Well, You Didn't Ask / The Broken Bomb Remote

Then, after making a casual inquiry, I discovered that this person was indeed extraordinary.

As a shrewd politician, Yuichiro Asakura knew the situation in Hokkaido was what it was, and that even if he didn't deliberately try to curry favor with the Japan conglomerates, they would still come to develop and invest in Hokkaido for their own business interests.

Even if he really wanted to talk to those big conglomerates, he could directly find the head of their family and arrange a more suitable time to talk. There was no need to talk to Sonoko Suzuki, who was still just a high school student, in this place.

However, the Pioneer Foundation, which Jiang Hang represents, is a mysterious force that is not well-known to ordinary people, but whose existence is considered incredible by those of higher status.

This Foundation has been stable for so many years, only concerned with making money. Now, Jiang Hang, as an heir, has entered Japan as a detective and seems to have invested in many industries.

After this research, Yuichiro Asakura felt that he could indeed get to know Jiang Hang.

He had no other ideas.

After all, to be honest, he's basically reached the end of his term as the top official in Hokkaido.

After all, Hokkaido is still separate from Japan's three major metropolitan areas.

To date, there has never been a case of the Governor of Hokkaido becoming the prime minister of Japan.

As a pragmatist, he thought that if Jiang Hang was willing to invest in Hokkaido, it would greatly boost the Hokkaido economy.

Jiang Hang naturally realized this idea of the other party.

It seems that this is a rare example in Japan of an official who genuinely wants to work for the benefit of the local community.

Jiang Hang thought to himself, but it was a pity.

Even if he understood the other person's subconscious, he himself didn't have any money to invest in Hokkaido.

After all, if this place really could make a lot of money, even without him saying so, the system would send those NPCs who only care about making money to collect it.

Since the Pioneer Foundation doesn't have any businesses in Hokkaido, it means that the Pioneer Foundation doesn't value the profits here.

With the mission bonuses he holds amounting to tens or hundreds of billions of yen, it is an enormous sum for an ordinary person—an amount they could probably never earn in their lifetime.

However, for investment purposes, this amount of money is indeed not a large sum.

Therefore, Jiang Hang only politely brushed off Governor Asakura, saying that he would explain the situation to the Foundation.

To show his sincerity, Jiang Hang also gave Yuichiro Asakura the contact information of several Foundation NPCs he knew, saying that he was not in charge of these matters at the moment, but would help explain the situation to the family so that they could contact these NPCs.

After receiving such a response from Jiang Hang, Yuichiro Asakura was quite satisfied with the result and chatted with Jiang Hang and the others for a while longer.

It wasn't until the opening ceremony was just around the corner that he waved to Jiang Hang, indicating that they could talk about it later after the ceremony.

Chapter 576: But you didn't ask.

After chatting with Yuichiro Asakura, Jiang Hang's aura as a social elite vanished as the other man left, and he reverted to his original carefree, unambitious self.

The person's presence was greatly diminished by this change in demeanor.

After all, Sonoko Suzuki was an old acquaintance, and Jiang Hang himself had no intention of flirting with her. So, he would naturally have to conceal this sudden change in temperament in front of others, but there was no need to hide it too much in front of Sonoko Suzuki.

Anyone who has known him for a while would have noticed these things.

However, for Sonoko Suzuki, this was the first time she had ever seen someone switch between various images so freely in front of her.

One moment he's a gentle and refined gentleman, the next he transforms into a cunning and shrewd old fox, and then he becomes a learned and talented elite in front of others.

Then, looking at the salted fish in front of her that looked almost completely dried up, Sonoko Suzuki rubbed her eyes, wondering if she was seeing things.

"It's not your imagination, so now you know why I was able to leave the family's management," Jiang Hang, who was in a relaxed state, was indeed a little tired of these social occasions. Anyway, he had already put on a show in front of Sonoko Suzuki.

So he simply lowered his own profile, and incidentally used his abilities to help lower the profile of the area around Sonoko Suzuki as well.

With the air of someone who's been there, he patted Sonoko Suzuki's shoulder with a deep expression and explained in a low voice, "When you can change your expression as easily as I can, you'll be a qualified heir to the Suzuki Conglomerate."

Sonoko Suzuki felt goosebumps rise all over her body when she heard Jiang Hang's suddenly deep voice.

She shuddered uncomfortably, then quickly took several steps back.

"Let's forget about it then. It looks like they've gone schizophrenic."

Jiang Hang shrugged. To be honest, although his mental state was assessed as normal by the system, he was not.

Having absorbed so many skills and personally experienced the Bleeding Effect of spending too much time in the animus, Jiang Hang felt that he could indeed understand what it was like for patients with schizophrenia.

"In short, young lady, in order to find a husband that you find pleasing to the eye, or that you truly like, in the future, you should work harder now."

Jiang Hang waved his hand at Sonoko Suzuki, then found a spot with a high enough vantage point that was not easily noticed, and began to observe the places in the station where people could easily sneak in, as well as passersby who might be carrying dangerous items.

After Jiang Hang turned away and stopped talking about the topic, Sonoko Suzuki Jiang Hang n't help but think of his seemingly "ordinary" back as she watched him walk away. She remembered how he had always been so at ease, able to talk to anyone with ease. She also remembered what her parents had said about Jiang Hang.

"After only a few meetings, you managed to coax your bad-tempered second uncle, who always thinks he's the best in the world, to such an extent. Even though Jiang Hang was still the center of attention, your second uncle was able to subconsciously ignore these things. Even though the other party kept making excuses to avoid it, your second uncle never had any dissatisfaction with the other party. In fact, he would always thank the other party for the advice he gave him."

"With such abilities, the heir to the Pioneer Foundation does indeed seem quite outstanding."

"Since you know him, if you have the chance, you can go to him and learn something from him. Even if you can learn only 10% of his skills, it will be enough for you to digest for a long time."

When she heard her father talk about these things, she would always subconsciously shake her head to indicate that she didn't want to learn anything from Jiang Hang, nor did she genuinely think that Jiang Hang had any particularly remarkable abilities.

At best, he's just a slightly more sophisticated version of Shinichi Kudo.

Sonoko Suzuki, who grew up with Shinichi Kudo and, to be honest, has known Shinichi Kudo longer than Ran Mori, did think that way before.

However, during their brief half-hour close interaction today, Sonoko Suzuki realized that she had probably underestimated Jiang Hang.

Aside from sharing the identity of a famous detective with Shinichi Kudo, he and Shinichi Kudo seem to have no other similarities.

Moreover, Jiang Hang is not like Shinichi Kudo, a reasoning fanatic who always tries to show off his reasoning skills and share his dream of becoming the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era with those around him.

The only problems were the other person's quirky personality and his rather plain face, which didn't quite suit her taste.

However, when she thought of this, Sonoko Suzuki suddenly paused for a moment.

Nothing special?

Is Jiang Hang's face really as ordinary as I remember?

She carefully compared the two in her mind. Apart from the first time she met him, when he looked like a messy, unkempt science student, he seemed to have been quite nice the next few times she met Jiang Hang.

However, just as she had this thought, Jiang Hang seemed to sense something, turned around and glared at her with those dead fish eyes that perfectly matched the image of a salted fish. This look instantly swept away the subtle emotions that had just arisen in Sonoko Suzuki's heart like a whirlwind.

She quickly shook her head vigorously.

She almost had some inappropriate thoughts about Jiang Hang, this eccentric and lazy guy, which was truly the biggest mockery of her aesthetic sense as the second young lady of Suzuki.

At most, she might want to learn something from Jiang Hang; a relationship between them is impossible!

Sonoko Suzuki quickly reinforced her impression of Jiang Hang from their first meeting in her mind, then followed behind Jiang Hang, waiting for the opening ceremony to begin.

At nine o'clock, amidst cheers, Yuichiro Asakura, following his prepared script, announced with a smile, under the filming and live broadcast of the television station, that the Hokkaido Express train would officially begin operation today.

Then, those who participated in the opening ceremony gradually entered the carriages.

Soon the once empty carriage was filled with people.

Jiang Hang, naturally, followed the ministers and Inspector Megure, who had been invited, into the front carriage.

Naturally, Sonoko Suzuki came along as well.

Sonoko Suzuki initially thought it was just an ordinary opening ceremony and didn't take it too seriously.

I was just thinking of rushing back to the ski resort after this ceremony.

It was when I saw the police officers around Governor Asakura on high alert after the train started moving, and they were constantly in contact with the outside world.

Even Jiang Hang had taken out his miniature computer and started looking at things she couldn't understand, and he also chatted with the senior police officers from time to time about topics related to "prisoners".

It was only at this point that Sonoko Suzuki began to realize that something was wrong.

Even if this is the first time this train has run, there shouldn't be so much panic.

She secretly asked Jiang Hang for the information.

Jiang Hang also glanced at Sonoko Suzuki. Although the Suzuki Conglomerate was indeed quite powerful in terms of its setting, judging from its actual performance, the protective force around Sonoko Suzuki, the future heir, was really a bit worrying.

Since the Bandaged Man incident, she has been involved in all sorts of cases around Ran and Conan, and many of them have almost cost her her life.

But the Suzuki Conglomerate really didn't get involved in these matters. Sonoko Suzuki went out alone from beginning to end, so they weren't worried that one day a robber from Hong Kong would appear and kidnap her.

The same applies to this train now.

Putting aside other factors, the Hokkaido government officials and police should all know that someone sent a threatening letter to the Governor of Hokkaido and that they might take action on this train.

Given the Suzuki Conglomerate's intelligence network within Japan, obtaining this information shouldn't be particularly difficult.

But the other party still risked their own daughter's life.

All I can say is that the other person is really too naive.

How can we trust that the Mouri Residence and he can definitely protect Sonoko Suzuki's safety?

After hearing Jiang Hang's explanation, Sonoko Suzuki's expression immediately turned strange.

Why didn't you tell me about this before you got on the bus?

"But you didn't ask me anything. When you saw me here alone without Haibara and the others by your side, weren't you curious at all?"

"I asked you before why you didn't bring Mori and the others along. I thought you knew about this, but because you trusted me, you came alone."

Hearing that Jiang Hang was still in the mood to joke with her, Sonoko Suzuki felt like crying.

"How would I know what your plans are? I thought you were like me and sent them to other places to play."

"So what's the situation now? Is there really any danger?"

Sonoko Suzuki asked Jiang Hang this question, seemingly hoping to get some reassuring answers from Jiang Han.

Jiang Hang gave her a reassuring look.

"I'm already in the car, so don't worry about me."

Jiang Hang's answer was as confident as ever, but Sonoko Suzuki Jiang Hang find some comfort in it.

However, she dared not bother Jiang Hang longer. Instead, she urged him to pay more attention so that he wouldn't miss anything important because of distraction.

"If you're really scared, then eat this."

Jiang Hang took out something that looked like pills, but instead of giving it directly to Sonoko Suzuki, he just flashed it at her.

"A special oral anesthetic capsule. After you take it, you'll be soundly asleep for two hours in no more than a minute. By the time you wake up, we'll have already gotten off the bus."

Sonoko Suzuki quickly waved her hand.

Even if she were to die, she wanted to die knowing why, rather than going to heaven in a daze and without understanding.

Seeing Sonoko Suzuki trying to comfort him, Jiang Hang focused his attention back on the train.

Just as he had imagined, the murderer did not appear on the train.

If the other side wants to take action, then planting a bomb on the road is the only option.

So, where would the enemy plant the bomb?

Jiang Hang intercepted those special communication signals on the network. Almost all the instruments with signals along this route appeared on his computer, and then they were filtered out little by little by big data algorithms.

Just over half an hour after the train departed, as it was about to enter a newly constructed dual-tunnel road and railway tunnel, Jiang Hang's mobile phone finally picked up that special signal.

Did this prisoner intend to blow up the tunnel and send everyone on the train to their deaths inside?

Although this area had been marked as a danger zone by Altair yesterday, and the police had deployed several officers to guard both ends of the tunnel today, it seems that this was not enough to prevent the criminal from making any moves.

Jiang Hang immediately issued a warning to the senior police officers standing nearby.

Chapter 577: The Broken Bomb Remote Control

"I have blocked all the signal devices in the tunnel, but it is only temporary and there is a distance limit. As long as the train goes too far away, the blocking will fail."

Jiang Hang reminded him that while he did possess technical skills far beyond his time on the internet, the bomb was merely a simple signal receiving element. The limit was that he could accurately shield the signal from those elements within a certain distance. Without special preparation, there was no way to directly destroy that element with electromagnetic interference.

Moreover, even if he could dispose of the components, he couldn't determine the detonation mechanism of the explosion. If he accidentally triggered the bomb while dealing with the sensing components, the prisoner would probably have to admit he was an expert.

His mission was simply to protect the safety of all the passengers on the train.

As for that tunnel, well, good luck to him.

At worst, we can just hold another opening ceremony in a few months.

Jiang Hang's suggestion was for the police on the Hokkaido side to check on the situation of the police officers on both sides of the tunnel, to see if they could still maintain contact, and whether they had been attacked by the "culprit".

If all goes well, they can be asked to evacuate the vehicles in the other highway tunnel first, to prevent other casualties after the bomb explodes.

The police took Jiang Hang's opinion very seriously and immediately contacted several officers patrolling near the tunnel. Some even prepared to find the train driver and ask him to apply the emergency brakes.