Conan's First Love is a Profiler

Chapter 106 Amusement Park Explosion
"Xinghai Amusement Park was established a long time ago. However, the number of tourists has been poor recently and it has been losing money. It is estimated that it will close this year."

After closing, Mitsuto Heavy Industries will buy the land and use it to build a factory to make industrial products.

"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, but it still feels the same as I remembered."

Looking at all this familiarity, I inexplicably feel a little nostalgic.

"Eh?"

Yuan Tai looked at her and said, "So Sister Xiaotang is already an aunt?"

Qinghai Chuantang's fists crackled and he smiled, having an urge to make this child into a clay pot rice.

"I'm still very young, you should call me sister."

Yuan Tai, who was intimidated by the force, suddenly became much quieter.

"Okay, let's go play."

Xinghai Amusement Park is a children's theme park, so there are no roller coasters or anything like that.

At her current age, although she still has a childlike innocence, she has lost interest in these things.

In addition to Qinghai Chuantang, Conan also stayed.

On the other hand, Haibara Ai seemed to be very interested. Perhaps it was only at times like this that one could feel that she was a child.

"Hey Ai, let's go on the Ferris wheel together, okay?"

Ayumi pointed at the Ferris wheel not far away and suggested excitedly.

After getting the other party's consent, Ayumi excitedly took her hand and ran towards the Ferris wheel.

"Ayumi, Haibara! Wait for us!"

Yuanta and Mitsuhiko hurriedly chased after him.

"Hey, that man?"

Conan blinked, as if he discovered something.

A man wearing black-framed glasses and a light brown windbreaker got on the Ferris wheel. He looked extremely reluctant.

Just as he finished speaking, an explosion was heard not far behind him, followed by people's screams.

Looking back, I saw billowing black smoke coming out from there.

All the equipment in the amusement park stopped.

Seeing that something was wrong, the two of them hurriedly ran towards the underground control room.

A big hole was blown out of the equipment, and white smoke was coming out.

"what happened?"

A middle-aged man with gray hair and a suit walked down the stairs. Behind him was a man with a slightly higher hairline, who should be the secretary.

"President Mito, someone has planted a bomb here."

Shinsuke Mito was shocked, "So that wasn't a harassing call."

"Harassing phone calls?"

"Ten minutes ago, someone called me."

"Mr. Mitsu, may I ask why you are here today?"

Although the question was asked by a little child, for some reason, Shinsuke Mito had an inexplicable feeling that he had to answer every question.

"The person in charge of planning and engineering came to inspect the park."

After saying this, Mito Shinsuke looked at Takada Hiroshi who was on the phone behind him and asked, "Have you contacted the mansion?"

Yingtian Hiroshi shook his head.

Just then, Shinsuke Mito's cell phone rang, indicating an anonymous caller.

"It's that guy again."

"Mr. Mito, please answer the phone and turn on the speakerphone so that we can hear his voice too."

Shinsuke Mito nodded.

"Hey?"

"I have also planted a bomb on the Ferris wheel. It is ten times more powerful than the previous bomb. Prepare a ransom of 300 million. Your company's employees are also among the hostages."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"In addition, the media was informed that the factory construction was suspended and the corporate team was evacuated."

The other party's voice was processed and sounded unusually dull and mechanical.

Faintly, it seems that some other sounds can be heard.

Mito Shinsuke rejected the other party's request: "I can't accept this kind of request."

"If you don't obey my orders, I will detonate the bomb. The deadline is today's sunset. If you do anything, the bomb will explode immediately."

"Hey, wait!"

Before Shinsuke Mito was about to say something, the other party had already hung up the phone.

There is a black box installed on the white pole of the Ferris wheel, which should be the detonator.

Soon, the police arrived and began to evacuate the crowd to avoid causing greater harm.

"The bomb in the control room should be remotely controlled via a cell phone. In the threatening call from the criminal, there was music from the popcorn booth. This means that the criminal is hiding somewhere in the park now."

Judging from the conversation between the two, the criminal should be someone who is very dissatisfied with Mito Heavy Industries, or has a grudge against him.

Disputes at work are inevitable.

"But if it's hatred to this extent, I really can't remember it."

While saying this, Shinsuke Mito kept his head slightly lowered.

"What if it's about building a factory on the site of this old amusement park? Any clues?"

Mito Shinsuke's eyes wandered for a moment, and he obviously thought of something, but he still said, "No."

"The Mr. Ozaka mentioned earlier, is he a man in his 40s with a strong physique and wearing black-framed glasses?"

Mito Shinsuke showed a puzzled expression, "Why do you ask?"

Qinghai Chuantang took out his mobile phone, turned on the camera function, adjusted the magnification, and handed it to the other party.

"Cabin 12 of the Ferris wheel."

Shinsuke Mito took the phone suspiciously, and saw a clear figure on the screen.

He was surprised. Isn't this the mansion?
From Mito Shinsuke's reaction, Conan instantly understood why the other party looked a little strange at that time. He must have been threatened by the criminal and sat in the Ferris wheel.

As for the point where we couldn't get in touch with them, it can be easily explained as long as we assume that we were asked not to bring mobile phones.

"Then I'll leave first."

Having said that, Qinghai Chuantang took back the phone and put it in his pocket.

There are still 6 hours and 30 minutes until the explosion.

"Is it a dispute related to the acquisition?"

"Yes."

"The original plan of Mitsuto Heavy Industries was to renovate the amusement park and create a new entertainment venue. But they suddenly changed their mind and decided to build a factory to manufacture screws."

The employee was searching through the documents while talking.

"There seems to be a big dispute within the company regarding this matter."

After saying that, the employee handed her the file.

When I opened it, I saw that the project content in the plan was "high-performance screws".

Due to height limitations, even if Conan stood on a bench, he could not directly see the plan in her hands.

"However, I heard that what is being developed is a small street factory." After browsing the contents, Qinghai Chuantang handed the plan to Conan beside him.

The employee explained: "That street factory was acquired by Mitsuto Heavy Industries. Mr. Oya was the person in charge at the time."

After the high-performance screws were published in the newspaper, many people came to us for the use of these screws. As a result, Mitsuto Heavy Industries changed its original plan and decided to build a factory here.

"It seems to be a bomb operated via a cell phone. OK, I will contact the company immediately if I have any news."

Next to a black car on the side of the road, Hiroshi Takada was talking on the phone with his boss.

His phone was in a protective case with a clear and small grapefruit pattern on it.

After hanging up the phone, when Yingtian Hao turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly found two people standing behind him and almost had a heart attack.

"Is there a problem?"

"Mr. Takada, can you tell me where Mr. Takano Kuramoto, who resigned a month ago, lives?"

"Takano?"

And Takano Kuramoto was the person in charge of the original plan to renovate the Xinghai Amusement Park.

According to the address given by the other party, the two found the apartment where Takano Kuramoto lived.

After knocking on the door, Takano Kuramoto thought someone was persuading him to buy a newspaper. When he was about to shake his head and say "I don't need it", Qinghai Chuantang pushed him away and broke in.

I checked the room and there didn't seem to be anything unusual.

"Hey, why are you just walking into someone else's house? I'm calling the police!"

Takano Kuramoto pointed the umbrella at her, looking very cautious.

"I'm so sorry about what happened just now."

After saying this, Qinghai Chuantang bowed slightly to express his apology.

"Eh?"

Takano Kuramoto was stunned, not quite understanding what was going on.

After Conan's narration, he finally understood what had happened.

If he had done something wrong, it is impossible that Takano Kuramoto would have said without hesitation that he would call the police.

Takano Kuramoto poured two cups of tea to entertain them.

"It's impossible to say that I have no opinion about President Mito. A plan that has been basically finalized is suddenly overturned, and anyone would feel uncomfortable."

"Oya is in charge of the supply of precision machine parts. Suddenly one day, he mentioned to the president that there was a small factory that developed high-performance screws."

After that, a lot of things happened.

Takano Kuramoto took out a photo frame from the shelf nearby, which was a group photo of several people.

He pointed to a girl with a pear-shaped haircut and said, "This is a member of our team. He had a bicycle accident. According to the police, he made a mistake in operating the handlebars while riding at night."

"What's her name, please?"

"Kyomatsu Natsuko."

Qinghai Chuantang seemed to be thinking about something and sent a text message to his friends in the underworld.

Remaining time: 4 hours and 35 minutes——

"Mr. Ozaka has become a hostage? His fiancée will be scared when she hears about it."

"Is Mr. Ozaka getting married?"

"Yes. She is the daughter of the president who has dealings with Mito Heavy Industries."

Because of the high-performance screws, Da Zhai naturally gained the appreciation of his boss, who wanted to promote him.

"I heard that this factory was acquired by Mitsuto Heavy Industries a year ago?"

The factory manager nodded and smiled, "Mr. Ozhai is very fond of the high-performance screws we developed and asked us if we would like to join their company."

When he reached the screw exit, the factory manager stopped, took a screw from the basket, cleaned it, and handed it to Qinghai Chuantang.

He explained: "This is the high-performance screw produced in our factory."

Unlike ordinary screws, high-performance screws are thicker and longer.

This high-performance screw has considerable market value, why not choose to produce it in your own company?
Qinghai Chuantang asked the doubts in his heart.

The other party smiled and replied: "Because the acquisition amount is very satisfactory."

There are many things in the world that can be solved with money. If they can't be solved, then perhaps more money is needed.

At this moment, Conan suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something in the gap below.

He picked it up with his handkerchief and saw that it was actually a screw.

After leaving the factory, Conan compared the two screws and found that there were huge differences between them.

"High-performance screws are made of iron steel, but the raw material for the screws previously manufactured by this factory was aluminum."

And the latter looks no different from ordinary screws.

How could such an epoch-making screw be easily developed using completely different raw materials?
So Conan came to a conclusion.

"This high-performance screw was not developed by Lingyao Precision Machinery."

However, Qinghai Chuantang's face was completely calm, without even a moment of surprise.

Conan felt a little strange, "Could it be that you have already seen it?"

Qinghai Chuantang shook his head and said seriously: "It's just that according to the plots in movies and TV dramas, there must be something fishy."

Remaining time: 3 hours and 20 minutes——

The two were in the data room, looking through the invoice record book of the mansion.

If the high-performance screws are not from Lingyao Precision Machinery, then they must be among the customers who have a close relationship with Dazhai.

Da Zhai stole the data, took Lingyao Precision Machinery, and treated it as his own.

Following this line of thought, the only question left is "Why didn't the victim sue Mito Heavy Industries?"

"Eh?"

Conan suddenly stopped and checked the record book beside him.

"Mr. Oya seems to often go to this place called 'Kori Japanese Confectionery Shop'."

Following the navigation, the two came to the pastry shop together.

I took out a photo of the mansion and asked the store manager if he had any impression of it.

The store manager is an elderly man.

He squinted his eyes until he could finally see the man's face in the photo.

"For a while, he came here often, as if he wanted to give something to someone."

"Thank you. Is there a factory that makes screws around here?"

"Screws!"

There is indeed such a factory nearby.

But when they arrived, there was only a piece of empty land around, which obviously had been moved away long ago.

The two went to a nearby ramen restaurant to inquire about the situation.

The store manager is an elderly woman with obviously sagging skin, but she still looks energetic.

The photo shows her with three employees in the factory.

"They and I all came to Tokyo to work together fifty years ago."

"Kuroki and his family took over the factory from the previous generation, which had no children, and worked hard. They feel proud that the screws they made can be used in things that make people happy."

The three of them also love learning very much.

After work every day, I would learn about screws and study them until late at night.

Finally, they succeeded in developing a strong screw.

“Is it a high-performance screw?”

"I don't know what it was exactly. They just shouted, 'Super awesome screws have been made.'"

The women cheered, as if they were infected by the joy.

"But soon after that, the factory caught fire. All the research data on screws was lost."

The woman's expression suddenly became sad and she sighed softly.

"Excuse me, what was the cause of the fire accident?"

"I heard that someone had set the fire. But no one was found. Eventually, the land was taken away by the bank, and everyone left the place. They used to be so proud of the amusement park."

The woman laughed and said, "They always say that the entertainment facilities inside use their screws."

Just by listening to the other party's narration, Qinghai Chuantang had already imagined the emotions of the three people at that time, as well as the incomparable pride on their faces.

Excitement, joy, pride, and pride. But in the end, everything turned into nothing.

How can they not complain?

The TV on the wall of the ramen restaurant was playing the latest news, and the picture displayed was the Ferris wheel in the amusement park.

"It is said that the criminals triggered the second explosion in order to intimidate the police. The situation at the scene is very tense."

(End of this chapter)