Chapter 376 Countdown to Heaven

Chapter 376: Countdown to Heaven

Following Mitsuhiko to the hall, Conan was already lifting the tablecloths with a serious face. Under each table, there was a plastic-wrapped cube attached to the bottom of the table. It was obvious that this was Gin's last gift to us. On the one hand, it was to destroy the evidence of his visit, and on the other hand, it was to confuse the audience. Unexpectedly, it became the last straw that broke our back.

"what's the situation."

I quickly walked to a table and asked Conan, while beginning to observe the structure of the bomb.

"It's a time bomb, but it's a little different from what I've seen." Conan said to me with a serious face.

"Ah, it's a bomb of the organization's nature. It's made of materials." I took a look and immediately knew what the bomb was. "It's a bomb that completely dissolves after the explosion, leaving no trace. Although the explosive power is not very strong, relatively speaking, one such bomb will definitely have no problem blowing up a safe. How many are here?"

"There are about ten of them under every table. This number is enough to collapse the three floors above and below."

"Where's the time?"

"Four minutes and thirty-two seconds." Shiho, sitting at the bar, crossed her arms and silently looked at a red light behind the wine cabinet. "We don't have time." Shiho clasped her hands tightly at her arms to hide her fear and nervousness. After all, if she couldn't keep calm in front of the children, what would the children do?

"Where has the fire downstairs spread to?" I turned around and shouted to Conan.

"When Xiaolan and I escaped, we had already reached the 60th floor."

"Hu..." I raised my hand, signaling everyone to be quiet. At the same time, I closed my eyes and my brain started to work quickly. Four minutes later, there was an explosion on the top floor and a fire caused by an oil barrel, and there was smoke and dust from the explosion in the mechanical and electrical room below. Now there are bombs in the middle. How can we get out of this dangerous situation?

Beep, beep. Beep.

While thinking, Conan's phone suddenly rang. The person who called was Xiaolan who had just escaped. After answering the phone, Conan quickly ran to the window of the hall. On the other side of the window, the people who had escaped had set up a strong spotlight on the top floor of Building B and shone it towards our location.

However, at this moment I no longer had time to pay attention to what was happening below. My brain was still working rapidly, trying to find a way to escape safely.

"Can the bomb be put into the necklace?" Shiho asked me in a low voice beside me.

"No. In addition to the timer, the bomb also has a signal range for the timer. The moment I put it into the necklace, the signal will be cut off and cause an explosion. In other words, it's okay to install one, at most a necklace will be destroyed. But with so many bombs, it's definitely not possible. Moreover, the bombs we searched for may not be all of them. What if they explode in other hidden locations... We can't afford the risk." I shook my head and explained, while returning the necklace that had just been filled with water to Shiho. "The water is not enough to put out the fire below. The fire on the roof is burning gasoline. It's difficult for us to put it out with a fire extinguisher in four minutes. And the rescue plane won't be able to arrive in four minutes. Shiho, it seems that we are really in trouble this time."

Shiho looked at my stern face and lowered her head. Her brown bangs covered her blue eyes and the tear that slipped down quietly. The hand that was holding my sleeve turned pale. "Maybe... this is our fate?"

"Ok?"

"If it weren't for me... If I hadn't been discovered, we wouldn't have fallen into such a desperate situation. The children wouldn't have been..." As she spoke, Shiho turned her head and looked at the children who were already lying in front of the window. Crystal tears flowed down her cheeks and dripped onto the ground. "Xun, I'm sorry, if it weren't for me... maybe you and the children wouldn't be involved now."

"Isn't it too early to say such pessimistic words now?" I reached out and rubbed my hand on Shiho's fair face, wiping away the tears that were sliding down her eyes. "To be honest, at the moment, the situation is only half hopeless."

"Eh?"

"In fact, I am sure I can take you out right now." I looked towards the window as I spoke. "But, I can only take you out alone. And they..."

"Don't say such things anymore." Shiho shook her head fiercely. "Whether it's Sonoko or the children, they are our bond. Even if..."

"So." I interrupted Shiho. "Put away your sentimentality. The Shiho I know is not like that. Don't give up hope so easily, and don't let me give up hope either." I reached out and flicked Shiho's forehead.

"I'm talking about a difficult situation, and you're talking about a desperate situation. At least now, we're not in a situation where we're doomed to die. We still have half a chance of hope," I said, and then I reached out and gently rubbed Shiho's delicate hair, and turned my gaze to the window again. "I'm not omnipotent. I can save your life, but I may not have time to take care of others. However..." Looking at Conan turning his head and running towards us, with a confident smile on his face, I suddenly smiled and said to Shiho. "However, as a comrade-in-arms, I believe that kid will solve the other half of the desperate situation for me."

———————————Detective Conan the Movie 5 & Countdown to Heaven——————————

"Although... most of his ideas are outrageous." Watching Conan run from the window to the place where the sports car was parked in the banquet hall, I instantly understood the method he came up with.

"The car flies over?" Shiho was slightly stunned, then shook her head. "No, the two buildings are 60 meters apart. Calculated from the floor height, the height difference between the two buildings is about 20 meters. In this case..."

"If we calculate according to the formula, it has to run 108 meters in one second, which means the speed is km/h." After checking that there were no bombs placed on the car, Conan nodded at us, and I took the car keys that I had won for Shiho from her.

"But for this distance, 50 is the limit. No matter how good my driving skills are, I can barely increase it to 80." I looked at the field and said. "If the field is cleared, it would be okay to give me about five minutes to speed up. But now..." As we talked, we both looked at the timer on the side. There were only more than two minutes left.

"There's no time to think about it. The only thing we can use now is this." Conan took the key from me and opened the trunk of the car.

"You want to use blast?" I raised my eyebrows. "That's a good idea. But..." I looked at the car, then at the children at the scene. And at Ruyuefengshui who was lying next to the children. "Can we not take that old man with us?"

"No!" Conan's face was stern. "I can't do that until he is punished by law."

"Please put away your moralizing! He is going to die, do you really want him to stay in jail until he dies? What's the difference between that and dying now!" I interrupted Conan loudly, looking unhappy. "All of you, go and move the table in front of the car to the back of the car, and try to move the others as well, we are out of time. We still have two minutes!"

The children also knew that time was running out, so they hurried to move the table.

"I'll start the car, Ai, you go count the time, but you must run back when there are 30 seconds left." As I spoke, I handed my phone to Shiho. Then I turned my eyes back to Conan. "Go call the other side and ask them to open the skylight of the swimming pool opposite. I'll talk to you after we get to the other side safely!"

"You can say whatever you want later, but now we have to save this Kisaragi Minemizu!" Conan fumbled for his phone while running to the window to give orders. "Save them!" I muttered quietly. "There are not enough seat belts for six children and one adult. With the impact of the blast, if they don't wear seat belts, they will be blown away!"

As I was talking, I had already jumped into the car, started the engine, pressed the clutch, shifted the gear directly to the highest gear, and started idling. Instantly, the roar of the sports car's accelerator shocked the entire hall.

"Smash the glass! Reduce resistance and secondary trauma!"

I yelled at Conan who was standing by the window. "Conan turned his head and looked at me, then picked up a champagne bottle not far away and smashed it against the glass. Shiho, who was standing by, also handed Conan a large bottle of wine, except for the strong liquor."

Soon, Conan hung up the phone and ran towards me. At this time, the glass of the French window was also smashed open. Then, Shiho also ran towards me. There were still 30 seconds left. (In fact, I always felt that there was a bug in the original version. It was said that it was to perform the thrill of counting down. But Conan has a small phone. Wouldn't it be better to let the person on the other end help count down? Why did he have to count down by himself...)
"There are still 30 seconds left, everyone get on the bus, quick!" I shouted to everyone. The children also hurriedly put down the tables in their hands and rushed to the bus.

"Yuanta, come with me to take the Kisaragi Peak water." Conan shouted before getting on the car.

"It's too late! Get in the car!" I yelled.

"I... my mother once said that we must not waste a grain of rice, otherwise we will be punished by God, let alone a human being!" Genta carried up Kisaragi Minemi's shoulders, Mitsuhiko and Conan also helped, and even Shiho handed the phone to Ayumi, pushed her into the car, and helped with one foot.

"Are you all crazy?" I was furious as I watched these kids struggling to carry the luggage. "The seat belts aren't big enough for seven people! You'll be blown away!"

"It's okay, there are still twenty seconds!" Conan shouted as he lifted Kisaragi Mine into the car.

“It’s not a matter of time!”

"Okay! Coming up!" Yuan Tai shouted.

"I..." I gritted my teeth in hatred. Then I grabbed Ayumi who was sitting next to me and quickly tied her to the driver's seat belt. I made room for Yuanta, but I never let go of the accelerator and brake. "Get in the car! Seat belts! Quick! Quick! Quick!"

"Ten seconds left! Nine, eight, seven..." Ayumi had already started reading the numbers on my phone. But the kids were a little slow getting on the bus because of the transportation. When Ayumi read three, I released the brakes and stepped on the accelerator all at once, and the wheels spun rapidly. The car also leaned back rapidly, turned into a flash of red, and rushed out. 80 mph was stable!

"Hold on!" I yelled. Turning back, I found that Conan and Shiho, who were the last to get on the bus, had not fastened their seat belts in the rush.

boom! ! !
A violent explosion sounded behind him, and a strong blast rushed out of the window, causing the car to accelerate and rush out instantly. However, the fierce blast not only affected the car, but also the people in the car. The two people who did not have time to help with their seat belts were eventually thrown into the air because the car was weightless.

"Catch me!" Mitsuhiko hurriedly grabbed Conan's arm, and Conan grabbed the flying Shiho in return. "I will never let go!" Mitsuhiko used all his strength to catch the flying Conan.

"Haibara, hold on to me!" Conan looked painful. After all, he was being pulled from both sides. The pulling force and the power of the blast from behind broke his arms tightly, as if they were about to be torn apart.

"Oh no! The car is rolling over!" Although Shiho was panicking, she could see that the situation was not good. Due to the influence of gravity, the car began to rotate to the right. If it continued like this, the car would not be able to land accurately in the swimming pool on the other side. Even if we arrived at the other side safely, we would fall into the swimming pool because of the rollover of the car. With such a large acceleration of gravity, the children would definitely be killed or injured!

"Edogawa, let me go!" Shiho suddenly shouted this sentence in desperation.

"I won't let you go even if I die!" Conan's face turned pale. He had reached his limit. The hand holding Shiho was shaking.

“Let go!!!!” The hysterical screams seemed to freeze the flying second, and the reverberation of the sound waves seemed to slow down time.

Buzz. . .

At this moment, Shiho's fear suddenly disappeared. At this moment, her mind flashed back to the past, recalling every day she lived happily with her children. She also recalled... the days when she and Kaoru, that idiot, bickered every day, but they also supported each other.

Turning her head, Shiho looked at the idiot who had turned around with an anxious look on his face, and saw him desperately trying to stand up from the car and hold on to her. However, it was too late. If she didn't let go, the car would inevitably roll over and lose control.

"Heh... it's better for me to die alone than for all of us to die." At this moment, Shiho thought truthfully. She also said it out loud. "Goodbye, Xun... This time, let me protect you."

Boom.

With a crisp sound, Shiho's wrist shook and she was free from Conan's restraints. She also lost her balance and distanced herself from the flying car. In this second, time was infinitely stretched. Shiho could even clearly see the panicked, helpless, and anxious faces of the children not far away, watching their lips constantly hovering on the words "gray" and "original".

"Oh, so... in this world, there are still many people who care about me." At this moment, Shiho smiled, her smile was full of relief, and there were crystal tears in her eyes. Gradually, Shiho's ears seemed to lose hearing, and there was only a depressing feeling of weightlessness. But fortunately, at this moment she felt very satisfied. At least, her death was worthwhile, at least, he, they, could still live.

"It's just... I'm so unwilling. I really want to spend an ordinary life with you... a little longer."

. . . . . .

boom!
A violent collision sound suddenly sounded, and the weightlessness that Shiho just wanted to adapt to suddenly turned into a huge pulling force. The change of state made Shiho's eyes, which had just been closed, open again, and what she saw was the familiar pale gold color. And the loud noise just now was the sound of the boy in front of her stepping hard on the bike and rushing towards her.

Then, the boy's strong arms tightly grasped his wrists, and he twisted his waist vigorously, swung his arms in the opposite direction, and soon he was freed from the feeling of weightlessness and flew back in the direction of the car, and was finally firmly caught by Conan and Mitsuhiko. The car also flipped back because of his collision.

The next second, time returned to normal. Shiho was successfully caught by Conan and the others, and the car regained its balance and rushed towards the swimming pool on the rooftop. However, the price of all this was that the boy, who was wearing a white shirt today, left him far away. Like a pigeon shot by a gun, he fell straight down the building, and the boy left him with only a frowning face and a mouth shape that the two often used when bickering in class. . .

"...Fool."

(End of this chapter)