"I'm sorry, we won't do that again."

Inside the cave, several children were standing obediently in a row, receiving instruction from Akemi Miyano.

"Alright, alright, you absolutely can't do that again next time, okay? Otherwise, if something happens to you later, your parents and we will all be worried."

Conan and Ai Haibara stood on either side of Akemi Miyano, watching the children apologize. Conan thought to himself that they would do it again next time.

"Can we continue to take a look?" Yuan Tai asked cautiously.

"Hmm... alright then, let's go in and take a look, but you can't just wander around, okay?"

"Great!"

After hearing that Akemi Miyano agreed to go and take a look, the three children instantly became energetic again.

"These guys are really something." Conan looked at them with a helpless expression.

"Well, this cave shouldn't be dangerous, let's just let them go."

[Oh ho, a death flag, huh?]

If they've said that, then something bad is bound to happen.

[This episode is called 'A Moment Between Life and Death,' and you can tell something's up just from the title.]

"Hey, Haibara, look at this." The three little ones walked in front, with Akemi Miyano in the middle and Conan and Ai Haibara at the back.

In a corner, Conan found a cigarette butt.

"It's still wet. Could there be someone else here?" Ai Haibara looked at the cigarette butt in Conan's hand, thought for a moment, and then said.

"It's possible. We'll find out if we keep going." Conan didn't say anything more, but quickly caught up with the group with Haibara.

"Look there, those are lights! Could there be someone else?" After walking for a while, Mitsuhiko saw faint lights ahead.

The light? Are you perhaps referring to the owner of that cigarette butt from earlier?

In an instant, the same thought popped into Conan and Ai Haibara's minds.

Miyano Akemi realized something was wrong, and just in case, she picked up her phone and explained their situation and location to Asakawa Yu.

"Could it be that those people discovered the treasure before us?" Ayumi guessed.

But Genta was not happy when he heard this. "How can that be!"

Seeing Genta stride forward aggressively, Conan hurriedly asked, "Genta, what are you doing?"

"Damn it, if we had come in earlier, we would have been the first to find the treasure."

But when he got to the corner, he was immediately dumbfounded.

There, two men were carrying another man, whose face was contorted in rage and had a bullet hole in his forehead—a scene straight out of a criminal's burial!

Startled, Genta ran back and forth in terror, shouting as if afraid no one would notice them.

"What's wrong, Genta?!" Conan asked hurriedly.

"There's...there's a body!"

!!!

"What did you say?!" Everyone, including Miyano Akemi, was stunned when they heard Genta say that.

Just then, a man came out from around the corner.

After seeing them, he began to grope for something from his chest.

After Conan and the others saw it clearly, they were all terrified.

That was none other than a pistol!

"Damn it! It's a pistol! Get down!"

The moment Conan saw the pistol, he reacted immediately.

But it was clear that the gun in the assailant's hand was faster than his.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out throughout the cave. Just when Conan thought he was about to be shot, a pair of strong hands grabbed him and pinned him down.

"elder sister!"

Conan slowly opened his eyes and saw that Akemi Miyano was shielding him with her body, a bullet passing through her abdomen and leaving a trail of blood!

"Hey! What's going on?" At that moment, the other two thugs came out.

"It was the brat, the brat saw it."

"What's going on? Didn't their parents come along?"

"I only saw a young woman who was about twenty years old, and four little devils."

"Oh, I see." Then, the thugs explained why they were there.

It turns out that there were four of them who went to rob a bank together, but one of them was seen by someone else. Now they were killing the person who was seen and preparing to dispose of the body here, but they were seen by someone else again.

"Alright, the most important thing now is to find those brats. As for that woman you mentioned... hehe, if she's really good-looking, then we'll keep her for now."

The thug didn't finish his sentence, but everyone, including Conan, understood what he meant.

[Damn it, looks like these thugs are in trouble.]

Of all people to mess with, why did she have to mess with Asakawa Yu's person, and she's even his official partner!

[Speaking of which, didn't Mingmei seem to have been shot just now?]

[Oh no, Asakawa, hurry up and come!]

"call!"

"Sister, please don't let anything happen to you!" Ai Haibara was very anxious because she saw that her sister was still bleeding from the bullet wound, and if it wasn't treated quickly...

"It's okay, I just sent a message to the boss. If he sees that we haven't been back for so long, he will definitely come looking for us."

Akemi Miyano was already covered in sweat and was starting to feel weak, but she still tried to put on a smile, hoping to dispel the children's anxiety.

"Ayami-neechan, I'm so sorry! It's all my fault. If I hadn't said it wouldn't be a big deal to come in, if we hadn't come in, Ayami-neechan, you wouldn't have gotten hurt." Ayumi said, her voice trembling with tears, as if she was about to burst into tears at any moment.

"No! This can't be blamed on you alone. If we're really talking about it, it was my discovery of this place that caused everyone's trouble."

"Please..."

"Stop arguing!"

After Conan shouted that, the three of them immediately fell silent.

"The most urgent thing right now is to find a way to get out of here quickly, otherwise Ayami-neechan will be in danger!"

Conan looked serious; he knew that if he didn't receive prompt treatment after being shot in the abdomen, the consequences were unimaginable.

He was also feeling extremely tormented. If it weren't for Haibara's sister, he would probably be the one who got shot right now.

"We understand..." After saying that, the three little ones also understood this and began to take it seriously.

"Sister, you have to hold on. I believe that guy will be here soon," Haibara said, tears streaming down her face.

Damn it, what are we going to do now? Haibara's older sister is too big for them kids, it's impossible for them to carry her!

At this moment, even Conan, who has always been known as a famous detective, felt somewhat helpless.

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