While they were talking, passengers came up one after another.

The last two to fall were two people who had already put on their ski suits.

As soon as they came up, they attracted Genta Kojima's attention.

"Eh? Look at those two people..."

He said in surprise:

"They both put on their ski clothes so early."

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya followed his hand and also saw the two passengers who had just got on.

"Really... they're really anxious..."

He sighed softly.

"But I can understand how they feel."

Ayumi Yoshida didn't think it was strange. After all, she was also looking forward to the skiing trip soon, so she said she could understand the two people's impatience.

However, the conversation between the three of them also successfully attracted Conan Edogawa's attention away from the Black Organization.

He looked at the two people who had even put on goggles in advance with a slightly gloomy look, and he always felt that something was wrong.

After all, when one is anxious to this extent, it can no longer be described as simple anxiety, right?

So do they have some other purpose?

Edogawa Conan's brows moved slightly, as if he thought of something, but just when he was about to say something, the two people standing by the car door had already started their actions.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

The black muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at the unarmed passengers in the car.

What?!

Even though he had vaguely guessed something before, when the two of them actually took out their weapons, Edogawa Conan's face couldn't help but change.

Is this matter related to the Black Organization?

This was his first reaction, but then he denied this guess.

The Black Organization should not do such a blatant thing.

Otherwise, Gin wouldn't have given him APTX4869 in order to avoid attracting the police's attention.

So this matter probably has nothing to do with the organization.

And their purpose...

Edogawa Conan pursed his lips and almost immediately understood the other party's plan.

However, it was no use for him to guess. The other party had a gun in his hand and threatened the driver to close the front door. He slowly circled around the city, making everyone in the car their hostages.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The two robbers acted separately. One came to confiscate anything that could be used by passengers to communicate with the outside world, and the other contacted the bus station while waiting for the traffic light.

"Listen, we've taken your company bus hostage. We have only one demand: the immediate release of Yajima Kunio, who's currently in jail. If you don't comply, we'll shoot one passenger every hour. If you understand, please inform the police. I'll contact you in 20 minutes. Be prepared."

The other party's voice showed no sign of softening, so when he was talking to the people at the bus station, the passengers in the car could also hear what he said.

For a moment, the person who was originally reluctant to hand over his mobile phone couldn't help but change his expression, and his movements became more cautious.

“Here… here you are…”

The other robber took the phone. He could feel the atmosphere in the car gradually becoming tense, but it was not enough.

His eyes flashed behind his goggles, and after passing a few children, he walked straight to the last row of seats.

"Hey! What are you doing? Take it out quickly!"

In order to avoid making his purpose too obvious, he did not attack his companion who was hiding among the passengers first, but chose the man who was wearing a mask and whose face could not be seen clearly.

"Hmm? Sorry, cough cough cough... I didn't bring my phone... cough cough cough..."

The man coughed a few times. Although his appearance was not clear, no matter how you looked at him, you could tell that he was very ill.

This made the robber subconsciously take a step back, as if he was afraid of being infected by him.

"Tsk, so he's a poor boy."

He was a little disdainful, so he naturally ignored him and didn't plan to talk to him anymore.

However, at this moment, a female voice suddenly came from behind him, and there seemed to be a hint of surprise in it.

"Eh? Didn't you guys even search him? You actually believed him when he said he had nothing?"

"Um?"

The man was about to move the gun to the side when he stopped.

"Who's speaking?"

He followed the voice and turned his head to look, but he was unexpectedly met with a pair of deep blue eyes. Looking closely, the owner of those eyes did not seem to be afraid of them at all. Even when he saw that he had discovered him, he just blinked gently, and then smiled and repeated his words.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't expect you to believe someone else's words so easily. After all, if it were me, I would definitely search him to make sure he really didn't have his phone with him."

Having said this, the bright smile on her face suddenly became more meaningful.

"And if he's lying to me... then killing a chicken to scare the monkeys and stuff like that would be easy to do, right?"

"...Huh...Are you teaching me how to do things?"

The robber's voice was a little cold. He looked at the woman in front of him carefully, and always felt that he seemed to smell the same kind of scent on her.

However, the next second, the other party curved his eyebrows and said innocently:

"How could that be? I didn't say that, and..."

She held her phone in both hands and gestured to him:

"I've already been prepared to support your work."

This woman...

For a moment, the robber didn't even know whether she was sensible or not.

After all, she was sensible. When others looked nervous and scared, she could complain about his behavior with a smile on her face, and it seemed that she thought he was not cruel enough.

But if you say she is ignorant...

She had indeed prepared her cell phone long ago and was just waiting for him to come and collect it.

Not only the robbers, but even other people couldn't understand this action.

but……

Shuichi Akai, who covered his face tightly with a mask, glanced at her casually. A hint of warning flashed in his dark green eyes without anyone else noticing.

"Middles..."

And Aoi Hoshino apparently successfully accepted his warning, but...

She glanced at him lightly, her expression not changing at all.