Chapter 122: The Great Ring Line Explosion Incident

"If that's the case, then the explosion just now must have targeted that little brat Conan, right?" Fujino muttered as he cast his gaze toward the lingering smoke in the distance.

He then drove toward the explosion site.

By the time he arrived, the area around the explosion site was already crowded with onlookers. The people were chattering away, but none dared to approach the scene. This was understandable; for ordinary people without a protagonist's halo, their own lives were more important than anything else. Who knew if there would be another explosion?

Fujino parked his Ford Taurus on a nearby overpass. Getting out of the car, he looked toward the explosion site and immediately saw a large crater on the riverside greenbelt. A rough visual estimate suggested the crater had a diameter of one meter and a depth of more than five meters, with wisps of black smoke still rising from it.

"Is this really the result of an explosion caused by a pet cage-sized bomb?" Fujino looked at the large crater in the distance, his expression growing peculiar.

In his memory, this explosion should have been caused by a pet cage-sized bomb. But how could such a small bomb create such a massive crater? It didn't make sense. Based on his knowledge of explosives, such a crater would require at least a missile-level bomb to create. But how did a pet cage-sized bomb produce this effect? Even C4 couldn't achieve this.

And the fact that Moriya Teiji, an amateur, could make such a bomb... really defied logic.

Thinking this, Fujino scanned the area and quickly spotted a small figure lying near the crater. The small figure was thrown hard against a nearby tree and was now unconscious. Fortunately, there were no visible external injuries. Despite the explosion's scale, it hadn't left any external wounds, suggesting the figure was probably still alive.

"I can't believe this kid's body structure, not being blown to bits by such an explosion," Fujino thought, slightly surprised.

Then, he summoned his clone, Kon.

With two system tasks, it was time to split up. Fujino would go after Moriya Teiji, while Kon would handle the bomb disposal. Based on the system's hints, Moriya Teiji had planted at least twenty bombs this time. Although Fujino was confident in his bomb disposal skills and had the system's 30% disarming bonus, disarming these bombs still made him a bit nervous. Moriya Teiji was, after all, an amateur. The fact that his bombs didn't explode during production was already a stroke of luck, let alone disarming them. Even Moriya Teiji himself probably couldn't guarantee he could disarm them.

For such a potentially explosive task, it was best to let Kon handle it. With Kon's "Undying" skill, even if something went wrong and he got blown up, he could still be revived after a few days.

Meanwhile, back at Fujino's house, Miyano Akemi, dressed in a white shirt and blue jeans, was leisurely sitting on the sofa, her eyes fixed on the television as if seriously learning something.

"First, we need to take the fish head and..." On the large plasma TV, a cooking show was playing, featuring a familiar face to Fujino: Yukiko Kudo.

"Fish head, huh?" Miyano Akemi murmured.

Suddenly, a wave of weakness washed over her, and her vision went black as she lost consciousness and collapsed on the sofa.

Fujino transferred part of his consciousness to Kon. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a familiar room.

Slowly standing up from the sofa, he looked at his current body, his expression complicated. This feeling was still a bit strange. He was aware on the other side, but here he could freely control Kon. It felt like using both sides of his brain, simultaneously drawing a circle with one hand and a square with the other.

After adjusting to this body that felt both familiar and different, Kon—now Fujino—donned the assassin's robe from his inventory, put on the classic disguise, and took out the special wire-cutting nail clipper.

It was time to disarm some bombs!

After donning the outfit, he printed a few Batman-themed calling cards, headed to the underground garage, and stored his motorcycle in his inventory. He walked out of the building, released the motorcycle in an alleyway, and used the Kamen Rider pendant to disguise it as a Batcycle.

Following the system's guidance, Kon Fujino headed straight for the Ring Line.

The Tokyo Ring Line, as its name suggests, is a circular line that encircles Tokyo. With the normal speed of a train, it takes about 60 to 80 minutes to complete a loop. Normally, without hints, it would be hard to search such a large area. But with the system marking the bomb locations, it was hard not to find them.

Following the hints, Kon Fujino quickly found the first bomb. In front of him was a bomb with ample explosives, powered by solar energy—a type of bomb Fujino had never seen before. His knowledge book mentioned it, but also detailed its drawbacks: the bomb's application scenarios were very niche, and its inherent instability made it rarely used. Relying on solar power for detonation... an overcast day could set them all off by accident.

Taking out his wire-cutting nail clipper, Fujino began to carefully disarm the bomb according to the knowledge in his mind. Although this clone wouldn't die, Fujino still preferred to avoid unnecessary risks and ensure safety. Cultivating a new clone body was a hassle, after all.

"Detecting that the host is disarming a bomb. The Bomb Disposal Expert skill has triggered: increasing the host's bomb disarming success rate by 30%."

Even though he was in the clone's body, the knowledge in his mind still applied, and the system's enhancement functions were also effective on the clone. However, the enhancement could only trigger on one body at a time.

When the last wire of the five bombs on the Ring Line was cut, the system notification sounded in Fujino's ear:

"Detected that the host has disarmed a bomb. Rewarding 50 Bomb Expert proficiency points."

"Current Bomb Expert level: Advanced (250/1000)."

"Five bombs earned me 250 proficiency points?" Seeing his Bomb Expert profession, Kon Fujino's lips curled into a smile. "Looks like I can max out this profession in one go."