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Therefore, the ore had actually disappeared long ago, and organizing this operation was in vain.
But compared to the other bad news brought by Vermouth, this is nothing.
Because the ores are gone, but not completely gone.
The ore in the vein had indeed been mined out, but there was one largest ore that had been preserved somehow.
That is the royal treasure of the Kingdom of Andrew - the blue sapphire, and it is now in Tokyo.
And the great hero "Onimar" who is holding it now seems to know how to detonate the ore.
This is a serious problem...
Chapter 247 So this is what happened
"So that gem is actually a bomb?!"
In a building somewhere in downtown Tokyo, Conan walked up the stairs holding a skateboard and shouted loudly to Karasuma Ying on the other end of the phone.
"I think its power may be stronger than ordinary explosives..."
Unlike the dark night in Japan, it was already early morning in the Kingdom of Andrew. Karasuma Ying glanced at the king's brother Preben who was being escorted away by the guards behind him. He was standing in a corner and talking to Conan on his mobile phone.
"So what's going on with this little kingdom of theirs?! Bombs and princesses, what do they want to do? And that Onimare, who is he?"
Conan stopped to take a breath and continued climbing up the stairs while sweating all over.
"This is a bit complicated to explain..." Raising his hand and pressing his forehead, Wu Wanying sorted out his thoughts a little and said:
“Freya is not of the king’s bloodline, her mother was the deputy director of El Pharmaceuticals at the Andrew Research Institute.
The Freya sisters were adopted by the king only after the deputy director was killed in an accident ten years ago.
According to Preben, Onimare is actually the director of the research institute, and the illegitimate son of the former president of El Pharmaceutical..."
"what?"
"In the accident ten years ago, the old king got hold of evidence of El Pharmaceutical's illegal research because of his relationship with the deputy director, and then he used both soft and hard tactics to get a large sum of money from the then president of El Pharmaceutical.
The old king's move caused the capital chain of El Pharmaceutical to be completely broken at that time, and the entire company went bankrupt. Although El Pharmaceutical later received new investment, many senior executives at that time resigned because of this, including the president. You should have known about this, Conan?"
"Ah, I did see it in a newspaper ten years ago, but the newspaper at that time only said that the failure of foreign investment led to the broken capital chain. So it was because of this..."
"Well, before the accident, in addition to the researchers in the institute, El Pharmaceutical actually had many employees who stayed in the Andrew Kingdom to do other work. Some of them even got along with the local people after many years of getting along. The Andrews got married..."
"Does this include the president?"
"Well, but he's going to be a little bit special..."
"What do you mean?"
"What this means is that the president has a wife in Japan..."
"Tsk, cheating on your spouse and having an illegitimate child?"
Conan's tone was suddenly filled with contempt.
"Wait!" But he soon realized what Wu Wanying meant, and asked hurriedly: "In other words, when the president left Andrew, he did not take the mother and daughter with him?"
"Yes."
Wu Wanying nodded, sighed, and continued:
“Because his original wife in Japan was there, the president did not take his wife and children in Andrew with him when he left.
After the people from El Pharmaceutical left, in order to keep the news secret internally, the old king quickly sent out guards to control all the survivors in the small village, including the mother and son.
But the mother seemed to have learned the news in advance, so before the guards arrived, she took her children and fled quietly, and finally even escaped from Andrew.
I don't know what happened afterwards, but according to Preben, the president's illegitimate son returned to Andrew some time ago, and came back for revenge.
This illegitimate child had a good relationship with Freya when they were young. Through this relationship, he learned from Freya everything that happened that night, and used Freya to obtain the sapphire and the information on how to detonate the ore.
He then came to Japan alone to look for his biological father who abandoned him and his son, the former president. Freya, realizing that she had made a big mistake, also followed him to Japan.
Of course, Freya's behavior was also within his expectations. In addition to seeking revenge on his biological father, he came to Japan to lure Freya out of the Andrew Kingdom and kill her. After all, he himself hated Freya.
The reason is not complicated. According to Preben, the illegitimate child seemed to have a hard life in recent years, and his mother died for some reason a few years ago.
They were both victims of the accident, but one became a princess living high and mighty, while the other had to live in poverty with her mother. It was normal for them to feel hatred for each other.
As for the reason why he disguised himself as Onimare...it was because of Katsuragi Toma.
The picture book that Toma Katsuragi got in Europe tells the fairy tale story of a great hero that was circulated in that border village.
The name of that border village is Onimare Village.
After Toma Katsuragi's special effects drama became a hit, this illegitimate child deliberately dressed up as Onimare and caused trouble in Tokyo, actually just to attract the attention of the president.
As for the employees he killed, they were all people who had worked at El Pharmaceuticals and had ties with the Andrew Kingdom.
Including the fact that he had deliberately entrusted the blue sapphire to the current El Pharmaceutical for research, which was actually a means for him to lure out the president. "
"But all these methods have failed, so he completely lost his patience and wanted to deliberately expose himself to the police, using the exploding gem as a threat to force the police to help him find that person, right?" Conan continued what Karasuma Ying said.
"That's right, Conan. Tokyo is now..."
"Don't worry, just leave it to me."
After understanding the whole story, Conan finally rushed to the top floor, hung up the phone, opened the door and walked onto the rooftop of the building.
And right opposite him is the Tokyo Tower.
Very good, the distance is still within an acceptable range and I can touch it if I use foot strength enhancing shoes!
"Hmm? Little guy, are you lost?"
At this moment, a gentle male voice suddenly sounded above Conan's head. He looked up and saw...it seemed to be a reporter?
Shortly before Conan arrived at the rooftop, Shirakawa Kiyoshi was sitting on the stairwell of the rooftop, looking at the Tokyo Tower in the distance through a telescope.
"I'm here." It was Bu Luo Oushen's voice on the phone.
"Did you see that hourglass-like thing in the hero's hand?" Bai Heqing asked.
"I saw it."
At this moment, on the observation deck near the top of Tokyo Tower, Onimare seemed to have been forced into a desperate situation by the police.
He was holding an innocent hostage, with his back against a corner, holding a transparent container in the shape of a cylinder with an internal structure similar to an hourglass.
On the lower layer of the container was a blue gem, as big as an adult male's fist, emitting a faint fluorescent light in the dark night, while on the upper layer of the container was some liquid. Unfortunately, Bai Heqing was not a scientific researcher, so he couldn't distinguish the properties of the liquids with the naked eye, but perhaps Shirley could.
There is a special piston between the upper and lower layers of the container. When the angle of the entire container shifts left or right to a certain extent, the piston mouth will open, allowing the liquid on the upper layer to fall onto the blue gem on the lower layer.
Then, according to the information from Vermouth, the gem will be detonated by then. If all goes well, it may be able to compete with the original "little boy" in power.
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Chapter 248: Extraordinary Courage
Although Baihe Qing expressed serious doubts about whether the gem could be detonated, considering the consequences of the explosion, he personally felt that no matter whether it was true or false, he should take the gem down first.
After all, if it were true, given his current position, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to escape.
Being killed in such an unclear manner, this was not the ending he hoped for...
"Is it enough to just knock down that gem?"
On another tall building, Buluoxin looked at the transparent container in Leonimar's hand through the scope and asked.
"That's right, but we can't let the gem come into contact with the liquid on the top of the container, otherwise... we will probably be sent to heaven." Baihe Qingtiao replied with a smile.
"Is this information reliable?" Without any reaction to his joke, Buluoxin asked in a flat tone.
"It's Vermouth's information." Baihe Qing replied. After receiving Vermouth's report, he immediately contacted Bloosin and called her over.
"So are we going to play the savior this time?"
“That seems to be true.”
"It's really strange."
"No, this is normal, Jing. People's positions change with different situations. Just like now, if the gem really explodes, half of Tokyo will probably be trapped, and we will be no exception.
So in this situation, even the evil villain must stand up and join forces with the righteous heroes to stop this farce. After all, there is always a difference between normal humans and mentally ill people with problems in their brains.
Of course, after saying so much, to sum it up simply, I just don’t want to die.” Bai Heqing said with a serious smile.
He never felt that being afraid of death was something to be ashamed of; he had always been an honest man.
"That's too far."
With a cough, Bai Heqing brought the topic back to the topic and asked, "How is it? Can it be solved?"
"can."
In Bloosin's vision, Onimare was hiding behind a supporting pillar. She could not see him, but could barely see the transparent container containing the gem in his hand, and the hostage he was holding.
The container was blocked by the hostage, which hindered her shooting.
"But we have to wait a little while and see if the police can create an opportunity." replied Broosin.
That Onimare probably guessed that there might be police snipers around, so he had been deliberately covering the transparent container in his hand.
She now has two choices. One is to shoot directly, so that the bullet will penetrate the hostage and then hit the transparent container.
The second option was to wait a little longer and see if the police in Tokyo Tower could create a suitable opportunity for her to shoot while avoiding the hostage.
Bloosin chose the latter. She did not have the habit of indiscriminate killing, so if possible, she did not mind saving the hostage's life.
Of course, when possible.
"Well, I'll leave it to you then." Bai Heqing nodded.
"Bang!"
Just as he finished speaking, the door to the rooftop below was suddenly kicked open, and a familiar-looking elementary school student rushed in.
"Huh? Little guy, are you lost?" Bai Heqing asked while sitting on the stairs.
The elementary school student was obviously startled by his voice. He quickly turned around and looked up. After their eyes met, Bai Heqing recognized the elementary school student at a glance.
It was Kudo Shinichi...or Edogawa Conan.