Conan: No, why aren't you following the script?

As time went by, the second half was already in its final moments.

With countless fans' eyes focused on it and all eyes on it, the atmosphere at the National Stadium was at its peak. At this moment, the Emperor's Cup final was about to reach its most glorious moment.

However, right in a corner of the stadium, next to a very discreet camera...

A man with a hooked nose and slanted eyes was staring at the audience through the camera with a sinister expression.

As the leader of the robbers, this photographer named Hiruta could be said to have manipulated the First Investigation Division and Nichiri TV throughout the entire process.

Using his identity as a photographer, Hiruta hid in the Yomiuri TV station and, with firsthand intelligence, had no worries about being targeted by the Metropolitan Police Department.

After all, who would easily imagine that he, the top cameraman at Nichiri TV, was actually the mastermind behind the extortion of his former employer?

This is an incredible thing in itself, and it is also the source of Hiruta's confidence.

Looking at the tens of thousands of spectators in the National Stadium, Hiruta's lips curled up slightly, as if he had already imagined a scene of him successfully taking revenge on Nichibumi TV.

However, just as he was smugly preparing to count down the days to this tragedy...

A voice sounded from behind him...

"That's it, Mr. Robber. The game is over. Now it's your turn to leave..."

Upon hearing the sound, Hiruta's expression changed, and he quickly turned around to look behind him, only to see a boy panting heavily, yet still keeping his hands in his pockets.

This boy is none other than Conan Edogawa.

Seeing that the person who came was a child, Hiruta breathed a sigh of relief. However, out of caution, he did not speak easily. He just looked the kid up and down with a cold smile, as if he wanted to see what the other party meant.

Seeing this, Conan thought that the other party had run out of tricks.

Already smug and self-satisfied, he now triumphantly laid out all his reasoning, from the eerie camera movements to the layered analysis of the case…

Conan Edogawa's reasoning was clear and logical. After a series of deductions, even Hiruta, the culprit, couldn't help but praise Conan.

"Well done, kid. To be able to pinpoint my identity from these clues, you're much better than those idiots in the Metropolitan Police Department. But..."

"But what?" Conan asked back.

"But a kid is still a kid. Do you think this is just a game of cops and robbers you play? Reality is much crueler..."

Hiruta gave a sinister smile, reached into his robes, and slowly pulled out a pistol.

Seeing this, Conan quickly took a deep breath. Having already envisioned a similar scene in his mind, he suppressed his emotions, forced himself to calm down, and then flipped open the wristwatch-shaped tranquilizer dart on his wrist, aiming it at Hiruta's neck and throwing a needle...

However, despite all his calculations, Conan Edogawa did not anticipate that Hiruta's gun was equipped with a silencer that was more than ten centimeters long.

This extra distance successfully blocked the precise attack of the tranquilizer dart, finally revealing a panicked expression on Conan Edogawa's face.

At that moment, he was like a lamb to the slaughter, seemingly only able to stand there and become the other party's hostage.

……

Just as the two were locked in a tense standoff, Kitagawa Isao was leaning against the shadows in the corridor, silently observing everything.

He had already found this passageway, which was not usually frequented, when he scouted the location earlier. Now, hiding in the best spectator seat, Kitagawa Isao could see everything from a distance of only thirty meters.

As someone who was planning to cause trouble, it was naturally impossible for him to step in and save the day.

Silently calculating the time, Kitagawa Isao quietly squatted down, and when he stood up again, he was already holding a rusty steel nail in his hand.

Just then, a soccer ball flew past Hiruta at high speed and cut right between the two.

Upon seeing this, Conan Edogawa, who had been frowning, was overjoyed. He quickly turned on the button on his power-enhancing shoes and prepared to unleash a volley, treating the soccer ball as his greatest savior to turn the tide of the game.

However, Kitagawa Isao, who had been observing slowly from the side, moved even faster than him...

A steel nail was seen being launched at lightning speed, leaving a straight mark in the air before piercing the soccer ball that was still spinning in mid-air.

Faced with this unexpected turn of events, the football spun in the air, made a 'thud' sound, and landed limply in front of the two players.

This sudden turn of events left Conan Edogawa completely dumbfounded, frozen in place for a long time, unable to utter a single word.

Meanwhile, photographer Hiruta was no less shocked than Conan.

He had originally intended to shoot this pretentious brat, but a soccer ball disrupted his plans. Then he saw the brat fiddling with something on his shoes, and finally, the soccer ball suddenly deflated in mid-air.

What... exactly is going on?

Hiruta was puzzled, but as a thug capable of devising elaborate extortion plans, there was one thing he was always very clear about.

That is, if you encounter a problem that you cannot solve, put it aside for the time being, and never waste time getting stuck on it at a crucial moment...

The football that just flew out of bounds has completely captured the attention of the National Stadium spectators.

Although Hiruta did not witness it with his own eyes, he could feel that thousands of eyes were focused on him alone.

If he doesn't take any action at this point, then everything will be completely over...

Thinking of this, Hiruta immediately stopped hesitating. He glanced at Conan Edogawa, who was still standing there in a daze, and rushed forward decisively, pulling him into his arms.

And so, with Kitagawa Isao's slight external intervention...

Conan Edogawa had the honor of becoming a hostage. The soccer ball, which was originally enough to reverse the situation in the timeline, not only failed to become his biggest help, but also caused him to be stunned and almost without resistance, he was taken hostage and controlled by the criminals.

This is truly unbelievable...

Hiruta, who had successfully taken Conan hostage, quickly made his new demands to the police via walkie-talkie.

In exchange for this bespectacled brat's life, they'll get another 5000 million yen and a container truck with a full tank of gas...