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"They have released Bullseye. You guys should prepare to retreat now."

"Humph! You're lucky to have saved your life!"

After hanging up the phone, the red ninja pulled Teacher Judy back into the bus and threw her back onto the chair.

Seeing that Teacher Judy was safe and sound, Shuichi Akai finally felt relieved and sat back in his chair obediently.

At this time, another red-clothed ninja called the bus station again:

"You are honest and trustworthy. In an hour, when we are sure that Bullseye is completely safe, we will release the three passengers on the bus first. You better not have any bad ideas!"

After hanging up the phone, the two red-clad ninjas immediately and openly installed a time bomb on the bus.

──Is this a time bomb?!

Seeing the actions of the two red-clothed ninjas, Edogawa Conan suddenly became nervous.

——But why? Their goal had been achieved, so why did they install a time bomb? Although I still don't know why they did this, I can be sure that among the five people behind them, one of them must be their accomplice, responsible for tipping them off!

──But how did he inform the two guys in front? Even if he could see that I was acting strangely, how could he do it? How could he inform the two guys in front without them noticing? If we can't find out who their accomplice is, the situation will continue to be passive.

"Hey! Huibara! You should also think of a solution!"

Edogawa Conan whispered to Haibara Ai.

But Haibara Ai just curled up her body, held her head with her hands, and trembled all over.

"Don't mess around, kid, your chance is about to come."

Nan Tianren, who was sitting behind Edogawa Conan, suddenly stuck his head between Edogawa Conan and Haibara Ai, looked straight ahead, and whispered to Edogawa Conan.

"Also, little girl, what's your name?"

Edogawa Conan continued to ask Haibara Ai.

"She is……"

Just as Edogawa Conan was about to answer, his left hand was grabbed by Haibara Ai.

"What's your name, Little Red Riding Hood sister?"

Still looking straight ahead, Nan Tianren didn't even look, but with the corner of his eye, he keenly noticed that Huihara Ai was wearing a red hooded jumpsuit.

──This guy in a black suit! It's entirely possible that he is a member of the Black Organization!

"She just happened to sit next to me. I don't know her. Besides, she looks scared. Let's just ignore her for now."

Edogawa Conan explained.

"Really?"

After hearing what Edogawa Conan said, Nan Tianren immediately retracted his head. Even if he didn't look down, Nan Tianren knew that the moment he stuck his head out, the girl wearing Little Red Riding Hood immediately grabbed the left hand of the boy next to her.

──Now is not the time to worry about whether he is a member of the Black Organization! I must find the accomplices of these robbers first! Only after finding him and confirming that the passengers on this bus are safe, I will have time to think about the Black Organization.

Glancing at the five people in the last row with his peripheral vision again, Edogawa Conan began to reason.

──The most suspicious person among them is the man who has been coughing non-stop since getting on the bus, who may have conveyed the information through voice!

——And after being beaten, the woman just kept her hands in her pockets and did nothing, not even daring to wipe the blood off her head. She was the least suspicious. After all, if Teacher Judy hadn't stretched out her foot to trip the robber, and the police hadn't released [Bullseye] in time, she would have been the first person to die.

——And the old man who had been covering his hearing aid with his hand might have been using a Bluetooth headset disguised as a hearing aid to secretly transmit messages with voice. The two robbers’ heads were completely wrapped in cloth, and it was impossible to tell whether they were wearing Bluetooth headsets. But if he made a sound, it would be impossible for the two people next to him to not notice anything.

——As for the two guys in black suits, if they are really members of the Black Organization, then the possibility that they are also members of the Hand is very low. Besides, what did the guy with the slicked-back hair mean when he just told me that "the opportunity is about to appear"? What did he want to express?

The one-hour deadline was about to arrive, and Edogawa Conan was still unable to confirm who among the five people in the back row was the accomplice of the two red-clothed ninjas. He just thought that Akai Shuichi was the most likely one.

"Hey! Driver!"

A red-clothed ninja suddenly pointed a gun at the driver and said:

"Listen carefully! Get on Erxian Bridge now and take Chenghua Avenue! Slow down after the car enters the tunnel! Don't worry! We will definitely release the passengers as agreed!"

"Hey! The guy with the slicked-back hair over there! And the guy who keeps coughing! You two, get to the front!"

Another red-robed ninja suddenly gave orders to the two people in the last row:

"Hurry up! Come here now! Being obedient will only benefit you!"

After being pointed at with a gun and hearing the order from the red-clothed ninja, Nan Tianren and Akai Shuichi had no choice but to stand up and walk to the front of the bus.

──I see, I finally understand who the other accomplice of the two robbers is, and how you plan to escape next!

Conan Edogawa finally deduced the truth of the incident.

As the bus entered the tunnel, the two red-clad ninjas also took off their red ninja uniforms and continued to give orders to Nan Tianren and Akai Shuichi:

"You two! Put on your ninja suits and sit on the ground! We will pretend to be you two and get off the car first! Of course, to be on the safe side, in order to make you obey our instructions, we will bring a hostage with us.

Don't worry, as long as you two continue to wear ninja costumes and stay on this bus for us until the bus runs out of gas and stops, we will not activate the time bomb installed on the bus! The hostage will also be released after we confirm his safety! But if you don't cooperate honestly, I can't be sure what will happen to the bomb! "

After giving orders to Nan Tianren and Akai Shuichi, a ninja who had already taken off his red clothes continued to point his gun at the woman in the last row and ordered:

"The woman with the bleeding head in the back! Yes! That's you! Get to the front!"

──No! This woman is not a hostage at all! She is the third accomplice of the two robbers!

Edogawa Conan concluded.

"Um... um... sorry... I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it..."

At this moment, Nan Tianren, who had already changed into a red ninja uniform, suddenly spoke.

"Say!"

A red-clad ninja agreed to his request to speak.

"I have an immature suggestion, brothers. Instead of using this head that is still bleeding and not knowing how long it can last, if it loses consciousness due to excessive blood loss, it may affect the two women who escape later as hostages..."

Nan Tianren pointed to Yoshida Ayumi in the second to last row and continued:

"Why not use this child as a hostage? She has no injuries and is just a child. She is easier to control than an adult woman. Moreover, if a child is used as a hostage, the police will be more cautious and will not dare to act rashly. The chances of the two brothers escaping will also be higher."

──What is that bastard talking about?!

Upon hearing Nan Tianren's outrageous suggestion, Edogawa Conan became furious.

But──

"What a waste! Do I need you to remind me of this?! Asshole! I can use whoever I want as a hostage!"

The red-clothed ninja was also furious and hit Nan Tianren on the head with a pistol whip, knocking him to the ground.

However, Edogawa Conan suddenly noticed at this moment that although he had been hit on the head with a pistol whip, the man with the slicked-back hair lying on the ground seemed to be smiling.

──Very good, this way, I can be sure that the woman with blood on her head can't be a hostage! She is an accomplice of the two of them!

Because he did not have as strong reasoning ability as Edogawa Conan, Nan Tianren could only confirm the fact that the woman was actually a companion of the two robbers after testing the other party with words.

──But what should we do? How can we resolve this crisis?

Although he already knows who the companions of the two robbers are, Conan Edogawa still can't find a solution to the problem.

"Alright! The tunnel exit is right ahead! Speed ​​up now!"

One of the robbers said as he put a gun to the driver's head.

"it is good!"

The driver nodded and stepped on the accelerator of the bus.

However, just as the bus began to accelerate and the two robbers became unsteady due to inertia, Nan Tianren, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly moved.

He suddenly slapped the ground with one hand, leaned forward, and kicked the two robbers in the lower body at the same time.

Because they had just come out of a dim tunnel, the two robbers' eyes had not yet fully adapted to the light outside. At this moment, they did not notice Nan Tianren's little movements at all and were knocked to the ground by Nan Tianren at the same time.

"Right now! Driver! Brake!"

Noticing that something had happened in the car and that the pistol had been removed from his head, the driver stepped on the brakes immediately after hearing Nan Tianren's order.

As the bus suddenly slowed down, Nan Tianren rolled onto the two robbers due to inertia. He immediately used his feet to hold one robber in a shoulder lock, and used his hands to hold the other robber in a sleeve lock.

Although using two different ground skills to control two people at the same time would expose Nan Tianren to a huge flaw, the super strength he gained after being injected with the super soldier serum could make up for it well.

Even if the two robbers knew what they should do to break Nan Tianren's control, they were powerless no matter how they moved due to Nan Tianren's power.

"Anyone will do! Hurry up and grab that woman's hands! The watch on her hand is the detonator of the bomb on the bus!"

Edogawa Conan saw the opportunity and shouted immediately.

When Akai Shuichi heard Conan Edogawa's voice, he immediately rushed towards the woman.

But it was not until then that Nan Tianren realized that the woman seemed to have remained standing firmly during the emergency braking, instead of falling to the ground like everyone else, including Akai Shuichi.

"boom!"

Erica, an important cadre of the Hand, knocked Akai Shuichi away with one punch, and then jumped out of the bus window without looking back.

At the moment when Erica escaped from the window, Conan Edogawa also keenly noticed that the timer on the car had been activated and there was only one minute left before the explosion.

──That woman actually abandoned her companions and ran away without any hesitation?

"Everyone! Run! The time bomb has been activated!"

Conan Edogawa immediately informed everyone on the bus of what he had noticed.

Hearing Edogawa Conan's shout, everyone on the bus immediately ran out of the bus in a hurry.

Chapter 18 Kengan Competition Challenge

"Conan? Why are you here? Forget about that for now! What happened?"

Miwako Sato, who had been following the bus, asked Edogawa Conan the first thing she did.

"The bombs the robbers brought will explode in less than twenty seconds!"

Edogawa Conan also informed the other party of the information he knew as soon as possible.

"Is there such a thing? I will go and stop the vehicles in the tunnel right now! You guys leave this place immediately!"

After saying this, Miwako Sato ran towards the other end of the tunnel without looking back.

"By the way! Where's Haibara-san?"

Ayumi Yoshida, who was running away, was the first to notice that something was wrong.

"Come to think of it, I didn't see her run out!"