Chapter 719 Teacher and Disciple
"There was an explosion?!"
Hidehiko Kazama, who answered the phone, changed his expression when he heard the message on the other side of the phone clearly.
"The motor room on the fourth underground floor of the building, the office area on floors 1-4, and the server and computer room on the 40th floor exploded. The 40th floor of Building A is currently burning due to violent deflagration, and the surveillance video of the scene is no longer visible. ”
On the other end of Megure Shisan's phone, Takagi Wataru and Shiratori Rensaburo in the control room gave more detailed answers.
The two people looked at the screen that kept sending out alarms, and answered seriously while evacuating the staff in the room.
"What?! The main information of the group is stored there. If this is the case..." Tokiwa Mio, who had just calmed down a little, could no longer calm down at all.
"Now is not the time to care about information or not." Megure Thirteen frowned and pulled Hidehiko Kazama, whose emotions were also fluctuating wildly, "Mr. Kazama, you are the chief designer of the building. Regarding the fire protection of the building, Do you have any plans for evacuation?”
Speaking of this, Megure Jusan's glance at Tokiwa Mio was somewhat subtle.
There will be laws strictly restricting super high-rise buildings in the Tokyo area. What I am afraid of is that this situation will happen. At a height of nearly 80 floors, it will be difficult to provide safety guarantees no matter how good the fire protection technology is.
Unless an accident occurs, the tall buildings soaring into the sky are naturally full of visual shocks. However, once an accident occurs, such as now, the place becomes a cage hundreds of meters above the ground. No matter what kind of fire ladder, it is impossible to directly complete the rescue, or even say that It is extremely difficult to put out a fire that broke out on the 40th floor...
Considering that the existence of this building was the result of the building owner Mio Tokiwa forcing it at all costs, even using gray means, it is difficult not to feel ironic.
"I have confirmed that not only the power lines have been damaged, but the underground generator sets and even the backup power supply are also unusable." Hidehiko Kazama looked solemnly at the only safety exit indicator light that was still on. In the venue, "Maybe we can only take the escape ladder..."
He understood the subtext of Megure Thirteen very well.
There were many elderly and children in the venue, and it was self-evidently difficult to reach the ground from the 75th floor.
"Oh, there is another way!" Hidehiko Kazama looked in the direction of the floor-to-ceiling glass, "Viewing elevator! It is a special passage specially designed for VIPs. It has its own independent power supply and will not be damaged due to circuit damage. ”
"In a building with a fire on the 40th floor, should you take the elevator downstairs..." This time, even Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"The observation elevator has been equipped with special fire and explosion protection settings. As long as the fire does not spread, it can last for a period of time..." Hidehiko Kazama finally found a rhythm and spoke confidently, "First let people who are inconvenient to move take the elevator directly. After arriving at a safe location, the rest of the people will go down the escape passage to the communication bridge on the 66th floor, and then go to Building B, and then they can reach the ground safely! "
He pressed the elevator button and stood in front of the door waiting anxiously.
Two minutes later, with everyone looking expectantly, the elevator slowly opened in the darkness, and light spilled out from the elevator car.
"Ah, I can indeed still move!"
"Great, in that case..."
"Where is the estimated number of passengers in the elevator?" Seeing the elevator open, Megure Thirteen breathed a small sigh of relief and then confirmed with Hidehiko Kazama.
"9-10 people. The building is too high, and the observation elevator cannot be strengthened like a freight elevator. It can only carry about 1 ton." Hidehiko Kazama gave the answer.
Several people's eyes turned to him, and then silently to Mio Tokiwa, the subtext in their eyes was self-evident.
——You said you have nothing to do, why do you have to build it so high?
"Police Department, it is unrealistic to transport everyone through the elevator. There has been a complete fire on the 40th floor. Although the fire doors have been successfully lowered, because the circuits of the entire building have been cut off, automatic sprinklers and other equipment cannot take effect. It is only a matter of time before the elevator fails to work. " Shiratori Rensaburo on the other end of the phone responded quickly, "We will rush to the 66th floor as soon as possible to assist in the evacuation. "
"Well, let all the elderly, children, and women take the elevator down, and everyone else use the escape ladder to evacuate!" Mumu Shisan quickly made a decision!
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"It's very lively, down here..." Feeling the vibration from the dark building beneath his feet, Xingchuan Hui exhaled and stretched out his hand to grab the railing of the rooftop, "Are we ready to take action?"
As a super high-rise luxury skyscraper, the twin towers are naturally equipped with helicopter landing pads. The venue on the 75th floor is only a short dozen meters away from them, and they can even vaguely hear the noisy movement below.
"Wait a moment." Miyano Akemi lowered her eyes, and the butterfly-like black lace mask on her face reflected the faint moonlight, giving her slightly cold words a hint of mystery, "Mio Tokiwa still has feelings for this place. Hope. Only if it collapses completely can we have a chance to take away her secret treasure."
"So, have you determined the location of her secret treasure?" Zhu Fu Jingguang, who spent a lot of time walking in and out of multiple halls of the building all night, frowned, "The navigation reaction was very violent, but we almost The whole building was ransacked.”
This opening ceremony of the Twin Towers Skyscraper can be described as a great harvest for the Phantom Thieves.
In addition to the long-awaited target, Ruyue Fengshui, there were several politicians and wealthy businessmen at the scene who were closely related to the interests of the building. They were all captured by them and Shimabukuro Kimie who was busy in the subway.
According to Tang Ze's previous estimate, the harvest tonight was enough to make the next egg appear. The only thing left to do to pull the next colleague of Furuya Rei alive was to collect intelligence and wait for hatching.
The reason why they stayed until now and did not evacuate, in addition to giving the Phantom Thieves a gorgeous curtain call, was another important reason, that is, another big target, Tokiwa Mio, had not been finally captured.
Relying on her own selfish desires and the so-called responsibility for the family business, Tokiwa Mio pushed the completion of the building at any cost. In her eyes now, this building is almost the whole of her career.
In order to defeat the inner defense of this strong woman, Tang Ze prepared the sign on the building so early.
——Even if they relied on Noah and Hoshikawa Teru's abilities and rushed to paint such a large logo on the outer wall of such a tall building overnight, it would be very time-consuming and laborious. The fundamental purpose of the action was to shake Tokiwa Mio's mind in advance, so that her palace could show its distorted true form as soon as possible, rather than an impregnable fortress.
How to say it, a space fortress that is hundreds of meters high and has assumed various sci-fi weapons, even if they are super-powered thieves, it is still too much.
"Karazawa said that it has been confirmed." Asai Narimi, who has always been in contact with Karasawa, said firmly, "It is a bit similar to Noah at the beginning."
"What do you mean?" Morobushi Keimitsu, who has not joined the group for a long time and has not yet understood the cognitive world, raised his eyebrows.
Miyano Akemi stepped on the smooth glass and took a few steps forward.
The fierce wind in the sky pulled her skirt like a flag.
She used the heel of her high heels to crisply point at the building under her feet.
"A woman who is so paranoid and crazy, who spares no expense and risks everything to build this building, her secret treasure... of course, is this building itself."
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"You all go in."
"But, Conan-kun, and Ai..."
"It's okay. We can just take the next bus and leave."
The two fake elementary school students followed Mao Lilan on the left and right, waving to the worried faces of the three members of the Junior Detective Team.
"Is it really okay?" Yoshida Ayumi looked at the two classmates standing outside the door and couldn't help feeling anxious.
I don't know if it's Ai and Conan's physique, or if they are the smartest in the team, so they are the most likely to have problems. I always feel that every time I face a similar situation, they are more likely to have problems.
If possible, Yoshida Ayumi really hopes that they will be the first to escape, otherwise, I always feel that there will be new changes in the situation.
"Hurry up and go down, time is urgent." Huiyuan Ai stood still, smiled at a few people comfortingly, and quickly turned her eyes to the other side. Several passengers who were also saying goodbye.
"Teacher, please go down first." Without saying anything, Tang Ze pushed Ruzuki Minemizu towards the elevator after stuffing two scrolls into his hands.
"Do you look down on my legs? Don't treat me like an old man!" Ruzuki Minemizu snorted twice and paused his cane twice without much persuasion.
"I know you are in good health and climb mountains every day, but the situation is different." Tang Ze pushed him forward again, "Just think of it as protecting your paintings?"
It is not known whether it was the call from the Phantom Thieves or Tang Ze's indirect statement that made Ruzuki Minemizu change his mind. Ruzuki Minemizu, who was supposed to give a giant picture frame to Tokiwa Mio, considered it again and again, and finally chose to take out a scroll that was easy to frame as the highlight of the night.
So, when others were panicking because of the explosion and the activities of the Phantom Thieves, Tang Ze rolled up the paintings that Ruzuki Minemizu and himself had worked hard to complete on the stage a few times, and rolled them into the shape of a wooden stick.
I knew the building was going to be blown up, so I didn't waste the artworks. I changed them to a recyclable form, which is more environmentally friendly.
When Tokiwa Mio changed her mind and the relationship between the entire Tokiwa Group and the organization was discovered and thoroughly investigated, the senior sister who had paid for the paintings would not be in the mood to ask for them back.
Back and forth, free, win-win.
Now the two paintings are held in the arms of Kisaragi Minemizu.
This old man who has always been cold and strong is so careful in holding the paintings, which makes Tang Ze sigh slightly in his heart.
Apart from other things, this cheap teacher who he met halfway, whether it is Kitagawa Yusuke, a serious student, or the art he has devoted his life to, is really very concerned.
"Yusuke..." Standing at the junction of the elevator and the carpet, Kisaragi Minemizu suddenly pulled the sleeve of Tang Ze's kimono with his backhand, and looked at him deeply with an unspeakable look.
Tang Ze looked at him and understood something from the other's worried and struggling expression.
Whether it was the Phantom Thieves' mark on the practice work, or the logo on the building when the two of them arrived at the Tokiwa Group for an advance visit and left together, or the fact that he suddenly appeared and insisted on being his apprentice...
The fact that Kitagawa Yusuke was related to the Phantom Thieves must have been noticed by Ruzuki Minemizu.
Tang Ze smiled comfortingly, showing a slightly different look from Kitagawa Yusuke, who didn't know how to read the air and had never had much emotional intelligence.
"Don't worry about me, teacher. I know my limits, nothing will happen."
Kiratsuki Mine Water looked at him for a few seconds, then looked at the other people standing in the elevator with anxious faces, and sighed silently.
"Take this." Just like when Tang Ze stuffed the scroll to him, Kisaragi Mine Water stuffed the cane in his hand into Tang Ze's hand without saying anything.
"This..." Tang Ze was stunned when he felt the heavy weight in his hand.
"Take it. Get down safely, you kid..." Kisaragi Mine Water shook his head.
He knew that his cheap apprentice had a lot of doubts about his identity, and the Phantom Thieves who gradually became active in his social circle with the appearance of the other party was an obvious signal.
He even knew that he was most likely one of the main targets of the Phantom Thieves. The sudden openness of his mind in the venue today was also full of tricks...
He understood all this, but when he saw Kitagawa Yusuke's inexplicably calm face and saw those messy piles in the studio, all of which were practiced attentively, he couldn't help but feel soft-hearted.
Thinking of the phone call, the other party jokingly proposed to help him completely solve the problems of the building, and he even had murderous intentions at that time, ready to make all the stakeholders who built the building unable to see the sun the day after the opening ceremony, the purpose of this phone call is self-evident.
"Young people nowadays... whatever you want."
The figure of Kisaragi Minemi disappeared in the light as the elevator door closed, and the venue fell into darkness again.
Now, there are only Mao Lilan, Suzuki Sonoko, Conan Haibara Ai and other passengers of the last elevator left in the venue. Only one last trip is needed, and the rest of the people should follow the police to leave through the escape passage.
"Inspector, we checked and found that several people at the scene were mentally traumatized, and several people were unable to speak normally, but generally speaking, they were not physically injured." Several policemen hurriedly walked to the waiting Megure Juzo to report the situation, "You can prepare to evacuate."
In order to maintain order and avoid rescue problems, they did not rashly start evacuating directly because of the emergency situation, but first organized the crowd into teams and confirmed that there were no people who could not move before officially preparing to leave.
Hidehiko Kazama, who had been waiting for a long time, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everyone!" He turned on the flashlight in his hand and said loudly, "Please follow me, we will go downstairs through the escape passage. Watch your feet, please don't panic, and take care of other people around you..."
While he kept giving instructions, Tang Ze lowered his head and looked at the cane in his hand.
After just a few fumblings, he found the switch of the cane, and then, without any surprise, he pulled out a snow-white sharp blade from it.
Kiragi Mine Water, it turns out that he will not shoot without a purpose.