The Buddhist way of life of Ke Xue Le Zi

Although Haibara Ai said so, she didn't think that this could be done easily. After all, there was a crisis lurking in the dark that might come at any time, and the organization was always following her like a leech.

So the topic between the two of them quickly ended.

On the way home from school the next day, Edogawa Conan took the opportunity to ask about the question that was forgotten last night.

Of course, a weak experimenter can only get in touch with a few members of the organization. The girl looked at the guy who asked the question with a wooden face, "I'm just an experimenter. If you want to know the members of the organization, you should ask the guys in the intelligence team."

Facing Huihara Ai's expression of "I'm so sorry, I'm not an intelligence officer", Edogawa Conan laughed dryly twice, scratched his head, and said, "I was just asking casually."

"What do you mean by just asking?"

Ayumi Yoshida suddenly appeared, scaring the two pseudo-children. Hearing the voice from behind, Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in front also turned around to look at them.

"Haibara and Conan are whispering again."

Hearing this, Haibara Ai raised her hand and poked Edogawa Conan with her elbow without saying a word.

The latter was caught off guard and was forced to take a step forward, directly confronting the questioning of the three real kids.

Edogawa Conan gave Haibara Ai a "you bitch" look, his mind working rapidly, and he made up an excuse that they were discussing homework, and only then did he calm the three children down.

The few people who focused their attention on this aspect did not notice the commotion not far away. By the time they reacted, a man with a knife had already rushed up to them.

The man was wearing a dark blue work suit with dark stains on the corners and cuffs. The whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and his fierce eyes swept over the group of children, finally locking onto the girl standing aside.

The footsteps behind him hit his fragile nerves, and a trace of uncontrollable resentment rose in the man's heart. He ignored the screams of the other children, picked up the brown-haired girl, and placed the sharp blade against her fragile and slender neck.

Then he turned to the person chasing him, his expression distorted and ferocious, "Stop!!"

The leading man saw the child in the other man's arms and frowned. He raised his hand and gestured, and the people behind him stopped with him and kept a distance of five steps from the man who took the hostages.

Conan Edogawa pushed the children to a safe place and kept a distance from the man who kidnapped Haibara Ai. While the other party was not paying attention to them, he reached for his waist, but touched nothing.

!! ?

Edogawa Conan widened his eyes and looked down. He discovered that not only his belt but also his sneakers were missing.

Why at this time!?

Conan Edogawa looked at Haibara who was held hostage by the criminal, his pupils trembling. Because the man had used too much force to restrain the hostage, the girl had difficulty breathing and her face turned red due to lack of oxygen.

The tense man was completely unaware of this. His hand holding the knife was shaking violently and it grazed Haibara Ai's neck several times, leaving faint blood marks.

No, if the stalemate continues, Huiyuan will be strangled to death first! !

Edogawa Conan gritted his teeth.

But he had no help now, and it was impossible for a child alone to rescue the hostages from an adult man.

Kagura Chiyuki, who was standing in front of the man, noticed the ugly expression on the girl in the man's arms. He frowned. The man who was his partner pulled him away and stepped forward to confront him. "Calm down and put down the child. I can exchange her as a hostage."

After saying that, the man threw the gun in his hand to Kagura Chiyuki and raised his hands to indicate that he had no weapons on him, in order to reduce his threat level in the eyes of the other party.

Unfortunately, the criminal who now holds a hostage is unable to think of anything. Days of escape, hunger and fatigue have left his sanity at risk. Facing any negotiations, he only responds with "get out" or silence.

Seeing that the kidnapped child was about to collapse, Kagura Chixing looked up at the building diagonally opposite and saw a flash of light on the top floor.

The team member's voice rang out in the headset, "No, Captain, we can't snipe the target here."

Next to the man was the wall of an office building, and on the road in front of the building was a small van of unknown purpose, which perfectly blocked the view.

They were in a stalemate in the alley beside the building. No one took any action for a moment. The only sound in the air was the slow tapping sound. It was so quiet that one could even hear their own heartbeats.

Wait! Edogawa Conan came back to his senses.

Where does that tapping sound come from?

Before Edogawa Conan could investigate, the barking of a dog broke the stalemate. The boy pulled the leash, and the blind stick in his hand swept across the bricks on the ground, making a dull knocking sound.

He smiled and raised his head, his overly long bangs brushing lightly across his eyelashes. His attitude was obviously polite and friendly, but his voice was indifferent, mixed with a little bit of subtle coldness, "Can you make way?"

"You're in my way, sir."