as if to vent her anger, and wiped the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.

The sound of the can falling on the table made Maori Kogoro look at Sonoko from behind the newspaper in confusion: "Strange, why is your face so red?"

Suzuki Sonoko glared back fiercely: "I'm too hot."

Kogoro Mouri frowned at her cool outfit, then turned his attention back to the horse racing newspaper.

Mao Lilan pretended to be angry and said, "Sonoko, it's not okay for you to do this. It's just a bottle of Coke, is it that serious?"

Suzuki Sonoko thought to herself, what I drank wasn't just a bottle of Coke, it was...

But then Sonoko thought again, this shouldn't be considered an indirect kiss, right?

I only did this to protect my bestie's first kiss. It was a righteous act.

Because Sonoko remembered that Xiaolan once said that she wanted to save her first kiss for the moment when she confirmed her relationship with Shinichi, and she knew that Xiaolan had been waiting for this moment for many years.

Therefore, Sonoko felt that even if she kissed Kousaka Haruhiko indirectly without knowing it, it would be a blasphemy to the pure love between Ran and Shinichi.

Suzuki Sonoko comforted herself in this way.

"Hey, Sonoko, your face is really red." At this time, Mouri Ran also noticed that something was wrong with her best friend.

Sonoko awkwardly turned her face to the window, pretending to look out at the scenery: "Ah... really? Maybe I'm too nervous?"

Mao Lilan looked at her best friend strangely and didn't say anything.

Sonoko has already made up her mind that when Kudo Shinichi comes back, she will make sure that guy treats her to a big meal.

However, after this incident, Yuanzi's original tension was relieved a lot.

She looked at her reflection in the glass window. The sunlight outside shone on her short brown hair, as if it was coated with a layer of golden light.

Sonoko used her slender fingertips to curl the short hair beside her ears and twisted it back and forth, while her thoughts drifted to Haruhiko again.

That guy should be able to find the bomb, right?
I don’t want to die here. My life has just begun and there are many things I haven’t experienced yet.

I haven't found the handsome guy I like yet, I haven't seen Xiaolan and Shinichi confess their love, I haven't...

Suzuki Sonoko's thoughts drifted further and further away.

...

Haruhiko came to the seat where Masao Sato was sitting, but he did not talk to Masao Sato.

He handed the Coke in his hand to Meiwazi: "Would you like some water?"

Miwako Sato was stunned for a moment and shook her head.

She didn't quite understand why he suddenly cared about whether she was thirsty at this critical moment.

But Haruhiko's subsequent behavior made Sato Miwako even more confused and puzzled.

He actually stood in front of Sato Masao and tried to pick out the broken feces of a Coke. He tried for a long time but couldn't get it open. He kept saying things like "It's so tight". Sato Miwako was very angry.

What does this guy want to do?
Didn't he see that the investigation was now facing difficulties? If it wasn't resolved, the agreed time would be up, and who knew if the two bombers would detonate the bombs early.

In such a pressing situation, he still has the mind to play around?
What an unreliable man! I don’t know why I believed his lies, Miwako thought to herself.

However, now that things have developed to this point, she has no choice but to continue investigating. Since the guy in front of her won't cooperate, she will have to use force.

At most, he would have to go back and write a few more reports and then be suspended for a period of time.

Miwako Sato made the worst plan in her mind and reached for the handcuffs hidden inside her uniform skirt.

The moment her fingertips touched the cold handcuffs—

Haruhiko finally opened the Coke in his hand.

However, because it had been deliberately shaken before, a large amount of liquid spurted out from the mouth of the tank.

Moreover, Haruhiko deliberately blocked part of the can mouth with his hand, which caused the sprayed Coke to spray accurately onto Sato Masao's black leather bag.

Masao Sato didn't seem to have expected this situation.

For the first time, his face showed fear and he quickly moved the black leather bag away.

But it was too late, because this type of office suitcase is not waterproof. After a large amount of liquid covered the black suitcase, the liquid seeped into the suitcase through the gaps.

Looking at Sato Masao's expression as if he had lost the whole world, Haruhiko felt puzzled.

Is there really some hidden secret here? It seems that we really need to pay attention to this guy.

Haruhiko handed over the tissue he had prepared in advance and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect this can of Coke to be so carbonated. I'm really sorry."

Sato Masao's face turned ugly.

And Sato Miwako, who was about to take out handcuffs, looked even uglier.

This guy is so bold. What if the liquid seeps into the bag and triggers the bomb switch, causing it to explode prematurely?
Sato Miwako glared at Haruhiko angrily.

Haruhiko gave her a reassuring look in return.

Haruhiko was so bold because he knew very well that this man was not the one holding the bomb.

Haruhiko now wanted to quickly bypass this guy's questioning and determine as soon as possible which of the women in the carriage had a box that could not be opened.

Because according to the plot, the bomb holder cannot open the box by himself and needs to call to receive orders.

As long as we can find the box that the owner cannot open, we can immediately determine which one is the bomb.

At that time, whether he contacted the police to defuse the bomb or just let Conan kick it out through the window with his foot-strengthening shoes, the initiative would at least be in his own hands.

While he and Sato Miwako were exchanging glances, Sato Masao also made his choice.

He wiped it a few times with the tissue that Haruhiko handed him, but found that it couldn't stop the water that had seeped in from spreading in the bag.

So he opened the black suitcase under everyone's gaze.

Miwako Sato breathed a sigh of relief. Since the lid could be opened, at least the possibility of a bomb in the box was ruled out, and there would be no accidental explosion due to water seepage.

However, Haruhiko did not let his guard down and kept a close eye on Sato Masao's every move.

Because Conan had overheard the other party's phone call before, Haruhiko felt that even if this guy had nothing to do with the bomber, he was definitely not simple.

Masao Sato's hands skillfully entered the password.

Click.

The lock was opened.

Haruhiko stared intently at the slowly rising lid of the box.

He was very curious about the office worker who used strange code words when making phone calls. What was in the box that he didn't want others to see?
Large amounts of cash or diamonds?
Human body parts?
A living octopus?
Or were there bags of white powder with an Uzi submachine gun on top, and then Masao Sato picked up the gun and started shooting?

In a short period of time, dozens of guesses flashed through Haruhiko's mind.

But when the box was opened.

What was presented before everyone still made Haruhiko stare in amazement.

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