Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

Conan muttered this in his mind. If he said it out loud, Ayumi would definitely teach him a lesson: "Conan-kun, you are also a child." If it really was a prank, it would be nice to go to the exhibition with the children. Conan's eyes did not leave the screen of his mobile phone, and he felt a little excited.

Listening to the children happily singing "Teitan Elementary School", Dr. Agasa also hummed along with them and drove into the tunnel easily.

At this moment, Conan was surprised to find that the TV signal on his phone was interrupted and he could not watch the live broadcast. Conan nervously raised his phone and found that there was indeed no signal. Was it affected by the magnetic field inside the tunnel? Or was there another reason?

Conan looked around anxiously and saw a suspicious person standing in the tunnel, standing on the side of the tunnel like a black ghost. Due to the light problem in the tunnel and the car driven by Dr. Agasa moving forward quickly, Conan saw that the strange person seemed to be holding an unknown object in his hand.

Conan wanted to see more clearly what the black figure was holding, but the figure was already buried by the large amount of traffic behind him. Although he couldn't be 100% sure, under normal circumstances, no pedestrians would enter the car tunnel. Not to mention that the person was standing there, holding a strange thing in his hand, as if he was waiting for something.

What are you waiting for?

The images in Conan's mind flashed and intertwined rapidly.

"Everything is ready except the east wind"!?

Threatening letter?!

Prisoners!! That’s right, after the opening ceremony began, the prisoners were silent, waiting for an opportunity to strike! The calm before that was just the strange calm before the storm.

So, what opportunity is the criminal waiting for? Why does he appear in the tunnel? Conan thought so and looked at the surrounding geographical situation more carefully.

Suddenly discovering something, Conan stretched his head out and nervously looked up the tunnel. There was an intersection between this car tunnel and the track of the new subway line! The criminal wanted to do it there! The criminal was in the tunnel just to wait for the arrival of the first train of the Touto Line passing by!

What did the prisoner want to do at the intersection? It must have been arranged long ago, otherwise the prisoner would not be waiting so leisurely in the tunnel.

Conan tried hard to look for anything suspicious near the intersection and was surprised to find that there were indeed several black square boxes installed on the ceiling of the tunnel not far away.

Conan immediately understood that this was what the criminal meant by the words "everything is ready except for the east wind" in the threatening letter!

The criminal had already predicted that the train would pass through this intersection, so he installed a bomb on the top of the tunnel in advance. On the day of the opening ceremony, he would be able to commit the crime according to the threatening letter. Now, the criminal only needs to wait for the first train of the Touto Line to arrive and press the detonator in his hand. In other words, the unidentified object held by the man is the detonator!

Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta in the car stopped singing when they saw Conan looking nervous. They looked at each other and shook their heads, completely confused and not knowing what was going on.

Only Ai, who had been watching Conan and knew that Conan was concerned about the threat to Governor Asakura, realized that something might really happen as the threatening letter said.

"Dr. Agasa! Stop the car!" Conan retracted his head and shouted at Dr. Agasa who was driving the car.

Dr. Agasa looked at the rearview mirror in embarrassment. There was a long line of cars behind him. In the tunnel, he could only move forward and there was no way to stop.

Seeing Conan's anxious expression, Dr. Agasa knew the situation was serious, so he gritted his teeth and sped up to the nearest parking entrance. The car had just stopped, but not yet completely stopped, Conan anxiously pushed Yuanta, who was blocking the door, out of the car first, and then jumped out of the car nimbly.

Conan stepped on the skateboard, frowned, and slid quickly between the traffic, dodging left and right in the honking of horns. Conan was worried about the bomb and the safety of everyone on the Toudou Line train. He tried his best to avoid the cars coming towards him from the left and right, ignoring the driver's terrified expression and loud scolding.

"What's going on? How can you skateboard here, kid?"

"Don't kids nowadays know traffic rules?"

"You're looking for death, you little brat!"

We are racing against time, so we don't have time to worry about traffic rules! We must stop this criminal who has made all the preparations for today's explosion from sending such a mysterious threatening letter and then executing the crime today according to the content of the threatening letter. We must not allow such a blatant provocation and crime!

Conan could hear the sound of the first train of the Touto Line approaching from above. Conan looked at his watch and realized that there was no time to defuse the bomb. The situation was urgent. Conan was careful of the traffic and passed by the speeding cars while taking out his cell phone and dialing Maori's number.

As soon as he heard the other end answer the phone, Conan immediately shouted: "Uncle! It's me! Stop the train now, stop it immediately, it's going to explode!"

Maori was originally wondering whether the criminal would use a bomb attack, but when he received Conan's call, he immediately understood.

After Conan conveyed the explosion warning to Maori and entrusted the safety of the Touto Line train to him, he stopped skating, held his skateboard high and stood in the middle of the road, blocking a large number of cars and keeping them outside the explosion area.

Mori informed Officer Megure of the explosion warning, and Officer Megure asked Officer Sato and Detective Takagi to stay with Governor Asakura to protect him, while he, Mori, and Officer Shiratori rushed to the train control room and requested an emergency brake. The conductor learned that a bomb had been planted on the ceiling of the tunnel near the intersection, and that a huge explosion was about to occur when the train passed by, so he hurriedly pulled the brake.

It is impossible to stop a high-speed train all at once, and the train can only be slowed down by emergency braking, trying not to slide too fast and get too close to the center of the explosion where the bomb is located. Whether it is Officers Maori and Megure on the train, or Conan who blocks the traffic in the tunnel to prevent everyone from getting close to the explosion area, everyone is trying their best to fight a race against time with the criminals.

The prisoner's mouth was full of pride, and he held the detonator tightly in his hand, counting down the last 15 seconds in his mind. As long as he pressed the detonator lightly, even the life and death of the governor of Tokyo would be in his hands. The prisoner, who regarded himself as a god, thought proudly, and slowly pressed the button with his finger.

"3...2...1..." The train in emergency braking rubbed against the track, making a harsh sound, and then there was a huge explosion, and the whole tunnel began to shake. In the powerful explosion, the tunnel ceiling that collapsed due to the power of the explosion shattered one after another, and stones and dust piled up on the tunnel floor. Thick gray smoke quickly filled the tunnel.

At this time, Dr. Agasa and the four members of the Junior Detective League who had parked their car outside the tunnel and were waiting for Conan in the roadside parking area all felt the vibration.

Ayumi felt the ground shaking a little, so she asked Dr. Agasa fearfully: "Ah, is there an earthquake?"

Mitsuhiko and Genta also blinked their eyes and looked up at Dr. Agasa with concern: "Can we still participate in the space exhibition science activities after the earthquake, Doctor?"

Chapter 199

Dr. Agasa smiled at them with an awkward frown. It was still unclear what the current situation was, especially the situation of Conan who had entered the tunnel. He could not guarantee that the three children could attend the space exhibition science activities on time.

Conan, who was shaken by the violent explosion and vibration in the tunnel, was still unsure of the current situation of the Toudou Line. But from the sound of the emergency brake before the explosion, the first train on the Toudou Line should have delayed its arrival at the intersection by emergency braking. If the confident criminal pressed the detonator at the time he calculated, the train should have escaped.

Just as Conan thought, the criminal pressed the detonator at the scheduled time, when the Touto Line train arrived at the intersection. However, due to the emergency braking measures taken by the Touto Line train, the train moved slowly due to inertia and arrived at the intersection later than scheduled, avoiding the fate of being directly blown up.

However, due to the combined effects of the inertia of the high-speed train and the impact of the bomb explosion, the Touto Line train left its original track, rushed out of the tunnel, and ran for several hundred meters on the highway before stopping. The people in the train were all greatly frightened, grabbing whatever they could hold on to and shouting loudly.

Maori, Inspector Megure and other police officers were looking for a foothold to stand firm while protecting Governor Asakura who was swaying from side to side and about to fall. Although the train was not directly hit by the explosion, due to the collapse of the tunnel ceiling and the strong inertia of the train, the entire train was like flying up and then falling heavily to the ground. With the continuous collisions, Maori guessed that the exterior of the train must be in a terrible state.

Looking at the Touto Line train rushing out of the road and crashing everywhere out of control, Professor Agasa and the children of the Junior Detective League were so terrified that they were stunned and speechless.

Xiao Ai frowned slightly and turned to look at the tunnel and subway line that were destroyed and shattered by the explosion. In the thick smoke, nothing could be seen at all.

When Ai thought of Mori who was on the train, her heart tightened and she could only call Mori's name over and over again in her heart.

Maori...Uncle...please don't get into any trouble!

You must survive, and work with Uncle Maori to uncover the criminal's conspiracy and prevent the crime from succeeding! All for the sake of everyone's survival, so I will also return alive to everyone!

During the explosion just now, Conan had been thinking this firmly. Although now that he thought about it, he realized that rushing into the tunnel just now might have been a dangerous thing. But Conan, who was only thinking about stopping the crime, didn't think about his own safety at all. The doctor and the others must be worried about him, right?

Conan confirmed that the explosion was over and there would be no new explosions, so he made way and vehicles drove out of the tunnel one after another. Conan also stepped on the skateboard again and quickly came to Dr. Agasa and his friends who were worried about him. Looking at the cars that kept coming out of the smoke in the tunnel, followed by Conan on the skateboard, Dr. Agasa, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta all smiled widely and waved at him vigorously.

……

Although the subway lines and tunnels were severely damaged in the explosion and the flying trains were in tatters, fortunately, the people on the train, including Governor Asakura, Mori and Inspector Megure, suffered no casualties.

"Ah, the world is spinning, what's going on? Is the Touto Line train a roller coaster?" Kogoro Mouri held his forehead with one hand and muttered to himself as he staggered out of the carriage.

Next, Governor Asakura and other people who participated in the test ride of the first train escaped safely from the carriage under the protection of Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori.

Mao Li was the last one to come out, his brows furrowed.

Seeing that everyone was safe, Conan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. It was great that he could prevent the content of the threatening letter from becoming true and prevent a tragedy from happening. Nothing is more precious and important than human life, and all new hatred and tragedies are caused by the loss of important things.

When Xiao Ai saw that Maori was safe and sound, a big stone in her heart fell to the ground. The corners of her mouth twitched slightly and she smiled faintly.

However, will the criminal who sent a mysterious threatening letter full of murderous intent to Governor Asakura and actually carried out a bomb ambush according to the threatening letter give up?

Mao Li frowned as he looked at the people around him who were busy with rescue, repair and traffic maintenance, as well as some people who were watching on the roadside. The criminal might still be hiding in the crowd, and knowing that his goal had not been achieved, he might have a new plan...

In short, the danger will not be resolved until the criminal is found out of the darkness and the truth of the mysterious threatening letter and the bombing is solved! Now is the key to the case!

……

"Luckily, Brother Mori reminded me just now that someone saw the criminal who was likely to have sent the threatening letter to Governor Asakura appear in the tunnel. They also found a bomb installed above the tunnel at the intersection where the Touto Line passes."

After Governor Asakura and other important people who were on the first train of the Touto Line were safely evacuated from the damaged carriage, Officer Megure explained to the other officers that the reason why he suddenly asked the train conductor to apply emergency brakes was because Maori warned that the criminal was likely to detonate the bomb at the intersection. Considering that there was no time to dismantle and prevent the explosion, the only way was to use emergency brakes to avoid being hit head-on.

"By the way, Maori brother." Inspector Megure looked at Maori, "Just now, time was tight, so I didn't ask, who is the witness you mentioned?"

"It's someone you, Inspector Megure, are also very familiar with." Maori smiled and did not answer directly.

"Then, could it be...?" Officer Megure's eyes widened, but he immediately cleared his throat and pointed at the severely damaged train. "If we hadn't applied the emergency brakes in time, we would have been blown to pieces now."

"Inspector Megure! Our Junior Detective Team has also made a contribution this time." Genta waved and shouted when he saw Inspector Megure. Inspector Megure walked towards Dr. Agasa and the Junior Detective Team, looked at Conan covered in dust, smiled and nodded: "Conan stopped those vehicles in the tunnel in time, otherwise it would have caused a great disaster."

Conan also laughed and said loudly: "Haha, yes, because Uncle Maori notified me to go to the tunnel quickly to help stop those cars. Otherwise, those cars will be blown up."

Because of such a terrible explosion, Dr. Agasa canceled the science activity of taking the Junior Detective Team to the space exhibition. Conan and the children of the Junior Detective Team got back into the doctor's car and left the scene of the explosion.

"Oh, it's a shame that I can't go to the space exhibition and science activities."

On the way back, Genta and Mitsuhiko were still regretting that they couldn't go to the space exhibition. Ayumi also frowned and pursed her lips and muttered: "Yeah, we can't see aliens either."

Conan looked back, his mind full of questions and curiosity, about the purpose and identity of the person who sent the threatening letter, and about the criminal's hostility towards Governor Asakura. Maori just said that in order to understand the criminal's purpose and get close to the criminal, you must understand Governor Asakura. Indeed, the criminal also wrote this in the threatening letter: against your arrogant and rude four-year administration.

That’s right, clues to the truth behind the threatening letter and the bombing must be hidden in the decisions made or projects that Governor Asakura was responsible for during his four years in office!

Conan can't wait to collect and investigate information related to Governor Asakura, and is confident that he will be able to track down clues related to the criminal from it.

……

After Officer Megure and Officer Shiratori safely escorted Governor Asakura back to his residence, they prepared to hold a press conference.

"Well, since Kudo-san has requested that his affairs not be made public, we can only briefly explain to the media that the information was provided by someone assisting the police."

Officer Shiratori smiled helplessly, pointed to the large number of reporters who had already arrived at the stage, and confirmed with Maori again before going on stage.

After all, today's opening ceremony of the new subway line on the Touto Line was a big news that attracted the attention of a large number of reporters across the country, and an explosion occurred at such an important occasion. Fortunately, there were no casualties, but the new subway that had just opened was damaged. More importantly, the criminal's target of the attack was an important person. All sectors of society were very concerned about this explosion, and they had to respond.

"That's it." Maori nodded.

Officer Megure thought for a moment, nodded, took a deep breath and said to Officer Shiratori: "Let's go, let's go up, don't keep everyone waiting too long."

Officer Shiratori nodded and reminded Mao Li, who was following behind them, to go on stage together.

Officer Megure was being watched by numerous reporters. Facing the reporters' sharp questions, "Excuse me, Officer Megure, before the opening ceremony, did you have no idea what the criminal was going to do? How did you know that the criminal had planted a bomb at the intersection when you were already on the first train, and how did you make the emergency brake decision in time?"

"Regarding this point, first of all, our Metropolitan Police Department must reflect on not being able to find out the identity and intentions of the criminal in advance. After Governor Asakura received the mysterious threatening letter, the Metropolitan Police Department tried every means to track him down, and even invited the Metropolitan Police Department's special consultant, the famous detective Kogoro Mori, to assist us. However, we were ultimately unable to arrest the criminal before the opening ceremony, which led to this explosion." After Officer Megure apologized on behalf of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for not being able to arrest the criminal, he slightly turned his head to signal Officer Shiratori to continue explaining other matters to the media on his behalf.

Officer Shiratori told the media that this time they were able to learn of the criminal's intentions in a timely manner and discover that a bomb had been installed in the tunnel. It was actually a police collaborator who called and informed the Special Advisor to the Warning Bureau, Kogoro Mouri.

"Although we could only respond with emergency braking, it was because this collaborator was able to discover the bomb in the tunnel and the criminal's purpose in advance. Due to the inertia of the train itself, we could not stop immediately even with emergency braking, and could only delay the time to reach the intersection where the bomb was placed. But this also prevented us from being blown to pieces with our car and people, and ensured the safety of everyone in the train." After speaking in one breath, Officer Shiratori told the media information about the time and aftermath of the explosion, as well as the extent of damage to the first train.

"In other words, the person who was able to avoid death and ensure the safety of Governor Asakura and a large number of citizens this time was a police collaborator? Who was this collaborator? Since he called Detective Mori directly to inform him, was he someone familiar with Detective Mori? It's amazing that he was able to discover the criminal's conspiracy. Can't the identity of this collaborator be made public?" The media is very interested in the identity of the "police collaborator" who can perceive the criminal's intentions earlier and more sensitively than the police.

Reporters demanded that the identity of the police collaborator be made public, and some even asked to interview this police collaborator who had great potential in solving the case. Officer Shiratori was forced to frown and smile bitterly by the reporters' chattering. He waved his hands and wanted to tell everyone that the police had to respect the collaborator's request and could not make it public casually, but the reporters made him speechless.

"Haha, this can't be made public casually. On the one hand, he himself doesn't like to be famous. On the other hand, he is our secret weapon and his identity cannot be revealed easily." Officer Megure smiled bitterly and rescued Shiratori who was forced to question by reporters.

After hearing what Officer Megure said, the reporter could not continue to pursue the identity of this police collaborator. However, before getting more powerful news, the reporter was unwilling to give up asking questions, so he changed the subject and continued to ask curiously:

"I heard that before the explosion, it was an elementary school student who ran into the tunnel to block the vehicles from approaching the explosion area. Who was that elementary school student? How could he rush there in time to stop the vehicles? If that elementary school student hadn't stopped the vehicles in the tunnel in time, I'm afraid many innocent citizens driving through the tunnel would have been injured, right? Since the identity of the police collaborator cannot be revealed, the identity of this elementary school student should be OK, right?"

Inspector Megure pointed at Kogoro Maori who was sitting on the stage with them, with an expression of sudden enlightenment: "That elementary school student was just a child who was usually instructed by Detective Maori. He seemed to be passing by there by car at that time, and seemed to be on his way to participate in today's space exhibition science activities. After receiving the bomb notification, Detective Maori instructed the child to block the vehicle, so as to prevent the citizens from being hurt. That's what happened..."

……

"Huh, there's no mention of our Junior Detective Team at all." Mitsuhiko picked up a piece of dessert, frowned and complained somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Ayumi nodded in agreement, biting a snack in her hand and muttering, "Although we didn't do anything, didn't Conan run into the tunnel to block the car? Conan is also a member of our Junior Detective Team."

"Delicious, delicious. So, Conan, you suddenly acted so strangely at that time. Was it really because you received the notice from Uncle Maori?"

Genta stuffed the snack into his mouth with his left hand and picked up another snack with his right hand. While chewing, he mumbled to Conan.

Conan was searching for information online and reading relevant newspapers at the desk. After answering Mitsuhiko, he buried his head in the information again. He didn't even raise his head at this moment, but just answered casually:

"Yes, it's just like what Officer Megure and Officer Shiratori said."

Yuantai blinked in confusion, and seeing that Conan was busy with something as soon as he returned to the doctor's house, he stopped disturbing him and continued to watch the press conference while eating snacks happily with the other two friends.

Xiao Ai saw that there was nothing interesting to see at the press conference. Anyway, the police had no clues at all about the criminal and could not make any conclusion.

Seeing Maori's performance on TV and Conan staring at the computer screen intently for a long time after returning to the doctor's house, Xiao Ai guessed that the two of them must have found a breakthrough. Conan must be investigating the culprit of the threatening letter and the bombing.

Ai looked at Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi who were still eating snacks and watching the press conference. She closed the book in her hand expressionlessly, stood up and walked to Conan.

"How about it, do you two have any idea?" Xiao Ai leaned her head slightly towards the computer screen.

Conan looked up slightly, and when he saw it was Ai, he nodded and said seriously: "Uncle Maori said that based on the content of the threatening letter the criminal sent to Governor Asakura, he speculated that the criminal was most likely dissatisfied with some projects or decisions that Governor Asakura participated in during his past tenure. I agree with this, so I would like to start from this point and investigate whether Governor Asakura was involved in any projects that were likely to cause disputes and resentment during his tenure."

After listening to Conan's words carefully, Xiao Ai's face still showed no expression, but she agreed with the two people's ideas: "Judging from the content of the threatening letter, it's right to think so. So, are there any clues?"

"The criminal should be an ordinary citizen. Writing threatening letters and bomb explosions are not forms of revenge between political opponents. If ordinary citizens have such strong hatred towards Governor Asakura, demolition and reconstruction projects are a very likely possibility, right?" Conan said, pointing to a piece of news material displayed on the screen.

Xiao Ai quickly scanned the news and nodded knowingly, "I'm afraid it has something to do with this."

After getting Ai's confirmation, Conan became more certain that the threatening letter received by Governor Asakura and the explosion in the tunnel were probably related to this news. He raised his head and called out to the professor and Mitsuhiko, Genta, and Ayumi who were eating sweets:

"Doctor! Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, Genta, come and take a look. The threatening letter and the bombing may be related to this incident."

"Governor Asakura's information, let me take a look." The doctor came over to take a closer look at the information, and couldn't help but look at Conan with wide eyes in surprise, "So there was such a thing, who knows who would be resented by that person."

Just as Conan said, once involved in such a large-scale relocation and reconstruction project, it is easy to arouse the resentment of opponents who oppose demolition.

"This village should have quite a long history, and there must be villagers who oppose relocation and reconstruction. From this point of view, the criminal is very likely related to this village." The doctor slightly bent his brows and read the news again as he spoke.

Not only Ai, but the professor also agreed with his and Uncle Maori's views. Conan became more confident in this clue and hurriedly told Mitsuhiko, Ayumi and Genta who had not seen the information yet: "Before becoming mayor, Governor Asakura served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. At that time, he was in charge of and participated in the construction of a large dam."