Chapter 541 Purpose of This Event

"Are you planning to die in the car, Sherry-neechan?"

Ai Haibara's body stiffened.

She mechanically turned her head and saw Bertrand, who was leaning on the chair and smiling at her, speaking almost above her head.

Ai Haibara leaned against the window, her body almost unable to move.

Bertrand rested his arms on the chair, his chin on his arms, and looked at her with a half-smile.

"Since we're all going to die anyway, how about becoming my doll, Sherry-neechan?"

No, I absolutely do not want to become your puppet!

Ai Haibara trembled slightly.

"Oh, right, I changed the bomb~" Bertrand smiled, raised a hand, and a butterfly with slightly fluttering wings rested on his fingertip.

"Given their current hiding range, they'll be hit by the explosion. So, Sister Shirley, are you going to stay here and let those innocent people outside get blown up, or are you going to leave and tell them about this so they can run even further away?"

Ai Haibara's eyes widened suddenly, "You...!"

Bertrand grinned, a bright smile on his face, and was about to speak when footsteps came from the car door.

The two turned their heads at the same time and saw a pink-haired boy running back to the car, panting.

Ai Haibara heard the boy next to her scoff, "Fine~ I won't lie to you anymore, it's about to explode, bye~"

Bertrand snorted, opened the window, and jumped out.

Of course, they also kindly closed the window back up.

"Haibara!" Kawasaki Machi ran quickly to Ai Haibara's side, hugged her body which was unable to move due to fear, and used his own body to shield her from the car window before jumping out.

A second before they left, the butterfly that had been hovering low under the seat folded its wings and landed.

boom--!

The heat wave from the explosion hit instantly.

The entire bus was blown to pieces.

Even the robbers, who had already been subdued by the police in the distance, couldn't help but be shocked.

Their bombs...when did they become so powerful?

"Haibara! Machi!" Conan and the other kids rushed over and helped the two up.

"Zhenzhi, are you alright?"

Seeing the wounds on Machi's body—from being cut by glass and burned by shards of the shattered bus—Conan and Genta carefully helped him walk away from the rubble.

"I'm fine..." Kawasaki Machi breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this from not far away, Shinichiro came over and treated his wound.

Judy was even more puzzled when she saw this.

If it were that woman, would she be so kind as to help others?

With his hands in his pockets, Bertrand approached Judy silently from behind and then slapped her on the shoulder.

"Hello, Judy!"

The sudden shock made Judy ignore the barely perceptible stinging pain coming from above her head.

Where no one was watching, a tiny butterfly peeked out from her blonde hair and flew away.

Judy turned to face him and moved a little further away from him.

"Oh~ Hello little brother~" She used her acting skills to deal with Bertrand, after all, there were just too many people here.

Bertrand grinned, as if he had just come to say hello, and then turned to leave, but before leaving, he glanced at Shuichi Akai not far away.

While everyone's attention was still focused on the explosion or the injured Kawasaki Machi, Bertrand happily left after achieving his goal.