Conan: Begins to collaborate with Miss Bayonetta and become famous

Chapter 773 Chasing the Murderer

"It's the Cabinet Intelligence Research Office. It's an intelligence agency directly under the Prime Minister's jurisdiction—am I right?"

Hasebe replied, "Yes."

"I calculated the date and location where the problematic data was received, and found out it was from Mt. Mihodake ten months ago."

After hearing what Hasebe said, Sato fell into deep thought.

"The case files have been investigated by Inspector Sametani..."

"Yes, it was in accordance with the instructions of the public security department."

After Feng Jian answered, Gao Ming looked at Lin and said, "As a 'Hidden Public Security', you should have noticed it too, right?"

Lin lowered his head, as if completely giving up, and began to confess without reservation: "...I know that Inspector Samedani had met with Mikuni in prison. Since we are both 'hidden public security', he told me a lot without any guard. He told me that he wanted to meet Inspector Yamato, and I told him that I had taken care of the inspector and that the inspector had lost his memory of that time."

"So, Inspector Sametani went back to Tokyo without meeting Inspector Yamato..."

Sato finally figured out Samedani's puzzling behavior, while Kogoro glared at Lin fiercely.

"So, you shot the crocodile! To silence the crocodile who was investigating the incident...!"

Kazami thought back on Lin's actions so far.

"So, you contacted me again and were ordered to investigate this case. You must obey my instructions honestly..."

"You went to the prison with us to monitor us who are involved in the incident," Yamato continued, and Lin raised the corner of his lips in sarcasm.

"It's a good thing I went along. Because I could tell you were about to remember something."

When Kogoro learned of Lin's thoughts, he was so angry that his lips trembled.

"So, you also shot Inspector Yamato, but unfortunately, your attempt failed. So, you wanted to trigger an avalanche to kill him!"

It was Hayashi who activated the loudspeaker on the northern slope of the snowy mountain. After confirming Yamato and the others were in front of the charcoal barbecue hut, Hayashi aimed the gun-shaped sound device at the loudspeaker and pulled the trigger, then abandoned the device at the scene and left.

"Why would you do this..." Yui couldn't understand Lin's behavior. "Why would you do this? Why would you completely erase the witness Yamato? Speaking of which, why would you steal data from Japan's intelligence-gathering satellites and threaten the government?"

It was Conan who answered all the questions in everyone's mind one by one: "That must be because you are the lover of Miss Maki who committed suicide."

"What?!" Just as everyone couldn't help but exclaim, Conan hurriedly took out his cell phone from his pocket.

"Ah, that's what Shinichi-nii said in the text message!"

Conan showed everyone his phone screen and laughed to smooth things over.

The planetarium's dome screen displayed a sky full of stars. A streak of white light stretched across the star-speckled night sky, seemingly slicing it apart.

Under the Milky Way projected on the screen, Lin revealed all the truth.

"…Maki committed suicide because of Mikuni and Washito. Despite this, Washito managed to secure a suspended sentence through a legal bargain."

"So what? You are a policeman." Hearing Sato's words, Lin sneered.

"Yes, I'm a policeman, so I endured it. But Jiutou disappeared. He even changed his name and face in a despicable way..." Lin continued to speak with difficulty, with his head lowered and his shoulders shaking.

"Be patient... Be patient... But the new judicial bargain will only lead to more criminals like Washito, and victims like Maki..."

The dome screen switched from the starry sky to the Northern Lights. A green light appeared in the clear night sky, swaying and changing in bands, forming curtain-like folds.

Meteors streaked across the vast curtain of light, and Lin cried out like a dam had been blocked: "Enough! I can't take it anymore! Crimes must be paid for! Reducing the punishment for a person's crimes is absolutely unforgivable! It must never happen!"

Lin put his waving hand into his arms: "I still have satellite data here, and I can threaten the government!"

What Lin took out from his arms was the gun that had shot Jiao Sametani and Yamato.

Lin fired a random shot. The sound of gunfire echoed throughout the room, blowing away the seats and the projector, and opening a hole in the dome.

Yui, who was squatting between the seats, bumped into Lin who was running towards her. He snatched the key to the mobile observation car that Yui had buttoned and left the planetarium.

"Stop right there!" Youyi stood up and immediately chased after Lin.

When we came out of the observation building, the snow was falling heavier.

A mobile observation vehicle was parked on the road surrounding the fence surrounding the 45m radio telescope. Lin Zheng ran towards the vehicle.

"Stop!" Yui pointed her pistol at the running Lin. At this moment, Lin turned around and fired a shot at Yui.

Kazami, who came out of the observation building, rushed towards Yui, and the bullet hit Ochi's car parked behind him. Ochi's car exploded immediately, and all the glass fragments fell on Kazami who was protecting Yui under his body.

"He's trying to escape in a mobile observation vehicle!"

Just before Feng Jian was about to take out the pistol from his arms, Gao Ming walked out of the observation building, raised his pistol, and fired two shots in succession.

The bullets passed through the fence surrounding the 45-meter radio telescope and hit the right front wheel and left rear wheel tires of the mobile observation vehicle parked outside the fence. "Damn it! Mobile observation vehicle..."

After arriving at the location of the mobile observation vehicle, Lin went around to the left side of the vehicle and fired back.

The first shot hit the ground, and the second shot hit the distribution panel next to Feng Jian and others and exploded.

Takagi, Sato, Kogoro and Ran, who came out of the observation building, all stopped when they saw the thick smoke.

Then Lin threw a lit firecracker can.

As the firecracker can exploded near the fence surrounding the 45-meter radio telescope, Lin ran towards the mobile steering vehicle equipped with the millimeter-wave interferometer, with Yui following closely behind.

After Conan came out of the observation building, he saw thick smoke rising everywhere and stopped immediately.

"Danger!"

Hasebe picked up Conan from behind and placed him back next to the building, "You guys step back too!"

Hasebe asked Ochi and Funakubo, who were near the entrance, to leave.

A huge mobile steering vehicle equipped with a millimeter-wave interferometer is parked in front of the storage warehouse.

Lin opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat. He used the key with the rabbit connector that he had snatched from Yui to start the engine.

In front of the headlights illuminating the front, Yui can be seen standing on the railroad tracks with a pistol in hand.

"Put your hands up!"

Lin noticed Yui's figure, a sneer appeared on his face, and he started the mobile steering vehicle.

"Stop, Uehara!" Yamato shouted as he followed Yui to the front of the moving steering vehicle.

However, the moving vehicle gradually accelerated, closing in on Yui. Lin, sitting in the driver's seat, pulled the handlebar forward, accelerating it further. The accelerating vehicle, stirring up snow, continued its advance along the rails.

Unable to stop—Yui rushed to the side to avoid the sudden approaching moving vehicle. However, she was caught by the railroad tracks hidden in the snow. At this moment, the moving vehicle approached, and Yui could not help but close her eyes.

The mobile truck sped past at a furious speed, sending Yui's pistol flying into the air.