Conan: Top succubus, crazy CP

Chapter 988 Shocking the National Police Agency, 1200 Million Hostages

Beihu Shopping Mall is crowded with people on weekends.

The huge Ferris wheel rotates slowly, like the eyes of the city, overlooking the prosperity below.

In one of the cockpits, Ai was slowly rising to the highest point with her three little ones who were so excited that they were about to take off on the spot, as well as a "big steamed egg" Conan who was trying hard to reduce his presence, wishing he could curl himself up into a ball, with an expression of "I'm just passing by" written all over his face.

“Wow! It’s so high!”

“You can see my house!”

"Amazing!"

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko leaned against the glass window, cheering, their little faces flushed with excitement.

Conan was muttering to a certain black-hearted loli in his mind: "What they said about 'the Ferris wheel being a great place to observe human social behavior'... you just want to ride it yourself!"

"I'm afraid of having my blood drawn, so I don't dare to say it in front of you. Can't I just complain secretly in my heart?"

Humph~ The great detective's last pride must not be violated!

And below the Ferris wheel.

Miwako Sato was looking up at the slowly rotating huge roulette wheel with a complicated expression. The sunlight was a little dazzling, but she just squinted her eyes and stared blankly.

It's as if I can see something else through time.

Here, three years ago, an incident happened that she still doesn't want to recall but can't really forget.

In order to retaliate against the police, the crazy criminals placed a bomb on the Ferris wheel here, took hostages as a threat, and finally... killed a policeman who chose to stay in the cabin in order to obtain information about the next bomb location.

That policeman was her former partner.

A man who she had only worked with for two days but left a deep mark in her life.

Miwako Sato subconsciously took out her cell phone, her fingertips slid across the screen, and stopped at the text message that she had set to be saved permanently, never deleted, and never replied to.

Sender: Matsuda Jinpei

Content: 【あんたの事わりと好きだったぜ】

(I quite like you. / I quite like working with you.)

This message is like a parting confession, but it is also more like a recognition and farewell to her work ability.

After all, the two of them only worked together for two days and only knew each other for those two days. How deep could their feelings be?

However, Matsuda Jinpei's determination to sacrifice himself without hesitation in order to protect more people was deeply engraved in the heart of Sato Miwako, who also hated evil and took her police duties very seriously.

I can’t say I love you, I just can’t let you go.

What's more, her father also died in the line of duty... Besides glory, the profession of police has brought her too much pain.

This complex emotion has always made it difficult for her to truly get rid of it.

She pulled herself away from her memories, took a deep breath, and tried to calm her fluctuating emotions.

At this moment, the clear shouts of several children came from a distance:

"Officer Sato!"

"It's Officer Sato!"

"What a coincidence!"

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko ran over excitedly.

Following behind was calm Ai with an expression of "I knew I would run into the police" and Conan whose eyes instantly switched to "case radar activation" mode.

Miwako Sato forced a gentle smile upon seeing the children. She squatted down so her eyes were level with theirs. "It's you, the Junior Detective Team. Are you coming to the mall to play today too?"

"Yeah, yeah! Officer Sato, are you here to play too?"

Ayumi asked, blinking her big, innocent eyes.

"I... just came to take a look." Sato Miwako said vaguely, her eyes inadvertently sweeping over the Ferris wheel again.

……

On the other side, not far away on the roadside.

The painting style is completely different.

Takagi Shigeru and Shiratori Renzaburo were lying next to a black car, discussing something in low voices with serious expressions.

"I didn't expect that such a thing happened three years ago..." Takagi Shigeru's tone was heavy, with a hint of fear and regret. He had not been transferred to the Investigation Section at that time, and had only heard a few words.

Shiratori Jinzaburo sighed, "If Officer Sato still can't let go of Matsuda, I'm afraid... well, unless we also..."

He didn't finish his words, but his meaning was very clear. Unless they also died heroically, it would be difficult for them to occupy the same position in Sato's heart.

The cost of competition is too high!

The two brothers looked at each other, and saw the despair of "it's over, we can't beat the dead" in each other's eyes. They hung their heads in dejection together tacitly, and the air around them became a little darker.

Just then, Miwako Sato came over with her children.

"Takagi, Shiratori? What are you doing here? This posture... are you performing some new type of vehicle search ritual?" Sato looked at them in confusion as they were lying in a strange posture with their butts sticking up beside the car.

"Ah! Officer Sato!"

Takagi Wataru was startled, as if he had been caught absent-minded in class by his homeroom teacher. He quickly stood up straight and explained in a panic, sweat on his forehead, "We, we received a tip that there might be... something suspicious near this restaurant, so we came here to search."

Shiratori regained his composure and said, "But we haven't found anything yet. It might be just a rumor. I'm just about to go back to the car to sort out the information."

As he spoke, Shiratori opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat.

Conan was keenly aware of Takagi's vagueness and a hint of panic. He looked up and, in the most innocent tone, launched the "cute kid's killer question": "Officer Takagi, what's the tip-off? Are there new bad guys?"

Takagi lowered his voice and answered subconsciously: "It's a bomb... uh..."

He hasn't finished speaking yet——

Shiratori Renzaburo, who had just gotten into the car, suddenly exclaimed!

He suddenly pulled down the sun visor, and a piece of printed paper fell down, which read:

"I'm a major league hitter, and this extra inning is about to begin..."

Bai Niao took one look and his expression suddenly changed. He pushed open the car door as fast as he could, not even caring about his appearance. He yelled at the outside at the top of his lungs, his voice changing tone:

"There's a bomb! Get down! Get away from this car!"

His warning was quick enough.

but--

It's still too late.

The countdown to death has never been paused by anyone's vigilance.

"boom--!!!!"

A deafening explosion suddenly sounded!

The black car was instantly engulfed, twisted, and disintegrated by the raging orange flames. The huge shock wave, carrying with it scorching and deadly air waves and countless sharp metal fragments, spread violently in all directions like a scythe wielded by the god of death!

Xiao Ai frowned slightly, and reacted very quickly. She immediately protected Conan in front of her and the three little ones behind her.

As for Miwako Sato, the moment she heard the explosion, she was frozen in place as if under a spell.

Familiar explosions, familiar flames, familiar panic...

The scenes from three years ago instantly flooded her consciousness like a tide.

In a trance, she seemed to see a shadowy figure of the Grim Reaper holding a scythe, wearing a black robe and grinning fiercely, emerging above the burning, twisted frame. He was rushing towards her again with a mocking look.

A piece of sharp-edged iron blown away by the explosion, like the fangs of the god of death, shot straight towards her face with a shrill whistling sound.

But she seemed to have lost all ability to react, and just stared blankly at the shadow of death rapidly expanding in her pupils.