Chapter 543: Declaration of War and Greetings from the Organization

Chapter 543: Declaration of War and Greetings from the Organization

The night passed without incident.

The FBI investigators who were in charge of patrolling the periphery discovered a number of suspicious people, but both sides seemed to have no intention of engaging in a direct confrontation, and after observing each other, nothing happened.

However, things started to change in the morning.

Yuya and Conan were having breakfast in the hospital cafeteria when suddenly an alarm sounded faintly outside.

The two looked out the window and saw black smoke coming out of a building in the distance. The alarm just now should be from the fire truck, right?

"Fire?" Conan's eyes flickered. In this situation, whenever something unusual happened, he would think it was the organization's work.

Yuya pondered for a moment and said, "Hurry up and eat dinner. Let's go find Teacher Judy and Mr. Akai."

The two of them finished their meal in no time and came to the hospital lobby.

Judy and Shuichi Akai were standing by the window looking into the distance, and the direction they were heading was exactly the building where the fire had broken out.

At the reception desk, a man who looked like a courier was holding a bag and talking to a nurse.

The nurse's voice was loud enough to be heard: "Eh? Mr. James Blake? We don't have a patient with that name here."

"!" Hearing the name, the four people in the hall looked over instantly.

"No," the delivery boy corrected, "It's not the patient, it's the person who helps take care of the patient."

Judy walked over quickly: "That person is someone I know, but..."

The courier was worried about not being able to find the recipient, and he happily said, "That's great, someone sent him something."

Judy was a little confused: "What is it? Who sent it?"

The courier, Cong, took out a list from his pocket, looked at it and said, "The sender is a Mr. Kusuda Rikumichi."

"What?" Judy's face suddenly changed.

The courier handed the bag to Judy, and she noticed that there was a flower pot under the bag: "Is this, flowers?"

Several people rushed to the parking lot and Judy handed the flowers to James.

"Aquilegia?" James frowned slightly. "Is this given to me by the organization?"

Judy nodded. "The sender used the name Kusuda Rikumichi, so there shouldn't be any mistake. Usually, personal belongings brought to the hospital will be checked by people pretending to be guards... or companions, but I didn't expect them to send it directly by express delivery."

James was confused: "But why did they give me this flower? Isn't this the state flower of Colorado?"

Yuya crossed his arms and said calmly, "The language of this flower is the oath of victory, which means victory is certain."

Conan continued: "They are saying that they will definitely snatch Mizunashi Rena from us."

Akai Shuichi snorted and laughed: "This is a declaration of war...right?"

Judy and James looked at the flowers in their hands and nodded solemnly: "That should be it."

At this moment, several cars pulled up to the parking lot. People got out of the cars and helped others walk toward the outpatient department, shouting, "Hold on, we're already at the hospital!"

Among them were adults and children, men and women, and the clothes of several of them still had traces of burning.

Seeing this, Judy asked, "Is this the person who was injured in the fire just now?"

Conan narrowed his eyes: "Probably not all of them."

Judy looked at him suspiciously.

Yuya said: "Didn't you notice? Although some people's clothes have traces of burns, the others are clean..."

After hearing this, Judy observed carefully and found that it was indeed the case. But before she could think about the reason, James had received an emergency call.

"Well, the hospital entrance is full of injured and sick people, and we have no way to stop them and check them one by one!"

"What?" James and Judy looked shocked.

Akai Shuichi's face also darkened.

"There were three emergencies happening around here at the same time."

"Three accidents? At the same time?"

"Yes, food poisoning, toxic gas leaks, and fire!"

James' expression was serious: "Is it the organization's doing?"

Judy raised a question: "Toxic gas and fire can be planned in advance, but the incubation period of food poisoning varies from person to person. Which..."

James said, "They probably used a poison that has similar symptoms to food poisoning, right? They just need to control the dosage to a level that won't kill people. Combined with the other two accidents, they can cause a large number of patients to flood into the hospital."

"Moreover, there are patients whose injuries cannot be determined with the naked eye..."

Judy understood what he said: "That is to say, they can send members to sneak into the hospital disguised as patients and then look for the ward where Mizunashi Rena is. There are so many people, it is impossible for us to check them one by one."

"No, that's not the case." Yuya pinched his chin and analyzed, "If they send a large number of members into the hospital, even if they are careful, the risk of exposure is very high under the current circumstances. Wouldn't that be like delivering the organization's intelligence to their door? In this way, what's the point of snatching Mizunashi Rena?"

"If we catch those people, will they still be able to kill people in a big way to silence them?"

Judy and James also thought it made sense: "So, the current commotion is..."

You also said with certainty: "They are making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. Their target should be something else."

He glanced around and his eyes fell on the pot of Aquilegia columbine. He muttered, "Why did you send a pot of flowers over specially? Is it really just a declaration of war?"

Yuya took the flowerpot from James, put his ear on it and listened, his expression suddenly froze.

Others noticed his strangeness and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

Akai Shuichi suddenly thought of something, and his face changed: "Give me the flower pot!"

Youya waved his hand: "It's okay."

He squatted down and placed the flowerpot on the ground, carefully pulled out the Aquilegia vulgaris, reached into the soil and fumbled around, then took out a transparent plastic bag.

"Sure enough, there's a time bomb in here, and the time on it says it's more than 30 minutes away from exploding."

"bomb?!"

"But don't worry. Since they dared to send the bomb by express delivery, it means that its stability is still very high. Otherwise, if it hits something and explodes on the way, wouldn't it go against their original intention?"

Judy and the others were shocked when they heard there was a bomb in the flowerpot, but they were relieved after hearing Yuya's analysis.

Judy concentrated and said: "They sent the bomb here because they want to kill..." She glanced at James, and although she didn't finish the rest of the words, the meaning was already very clear.

James looked a little unhappy: "I'm afraid that not only me, but also the investigator with me will be killed. However, if the explosion really happens..."

Akai Shuichi snorted and laughed: "If there is an explosion, the Japanese police come to take over the scene, and then there will be no way to find Mizunashi Rena, don't you think so?"

James nodded, glanced at the bomb and said, "But let's get rid of the bomb first."

After just a short while, the bomb's timer began to make a ticking sound, and the sound was gradually getting louder, as if alerting the person who discovered the bomb that it was about to explode.

However, in reality, there were still 30 minutes before the bomb exploded.

Youya observed the bomb and said, "This bomb has a complicated structure. It will take a long time to dismantle it. Under the current circumstances, we should take it to a deserted place and detonate it."

Judy couldn't help but say, "Yuya-kun, you even know about bombs?"

You was stunned for a moment, his expression a little unnatural, and he looked at the bomb in his hand with a wandering look: "A friend I knew before, he taught me some knowledge about bombs..."

"I see," Judy nodded in realization and said with a smile, "He must be a bomb disposal expert, right?"

Yuya fell silent and nodded gently.

Is that Officer Jinpei Matsuda? Conan immediately remembered who Yuya was talking about. Seeing that Yuya looked a little depressed, he quickly said, "Let's deal with the bomb first!"