Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

After the gunshot rang out, the scene instantly fell silent.

"Everyone stay where you are! If anyone moves or shouts again, the next bullet won't hit the ceiling!"

After the leader finished speaking, the men beside him raised their guns and pointed them at the guests present.

Upon seeing the dark muzzle of a gun, some guests' legs went weak and they collapsed to the ground.

The two sushi chefs at the conveyor belt were so frightened that they put their hands behind their heads and lay down on the ground.

Conan and Professor Agasa also led the Junior Detective League to squat down.

Seeing that all the passengers in the store had quieted down, the man in the lead looked around, grinned wickedly, and then took out a phone and sent a text message.

After putting his phone away, he continued speaking, asking everyone in the store to gather together.

Upon hearing his order, his men performed their duties, guarding the crowd and keeping watch over the surrounding area.

Just then, one of the red-haired men with a gun spoke to the leader: "BOSS!!"

Upon hearing his subordinate's reminder, the leader immediately looked over.

A boy wearing glasses was seen being lifted up by his subordinates, and he was holding a cell phone in his hand.

Several other children were squatting around the boy, their faces filled with terror.

Seeing this, the leader walked up, took the phone from Conan's hand, and looked at the screen.

He smiled after seeing the alarm text message edited above.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, he gently patted Conan's head, then casually glanced at the people sitting on the ground and said, "What a smart kid! It's alright, you can continue calling the police."

"And you guys, if you also have cell phones, you can call the police anytime! I won't care."

After saying this, the man ordered his subordinates to put Conan down, then turned and walked towards the store's restroom.

After Conan was put down, Professor Agasa and the others immediately crowded around him.

"Conan! This is too dangerous!"

"Exactly! Thank goodness they didn't..."

"..."

The members of the Junior Detective League offered Conan a cacophony of words of comfort.

But Conan seemed completely oblivious to everyone's attempts to comfort him, and lowered his head to think.

Professor Agasa, noticing Conan deep in thought, asked, "Conan, what's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Conan looked around and then whispered, "These people aren't robbers at all!"

"Well-trained, well-equipped, and with a clear division of labor."

"I initially thought they had forgotten to take our phones. But now it seems they deliberately left them with us so we would call the police."

"If it's not for money, then what is their purpose?"

Upon hearing this, everyone realized what was happening.

Indeed, if their sole purpose was money, why would they come to a sushi restaurant? Wouldn't it be better to go to a bank or a jewelry store?

Furthermore, it seems they deliberately left their phones so that people would call the police.

Why do this?

They didn't keep the hostages for money, and they weren't afraid the police would find out...

Could it be that they deliberately wanted the police to know about this?

Thinking of this, Conan's expression darkened, and he realized something was wrong.

Regardless of their motives, since they deliberately wanted to lure the police, the chances of these hostages surviving were certainly not high.

no! We can't sit still and wait for death!

We must find out their purpose, or at the very least, find a way to escape!

Otherwise, once things escalate, the situation will quickly spiral out of control.

Everyone present is in danger!

……

same moment

Rei Furuya, disguised, was walking on the street not far from the sushi restaurant.

As he looked around, the phone in his pocket rang.

"Mr. Furuya, something's happened!"

“That group just sent us a text message, and based on the content, it seems they intend to retaliate against our police.”

"They appear to have broken into a sushi restaurant and taken people hostage."

Upon hearing the message from the other end of the phone, Rei Furuya thought for a moment and then asked, "Where is the location?"

"Near Nichiri TV station."

"Hmm? What a coincidence! I happen to be right here. I'll go check on the situation."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Furuya!"

After hanging up the phone, Rei Furuya searched for a sushi restaurant while recalling the events of that year.

Two years ago

Several of their "helpers" in the Mihana area suddenly contacted them.

They all spotted several suspicious foreign men in the Mihana area.

One of the assistants even stated that the foreign man he saw appeared to be carrying a gun.

Upon receiving the message, Rei Furuya and Yuya Kazami immediately went to investigate based on the information provided by their assistant.

After some twists and turns, they successfully located the group of "foreigners".

According to intelligence, these foreigners appear to be members of the same foreign extremist organization.

They apparently came here to escape the CIA.

In order to nip the danger in the bud, they immediately carried out a capture operation after obtaining approval from their superiors.

During the operation, they successfully captured the leader of the organization.

But in the end, several members of the extremist group still managed to escape.

Although they continued their manhunt, the group seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Until last year, one of the informants was shot and killed at a karate tournament.

His killer also died from poisoning.

According to the investigation, the killer was an amateur hitman in the industry.

He seems to have received the assassination mission from someone, which is why he killed his assistant in the stadium.

This immediately alerted Yuya Kazami, who reported it to his superiors and prepared to conduct a detailed investigation into the prisoner.

But before they could take the murderer from the officers of the First Investigation Division, he died of poisoning in the interrogation room.

The trail went cold.

They couldn't even be 100% certain that it was the work of that extremist group.

But just yesterday, another of their accomplices was shot dead, and the killer also died of poisoning.

At this point, they were completely certain that this was indeed the work of remnants of that extremist organization from back then.

Therefore, it is unknown how they identified the "assistant".

However, Kazami Yuya immediately ordered that people be sent to protect the remaining assistants in the area, while also searching for the group's hiding place.

At this critical juncture, this group of people suddenly appeared openly and brazenly.

They stormed into a sushi restaurant and took a large number of hostages.

They even openly issued a provocative challenge to the police.

Are these people... planning to take revenge on the police?

What is their purpose in taking hostages?

Rei Furuya frowned, deep in thought.

Chapter 98 You're here too...?

Inside the sushi shop

Conan solemnly instructed the members of the Junior Detective League.

"Listen up, you lot! From now on, each of you will be keeping an eye on one bad guy. If the bad guy you're watching disappears from sight, report it immediately!"

The members of the Detective Boys looked at Conan with puzzled expressions, seemingly failing to understand Conan's purpose in having them keep an eye on the bad guys.

"Huh? Conan, why are you doing this?"

"Yeah, Conan, what's the point of doing this?"

"Since they weren't in it for the money, there must be another reason why they chose this sushi restaurant."

"If we can't find out the reason, it will be difficult for us to escape!"

"No time to explain. Hurry! There are five of them in total. The four of us plus Professor Agasa can each keep an eye on one!"

Upon hearing this, Dr. Agasa blinked in surprise: "Do I have to keep an eye on this too?"

"That's right!"

Seeing Conan's serious expression, everyone nodded nervously and began to carry out the task assigned by Conan.

Not long after, Mitsuhiko whispered, "The person I was watching went into that room over there. The sign on the door looks like... Staff Room!"

Immediately after, Ayumi spoke up, "Conan, the person I was watching has disappeared too. He went over to the restroom..."

Conan stared at the leader of the group while pondering their motives.

Just then, the man he was watching suddenly walked into the staff room carrying a large gym bag.