After Conan activated his tracking glasses, he heard Tequila saying somewhat confusedly, "Strange, why can't I get in? Huh? Is the door open?"
Just as Conan was wondering about the door and wanted to walk forward, Yuu suddenly pulled him back and pressed him to the ground.
"Hey, Yuu! What are you doing?" Conan looked bewildered at Yuu, who was pressing down on him.
Before Yuu could reply, with a "bang!", the restroom where Tequila was located exploded violently. The restroom immediately billowed with thick smoke, and the scene was a mess.
Yuu looked at the continuously smoking restroom. "Fortunately, my instincts honed on the battlefield still worked. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
Arriving at the explosion site, Conan found that only one shoe was left, and this shoe happened to be the one with the signal emitter attached. "This... this is... Tequila's shoe! It seems this guy was indeed caught in this explosion. Damn it!! A clue I finally found!!"
Takeshita, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, quickly tried to persuade Conan, "Little brother, it's dangerous here, hurry up and get out!"
Yuu walked in and pulled Conan out. "It's not safe here. Let's talk outside!"
"Terrorists!?" Inspector Megure, who had arrived to inspect the scene after being notified, was greatly surprised upon hearing the words of the investigating personnel.
"Yes, Inspector, the explosion occurred in the toilet next to the window. I think a bomb might have been planted on the restroom door or somewhere else. The male victim was blown to smithereens, and there's nothing to identify him," the investigating personnel reported to Inspector Megure after their inspection.
"Hmm, identity unknown?" Inspector Megure began to question everyone present. "Then, those of you who arrived first, did you see any suspicious individuals?"
"No."
"I only saw us few."
Nakajima and the others all stated they saw nothing.
"I know!" At this moment, Conan looked up at Inspector Megure and said, "I didn't see any suspicious people, but I saw the victim."
"Really, Conan?" Inspector Megure, having found a clue, quickly asked Conan.
"Yes, it was an uncle about 2 meters tall, likely from the Kansai region. Mr. Nakajima should have seen him too; he was the man in black we bumped into on the way to the restroom!" Conan turned to Nakajima after speaking.
"Oh! That man!" Nakajima said, looking nervous.
Yuu looked at Nakajima's nervous face, understanding something. "It seems this guy was making a deal with Tequila. Otherwise, his reaction would be too strange."
"May I interject?" The president suddenly walked in.
The trio turned in surprise. "Pre... President?"
"President?" Inspector Megure asked, looking at the suddenly appearing president.
"Yes, I am Ishikawa, the president of Mandai, who is hosting today's presentation here. Two days ago, I received a very strange letter." With that, Ishikawa opened his case and handed the letter to Inspector Megure.
"Strange letter?" Inspector Megure opened the letter. "You had best cancel this presentation, or you will regret the necessary measures I will take. This... this is a threat letter! Why didn't you report it when you received it?!" Inspector Megure roared at Ishikawa.
"I apologize, I thought it was just a prank," Ishikawa replied, looking flustered.
"Inspector, we found this in the rubble!" A police officer handed two items to Inspector Megure.
Inspector Megure looked at the two items curiously. "This is a key, but what's this circle?"
Ishikawa quickly explained, "Ah, that key is the key to our company's case, and that circle is our company's logo on the case.
Inspector Megure fiddled with the piece of metal in his hand. "The power of this explosion was really immense. Even such a thick piece of metal was bent like this."
Conan looked at the metal piece in Inspector Megure's hand. "How strange, this metal piece is this shape. It seems the bomb was inside the case. Tequila had ticket number 98, and our numbers are 96 and 100. Nakajima and his two colleagues cut in line between us, so one of them must have been dealing with the Organization."
"It's Nakajima," Yuu said to Conan. "I just saw that the number he used to retrieve his case was 124. Plus, you just mentioned his unnatural expression when he bumped into Tequila. It must be him!"
Conan nodded upon hearing Yuu. "Then the bomb?"
"It should be Takeshita, that guy," Yuu said, giving Takeshita a disdainful glance. "He's truly a novice. Ever since the explosion, he's been constantly looking into the restroom, and his expression keeps changing. He's definitely guilty! And Takeshita already had issues when we were queuing earlier." Yuu told Conan about the queuing situation.
Conan connected the existing clues: "Nakajima was dealing with the Organization. Takeshita wanted to kill Nakajima with a bomb, plus they all used identical cases. It seems Tequila was accidentally killed. Nakajima's case was swapped by Takeshita with a bomb-filled case at some point, but Takeshita didn't know that Nakajima had already swapped cases with Tequila. So Nakajima didn't die, but Tequila was killed."
"This is truly convoluted!" Yuu scratched his head. "Shinichi, go arrest those two. While you're at it, ask Nakajima for the location of the Organization's deal, then send it to me. I'll go check it out. Maybe I'll run into Gin."
"What about me?" Conan quickly asked when he heard Yuu wanted to go alone.
"Don't go being a burden. If we run into Gin, do you want us both to die there?" Yuu said, looking at Conan disdainfully.
"Alright, but you must be careful!" Conan, seeing that Yuu wouldn't take him along, had no choice but to give up that idea.
"You don't need to tell me!" Yuu said, walking towards the main entrance without looking back.
"Hmm, the address is the top floor cocktail bar of the Daikoku Building on Beika Street. That name really has the Organization's style!" Yuu, who had been waiting outside for dozens of minutes, couldn't help but complain when he saw the email from Conan.
"Gin! This time, you won't escape!" Yuu, who had gotten out of a taxi, looked at the Daikoku Building in front of him.
Just as Yuu was about to rush into the bar with his gun, he felt the same sensation as when Tequila entered the restroom. Yuu immediately dove to the ground. With a "bang!", the cocktail bar also exploded, with an even greater force than the restroom explosion at the Beika Hotel.
Looking at the cocktail bar, now reduced to ruins, Yuu clenched his fists and slammed them against the wall. "Damn it!! I can't believe they beat me to it again!!"
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