Although the clothes have been changed, the face and mask have not changed.
Conan can quickly remember people he has seen once from a distance at critical moments, let alone this weird magician who he has seen several times and is deeply impressed every time.
That's right, a magician, not an onmyoji - there are no ghosts in the world. To make the two people in the medieval exhibition hall believe that there are ghosts in the world, it must be because the black cat used some magic method.
The moment he recognized Shiraishi, Conan was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt like "this is not strange."
After all, although it is still unclear where he got the information, this "black cat" always seems to be able to smell the smell of the case and then rush to stop it in time.
This time should be no exception, after all, there were only a few carriages between him and the explosives.
As soon as he thought of the word "sniff", Conan saw a furry head protruding from Shiraishi's front pocket.
Then the dog stretched out its front paws, held the briefcase held by Shiraishi in front of him, put its nose close to it, and tried to sniff it twice.
The briefcase blocked the man with the gold chain from sight. He did not see this scene. He just nodded gratefully to Shiraishi and then reached out to take the bag.
At this moment, the fox showed a very human expression of disgust. It sneezed twice, slipped its front paws on the briefcase, and rolled out of the pocket with a grunt.
Conan subconsciously raised his hand and held the seemingly inflexible animal in his arms. The fluffy and soft feel made him couldn't help but hug Rua twice.
When the fox first stuck his head out, he thought the black cat was carrying a young Satsuma with him.
But now when he took a closer look, Conan quickly recognized that this looked like a fox from the large tail and vertical pupils that were not found in ordinary dogs.
The fox's sense of smell is indeed very sensitive. If it can be trained well, it would be a good choice to use it to find bombs.
But when I saw Shiraishi just now, I didn't see a pet box on him... Where was the fox hiding before?
Just as he was thinking about it, a line of sight with a strong presence came down from the top of his head.
Conan froze slightly, and stopped holding the hand of someone else's fox.
He raised his head uncomfortably and smiled awkwardly, holding the fox in his hands and handing it back. At this time, it was better not to provoke this eccentric ally. After all, the lives of a whole car of people were at stake...
Shiraishi had already returned the briefcase to the unlucky man who was harassed by the naughty child. He looked down at the fox and then at Conan. He thought for a moment and did not reach out to take it.
Judging from the way the fox fell into Conan's hands, enjoying being scratched, and secretly waving his paws, there was nothing wrong with the man with the gold chain, but he just put some other unpleasant-smelling things in his bag.
This is consistent with what Shiraishi knows - in various detective novels, this kind of suspect who looks like a bad guy at first glance has a low chance of being designed to be the real murderer.
He ran over to pick up the bag just now, just as a precaution. In fact, as soon as he entered the car and locked in a few suspects carrying briefcases, Shiraishi quickly focused his attention on the old man and the woman.
If the briefcase had not fallen, Shiraishi would have wanted to let the fox run around and smell it in the order of old man - woman - social animal - gold chain man.
In this way, even if its appearance causes a commotion, Shiraishi will be able to obtain useful information before the conductor arrives. At the same time, it can also prevent the person carrying the bomb from becoming suspicious and making other troubles after he, a suspicious person, appears.
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Now, although the plan has been disrupted, Conan suddenly appears, which is just right - the combination of an innocent child and a cute pet makes it less likely to make people suspicious.
Shiraishi originally wanted to pull Conan over and whisper a word or two, but considering that once he abandoned his gloomy character, it would be easy for Conan to chase him and ask a bunch of questions that Shiraishi couldn't explain himself, he quickly put away this idea.
In the end, Shiraishi just looked at Fox and Conan, then raised his chin coldly towards another man carrying a briefcase, and turned around to walk towards the corridor connecting the two carriages.
...are you leaving now?
The fox doesn’t want it anymore?
Conan looked at his back as he disappeared into the corridor. He was stunned for a second or two before he slowly realized. This meant...it seemed like he was being asked to take the fox to smell it?
...Indeed, compared to a black cat, it is indeed less likely to arouse suspicion as a child with a fox.
The only question is, does the fox know what to do without the owner's order, especially since this fox looks so small?
Lowering his head and looking into the pair of narrow, moist eyes for a moment, Conan held it without any confidence, followed the seating order of several suspects, and first came to the ordinary-looking social animal wearing a suit and glasses.
This man seems to hate naughty children, but he doesn't seem to have much objection to furry pets.
He wasn't angry when he saw the fox jumping on the briefcase. He just reached out and touched it very restrainedly, then turned around and whispered to Conan:
"On the Shinkansen, pets must be put in pet boxes. It is illegal to leave them outside like this. Go back and tell your parents, do you hear me?"
Conan pretended to be obedient and nodded, catching the fox that was walking back, and watching it scratch its ears. He didn't know whether this meant that the social animal's bag was fine, or if it really just went for a walk.
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So Conan couldn't help but glance into the corridor. There was a person standing vaguely against the wall in the darkness. It seemed that he was looking here, but there was no movement.
...Maybe it means there is no problem?
Conan began to have doubts about the reliability of the black cat and the fox, but now, he had no better way to do it. He could only hold the fox in his arms and sneaked up to the woman with the briefcase.
The woman sat on the aisle side, her briefcase lying across the window seat inside.
This lady with short hair was much kinder than the man with the gold chain and the social beast. When she saw Conan approaching with the fox in his arms, she couldn't help but let out a small cry of surprise.
Before Conan let go, she took the initiative and asked: "Can I touch it?"
Can't get it.
As soon as Conan reached over with his hands, the fox stepped on the woman's legs, jumped on the box and lay down. While sniffing secretly, he looked up at her and purred, pretending that he was not exploring, but just looking for a good place to bask in the sun.
sun.
After sniffing it, its tail swung slightly.
After lying down and touching it twice, the fox jumped down and without waiting for Conan, he rushed towards the corridor with his tail between his legs without looking back. Along the way, someone noticed something unusual and turned their head to look, but it had already run away.
Conan looked at its uncharacteristically nervous back, took a deep look at the woman who was happy because she had caught the fox, and ran to the corridor, wanting to discuss with the black cat what to do next.
This seems to be the first time they have coexisted peacefully as non-hostiles. Although this temporary ally looks scary, judging from his elusive performance in the past few times, he should still be reliable.
However, my head was full of thoughts, but they disappeared after arriving in the corridor.
Conan looked at the empty corridor, which was empty of people and foxes, and was confused.
...where are the people?
Just left??
At this time, there were still 14 minutes left before the explosion time mentioned by Gin.
This long time was enough for Shiraishi to walk back and forth in the car several times. He released the call to the fox and went to find the flight attendant.
Now that you have determined where the bomb is, the rest can be left to professionals.
Although I feel that "professionals" in this world are generally unreliable, after all, with the title of flight attendant, they should be better than ordinary people like him who have never been exposed to bombs.
Hope they don't treat this as a drill...
Shiraishi quickly found his goal.
It's just that with his current appearance, although the suspiciousness level is a little lower, the level of unreliability has increased rapidly. Shiraishi could only explain his behavior of covering his face by "worrying about retaliation" and got over the matter.
Fortunately, no matter how low the flight attendants' trust in him was, when faced with the information about the bomb, they quickly responded according to the procedure and asked Shiraishi about the location of the passenger who carried the bomb.
After Shiraishi pointed out in detail, he also told them the characteristics of the bomb - it will explode due to violent vibrations and will be detonated when a certain button is triggered, so they must be separated from the carrier and everything that can be pressed and can be viewed
Something to make a button.
What he said was decent, and the conductor gradually began to nod. However, after checking the car and the position Shiraishi mentioned, the conductor hesitated again.
"Mitsui Ryoko...isn't this the congresswoman who has been in the spotlight recently?" She has a bright future and is said to be very decent. How could she be related to the bomb...
After looking at Shiraishi suspiciously for a while, everyone decided to go to the second floor to see the situation before taking any measures.
On the way to the VIP box, a small group of people met an elementary school student wearing glasses and a bow tie walking in the opposite direction.
Shiraishi, who was mixed in a group of uniformed personnel, was very conspicuous at the moment. When Conan saw him, his steps froze.
The black cat who always used his own way to stop crimes actually ran to contact the flight attendant... Could it be that this incident happened suddenly and he was not fully prepared and had to give in for the lives of everyone in the car?
Lack of preparation, he would rather postpone the action than perform, which is in line with the characteristics of a magician. Conan nodded secretly and decided to ask the doctor to change directions. While exploring Shiraishi's identity again, he also checked whether there were any famous people related to the "Black Cat"
magician.
While thinking, Conan also got into the group of these people and quickly followed them to the private room on the second floor.
Although at the strong request of the train conductor, these flight attendants respected Ms. Mitsui, they did not completely ignore Shiraishi's words.
When asking to check the box, a clever guy temporarily took away the mobile phone that the woman had placed on the table - there were so many buttons on it.
When Mitsui Ryoko heard the request to check her briefcase, her face became unhappy. She forced a smile and refused them on the grounds that it was personal privacy.