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"Bang," "Bang," "Bang"...

After several loud noises, the fire door was finally kicked open by Kitagawa Taki.

Xiaolan was stunned when she saw that familiar figure.

In those few short minutes, she thought of many people, including Kitagawa Taki.

She never expected Kitagawa Taki to come here, or to appear before her in this way.

Although Xiaolan was comforting others, she was actually very scared herself. In all her years, she had never experienced anything like this.

Upon seeing Kitagawa Taki appear, Ran's mental defenses completely crumbled, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Kitagawa Taki also spotted Ran in the crowd and quickly walked over.

The others didn't care about any of that. As soon as the door opened, they swarmed towards the exit, scrambling to escape the hall.

"Xiao Lan, are you alright?"

Ran had some dust on her body, but no wounds, so Kitagawa Taki figured she should be fine.

Hearing Kitagawa Taki's words, Ran choked up, opening her mouth several times but unable to utter a word.

Kitagawa Taki stepped forward, wiped away Ran's tears, and gently hugged her.

"I...I...thought I..."

At this moment, Xiaolan finally realized her feelings; she had truly fallen in love with Kitagawa Taki.

"It's alright now," Kitagawa Taki said softly, trying to comfort him.

Xiaolan tried to calm herself down and said with a slightly flushed face, "Beichuan, there's still a bomb there."

Kitagawa Taki looked in the direction Ran was pointing and saw a large bag on the counter.

After releasing Ran, Kitagawa Taki walked to the counter. There were still eighteen minutes left on the countdown timer on the bomb.

If such a large bomb were to explode, this entire hall would definitely be blown to smithereens.

At this moment, the dozen or so people who had just run away turned back.

One of the men demanded, "Hey, how did you get up here?"

Kitagawa Taki didn't have time to deal with him right now. "There's still a bomb here. You'd better stay away from me."

Upon hearing the word "bomb," the group immediately shrank to one side in fear.

"Kitagawa, what should we do?" Xiaolan silently came to Kitagawa Taki's side.

"I'll make a phone call." Kitagawa Taki took out his phone.

……

Outside the building.

Conan was brought out by the firefighters.

It turns out that Conan managed to squeeze up from the first floor thanks to his small size, but he was blocked on the second floor.

He was only brought out after firefighters cleared away the rubble and debris from the first floor.

"Inspector, the stairwells on every floor are blocked by rubble. It will probably take a long time to clear them all."

A rescuer reported the situation to Inspector Megure.

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Conan looked at the building in despair. Ran was inside, but there was nothing he could do.

At that moment, Inspector Megure received a call from Taki Kitagawa.

"What? Brother Kitagawa, you're in the fifth-floor lobby? And there's a time bomb there?"

Over the phone, Kitagawa Taki informed Inspector Megure of the current situation.

Inspector Megure said to Kogoro Mouri, "Ran is alright."

When Kogoro Mouri and Conan heard Inspector Megure's words, they were both happy and worried. They were happy that Ran was safe, but worried that there was still a bomb.

Upon hearing this, Teiji Moriya's expression shifted. He hadn't expected that Taki Kitagawa would be able to enter the hall; Shinichi Kudo, whom he had hoped for, hadn't appeared at all.

On the other end of the phone, Kitagawa Taki asked, "What's the situation with the blocked stairs downstairs?"

"It's serious; it won't be cleared away anytime soon," Inspector Megure said in a deep voice. "Brother Kitagawa, how much longer until the bomb explodes?"

"Sixteen minutes."

Inspector Megure fell silent upon hearing this; it was too late.

At this moment, Teiji Moriya interjected, "Officer, I have the blueprints for the bomb here."

Because half of his face was swollen, Moriya Teiji spoke in a strange and unclear way.

Teiji Moriya gestured to Inspector Megure towards the breast pocket in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri stepped forward and pulled two blueprints from his pocket, which turned out to be the design blueprints for a bomb.

Inspector Megure roared at the officers who had searched him earlier, "How did you search them?"

Such an important thing couldn't even be found.

The two policemen were sweating profusely. They had only searched the inner pockets and trouser pockets, never expecting that there would be something else in the breast pocket where the pocket square was kept.

Inspector Megure didn't have time to reprimand the two police officers, so he immediately called over the bomb disposal expert.

Kogoro Mouri, however, questioned, "You'd be so kind as to hand over the design drawings?"

It's hard to believe that Teiji Moriya is so utterly depraved.

“You have no choice but to trust me.” Teiji Moriya gave an ugly smile. “Since Shinichi Kudo hasn’t shown up, there’s no need to continue.”

Upon hearing this name, Kogoro Mouri was about to explode. Before, he simply didn't want Ran to date Shinichi Kudo, but now he wished that kid would disappear from Ran's world forever, and they wouldn't even be friends anymore.

"Take a look, is there anything wrong with this diagram?" Inspector Megure, equally skeptical of Teiji Moriya, said to the bomb disposal expert.

With time running out, the bomb disposal expert took a quick look and said, "There's nothing wrong with it; it's just an electronic time bomb."

Inspector Megure asked, "Can the demolition be directed remotely?"

The bomb disposal expert affirmed, "Yes, it's possible."

"Brother Kitagawa, did you hear that? Do you have any scissors or anything?" Inspector Megure shouted into the phone.

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"I have."

Xiaolan took a pair of scissors out of the sewing bag in her purse.

"Ran, stand further away!" Kitagawa Taki said, looking at Ran beside him.

Ran silently shook her head and grabbed Kitagawa Taki's clothes.

Seeing this, Kitagawa Taki said no more, tore open the bag around the bomb, revealing the complete bomb.

"W-What are you going to do?"

The man who had been there earlier jumped out again when he saw Kitagawa Taki about to move the bomb.

Kitagawa Taki gave him a cold look. "Shut up if you don't want to die!"

If he weren't too busy, Kitagawa Taki would definitely have physically shut this noisy guy up.

"Don't worry, everyone, it's the police on the other end of the phone," Xiaolan reassured the panicked crowd.

Following instructions, Kitagawa Taki removed the cover from the bomb, revealing the intricate wiring inside.

Then, Kitagawa Taki cut the wires one by one until he cut the last wire that the bomb disposal expert had mentioned.

But the timer didn't stop; instead, it jumped directly to three minutes.

There were still two wires, red and blue, left inside the bomb that hadn't been cut.

When Kitagawa Taki saw the time jump, he knew that this must be a trick deliberately played by Moriya Teiji.

"Brother Kitagawa, has the timer stopped?" Inspector Megure asked on the other end of the phone.

Kitagawa Taki said, "No, the time has jumped to three minutes, and there are still two lines left, red and blue."

"What?" Inspector Megure's face darkened, and he demanded, "Teiji Moriya, what exactly is going on?"

The bomb disposal expert was also sweating profusely; according to the blueprints, it should have been over by now.

"Quickly, tell me, which wire do you want to cut?" Kogoro Mori grabbed Teiji Moriya by the collar and demanded.

Teiji Moriya remained unmoved. "That's a specially designed bomb. We can only wait and see how they fare."

Conan finally understands what Teiji Moriya meant when he said he "prepared for him for three minutes".

Kogoro Mouri deflated, muttering, "Ran..."

Inspector Megure stared intently at his watch, resigned to his fate...

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"The last thread, Xiaolan, which one do you want to cut?"

Kitagawa Taki hung up the phone and looked at Ran.

Xiaolan swallowed hard. "I...I don't know."

"Then tell me, what's your lucky color?" Kitagawa Taki smiled.

Xiaolan was stunned. "Huh?"

"Time is running out." Kitagawa Taki pointed to the timer; there was only a little over a minute left.

"Red! It's red!" Ran gripped Kitagawa Taki's clothes tightly, her heart pounding in her chest.

Without hesitation, Kitagawa Taki cut the blue wire, and the bomb's timer immediately stopped.

Ran paused for a moment, then hugged Kitagawa Taki and cheered, "That's great!"

Tears welled up again, but this time they were tears of joy.

Looking at Kitagawa Taki's face, Ran kissed him as if possessed.