Chapter 277: Amuro Toru, the Boss Behind the Scenes

Toru Amuro was relieved to see that Jiang Xia returned safely and was not attacked.

From this point of view, the kid behind at least didn't carry a tranquilizer gun or other weapons that could fire bullets...

So he drove the car for a distance despite the wailing of the old car and stopped it on the side of the road where there were few pedestrians.

Then he took a deep breath and prepared to get out of the car with Jiang Xia to see what the mysterious little boy in the trunk was trying to do.

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When Conan was riding his skateboard and speeding all the way to Ayumi's signal point, he saw from afar that the car carrying Ayumi and Jiang Xia had already stopped on the side of the road.

Jiang Xia was standing behind the car with another person. They both looked down at the trunk, as if they were ready to open it.

Although Ayumi said in the detective badge just now that she found a fresh human head hidden in the trunk, the owner of the car is suspected to be the murderer of the serial kidnapping and murder case,

But when Conan heard that Jiang Xia was also in the car, he always felt that there might be some misunderstanding.

However, at this moment, as he approached, Conan was suddenly startled.

He saw that the man next to Jiang Xia was holding a gun that was glowing black.

Then, the man who looked like the owner of a detective agency based on his hair color and body shape waved at Jiang Xia - he pushed Jiang Xia away before opening the trunk.

These two points made Conan's heart skip a beat, and he suddenly had a bad association.

——He had just called Jiang Xia. With Jiang Xia's ability to understand, he must have realized that Ayumi was near him. In other words, once the people in the car found someone in the trunk like now, Jiang Xia would definitely guess that it was Ayumi hiding in the trunk.

In other words, if everything was normal and the head and saw in the car were just a misunderstanding, then the boss of Jiangxia should not have looked so nervous at this moment - if a normal person suddenly found a child hiding in the trunk of his car, his first reaction would definitely be to get the child out as soon as possible, and if he had a good temper, he might even think about coaxing the child.

Only someone with something to hide would show his hostility so obviously, like Toru Amuro at this moment, who was so cautious even when opening a box.

Thinking from another angle, the gun in Toru Amuro's hand should not be used to guard against Ayumi, but more like to threaten Jiang Xia.

In this way, the action of Amuro Toru waving Jiang Xia to move away can be barely explained - he was worried that Jiang Xia would take the opportunity to rescue people when he came into contact with the hostages, so he let Jiang Xia stay away first so that he could have full control of the hostages... How cunning.

After reaching this conclusion, Conan instantly activated his powerful associative ability and worked backwards to complete the cause and effect.

——It must be after he made the call just now that Jiang Xia guessed Yoshida Ayumi's situation, but because Jiang Xia trusted the boss more, he was not too vigilant and directly told Amuro Toru that there was someone behind the car.

And Amuro Toru, the mastermind behind the kidnapping and murder of the little girl, remembered the heads and cash in the car and realized that Ayumi knew too much, so the situation became like this...

Thinking of this, Conan suddenly felt a little sad and angry. He couldn't help but think of the psychiatrist who shot and killed a policeman in the street before - why did Jiang Xia always encounter such people?

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At the same time, Haibara Ai also saw the eye-catching golden head next to Jiang Xia and recognized that it was the member of the organization she had met once in Izu.

She was not as shocked as Conan, but had a feeling of "as expected". She had thought about this the last time she was in Izu, that the less someone looked like a member of an organization, the more likely they were to be a hidden villain.

And now, Amuro Toru actually asked Jiang Xia to step aside first. Maybe he has discovered that "Jiang Xia knows the little girl in the trunk"...

Thinking of this, Haibara Ai's face turned pale. The scene in her mind appeared where Amuro Toru stood beside her with a sneer on his face and asked Jiang Xia to strangle Ayumi to death with his own hands to show his loyalty to the organization.

The skateboard screeched to a stop.

Haibara Ai woke up from her bleak imagination, silently pulled up her hood, and skillfully put on a mask.

If Jiang Xia was not involved in these things, and it was other members of the organization who captured Ayumi, then she might be able to show up on the street corner and let Conan take Ayumi away when the two men came to chase her.

But now... Amuro Toru had seen her and Jiang Xia together before. If she did that now, not only would she not be able to save Ayumi, but Jiang Xia would also be held accountable for shielding her. In addition, her address had been exposed, so Dr. Conan and the others would not be able to escape.

In short, in the end, Haibara Ai could only wrap herself tightly in her little hood, curl up in the shadows like a salted fish that had lost its will to survive, and think about life silently.

She shouldn't have come today... No, she shouldn't have gone on the last mysterious trip to Izu. If she hadn't gone then, she could have been the bait to lure away Amuro Toru now. If she could have been the bait to lure away Amuro Toru, Jiang Xia wouldn't have been forced to strangle Ayumi later, Ayumi wouldn't have died, and Jiang Xia wouldn't have had to suffer psychological trauma...

Just as she was thinking about it, Haibara Ai suddenly heard a strange "biu" sound coming from the side.

She turned her head in confusion and saw Conan pressing the button of the football belt, and the belt produced by the doctor spit out a football out of thin air.

Conan half-crouched down and turned on the switch of his foot-strengthening shoes with a determined look on his face.

Huiyuan Ai: “……?”

Just now, she heard Conan's cute phone call and thought that Conan was going to use his advantage as a child to roll around in a cute way to save people.

I didn't expect that he would just rush forward... By the way, Edogawa doesn't know that Amuro Toru is a member of the organization, and he may just think of him as an ordinary murderer!

Haibara Ai hurriedly tried to stop it, but it was too late - Conan kicked the football with sparks and lightning, and the ball was instantly given a terrifying force and went straight towards Amuro Toru like a spinning cannonball.

Toru Amuro in front suddenly moved aside as if he had installed a danger radar.

The football brushed his side and hit the hood of the car hard. The old car couldn't stand it, and with a creak, the trunk popped open, revealing the unconscious Ayumi.

Toru Amuro quickly looked back and saw that the people attacking him were two familiar children. He was stunned for a moment and then looked back into the car.

The person hiding in the trunk was not the little boy in the scarf as he thought.

Instead, she was a poor little girl who looked very weak and non-aggressive.

Amuro Toru frowned, wondering what was going on.

Then, he belatedly realized that something was wrong.

He looked at the car that was kicked into a hole by Conan, and recalled his spare tires that were bitten, as well as the little boy who was hit by him at the Izu Princess Hotel last time but seemed to be unharmed: "..."

Do the new generation of children generally have this kind of physical fitness?

(End of this chapter)