The boy soldier next to the famous detective

Watching Kyogoku Makoto tremble with the endless gadgets he possessed while yelling things like, "Get hurt quickly, just bleed a little," "Stop hiding, fight like a man," and "I don't want to go to the training ground anymore, ahhhhh," Conan Edogawa suddenly realized that for a moment he didn't really want to catch Kaito Kid anymore.

Who has the upper hand now?

When confronted with Conan Edogawa's question, Jonah did not answer but instead threw out a question.

"...Although Kaito Kid looks fierce, he didn't pose any real threat to Makoto Kyogoku. It's more like Makoto was observing and waiting for the opportunity to strike a fatal blow."

"Okay, I understand."

"Wait, what do you mean you know? You still haven't told me what you're doing...feeding? Hey!"

Staring blankly at his phone, Conan Edogawa was surprised that Jonah had hung up on him so abruptly.

Standing there in silence for a moment, Conan Edogawa, growing angrier with each passing thought, suddenly looked up at Kaito Kid, who was still entangled with Makoto Kyogoku on the field. His eyes hardened, and he released the soccer ball with his belt, unscrewed the knob on his soccer boot, and kicked it out.

That's right, Jonah hanging up on his phone was definitely the thief's fault!

Three minutes later, watching Kaito Kid escape from the rooftop using a hang glider, Conan Edogawa blinked, jogged over to Makoto Kyogoku, who was clutching the stolen jewel tightly, and asked curiously about the scratches on Kyogoku's arm caused by playing cards.

"Mr. Kyogoku, if you wanted to, your arm shouldn't have been injured, so why didn't you dodge?"

"This..." Kyogoku Makoto hesitated for a moment before turning his head to look at the small wound on his arm and then said hesitantly, "I just feel that Kaito Kid really needs to inflict some injury on me."

"Seeing how hard he's working, I feel I should support him."

At this point, Makoto Kyogoku turned to look at Conan Edogawa, his eyes full of doubt.

"Conan, I've gathered information about Kaito Kid, so why is tonight's Kaito Kid completely different from the one on the news?"

"All I can say is that today's performance was not what Kaito Kid intended, and there's nothing he could do about it."

"Even a mysterious phantom thief like him can be threatened?"

"Yes, who could have imagined it?"

......

"Well done, Kidd, you didn't disappoint!"

"Not bad. Although there is still room for improvement in the details, your on-the-spot reaction was excellent."

"This is the result of your hard work, well done!"

At Dave's base, Jonah and the other three sat around Kaito Kuroba at a table laden with various delicious dishes and drinks that Dave had bought.

That's right, this is a celebration party specially held for Kaito Kuroba.

Although Kaito Kuroba didn't carry a camera with him in order to better fight Makoto Kyogoku, it wasn't a problem for him to get a copy of the exhibition hall's internal surveillance footage from Jirokichi Suzuki, thanks to his connection with Jonah.

After watching Kaito Kuroba's performance against Makoto Kyogoku, Jonah and the others, who had been Kaito's instructors for the past three days, were very satisfied with Kaito's performance.

Kaito Kuroba, the protagonist of the celebration banquet, sat in the middle, holding a chicken leg and a cola, his face full of joy after being praised.

If it were anyone else praising him, Kaito Kuroba might have just listened and let it go. But these four people in front of him were instructors who had undergone three days of hellish training. They were people who had truly become synonymous with 'fear' in Kaito Kuroba's heart through their abilities.

Being praised by them gave Kaito Kuroba an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Jonah was also quite happy. Although he didn't personally fight against Makoto Kyogoku, Jonah was able to roughly judge Makoto's current level by watching the video of Kaito Kuroba fighting Makoto.

There's not much changed from before. If he were to fight, he definitely wouldn't win, but if it were a real battle, Jonah was confident that he would be the one to survive.

Having temporarily put aside matters concerning Makoto Kyogoku, Jonah has been spending the last few days training soccer with Conan Edogawa.

Because of Kogoro Mouri, the entire Detective Boys will be attending the 16th Soccer Classroom, hosted by the J League and Nikko TV, in a few days. Since many J League players will be there to accompany the children in practicing soccer, everyone who loves soccer is very excited, including Ai Haibara.

After all, the list of invitees this time also includes Hito, a soccer player whom Ai Haibara greatly admires.

Jonah isn't particularly interested in football, but thanks to Conan Edogawa's strong recommendation, he plays with others regularly, so he's fairly familiar with the sport.

After participating in a TV program, Jonah and his friends went to the Dongdu Football Stadium a few days later to watch a football match live.

"Jonah, didn't you sleep well last night?"

Seeing Jonah yawn, Ai Haibara, who was sitting next to him, immediately asked what was wrong and handed Jonah some popcorn.

"Yeah, I talked to Dave about some things last night, so I went to bed a little late."

Jonah took the popcorn, nodded slowly, and refocused his attention on the football match.

Jonah quite enjoyed the atmosphere of watching the football match live, and from the time everyone came out to have fun until halftime, Jonah didn't notice any problems nearby, which surprised him.

However, Jonah realized he had been too hasty in his celebration.

During the halftime break, while the children were lining up to use the restroom, Conan Edogawa suddenly received a phone call from Ran Mouri to Shinichi Kudo.

Knowing that Ran Mouri wouldn't call Shinichi Kudo unless there was a reason, Jonah immediately followed her. He then heard Ran Mouri say on the phone that she and Kogoro Mouri had just experienced a car bomb threat, and that the bomber had left a criminal prophecy, telling them to find a second bomb.

Upon hearing that Ran Mouri and Kogoro Mouri had been attacked by a bomb, Jonah's eyes sharpened instantly, only relaxing slightly after confirming that the two were unharmed.

Knowing that finding the location of the second bomb's explosion was the most important thing now, Jonah immediately looked at Conan Edogawa, who was already looking at the coded notes.

Fortunately, Conan Edogawa lived up to Jonah's trust and didn't keep Jonah waiting for too long.

"Jonah, the location of the second bomb is right here in our Dongdu Football Stadium, and the bomb is very likely planted behind the stadium's electronic screen."

"Is it right here?"

"Okay, I'll call the police now, but time is running out. The police and bomb squad might not arrive in time. Jonah, I need your help to find the bomb first. In the worst-case scenario, we need to find a way to defuse it."

"Okay, I understand."