The boy soldier next to the famous detective

Unable to leave the island, the four remained in the villa and waited patiently. After a while, they heard a loud crash coming from the dock outside the villa.

The four instinctively ran out to check the situation, only to find that it was the ship that had disappeared earlier. To make matters worse, the captain was also dead, tied to the side of the ship, with a message left next to his body.

"However, this is also a good thing. Now we can confirm that the murderer is definitely one of those four people, and there are no other suspicious persons on this island."

With a sigh of relief, Hattori Heiji immediately offered his deduction, glancing subtly at Jonah behind him.

Just now, unable to determine whether the killer was among the four controlled TV station staff or if there was another hidden killer on the island, Jonah decided to prepare for both possibilities.

The four men were under control. Jonah held the gun and watched over them, not worried about any problems arising. So, what about the others on the island?

"I can set a trap and catch them off guard."

This was Jonah's idea. Heiji Hattori and the others thought about it and agreed that it was acceptable. They also asked Jonah what he planned to do.

Heiji Hattori thought it was excellent that the traps behind the broken doors and windows were made of wood, ropes, and sharp objects such as knives and forks, which were somewhat lethal but would not kill people directly.

However, Heiji Hattori strongly objected to the idea of ​​planting C4 explosives on the road behind the villa!

If Jonah really buried it, and someone actually stepped on it, when the police came to the island to investigate the next day, Hattori Heiji wouldn't know how to communicate with the police.

Hello, officer. There's been a murder on the island. There are two bodies. One is here, and the other... look here, here, and here... it seems like they're everywhere!

To avoid such an absurd conversation, Heiji Hattori and Conan Edogawa teamed up to stop Jonah's idea and only agreed to the traps set at the doors and windows.

Now that evidence has been obtained proving that there are no other suspects on the island, Hattori Heiji can finally feel completely at ease.

Having been a detective for so many years, Hattori Heiji found that this was the first time he had ever risked his life so much for a murderer.

Now that the situation was clear, everyone began to act in batches.

Jonah stayed in the villa with Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama, while also keeping an eye on the four suspects.

Heiji Hattori and Conan Edogawa resumed their investigation on the island, searching for more evidence to identify the murderer.

"We're back, huh? Everyone's awake."

Heiji Hattori walked in, in a good mood, as he pushed open the restaurant door. He was about to talk about the conclusions he and Conan Edogawa had reached by searching for evidence when he discovered that the four people who had been unconscious had already woken up.

Surprisingly, all four of them cooperated perfectly with their situation of being tied up, as if they harbored no resentment whatsoever.

After asking Toyama Kazuha out of curiosity, they learned that when the four of them woke up one after another, there was indeed a commotion, and no matter how Ran Mouri and Toyama Kazuha explained, it wouldn't work.

Upon hearing the noise, Jonah, who came down from the roof, first pushed Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama out of the restaurant, then closed the door behind him.

Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama had no idea what Jonah had done inside, but the restaurant quickly quieted down. When Jonah opened the door again, the two women saw the four suspects who had become well-behaved.

Ran Mouri was initially worried that Jonah might have used some cruel methods, but after questioning and observing them, she was relieved to find that none of them were injured.

"So Jonah, what did you do?"

"A simple scare will do the trick."

"What scared you?"

Meeting Hattori Heiji's curious gaze, Jonah thought for a moment, then told Hattori Heiji to squat down. He then quickly drew his military knife, rushed in front of Hattori Heiji, and stopped the tip of the knife right in front of Hattori Heiji's eyes.

"That's how scared I was."

"..." Hattori Heiji's pupils contracted violently, and for a moment he forgot to breathe, feeling as if the blood in his body had frozen under Jonah's murderous thrust.

Having experienced it firsthand, Hattori Heiji completely understood why those four people were afraid. Damn it, just a moment ago, could that smell from Jonah that made his nose smell fishy and his saliva sticky be the legendary murderous aura?

It took Hattori Heiji a while to recover. He bravely used reasoning to calm himself down and, together with Edogawa Conan, found the culprit.

The next morning, television crews arrived at the island in a second rescue boat and took everyone back.

Because of the death, the original filming plan had to be changed at the last minute. The reasoning competition turned into a big eater competition. Kogoro Mouri, representing Kanto, defeated Heiji Hattori, representing Kansai, with an overwhelming advantage. The ending was quite speechless.

Having successfully returned to Tokyo, Jonah, as usual, checked that the surveillance and defense measures he had set up at the detective agency were still functioning properly. Just as he was about to go back to his room to finish his remaining homework, he suddenly received a call from Dave.

"Jonathan, my good brother, I have a big job coming up. Are you interested?"

"What is it?"

"I found a gang that, according to my investigation, is responsible for collecting orphans without parents from Southeast Asia, sending them to Japan, and then selling them to the organization's training base to be trained as assassins."

"Although I haven't yet tracked down the organization's training base, cutting off one of their supply lines would be helpful. I might not be able to handle it alone, Jonathan, can you lend me a hand?"

"Okay, I'll help you."

Without the slightest hesitation, Jonah accepted Dave's invitation. Dave had been helping Jonah all this time, so Jonah certainly wouldn't refuse his request now.

Moreover, since it concerned that organization, Jonah had no reason to refuse.

"Where is the location? When do we depart, and how many days will it take?"

"I'm planning to take action this weekend in Yamanashi Prefecture. It's not too far; if we move quickly, it should only take a day and a night."

"Okay, I understand."

Having agreed to Dave's request, Jonah quickly left his room and found Conan Edogawa watching TV in the living room, and told him what had happened.

"...Alright, I'll cover for you, but Jonah, you must be careful when you act."

Knowing he couldn't stop Jonah, Conan Edogawa nodded with a complicated expression and chose to help Jonah cover up his whereabouts.

"Speaking of which, what will you do if you find that group of human traffickers?"

"Of course, kill them all."

"...That's true."

Seeing Conan Edogawa hesitate, Jonah tilted his head and thought for a moment before speaking calmly: "I'm sorry, Conan, I can't take you with me on this mission. You'll be disappointed with your plan to kill someone."

"...I never said I regretted not being able to kill people."

"They're human traffickers, and they even help that organization. Conan, don't you want to kill them?" Jonah looked at Conan Edogawa with a strange expression, his tone full of doubt. "As expected, Conan, your personality is a bit strange."

"Is this my problem? Is it my fault that I didn't want to kill someone?!"