Chapter Forty-Nine—Rice Flower Central Hospital
In the taxi, Conan explains his reasoning process to Chiba.
"Do you know what the Knights of Malta mean?" Conan asked.
"I don't know," Qian Yu shook her head. "What do you mean?"
"The Crusaders know, right?" Conan asked.
"Yes, and then?" Qian Yu nodded, but wondered again. "I remember that the three major knights of the Crusades were the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, and the Teutonic Knights, right? What is the Order of Malta? ”
"Jerusalem." Conan said suddenly.
“?” Thousand Feathers was stunned.
Conan continued: "Rhodes and the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John, Malta. ”
"This is the full name of the Knights Hospitaller?" Qianyu suddenly realized. "So the Knights of Malta are actually—"
"Not what you think," Conan shook his head. "The Knights of Malta is the country that exists now, and the Knights Hospitaller is the predecessor of the Knights of Malta."
"Okay... In short, the Knights of Malta represent the hospital? ”
"Yes," Conan said, glancing at the scene outside. "Rice flower, hospital, add a word in the middle, what can you think of?"
"Rice Flower Central Hospital!" Thousand Feathers Enlightenment.
"Yes," Conan smiled. "Then, the story, which is story in English, has the meaning of the story in addition to the meaning of the story. So what is the tenth chapter of the third story equal to? ”
"Rice Flower Central Hospital," Qian Yu replied with a sigh. "Ward 310. Do we need to call the police? ”
"I'm going to call the police," Conan shrugged. "The power of the bomb is terrifying. As soon as we found the bomb, call the police. ”
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Rice Flower Central Hospital, Ward 310.
Conan looked at the empty ward and the different styles and sizes of planes hanging on the ward, and said helplessly. "Chiba, do you know which one is B52?"
"You don't know?" Chiba raised an eyebrow.
"Uhhh Conan was a little embarrassed. "I can only see that there are some that are definitely not heavy bomber B52s, such as the Zero over there, and the Zidian next to it."
"Although there are more than 20 models here, there is only one that meets the characteristics of B52... Qian Yu looked at all the models and chuckled. "First of all, those old biplane antiques can be ruled out, they are products of the early World War II and earlier."
"Secondly, half of these crew members are exposed outside the aircraft, which are magnified fighters or small bombers."
Conan, following Chiha's narration, had already eliminated most of the planes, leaving only five planes alone.
"Mr. Stratofortress has eight jet engines," Chiba continued, observing the last five planes. "So there's only one possibility."
Chiba dragged a model airplane down, "It's quite heavy, especially... Chiba flipped another model of an airplane with a similar shape next to him. Compared to this model of a bomber similar to him. I think there's something interesting in this B52, Conan, we can call the police. ”
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"Bombs?" In the Metropolitan Police Department, Miwako Sato had a solemn face. "Wait a minute, Conan, you're the one who wantonly violated the rules with a big bomb near Rice Flower Station?"
"Uhhh Conan maintained the posture of making a public call, and glanced slightly embarrassed at room 310 not far away. "It's a thousand feathers!"
"Thousand feathers?" Officer Sato was slightly stunned, and then realized who he was referring to. "You're talking about the little ghost who has been looking at the file for hours at the Metropolitan Police Department, right?"
"Ahh Yes... Leave that alone for now, can you take care of what I just told you first? "Conan brings the conversation back on track." That, we ... ”
"Found the bomb, I know," Officer Sato said. "Where?"
"Rice Flower Central Hospital."
"What?" Officer Sato's face suddenly turned very bad. "Where?" There was a tremor in his tone.
"Rice Flower Central Hospital." Conan said it again.
"Rice ... Central... Sato couldn't react normally, just holding the phone blankly.
A handsome man with sunglasses was looking at him with a cold gaze.
A piece of paper with dense characters written on it was placed in front of Sato.
A narrative without mood swings is flowing through Sato's ears.
A fiery red flame of death was slicing through Sato's eyes.
A long-sealed memory is reviving in Sato's heart.
"Matsuda... Sato muttered.
"Officer Sato?" Conan waited for a few seconds, but did not get a reply from Officer Sato, and hurriedly spoke up.
"Huh?" Sato woke up like a dream. "Oh... I'll send someone right away! Where is Rice Flower Central Hospital? ”
“310。”
"We'll be there right away!" Sato tried his best to clear the distractions in his mind and replied.
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"Here we are." When Sato arrived with a few members of the explosives handling team, Chiba and Conan froze. Because the corners of Sato's eyes have obvious traces of crying and swollen.
"Hmm," a member of the explosives disposal team wiped a test strip on the plane and put it into a device with a battery that he was carrying, and a moment later, the alarm bell rang from the device. "Officer Sato, there is indeed a trace of gunpowder on this plane, and it is inferred that there may be a bomb inside the plane, please immediately start evacuating the patients in the nearby rooms, and we are going to push the explosion-proof canisters up and transfer the bombs."
"The bomb will explode at three o'clock, are you sure you want to transfer?" Qian Yu looked at the clock that showed 2:45 a little and said worriedly. "In addition, the explosives in this plane are probably the same as the one in the rice flower station before, which is filled with pure octagonal explosives, I don't know if your explosion-proof canisters can withstand such an explosion."
"Octagonal explosives?" The faces of the members of the explosives disposal team immediately turned extremely bad, and they said to a person next to them. "Captain, is this the stolen explosives from the Toyo Powder Depot?"
"I can't jump to conclusions just yet," the captain of the handling squad motioned for everyone to leave the room. "Let's get the quarantine measures in place first. Hiroro, how much does that plane weigh? ”
"Two kilograms." The team member replied.
"If it's an octagonal explosive, then the yield is likely to be 3 kilograms or more," the captain pondered for a moment before deciding. "Pull the blast canister up."
"Explosion-proof tanks?" Qian Yu heard this fresh word and said curiously.
"Our latest bomb disposal tool!" The team member named Hiraro explained with a smile. "As long as you throw the bomb in, the explosion-proof tank can absorb the energy of the explosion and will not spread to the outside!"
"Alright, alright," Officer Sato kicked Chiba and Conan out. "Hurry up and help me evacuate the nearby patients!"