Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

Mao Li took the detective badge and said to the children, his brows furrowed deeply.

If he hadn't sent the children back earlier, he wouldn't have encountered this danger. No matter what, he couldn't let these children get into trouble. But then again, if it was these children, maybe...

"Genta, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko!"

Having made up his mind, Mao Li spoke again, "Although the situation is very dangerous now, as the consultant of the Junior Detective Team, I hope you can assist the police in their operations... Can you keep it a secret and secretly help check if there are any suspicious items on the train?"

The children answered without any hesitation:

"Of course! Uncle Maori!"

"Just leave it to our Junior Detective Team!"

"Absolutely no problem!"

Seeing that the children's attention was successfully diverted and they were no longer panicking, Maori breathed a sigh of relief: "Very good! Remember not to let other passengers notice anything unusual when you act, so as not to cause panic! Also, if you find anything, don't act rashly, and be sure to contact Dr. Agasa immediately!"

"it is good!"

After instructing the children and turning off the detective badge, Maori looked at Conan, who still had a bandage on his head: "Conan, can you still move now?"

"I'm much better now, uncle!"

Conan immediately nodded in understanding.

"Brother Maori, Conan still needs to rest, right?"

Officer Megure looked puzzled, "Why did you call him? Aren't we going to the Toudou Railway Command Center together now?"

"I'm sorry officer, I'm afraid you'll have to go over there on your own,"

Maori waved his hand, "I need Conan to lead the way now."

"Lead the way? Where are you going, Maori brother?"

"Didn't the timer stop for a moment when Conan delivered the bomb to the roadside?"

Mao Li's eyes sparkled, "My intuition tells me that there should be clues in that piece that can help solve the case!"

Chapter 48: Cooperation between the Great Detective and the Little Detective

Outside the Green Stage Police Hospital, a police motorcycle rushed into the road, quickly passed a number of cars, and disappeared into the distance amid the astonished gazes of passers-by.

There were two people, one big and one small, wearing helmets in the car. They were Maori and Conan.

"How long will it take until the sun sets?"

Maori asked calmly.

In order to get to the bustling neighborhood that Conan passed by as soon as possible, Maori specially borrowed the police motorcycle used by traffic police from Officer Megure. Although he has not ridden a motorcycle for a long time now that he is middle-aged, the motorcycle driving skills he learned when he was a boy in order to take Eri Kisaki for a ride are still firmly remembered by his body.

"There's about an hour and a half left, uncle... turn right ahead!"

Conan checked his watch and helped Maori with directions while enduring the slight dizziness caused by the speeding motorcycle. Of course, he still had some doubts in his mind:

"Uncle, do you think the criminal lives near the block where the bomb timer was paused?"

"Of course not. A criminal who dares to challenge a high school detective like you is unlikely to make such a low-level mistake that could easily expose his information," Maori followed Conan's instructions and nimbly moved through the streets. "But since he deliberately stopped the timer for a while, there must be some special reason..."

"A special reason?"

Conan tried hard to recall the time when he passed by that block, his expression extremely serious - he now felt the same as Maori had said before, both believed that this special reason would be the key to unlocking the identity of the criminal.

But what is the reason?

……

Over the Touto Railway Loop Line, a helicopter belonging to Nichimi Television flew between high-rise buildings, and the photographer aimed the camera at the train that was continuing to move below.

"Dear audience, the time is almost half past four,"

A young reporter looked down and said, "But you can see that the entire loop line below us has not stopped at a station for more than 30 minutes..."

"Regarding this abnormal situation, the Touto Railway and the Metropolitan Police Department only stated that an emergency had occurred, and did not make any comments to the outside world..."

Each station on the circular line was packed with waiting crowds, and reporters also flocked to report on the circular line incident in real time.

At the same time, Train No. 10, which is running on the loop line, and is the one that the children of the Junior Detective League are riding on, has become the focus of attention of Inspector Megure and others who are currently in the loop line dispatching room because of the presence of these children who were instructed by Mori.

"We have checked everything, Mr. Officer,"

The train conductor reported to Officer Megure in the dispatch room, "But we didn't find any bombs. Whether it's under the seats or on the grid, the luggage matches the passengers, and there are no suspicious items."

"Have you checked everything?"

Upon hearing the conductor's answer, Officer Megure, who was in the dispatching room, suddenly looked very unhappy.

Because it was not rush hour, it was not too difficult to check the train, and the inspection results were quite reliable. In other words, the bomb should not be in the train... After all, according to the criminal's hint "XX of X", it could be under the train or on the train. Of course, the bomb is also likely not on the No. 10 train, after all, there are far more than 5 trains on the loop line...

Just as Officer Megure was thinking this, Genta and the other two who had just assisted the train crew in the inspection ran into the cab where the conductor was:

"Oh no! Something terrible has happened! Mr. Commander!"

"The passengers are rioting! Just now..."

"It's in the third car!"

"what?!"

……

"How long will this train last?"

"My child keeps complaining about a stomachache. Please let us get off the bus, please..."

"Hey! I saw someone on the Internet saying there was a suspicious item in the car. What is it? Is there a bomb in the car?"

"B-bomb?!"

"No way?"

In carriage 3, the passengers were in chaos, surrounding a train attendant, and even the adjacent carriages were affected. In carriage 4, a fat guy even opened the window in fear and wanted to jump out of the train:

"I don't care, I want to get off by myself!"

The attendant saw this and hurriedly hugged him, repeatedly advising him: "Sir! Don't do this! You will get seriously injured if you jump off the train! It's too dangerous!"

"Being seriously injured is better than staying here and being blown up! I still have to go home to see my wives!"

"I want to get off, too! Let me get off!"

"Get out of the way!"

……

The riots on the Loop Line did not affect the neighborhood that Maori and Conan were investigating. The adults here were doing their own things as usual, and the children were having fun in the park with the elderly.

Conan and Maori were responsible for the right and left sides of the street respectively. After completing their respective investigations, they met again in the park.

"How is it, is there anything special?"

Gross profit margin asked first.

"Nothing was found,"

Conan shook his head decisively, "Uncle, what about you?"

"Me too."

"..."

The two people who had originally had high expectations for this place could not help but feel a little disappointed by the results of this investigation. Conan, who was relatively impatient, even hammered the lamppost beside him in anger, "Damn it! Could it be that this criminal really chose to temporarily stop the timer because he lives nearby? Is it really that simple?"

Mao Li frowned, "Now it seems that I'm afraid... huh?"

"...What's wrong, uncle?"

Conan followed Maori's gaze as he stopped talking midway, and found that he was looking at the street lamp next to him that he had punched, "Gas lamp? This gas lamp... is there anything special about it?"

"Let me ask you, Conan, do you know the history of this neighborhood?"

Maori stared at the gas lamp and suddenly asked this.

“The history of this neighborhood?”

Conan was a little confused, "I don't know..."

"This block was built about 20 years ago, when solar street lights first started to appear,"

Mao Li said, "But due to the limitations of the technology at that time, the solar street lights at that time could not store enough electricity to provide sufficient lighting at night even if they were exposed to sunlight all day. Therefore, the gas lamps with mature technology and London style were used here..."

"Solar street lights... Gas lamps..."

Conan knew that Maori would not tell him a story without a purpose, so his brain started to work rapidly, thinking about the significance of Maori's story.

Mao Li did not keep him in suspense. With a gleam in his eyes, he said directly: "Do you remember what the criminal said? There are a total of 5 bombs installed on the circular line. It will start at 60 pm. If the train speed is less than kilometers per hour, it will explode. In addition, the bomb will also explode after the sun sets... That's right, in order to meet these two explosion conditions at the same time, the criminal used light! It's just the opposite principle of solar street lights!"

"I see!!"

Conan suddenly realized, his scalp tingling, "The xx of xx that the criminal mentioned is..."

"Between the tracks, it's blocked by both the train's and the building's shadows!"

……

"Drip!"

At the Toudou Railway Terminal, the phone in Officer Megure's arms suddenly rang.

"Hi, I'm Megure."

"I am Maori,"

Maori contacted, "Officer Megure, I already know where the criminal put the bomb!"

"What? You already know?!" Inspector Megure was surprised and subconsciously thought of the Junior Detectives, "Did the kids find the bomb in the train?"

"The five bombs were not on the train. The correct location was between the rails,"

Maori looked at Conan who was using the detective badge to contact the children, and calmly explained to Officer Megure, "The bomb has been specially designed by the criminal. If it is not exposed to light for more than 12 seconds, it will be detonated. When the circular line train passes over the bomb, it will block the light for a few seconds. One car is 20 meters, and the total length of the 10 cars of the train is about 200 meters. If it passes over the bomb at 60 kilometers per hour, it will block the light for 12 seconds, so the speed cannot be lower than 60 kilometers per hour!"

"Is this true, Maori brother?!"

Inspector Megure couldn't help but shout out loud, his excitement evident on his face.

"Um,"

Mao Li nodded in affirmation and said, "Officer Megure, let's immediately move the loop line train to other tracks. As long as we don't stop on the loop line, there will be no danger! Of course, remember to maintain speed during the transfer!"

"I understand!"

Officer Megure hung up the phone carefully and turned to the director of the Toudou Railway who was standing beside him. "Director Sakaguchi, you heard the content of the call just now. This concerns the lives of all the passengers. I'm sorry to bother you!"

"Ok!"

The head of the railway station, Director Sakaguchi, still had sweat on his face. He nodded and walked to the control desk in a solemn atmosphere. "Attention, car 10! Transfer to the freight line of Shibahama Station in 3 minutes! Get ready immediately, hurry up!"

"Car No. 10 will switch tracks in 3 minutes. Shibahama Station has confirmed that the track linkage locomotive has started! The freight train has moved to the emergency evacuation track!"

The dispatching command room instantly entered an emergency and busy state, and all staff members were constantly contacting various stations and trains to coordinate the work of transferring tracks.

"Train No. 10 passes through Okamatsucho Station... arrives at Shibahama Station, track switching completed!"

"Start slowing down now!"

"68 kilometers...64 kilometers...63 kilometers..."

On Train No. 10, the passengers who noticed that the train's operation was finally starting to change stopped making noise and just watched nervously as the train entered the freight track of Shibahama Station. They held their breath as the speed began to slow down.

The children who were comforted by Conan and Maori had cold sweat on their foreheads, but they still held hands, leaned against the wall of the carriage, and looked determined.

"Since Conan and Uncle Maori both said there wouldn't be any problems..."

"That's definitely..."