Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

As she strolled through the exhibition hall filled with young men and women, Shirley, ignoring the envious glances cast at the family of three by various couples around her, suddenly spoke expressionlessly.

"Well?"

Lin Xiaofeng and Miyano Akemi stopped in their tracks and turned around to look at her from the left and right respectively.

"If you're thirsty..." Lin Xiaofeng looked up, touched his chin, and thought for a moment, "I remember there's a vending machine around the corner near the restroom."

"Really?" Akemi was a little surprised. The three of them had taken the exact same route, but she had no recollection of any vending machine.

"Yes," Lin Xiaofeng said.

“Let’s go together,” Shirley said. “There’s a restroom nearby that you mentioned. I need to wash my hands; they’re filthy.”

"Dirty?" Lin Xiaofeng took Shirley's fair wrist and carefully examined her still clean hands.

"You didn't actually think that boxing gloves were clean, did you?" The girl glanced at him.

"So many people have worn them, and the vast majority of them are men. Men's hands sweat more than women's, and with so many people's sweat being tightly trapped inside, plus the approaching summer, the filth inside the gloves ferments further. The number of bacteria per square centimeter is many times more than the toilet seat at home. Putting your hands in that thing is no different from touching the inside of a public toilet bowl. So when you handed me the gloves, I even suspected that you were deliberately disgusting me."

Lin Xiaofeng scratched his head: "For some reason, I seemed to vaguely see wisps of green smoke rising from your hands..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the girl expressionlessly rubbed his hand hard.

……

The beverage vending machine was really just a short distance from the restroom, at the corner of the passageway, right in front of the coin-operated public telephone. The restroom was just a little further down the passageway.

Lin Jun Xiaofeng Station V can smell the air freshener wafting from the nearby handwashing station in front of the vending machine.

I don't understand why they would put a vending machine in a place like this. Is it so that people can replenish their water supply after the vending machine closes?

As Lin Xiaofeng pondered this, he pulled a few Japanese yen coins from his pocket and asked the two girls, "By the way, what would you like to drink?"

"Just get me a hot cocoa, Mr. Que." Akemi said with a warm smile.

"I'd like an iced coffee," Shirley said casually.

"Iced coffee? Iced?" Lin Xiaofeng looked at Shirley with some surprise. "As a rational scientist, aren't you afraid of menstrual cramps at your age?"

"Shut up." Shirley glared at Lin Xiaofeng.

As a few coins were inserted into the coin slot, the entire vending machine lit up instantly, switching from standby mode to working mode.

He first ordered the hot cocoa that Mingmei wanted and the iced coffee that Shirley wanted, and then after thinking for a moment, he also ordered a can of iced Coca-Cola for himself.

Three cans containing different beverages immediately tumbled into the pickup slot.

Just as Erlin I Xiaofeng bent down to fetch the drink, (a slightly heavy) sound came from afar, and there were three familiar footsteps on either side of him. He subconsciously looked up and glanced over, only to find that the person who came was none other than Tequila, whom he had inadvertently glimpsed in the lobby earlier, carrying a heavy briefcase.

Lin Xiaofeng paused slightly, taking only the can of iced coffee from the delivery slot and leaving the other two cans of drinks inside. He then turned from facing forward to leaning back, casually covering the delivery slot. He opened the can, took a sip, and began scrutinizing the tequila with a critical eye.

But when his gaze fell on the briefcase in Tequila's hand, he couldn't help but pause for a moment.

Because right on the side of the briefcase, there was actually a sticker with the logo of the Full Heaven Company.

"Tequila! You're working at Full Heaven now?!"

The Heavenly Realm is actually the Hell of the Detective Conan world.

Tequila frowned: "Rye, I'm here on a mission, that's why I'm asking you, what are you doing here?"

"Just out having fun," Lin Xiaofeng replied casually. "What, are the members of the brewery not human? Everyone has to have some hobbies, right? Are you going to either be on missions all day or just holed up in your dorm room getting moldy?"

"I don't have as much free time as you (good boy/girl)."

Soon, Tequila also noticed the two "uninvited guests" beside Lin Xiaofeng, especially when his gaze fell on Shirley, a look of astonishment mixed with a hint of bewilderment flashed in his eyes.

"Shirley, when can you come out and move around freely?"

"Ever since Gin went to Africa to mine gold..."

Shirley gave a simple response.

Upon hearing Shirley's response, Tequila became quite agitated.

"Hey! Rye, is this how you carry out the important task Rum gave you?"

"What? Tequila, are you trying to teach me how to do things?"

"whispering sound--"

Tequila clicked his tongue and chose to remain silent; he truly didn't have the right. After all, Rye's status was now higher than his, and offending Rye would bring no benefit; it might even offend Sherry in the process—it was really unnecessary.

379. A perfectly timed fall and kiss

Lin Xiao twisted open the cap of the ice-cold Coke bottle and tilted her head back to take a big gulp.

The icy liquid goes down your throat, leaving a rich aroma of sugarcane in your mouth.

He turned his head and looked toward the exit of the side passage leading to the demo area: "Alright, you've been peeking for so long, it's about time you came out, high school detective Shinichi Kudo?"

"What!?"

Sherry and Akemi both looked toward the entrance of the passage, but they didn't see a single person.

And no one answered at all.

Lin Xiaofeng rolled his eyes and sighed: "Just a friendly reminder, next time you're hiding around a corner, please be sure to pay attention to the angle of the light coming from above, and don't let your extremely distinctive bangs stick out from behind cover."

Two seconds later, a small figure appeared at the exit of the passage.

Under the white light of the overhead fluorescent lamp, Conan stood with his hands in his pockets, his expression stern, his eyes shining like a blind man's.

"Wow, you actually came out?" Lin Xiaofeng was a little surprised. "Actually, you could have just run away. I can't possibly chase a little kid like you all over the place..."

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden, unpredictable, violent tremor came from the direction of the nearby restroom.

earthquake?

No, this is... an explosion!

Lin Xiaofeng's body trembled, and his muscles instantly bulged, entering battle mode. 233

He leaped and tackled Akemi and Sherry, who were still standing there in a daze and hadn't reacted yet.

The next moment, the roar of the explosion and the bright red flames burst out of the passage.

The explosion came completely out of nowhere.

Conan stood at the entrance of the passage and felt an ominous tremor coming from beneath his feet. Immediately afterward, the high-speed airflow from the explosion, accompanied by a roar and flames, rushed out from the corner of the passage, blowing him into a backflip and throwing him to the ground.

Suddenly, the entire exhibition hall shook violently.

Some people thought it was an earthquake and, almost reflexively, pulled their companions to hide in a safe corner. Their safety awareness, honed from growing up in earthquake-prone areas, was clearly evident at that moment.

As for the others who were slower to react, they remained standing still, looking up at the ceiling of the exhibition hall at a 45-degree angle, seemingly still somewhat uncertain.

Being in the epicenter of the explosion, he should have been knocked unconscious like the male protagonist in a movie, and then awakened by the female protagonist's kiss in a secluded corner created by the explosion, where she would confess her love to him.

"Xiaofeng, are you alright?!" Mingmei panicked instantly. She struggled to get out and check the situation, but Lin Xiaofeng was holding her too tightly, making it impossible for her to break free.

In contrast, Shirley wasn't worried at all. When she was tackled, Lin Xiaofeng kissed her on the lips. She didn't know if Lin Xiaofeng did it on purpose, but anyway, she was saved, and she couldn't blame Lin Xiaofeng. She saw flames burst forth from the corner of the passageway, but it was only a fleeting moment, like a gust of wind; what followed was mostly billowing smoke. The explosion wasn't actually that large, at most enough to blow up a bathroom. The subsequent tremors were mostly caused by bricks falling from the cracked walls.

"Mmm..." Lin Xiaofeng kissed Shirley's little mouth, it was very sweet. He didn't mean to, it just happened to be the angle.

"Ugh—" Shirley struggled to push Lin Xiaofeng away, "You're so dirty, my lips are all swollen from being kissed."

"Ah...it was purely an accident. I'm so sorry!"

Lin Xiaofeng's apology was utterly insincere. His face was full of smug satisfaction, like a petty person who had gained an advantage. Shirley really wanted to punch him.

Akemi Miyano stood up: "It's all alright now. Kaze, Shiho."

Miyano Akemi saw Lin Xiaofeng and Shirley embracing and kissing on the ground for a long time, and she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Conan also managed to run to the group without any serious incident.

"Everyone, are you alright?"

Lin Xiaofeng helped Shirley up from the ground, patted her bottom, and stood up.

"fine."

……

Following the direction from which the black smoke drifted, two figures, one tall and one short, continued to advance along the passage, while the Miyano sisters retreated first to the safety of the exhibition area.

As Shirley had previously witnessed, the explosion was not actually large. It was only because it occurred in a relatively enclosed space, and the only outlet for the pressure was the corridor outside the bathroom door, that the airflow generated by the explosion rushed out of the corridor all at once, making the visual effect appear exaggerated.

When Lin Xiaofeng and Conan arrived at the restroom door, the entire door to the men's restroom had been blown into a huge hole, with shattered steel bars and concrete scattered all over the ground, billowing thick smoke outwards.

There were hardly any people in the corridor, not even any injured people. Some were washing their hands near the sink when the explosion happened, and were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground but did not suffer any real injury. Others were simply in the women's restroom next door, peeking out from the door with suspicion and uncertainty.

It doesn't look like it was seriously exploded, and there's no smell of "Oli Gei" coming out of it, so it doesn't seem like a methane explosion... Lin Xiaofeng thought to himself.

But this did not prevent Conan from having a serious expression on his face.

"Damn it, what's going on here!" the elementary school detective roared in righteous anger. He waved to Lin Xiaofeng behind him, "Quickly call the police and get them here! Also, tell everyone to get away from here; it might still be unsafe inside!"

After saying that, he rushed inside without looking back.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaofeng opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately said nothing and silently followed behind Conan.

It can only be said that if the commotion outside was all bark and no bite, then the commotion inside the bathroom, the epicenter of the explosion, was definitely all bark and no bite.

In a corner of the restroom against the wall, a large section of the wall was scorched black by the flames of the explosion, which looked like the exact location where the explosion occurred.

Lin Xiaofeng walked and stopped amidst the ruins and black smoke, and soon found an arm, two legs, and half of a buttock chin that had been blown to pieces and turned as black as charcoal.

Hmm... Speaking of which, looking at that iconic chin, it seems that the loser who got blown up really was tequila?

"What is this?" Conan's exclamation suddenly came from the thick smoke.

Lin Xiaofeng carried one arm and one leg over and, upon closer inspection, found a round badge that had fallen from the Full Heaven briefcase. The large "M" on it was charred black, and the entire badge was bent into a strange arc by the shockwave from the explosion.

But what's amazing is that a badge that was blown off the briefcase was bent at an angle that wasn't facing inwards, but rather outwards.

In other words, the force was applied from the inside out of the briefcase, rather than from an external impact that caused it to bend and fall!

In other words, was the briefcase Tequila had earlier filled with a bomb?

Thinking of this, Lin Xiaofeng couldn't help but lean back mentally. He almost forgot that Agave was killed in the bombing of Full Heaven; he couldn't escape this fate after all.

380. Minos will surely suffer retribution, except for me.

"Wait...wait, this isn't an accidental explosion! This is a murder!"

Almost at the same time, Conan, who found the Mantek emblem bent and blackened by the explosion at the scene, came to the same conclusion as Lin Xiaofeng.

This has nothing to do with an individual's reasoning ability; it's simply a matter of logical thinking and common sense.

Because the badge on the Full Heaven Company's exclusive briefcase is affixed to the side of the briefcase opening, in the event of an accident, the badge, which would fall and shatter upon impact, would inevitably bend inwards into the box.

However, the badge that Conan found in the bathroom is bent outwards.

In other words, the impact force from the explosion came from inside the briefcase to the outside!

"Yeah, I think so," Lin Xiaofeng said, tilting his head and taking a closer look.

Conan looked at the full Heaven badge in his hand, stroking his chin as if deep in thought: "Wait, I remember you talked to the deceased before, you two should know each other, so do you know... uh!"

He had intended to ask Lin Xiaofeng if he knew the trading partners and the contents of the tequila deal, but as soon as he looked up, he saw a dog-headed creature holding half a bloody limb in each hand, tilting its head to look at the Full Heaven badge in his hand.

Coupled with the thick smoke billowing from the crime scene and the scattered ruins and corpses, it gives off a strong sense of déjà vu, like a big boss in a horror game.

"Can you be a little normal?" Conan was startled by this guy.

"Ok?"

Lin Xiaofeng was taken aback. He looked down at the things he was carrying in his hands, then glanced at the crowd outside the restroom who had not yet been evacuated, clinging to the door frame and peeking out with half their heads out, looking like they wanted to see but dared not. After a moment's thought, he threw the "Tequila" back into the ruins with all his might.

"Okay, I thought you might need those things, like finding all the corpses, piecing them together to find out the original identity, and then following the clues to find our organization, so I could legitimately kill your whole family."

"..." Conan was silent for a while before saying, "It's impossible. The pieces are too badly broken. Even a forensic doctor with extensive professional knowledge and sufficient equipment would have a hard time doing it."

"But now the problem is, who exactly blew this guy up?" Lin Yi squatted down, his fingers rummaging through the rubble and flesh at his feet with some distress.

"You act like you've already seen through everything and know the truth, so there's no need for you to pretend in front of me," Conan said expressionlessly.

"Conan, so you admit that your reasoning skills are inferior to mine?"

"I will not admit it."

"But you always lose to me in reasoning."

Conan offered another answer, a flash of lightning appearing in his glasses as he pointed at Lin Xiaofeng and said, "I didn't lose to you in reasoning; it's that you have superpowers. Every time there's insufficient evidence, and without much investigation, you can always pinpoint the truth. That's right, you're not a famous detective who relies on orthodox reasoning, but a famous detective who relies on superpowers."

"Uh..." Lin Xiaofeng had to admit that Conan was amazing. What he said was pretty accurate. He didn't have superpowers for deduction, but rather he knew the plot in advance. "Okay. You got it all right, Conan. You really make me look at you in a new light."