Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

"You!" Shirakyuu Maiko was furious. Just as she was about to say something, she felt her foot slip and her body fell uncontrollably to the side. She managed to stay upright with great effort, but she still swayed from side to side.

"Now!" Yu shouted, lunging toward the control panel and forcefully pulling down the lever, causing the train's speed to drop dramatically.

Conan leaped up and jumped to the workshop next door, pulling up the curtain to block Shiraha Maiko's view.

Sera Masumi then lunged at Alan Mackenzie, knocking him to the ground.

"boom!"

Almost simultaneously with the train's deceleration, a bullet pierced the curtain, splattering blood, and then a bullet hole appeared in the glass of the door connecting the two carriages.

Shiraiu Maiko fell to the ground.

Sera Masumi stared in shock at the scene: "Who?! Who fired the shot?"

She was certain that Shirakawa Maiko hadn't had time to fire, but where did the bullet come from?

Sera Masumi saw the pen on the floor behind Shirahata Maiko and thought that Yuya and Conan's plan was to lure her into stepping on the pen and losing her balance, and then take the opportunity to steal the gun, or to take Alan Mackenzie to hide in another carriage and have the police subdue Shirahata Maiko after they arrived at the station.

I never expected that someone would actually shoot at Shirahagi Maiko.

However, there shouldn't be any other people on this train besides the five of them.

Who is it?

This scene on the maglev train was also witnessed by everyone on the Shinkansen train.

"Conan!" Ran Mouri was so frightened that her face turned pale and she almost lost her balance, but fortunately Kogoro Mouri caught her in time.

A few seconds later, Yuya and the other two stood up. Seeing that they were all alright, Ran Mouri breathed a sigh of relief.

"These brats..." Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but curse a few times, and his clenched fists loosened.

Meanwhile, Judy, Carmelo, and James were also watching the situation on the maglev train closely.

"Mr. Akai must have fired that shot!" said Carmel, the driver of the truck, with absolute certainty.

Judy was stunned: "How is that possible? Isn't Xiu in Nagoya? The maglev train has just arrived near Yamanashi Prefecture. Even if it were Xiu, it would be impossible for him to successfully snipe someone from this distance."

Carmel smiled smugly, as if he had fired the gun himself, and explained to Judy, "This is why Mr. Akai requested special bullets."

The bullet was printed and would not be attracted by the electromagnets embedded in the side wall of the magnetic levitation track.

The electromagnetic induction effect between electromagnets can not only levitate a vehicle, but also allow bullets to levitate on the track and fly behind the maglev train at a speed of 1000 kilometers per hour.

If the maglev train suddenly decelerates at this point, the silver bullet will penetrate the ultra-lightweight body of the maglev train during the deceleration.

At this point, if the prisoner happens to be in the pre-calculated position, the sniping will be successful.

Judy was shocked after hearing this, and after a long while she said, "If that's the case, then the people in the car will need to cooperate."

She suddenly paused, startled: "Could that person be...?"

Carmel nodded slightly.

···

On the maglev train.

Seeing Shiraiba Maiko lying on the ground, Yuya and the others breathed a sigh of relief. They had succeeded.

Sera Masumi couldn't help but ask, "So who fired the shot? Were there other people on the train? Did you plan this all along?"

Yuya and Conan exchanged a glance, revealing mysterious smiles, but did not answer.

This plan, called Operation Silver Bullet, operates on the same principle as Carmel described.

Sera Masumi panicked: "Hey, answer me! Who's on the train?"

Yuya said, "No, there were only a few of us on the bus."

"What was that...?" Sera Masumi suddenly paused, recalling the gunshot she had heard when the train entered the tunnel, and her expression turned serious.

Could it be that time?

She quickly figured out the principle behind the bullet hitting Shiraha Maiko, and looked at Yuya and Conan in shock.

Did they foresee this all along? What terrifying reasoning ability!

"Conan, are you guys alright?" Ran Mouri's voice came from Yuya's phone.

Although the footage showed that the people were alright, Ran Mouri still wanted to hear them say it themselves.

“We’re fine,” Yuya replied, picking up his phone. He glanced at Shiraiba Maiko, who was bleeding profusely, and said, “Make the train stop at the nearest station right now, and call an ambulance and the police.”

The police officer quickly said, "The nearest stop for the maglev train is the terminal station! That is, Shibahama Station!"

Inoue Osamu took out his phone and called the police: "I'll contact the police and an ambulance to be on standby at Shibahama Station right now."

Kogoro Mouri plopped back down in his seat and sighed, "Is that all?"

But then Yuya's voice rang out: "No, not yet."

Sera Masumi also said, "There are still accomplices who haven't been caught."

"There are accomplices?!" Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed instantly.

Ran Mouri asked anxiously, "What do you mean by 'accomplices'?"

Yuya glanced at Sera Masumi: "It seems Sera-san noticed it too."

Sera Masumi's lips curled into a smile: "Of course you'll understand when you see that..."

When they confronted Shirakuri Maiko and were about to subdue her, the train suddenly slowed down, causing their operation to fail.

The train shouldn't have slowed down at that time; even if it had, the noise wouldn't have been this loud.

"The sudden slowdown when the prisoner was in danger clearly indicates that someone was remotely controlling the train and that an accomplice was secretly helping."

Yuya continued, "The prisoner boarded this train with a suitcase containing Chairman Alan's luggage. There was an overpass at the airport, and most of the police force was deployed there, resulting in insufficient security in Nagoya. Even so, it was not an easy thing to bring the suitcase onto the train."

Conan said, "In other words, the accomplice is someone involved with the maglev train, and he's male..."

Yuya looked up at the security camera: "Isn't that right, Mr. Inoue?"

···

Meanwhile, after firing that shot, Shuichi Akai drove to Shibahama Station.

As a result, he was suddenly stopped at an intersection by a woman wearing a red dress.

"Yumi, you're in danger!" Hideyoshi Haneda rushed over and hugged Yumi Miyamoto.

Unexpectedly, Miyamoto Yumi pushed him away forcefully and slammed her hand on the hood: "Hey, you're speeding! Get out of the car for inspection!"

"Yumimi!" Just as Hideyoshi Haneda was about to say something, he saw Yumi Miyamoto fall asleep on the hood of the car with a thud.

Haneda Hideyoshi was startled and worried that she had been burned, so he quickly helped her up and held her in his arms: "Yumimi, are you alright!"

Shuichi Akai looked at the two people in front of the car with a surprised expression: "...Hideyoshi? And this woman isn't...?"

I never expected to run into my second brother and sister-in-law on this trip.