"What?"
"He...he blew up that place?"
"Are you...are you kidding? He dared to blow up that place too?"
"This...this is too bold, too bold!!"
"He's gone mad, he's gone mad!! He's really gone mad!!"
"....."
After hearing Inspector Megure's words, everyone's gaze towards Mori Valley Teiji instantly became complex!
There was surprise, admiration, fear, doubt.....
However, the person involved panicked at this moment.
Mori Valley Teiji felt his scalp tingle at this moment, his whole body trembling!
He quickly shouted, "I didn't blow this up! I absolutely didn't blow this up!"
"I was just speaking casually just now! How could I do such things!!"
"As you know, the buildings I've blown up are all ones I designed myself! I couldn't stand seeing them asymmetrical, which is why I chose to blow them up!!"
"Why would I blow up that place for no reason? I have OCD, but I'm not stupid!
"You have to believe me!!"
Mori Valley Teiji's voice was filled with fear and urgency!!
He was fearful because he was worried they would misunderstand him!
He hoped they would believe his words and testify for him!!
The others didn't speak, just looked at Mori Valley Teiji with eyes mixed with complex emotions.
"Professor Moriya, I didn't expect... you're quite something, you even dared to blow up that place?" Baishi Hui said with admiration, giving him a thumbs up, "Although you're a criminal, I still really admire your courage!!"
"Yeah....." Conan said with an extremely complex expression, "From now on, your name will be recorded in history, your name will be known by everyone in the world....."
"No!!! I really didn't do this!!" Mori Valley Teiji went crazy, he cast a look of pleading at Baishi Hui, begging and shouting, "Shirashi-kun! You know, right?"
"You're so smart, you should be very clear, right? It's impossible for me to do these things!"
"I really didn't do it!! I was just bluffing just now, I really didn't do it! You have to believe me!!!"
In response, Baishi Hui deliberately said, "If you didn't do it, then who could have? It couldn't be Azu the Bandit, right?"
As soon as he said this, it directly pierced Mori Valley Teiji's skull, and he shouted, "Ah!!! That's right! It was him, it must have been him!!"
"Huh?" The others looked at Mori Valley Teiji, frowning.
Ran looked at his behavior with contempt, saying, "Professor Moriya, why did you bring up Azu the Bandit? He didn't appear at all from beginning to end!"
"Yeah! Aren't you treating us like fools?" Sonoko said even more irritably.
"No! It's true! He did this!" Mori Valley Teiji said assertively, "Didn't I steal the plastic explosives from the arsenal before?"
"These plastic explosives were actually his! Then he came to my door and even knocked out my teeth! If you don't believe me, look... I just had this tooth fixed not long ago!"
Mori Valley Teiji opened his mouth so that the others could see his fixed tooth clearly.
Baishi Hui continued to guide, "And then? Since you took his plastic explosives, shouldn't he have taken them back? Why are those plastic explosives still in your hands? It couldn't be because he admires you, right?"
"Yes!! You're right!" Mori Valley Teiji turned his head to look at Baishi Hui, nodding vigorously and saying, "He admires me!"
"He said something like 'I'm investing in this project!', and gave me these plastic explosives!"
"He also said 'It's interesting to be an audience occasionally after being the protagonist for so long'."
"Thinking about it now... I was really stupid, truly!!"
"He's a criminal, how could I believe the words of a criminal?!!"
"This guy clearly wanted to use me and push the messed-up things he did onto me!"
"I'm innocent!!"
"....."
Mori Valley Teiji was frantically protesting his innocence over there, stating all the facts.
However, everyone else cast distrustful glances, thinking he was the one who did it!
Only those who wrongly accused him would know how wronged he is now.
Baishi Hui understood very well how wronged Mori Valley Teiji was.
Just then, Mori Valley Teiji suddenly paused, rolled his eyes, and with a thud, fell to the ground, fainting.
Baishi Hui quickly stepped forward to check, after all, this guy couldn't die yet... If he died, who would take the blame?
After checking, he looked at Inspector Megure and said, "It's nothing... he probably just fainted from anger. To be safe, I suggest sending him to the hospital for a check-up, and then keeping him under strict guard!"
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm!" Inspector Megure walked over in a panic.
Such an important criminal absolutely cannot have anything happen to him on my watch... If you're going to die, at least die in someone else's hands!
If you die, my future is gone.
"Mouri, quickly come and help!" He quickly motioned for Mouri Kogoro to come over, and together with Baishi Hui, the three of them carefully lifted Mori Valley Teiji into the police car.
"Sato!! Shiratori, come here!!" After seeing the two in the distance, Inspector Megure didn't care about titles and quickly motioned for them to come over.
After the two came over, they asked doubtfully, "Inspector Megure, what's wrong?"
"It's this guy... who blew up the Shrine!!" Inspector Megure said with a dry throat, "Quickly drive, take him to the hospital!!"
"!!!" Upon hearing this, Sato and Shiratori both showed expressions of shock.
After regaining their composure, they stopped wasting time, quickly got in the car and sat down, heading to the nearest hospital.
For safety, Shiratori even called for some police cars to escort them!
Inspector Megure sat in the car, his right hand holding the phone shaking wildly, he took a lot of effort to get through to Superintendent Matsumoto, his voice trembling as he said, "Superintendent... I... I I've caught the person who blew up the Shrine!! He's currently being sent to the hospital!"
Watching them drive away, Baishi Hui quickly motioned to Yukiko, saying, "Miss Yukiko, quickly drive!"
"This is such big news, if we don't see it through, we'll regret it for life!!"
Yukiko nodded repeatedly with extreme excitement, she waved and motioned, "My car is parked over there... Everyone, follow me!!"
Saying that, she started to jog!
The others didn't hesitate at all and immediately followed.
After Yukiko got back in the car and saw that the others were in place, she immediately drove after them.
In the passenger seat, Conan sat on Baishi Hui's lap, he couldn't help but ask, "Shirashi, you said... is there a possibility that what Professor Moriya said is true?"
After hearing this question, the others listened carefully to Baishi Hui's answer.
"Yes! But the possibility is small!" Baishi Hui said without hesitation to clear himself, "This is all his side of the story! There's no evidence!"
"However, I still think the possibility of that Azu the Bandit is small."
"Looking at his previous actions, they were basically aimed at crime, he hardly ever attacked ordinary people."
"Furthermore, judging by that Azu the Bandit's style, he would likely choose to do it openly, not sneakily like this!"
These words made everyone else in the car nod repeatedly.
Mouri Kogoro said, "Baishi is right, I also don't think that Azu the Bandit did it... If that Azu the Bandit really wanted to do it, he could have done it completely unnoticed, blowing it up sneakily!"
"..." This left Conan unable to refute, from a logical perspective, the other party indeed had no need to do it this way.
But his Detective intuition was telling him..... behind this incident, there was definitely the shadow of that Azu the Bandit!