Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

"Zhengyi? Hongye? Xiao Ai?"

A clear and melodious voice came from behind, carrying a hint of surprise and uncertainty.

Zheng Yi turned around upon hearing the sound, and a gentle smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Xiao Lan!" Zheng Yi waved enthusiastically, his gaze sweeping over the people behind her, before feigning curiosity and asking:
"Are you guys here at the Fantasy Park too? Where's Conan? You didn't leave him at home and come out to play by yourself, did you?"

Hearing this, Ai Haibara leaned over and teased, blinking her eyes, "That's right, isn't Conan usually the one who's always clinging to you, Ran?"

Genta's face immediately lit up with an expression of mixed envy and excitement. He jumped forward and shouted:

"Conan is so lucky! He's the 100,000th lucky visitor to the park today, and he's being taken to the VIP room by staff to collect his super prize."

"The 100,000th tourist?" Zheng Yi said with a smile, "Doesn't that mean there are lots of prizes?"

“Yes, yes!” Ayumi couldn’t help but chime in, her little face full of longing.

"The staff said there's a lifetime pass to the entire park, plus lots of expensive toys and gifts!"

"Oh—I see." Masashi nodded. "Looks like Conan's got some good luck."

"Beep, beep, beep~"

Ran took out her phone and said, "It's Conan calling. He's probably already claimed his prize and can't reach us."

"Hey, Conan."

"Sister Ran, have you entered the Fantasy Land yet?" Conan asked.

“Yes,” Xiaolan said, looking at the Red Castle Hotel in the distance.
"We've already come in, and we've even run into Zheng Yi and Xiao Ai."

"Oh right, Hongye's here too. Have you finished collecting your prize? Then hurry up and come over."

"Brother Zhengyi?" Conan was taken aback.

He said into his phone, "I understand."

Then, he immediately hung up the phone, leaving Xiaolan completely confused.

What's going on with Conan?

Why did they suddenly call and then hang up? It's so strange.

Did he come or not?

"Beep, beep, beep~"

After Xiaolan's call was disconnected, Zhengyi's phone immediately rang.

Zheng Yi's face looked somewhat strange.

He answered Conan's phone call in front of Ran:
"Hey, Conan, what's up?"

Xiaolan's eyes widened when she heard this.

She frowned and walked over to Masakazu, speaking into her phone, "Conan! What are you doing?!"

I know you have a good relationship with Zheng Yi.

But as soon as he heard that Brother Zhengyi was also there, he immediately hung up on me. That's too much!
"Ahem, I have something to discuss with Brother Zhengyi alone," Conan said.

Zheng nodded.

He took a few steps in another direction, separating himself from the main group.

"Alright, Conan, you can speak now," said Shoichi.

"Brother Zheng! Xiao Lan and the others have had bombs strapped to their wrists!"

"..."

"Brother Zhengyi, you seem very calm," Conan said curiously.

Zheng Yi said, "Perhaps it's because the bomb wasn't strapped to my wrist."

"So what's the purpose of your call? Are you telling me to stay away from Xiaolan and the others?"

Inside the Red Castle Hotel.

Conan patted his head helplessly: "Brother Zhengyi, I'm not joking with you now, Ran and the others really do have bombs on them."

Then, Conan briefly explained the situation to Shoichi.

Finally, Conan said, "Brother Zhengyi, I'm entrusting Ran and those three children to your care."

"We absolutely cannot let them leave Fantasy Park, or the IDs on their wrists will explode immediately!"

"You can't ride the 'Super Giant Snake' either, because the selling point of that roller coaster is that it plunges into the sea during the ride, which is outside the scope of the fantasy park."

After listening, Zheng Yi nodded: "Okay, I understand. I will take good care of Xiao Lan for you."

"Then I'll leave it to Brother Zhengyi."

After hanging up Conan's call, Shoichi rejoined the main group.

Xiao Lan asked Zheng Yi curiously:

"Brother Zhengyi, what does Conan want with you? He's being so mysterious and wants to talk to you alone."

The three little ones also looked at Zheng Yi with curiosity.

After hanging up Conan's call, Masakazu put away his phone and slowly strolled back into the crowd.

When Xiaolan saw him return, a hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes, and she couldn't help but lean forward and ask:

"Brother Zhengyi, what does Conan want with you? He's being so mysterious, and he wants to talk to you alone."

"Yeah yeah."

The three little ones immediately surrounded him, tilting their heads back and staring at Zheng Yi with their big, expectant, and questioning eyes.

Zheng Yi looked at them like this, and the corners of his mouth widened slightly.

He waved his hand casually, as if he were talking about something trivial:

"It's nothing serious. It's just that you guys have bombs strapped to your bodies. Conan told me to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't leave Fantasyland."

"A bomb." Genta nodded seriously, his chubby little face showing no sign of panic.

It even carried a hint of sudden realization.

"Huh?! A bomb!?"

The next second, Genta realized what he had heard and jumped up in fright.

He frantically began to strip off his clothes, carefully checking himself from head to toe, inside and out.

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko nervously checked each other's clothing linings.

"Huh? No?" Yuan Tai scratched his head, breathed a sigh of relief, and the fear on his little face instantly turned into dissatisfaction.

"Brother Zhengyi, you're lying! There's no bomb on you at all! You scared me!"

“Exactly,” Ayumi pouted, “joking about bombs is just too much!”

The three children exchanged a glance, then all turned to look at Zheng Yi.

You boring adult.

Ran couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, "Zhengyi, stop scaring them! Tell me quickly, what did Conan say to you?"

Zheng Yi squatted down, took Xiaobumi's hand and said, "I'm not kidding, there really is a bomb. The ID you have is the bomb."

Zheng Yi took out his phone and played a video of someone being killed by a bomb.

"bomb?"

The color drained from Yuan Tai's face instantly, and he stiffly lowered his head.

Looking at the ID watch on my wrist that I used to think was incredibly cool.

"Whoaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Yuan Tai was the first to break down, frantically swinging his arms and jumping around in place.

"Bomb! I really have a bomb! I'm going to be blown to bits! I don't want to die! I still want to eat cake! I still want to eat conveyor belt sushi!"

Genta's face was covered in tears and snot.

Mitsuhiko wasn't in much better shape. He was so frightened that he kept backing away.

He pointed tremblingly to his wrist with his other hand, which was not wearing a watch, his lips quivering.

He can't even utter a complete sentence.

"Bomb...bomb?! How could this...how could this happen?!"

Ayumi wasn't much better off.

Her usually lively and bright eyes widened instantly, her pupils contracting violently from extreme fright.

"ah--!"

The three children were in complete disarray, and Ran sighed in exasperation. Ai Haibara's lips twitched slightly as she saw the children's expressions.

She walked up to Zheng Yi, kicked him (a character known for his mischievous nature), and asked:

"Was that watch on their wrist really a bomb?"

“Of course, I’m not some kind of perverted guy who likes to fool kids,” Zheng Yi said.

Aren't you wicked enough?

Ai glanced at Ran, who was comforting the child, and rolled her eyes at Masakazu.

Seeing that the three little ones were about to calm down under Xiaolan's comforting words, Zhengyi added:

"By the way, don't take it off yourself, the watch might explode while you're taking it off."

"what!"

The three little ones, who had just been calmed down, started making a fuss again.

Xiaolan was also helpless.

The surrounding tourists frowned as they looked at the noisy children.

Xiao Lan felt a headache coming on. She was holding one child in each arm, and fine beads of sweat were seeping from her forehead.

"Sister Xiaolan, I don't want to die..." Ayumi sobbed, her little hands tightly gripping Xiaolan's clothes.

Xiaolan took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

"Don't worry, the explosion will happen at 10 p.m., we have plenty of time to deal with the bomb," Xiaolan said.

I felt Xiaolan's gentleness.

Ayumi stopped crying.

Mitsuhiko also quieted down and held Ran's hand tightly.

Genta sniffed, and although his eyes were still red, he stopped making a fuss.

Ai glared at Masakazu.

Look at the mess you've made!

"What are we going to do?"

Hongye stroked her chin and helped analyze:
"Since that person installed sensors around the Fantasy Park, can't we just remove all of them and leave this place?"

“But this place is so big, it will take too much time to find those sensors,” Xiaolan said.

Ai chimed in, "That's right, and didn't that person say that this ID would explode at 10 PM tonight?"

"So whether or not we leave this fantasy park is irrelevant."

An explosion at the fantasy park might even allow visitors to enjoy the resulting fireworks.

If the explosion happens outside, the person might die alone.

"Okay, don't worry, it's just a watch. I'll help you take it off."

Ai looked at the glaring red light on Ran and the three children's wrists and said casually.

She tried her best to soothe the three children's anxiety in the gentlest tone.

“We still have to be worried,” Zheng Yi said. “After all, explosions can kill people.”

Ai glared at Masakazu.

Can you please stop causing trouble?
Zheng Yi began, "Actually..."

"Don't make things worse," Ai said with disdain.

Look how terrified those three children are!

Ai pushed Shoichi aside and calmly analyzed, "The structure of the watch strap and clasp looks ordinary, but there seems to be something unusual about the connection. Let's try a physical method first."

Ai seems very reliable.

Ran and the others unconsciously listened to Ai's analysis.

Hongye immediately rummaged through her bag and found a small bottle of hand cream and a bottle of mineral water.

"Here, put some water and oil on your hands to increase lubrication, and I'll help you slide the watch strap out."

Hongye mixed hand cream with water and applied it to Xiaolan's wrists, rubbing it vigorously.

Try to make the watch strap slide smoothly over the widest joint of your wrist.

Xiaolan rotated her wrist in cooperation, while Hongye pushed and pulled the watch strap outward with force.

"One, two, push!"

Hongye let out a low shout and exerted all her strength.

Sweat beaded on Xiaolan's forehead, and Hongye was panting heavily, but the white watch box remained motionless, as if it were welded to her wrist.

No matter how much lubrication you use, it's completely useless.

"I'll try this."

Ai approached Momiji and began touching her thigh.

"Ai! What are you doing!"

Hongye grabbed Xiao Ai's restless hand in shame and indignation, never expecting that she would be taken advantage of by a little girl one day.

Zheng Yi also looked at Ai with a look of disgust.

As expected of Ai Haibara, she doesn't even spare girls.

"That's not what I meant." Ai's face also turned red.

She pointed at Hongye's legs and said, "I just want to take a thread from Hongye's legs."

Of all the people present, only Hongye was wearing stockings, making it the easiest thing for her to unravel a single thread.

And it won't be noticed.

Zheng Yi nodded with some doubt and said, "You touched me last time..."

"I haven't touched it," Ai said with a straight face.

This bastard even tried to frame me in front of outsiders.

Taking advantage of Hongye's inattention, she finally reached out and pulled a thread from Hongye's stocking.

Ai painstakingly threaded one end of the thin thread through the gap between the watch strap and her wrist.

"Ran, don't move. Sister Hongye, hold down the watch strap for me," Ai instructed.

Momiji holds down the watch strap, while Ai holds the two ends of the thin thread with both hands and pulls it back and forth quickly from below the strap.

Using the tension and friction of the thread, it attempts to help the watch strap get over the protruding bone.

Ai's face turned bright red from the effort, and the thin thread rubbed rapidly under the watch strap, even making a slight "sizzling" sound.

But the watch strap was exceptionally sturdy, and the connection points remained completely still.

In the end, it was the thin thread that snapped in two with a "snap" due to excessive friction.

Ai was also too focused.

When the thread broke, it fell backward and landed directly on Zheng Yi's feet.

Ai looked at the broken thread in her hand, her eyes showing seriousness.

"Could it be that your wrist is swollen?"

Undeterred, Hongye bought a few popsicles that had just been taken out of the freezer from a roadside stall.

Wrap it in wrapping paper and apply it to Xiaolan and the children's wrists.

"Bear with it for a bit, let it cool down, and maybe the metal will shrink and you can remove it."

As Hongye spoke, she massaged their wrists to try to reduce any possible swelling.

A few minutes later, Xiaolan's wrists turned a little white from the cold.

"Try again!" Hongye grabbed the watch strap again and pulled hard.

It was all in vain.

"How could this happen..." Hongye let go of her hand helplessly.

Their methods all failed, so Zheng Yi had no choice but to step forward at this moment.

Zheng Yi stroked his chin and said, "If there's no other way, then we'll just have to chop off our hands."

"No!" (End of Chapter)