A group of people dressed up as Conan characters, and I guaranteed the Black Team's advancement
21. The Countdown to Heaven (The End)
On the day of the opening ceremony of the Twin Towers in Nishitama City, everyone who had been invited by the Tokiwa Group to attend the banquet gathered in the banquet hall of the Twin Towers.
Jiang Jin randomly picked a guest who came to the banquet alone in the underground parking garage, "borrowed" an invitation from him, and easily sneaked into the banquet hall.
He stayed in the most secluded corner. As a competent assassin, Jiang Jin was perfectly capable of minimizing his presence. He wouldn't let anyone notice his existence until his target appeared.
This is the professional ethics of an assassin.
At the banquet, in front of the window that overlooks the entire Mount Fuji, Sonoko and Ran are standing together admiring the Mount Fuji in the sunset.
"Are you still worried about Shinichi?" Sonoko whispered to Ran when the other kids were away. She and Ran had known each other since they were little, even longer than Shinichi, so how could she not recognize Ran when she was younger?
In front of outsiders, Sonoko pretended not to know, but she was worried about Ran's safety.
Looking at Mount Fuji under the setting sun, Xiaolan nodded: "Yeah... I always feel inexplicably uneasy."
Sonoko turned to Ran and comforted her, "That kid isn't really a child. Don't always scare yourself like that. Look how beautiful Mount Fuji is. It's Shinichi's loss that he can't see it with you."
After Ran told Sonoko those bizarre stories, although Sonoko didn't say anything, she couldn't help but blame Shinichi Kudo in her heart. If that guy hadn't insisted on chasing after those men in black out of curiosity and getting involved with them, Ran wouldn't have been implicated...
As they were talking, Tokiwa Mio walked onto the stage. She was dressed very elegantly and beautifully today. She adjusted the microphone and began, "Welcome everyone to the opening ceremony of our Tokiwa Group's Twin Towers. Now, please allow me to introduce a little game..."
Jiang Jin, who was staying in the corner, declined the invitation to the countdown game. He had not yet seen Shinichi Kudo appear, and reasonably suspected that the great detective had probably failed to sneak into the banquet hall.
But there was no rush. Jiang Jin thought that once Tokiwa Mio died, the Grim Reaper would definitely appear. His gaze fell on Ran in the crowd, and he felt a pang of regret that Ai Haibara had only made one pill this time; otherwise, the fun would have been even greater.
Jiang Jin didn't deliberately hide his gaze. Xiao Lan sensed a terrifying aura not far behind her. She turned her head and met Jiang Jin's eyes!
Xiao Lan's face turned pale instantly. She couldn't help but think, "It's someone from the organization, that member named Du Yago. How come he's here too?"
Jiang Jin, with a mischievous grin, raised a hand, twitched a few fingers, and waved to Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan immediately turned her head, feigning composure as she looked at Tokiwa Mio on the stage.
"Alright, the 30-second countdown begins now!"
Everyone was silently counting in their hearts. Xiao Lan felt the terrifying gaze behind her, and the voices of the people around her became blurred. Her heart was pounding like a drum.
1, 2, 3... 30...
"Xiao Xiao, why is your face so pale?" Ayumi noticed Xiao Lan's expression. Xiao Lan was startled by Ayumi's words and raised the flag in her hand. "Alright, the winner is that little girl!"
When Xiaolan went on stage, she couldn't help but glance at the distance. The young man standing below the stage even smiled and clapped at her.
When Jiang Jin saw Secretary Zeguchi call away Ruyue Fengshui and Kazama Mitsuhiko, and then Tokiwa Mio left, he knew that a murder was about to happen. He took a glass of champagne from the tray in the waiter's hand and looked at the center of the stage with a rather pleasant expression.
The lights in the banquet hall dimmed, and after several paintings of Mount Fuji by Kisaragi Hideki were displayed, the host announced excitedly, "Next up is Mr. Kisaragi's latest work to celebrate the opening of his student, Ms. Tokiwa Mio's, twin towers—Spring Snow on Mount Fuji!"
The curtains on the stage were slowly drawn back from both sides, and the lights came on. Everyone in the audience, except for Jiang Jin, showed expressions of shock.
In the very center of the painting "Spring Snow on Fuji," Tokiwa Mio hung right there. Xiaolan was startled and looked around to see Jiang Jin still standing there calmly.
Kogoro Mouri jumped onto the stage and directed the others to quickly put Mio Tokiwa's body down. He reached out and touched her pulse, then shook his head: "She's already dead."
Ran ran onto the stage and noticed that Tokiwa Mio's pearl necklace had a transparent thread attached to it: "What kind of thread is that?"
"Hmm? It's piano wire..." Kogoro Mouri frowned. He suddenly noticed a small wine glass left at Tokiwa Mio's feet, exactly the same as the previous murder cases.
Outside the building, Inspector Megure and his team received a phone call informing them that Mio Tokiwa had been murdered.
"The killer has struck again! Let's go inside quickly!" Inspector Megure said, calling to Takagi and the others, "Inspector Megure, wait a minute!"
Inspector Megure turned around and was surprised to find that the person who had called out to him was none other than Shinichi Kudo!
"Brother Kudo, what are you doing here?"
Shinichi Kudo paused for a moment, then said, "I'm investigating a case, and I've gotten here. I was just about to go into the Twin Towers when you two..."
“We just received news that Tokiwa Mio, the owner of the Twin Towers, has been murdered,” Inspector Megure told Shinichi Kudo without hesitation. “In fact, this is a serial murder case, and the killer has already killed two people.”
Tokiwa Mio was also killed? It seems that not only the organization, but also the murderer came to the opening ceremony, Shinichi Kudo thought.
Inspector Megure and his team quickly brought the scene under control, and Shinichi Kudo successfully followed Inspector Megure into the Twin Towers.
Ran and the others were all taken aback when they saw Shinichi Kudo appear. Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but step forward and say, "Hey, you brat! What are you doing here!"
Shinichi Kudo knew that Kogoro Mouri wasn't questioning how he appeared, but rather why he could appear as Shinichi Kudo, but with so many people around, he couldn't possibly explain it.
Fortunately, after asking around, Kogoro Mouri realized that now was not the time to talk. He glanced at Shinichi Kudo a few times and then turned to talk to Inspector Megure.
"Shinichi...you, never mind, this isn't the time to talk about this." Ran lowered her eyes. "I just saw Duyago."
Shinichi Kudo's expression changed, and he immediately scanned the banquet hall. In a place far from the crowd, he saw the silver-haired youth, who opened his mouth and said something to him.
Good evening, Detective.
Shinichi Kudo understood Jiang Jin's lip reading. He clenched his fist and forced himself to deal with the murder case that had already occurred. With so many police officers here, it was too arrogant for this madman to show up!
Soon, Shinichi Kudo figured out the methods used in the three murders and the killer's motives, but before he could even speak, the entire building suddenly began to tremble.
Shinichi Kudo immediately looked in Jiang Jin's direction. The man smiled contemptuously, turned, and left the banquet hall. Shinichi Kudo took off after him, but as soon as he left the banquet hall, all the lights outside went out, and Jiang Jin had vanished without a trace.
"Damn it!" Shinichi Kudo had no choice but to return to the banquet hall. Everyone gathered together, and Secretary Sawaguchi received a call from security. An explosion had occurred in the generator room and power generation room on the fourth basement floor.
"Oh no! The computers in the engine room contain all the group's data and information!" Secretary Sawaguchi exclaimed in shock upon hearing the news.
All the information on the Tokiwa Group… Judging from the meticulousness and caution of this plan, and the presence of Duyago here, it must have been done by someone from the organization. Shinichi Kudo thought, it seems that because Hara Yoshiaki was killed, the organization was worried that the Tokiwa Group's information would reveal some of the organization's secrets, so they simply blew it up.
Because of the explosion, Inspector Megure led all the police officers to organize the evacuation of all the guests in the building. The elderly, women and children took the elevator first, and the rest of the people evacuated through the stairs.
When the elevator reached the 66th floor, it stopped. Outside the elevator was a young mother holding a child.
"Excuse me." The young mother, holding her child, stepped back. Ran and the other children exchanged glances and exited the elevator, giving their seats to the young mother. Sonoko called out worriedly, "Xiao Xiao..."
Xiaolan waved her hand: "It's okay, we're almost at the sixtieth floor, we can just take the stairs down."
Sonoko also stepped out of the elevator: "I'm worried about you kids. Let's walk together since there are only a few floors left."
Once the elevator doors closed, it was pitch black all around. Ayumi looked around before saying, "It's so dark. It seems like we don't even have anything to light up. Our watches were taken away and we haven't gotten them back."
"Luckily, I still have my phone. This should be enough." Sonoko took out her phone and turned on the flashlight. "Alright, let's hurry up and get to the sixtieth floor."
The group turned and left, none of them noticing a pair of dark red eyes watching them from the shadows.
Fire trucks had arrived downstairs, and many guests had been evacuated. Shinichi Kudo, who was supposed to leave with the male guests via the stairs, returned to the banquet hall on the 75th floor with Mineki Kisaragi, who had left halfway through the trip.
"You are the one who killed Councilor Oki, and the one who planned to kill Ms. Mio for some motive, aren't you, Mr. Matchmaker?"
Standing in front of the glass window offering a view of the entire Mount Fuji, Kisaragi Minami slowly turned around, his hands behind his back.
“You gave Ms. Mio a necklace specifically to kill her, hoping she would wear it when she gave her speech at the building’s opening ceremony…” Shinichi Kudo revealed the murderer he had deduced, and took out a pearl he had found, “This is the pearl necklace that fell off when it was pulled apart.”
After listening to the story, Kisaragi Mineki calmly explained his motive for murder. He then took out a pill to commit suicide by poisoning himself, but was shot by Kudo Shinichi with a tranquilizer watch.
"Clap clap-"
Several rounds of applause suddenly rang out, startling Shinichi Kudo, who turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.
"Truly worthy of being called the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era." As the voice spoke, Jiang Jin emerged from the darkness, the moonlight outside casting an indistinct glow on his face. "I'm really surprised that you've turned back into your old self."
Jiang Jin said this only to clear Ai Haibara of suspicion and prevent Shinichi Kudo from suspecting that she was connected to the organization.
Shinichi Kudo frowned, staring intently at Jiang Jin: "So, you really did kill Mr. Hara Yoshiaki, didn't you?"
"It was us," Jiang Jin replied calmly, shrugging. "Who told him to betray the organization?"
"So you blew up the generator room to avoid revealing your tracks, right?" Shinichi Kudo asked again.
Jiang Jin, holding a gun, strode towards Shinichi Kudo. The young man's superior height and the oppressive aura emanating from him as an assassin made Shinichi Kudo, who was barely an adult, take a step back.
"Young man, your detective game is over. It's time to erase that 0.5 decimal."
0.5! Something suddenly flashed through Shinichi Kudo's mind. His pupils contracted, and a surprised expression appeared on his face: "Could it be that you can also hear that voice..."
Jiang Jin raised an eyebrow: "Oh? So the prey knows it's the prey." He slightly raised his chin: "In that case, why didn't you hide properly? Was it so I could go home quickly? You're so kind."
"Since you're such a nice person, how about I let you watch a show?" Jiang Jin said, pulling a remote control from his pocket. A sense of foreboding immediately rose in Kudo Shinichi's heart. "What are you planning to do!"
Jiang Jin didn't answer, but pressed the button on the remote control. Suddenly, an explosion occurred on the 60th floor, and flames shot into the sky along with the connecting bridge there.
Meanwhile, Ran and her friends were on the connecting bridge, the three children walking in front, with Ran and Sonoko behind. The sudden explosion startled everyone. Ran shoved Ayumi, who was walking ahead, and the bridge began to collapse.
With quick reflexes, Sonoko grabbed Ran and ran back. The three children had already reached Building B, not far from the opposite side of the street.
"Xiao Lan, are you alright?" Yuanzi held Xiao Lan's hand, still shaken, as they stood at the gap in the bridge connecting Building A.
Xiaolan shook her head, but her gaze turned serious. She turned to look and saw that Building A behind her was already on fire. The broken connecting bridge had fallen and crashed into another connecting bridge fifty stories below.
Inside the banquet hall on the 75th floor, Shinichi Kudo, looking at the flames rising outside, roared, "Are you crazy? Why are you blowing that up?!"
“Because the sixtieth floor is the office area, our organization has always been cautious in its work, and we will not overlook any possible oversights,” Jiang Jin said with a smile. “I forgot to tell you, just now Miss Lan and those children gave the elevator to a young mother, so they took the stairs, and if you calculate the time, they just passed the connecting bridge.”
Upon hearing this, Shinichi Kudo couldn't help but raise his fist and punch Jiang Jin. Jiang Jin easily caught Shinichi Kudo's fist, forcefully pulled him in front of him, and his dark red eyes were full of mockery.
"Great Detective, your time is up."
A bullet was fired with the muzzle pressed against his abdomen, and Shinichi Kudo's body went limp. Jiang Jin released his grip, and he heard the warning sound.
[Target's health -0.5, remaining targets 96/99]
"jingle--"
Jiang Jin's phone rang, and he answered it: "Boss?"
"Where are you?"
“The Twin Towers,” Jiang Jin replied.
Gin's icy voice came through the phone: "What are you doing there? The bomb has already been planted."
"Isn't this to make sure we can clean up all the traces?" Jiang Jin said with a grin.
"Hmph, don't do anything unnecessary, get to point F right now."
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