Chapter 186 The Gear of Destiny
There was silence in the cockpit for a while.
Feng Yuan looked at the somewhat monotonous scenery outside, slightly lost in thought.
Although he had seen Hawaii from this perspective when he remembered it, the feeling now was no different.
"What do you want to say to me?" Fengyuan suddenly said.
"What are you talking about?" Xinzhuang Gong looked confused.
"Stop pretending. You're Kidd, right?"
"ah?"
"No one would let a primary school student fly a plane."
"...It's still exposed," Kidd simply changed back to his original voice, no longer trying to pretend, "Let me ask, what's going on between you and that brat named Conan?"
He used to think that Conan was Kudo Shinichi, but he didn't expect that another suspicious kid appeared.
This kid named Sora Maplehara not only looks exactly like Conan and himself when he was a child, but he also obviously has great reasoning ability. He was the first person to discover the problem in the cockpit.
And yesterday’s emergency call to Mao Lilan from Kudo Shinichi’s identity…
"What are you talking about?" Maplehara replied seriously, "I am Edogawa Conan. I just took off my glasses, can't you recognize me?"
"... Come on, stop pretending," Kidd said angrily, "You almost never saw that woman named Mao Lilan on the plane."
"That's because she's sitting behind me."
"Are you still addicted? That brat Conan is really watching, and he also slipped into the bathroom when we came over. He was using the props invented by the doctor to reason, right?"
"...You don't look like a Phantom Thief at all now," Maplehara glanced at Kid, "More like a detective."
"..."
Kidd was speechless.
He also didn't want to make himself look like a detective. In his opinion, a detective just followed the Phantom Thief and found fault with him, and at best he was just a critic.
But now, because he was too curious, he couldn't help but become a detective again.
"That guy must be Kudo Shinichi," Kidd said. "What about you? Kudo Shinji? His twin brother? But I've never heard of Heisei Holmes having a brother."
Kidd also lives in Tokyo, and has naturally heard about the once popular high school detective Kudo Shinichi.
But regardless of his previous understanding or last night's investigation, he didn't find out that Kudo Shinichi had any twin brothers.
"Secret." Fengyuan simply replied.
"ah?"
"It's more fun to solve mysteries yourself, isn't it?"
"...That's true."
Phantom thieves and detectives also have something in common.
Finding the location of the treasure, cracking the protective mechanism, and teasing Officer Nakamori also require reasoning thinking.
So Kidd felt that what Maplehara said made sense.
But he was just too curious.
Could it be his lost twin brother? He didn't know this happened.
But they can’t both be Kudo Shinichi, right? To let yourself believe this kind of thing, you might as well let yourself take a dip in the fish pond.
Kidd was so entangled that Fengyuan changed the topic.
"Then, when are you going to steal the Stone of Destiny?"
"I do not want it."
"Oh..." Fengyuan said thoughtfully, "Is that one fake?"
Kidd looked over in surprise.
"Don't show such a surprised expression for now, there will be something that will surprise you later. When you kissed Miss Mu's hand before, you kissed the gem, right? I guess you are trying to distinguish the true from the false."
"That's right. A real sapphire feels like ice when held in your mouth. They probably used a fake sapphire to attract the audience to see Josephine and pass it off as the real thing."
Kidd paused, thought about what would surprise him later, and then said:
"Why, do you still want to arrest me? Detective."
"You should worry about Conan." Fengyuan replied casually, "He will definitely keep an eye on the hatch to prevent you from running away."
"What about you?" Kidd wasn't worried at all.
"As for me, after this huge iron bird returns home safely..."
Feng Yuan gave up.
Isn't this the same as that kid? Kid thought.
"I'm just going to Ekoda High School to have a look." Feng Yuan said.
There was a brief silence.
"Wha, what Ekoda? Haha, it's a high school? What's so good about a high school..."
"It's one of the options for entering higher education." Maplehara explained, "Although I'm still in the first grade of elementary school, I still have to plan for the future, right, Kaito-senpai?"
For a moment, Kidd wanted to stand up, open the hatch and run away with his hang glider, but he just thought about it for a moment and sat back down firmly.
He didn't want his peaceful and happy high school life to end just like this, where he could usually amuse his childhood sweethearts.
"...How did you find out?" Kidd sighed.
This guy not only mentioned the Ekoda High School he attended, but also directly said his name. He had obviously discovered his true identity.
"Because you used your true colors."
"ah?"
"You look a lot like Kudo Shinichi, don't you? So I guess you may also be a high school student." Maplehara said, "Although it's a bit strange to say this, with your appearance and personality, you will be in high school." The popularity in the school will not be low either.”
"..."
"Kudo Shinichi is a very famous high school detective. In this case, your true identity must be very famous. Conan once told me that Xiaolan once met a high school student who looked very similar to Kudo Shinichi... "
Xiaolan was jealous for a long time.
"So I sneaked into the chat rooms of various high schools in Tokyo to find out the news." Maplehara glanced at Kidd again. What he didn't say was that he actually had a clear goal. "It turned out that I was lucky. Your seniors and seniors They were very enthusiastic and told me a lot about you..."
Maplehara's reasoning ends here.
"That's really impressive," Kidd praised, "So are we even now?"
He was referring to the matter of knowing each other's identities, which was obviously a tentative deal.
"What's even?" Fengyuan replied, "Who am I?"
"...Anyway, one of you must be Kudo Shinichi," Kidd calmed down. If the other party really wanted to arrest him, it would be more efficient to lead the police directly to him without saying a word. "You don't want to do this either. Does Miss Mao Lilan know about it?"
"..."
This sounds so strange.
However, Maplehara really didn't want to go directly to Kidd's hometown. After all, he was still pointing Kidd to help fly the plane, which would feel like burning a bridge.
Of course, like Conan, he would not hesitate to catch Kidd committing a crime or stop him from stealing.
At this time, when it was almost time to land, a message came from the Hakodate tower. Landing the plane smoothly was obviously more important, and both men put the matter of revealing each other's identities on hold for the time being.
"Flight SKJ865 will be handed over to the tower in Hakodate. Now please change the frequency to 118.35."
"118.35, received." Kidd replied.
"This is the Hakodate control tower. I am the Controller Uesugi. I would like to ask Captain Shimaoka to speak to you now."
"I am Captain Shimaoka. Have you seen the MCP, which is the mode control panel?"
"Yes, I saw it."
"Now please press the button on the APP above. If you do this, the plane will automatically land on the runway later."
"receive."
Kidd responded, and Maplehara reached out to find the button for him and pressed it.
"I can feel at ease for now."
"You really know a lot," Kidd said. "Then can you control the wings and landing gear?"
The outrageous guy next to me immediately found the location of the button, and he was much more familiar with it than he, who was only slightly involved in airplane piloting.
"Of course I will. I've learned how to fly a small plane before."
"Isn't it in Hawaii?"
Feng Yuan did not reply.
Kidd didn't care either and began to think about how to deal with the matter of his true identity being exposed. As a phantom thief, he doesn't mind threatening Kudo Shinichi's identity, but it always feels like he has lost...
He doesn't even know what the situation is with these two brats...
Do they just happen to look alike? Both happen to be very smart? Have they all become children? Just happened to get together?
It’s so hard to understand…
While Kidd was thinking, the plane on autopilot gradually lowered its altitude and landed below the clouds.
Because the weather was so bad, the plane started to tremble, which made everyone in the cabin, especially those in the first class who knew the situation, couldn't help but feel worried.
Soon, the city lights on the ground became clearer and clearer, and Fengyuan saw the location of the airport.
The tower also noticed their arrival.
Due to the grounding of other flights, theirs is the only one about to land now. Captain Shimaoka at the tower directed Kidd to adjust the wings and lower the landing gear, and Maplehara helped with the operation.
At the airport, a group of firefighting vehicles also rushed to prepare for possible emergencies.
This is just in case.
But, bad things always happen.
A bolt of lightning flashed across and hit the plane.
The cockpit was illuminated in a pale light for an instant, and then fell into darkness.
The lights and dashboard were all out.
"What's wrong?" Kidd asked.
"The plane was struck by lightning."
Feng Yuan said, reaching out and turning the white button next to the dashboard. The lights and instrument panel all came back on, but the autopilot light didn't come on.
Then, he pointed to the earphones on Kidd's head, and then pointed to his mouth, indicating to him to watch his mouth shape and contact the tower.
"This is Flight 865," Kidd said while looking at the words, "The lightning just now made the screen disappear."
"Calm down and turn the white button next to the dashboard."
This step has been taken, Kidd remained motionless, but waited for two seconds and continued to speak, "Okay, but the autopilot light is not on."
"What did you say? Stop landing immediately! Pull up the control stick as hard as you can!"
Because it was inconvenient for Feng Yuan to operate, Kidd did it by himself this time. He used all his strength to pull up the control column, and then retracted the landing gear according to the instructions from the tower.
"Very good, continue to rise." Captain Shimaoka continued to command.
But at this moment, a very strong wind suddenly hit, and the plane was blown away from its direction. Everyone in the cabin leaned to one side and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Turn to the right immediately, turn right quickly." The voice from the tower suddenly became anxious, "If you continue like this, you will hit the terminal!"
"Pull up the nose of the machine quickly!"
Kidd struggled to pull up the nose of the plane to avoid a direct collision, but the plane still collided with the terminal building, and one engine fell off, causing a fire at the airport.
"How's the flight? Can you hear me?"
"Copy that," Kidd replied, "Is the damage serious?"
"No one in the tower was injured, but I'm afraid the runway won't be available immediately. Where are you?"
"The second engine has fallen off."
"It doesn't matter. It's enough to land with the remaining three engines, but you have to pay attention to balance."
Kidd then communicated the current situation of the aircraft with Captain Shimaoka in the tower, and then gradually climbed back up under the command, preparing to circle and wait for the opportunity to land again.
The airport is rushing to clear the runway.
In the cabin, Mitsuhiko and other elementary school students also noticed the engine falling off and wanted to inform Maplehara, but Conan stopped them.
"Just waiting like this?" Kidd asked in the cockpit.
They also temporarily lost contact with the tower just now.
The weather is getting worse.
"If the autopilot cannot be restored," Fengyuan looked out the window and thought for a moment, replied, "then we can land manually."
"ah?"
"Let me do it instead."
Maplehara suggested. Judging from the performance just now, although Kidd is much stronger than ordinary people, his skills in flying airplanes are obviously far inferior to his own.
Even though Kidd was able to land smoothly under his command, he still felt more at ease doing this kind of thing himself.
"Can you do it?" Kidd cast a skeptical look, "This requires a lot of strength."
He used a lot of strength for a high school student who was almost an adult.
"Don't worry, I won't joke with my life."
Feng Yuan said, unbuckled his seat belt and stood up.
Seeing this, Kidd simply stood up and exchanged positions with Maplehara.
Sitting on the chair, Kid couldn't help but look at Feng Yuan, who looked serious. This guy obviously stopped pretending. From beginning to end, he didn’t look like a primary school student at all...
However, despite this, it still made him feel a little weird to see people who looked like elementary school students flying airplanes there.
"Hey, aren't you worried?"
"Don't worry," Fengyuan replied seriously, "if the plane crashes, neither of us will survive."
"Huh?" Kidd was stunned for a moment.
"In this way, while you are still alive, you have not failed the person you want to protect, and you have not failed yourself. What is there to be afraid of?"
As he said that, Fengyuan was slightly startled.
What he just said and the feeling when he said it all made him feel a little familiar, as if he had said the same thing a long time ago.
Maybe when I was a kid?
After all, these words are quite secondary...
"You are really good at comforting people," Kidd replied angrily. The person he wanted to protect was not on this plane. "You are even better than that brat Conan."
"Just kidding." Fengyuan said, "It's just flying a plane. This is almost the simplest thing I have ever encountered..."
…
the other side.
Everyone had left their seats just now, and Maplehara was not here either, and it was not easy for Conan to continue sitting alone, so everyone's seats in the first class cabin were changed.
For example, because Fei Yingli was still drowsy due to the effect of the anesthesia needle, Uncle Maori did not continue to be arrogant. Instead, under Xiaolan's persuasion, he sat next to Fei Yingli and tied up her safety before he did. bring.
Conan sat next to Ayumi.
He was still thinking about why Kidd didn't call him to fly the plane but called Maplehara over. It was obvious that Kidd knew that he was Kudo Shinichi and had fought with him so many times...
Xiaolan looked towards the cockpit from time to time. Because yesterday's Shinichi had been confirmed to be Kidd, her doubts about Feng Yuan's identity were restored.
If it was Shinichi, it wouldn't be surprising if he could fly a plane, but why would Mr. Shinjo look for him...
Dr. A Li sat next to Haihara Ai.
He looked outside with some worry. He could directly see the damaged part of the fuselage, which was also one of the main sources of worry for everyone in the first class cabin, even though Conan helped explain that it was nothing serious.
The doctor looked back at Haihara Ai beside him and found that her expression was calm and she was still flipping through a magazine, as if she was sitting peacefully on the sofa at home.
"Xiao Ai, aren't you worried?"
"Don't worry, doctor, he's here."
"Yes, yes..."
The doctor also believed in Fengyuan, but when faced with this kind of thing, it was obviously difficult not to worry at all.
What's more, the children are also on the plane...
"There is nothing that Holmes cannot do, so there is nothing impossible in Kudo's dictionary," Haibara Ai continued, then suddenly remembered what happened a few days ago and paused, "Ah, I almost forgot... except singing. "
Saying this, Haiyuan Ai still raised his head and glanced at the doctor.
Since even doctors can't help but worry...
Huihara Ai looked back at the primary school students and found that even they were much silent.
Genta is eating the snacks he ordered from the flight attendant, but the fact that he hasn't finished them yet speaks volumes.
Mitsuhiko, like the doctor just now, was looking out the window in trance.
Ayumi, who was sitting next to Conan as she wished, kept her head hanging down, looking the most nervous.
It turns out that these children are also worried...
Withdrawing his gaze, Haiyuan Ai thought for a moment, then glanced at Xiaolan, who glanced in the direction of the cockpit from time to time, and then turned to the doctor:
"Doctor, why don't you sing a song to lighten the mood?"
"Sing, sing?" The doctor was stunned for a moment.
The first class cabin is full of people I know, so singing won’t have much impact, but is it really good to sing now?
"Sing?"
The elementary school students sitting behind them also heard the doctor's surprised words. Genta, who was the most nervous, immediately remembered, "Ah! I asked Conan to sing last time, but you haven't sung yet, Conan!"
"Huh?" Conan looked over with dead eyes.
"Yes!" Ayumi also echoed, "Conan, you are so cunning. You are the only one who hasn't sung it yet..."
The primary school students suddenly became active. Uncle Maori looked back and did not stop them. The plane is still circling, and he doesn't know when the airport will clear the runway.
It's okay to let them make a fuss...
Xiaolan also looked at Conan.
"Really, why are you singing at this time!" Conan complained angrily.
As he said this, he noticed Ayumi's eyes, and then he broke into cold sweat.
Hey, hey...what's going on with this look that looks like you want to hear yourself sing once before you die? Can't you have some confidence in those two guys, Kidd and Maplehara?
Hui Yuan Ai quietly covered her ears.
"Okay," Conan sighed, "Let's talk about it first, this is what you asked me to sing..."
…
after a while.
The plane landed smoothly.
Except for the three people who had long been involved in poisonous accidents, everyone on board was safe.
What's a little strange is that the passengers in the first class cabin are neither nervous nor happy after the disaster. They almost all look like they are in a trance.
Because of what happened on the plane, they also rejected the proposal to go to the hospital for examination, and stayed here for a while, waiting for Uncle Maori and others to communicate with the police.
Kidd has disappeared, and even Conan is not in a hurry to burn bridges immediately.
Xiaolan stood aside, looking a little embarrassed as Feng Yuan and Hai Yuan Ai gathered together to whisper.
She had forgotten that Conan also sang very poorly like Maplehara...
This is probably just an inheritance among relatives in the new family.
The Shinichi I saw last time at Gyokuryu Temple must also be Kidd pretending to be him. And Conan also knows a lot about flying, so we can't both be Shinichi...
Let’s just say, Xiao Kong is so close to Xiao Ai, how could he be Shinichi...
Thanks to classmate lili0lili for the many tips, and thanks to classmate Jingxiaoloua for the tips. Thank you all for your subscriptions, monthly passes, recommendation votes and any kind of support. Thank you so much.