Chapter 71: The Atmosphere Was Just Right, It Would Be a Pity Not to Die! (2nd Update)
"Ahem... maybe I came at the wrong time."
Conan had to speak up to remind the two, saying, "But... now is not the time for romance!"
"Ah... Co... Conan, how are you guys? Are you okay?" Sonoko panicked, blushing, and got out of Baishi Hui's embrace.
Although she usually acted very proactive and enthusiastic, she got timid when it came to actual action... a typical loudmouth.
"We're fine!" Conan said, while searching the robbers.
Just then, the three kids returned, and Ayumi quickly asked, "Conan, did you find the phone?"
"Didn't find it." Conan regretfully pulled out a walkie-talkie and said, "Only found this."
At this moment, a robber's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "I see you!! Come to the monitoring room immediately within ten minutes... otherwise, I will kill this elevator attendant!"
After he finished speaking, a woman's panicked and fearful voice sounded from the walkie-talkie: "Help me! Help me!!"
"Damn it!!" Conan's expression turned ugly after hearing this, not expecting the other party to have a hostage!
Baishi Hui knew what was going on, but he didn't say anything.
That hero saving the beauty just now was only passable; the show effect wasn't good.
Maybe the show effect later will be even more explosive!
Thinking of this, Baishi Hui said, "Looks like we can only go down."
"You guys go distract him, and I'll take the opportunity to ambush the other party!" Conan realized that lives were at stake and he couldn't pretend anymore.
"Can you do it?" Baishi Hui lowered his head to ask Conan.
"Yes!" Conan nodded seriously.
"Alright, I believe you." Baishi Hui didn't say much more and motioned for the others to take the elevator with him to the monitoring room.
As the elevator descended, Sonoko said with worry, "Letting Conan do it... is that really okay?"
"We've all been discovered, we can only leave it to Conan." Baishi Hui held Sonoko's hand, signaling her to relax.
Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko, on the other hand, were full of infinite confidence in Conan: "Conan will definitely be able to do it!"
"That's right! He's really good at kicking balls!"
"I believe in Conan!"
"......"
Seeing that everyone was like this, Sonoko stopped saying anything.
She wanted to give the gun to Baishi Hui, but the latter refused, saying, "I'm more at ease with you holding the robber."
Sonoko felt that made sense and no longer insisted.
Ding!
The elevator arrived.
As soon as Baishi Hui and the others got out of the elevator, they saw the robber waiting there.
The other party was holding an elevator attendant by the neck with his left arm, and the latter was pleading bitterly.
Sonoko quickly raised her pistol and aimed.
"Put down the gun!" The robber hid behind the hostage, aiming the gun at the elevator attendant's head, and shouted, "Otherwise, I'll kill her!!"
Upon hearing this, Sonoko was a bit at a loss and subconsciously looked at Baishi Hui.
Baishi Hui spoke up, "Don't put it down! If you put down the gun, he can kill us!!"
The robber shouted unhappily, "I'll say it again, put the gun down! This is the final warning!!"
Baishi Hui wanted to say something else, but he saw Conan.
This kid runs really fast...
While feeling emotional, Baishi Hui deliberately stalled for time, saying, "You release the hostage, and we can let you go!!"
"Bastard! What right do you have to bargain with me?!" the robber cursed.
He was about to say something else when a soccer ball, like a cannonball, hit him in the back of the head with a bang.
The robber took a hit, flew out half a meter, fell to the ground, and immediately fainted.
"Success!"
"Great!!"
"Conan is amazing!"
"I didn't expect you had this trick up your sleeve!"
"......"
Sonoko and the three children immediately cheered with joy, which made Conan's smug grin impossible to suppress.
But just as they started to be happy, they saw the elevator attendant pull out a pistol, aim at Sonoko, and say coldly, "You guys are really cunning... but luckily I'm one step ahead!"
"What?" Conan and the others were startled, once again having cold water splashed on them.
Sonoko raised her gun and aimed again, facing off.
The atmosphere was heavy, both sides' hearts were in their throats, their nerves taut, and no one dared to act rashly!
The elevator attendant realized that continuing like this was disadvantageous to her. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Baishi Hui suddenly move.
She almost reflexively pulled the trigger.
When the elevator attendant realized it, she knew something bad had happened!
Bang!
A bullet shot out from the muzzle, heading towards Sonoko.
Baishi Hui "just happened" to pounce in front of Sonoko, "blocking" the shot for her.
After hearing the gunshot, Sonoko also reflexively pulled the trigger!
Bang bang bang!
That elevator attendant was unlucky; no one blocked the bullets for her.
Three shots to the chest, one hitting the heart, she died on the spot!
"Hui!!" Sonoko exclaimed, looking at Baishi Hui who had been shot and fallen to the ground!
She didn't even bother to check if the elevator attendant was dead and quickly knelt down to check Baishi Hui's injuries.
But at this moment, Sonoko found her mind blank, she couldn't remember anything, and didn't know what to do.
"Cough cough... I... I'm afraid I can't make it." Baishi Hui looked at Sonoko weakly, his expression pained, and said, "But... seeing that you're okay, I'm relieved."
"No no no!" Sonoko was truly panicked.
She threw the pistol away, struggled to hold Baishi Hui in her arms, tears streaming down, and cried, "You'll be fine... you'll be fine!!"
"Don't... cry..." Baishi Hui reached out with difficulty to wipe Sonoko's tears, saying weakly, "When you cry... you don't look good. Live well... you are proof of my existence."
After speaking, he tilted his head, and his hand fell limply.
"No!! Don't die!!" At this moment, Sonoko felt her heart shatter, she was completely choked with sobs, crying her eyes out.
The three children next to them saw the situation and also started crying uncontrollably: "No... no, Shirashi!"
"Don't die!!"
"Wuwuwuwu, it's all my fault! If I hadn't wanted to come back for the signed photo, this wouldn't have happened."
"......"
Conan confirmed the elevator attendant's death immediately and walked back.
He looked at the group of people crying loudly, then looked at Baishi Hui, and said angrily, "Why are you crying? Take a good look, this guy doesn't have a drop of blood on him!! How could he die?"
Sonoko, who was crying her heart out, heard this and sobered up a little. She looked at the bullet hole in Baishi Hui's chest and reached into his clothes.
She pulled out a phone with a bullet embedded in it!
Only then did she realize that she had been tricked!
"You... Idiot! Idiot!!" Sonoko realized she had been tricked and angrily hit Baishi Hui with her little fists.
Seeing that he had been exposed, Baishi Hui stopped acting.
He opened his eyes and smiled, "Didn't I see the atmosphere was just right? I felt it would be a pity not to 'die' for a bit!"
"You... you... you are not allowed to do this again next time, you scared me to death!!" Sonoko, still shaken, patted her chest to calm her wildly pounding heart.
"Okay, won't do it next time." Baishi Hui said as he got up from Sonoko's embrace and reached out to wipe away her tears.
He took his phone from Sonoko's hand and sighed, "Narrowly escaped... maybe won't be so lucky next time."
Conan also breathed a sigh of relief at this; thankfully, the bullet was blocked by the phone, otherwise, the other party might have really lost his life.
Suddenly, he saw Baishi Hui pick up the gun from the ground and wipe off the fingerprints with a handkerchief.
Conan frowned slightly and was about to speak when he heard the other party say, "When the police ask later, just say I fired the shot... Understood?"
Conan was stunned, realizing that Baishi Hui wanted to take the blame for Sonoko's killing!!
"This... okay." The three children thought for a moment and quickly nodded.
They also had a good impression of Sonoko and subconsciously wanted to conceal the fact that this high school older sister had killed someone.
Moreover, she killed a bad person, so the three of them had no moral burden in concealing it.
Conan, on the other hand, found it difficult to accept the idea of giving false testimony, which violated his sense of morality.
However, Sonoko was his childhood friend, and she hadn't done anything wrong in this incident.
Baishi Hui also simply wanted to protect her reputation.
After an internal struggle, Conan finally nodded and agreed.
He wasn't the kind of person who stuck rigidly to principles.
Otherwise, when he was in New York, he wouldn't have let the white-haired killer go to save Ran.
However, at this moment, Sonoko said, "No! You don't have to do that!"
"My Mother will hire the best lawyer to defend me! My Dad will also donate money to them!"
"They won't dare to prosecute me!"
As soon as she said this, everyone felt it made a lot of sense.
Even Baishi Hui didn't know how to refute it, so he gave up the idea of taking the blame for Sonoko.
He could only sigh in his heart once again:
Having money is really good.