The world of science is unscientific

Kaito Kuroba whispered something in Yusuke Suzuki's ear, then disappeared into the shadows.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next I would like to introduce the works of our most important guest today, Mr. Kisaragi Mineki, a national treasure-level master of Japanese painting."

As the giant screen opened, a series of scenic images of Mount Fuji were displayed before the audience.

"Brother Yusuke, you're back."

Conan noticed his friend's commotion and remarked, "So that's what Mio meant when she said we could see Mount Fuji from here at night."

The host continued announcing the program, and soon the grand finale arrived: "To celebrate the completion of this twin-tower skyscraper, Mr. Kisaragi has specially gifted us a new work, which I will now introduce to you: 'Fuji in Spring Snow'!"

When the lights came on, the painting was completed, but Tokiwa Mio was gone; she was suspended in the air, right in the center of the giant painting.

Screams erupted immediately.

Kogoro Mori rushed forward and ordered the staff to pull the giant screen down and put Mio Tokiwa down, but it was too late.

"Isn't that... a small wine glass!?"

The bumbling detective suddenly noticed a perfectly intact small wine glass on the ground. Could this have been done by the same murderer?

Fifteen minutes later, Inspector Megure and his team arrived at the banquet hall downstairs.

"In other words, Mio's necklace was caught on a piano line with a hook," Kogoro Mouri and the police analyzed the modus operandi. "This piano line, which went around the back passage, pulled Mio up when the painting was lowered."

“I see,” Inspector Megure said knowingly. “So, who were on stage at that time?”

"It's just me and Mr. Kisaragi," Kazama Hidehiko confessed.

After a brief moment of thought, Kogoro Mouri immediately eliminated a wrong answer for everyone: Ms. Sawaguchi.

"Teacher, putting aside whether a normal necklace can support a person's weight, didn't Miss Mio notice anything unusual when her necklace got hooked?"

Yusuke Suzuki glanced at the bumbling detective and decided to give him a subtle hint.

"This...this...they should have noticed, right?" Kogoro Mouri hesitated for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "That's right, that means someone put this necklace on Mio when it was pitch black just now."

But Mio showed up today wearing this necklace.

The bumbling detective was confused again, and Suzuki Yusuke was too lazy to say anything more. He figured it was better to just solve the case himself than to remind him again. He decided to leave this to Conan.

Conan, as expected, didn't know what was good for him and completely shattered Kogoro Mouri's previous reasoning. Then, he was thrown out by the bumbling detective.

Yusuke Suzuki ignored Conan and waited quietly for the explosion.

Chapter 98 Big brother, can you teach me how to snipe?

A moment later, Conan found a scattered pearl, which triggered the plot.

The power room on the fourth basement level was the first to be destroyed by the bomb.

Building A experienced a power outage, and simultaneously, a bomb placed in the computer room on the 40th floor exploded. Tokiwa Group's main computer was located there, and Gin's target was to destroy it to ensure that no organizational information remained outside the organization.

"Inspector, it's best to evacuate as soon as possible!" Kazama Hidehiko put down his phone. "Although the power system was destroyed, the observation elevator might still work. It's for VIPs and has a separate power supply."

"What about the passenger capacity?"

"Nine people at a time."

Shiratori Ninzaburo asked anxiously, "Evacuating people like this is too slow. Are there any other ways to take refuge?"

"You can take the fire escape to the 60th floor and then use the connecting bridge to get to Building B next door."

“That’s the plan,” Inspector Megure quickly decided. “Elderly people, women, and children, take the elevator down. Men, take the emergency exits! Quickly!”

Yusuke Suzuki said a few words to the children, then gave Ai Haibara a deep look before turning and leaving.

After taking the elevator down to the first floor from Building B, he quickly headed towards Gin's direction. Kaito Kuroba didn't leave; instead, he hid and used his infrared glasses to observe Conan and the others' movements.

Conan had just entered the elevator when it announced that it was overloaded, so he got out again. "I'll just take the next one," he said.

At the same time, Ruyue Fengshui insisted on taking the stairs down, saying, "Don't treat me like an old man!"

Inspector Megure had no choice but to give up and looked at Shiratori Ninzaburo, "Shiratori, you guys go ahead, I'll follow you later."

The rooftop of a building.

After completing his disguise, Suzuki Yusuke picked up a sniper rifle identical to Gin's.

"You know how to use it?"

Gin observed the twin skyscrapers directly opposite him through his sniper scope, a maniacal smile on his face.

"Can't I even take a look?"

Yusuke Suzuki set up his sniper rifle and just then saw Ai Haibara and the three little ones leaving the elevator together, giving his seat to a mother with a child.

These three kids can be annoying and incredibly frustrating at times, but you can't deny that in some situations they are more reliable than adults.

The elevator doors closed, and the observation elevator continued its descent.

After the last group of people boarded the elevator, Inspector Megure covered his hat and ran away.

"Ah, Shirley."

Gin's sudden shout gave Suzuki Yusuke goosebumps.

At that moment, through the sniper scope, Conan's gaze was fixed on the building where he was.

Ah, is it about to begin?

Suddenly, Yusuke Suzuki got the urge and slowly pointed the gun at Conan.

"Rest in peace, Sherry, rest in peace forever."

Gin pulled the trigger, and Yusuke Suzuki fired a bullet at the same time.

Conan saved Sonoko Suzuki in a crisis, but Gin's bullet still damaged the elevator's control circuit.

As for Yusuke Suzuki... his bullet went a bit too far off course, so let's not talk about it.

"Hmm?" Gin frowned. "Not her?"

Gin put down his gun, snorted coldly, and looked at Suzuki Yusuke, "If you don't know how to use it, don't embarrass yourself here."

"Mind your own business..." Suzuki Yusuke tried to be stubborn, but eventually gave in, his attitude changing in an instant, "Big brother, can you teach me how to snipe?"

Gin was stunned. This guy...

I really wanted to refuse, but he called me "big brother".

The words are divided into two parts, each expressing one branch.

The elevator Conan was in had completely stopped working. "Ran-neechan, carry me on your back."

Once inside the elevator shaft, Ran Mouri forcefully pried open the elevator door.

The fire inside the building intensified and had already reached the 45th floor, which was the floor where Conan and his friends were.

After observing through his binoculars for a while, Gin lit a cigarette and called Vodka, "It's me. How are things on your end?"

"I didn't notice anything; all those who came were men."

"Hmph, she probably found out we're looking for her, so she's still up there, but I'll never let her escape again. Blow up the bridge."

Yusuke Suzuki continued to observe through his sniper scope. Conan and Ran were blocked by the broken bridge at Building A. He wanted to enjoy the deeply moving scene that was about to unfold.

Meanwhile, Kaito Kuroba was secretly watching Ai Haibara and the three little ones.

Or should we just take it with us?

But even his own hang glider couldn't carry four little kids at once, let alone someone as heavyweight as Genta.

It's unrealistic for me to try to rescue people in batches.

At such a high floor, the airflow is quite turbulent due to the building itself, making it difficult to accurately fly to the other side of the connecting bridge.

What should we do? Are we only able to save one or two?

Directly below them, Ran Mouri had already led Conan through a high-altitude acrobatic stunt to the 34th floor. The main fire had started burning from the 40th floor, and the fires on the lower floors had been extinguished by firefighters. They were now completely safe.

Back on the ground, Conan looked around. "Where are Ayumi and the others?"

He pulled out his detective badge and learned that Ai Haibara and the three little ones were still in front of the connecting bridge on the 60th floor of Building A. He quickly ran to Yusuke Suzuki's car, took out his skateboard, and headed straight for Building B.

Five minutes later, Yusuke Suzuki witnessed the skateboarding miracle and then followed Gin downstairs.

Kaito Kuroba was surprised to see Conan come back again and quickly pulled his head back from peeking.

With Conan around, there shouldn't be any problems, right? Kaito Kuroba ran up the stairs on the other side to the top floor, ready to take off at any moment.

Meanwhile, Conan found Kisaragi Mine, who was still in the building, deduced the truth, and used a tranquilizer dart to subdue the old man who wanted to commit suicide by poisoning.

Soon, the fire climbed to the 70th floor, getting closer and closer to Conan and his friends.

"Has the helicopter not arrived yet?" Inspector Megure looked at Wataru Takagi, his hat almost flying off in his anxiety.

Building A, top floor.

Ai Haibara looked at Conan and asked her last question, "Who killed Mr. Hara?"

“This is just my speculation,” Conan said, mimicking the gesture of holding a knife. “He was holding a silver knife at the time, and the word ‘silver’ in Roman spelling is ‘GIN,’ which is the name of a liquor.”

“It’s very likely that Mr. Hara was being held at gunpoint by Gin at the time, so he picked up the knife on the table,” Conan paused for a moment, “Gin probably thought that the other party wanted to use the knife to resist, and did not realize that it was a signal he left behind.”

After saying that, Conan ran to move the unconscious Kisaragi Mine, while Ai Haibara walked to the bar and sat down, staring blankly at the GIN liquor on the cabinet.

Red light?

Ai Haibara paused for a moment, then removed the bottle and looked inside.

bomb!

At this moment, Inspector Megure finally got a helicopter and climbed to the top floor of Building B to check on the progress of the rescue.

"That should be fine now, there's no wind anymore."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of explosions occurred on the top floor of Building A.

On a certain road, Vodka put the detonator back in his pocket. "Big brother, now Sherry definitely can't escape."

"The helicopter probably won't be able to get close in a short time; they can only wait for the fire to go out."

Gin was satisfied and glanced at his watch. "Time's almost up."