Conan: Begins to collaborate with Miss Bayonetta and become famous

Chapter 776 Chasing the Murderer (4)

"Edogawa-san!" Haibara shouted after pressing the Enter key.

Four laser beams were fired from the laser launch port toward the 45-meter radio telescope. The lasers struck the giant parabolic antenna, where they were reflected and transformed into a single, thick beam.

Conan, flying in the air, twisted his body and shone the parabolic antenna fragment he was standing on into the opposite laser. The laser beam reflected by the parabolic antenna fragment hit the driver's seat of the mobile steering vehicle.

"Wow!"

Lin's eyes were suddenly blinded by the bright light streaming in through the car's window. He placed his hands on the steering wheel and fell forward. As his hand slid downward, he grabbed the lever and yanked it down. Brakes screeched in his ears. Sparks flew between the wheels and the rails.

Kogoro raised the pistol with one hand.

Lying flat on the emergency brake, the moving steering vehicle approached with sparks flying.

(We must not let him get away this time!!)

One shot, two shots, three shots, Kogoro pulled the trigger without hesitation.

All three bullets hit the same spot without any deviation. The first bullet hit the outer wall of the mobile steering vehicle's power unit, the second bullet caused the first bullet to embed deeper, and the third bullet directly pierced through the first two bullets, penetrating the entire outer wall.

At that moment, a violent explosion blew Conan away from the air.

"Wow!"

Conan, having lost the fragments of the parabolic antenna, fell headfirst. Noticing Conan falling, Kogoro immediately threw his pistol to the fallen Kazami and ran away. After running to the side of the railway track, he successfully caught Conan.

The mobile truck, after the explosion, veered off the tracks, stirring up a huge cloud of snow. Its forward-leaning body continued to slide across the snow. It struck the sundial near the observatory's entrance, then rolled over, scattering metal fragments into the air, before crashing into the reception and detention center just ahead.

As the loud crash resounded, the car was shattered into pieces. Lin, who was sitting in the driver's seat, fell out of the car due to the shattered windshield: "Ugh..."

Lin fell to the ground, supported himself with his hands, and slowly sat up. At this time, a pistol fell in front of him.

Just as Lin stretched out his hand, someone stepped on the pistol. It was Yamato who was leaning on a cane.

Takagi and Sato, who arrived in a car with a missing window, pulled Hayashi's hands behind his back and handcuffed him. Forced to kneel, his hands cuffed behind his back, Hayashi looked up at Yamato standing before him.

"...Have I also been abandoned by the God of Luck?"

"No, it's not your luck you lost."

Yamato said, Lin frowned at that.

"You should have memorized the Code of Ethics for Police Officers in the police academy."

Gao Ming and Yui, who were standing next to Yamato, were all looking at Yamato.

Sato stood beside Lin, hands behind his back, and spoke: "With pride and a sense of mission, serve the country and the people, unfettered by fear and hatred—"

"We must respect human rights under all circumstances and perform our duties impartially!" Takagi, who was reciting the poem loudly along with Sato, looked at Yamato. "...Is that correct?"

Yamato nodded slightly.

"Although Maki's father has always hated the person who killed Maki and could never forgive him, didn't he desperately try to forgive in the end? He wasn't a policeman..."

Lin slowly lowered his head as he listened to Yamato's words. Soon, faint sobbing could be heard. Gao Ming let go of Yui, who was supporting him, and took a step closer to Lin.

"What you don't have is courage, not luck."

Lin closed his eyes. As if to push his eyelids up, big tears overflowed. Behind his tightly closed eyelids, the figure of Maki with a gentle smile emerged.

"Really?" Kogoro watched Conan walking forward, stopped and put Conan down.

"I told you this is no joke. Just leave it to the adults."

"I'm sorry," Conan apologized, holding his head with his hands, and then turned and ran out. After running for a while, he turned back and said "Hey".

"Sure enough, it was the uncle who stopped the avalanche back then."

At that time——in front of the charcoal hut, Yamato wanted to hit Conan's kick.

When the oxygen tank was about to be taken away, Kogoro snatched the pistol from Yamato, who was unable to shoot due to the pain in his left eye wound, and decisively shot the oxygen tank.

"Idiot, how is that possible!" Kogoro lied in an annoying tone and turned his back to Conan.

Before I knew it, the snow stopped and a few stars twinkled in the gaps between the clouds.

As Kogoro looked up at the night sky, Sametani's words suddenly came to his mind.

—Let me see your shooting style again. How about I bring a pistol with me next time?

A smile appeared on Kogoro's face.

(Did you see the crocodile?)

Snowflakes were falling above Kogoro's head.

Each of the snowflakes was intertwined with the snowflakes falling from other directions, spinning and dancing, and then blown away by the wind.

(The story of Baijiu and Vermouth returns)