Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 445: The Bride of Halloween (Part 7)

How severe is the divide? It's like when the two go to a bar and order something, the Archer, the great-granddaughter, gets to drink "adult happy water," while the Night's Watch, the great-grandfather, can only eat strawberry ice cream or chocolate parfait.

"Oh, Conan, don't worry. With my great-grandfather and I here, no difficulty can stop us. Even if the Russians come, I'm not afraid. It's not like I didn't rob them before."

My goodness, pirates are so rampant nowadays that they even dare to rob people like this? Conan's eyelids twitched.

However, no matter how much fun they had, they still had to do their work. After following the pumpkin men to an iron gate, the archer decisively went up and shot an arrow at the gatekeeper, who immediately fell to the ground and fell into a baby-like sleep.

"You only have one chance to use that anesthetic needle, so use it sparingly." The archer casually retracted his dragon bone bow, held up his eye mask and made a pose that he thought was very handsome.

At this time, Officer Takagi had been brought to the group's base camp. The leader not only wore a pumpkin head, but also a witch's hat as a symbol.

"I'm truly sorry to have to bring you here this way, but this is the only option we have." The leader removed his hood, revealing a half-burned face. "My name is Erenika Labruncheva, and I've been tracking Pramya all the way from Russia to Japan."

"Everyone present here has lost loved ones to Pramya. We swear to make Pramya pay with blood."

Conan, who was hiding upstairs, secretly used his glasses to record the scene and transmitted the video data to the police surveillance car. Now he understood why this group of people wanted to find Jinpei Matsuda.

"These civilians have no stable source of information, so it's no wonder they didn't know Officer Matsuda had died in the line of duty."

"I already know the whole story, so what do you want me to do?" Officer Takagi, disguised as Jinpei Matsuda, spoke calmly.

"I hope you can tell me everything you need to know about the Pramya bomb. Just three years ago, you successfully defused that bomb in that building, didn't you? So if you can tell us the structure of that bomb, maybe we can catch Pramya the next time she commits a crime."

Officer Takagi appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually very panicked inside. He knew nothing about science and engineering, and even after reading the information about bombs, he couldn't write down the structure of the bomb directly, so he had to use other topics to delay time.

"Aren't you going to ask for police assistance?"

"I can't trust the police."

"I see. Then the man who died outside the Metropolitan Police Department was also one of your companions."

"He is my brother Oleg. Pramya has a habit of setting fire to the bomb-making base before detonating the bomb to destroy the evidence." Erenika's tone became sad.

"A few months ago, my brother discovered a base and went to investigate alone. He managed to bring out a tablet computer. The information on the screen seemed to be bomb designs and information related to Tokyo, but the tablet computer quickly turned off."

"He thought that if he went to Tokyo, he would find clues, so he went to the Metropolitan Police Department to look for you."

Conan thought: "Since the tablet suddenly exploded, it means that Pramya deliberately left it there as a clue. It was a trap."

"Then why did your brother appear at the explosion scene three years ago?" Officer Takagi continued to ask.

"That was a sting operation we set up. We first commissioned Pramya to blow up the building, and then we caught her on the spot when she arrived at the scene."

"I see. Although you set a trap, it failed, and in the end we had to clean up the mess."

Arenika showed a fierce look: "That Pramya guy killed my family, who are more important than my life. So we can do anything."

"Okay, now that we're done, let's quickly draw a diagram of the bomb's structure."

Officer Takagi spread his hands and said, "Sorry, I don't want to draw. I don't want to get involved in your personal grudges."

Another member, who was standing guard at the back with a gun, angrily put a gun to Officer Takagi's head and said, "Asshole!"

Several members pushed Officer Takagi to the ground, but Officer Takagi still supported himself: "This kind of thing should be left to the police!"

As luck would have it, Officer Chiba woke up at this moment. He was shocked when he saw "Matsuda Jinpei" in front of him: "What, Mr. Matsuda? Am I already dead?"

"Dead?" Erenika turned around in surprise.

"Because Mr. Matsuda died in the line of duty a long time ago."

"Stupid Chiba!" Officer Takagi couldn't help but complain about Officer Chiba, his stupid teammate.

Now Officer Takagi's disguise was exposed. Fortunately, the people in the Metropolitan Police Department who received the video sent by Conan had already learned of Officer Takagi's location and rushed to support him in time.

Conan also kicked out a pumpkin head mask like a football, knocking one person down directly: "Let's stop here. If our two groups fight among themselves, it will only benefit Pramya."

The archers were standing in the back, ready to shoot, wary of those who might rush over. The night watchmen, having previously appeared at the Metropolitan Police Department, simply didn't wear any disguise.

However, this also allowed Erenica to see the youthful appearance of the Night Watchman: "A child and a teenager? This is not a place for children."

"Who are you calling a kid? This is my great-grandfather!" The archer pointed his bow at Eileenika dissatisfiedly.

Elenica looked back and forth between the archer and the night watchman's face and hair color in shock. "Platinum hair and red hair... Is this what the Easterners call a youthful appearance with white hair?"

Conan's serious expression nearly faltered upon hearing this, but he still managed to persuade her to stop. However, Erenica wasn't about to give up on her pursuit of Pramya just because this operation had failed.

"We must kill Pramya without a doubt." She left this sentence to Conan and commanded the other members to retreat.

Then the lights in the underground space turned off instantly. In the pitch darkness, Conan heard Erenica whisper in his ear: "I hope you don't end up like my son."

When the lights were restored, all the members had disappeared without a trace. The people from the Metropolitan Police Department were busy rescuing Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba, while the night watchman grabbed Conan's arm.

"Just now, that aunt mentioned her son. So, it's likely that he was killed by the bombing of Pramya," the night watchman lamented. "For the sake of her son, she would go to great lengths to hunt down the murderer..."

Officer Takagi, who got up from the ground, recognized the night watchman: "Eh? Aren't you the boy I met at the shrine? Why are you here too? I seemed to hear something about my great-grandfather just now..."

The archer proudly told Officer Takagi about his relationship with the night watchman, and successfully earned the attention of everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department.

As a last resort, the night watchman could only explain: "Distant relative, I am older than you."