Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 423 This is what a veteran actor is all about.

The airship lobby.

"Is everyone here?"

Kogoro Mouri, Jirokichi Suzuki, and Ginzo Nakamori stood in front of the crowd, counting the number of people.

Once it was confirmed that everyone except the captain had gathered there, Nakamori Ginzo stepped forward and said with a serious expression.

"What I'm about to say might be hard to accept, but I hope you can calm down. The police will take care of this."

The people in the audience looked at each other, wondering why the police officer was acting so seriously.

Could it be that Phantom Thief Kid has already arrived?

"Officer Nakamori, what exactly happened?"

Kaito Kuroba asked with a puzzled look, a vague sense of unease creeping into his heart.

Nakamori Ginzo took a deep breath and then said.

"The Red Siamese Cat armed group released the virus on our ship."

virus?

Everyone was stunned, and their faces immediately turned pale.

Red Siamese cats are fine to mention, and viruses are fine to mention, but you absolutely shouldn't put those two things together!

"The virus... could it be the virus from that lab? The one with the extremely high infectivity and mortality rate?!"

"Why are we on this airship? We've been in the sky the whole time!"

A deep sense of panic arose in my heart, but fortunately, Jirokichi Suzuki spoke up to comfort me. His powerful voice was quite reassuring at that moment.

"Officer Nakamori, when exactly did this happen?"

Hattori Heiji stepped forward and asked with a serious expression.

Nakamori Ginzo shook his head and began to explain.

“We don’t know either. We just received a call from their staff who said they threw the virus in the smoking room. When we went in to search, we did find the broken petri dishes.”

"We need to find out who has been in the smoking room."

Smoking room?

A portly reporter in the crowd trembled violently.

He went into the smoking room and smoked!

The chubby reporter looked around at his body in a bit of a panic, but he didn't feel anything was wrong with his body at the moment.

My immune system is very strong, so I should be fine, and I didn't stay inside for very long.

Hoping for the best, the chubby reporter remained silent.

"Uh, ah."

Just as Nakamori Ginzo was about to question everyone one by one, a mournful cry suddenly came from the crowd.

Qi Ming turned around to look at the sound. If he hadn't known that the virus was fake, the sound would have really made it sound like someone was about to turn into a zombie.

Upon hearing the voice, everyone turned around to look.

Looking at the figure with his back to everyone, the group of people who had just been playing hide-and-seek seemed quite familiar with him.

"Mr. Fujioka, what's wrong?"

Fujioka Takamichi had his back to the crowd, and his body seemed to be trembling.

Then, Fujioka Takamichi slowly turned around, looking at everyone with a fearful expression.

"I don't know what's wrong with me right now?"

"My face is burning and hurting, and so are my hands. What's wrong with me? I don't want to die, cough cough cough!"

Seeing Takamichi Fujioka's current state, everyone took a few steps back in fear.

At this moment, Fujioka Takamichi's face was covered with a large number of red spots, and he was even coughing and spitting saliva.

His eyes were bloodshot; he looked like he was in the late stages of poisoning.

"Back off! Back off now!"

"Mr. Fujioka, calm down, please calm down, everything will be alright!"

Seeing Takamichi Fujioka like this, even Qi Ming couldn't help but admire him as a veteran actor.

After all, no one has ever been infected with this virus, so he can act however he wants.

It was only after Qi Ming reviewed the recap that he realized that Takamichi Fujioka was the mastermind behind this whole affair.

And he wasn't the only one; he had other companions on the ship.

That fat reporter probably never imagined that of the four people sent by the TV station, only he was a genuine reporter; the other three were all moles.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

Fujioka Takamichi was still performing wildly when he looked at Qi Ming and the others and shouted loudly.

"Can any of you testify for me? I didn't go to the smoking room at all! Why did this happen to me?"

"This must be just a normal allergy, right? That must be it!"

With each step he took forward, the crowd retreated a step. As he drew closer and closer to them, Ran Mouri sensed something was wrong, her pretty face darkened, and she kicked Takamichi Fujioka, sending him flying.

Takamichi Fujioka fainted.

Qi Ming glanced at the unconscious Takamichi Fujioka and was somewhat surprised.

"Alan's skills are impressive. I've never seen her this good before."

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes at Qi Ming.

"Perhaps it's because she can't handle things when you're present, and you can't see things when you're not there."

"Makes sense!"

Seeing that Fujioka Takamichi had already lost consciousness, Nakamori Ginzo instructed two police officers to put on gas masks and carry him into the smoking room.

Since Takamichi Fujioka has already been infected with the virus, he no longer needs to worry about the toxic air in the smoking room.

Seeing what these people did, Qi Ming, who had experienced a real pandemic, felt that their approach was too hasty.

If there really is a virus here, then isolation is completely useless, since everyone on the ship has been in a confined space for so long, and everyone would have been infected long ago.

"Mr. Fujioka..."

"Damn it, how could this happen?"

Seeing that people were becoming increasingly uneasy, Kaito Kuroba approached Qi Ming and asked.

"Mr. Ma, is it true? Has he been infected with the virus?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Ming nodded very seriously.

"……it is true."

Ai Haibara has been by Qi Ming's side for a long time. She can see through Qi Ming's lies, but others cannot.

Therefore, Kaito Kuroba immediately believed what the spirit said.

Upon hearing Qi Ming's words, Kaito Kuroba felt a sudden jolt in his heart as he recalled his recent experience, and said to Qi Ming with a mixture of relief and tears in his eyes.

"Master Ma, do you have any magic that can cure this virus?"

"What, you want me to save him?"

"no!"

Kaito Kuroba revealed a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"He sneezed at me while we were playing hide-and-seek!"

Kaito Kuroba then pointed to Conan and Heiji Hattori, whose faces also looked quite unpleasant.

"Not only me, but the two detectives were also spit on!"

"What? You mean you, Conan, and Heiji Hattori were all sneezed on face-to-face by Takamichi Fujioka?"

Qi Ming was startled and shouted loudly, kicking Kuroba Kaito away in the process.

"Then why don't you get away from me? Why are you standing so close to me? Do you want to become a drug kingpin?!"

Qi Ming's voice instantly drew everyone's attention.

Ran Mouri stared wide-eyed at Conan, her voice trembling slightly.

"Conan, Hattori, is this true? Are you two alright now?"

"Sister Xiaolan, don't come any closer!"

Seeing Ran Mouri approaching him, Conan quickly took a few steps back.

Although I had a feeling that something was off about the virus, and I didn't feel anything unusual about myself, it was a fact that Takamichi Fujioka sneezed on me.

It's best to classify yourself as an infected person for now.

Conan and Heiji Hattori exchanged a glance, then looked at Ginzo Nakamori from a safe distance.

"Officer Nakamori, let's go to the isolation room together."

"This……"

Nakamori Ginzo felt a mix of emotions as he looked at Kuroba Kaito, who was clutching his stomach in pain on the ground.

"What are you two brats talking about? Fujioka Takamichi has already shown symptoms, and you two are perfectly fine, so what's with the quarantine?"

Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but curse. If Jirokichi Suzuki hadn't held him back, he would have wanted to go up and punch Conan a couple of times.

However, his face showed an unusually anxious expression, more so than ever before.

Conan shook his head.

"For safety's sake, I think we should go in."