Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 421 Whose helicopter is it?
As Xia Chuan continued his ascent, even with his robust physique, large beads of sweat began to drip from his brow.

Oki Iwatsu fared even worse; by the last few floors, his legs were trembling.

This is no longer a question of whether or not they trained. They ran all the way from the 55th floor to the top floor, and apart from a short break with Conan on the 75th floor, they didn't rest at all.

Especially after being caught off guard by a smoke bomb, my head is spinning.

Getting to the rooftop is already quite an achievement.

The sound of helicopter propellers came from afar, and Oki Iwatsu finally revealed a smug smile.

However, this situation immediately caught Gin's attention.

"There's a helicopter approaching the Twin Towers. Is there a problem on your end? How's the USB drive?"

"The USB drive is in my hand."

Xia Chuan briefly explained the current situation.

"Getting rid of Oki Iwamatsu, his existence affected the organization's operations in Nishitama City. I was wondering where he had run off to. It was truly an effortless victory."

Gin spoke coldly, then looked up at the helicopter: "I'll detonate the helipad in one minute. You don't have much time left. You absolutely cannot let Oki Iwamatsu leave!"

“Brother, I think it’s necessary to find out what kind of power these people belong to. If Oki Iwatsu can become the local tyrant of Nishitama City, this organization is probably not simple.”

Natsukawa actually wanted Oki Iwamatsu to take the USB drive back, regardless of what impact it would have on the brewery.

None of my business.

"I installed a tracking device on the fake USB drive that Oki Iwamatsu took. As long as it's loaded into the device, I can find their location."

Gin was silent for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Okay."

"However, we can't let them escape too easily. I will detonate the top-floor helipad after he boards the plane."

You must leave before that.

The flames have spread to the fifty-ninth floor; you probably only have about five minutes left.

Xia Chuan's expression hardened. As expected of Gin, he was ruthless when it came to explosions.

"I see."

It's difficult to get to the 60th floor in five minutes!

Moreover, he came up here to add an extra layer of insurance.

He said five minutes, but the actual time he was given was estimated to be no more than two minutes.

It's true that USB drives have GPS tracking, but we can't rely on them entirely. If there are software experts behind Daiki Iwamatsu, it could be easily detected.

Therefore, Xia Chuan also prepared a signal transceiver.

Well, if all else fails, jumping into the elevator shaft might be a good option. A living person won't die from holding their pee, especially since Xia Chuan had made many preparations beforehand.

"Sato, did you deploy the helicopter?"

In the elevator leading to the top floor of Tower B, Inspector Megure was on the phone when he suddenly turned to Miwako Sato and asked her a question.

"what?"

Inspector Megure was also taken aback: "If it wasn't the helicopter you called, then who was it?"

The elevator dinged as it arrived at the sixtieth floor. Inspector Megure, heavily pregnant and panting, stood before the connecting bridge.

He first looked up at the top of Tower A, and it was indeed not the Metropolitan Police Department's helicopter.

However, it could also be from the fire department.

Most of the guests at this gala were people of high social standing, so it was normal for the fire department to deploy helicopters for a search and rescue operation on the rooftop.

"The situation is getting worse." Sato Miwako's expression was grave. Although the sixtieth floor hadn't caught fire yet, it was actually close.

The key issue is that the connecting bridge doesn't seem to be working properly right now!

White steam was rising from the ground of the connecting bridge, and the air within half a meter of the ground was already distorted. The temperature must have been at least seventy or eighty degrees Celsius.

Looking down, flames spewed from the windows on the 59th floor, constantly scorching the connecting bridge.

Several firefighters pulled on fire hoses to cool the ground, and thick white steam instantly billowed from the entire connecting bridge, making it feel like entering a sauna.

Across the bridge, Conan stood on a chair and roared, "The continuous alternation of hot and cold temperatures will cause the concrete and steel reinforcement to crack!"

The firefighters were aware of the situation, but what other option did they have?
To get through this situation, a ladder would have to be hoisted up and laid on the ground as a barrier.

But there simply wasn't that much time; by the time the ladder came up, the daylilies were already cold.

"Get to the roof! There's a helicopter up there!" Inspector Megure shouted.

According to the temperature measuring instruments we brought, the temperature on the 60th floor has already reached 50 degrees Celsius, and it is even higher on the ground and is still rising rapidly.

"Why didn't you say so earlier? There's a helicopter here, and it's been dragging me along for ages."

Conan almost fainted from anger, then dusted himself off and disappeared in a flash.

Previously, there were concerns that Iwamatsu Oki might also be planning to leave through the top floor, but given what Inspector Megure said, the top floor must be safe now.

The helicopter may have already landed, and Oki Iwamatsu may have already been arrested.

"Hey, Conan, how about we go to the 75th floor? Ai Haibara and I can jump from the 75th floor."

Anya pointed to the backpack on her back: "The parachute that Father gave us."

Conan didn't have time to think about why Natsukawa prepared parachutes for Anya and Ai Haibara; getting upstairs was the priority.

The children made a lot of noise as they went upstairs and quickly disappeared into the stairwell on the sixtieth floor.

On the other side, the firefighters breathed a long sigh of relief upon hearing Inspector Megure's words. They had been so busy with the rescue that they hadn't even noticed the helicopter overhead. If they had been told earlier, they would have let the children go upstairs.

Although it might be slow for a few children to get to the top floor, the spread of the flames is limited, and they can also suppress it a little. It will definitely be no problem for the children to get to the top floor by then.

"Inspector Megure, it's fortunate you deployed a helicopter, otherwise, given the situation just now, there probably wouldn't have been any way to handle it."

Seeing the fire chief's still-shaken expression, Inspector Megure's heart, which had just settled down, jumped again.

"Wait, aren't helicopters your fire department's?"

"Are you kidding me? Helicopters are for air rescue. Our Nishitama City fire department does not currently have the training capabilities for this, and naturally we do not have helicopters."

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The two stared at each other, neither saying a word.

A few seconds later, the two shouted at the same time, "Quick, send a helicopter to check the situation!"

The attack on Sonoko Suzuki, the deaths of Mio Tokiwa and Okiyoshi Tokiwa, and the explosions in the power supply room and main engine room all speak volumes.

There are bad guys!
If the helicopter on the top floor doesn't belong to the fire department or the Metropolitan Police Department, then it can only be some kind of criminal gang!

Now, they're even making several children climb up, which is no different from throwing lambs to the slaughter.

Frank, panting, climbed the stairs to the sixtieth floor, overheard the two idiots talking, his lips twitched, and he looked down to send a text message to Xia Chuan.

Under the cover of night, Xia Chuan launched the transceiver onto the helicopter. After confirming that the transceiver was working properly, he grabbed the chain next to him and prepared to imitate Jackie Chan by going down the elevator shaft.

Just then, Frank sent me a message.

"These brats..."

Xia Chuan sighed, rubbing his forehead. It seemed he wouldn't be able to keep a low profile today.

(End of this chapter)