Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 107: The Innate Hostage Body
"So what's the situation now?" After hearing the gunshots upstairs, Tachibana Shizuka immediately returned to the lobby. After hearing the staff say that the gunshots came from upstairs, he felt something was wrong and immediately rushed to the second floor.

In the corridor on the second floor, Tachibana Shizuka saw the slightly frightened Xiaolan and immediately asked.

"As soon as we got to the second floor, we heard gunshots and someone rushed out of the room. He was planning to escape during the chaos, but he ran into two Saitama police officers who were on leave.

During the arrest, the criminal suddenly pulled out a gun and took Takei-san hostage."

"Wait, who are you talking about?" Tachibana Shizuka paused and asked Xiaolan in disbelief.

"Takei-san, Takei Naoko" Xiaolan was also helpless. She pulled Tachibana Shizuka and rushed into the crowd.

It was quite unfair for Naoko Takei to be the hostage this time. The three girls had instinctively started to avoid the criminals when they saw them rushing out, but they didn't expect two detectives on leave to appear behind them.

At this time, the criminals found it difficult to escape and immediately prepared to threaten the criminal police with hostages. Xiaolan and the other two girls were the closest to the criminals at that time.

Just as the gangster reached out to Sonoko, Takei Naoko suddenly pulled Sonoko behind her, and then she was naturally taken hostage by the gangster. By the way, the gangster also had a freshly fired pistol in his hand that had just been used to kill someone.

After passing through the corridor which was not crowded but still had a lot of people, Tachibana Shizuka finally saw the situation at the scene: a "fully armed" gangster was holding Takei Naoko against the wall, and in front of the gangster were two detectives with empty hands.

Wait, empty hands?!

Sonoko was standing next to the two detectives, indignantly demanding that the gangster release the innocent Takei Naoko, while the two unarmed detectives were on high alert and remained silent as they faced the armed gangster.

"Two detectives, you don't have guns?" Tachibana Shizuka did not try to communicate with the criminals, but asked directly to the two empty-handed detectives.

One of the detectives looked a little embarrassed. After all, confronting an armed gangster with bare hands not only sounded stupid, but also looked stupid.

"Well, we're on vacation, so we definitely don't carry guns everywhere."

Japanese police regulations prohibit police officers from carrying guns when off duty and require them to leave their service guns at the Public Security Bureau. However, criminal police are considered to be quite special among other types of police.

This peculiarity isn't due to the nature of the detective's work, but rather the hours. Once on duty, they often work 24/, sometimes without even a break. Detectives from other places are okay, but those in Tokyo, especially those in Beikacho, are truly slavish.

Therefore, the rule prohibiting police officers from carrying guns off duty is much vaguer for criminal police, but this vagueness is only limited to when criminal police are on duty.

Once a police officer goes on leave, the police station will definitely not allow him to take his service gun with him. After all, Japan is a country with strict gun control.

The officer's awkward response left Tachibana Shizuka speechless: "If you don't have guns, why are you still standing there? Aren't you afraid that if you push this criminal too far, he might just shoot you twice?
Anyway, you don't have a gun and can't stop him, and I think he's still willing to confront you right now. Is it possible that he hasn't reacted yet?"

The two detectives on leave suddenly paled when they heard Tachibana Shizuka's words. They were being forced to confront the criminals. Furthermore, the disparity in strength between the two sides made it even more difficult to back down.

Tachibana Shizuka's words woke the criminal up from his dream, and now the look in the criminal's eyes when he looked at the two detectives was obviously wrong.

Noticing that the criminals were becoming more and more eager to strike, the two detectives couldn't help but feel resentful.

"Why, do you think I'm wrong? I heard the gunshots just now from the fifth floor. I'm sure you heard them too, right? If you heard them, you must have known that the criminal was armed. If he was armed, why did you block his path when you weren't sure?

Aren't you two gambling your own achievements with the lives of us civilians?"

Tachibana Shizuka's "heart-piercing words" left the two detectives speechless. They really didn't think too much about it when they stopped the criminal.

It was purely a matter of things happening at random. It cannot be said that what Tachibana Shizuka said was wrong. After all, it was because of the two of them that the high school girl was held hostage by the criminals.

Seeing that the attitudes of the two detectives had softened, Tachibana Shizuka said to the gangster over there: "Sir, I see that you have wrapped yourself up tightly. I guess you don't want people to know your identity, right?
It will not benefit anyone to continue wasting time here. The most important thing is that someone here must have called the police.

"Once the Saitama Prefectural Police arrive, you won't be able to escape—or even if you can escape, your identity will be discovered, which goes against your plan, right?"

"I have a good idea. Instead of everyone being stuck here with their own thoughts, why don't we all take a step back?"

Tachibana Shizuka pointed at Takei Naoko, who was standing in front of the gangster without any panic, and said, "The hostage you are holding is my friend. To be honest, she has just been through some bad things recently, and this time she came to Mt. Mitake purely to relax.

You definitely won't want to let him go just like that, so why don't you take my friend to the hotel entrance? Then you can release him and we'll let you go, how about that?

"You have a gun anyway, so you don't have to be afraid of these two detectives who are unarmed, right?"

The criminal was indeed unwilling to reveal his identity and was unwilling to waste time here. After thinking for a while, he nodded to Tachibana Seiji.

Tachibana Shizuka then looked at the two detectives and said, "Well, would you please step aside now?"

The two detectives were very unhappy with Shizuka Tachibana's intention to let the gunman go, but at this moment Shizuka Tachibana's approach was actually the best solution after they thought about it.

The other onlookers in the hotel also agreed with Tachibana Shizuka's opinion, for a simple reason: if the stalemate continued, and the murderer became desperate and opened fire, they, the onlookers, might be the ones to die.

Of course, the people in the hotel wanted this gun-toting villain to leave the hotel as soon as possible.

Even though they were unwilling, the two detectives were swayed by public opinion and made way to the hotel lobby.

"That's enough, Mr. Murderer. We've all stood here still, now you can go."

Tachibana Shizuka stood against the wall, signaling the killer to leave. He also pulled two detectives to his side, one on each side, to show that he would help the killer control the two detectives and prevent them from acting impulsively.

The murderer who held Takei Naoko hostage walked through the crowd vigilantly with a gun in hand. He now felt that he must have lost his mind just now.

They are just two ungunned detectives. What's so scary about them?
Just as the murderer passed by Tachibana Shizuka and the others, the detective on Tachibana Shizuka's left suddenly felt something, but he still cooperated and did not move.

"Boom!"

(End of this chapter)