"I remember that there should be a mezzanine space above the ceiling of that warehouse..."
In the president's office of Dongye Building, fragmented memory fragments popped up intermittently in his mind. Kananko Shimazaki raised her hands to cover her head, closing her eyes and trying to remember.
"Mezzanine space?" Conan looked at her doubtfully.
"Well, my impression is that when designing the ventilation ducts on that floor, in order to save costs, the construction team directly created a mezzanine space in the ceiling of that floor, and then left a ventilation duct on the ceiling of the corresponding room. Mouth, so as to perfunctory...
No, it’s probably not just on that floor, I remember that in many places in Clover Villa, there seems to be similar behavior of cutting corners..."
【real or fake? 】
Looking at Kanan Shimazaki who was still trying to remember, the corners of Conan's mouth twitched twice.
Now he finally understands why the Dongye Building started to tilt after being shaken twice by the explosion...
Your Clover Villa is simply a dangerous building built by cutting corners...
"But Sister Nanzi, as the architect of Clover Villa, haven't you ever tried to prevent this situation?"
Feeling that Conan's eyes were a bit piercing, Kananko Shimazaki looked away silently and subconsciously defended herself:
"I tried to stop it at the time, but I didn't succeed..."
She didn't lie. In the memory fragment she recalled just now, she did have an argument about the construction team cutting corners.
But after learning that this behavior of the construction team was actually directed by Moriyama Hiromichi, she seemed to have given up on this effort.
In my impression, it seems that because of the financial resources of the Moriyama Consortium at the time, it was impossible to build Clover Villa according to her design, but it was impossible for Moriyama Hiromichi to give up the construction of Clover Villa.
Therefore, he chose this very common "compromise" plan, and finally completed this new landmark building in Tokyo with standards that completely failed to meet the construction safety standards.
[Forget it, now is not the time to discuss this. 】
Without further questioning, Conan looked down at his phone and quickly uploaded a picture and text in the software.
He is now more concerned about the situation in Beiye Building than the construction issues at Clover Villa.
According to the previous declaration of the liberator leader, those who were captured by the terrorists and taken to the Northern Leaf were likely to be killed by them in the end.
Because the radio tower was hijacked, he was not sure whether the police outside knew what was happening on the artificial island.
In this case, it is obviously unreliable to sit and wait for the police to take action. He must first think of a way to do something before the police actually take action.
Fortunately, although Conan is temporarily trapped in this office, Haibara Ai happens to be in Beiye.
"Sister Kananko, are you sure that the ventilation ducts on Beiye's floor are all connected?" Conan looked at Shimazaki Kananko and asked.
"Rather than being connected, it is better to say that it is an entire mezzanine space, with just a vent in the corresponding room..."
"That is to say, no matter which other vent on that floor you enter, you can actually reach the ceiling of that warehouse, right?"
"Well, this is indeed... eh?" Kananko Shimazaki was stunned for a moment, looked at Conan in disbelief, and asked: "Conan, do you want those children to use the mezzanine space to inquire about the situation in that warehouse? "
Conan didn't answer her, and after receiving a positive reply, Conan quickly sent a picture and text on the software.
[Haibara, I need you to do me a favor. According to Kananko Shimazaki’s memory, the ceiling of your floor is actually a mezzanine space. I want you to sneak into it quietly and use the ventilation of that warehouse. Come on, help me observe the situation inside the warehouse. Of course, don’t tell the three children about this. 】
This is a very dangerous action, but there is no other way.
No matter what, he couldn't just leave the people arrested in the warehouse to die, but he couldn't just sit there and wait for the police to come to rescue who didn't know when.
If it was him who was in Beiye at this time, Conan would definitely confirm the situation himself without hesitation, but now it was Haiyuan who was in Beiye, and he could only choose to rely on her.
"..."
At the same time in Beiye Building, Haiyuan Ai sighed softly after seeing this picture and text sent by Conan.
【There is really no way...】
In just a moment, she guessed the thoughts of a certain great detective. Although she could choose to refuse, the great detective would not force her to do it...
However, it would be fine if there was nothing she could do before. Now that she can help a little, she really can't just leave those people and leave...
Moreover, this is actually not a very dangerous thing, it is just sneaking into the ceiling to observe the situation inside the warehouse. As long as she is careful, there will be no danger.
"Well, as expected, there is still no signal..."
Thinking of this, Hui Yuan Ai put away her phone, looked at the three little ones still squatting in the corner, thought for a moment, and then said:
"It seems that we can only escape on our own now, but before that I want to observe the situation outside. You stay here and wait for me. Don't wander around. I will be back soon."
Even without Conan's warning, she would have to act alone in such a dangerous matter.
"I, we are going too!" The three little ones heard the words and said immediately.
"No." Hui Yuan Ai rejected them directly.
"But……"
"Have you forgotten what I said before?" Upon hearing her words, the heads of the three people who had just raised their heads immediately lowered their heads.
"Okay, that's it. I just went out to take a look. You all are waiting for me here. Do you hear me?"
"……Um."
After receiving reluctant replies from the three of them, Hui Yuan Ai turned around and quietly left the stairwell.
[Haibara, in the window corridor on the west side of your floor, there is a vent that is larger than the other vents due to a construction error at the time. According to Shimazaki Kananko’s memory, this vent is The vent should be somewhere in the corner of that corridor. Look for it. 】
Another picture and text from Conan came through the software. Seeing this, Haiyuan Ai looked a little helpless.
You really can summon people, the great detective.
Leaving the stairwell, she carefully observed the deserted corridor. According to Conan's instructions, she carefully came to the window corridor on the west side of the building.
The west window of Beiye happened to correspond to the direction of Xiye Building. Worried about being discovered by the terrorists in Xiye Building, she bent down all the way, hid under the window and moved quickly, and successfully found Conan's location. That corner.
This vent was indeed, as Conan said, larger than the other vents in the building. Although it still couldn't allow adults to pass through, at least the body of a child like her was enough.
However, she suddenly discovered a problem.
[Detective, I can't reach this vent. 】
(End of chapter)
