Soon, Pinga could no longer smile.
He suddenly realized that the one attacking the building right now was a submarine, and the enemy was using torpedoes!
Damn Gin, he actually used such a vicious move. Is he afraid I'll gain Rum's favor, so he wants to kill me with torpedoes?
Just as Pinga began to panic, two loud booms came from beneath the sea level of the Pacific Buoy.
Columns of water shot into the sky, and even with the resistance of the seawater, the terrifying shockwaves swept across the part of the building below sea level, causing it to shake several times.
However, a building that could be constructed on the surface of the sea naturally had a sturdy enough structure. It would not collapse from such minor disturbances.
"Commander, we have intercepted the two incoming torpedoes!"
The voice from the walkie-talkie made everyone in the central hall cheer.
Even Pinga wiped his forehead.
Thank goodness, thank goodness. He had forgotten that this was an Interpol facility, equipped with various defense systems. It would not be breached so easily.
Conan was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he nearly collapsed to the ground.
No matter how strong his deductive abilities were, no matter how much he was called the Sherlock Holmes of the Reiwa era, he had no way to deal with something like torpedoes.
Just as the people inside the Pacific Buoy were getting excited, they heard the person in charge of the radar management department scream again, "Oh no, the enemy didn't only launch two torpedoes!"
"Four more torpedoes are rapidly approaching. Our defense measures can't stop these torpedoes. Everyone, prepare for impact!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
Four consecutive earth-shattering explosions shook the entire Pacific Buoy. Dust fell from the ceiling, and stone pillars collapsed with a crash.
Toru had all the internal structural diagrams of the Pacific Buoy. The places where he had the submarine launch its torpedoes were all the building's load-bearing points.
The violent explosions from the torpedoes destroyed all the cooling facilities of the Pacific Buoy. These instruments then exploded again in the flames, creating a chain reaction like falling dominoes.
Explosions came one after another from beneath the sea, rapidly chasing upward toward the building on the surface.
Inside the entire Pacific Buoy, piercing alarms rang without end. People fled in panic, the walls inside the building began to crack, the cracks rapidly spread, and huge stones fell to the ground.
At this moment, no one cared about the murder case anymore. Everyone was only thinking about escaping, fleeing this desperate situation on the sea.
"Run!!"
"Everyone, head to the emergency evacuation capsules! The motorboats there can get us out!"
When the Pacific Buoy was first built, potential crises had already been rehearsed.
Although the drills had not included a torpedo attack scenario, there were still plans for evacuating the staff if the buoy building could no longer withstand collapse.
Thick smoke billowed through the Pacific Buoy. Everyone ignored everyone else, only wanting to leave as quickly as possible.
Conan covered his nose, enduring the pungent smoke. Looking in the direction Pinga had left, he said urgently, "Don't think you can run, you murderer!"
Even at this moment, Conan was still thinking about his detective game.
Kuroda Hyoue picked up Conan, covered his nose, and said, "Kid, hurry. I'll take you out!"
Although Conan was grateful for Kuroda Hyoue's help, he still anxiously pointed at Pinga and said, "Uncle, that person is the murderer. You can't let him get away!"
Kuroda Hyoue only glanced at Conan, nodded, and quickly chased after Pinga.
Pinga, who was escaping, did not notice at all that someone was chasing him. He cursed Gin while quickly running toward the escape exit.
Just as he reached the escape exit and was about to drive a motorboat away from the building, a gunshot suddenly rang out from behind him.
Pinga's shoulder was pierced. He screamed and fell to the ground.
Pinga quickly turned back and saw a square-faced man with one blind eye and a stern expression standing in front of him.
"Your running posture just now was completely unlike a man's, and the sound you made under the stimulation of pain also proved my guess was correct."
As he said this, Kuroda Hyoue squatted down and tore off Pinga's mask.
"You are under arrest."
Facing Kuroda Hyoue, Pinga wanted to resist, but while injured, how could he be Kuroda Hyoue's opponent? He was quickly subdued and fell unconscious.
Kuroda Hyoue clapped his hands. As a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he had finally solved this case and had not disgraced Japan's police officers.
However, it was mainly thanks to this kid. If not for his reminder, he really would not have discovered that this was actually a man disguised as a woman.
...
Inside the submarine, Toru and Vermouth watched the destruction of the Pacific Buoy.
They watched as this facility building, established by Interpol, collapsed in the flames and fell into the sea.
Vermouth asked softly, "The Pacific Buoy has been destroyed. Rum is probably furious. We don't have much time. We need to hurry and kill him."
Toru nodded gently. He pressed the earphone by his ear and asked, "Haibara, what are the investigation results?"
"Before the Pacific Buoy was destroyed by you, I used the backdoor set up by the Organization to hack into the Pacific Buoy system and used its servers to activate the All-Age Recognition system."
Haibara's calm voice came from the earphone. Unfortunately, Toru, I searched worldwide using the photo you sent me, but I didn't find any trace of that person."
Before deploying the submarine, Toru had sent Karasuma Renya's photo to Haibara, asking her to investigate.
Karasuma Renya's photo was not hard to find. As the former controller of the Karasuma Group, he had left behind quite a few photos over the past few decades.
"Didn't find him?"
Toru frowned slightly.
If Karasuma Renya was still alive, as long as he appeared somewhere with cameras, he should have been detected by Haibara's system.
Even if Karasuma Renya had also taken a similar drug, this system could find him at any age.
Haibara gave her opinion. "The All-Age Recognition system is not omnipotent. If a person becomes a child under two years old, this system cannot identify them at all."
"Second, the Pacific Buoy of the International Criminal Police Organization cannot connect to every camera in the world, only those in its member countries."
"Some countries do not accept Interpol as an organization, so it's also possible that the person you're looking for is in one of those countries."
Toru nodded and thanked Haibara.
Not finding Karasuma Renya was not good news for Toru.
This meant Toru still could not determine whether Karasuma Renya was alive or dead.
"Never mind, let's leave him aside for now and go deal with Rum first."
(To be continued.)