Ke Xue: He mastered the steel-cutting divine skill at the start.

Then there's Aunt Eri Kisaki. The English word for "Queen" is the Queen of Spades, which refers to the number twelve. Moreover, the flower held by the Queen of Spades in the female character is almost identical to the paper flower on the chocolate wrapper that fell into Aunt Eri's office.

Finally, there's Professor Agasa. His name is Professor Agasa, and the character "士" (shi) is composed of the characters for "eleven" and "eleven," which is the Jack of Spades. This symbol represents a soldier, which is why there was a sword symbol at the scene of the attack on Professor Agasa's house.

He rattled off all his speculations in one breath.

Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Shiratori were initially hesitant to believe it, but after hearing Conan's reasoned and well-founded explanation, they accepted his judgment.

"Does this murderer intend to kill everyone whose name contains the number one to thirteen?" Kogoro asked.

But Conan's next words shocked him even more.

"Uncle Mori, you should have realized by now that all the people who have been attacked are connected to you!"

That's a fact. Inspector Megure is his old friend, Eri Kisaki is his wife, and Professor Agasa, while not particularly close, is also a friend. Could this murderer be targeting him?

Meanwhile, Inspector Megure, who had almost fully recovered, arrived and identified a man named Takeshi Murakami as the prime suspect.

Because Murakami Takeshi killed someone and was arrested by Kogoro Mouri, who was then a policeman, Murakami Takeshi unexpectedly attacked a policeman while he was in the toilet, took the policeman's gun, and took Eri Kisaki hostage, who was visiting her husband at the police station with young Ran.

No one expected that Kogoro Mouri would actually fire at the thugs, but instead hit Eri Kisaki, who then fell into a coma and could no longer be held hostage. Joe Murakami had no choice but to throw the thugs down. At this moment, Mouri fired again and finally caught Joe Murakami.

Because of this incident, Kogoro Mouri faced a lot of criticism and had to change careers and quit being a policeman. It was also around that time that Eri Kisaki separated from Kogoro Mouri.

At this point, three people have already been attacked. Judging from the countdown, the next person to be attacked will be someone whose name contains the number ten.

Kogoro Mouri thought of a name containing the number ten, and one he was connected to was Okano Towako, the proprietress of Ginza. So he began to protect her and hoped to use his advance surveillance to successfully catch the murderer.

However, after guarding the area all night, they found nothing. At this moment, Conan guessed from a photograph that the next target of the attack was likely not Okano Towako, but Tsuji Hiroki!

Hiroki Tsuji is a professional golfer whose hobby is flying helicopters, so he is very likely to be the next target.

After hearing Conan's reasoning, Ran immediately called Inspector Megure. As a result, Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri successfully stopped Hiroki Tsuji at the airport before he could take off, but he still insisted on flying the plane.

Left with no other choice, Inspector Megure forcibly dragged Kogoro Mouri, who suffers from acrophobia, onto the helicopter. However, just as Hiroki Tsuji was about to arrive in the helicopter, Kogoro suddenly felt a sharp pain in his eyes and could no longer look directly at the sunlight.

As a result, the plane lost control and was about to crash to the ground!

Chapter 371 Shooting Down the Plane

"Oh no! How could this happen?!"

Kogoro Mouri screamed and covered his head in terror. He already suffered from acrophobia, and now, facing the prospect of falling from a great height, he was terrified.

Conan, who had secretly boarded the plane, suddenly changed his expression.

Airplanes are not ground transportation; once they crash, the consequences are almost certain—the plane will be destroyed. And the fate of those on board is predictable.

"Uncle, the helicopter is flying to the left. If it goes any further to the left, it will crash into the building!"

Upon hearing this, Hiroki Tsuji was shocked. The stinging pain in his eyes, combined with intense fear, caused him to tremble uncontrollably.

Conan gritted his teeth; he couldn't delay any longer. He quickly unbuckled his seatbelt, grabbed the control lever, and began operating it in Tsuji Hiroki's place. However, his legs were too short for him to press the control pedals himself.

"Uncle, I'll control the handle, and you can control the pedals and clutch. Let's land the plane together on the playground of Teitan Elementary School!"

Kogoro Mouri was even more panicked.

"Idiot, idiot, are you trying to kill us? How could you possibly fly a plane!"

Conan calmly replied, "Uncle Mori, I've done many simulated flights since I was a child."

Kogoro Mouri was taken aback: "What do you mean you simulated it many times when you were a child? You're not that old now."

However, Mori didn't have time to pay attention to the loopholes in Conan's words; his entire mind was occupied by fear.

If the plane explodes, they will all be reduced to charred remains in the blast.

Conan had no time to pay attention to any of that; he focused all his attention on operating the helicopter.

While carefully observing the direction and angle, he also tried to comfort Tsuji Hiroki, who was at a loss.

"Uncle Hongshu, you need to pull yourself together. If we give up, we'll definitely crash. I'll help you find the direction!"

Hiroki Tsuji was completely bewildered at this point and could only grit his teeth and nod.

"Don't worry about it, we can only gamble on luck now!"

Under Conan's control, the helicopter hurtled straight down toward Teitan Elementary School!

"Currently, our speed is 40 knots and our altitude is 300 feet! We need to descend, everyone be careful!"

After descending to a certain altitude, Conan adjusted the control lever again and began reporting the speed and altitude.

"The current speed is 30 knots, the altitude is 200 feet, step on the right pedal at 10 degrees, and then go straight ahead into the area of ​​Teitan Elementary School's playground!"

From the plane, the scene on the Teitan Elementary School playground was now clearly visible.

On the playground, a group of elementary school students were playing soccer, and the Teitan Three Idiots, namely Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi, were also among them.

A group of people were happily playing soccer when the detective badge on Genta's body suddenly went off.

The detective badge is actually a small walkie-talkie, so you can communicate directly without having to call it.

"Yuanta, I'm about to make an emergency landing with the helicopter. You need to get everyone out of the way quickly!"

Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and the others were surprised to hear Conan's voice, but they were also taken aback by the mention of helicopters.

After all, this is an elementary school playground, so how could a plane land here?

Just as the group was puzzled, the roar of an airplane propeller suddenly came from the sky, and then they saw a helicopter veering towards the playground.

All the children screamed in fright and scattered in all directions.

This is an airplane! If it gets caught in it, it will be smashed to pieces immediately. The children were terrified and ran for their lives.

Fortunately, these children had been around Conan for a long time and had seen a lot of things, so there was no ridiculous incident of them being stunned and frozen in place. They all quickly left the playground area.

Once they had recovered from their shock, they quickly turned their attention to the helicopter.

However, the situation for the helicopter became even worse at this point. Due to the emergency landing, the helicopter was tilted severely, and an updraft also rose up, causing the already swaying aircraft to make a sharp turn.

Like a small boat caught in the waves, it was about to be swallowed up by the giant waves in an instant.

"It's over, it's all over, I'm doomed!"

This was the only thought on Kogoro Mouri's and Inspector Megure's minds at that moment.

"I don't want to die yet! I still have so many beers to finish, and I haven't seen Yoko's concert yet!"

Inspector Megure then prayed, "Midori, I can't go back to see you anymore, please don't be sad."

Conan felt a wave of despair: "Oh no, if the helicopter can turn ten degrees, we can barely land and at least save our lives."

However, landing this way, directly sideways, means the helicopter's rotor blades will hit the ground immediately. Without the cushioning provided by the support structure, the impact will be too great; none of us will escape unscathed!

He felt a wave of despair, but he thought to himself that the problem must be with the eye drops that Tsuji Hiroki had put in when he boarded the plane.

But if we can't survive now, these speculations are meaningless.

At that very moment, a figure stood atop the Teitan Elementary School building, his sharp gaze fixed on everything around him.

"As expected, as long as I follow Conan, I can find clues to the case. From Inspector Megure to the current Tsuji Hiroki, killing people in the order of playing cards is indeed interesting. However, it is wishful thinking to think that such tricks can fool my eyes."

He could tell that the methods used by the murderer against the previous victims were not lethal. When dealing with Inspector Megure and Professor Agasa, the murderer used a crossbow, and the arrows were not coated with poison. The poison used against Eri Kisaki was also not lethal.

If one really wanted to kill these people, all it would take was a little cyanide, which would prevent them from even getting to a hospital and cause them to die instantly.

This time, the method used to deal with Hiroki Tsuji was entirely aimed at killing him; it was ruthless and deadly. Clearly, Hiroki Tsuji was one of the targets the other side truly wanted to kill.

However, Miyazaki Yu did not continue to think about it at this moment, because the helicopter was about to crash, and it was time for him to take action.

He leaped from the high-rise building, his right hand already gripping the hilt of his sword. In an instant, Hengyun Duan was drawn from its sheath, and with a single slash, the magnificent sword light stretched into the distance like flowing clouds in the sky. Meanwhile, the rapidly spinning propeller detached from the machine in a flash.

Before the passengers on the helicopter could even react in horror, layers upon layers of sword light surged towards them, turning the entire helicopter into something like a potato being sliced ​​by a peeler.

The propeller, tail fin, the top of the cockpit, and the engine under the floor were all disintegrated under the cutting of the sword energy. After this round of sword light ended, the entire aircraft was left with only four seats and the floor below.

"Gentlemen, prepare for landing!"

Just as the four of them were in utter shock, a voice entered their ears, and then a figure appeared at the same level as where they had fallen. Then, a tremendous force lifted them up, and the previously tilted angle instantly returned to level!

At that moment, they were less than a few meters from the ground!

Chapter 372 Conan with a bugged device installed

"Ah!" Although they had returned to a horizontal position, they had now lost all protection, and falling off while sitting in their seats still seemed very dangerous.

Just then, a tremendous force slammed into the floor beneath them, and the force transmitted outwards, abruptly slowing their descent.

When they were only one meter from the ground, another tremendous force came, instantly reducing their speed significantly. Everyone was jolted before they landed safely.

From the moment I fell from the sky until I landed safely, only a few dozen seconds had passed, but it was an incredibly harrowing experience. Not only did I encounter danger, but I also witnessed an unbelievable scene.

Conan witnessed everything that just happened.

Just as he was in despair, that same figure suddenly leaped down from the high-rise building and drew his sword. His speed was terrifying, and the layers of sword blades surged forward like snowdrifts. Then, like a master butcher dissecting an ox, he dismantled the entire helicopter!

The originally sturdy machine was like tofu under his sword, offering no resistance whatsoever, and was cut to pieces in the blink of an eye.

This left Conan stunned; wasn't this a bit too terrifying?

"Ah! I've finally survived!"

After landing safely, Kogoro Mouri hurriedly unbuckled his seatbelt and scrambled out of the car, his face pale.

Inspector Megure also ran to the side, panting heavily. After catching his breath, he rushed to Tsuji Hiroki's side to check if he was alright.

"I'm alright for now. What happened? How did we land safely?!"

He couldn't open his eyes at that moment, but he was still aware of what was happening around him. He found it incredible that they had managed to land safely under those circumstances.

"Uncle Mori, are you alright?"

At this moment, Miyazaki Yu had already sheathed his sword and walked to Kogoro Mouri's side. As someone with acrophobia, experiencing such a plane crash must have greatly increased his psychological trauma.

"Oh, I'm alright! It's all thanks to you! You're amazing! If you hadn't happened to be here, we would probably be dead!"

Inspector Megure chimed in, "That's true, it's unbelievable. But you're probably the only one who could save someone in that situation."

Even though Tsuji Hiroki couldn't open his eyes, he could tell that someone extremely powerful had made a move, and it could only be the recently much-discussed Miyazaki swordsman!

"Was it Miyazaki Kengo who made the move just now? Only Miyazaki Kengo could have such strength to save the four of us from the crashing helicopter. Thank you, Kengo."

Miyazaki Yu smiled and said, "Mr. Hiroki, you're too kind. I had to destroy your helicopter to save people just now, so please don't take offense."