"What's going on?"
Disguised as a waitress, Kir's expression immediately turned serious after feeling the ship shake.
Taking advantage of everyone else leaving the dining area, she quickly approached "Hamoto Gozo" and whispered, "Did you activate the backup plan?"
"I didn't activate it!" Vermouth, disguised as Hamoto Gozo, said with a frown.
If Xiao Wu wasn't willing to cooperate, they would blow up the cruise ship, causing all members of the Hatamoto family to perish.
First, Hamoto Gozo's body would be discovered, and after confirming his death, the lawyer would announce the will and who the heir is.
After the heir was confirmed, it would be easier for Vermouth to impersonate them, directly taking their place and receiving the inheritance.
After receiving the inheritance, they would then cooperate with the Organization from within and without to harvest the Hatamoto assets.
However, this whole operation would be time-consuming, laborious, and overly troublesome, not to mention causing a large commotion and easily attracting attention.
But now that Xiao Wu was willing to cooperate, they wouldn't need this backup plan.
"Then why the explosion?" Kir furrowed her brow, her tone full of confusion.
"Perhaps... it wasn't our bomb." Vermouth lowered her head to look at the body on the ground and said slowly, "Maybe there are others who want revenge on the Hatamoto family, or maybe it's an internal struggle among the wealthy families over the inheritance."
"This kind of thing is quite common, isn't it?"
Hearing this, Kir sighed, her words filled with helplessness, saying, "What I hate most is encountering unexpected situations... What should we do next?"
"Don't panic, I can handle this level!" Vermouth smiled confidently and said, "After so many years, what kind of storms haven't I seen?"
Just as she finished speaking, there was another explosion.
Boom!!!
The ship shook again.
This time the shaking was significantly more violent than the previous two, causing many people to fall.
"Again?!" Vermouth immediately became angry after sensing the commotion.
The plan was going quite smoothly, but the unexpected death not only ruined her plan, but now there were explosions too?
Once was enough, but twice?
What about later? Will there be a third time? A fourth?
In a fit of anger, Vermouth decisively took out a remote control from her pocket.
Seeing this, Kir quickly stepped forward, grabbed her hand, and advised, "Vermouth, calm down! Doing this will only escalate the situation!"
"I am very calm, Kir!" Vermouth looked at Kir and said word by word, "The situation is already beyond our control!"
"If we don't do anything, that guy's plan will succeed!"
"Since our plan is ruined, nobody else should have it easy either... Let's all go down together!!"
Kir opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found that what Vermouth said made a lot of sense!
She couldn't even refute it!
But if Vermouth set off the bomb, most of the people on this ship would likely sink to the bottom of the sea.
Thinking of this, Kir first let go, then said, "You're right... but you need to control the power a bit! I don't want to die on this ship!"
"Don't worry, I haven't lived enough yet!" Vermouth said, pressing the detonator.
Boom!!
With another explosion, the ship shook again!
The power of this explosion was much stronger than the previous two.
A large number of people still in the dining room directly fell to the ground.
After steadying herself, Vermouth immediately ordered in the tone of "Hamoto Gozo", "Everyone leave here, quickly go to the deck!"
As soon as she said this, the others didn't dare to stay in the dining area either and rushed towards the deck.
Hamoto Akie Ran the fastest, completely disregarding the deceased Qiben Longnan, as if the dead person wasn't her husband.
After seeing this scene, Kir deeply felt the coldness of human nature and the harsh realities of the world within the wealthy families!!
You could at least hesitate for a moment, then I'd consider you had feelings... but you just Ran off like that.
This made her have to wonder if the other person's sadness just now was faked.
...
"What a big hole!!"
On the deck, Baishi Hui walked to the side of the ship and looked down, discovering another hole had been blown open!
He hadn't installed any bombs at the location of that explosion at all!!
This means there's only one answer then... Vermouth and the others also had plans to blow up the ship!!
They even thought of the same thing.
"Bastards! It must be someone from that Organization who did this!" Conan's face was extremely grim after seeing it.
He now had no idea what the other party's plan was, completely unable to predict their actions.
Hearing this, Baishi Hui silently gave Conan a thumbs-up.
This is great, he doesn't even need to spread rumors, Conan will do it himself!
He said, "Let's quickly get on the lifeboats... I have a feeling this ship might sink."
"It shouldn't, right?" Yukiko frowned and said, "I remember there are things like sealed compartments on the ship, aren't there? As long as they're fine, the ship won't sink."
Baishi Hui shook his head and said, "The problem is, you can't be sure if there are any other unexploded bombs on the ship!!"
"Hui is right." Ran supported Baishi Hui's suggestion, saying, "It's not safe on the ship... Let's leave here on the lifeboats!"
Conan also agreed with Baishi Hui's suggestion... After all, there were still two terrorists on the ship, and who knew what crazy actions they might take!
"Then... then I'll go tell the captain and ask him to organize the evacuation!" Yukiko said, turning and running towards the bridge to negotiate with the captain.
After hearing the analysis, the captain also agreed to the evacuation proposal and began having the crew carry out the evacuation work.
It didn't matter if the cruise ship sank, there was insurance.
But if people died, his future career would be over.
"Everyone, please don't panic, form a line!"
"There are plenty of lifeboats, everyone come one by one, no need to rush!"
"Please put on your life jackets!!"
"..."
Although everyone was a bit panicked, they still orderly began queuing to leave.
Baishi Hui pulled Ran and the others to start queuing together. As he was thinking about how to leave, he noticed Conan had quietly run off.
His eyes lit up, and he was inwardly delighted: Isn't this it? It has to be you, Conan!!
Thinking of this, Baishi Hui quickly shouted, "Conan!! Where are you going? Conan!! Come back quickly!!"
Only then did Ran and Yukiko notice Conan, who had secretly left!
Both were greatly alarmed and repeatedly exclaimed, "Conan! Come back quickly!!"
Seeing that he was discovered, Conan didn't stop, but turned back and shouted, "I'm going back to get something! I'll be back soon, you guys get on the lifeboat first!!"
Having finally encountered someone from that Organization again, Conan didn't want to miss this opportunity.
If he missed this time, when would he encounter them next?
A week? A month? Or a year?
He would rather take the risk than wait idly!
Thinking of this, Conan strengthened his resolve and Ran towards the ship's cabin!!
"Conan!!" Yukiko watched her son run further and further away, her heart filled with anxiety, and she subconsciously wanted to chase after him.
Baishi Hui grabbed her wrist and said, "Miss Yukiko, it's too dangerous... I'll go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his hand being held tightly.
Baishi Hui looked back and saw that although Ran didn't say anything, her face was full of worry.
Out of the instinct to care, he subconsciously said, "Ran, you and Miss Yukiko..."
Baishi Hui paused when he got to this point.
He realized that doing this, how was he any different from Shinichi?
They both put important people in a safe place and went off to take risks themselves.
This was too unfair to them.
Learn from the mistakes of the past!
After thinking this, Baishi Hui immediately changed his words and said, "Ran, do you want to come with me to find Conan?"
He felt that with his ability, protecting her would be more than enough!
"Mhm mhm mhm!" After hearing this sentence, Ran's eyes lit up, and she agreed almost without thinking.
Baishi Hui looked at Yukiko and said, "Miss Yukiko, do you want to come along?"
Since he was already bringing Ran, adding Yukiko wouldn't make much difference.
"Of course!" Yukiko said without hesitation.
"Then let's go, you guys need to keep up." Baishi Hui said, taking Ran's hand and running towards the ship's cabin.
Yukiko quickly followed.
Looking at the backs of the two of them, she was deeply moved internally, feeling that Shinichi truly had accumulated good fortune in his previous life.
To have two friends willing to take risks for him, this life was worth it!!