Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 442: The Bride of Halloween (Part 4)

There was a sudden knock on the door of the ward, and the visitor was Nakamura Tsutomu and his fiancée Christina Lisaier.

A few people then started chatting in the cafe downstairs. Nakamura Tsutomu mentioned that he and Christina met in the hospital and both were big fans of "Sleeping Kogoro".

"Wow, the coffee is so bitter." The little girl wanted to try white coffee, but was discouraged by the unique bitter taste of coffee.

Christina smiled and said, "Oh, what a cute child. I have some candy here. If you eat it, it won't be bitter anymore."

"Thank you sister."

"By the way, is this mother-in-law Russian? You're dressed really like a traditional old woman there." Christina turned to the grocer.

"I guess so. Life was pretty tough where I used to live. When I couldn't sleep at night, I could only stare at the moon." The grocer sighed, then smiled. "Thankfully, those hard times are gone forever. Maybe it's the magic of the moon."

"To be honest, I once heard a legend in a Russian village," Christina put down her coffee cup. "The legend goes that there was an old witch named Baba Gaya. The villagers called her 'Baba Gaya.' She lived in a house with two chicken claw-like legs, and on full-moon nights, she would go out and snatch children and eat them!"

"I've heard of this story, but the Baba Yaga in the story isn't such a negative character," the fire investigator said. "Baba Yaga helps lost orphans find their parents, and only bad children who destroy other people's families are captured and eaten."

Conan wasn't particularly impressed by the Russian village legend, but the fact that the old witch in the legend was also named "Yaga," the same as the grocer's middle name, was a bit thought-provoking. Perhaps it was just a coincidence.

When the knight heard this, he almost dropped the coffee cup in his hand. When he came to his senses, he saw the fire investigator covering his mouth and laughing.

[Knight: F! Lor! Li! An!]

[Fire Investigator: Hehe.]

[Little girl: So what does Granny Valentina think of those children?]

[Grocer: If they are willing to accept my toys, then they can become my 'family'.]

"Hey, I noticed that this blond guy has been staring at me since just now. Did my makeup fall off?" Christina looked at the fire investigator.

"Oh, sorry, is my vision obvious?" The fire investigator scratched his head sheepishly. "Because I always feel that Miss Christina has a unique smell, and it doesn't smell like perfume, so I'm a little curious."

The knight took the opportunity to give the fire investigator a slap on the head: "Don't stare at other people's fiancées casually, it's so rude!"

The fire investigator grimaced, covering his head with his hands. After looking at the knight with grievance, he quietly shrank aside to eat his potato pancakes.

[Fire Investigator: Richard, you are using your power to take personal revenge!]

[Knight: Huh.]

Before leaving, Christina invited everyone to visit her wedding venue tomorrow.

Watching Nakamura Tsutomu and Christina get into a taxi and leave, Conan also told Xiaolan that she could stay overnight at Dr. Agasa's house today and asked her not to worry.

"It's okay. I can go back with Alice and the others. It won't be dangerous."

"Is that so? Then I'll leave Conan to you." Xiaolan bowed to Oritis and the others and walked back to the hospital to take care of Kogoro Mouri.

"Oh, it's already late. Little Alice needs to go home and sleep." The grocer gently picked up the little girl. "I'll leave the rest to you. Is that okay?"

"Of course no problem, sister... mother-in-law." The knight bowed gracefully to the grocer.

After the grocer and the little girl had gone far away, Conan looked around and said, "They must be from the Public Security Bureau. I don't know if they're coming for you. But I think it's most likely related to the bomber you're tracking down, Mr. Florian."

"That's it, sir. What do you want to talk to us about?" The fire investigator smiled brightly at the two pillars next to the hospital.

Several police officers quickly emerged from behind and said, "Please cooperate with us."

Looking at the black cloth in the hands of the police, the fire investigator was somewhat reluctant: "Is it necessary to blindfold them?"

"Florian, please cooperate with their work." The knight persuaded.

"Ok."

After the three of them arrived at the location, they removed the black cloth, and it turned out to be Toru Amuro who appeared behind the explosion-proof glass barrier. Conan had guessed this a long time ago, so he took the initiative to answer the phone.

"So, Mr. Amuro is hiding here because of that collar-like bomb?"

"Well, because we can't determine whether this bomb is timed or remote-controlled, and we haven't found a way to dismantle it. Although I'm very unwilling, this is the best way to deal with it under the current circumstances." Toru Amuro said into the receiver in the glass room.

"Mr. Florian, is there nothing you can do?" Conan turned to look at the fire investigator. "You told me before that you were tracking down a bomber. He must have put the collar on Mr. Amuro, so you must have met before."

The fire investigator threw up his hands helplessly. "While I'm adept at mixing incendiary agents, I'm not confident I can defuse this bomb. We proposed some feasible escape methods, but Mr. Amuro felt they were too risky and didn't adopt them."

Toru Amuro raised his eyebrows: Haha, the plan is to cut off the head in order to remove the bomb, right?

"No matter what, I can only ask you for help now. I will tell you all the information I know."

Then, Toru Amuro revealed to the others that the day before Jinpei Matsuda's death, he had given a business card to a Russian trapped in a building where another man was setting a bomb. He, Jinpei Matsuda, and the later arrivals of Keimitsu Morofushi and Kou Date pursued the suspect.

In the end, it was Morobushi Kagemitsu who shot the man in the right arm, but he still let him escape. At the critical moment, Matsuda Jinpei used chewing gum to prevent the two liquids from meeting and prevented the bomb from exploding.

"All the information has been sent to your phone," Amuro Toru fiddled with his phone. "Also, although I hate to admit it, Mr. Florian is quite knowledgeable about this kind of medicine. After examining the explosive device, he quickly figured out the mechanism of the bomb's detonation."

"You experienced the same incident three years ago, but you didn't leave any samples of those chemicals at that time? If I had the samples, I would have been able to prepare the neutralizer." The fire investigator was a little puzzled.

"Unfortunately, the chemicals exploded after being taken away by professionals for investigation. We didn't know what happened at the time, but now I think the researchers must have accidentally mixed the two chemicals, which caused the explosion."

"Well, as you can see, I'm unable to move now, so I wish you good luck." Amuro Toru looked at Conan first, then at the fire investigator and the knight. "Of course, I also hope that the two of Oritis won't use those potions for other purposes."