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But she suddenly discovered a problem.
[Detective, I can't reach this vent.]
Chapter 292 Abnormality on the rooftop
[Detective, I can't reach this vent.]
"Uh……"
At the Toye Building, Conan looked at the message sent by Haibara Ai on his phone, as well as the photo of the vent she took, and raised his hand to pat himself on the head.
Damn it, he was so excited about the information about the vent that he subconsciously forgot that with Haibara Ai's height, there was no way she could reach the almost three-meter-high ceiling without the help of appropriate tools.
But the problem is, in the current Beiye Building, where should he ask Huihara to find the right tools?
"There's a telescopic ladder on the roof of the Kitaye Building that might be useful." Kanako Shimazaki beside him suddenly said.
"The rooftop of Beiye Building?" Conan looked at her, the expression on his face was surprise at first, and then quickly turned into suspicion.
"Huh? Weird..."
Before he could ask anything, Shimazaki Kanako herself became confused.
"The rooftop of Beiye..."
Why did she know that there was a telescopic ladder on the roof of Beiye’s building?
The words she just said were blurted out in an instant when she thought of the ladder after seeing the message sent by Haibara Ai, and then wondering where the ladder was in Kitaye. This made her feel incredible.
Because from this morning until now, in the entire process of her intermittent memory recovery, this is the first time this has happened.
Does the word "ladder" have any special meaning to her?
No, that's not right. It's not the ladder... the roof of Beiye Building with the ladder... What really excites her should be the roof of Beiye Building.
"Well……"
Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and Shimazaki Kanako suddenly felt a little uneasy.
It felt like something shameful about myself was suddenly revealed.
[There should be a telescopic ladder on the roof of Beiye, Huiyuan, you can go and take a look. ]
After sending this message to Haibara Ai first, Conan turned around and looked at Shimazaki Kanako, who was still recalling the past, with a serious expression.
"Ugh……"
In Kitaya Building, Huihara Ai sighed again after seeing the news.
The problem is a bit tricky.
She originally planned to hide it from the three little ones and help Conan do this herself.
But according to the current situation, if she wants to get the ladder, she must go to the roof of Beiye through the stairwell, and this requires her to pass in front of the three little ones.
Although there is more than one stairwell in this building, under the current circumstances, it is too dangerous to go around most of the floors to the stairwell on the other side of the building.
If you accidentally run into those terrorists, you won't even know where to cry.
Although Haibara Ai is not a person who is afraid of death, she does not intend to die here meaninglessly.
Taking a step back, even if she managed to get rid of the three little ones and found a way to go to the roof alone, there was indeed a telescopic ladder there.
Then she would have to face the problem of how to move the telescopic ladder down.
This is the seventeenth floor, and the top of Beiye Building is the thirtieth floor. Does that mean she has to carry the ladder down to the thirteenth floor by herself?
Haibara Ai looked down at her thin arms and felt that this was definitely not something she could do alone.
[So I really have to ask those kids for help? ]
This thought gradually emerged in her mind, and Haibara Ai was a little hesitant.
Under the current circumstances, she obviously couldn't fulfill Conan's request by herself, but it would be too dangerous to involve those children...
Otherwise, just give up?
Squatting in the corner of the corridor, Huibara Ai subconsciously clenched her hands.
【No……】
After a brief consideration, she finally made up her mind and continued to complete Conan's request.
Because she thought of a good idea, which could not only fulfill Conan's request, but also temporarily help the children find a relatively safe hiding place.
That is to let the three little ones go with her to the ceiling through this vent.
According to the information sent by Conan, there is an entire plywood space above this floor, and the only place to go up is this ventilation hole that is only wide enough for a child to pass through.
If they all hid in there, it would be a perfect hiding place.
As long as they are careful and don't make too much noise and attract the attention of the terrorists below, there will be no problem.
Finally convincing herself, Haibara Ai quickly made a decision.
She carefully returned to the stairwell along the same route and saw the three little ones still squatting in the corner.
"Haibara?!" The three of them were obviously very happy to see her return safely.
"Yeah." After nodding, Huiyuan Ai said, "Let's go to the rooftop of this building together."
"Hey? Why do we have to go to the rooftop?" Mitsuhiko asked in confusion, "Shouldn't we find a way to leave here first? Do you, Huiyuan, want to go and shoot Flying Monsters too?"
[It's already this time and you're still thinking about that flying monster...]
After silently complaining in her heart, Huiyuan Ai explained, "We have to change our plan now. It is too dangerous for us to leave Beiye alone. I just found a suitable hiding place. We can hide there first and come out after the police drive away those terrorists.
But before that, we have to go to the roof and find a ladder."
She did not tell the three little ones about the software or her contact with Conan.
The reason is very simple. The content on that software can be seen by all those who have installed the software. Given the personalities of those three little ones, it would definitely not be a good thing if they knew about the software.
"Huh? But how did you, Haibara, know there was a ladder on the roof?" Mitsuhiko asked curiously.
"Because there is usually a ladder on the roof. Okay, let's go, hurry up, and keep your voice down."
Without further explanation, Haibara Ai went upstairs first. Behind her, the three little ones, although a little confused, followed her up the stairs to the roof without hesitation.
The four of them climbed and stopped along the way, and finally arrived at the roof of Beiye Building safely.
Letting the three little ones hide behind, Huibara Ai walked forward alone, pushed open the door on the roof and looked outside carefully.
【No one.】
She gestured to the three people behind her, opened the door and walked onto the rooftop.
"Hide low and don't let the terrorists in other buildings see you."
With the door ajar, Haibara Ai half-crouched and quickly scanned the surroundings.
The rooftop was very spacious, but not as empty as she had expected.
Right in the center of the rooftop more than 20 meters away from the few people, there was a circle of metal plates that looked like those used in construction sites.
The space enclosed by these metal plates is not small, and it looks like two cars can fit in the front and back.
And next to these metal plates is the telescopic ladder that Conan mentioned.
[Strange, why are there these things on the rooftop? ]
Chapter 293: Gradually Approaching the Truth
On the rooftop of the Kitayo Building, Haibara Ai did see the telescopic ladder that Conan mentioned, but she also saw a circle of iron plates that looked like a construction site.
[Strange, why are there these things on the rooftop? ]
"I'll go over and take a look first. You stay here and wait for me. Don't wander around."
Obviously sensing something was unusual, Huihara Ai whispered something to the three little ones behind her, then half-crouched, bent over and flexibly came to the circle of iron plates.
She first straightened up slightly, turned her head and looked at the East Leaf and West Leaf buildings adjacent to the North Leaf, as well as the radio tower directly opposite.
[There's no one on the rooftops around here, so it shouldn't be a problem if I take a look up there.]
Thinking of this, Haibara Ai quickly stood up and climbed up the telescopic ladder next to her.
The height of these iron plates is about three meters, and this telescopic ladder can reach up to two meters. When she was about to climb to the top, Haibara Ai raised her hand to grab the top of the iron plate, pulled herself up with force, and looked down at the things enclosed in the iron plate.
Then, she was stunned for a moment.
Surrounded by these iron plates is a helicopter.
The helicopter is not very big and is only two meters high, so it is just right to be surrounded by three-meter-high iron plates.
But the question is, why is there a helicopter parked here?
If it belongs to the Moriyama Group, there should be no need to cover it with these iron plates, right?
In addition, she saw an onboard machine gun on the front of the helicopter.
This is probably a military helicopter.
[Are those terrorists hiding here? ]
In an instant, this guess popped up in Haibara Ai's mind.
She didn't quite believe that the Moriyama Group could make this thing. Even if Moriyama Hiromichi really made it, it would be unlikely that he would put it here so blatantly.
It is obvious that this helicopter was prepared here by the terrorists in advance and would be used during their retreat.
But looking at the size of this helicopter, it can only carry five or six people at most, right?
But at this moment, the number of terrorists in Clover Villa, even if she only counted those she had noticed before, was already over a dozen, and this was only the number she saw in the Beiye building.
Haibara Ai turned around again, squinted her eyes, and looked carefully at the rooftops of the East and West Leaf Buildings, which were about two hundred meters away from here.
【No. 】
She couldn't see the South Leaf, but there was no place like where helicopters were hidden on the rooftops of the East and West Leaves.
In other words, is it very likely that such a helicopter is hidden only on the roof of the Beiye Building?
Ah……