Chapter 84
, Gin~
"Jonathan, your intelligence is spot on! I've been in Tokyo for so long and haven't been able to catch those bastards, but you actually knew they were going to target the Twin Towers!"
On the day of the opening ceremony, Jonah made an excuse not to participate with everyone. Instead, he put on his equipment and a hood and went to a residence near the Twin Towers, where he met Dave, who was waiting for him.
"After receiving your message, I have been keeping a close watch on the Twin Towers for the past two days. Then last night, I spotted a suspicious car parked near the building, and four people got out of it, carrying bulging backpacks, and sneaked into the building."
"I didn't alert them; instead, I secretly followed them, and guess what I discovered!"
He said he was letting Jonathan guess, but Dave showed no sign of stopping and blurted out all his discoveries.
"Those bastards actually planted explosives inside the Twin Towers! Not just the two connecting bridges, but also the roof, the electrical and power generation rooms on the fourth basement level, and the computer room on the 40th floor. Good grief, those guys wanted to destroy the entire building."
"Is there a bomb?"
Jonah looked at Dave in surprise, frowning, his tone urgent: "Why didn't you tell me something so important last night?"
"Hmm? Because it happened in the early hours of the morning, and I was thinking that at that time, kids should be sleeping well to grow... Okay, don't worry, my good brother, I was just joking."
Seeing Jonah's eyes slowly narrow, Dave grinned and raised his hands, signaling Jonah not to be really angry.
"Do you think I'd just watch those bastards get their way? Of course I defused all the bombs!"
"You can defuse bombs?"
"What a joke! I'm an all-rounder. Combat is my talent, but demolitions are also my hobby."
Dave flashed a big white smile and gave Jonah a thumbs up.
"But I don't quite understand why they chose these specific locations to plant the bombs. I can understand destroying the underground power generation room—it's to confine the target inside the building and make it difficult for them to leave—but what was the purpose of the computer room?"
"I don't know, but that's none of our business. All we need to do is find Gin."
Jonah shook his head. He wasn't good at this kind of mental thinking, but he had an external brain.
Jonah sent the information he received from Dave to Conan Edogawa via email, and then he and Dave patiently waited for Gin to appear.
Somewhat bored, Jonah watched Dave fiddling with several screens connecting to the surveillance cameras installed around the Twin Towers over the past two days. Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he asked curiously, "You have a safe house here too?"
"A safe house? This isn't my safe house."
Looking up from the monitor, Dave looked honestly at Jonah and said with a smile, "I investigated the detached houses around the Twin Towers and found that this family is on vacation abroad and won't be back for another two months, so I'm just borrowing their place."
"oh."
Jonah nodded knowingly. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Dave's behavior. All actions should prioritize the mission, and any action that facilitates the mission is a good action.
After waiting a while, Jonah received a reply email from Conan Edogawa. Based on the information provided by Jonah, Conan Edogawa conducted some investigations and came up with a reason for planting the bomb: Hara Yoshiaki was an outer member of the Black Organization. After all, according to Ai Haibara, the organization would recruit researchers who were talented in electronic programming. Even if they could not be recruited as official members, they would be recruited as outer members to work for the organization with generous compensation.
As for the reason for Hara Yoshiaki's death, Conan Edogawa also gave his own speculation. According to the police investigation report, all the data on Hara Yoshiaki's computer in his apartment was deleted. In addition, Gin had explosives placed in the computer room of the Twin Towers where all the company's data was stored. Conan Edogawa has reason to believe that Hara Yoshiaki did something similar to stealing internal information from the organization, which Gin discovered, so he was killed.
The bombing of the computer room in the Twin Towers was clearly intended to prevent Hara Yoshiaki from hiding any data, so the plan was to wipe it all out at once.
As night slowly fell, Jonah recovered from his state of rest with his eyes closed. Looking at the latest message from Conan Edogawa on his phone, there was no surprise in his eyes.
As expected, with Conan Edogawa, Kogoro Mouri, and the Detective Boys, it's impossible for someone not to die.
But what happened in the auditorium was no longer Jonah's concern. Jonah, who was checking the condition of his weapons, was jolted awake by Dave's exclamation.
"Jonathan, a black Porsche 356A! A hoodie and a trench coat—yes, it's that damn Gin!"
As Gin and Vodka got out of the car in the surveillance footage, Dave grinned, revealing a sinister smile.
"You bunch of bastards, you've kept me waiting for ages!"
Having confirmed Gin's presence, Jonah and Dave exchanged a glance and, without hesitation, rushed out of the house with their pre-prepared equipment.
"They seemed to have separated; Vodka went into the building, and Gin went in another direction."
Looking at the segmented surveillance footage on his handheld computer, Dave waited until Gin's figure disappeared before pulling out a nearby paper map and quickly starting to think.
"I think I understand now. Destroying the underground power plant would paralyze the entire building's power supply, but the observation elevators specially designed for VIPs have their own power supply!"
"Gin's target is in the banquet hall. After the outbreak, he will want to escape quickly and will definitely choose to leave through the sightseeing elevator. Long-range sniping is most effective in a straight line. As for the range... it's in this area."
After drawing a circle on the paper map, Dave pointed to a building not far away and shouted to Jonah, "Jonathan, Gin will probably go to the rooftop of that building about 300 meters away to snipe. I don't know the exact detonation time they set, but Vodka has already entered the building. If the detonation fails, they will definitely be alerted!"
"Jonathan, go to the rooftop of that building over there and see if you can snipe Gin first. I'll drive over there and ambush him!"
"it is good."
Dave was a comrade Jonah recognized, and Jonah did not reject his opinions.
Carrying his gun, Jonah quickly took the elevator to the roof of the designated building. He pulled out his VSS from his backpack, quickly assembled it, adjusted the scope, and aimed at the rooftop 300 meters away. Soon, he spotted Gin, who had already set up his sniper rifle there.
At a distance of 300 meters, Jonah was at a disadvantage, shooting from a low angle. But he didn't hesitate for a moment. The instant his crosshair aligned with Gin's head, he decisively pulled the trigger.
Snapped!