The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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However, to Kogoro Mouri's despair, all he could hear was the busy tone coming from his phone.

"You bastard!" The next moment, Kogoro Mouri angrily rushed up to Teiji Moriya, grabbed him by the collar, and demanded, "Tell me! What exactly do you want to do to Ran?!"

"Hahahaha!" Teiji Moriya, who was being held tightly by Kogoro Mouri, suddenly burst into laughter twice. Then, he stared coldly at Kogoro Mouri and said, "I only blew up the entrances and emergency exits of the hall. The real excitement is yet to come!"

"What!?"

Just as Kogoro Mouri was puzzled, Teiji Moriya, whom he was holding, suddenly looked at the direction of the phone in Inspector Megure's hand again: "Hey Shinichi Kudo, I think you can hear me right now! If you don't hurry up and get over there, your dear little girlfriend is going to be blown to pieces by a bomb!"

"!!!"

Conan gritted his teeth and stared intently at Teiji Moriya in front of him.

Kogoro Mouri shoved Teiji Moriya into a corner, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to rush up and teach him a lesson, but Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori grabbed his arms and stopped him.

"Mr. Mori, please don't use violence!"

Just as Teiji Moriya leaned against the wall, coldly watching Kogoro Mouri's impotent rage as he was stopped by the police, Conan suddenly noticed that Teiji Moriya seemed to be hiding something in his pocket.

On a sudden impulse, while Moriya Teiji was focused on Kogoro Mouri, he pounced on him and snatched the item from his pocket.

That was a design drawing.

"This is... the blueprints for a bomb!?"

Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure also noticed what Conan was holding. After taking a closer look, they discovered that it was the bomb design blueprints designed by Teiji Moriya.

"I'll give it to Shinichi right now!" Before Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri could react, Conan grabbed the blueprint and tried to run out.

Inspector Megure quickly regained his composure and grabbed Conan, saying, "Wait a minute, I'll get the bomb squad over there right now!"

Just then, everyone suddenly noticed the ground shaking. Everyone's hearts jumped, and they rushed to the windows to look outside.

In the distance, from the direction of the Mihana Building, a towering flame was seen shooting into the sky.

Seeing the scene before him, Conan immediately realized that if they waited for the bomb disposal team to arrive, Ran's life would be in danger!

Without a second thought, while everyone was still looking out the window, Conan rushed outside anxiously.

"Wait a moment!"

Just as Conan passed by Teiji Moriya, he was stopped by him.

He smiled and said to Conan, "Little brother, if you see Shinichi Kudo, please tell him that I've specially designed three minutes for him to savor that feeling!"

Although Conan didn't understand what Moriya Tei's words meant, he didn't have time to think about it and continued running towards the door.

"Wait a minute, Conan! Let's go together!" Inspector Megure had also recovered from his shock at this moment.

"Officer Shiratori, I'm leaving everything here to you!" He gave the order to Officer Shiratori beside him, and then immediately rushed out with Kogoro Mouri and Conan.

Chapter 249 Childhood Sweethearts Separated by a Door

Mihana Building.

Several police helicopters circled overhead, followed by a large number of police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks arriving in droves.

At the plaza in front of the building's exit, the cries of the injured, the shouts and screams of frightened citizens, the commands of rescue workers, and the sounds of raging fire plunged the entire scene into chaos and disorder.

"Ran, where are you?!" Kogoro Mouri, who had jumped out of the police car, squeezed into the crowd to look for Ran.

"Ran, Ran!" Seeing the Beika Building engulfed in flames, a frantic Kogoro Mouri grabbed Inspector Megure's collar and roared, "Officer, what the hell is the rescue team dawdling about?!"

"Alright, Mori, calm down!"

Inspector Megure was not angry at Kogoro Mouri for his impolite behavior.

He knew perfectly well that Kogoro Mouri's behavior was simply due to his love for his daughter, but he also understood that Kogoro Mouri's anxious state of mind was of no help to the rescue work.

The next moment, Officer Shiratori brought Teiji Moriya to the scene of the explosion at the Beika Building.

Wearing handcuffs, Teiji Moriya stepped out of the police car, a cold smile playing on his lips as he looked at the Beika Building being engulfed in flames.

……

Meanwhile, after the police car arrived at the Beika Building, Conan, who had disappeared from Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure's side, had already slipped into the Beika Building through a gap in the ruins at the entrance.

"Xiao Lan, wait for me! I'll be right there!"

The ruins were filled with charred remains of walls and rubble, with stones and broken pieces of wood constantly falling from above, making the environment extremely dangerous.

Many times, Conan, who was running at full speed, was almost hit by these falling objects, and he narrowly escaped being hit.

Meanwhile, in the waiting hall of the movie theater in the Mihana Building, all the entrances and exits of the theater were completely blocked by the explosion, leaving many moviegoers trapped inside.

"Miss Yami, are you alright?" Ran asked with some concern, looking at Miyano Akemi, who looked somewhat disheveled.

"I'm fine, Xiaolan."

Akemi Miyano shook her head in lingering fear. Although she had already learned from Yuu Aragaki that there was a bomb here, she had never expected it to cause such a commotion.

She looked around with some concern, but couldn't find Aragaki Yu anywhere.

After hesitating for a moment, she took out her phone and dialed Yuu Aragaki's number.

Akemi Miyano was extremely worried, wondering if Yuu Aragaki, who had just gone to look for the bomb, was alright.

At this moment, she could only silently pray that Aragaki Yu was looking in the wrong direction for the bomb, so that she might be able to escape the blast and avoid being affected by it.

beep~ beep~

……

The thing that Miyano Akemi was worried about happened: the phone call didn't go through.

"Miss Yami, what happened?" Ran noticed Miyano Akemi's suddenly furrowed brows at this moment.

"I... I can't find Aragaki Yu anywhere, and I can't get through to him on the phone!" Miyano Akemi's voice sounded anxious.

"Ah!?" Upon hearing this news, Xiaolan stood up and looked around. Sure enough, Aragaki Yu, who had just disappeared somewhere, had not returned yet.

Although she was starting to worry too, in order not to put more pressure on Miyano Akemi, she had to force a smile and reassure her, "Don't worry, Ms. Aragaki, Aragaki is so capable, he'll definitely be fine. I think he's safe and sound outside right now!"

“Hmm…” Miyano Akemi nodded. She knew that there was no point in her thinking wildly here, so she could only force herself to stay awake and try to find a way to save herself.

"Shinichi..."

Ran suddenly remembered Shinichi, whom she had agreed to meet here, and wondered if he had come or encountered any danger.

Looking at her phone, whose screen had gone black from the impact of the explosion, Xiaolan felt incredibly worried.

Just then, the landline phone next to the telephone lobby suddenly rang.

Xiaolan looked at the landline phone in surprise, and her heart suddenly filled with excitement.

"Is this an emergency call?!" This thought immediately popped into Xiaolan's mind.

She immediately ran to the telephone and picked up the receiver.

"Hello? Who is it?"

However, the voice coming from the phone the next moment made Xiaolan freeze in shock.

"Phew, Xiaolan?"

The sound coming through the receiver was Shinichi Kudo's heavy breathing.

"Shinichi!" Ran was very excited when she heard Shinichi Kudo's voice.

"Thank goodness, the phone line wasn't cut! Whew, Ran, I was so worried when I called your cell phone but no one answered! Whew..." On the other end of the phone, Shinichi Kudo was trying to calm himself down while saying thankfully.

"What are you doing, Shinichi!" Upon hearing her childhood friend's voice, Ran finally couldn't contain her grievances and fear, complaining to Shinichi Kudo, "Why are you never there for the most important moments! It's always like this... Do you know how much I've suffered..."

Gradually, Xiaolan's voice began to tremble with sobs, and she couldn't help but wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Phew, Ran, I know!" Shinichi Kudo comforted her over the phone. "The emergency exit is completely blocked by rubble right now, and I'm just outside the exit!"

Outside the emergency exit, Conan, supporting his injured leg, leaned against the door, panting heavily, and explained in Shinichi Kudo's voice, "I originally thought I could find a way to squeeze through the gap here, but the force of the explosion completely deformed this emergency exit door, and I can't open it no matter how hard I try!"

"Shinichi!" After looking around, Ran finally found the emergency exit door that Shinichi had mentioned.

After realizing that she and Shinichi Kudo were only one door apart, Ran's previously anxious mood immediately calmed down, and she regained her composure.

"Xiaolan, listen to me! Are there any suspicious items like handbags in the lobby right now?"

There was no time for reminiscing; Conan knew perfectly well that the most urgent task at hand was to find the remaining bombs inside the building as soon as possible.

Chapter 250 Bomb Disposal

"Suspicious item?" Xiaolan muttered softly, then turned her head and looked around. She soon found a paper shopping bag next to the trash can in the lobby.

Without much hesitation, she walked over to the shopping bag, opened it, and looked inside. It was filled with a bunch of strange and unfamiliar things.

Then, Ran brought the shopping bag to the side of the phone and asked Shinichi Kudo in confusion, "What is this? It's not only heavy but also a big bag full of stuff, and it has a digital timer on it."

At this moment, Akemi Miyano, who was looking around for a way out, also noticed Ran behaving strangely and talking on the phone with someone.

So, out of curiosity, she walked over to Xiaolan and casually poked at the opening of the shopping bag to look inside. The next second, what she saw inside the bag shocked her.

At the same time, Shinichi Kudo's voice on the other end of the phone immediately became tense: "Ran! Be careful, that's a bomb!"

"A bomb!?" Ran couldn't help but exclaim in surprise upon hearing Shinichi Kudo's words.

Upon hearing this word, the others trapped in the hall rushed off to the distance, hiding in corners and watching Xiaolan's direction in terror.