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

Upon hearing Hiruta's question, Conan Edogawa weakly opened his eyes and strained to look ahead for a long time before he could clearly see the face of the person in front of him.

“Beichuan…brother…”

Conan's voice was weak and listless. After being held hostage by Hiruta for so long, he no longer had any strength left, let alone the ability to resist.

Even opening their eyes and speaking has become an extremely difficult task.

Kitagawa Isao observed this but showed little concern. Hiruta, however, worried that he might accidentally strangle the hostage, so he quickly loosened his grip and then sternly questioned:

"Kid, answer me quickly, what's your relationship with this man?"

"He, he's the older brother who came with us... he's the guardian of a girl named Ai Haibara among our classmates..."

Conan's voice was intermittent, but it didn't prevent Hiruta from obtaining crucial information.

After confirming that the person in front of him was indeed not a policeman, Hiruta finally felt relieved. He looked at the keys in his hand, took Conan hostage, and walked past Kitagawa Isao to the van. They sat down and prepared to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible.

However, at that moment, Kitagawa Isao, who was outside the car, suddenly stepped forward with a hesitant expression.

"Um...aren't you going to release the hostages?"

“Heh, don’t joke around,” Hiruta sneered as he stood in front of the car door. “Do you think I can get out of here now that you’re releasing a hostage? Those police… they won’t sit idly by and watch themselves lose face. If you want this brat to live, tell the Metropolitan Police Department to stop following me. I’ll release him once I’m out of Tokyo.”

"No, you've misunderstood me..."

Kitagawa Isao quickly waved his hand, "What I mean is, if you don't let him go, how are you going to get this money bag?"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing Kitagawa Isao's words, Hiruta was taken aback at first, then quickly looked behind Kitagawa Isao...

Yes, it's such a heavy money bag. He's holding a hostage in one hand and a pistol in the other. How can he possibly have a free hand to load the money bag into the car? He can't just leave the kid alone in the car and then go back to get the money bag himself, can he?

Thinking of this, Hiruta quickly looked up at Kitagawa Isao, frowned and thought for a moment, then pointed the gun at him and said:

"Hey you, go and get the purse into this car."

"Ah I?"

"Who else could it be but you? Hurry up, or I'll smash this brat's head in!"

"I...I understand. Please don't act impulsively, calm down, calm down..."

Kitagawa Isao quickly agreed a few times, then turned around and jogged a few steps, carrying the money bag, and walked towards Hiruta and the other person in the van.

Seeing his clumsy appearance, Hiruta couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

Those idiots in the Metropolitan Police Department probably never dreamed this would happen.

The little devil hostage delivered himself to his doorstep to help him escape, and a group of reporters from Nichibumi TV were broadcasting live. It was as if God was helping him escape.

He saw it all very clearly; the reporters were about to shove their microphones into the mouths of the police officers.

With these guys helping him, how could he possibly worry about not being able to leave?

Thinking of this, Hiruta's smile became even brighter, but when he turned his head and looked at Kitagawa Isao, who had struggled for a long time but still couldn't get the money bag onto the car, his expression became somewhat irritable.

"Hey, can you hurry up? Do you believe I'm really going to shoot?"

"No, calm down, this bag of money is really heavy..."

Kitagawa Isao spoke breathlessly, while simultaneously reaching out to grab the van door and climb up.

Seeing him like this, Hiruta instinctively reached out to help him up.

But just as he reached out, he was pulled off the car by a tremendous force.

Two adults, plus Conan Edogawa, all three of them fell down under the door of the van.

But then, a gunshot suddenly rang out...

……

When Inspector Megure led a group of police officers to push past the reporters and hurriedly rushed into the National Stadium...

Before him lay Hiruta's lifeless corpse, and Kitagawa Isao, his face deathly pale, clutching Edogawa Conan.

Upon seeing this, Inspector Megure instinctively frowned and pulled Kitagawa Isao aside.

"Brother Kitagawa, what exactly happened? The thug... how did he die?"

"Inspector Megure...this is what happened..."

Kitagawa Isao swallowed hard, then timidly began to describe what had just happened.

According to him, he was trying to throw his money bag onto the car, but he was so nervous that he lost his balance. Hiruta saw this and tried to help him up, but instead he was pulled down with him.

The three men rolled on the ground a few times when, coincidentally, Hiruta's gun discharged accidentally, piercing his heart and leading to the current scene...

"So, this prisoner died from his own carelessness?"

Inspector Megure stroked his chin. The scene that Kitagawa Isao had just described was basically the same as what he had seen through the cameras of Nichiri TV.

Furthermore, there were no obvious signs of a fight between the two, and judging from Kitagawa Isao's appearance, he seemed quite frightened by what had just happened.

Logically and emotionally, there shouldn't be any problems.

But Inspector Megure felt that something was still strange.

Conan Edogawa shares the same viewpoint...

However, everything happened so fast that he didn't even see what was happening. He just felt a dizzying sensation, and the next second he heard a gunshot. Then he saw the bandit leader Hiruta lying in a pool of blood.

This is really baffling.

Conan Edogawa scratched his head, took a bottle of mineral water handed to him by Officer Sato, drank half of it in one gulp, and then, relying on his memory, tried his best to report what he knew to the police of the First Investigation Division.

These things are basically of no value. Now that the criminal has died from an accidental discharge of the gun, he can be considered to have been successfully rescued. The Metropolitan Police Department only needs to arrest the escaped accomplice, and this hostage situation can be said to have come to a satisfactory conclusion.

Everything should have unfolded this way.

However, just as Conan Edogawa thought so, and was about to ask the First Investigation Division for some more food to replenish his energy,

A voice that terrified his soul suddenly rang out from the crowd not far away.

"You brat, you've caused the police so much trouble. I'll teach you a lesson today!!"