~ Tokyo Tower ~
Three minutes left, Conan Edogawa, alias for Shinichi Kudou, had to disarm the bomb. He was close, Detective Takagi's words guided him on how to disarm the bomb as the tool kit next to him was filled with all sorts of equipment for disarming bombs. Tagaki couldn't get on to the top of the elevator without setting the bomb off and that left Conan to do it himself.
Any movement would force the mercury lever to move and the bomb would go off, killing the pair instantly as well as forcing the elevator to the bottom of the shaft. At the mark of three minutes, words crossed the LCD screen, giving words that a hint would be revealed at three seconds before the bomb detonated.
A growl from above made Takagi pause and look up, "Conan-kun? What's wrong?" Conan didn't want to break it to the officer but he had to. "A message passed across the LCD screen just now, saying that a hint will be revealed three seconds before the bomb detonates." Takagi was shocked, it was exactly like the previous bombings.
Takagi looked up after a moment at the open grate, "Conan-kun. Who are you, really?"
Conan was silent for a moment, "I'll tell you. In the next world," he replied. Takagi was confused but asked no questions.
This time, Conan was stumped on what the hint might be or where the secondary bomb was. All they could do was wait until it came time. Conan remained silent as he watched the screen carefully, Takagi's shock wore off and he took the time to call Officer Sato. "S-sato-san?" his voice was quivering, he was afraid but he swallowed that fear. Conan wasn't really paying attention to Takagi or what he was saying, his own thoughts turned to Mouri Ran. He wished he could see her one last time before he was blown sky high, but she wasn't anywhere near a television and she would be completely unaware of the danger until later.
At the three second mark, read the screen.
E V I T C E T E D. What did it mean? Conan growled, irritated that he couldn't figure it out.
Even if you prepare a good stopper, I'll just turn it around in the end...
Tantei...
Turn it around in the end...
Teitan!
"Officer Takagi! It's Teitan High! That's where the bombs are planted!" Conan called out to the officer, who, fortunately, was still on the phone with Officer Sato. "Teitan!" he repeated then spoke into the phone. "You get that, Sato-san?" There last seconds had come and they wouldn't make it out alive.
A moment of silence passed, the last seconds of their life were ticking away. "Sato-san..I'm sorry.." Takagi spoke through the phone, to the woman he loved before he hung up. He wouldn't allow her to hear his dying scream, nor Conan's for that matter. She had had enough loss and pain, though he knew his death would add to that. He refused to cause her more agony by allowing the phone to stay linked. It was likely that the explosion would shatter the phone or cause something to fall and crush it anyway so there was no point.
"Sato..." Takagi had decided to just come out and say it. "I...love you.." he hung up the phone after that, letting it snap shut. "Forgive me.." the officer sighed and slid down to sit on the elevator's floor. It seemed pretty hopeless for the pair, even as their last seconds ticked by. Takagi looked up at Conan, dragging him down after a second and covered him so that at least one of them would survive. "Officer Takagi!" he had been drawn from his thoughts, struggling against him. "It won't..." Takagi huddled in the corner, shielding Conan with his body. Conan had been going to say that it would do no good to try and save him, having accepted that he was going to die.
"No! I'm going to save you if it's the last thing I do, Conan!" Takagi looked down at him, "you're just a kid and you have a lot to live for. Your life won't end here, I can't let it end here. I've lived long enough and I'm sad to know I won't see her face again, but if I die. Maybe...just maybe...my feelings can be conveyed to her!"
With a speech like that, it was hard for Conan to do anything else but go still. He was shocked that the officer had finally found his hidden courage, though he knew it was there.
With a smile, Conan sighed and shook his head. "I'll let her know...if I survive this, Officer Takagi." He didn't know if he was going to survive this, his relationship as Shinichi Kudou with Rachel was at stake and was being threatened at this very moment.
As was his relationship as Conan Edogawa, both were at stake and if he had to die here. He just hoped that somehow, he could be restored to his own body before this was all over.
If there were a time to pray to a god, now would be the time. But gods were so far above his own status as a human, how could he pray to them?
As the last second ticked away, the bomb went off with a fiery explosion. Even as Takagi's back was burned badly, he didn't move or stop shielding Conan from the now falling and burning debris.
When the last of the debris had stop falling upon the pair, they were both buried beneath it. Takagi was in bad shape though Conan seemed to still be alive, if not starting to be crushed by Takagi's body.