Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

Chapter 324 Rum's Pursuit: 17 Years of Obsession and a Deadly Sniper Shot on a Rainy Night

Kuroda looked at her with a scrutinizing look in his eyes: "Are you Amanda Hughes' bodyguard?"

Asaka straightened her back instantly, her muscles tensed, her eyes alert and almost defensive, and she asked without disguising, "Who are you? How is that island guy with glasses?"

Kurodabei was silent for a moment, then slowly pushed open the bathroom door, his movements solemn. He leaned over to let Asaka see the situation inside the room, pointed his finger at the ground, and said in a low voice: "Ah, if you're asking about him..."

Asaka's gaze fell on the lifeless Haneda Hiroji lying on the ground, and her pupils suddenly shrank, as if her heart was being tightly gripped by an invisible force.

In an instant, the color on her face faded away like a tide, and she froze on the spot, her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move. Her hands began to tremble violently and uncontrollably, and even her fingertips turned pale.

In just a second, she raised her head suddenly, her eyes instantly reddened and filled with tears, her voice trembled with anger and grief, and she almost screamed: "Did you kill him?"

Seeing this, Kuroda Bei waved his hands hastily, a trace of panic on his face: "It's not me, when I found out, he had already..."

Before she could finish her words, Asaka was overwhelmed by anger and grief. Her breathing was rapid, her chest was heaving violently, and the scenes of her time with Haneda Hiroshi kept flashing through her mind.

At this moment, her rationality was completely overwhelmed. She had no time to think. She turned her body abruptly, her leg muscles tensed instantly, and she kicked back violently, with a whistling sound, and went straight towards Kuroda Heibei. The fierce momentum seemed to tear everything in front of her into pieces.

Kuroda Heibei's pupils tightened and he quickly took several steps back, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow. He was secretly surprised in his heart: "How fast!"

Asaka was not willing to give up, and took advantage of the situation, then jumped high, and kicked again, the shadow of the leg was like a whip. Kuroda Bei had no way to avoid it, and had no choice but to stumble back a step.

Asaka saw the opportunity and with quick eyes and hands, she stretched out her hand like an iron clamp to grab the back of Kuroda Heibei's neck and pressed down quickly. At the same time, she bent one knee and struck Kuroda Heibei's abdomen with the force of thunder. The whole set of movements was completed in one go, leaving Kuroda Heibei no chance to breathe.

Kuroda felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, as if he was hit by a heavy hammer, and instinctively supported himself on the ground with both hands, barely able to stabilize his shaky body. But Asaka continued to attack, and then swung her fist, full of anger, and hit Kuroda's back fiercely.

Kuroda Bei felt so much pain that his body shook violently, and the cell phone in his inner pocket fell to the ground with a "bang". The screen lit up, revealing the photos he took in Amanda's room.

Asaka caught a glimpse of the phone screen on the ground from the corner of her eye and picked it up subconsciously. When she saw Amanda's face in the photo, tears welled up in her eyes and she murmured, "Amanda!"

Kuroda Bei took advantage of Asaka's distraction, found the right moment, and suddenly struck out and knocked Asaka unconscious.

He covered his painful area, slowly stood up, and murmured softly: "It seems that two or three ribs are broken. Logically, this woman should be handed over to the local police, but I don't know to what extent the island police can intervene.

Before handing her over, I still want to ask her about Haneda Meijin in detail. So take her away, where should we hide first? Even if we run into those guys just now, we won’t be discovered by them. "

His eyes fell on the large suitcase at the door, and after a brief thought, he placed the unconscious Asaka in the suitcase and zipped it shut. In order to avoid being recognized, he even put on a pair of sunglasses.

Rum was sitting in his car downstairs at the Juke Hotel. He called his men and asked, "What's going on?"

The voice of his subordinate came from the other end of the phone: "Although Amanda's body has been taken away by the police, Asaka still hasn't shown up! It seems that the police haven't discovered Haneda's death yet."

Rum frowned even more tightly: "Continue to monitor."

After he finished speaking, he put down his phone. A piece of paper was blown onto the car window by the wind. Rum looked up and said, "This is a shogi chess record!"

The man driving Rum explained: "There's this weird paper scattered all over the place! It looks like a binder was dropped on the ground and scattered."

After hearing this, Rum seemed to suddenly realize something, and a flash of enlightenment flashed in his eyes: "So that's how it is. He threw away all the binders on the inside of the bookshelf to make room to hide Asaka there."

Rum made a prompt decision, opened the car door and got out, telling his men: "Let's go back to Haneda's room!"

Then, he walked quickly towards the hotel.

A group of people took the elevator to the 15th floor. At this time, Kuroda Bei was waiting to get off the elevator with a suitcase. With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened.

Rum and his men hurried to Haneda Hiroshi's room and passed by Kuroda Heibei. Neither of them noticed anything strange about each other. Kuroda Heibei walked into the elevator pushing his suitcase and the elevator door slowly closed.

Kuroda Beibei walked out of the hotel and came to his car. He opened the door, rescued the unconscious Asaka from the suitcase, put her on the passenger seat, and fastened her seat belt.

After Rum and his men came to Haneda Hiroshi's room, he looked at the books scattered on the floor and sneered, "As expected, she is indeed hiding here. As expected of a celebrity, she has arranged everything so skillfully. However, the room was not so messy before. What is the reason?"

The man who was driving for Rum speculated, "Is it because he was in so much pain after taking the poison..."

Rum rejected this idea directly and shook his head: "Probably not, maybe..."

Before he finished speaking, another of his men hurried forward to report: "Oh no, someone called the police and said someone died here too. The police are on their way here now!"

Rum looked puzzled: "Call the police?"

At that moment, the two men who were knocked unconscious by Kuroda Heibei in the bathroom walked into the room supporting each other. One of them said weakly: "One of our companions was knocked unconscious and tied to the bed."

Rum quickly asked, "Who did it?"

"A big island man."

Rum frowned immediately, and the man who just passed by the elevator suddenly appeared in his mind. He shouted urgently: "It's the man who just passed by us. Asaka is hidden in that suitcase. Chase him!"

As soon as Kuroda Bei started the car and turned on the headlights, he caught a glimpse in the rearview mirror and saw several cars speeding up behind him.

His heart tightened, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "How is it possible? Why did they target this car?"

I subconsciously glanced at the suitcase in the back seat and thought to myself, "Could this suitcase be equipped with a GPS?"

While the thought was still spinning in his mind, a car behind him suddenly accelerated like an arrow and crashed into the rear of his car.

At the same time, the car window rolled down and the black muzzle of a gun was pointed at his head. The situation was critical.

Kuroda Heibei's heart was pounding. He didn't dare to hesitate. He stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The engine roared and the car rushed forward like a wild horse, trying to shake off the vehicle that was chasing him like a leech.

As the two sides were chasing each other and in a stalemate, Kuroda Heibei saw from the corner of his eye that a small truck suddenly jumped out from the left like a ghost, at an astonishing speed. His pupils suddenly shrank, and his brain went blank in an instant, and he had no time to react.

"Oops!" Kuroda Heibei only had time to squeeze out these two words from between his teeth, and then, a deafening "bang" suddenly rang out, and the minivan slammed into his car with tremendous force.

In an instant, the sounds of metal twisting and deforming and the crisp sound of glass shattering were intertwined, flames and thick smoke billowed up, and the powerful impact force caused the car to slide forward uncontrollably, leaving a shocking black mark on the ground.

The pedestrians on the roadside were stunned by the sudden tragic car accident, and then burst into a terrified scream. They turned their heads to look over here, their faces full of fear, and kept shouting: "Oh my God!"

In Rum's car, the man driving the car looked at Rum and asked, "Should we get rid of him?"

Rum looked at the crowds of people watching and weighed the pros and cons: "There are too many people watching. We have to withdraw."

After hearing the order, the subordinate sent evacuation messages to several surrounding vehicles and then drove away.

As soon as Asaka woke up from her coma, she saw Rum and his people driving away from the place. Kuroda Hei was also unconscious, and the attention of the onlookers around was attracted by the small truck that was emitting thick smoke.

She took advantage of this opportunity, avoiding the crowd's sight and quietly escaped from the car.

When the fire truck and rescue vehicle arrived at the scene, Kuroda Bei had already fallen into a deep coma. The rescuers quickly lifted him onto the bed and applied simple bandages to the wounds on his head and eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, Kuroda Bei woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he anxiously asked the rescuer beside him, "Where is that woman? How is the woman sitting in the passenger seat?"

The rescuer looked at him blankly: "You are the only one in the car."

After hearing this, Kuroda Bei realized that Asaka had escaped. He slowly closed his eyes and fell into a coma.

At the moment, the system screen was blank, and Kudo Yuki could only listen to Kuroda Bei's story: "After that, I was hospitalized in the police hospital and was in a coma for several years. When I woke up, I became like this now.

At first, I seemed to be suspected of murder, but after learning that Amanda and I had an appointment to meet, and after getting the testimony of the hotel doorman who found Amanda's body with me, I was cleared of suspicion. "

Conan held the photo in his hand, looked at Kuroda Bei, and asked: "The traffic accident as well? In addition to the person named Asaka that you brought out, right?"

"Yes. The car that hit us was a drunk driver who ran a red light. By the way, Amanda's bodyguards were knocked unconscious by someone. When they woke up, they found themselves in the warehouse of the hotel."

"Except for the person named Asaka that you brought out, right?"

"Right. And then what? Did you solve it? The death message Amanda left behind."

"Yeah, that's almost it." Conan nodded slightly.

Kudo Yuki sat nearby and listened to their conversation. She just curled her lips and smiled slightly, looking confident. She watched the scene in front of her quietly, as if she was just watching a show.

In the cafe, Dr. Agasa looked at the time on his wrist watch and couldn't help but sigh: "Conan, time is so slow. Almost forty minutes have passed."

The three little ones sat aside and began to whisper.

"What did he say to Sister Xue and the administrator?"

"Let's forget about Conan and go to the restaurant first, shall we?"

"No, we have to wait for Conan to come along."

Kobayashi Sumiko looked at the umbrella with a worried look on her face, muttering, "By the way, I wonder if Ms. Wakasa has managed to get a taxi. It would be bad if she gets soaked because she can't get a taxi."

Haibara Ai looked at the umbrella left by Wakasa Rumi without saying a word, but her eyes showed a thoughtful look.

At this moment, on the rooftop of the TOPIA building in Haido Town, Wakasa Rumi stood there quietly in a raincoat. She looked down at Rum sitting in the car, and the rain slid down her raincoat, but it did not affect her focused expression at all, as if she was waiting for some opportunity.

Kudo Yuki noticed that there was a new movement on the system screen, and the location was downstairs of the West TOPIA building in Haido-cho, in Rum's car.

Rum looked out the window at the drizzling rain and muttered to himself, "17 years ago, when Asaka's car had an accident at the intersection, if I had seized that perfect opportunity to kill her, I wouldn't have to wait here foolishly now.

At that time, there were too many people gathered around, so we had no choice but to retreat. "

A trace of regret and unwillingness flashed across his face, and his eyes hidden under the brim of his hat were full of sinister intent.

At this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly came from Rum's phone. The laughter came from a new member who had just joined the organization and had not yet obtained a name for the wine.

Rum frowned, put the phone to his ear, and said with a hint of impatience: "What's wrong, newcomer?"

The newcomer on the other end of the phone seemed to still be immersed in the laughter just now. He took a moment to answer: "Ah, nothing. I just saw a news report online. In this day and age, there are still idiots robbing people with knives. The robber's panic and ridiculous method suddenly made me laugh. Haha."

Rum's face suddenly became serious, and he scolded, "I should have told you before, don't mess around when you're on a mission, keep your eyes on the scope, understand? This mission can't afford any mistakes, if you mess up, you know the consequences."

The newcomer quickly stopped laughing and said, "Understood, Lord Rum. I will not be distracted again from now on."

Rum snorted coldly: "Let me confirm with you what the characteristics of this target are. You must listen to me carefully. If I am wrong..."

The newcomer described it carefully: "The target is a long-haired woman who is less than 1.7 meters tall. She is holding a striped umbrella. Her features are very obvious. I remember them all, right?"

Rum responded and ordered in a cold tone: "Yes. Once the target appears, you must kill her with one clean strike! Don't let her have a chance to escape."

"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"

To be continued...