The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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"I'm so sorry to have kept you all waiting!"

The waiter handed the coffee and juice from the tray to Ran Mouri, Sonoko Suzuki, and Akemi Miyano, who were sitting in their seats.

Please enjoy your meal.

"Thank you."

Because they were tired from shopping, Ran, Sonoko, and Akemi Miyano, who joined them midway, were leisurely enjoying afternoon tea at a restaurant.

Sonoko said to Ran beside her with a hint of envy, "That dress is really pretty, Ran. You really suit red!"

"Thank you, Sonoko." Ran seemed a little embarrassed, her face unconsciously turning slightly red. "Shinichi and I also have red as our lucky color this month!"

"Oh~" After hearing Ran's words, Akemi Miyano, who was sitting opposite her, couldn't help but wink at her and said, "I really envy that guy named Shinichi. He actually has such an amazing girlfriend like you, Ran!"

Shinichi Kudo...

Akemi Miyano couldn't help but mutter to herself about the name.

Although she had never met the boy, she felt as if her sister had mentioned his name before.

"Girlfriend...!?" Upon hearing this word, Xiaolan's face suddenly turned bright red, and steam rose from her head in embarrassment.

"Miss Yamei, you, you mustn't say such things. We're not boyfriend and girlfriend..." Because of her lack of confidence, Xiaolan's voice grew softer and softer.

Seeing Ran's extremely shy expression, Akemi Miyano chuckled softly.

Sonoko, resting her chin on her hand, a sly glint in her eyes, then grinned mischievously: "Speaking of which, it's been a long time since Shinichi and I have seen each other! And Ms. Masami has never even met Shinichi before. Why don't we go see him together this time?"

"Ah!" Xiaolan was clearly taken aback when she heard this, and then she awkwardly declined, saying, "But the movie we're going to see isn't very good, why would we want to see him? Besides, he's actually quite boring!"

"Hahaha~" Seeing Ran's flustered appearance, Sonoko and Akemi Miyano exchanged a glance and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Of course I was just joking!" Sonoko shrugged helplessly and said irritably, "Who wants to be a third wheel?"

Akemi Miyano smiled and said, "Me too! I also made plans to go to the movies with Yuu Aragaki. Don't worry, Ran, I won't disturb your date."

Now, Xiaolan became even more shy. She held her burning face in her hands, her head almost completely hidden inside her clothes.

"..."

Sonoko, who had been teasing Ran, suddenly froze.

So, the lonely person here was actually all alone?

(づ--_--)づ

The clown is me!

After a few seconds of silence, Sonoko quickly changed the subject to cheer herself up, saying, "You always take people's words seriously. No wonder people like to tease you."

"Sonoko, really!" Knowing that what Sonoko said was true, Ran could only stick out her tongue.

Sonoko suddenly thought of Kogoro Mouri, who always hated Ran and Kudo going out together, so she was a little curious: "But I didn't expect your dad to agree to let you and Shinichi go to see a midnight movie!"

Ran seemed a little embarrassed about this: "My dad is against it, but I don't care! I bet he and Conan are discussing what they're going to eat tonight!"

……

Meanwhile, Kogoro Mouri and Conan's current situation is far from what she had guessed.

"So, they didn't find anything suspicious on those trains, huh?" Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure sat on the sofa, confirming the situation with the operations manager across from them.

"Yes." The operations manager nodded, his expression somewhat grave. "There are currently 21 trains running on the loop line. We've had all the train staff thoroughly check all passengers and luggage, and we haven't found anything suspicious. By the way, has the police found anything?"

Inspector Megure shook his head: "We didn't find any traces of what appears to be an explosive device under the train from the few cameras temporarily installed on the tracks."

Kogoro Mouri stroked his chin, tilted his head back, and said with a troubled expression, "That's strange. Where could the bomb possibly be?"

Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mouri, and the operations manager sat together, looking at each other in bewilderment, all of them somewhat at their wits' end.

Time had passed, but they still hadn't found anything about the bomb.

If this drags on, we're going to get into big trouble!

Inspector Megure glanced at the sky outside the window, feeling somewhat anxious, but he had to maintain a calm demeanor in front of others.

Suddenly, he missed his younger brothers Kudo and Aragaki.

I wonder if they have any new leads.

Chapter 239 Besides driving, he also has to take the blame.

Not far from Green Terrace Station.

Yuu Aragaki and Conan jumped out of Professor Agasa's Volkswagen Beetle.

Watching the train speed past him without slowing down or stopping, Conan immediately realized that Inspector Megure and Uncle Mori still hadn't found any clues about the bomb.

Clearly, the earlier speculation that Uncle Mori made the bomb in the hospital room was planted under the train seat or on the wire mesh was wrong.

"Damn it!" Conan frantically scratched his hair. "Where did that guy put the bomb?!"

Meanwhile, Yuu Aragaki watched the train rush past him, lost in thought.

"Hey, Conan." Just as the train had completely disappeared from Aragaki Yu's sight, he suddenly called out to Conan, who was scratching his head beside him.

"Hmm?" Conan looked up in surprise and responded.

Aragaki Yu rubbed his forehead, seemingly trying to recall something: "Do you remember what the prisoner said on the phone? The one about the bomb explosion?"

What did the prisoner say?

Conan raised an eyebrow. Speaking of this, he also remembered what he found strange when he heard the culprit say those words earlier.

Conan repeated what the culprit had said on the phone: "The bomb will explode if any trains on the Loop Line are traveling at less than 60 kilometers per hour after 4 p.m. today. It will also explode if you haven't defused it before sunset."

Yuu Aragaki frowned slightly: "Is this really possible?"

Conan nodded, then looked up at the sun with a puzzled expression: "Well, in terms of bomb design, it is indeed possible for a bomb to explode when the train is traveling at a speed of less than 60 kilometers per hour. But that person also said that if it is not defused before sunset, it will also explode. What's going on here?"

Yuu Aragaki suddenly had an urge to drag Teiji Moriya out and beat him up, demanding to know exactly where the bomb was planted.

But he also knew that he didn't have any conclusive evidence in his hands, and that old man, Teiji Moriya, would definitely not admit to anything.

In the end, it might just make things worse for you.

The main reason is that this movie is too old. Yuya Aragaki can only vaguely remember that Teiji Moriya blew up the loop line train, but he doesn't remember where the guy planted the bomb.

"Ugh, the trains on this loop line are in such a sorry state...!"

Just as Aragaki Yu sighed and reminisced, a sudden thought flashed through his mind, and he noticed something amiss in what Moriya Teiji had said.

"Wait, Conan!" Aragaki Yu patted Conan on the shoulder and said, "That guy said on the phone that trains traveling on the loop line will explode if they travel at speeds below 60 kilometers per hour, right? What if the train leaves the loop line?"

"Hmm...!?" Conan was slightly taken aback when he heard Yuu Aragaki's prompt, but then his eyes lit up.

Since the prisoner deliberately mentioned this point in his words, it must have been meaningful.

Judging from the prisoner's behavior so far, he is undoubtedly a very cautious fellow.

Conan didn't think that someone like that would deliberately say something meaningless.

Conan immediately realized this: "So, the problem might not be with the tram. Perhaps the real bomb is planted somewhere else on the loop line!"

Yuu Aragaki raised another point that seemed off: "Also, the perpetrator said on the phone that the bomb would explode if the moving train was traveling at a speed of less than 60 kilometers per hour, but he didn't mention what the consequences would be if the train, which was already stopped, didn't depart!"

Conan analyzed from the perspective of Yuu Aragaki's words: "In other words, whether the bomb explodes or not actually has nothing to do with the speed of the train, right?"

Once a direction is established, all the points that are questionable and analyzable gradually come to the surface.

There was no point in staying near the loop line any longer, so Aragaki Yuusuke returned to Professor Agasa's Beetle.

Conan followed closely behind and got into the car.

"Where to next?" Professor Agasa turned to look at Conan and Yuu Aragaki in the back seat.

"Go green..."

"Go back to the hospital."

Conan was about to offer his opinion on going to Midoritai Station to check on the situation again when Aragaki Yu beat him to it.

"Um……!?"

Now, both Professor Agasa and Conan looked somewhat surprised.

Dr. Agasa asked in confusion, "Aragaki, shall we go back to the hospital now? Don't we need to go see any other places?"

"Hmm...!?" Yuu Aragaki first looked at Professor Agasa with surprise, then revealed a matter-of-fact expression. "Now that the mystery has been solved, of course we should go back to the hospital first. If Inspector Megure and Mr. Mori find out that you sneaked out with us, they'll definitely be angry."

"!!!"

Professor Agasa stared in shock at Yuu Aragaki in the back seat, his expression gradually turning horrified.

"Wait a minute, wasn't it you who was supposed to bring Conan out? How did it become me?" Professor Agasa retorted angrily.

However, Yuu Aragaki glanced out the window, giving an expression of indifference.

Professor Agasa suddenly realized that among the three people present, he seemed to be the only "adult." Putting aside Conan, who was a child, Aragaki Yuya was just a high school boy.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, they do indeed think they are the ones in charge.

"!!!"

Professor Agasa immediately realized another point: the reason why Aragaki Yu had brought him along.