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This morning, the Taipei Police Department was in chaos. The operator was frantically making phone calls and quickly explaining the situation in the chaos:

"Received. The suspects appeared in the Rice Flower Mall. There are four of them!"

"They've got a bunch of kids!"

"Are you sure it's them?"

"They covered their faces and needed pupil recognition!"

"Damn it! Where did they get the guns and bombs?"

"Report, we have dispatched a special handling team, led by Inspector Matsuda!"

"Who went to the mall to carry out the rescue?"

"Report, Inspector Hagiwara and Inspector Date are here!"

At the same time, the man in the denim jacket was squatting awkwardly in the corner, his wrists were firmly fixed behind his body with tape, his legs were tangled up with tape, his mouth was sealed with tape and a few strands of hair were tied up, he looked a little wolfish, but his gray-green eyes were a little confused, trying to figure out how he got into this state.

Half an hour ago, Noel still looked calm. After all, there were only four people. Even if they were carrying guns and bombs, there were only four people. For Noel, it was not difficult to defeat the opponent without exposing too much. So he could continue to ask Jingguang about the things he cared about instead of focusing on these things.

However, two of them pointed their guns at the children of the Junior Detective Team.

This would increase the difficulty and the risk of exposure, but even so, Noel had more than an 80% chance of successfully knocking down the four suicidal bastards and accepting praise amid the cheers of the children. What about the remaining 20%? Would the children be injured or die?

Noel, who had never considered these things in the past and was quite confident in his skills, hesitated. His judgment ability, which was quite reliable at the critical moment, suddenly failed, as if it was the surveillance before the accident. However, at that moment, a gun was pointed at Noel's head. The cold metal exuded the breath of death through the hair. This feeling was too familiar to Noel. He had held a gun to his temple like this more than once. In addition, a certain silver-haired killer did the same thing from time to time in his early years. However, he now looked accustomed to it and didn't even look at it.

But there are differences.

Whether it was Grappa's gun or Gin's gun, most of the time the barrel would still have the residual heat from having just fired. The kidnapper next to him obviously had not used the gun recently. The gun was probably just obtained. It was a new gun without any maintenance, or it was from the batch of arms that had just been sold by the organization.

"Behave yourself, kid."

This kidnapper was twice as wary of Noel as the children of the detective team or old men like Dr. Agasa. After all, a height of over 1.80 meters is particularly conspicuous in Japan. He is also an adult male. Even if he looks like a young master who dresses fashionably and has never done heavy work, the four kidnappers looked at each other. Two of them surrounded him with guns raised, and the other two pointed at the children.

Professor Agasa protected the children behind him. His originally kind eyes were filled with anger towards the kidnappers. He did not show any fear at the muzzle of the gun, but his hand was gently patting Ayumi, who was obviously a little scared. Conan and Ai were carefully observing the kidnappers, trying to find a chance to escape. Seeing that the other party put the gun to Noel's head, the children's faces became more panicked. Ai vaguely guessed that the other party was enduring a little surprise for the children. Conan clenched his fists, and his hands were groping for his small props in his pocket to analyze the situation.

There were four kidnappers in total. They were obviously well-trained and communicated well. They were wearing headphones, which meant they had professional communication equipment. They also had guns. The contents of the bags carried on the backs of two of them were unknown, but judging by the smell, they were suspected to be explosives. If they met these conditions, could they be the suspects wanted by the police?

The snack shop is located on the top floor of the shopping mall. Passersby screamed and ran away when they saw someone pulling out a gun. The four kidnappers had walked straight into the snack shop and pointed at the detective team. Were they specifically targeting children, who are easier to hold on to? As for Kong Ge... Conan thought with a frown, other passers-by were running away after seeing it, but Kong Ge was the only one who was talking to Xiao Guang and didn't pay any attention to the situation. Could this be intentional?

Noel was of course also analyzing the situation. Seeing the other party coming directly towards him, he subconsciously thought that it was an enemy seeking revenge. However, he was now Natsukawa Sora. If his identity was revealed, the first person to come would definitely not be the enemy but the winery. And at the very least, it would be Gin and not an ordinary person with some traces of training. These people would at most be customers who bought the winery's goods.

As for Xia Chuankong, what hatred could he have? It couldn't be that the anti-fans of the comic "Traveler" found out his identity and came to assassinate him. By the way, I remember that the last time I gave the manuscript to the editor-in-chief, I was almost unable to keep up. It couldn't be... Impossible, impossible. The editor-in-chief was obviously a stable type. Noel breathed a sigh of relief, but then he remembered that he seemed to have not read the emails that Xia Chuankong received under his identity when he was busy in the past few days. Could it be that... It's not the case, he just lost contact for a few months. Noel looked at the kidnapper and suddenly felt unsure.

"How many of you know each other?" The leader, who was obviously the one pointing the gun at Noel's head, saw the expressions of the children looking at Noel. He originally thought that the other party did not run away and was just a fool who wanted to fight hard. Now it seems that they are together. However, he did not need Noel to answer. He glanced at Noel and the obviously younger Morobushi Jingguang beside him and said directly:

"Leave the small one here. The big one is useless. Tie him up first...wait, he's a little useful."

He seemed to have thought of something, looked at Noel with a wicked smile, and said, "Put out your hand."

Feeling threatened, Noel reached out his hand with a subtle thought, with the thought of just seeing what happened first, and if it didn't work he would just destroy it all with his own hands, so he was quite cooperative.

"Brother Qiancheng, we didn't bring the rope." The only younger brother who didn't have a backpack said honestly.

"Go find it. You can't find a rope in such a big mall." The man who was called the former brother said impatiently. Looking at his younger brother foolishly looking around, he pointed in a direction and said, "It's in those stores."

So Noel watched the obviously not-so-smart younger brother coming over from the snack shop with a few bundles of candy wrapped in ribbons. The pink ribbons were embroidered with exquisite words, which looked very delicate, but out of place with the current situation.

"Do you think this thing is strong? Can it help people?!" Qiancheng's tone became irritable, and the look of anger in the next second made the younger brother's body stiffen, and he murmured softly: "I think this is quite strong..."

But the next second, under the murderous gaze of the other party, he ran into the snack shop again, rummaged around and found a roll of transparent tape used to seal snack jars.

"You tie him up tightly."

Apparently, this former adult was hot-tempered but cautious enough. Just as the younger brother had wrapped the tape around Noel's wrist several times, he put down the gun in his hand, motioned the younger brother to look at the other party, turned around, took out his cell phone and made a call.

"We have no problem here, shall we go to the rooftop now?"

"Okay, you notify the police."

Noel moved his wrist uncomfortably, listened to the other party's words with his ear tilted, and wondered what the other party's purpose was. For money? Or other collaborators? He lowered his head and his thoughts drifted, but he found that Jingguang beside him was also listening attentively. He turned around and saw Conan, whose hands and feet were not controlled, was eager to get close to the kidnapper's legs. This made him curl his lips slightly.

Do these guys know what kind of people they kidnapped are?

"Tie up these kids too." After finishing the call, the former senior saw Conan beside him, picked him up and threw him to the other three. Just as Noel was sighing that the protagonist had come to this day, the former senior glanced at Noel and said, "Shut up that kid's mouth too. What is he laughing at?"

Feeling everyone's attention, Noel froze. He tried to give an awkward yet polite smile, but when he turned around, his senior took up some tape and taped him up. Then the other three brothers carried the children to the rooftop like chickens, but Noel got special treatment. After he walked to the rooftop with a gun pointed at him, his feet were tied up tightly. Noel suspected that if the tape wasn't enough, they would probably have wanted to trap him like a dumpling.

Isn't he just 1.84 meters tall? Why are you so alert? After Noel looked down on the kidnappers in his heart because of his height, he felt the stickiness of the tape against his skin and finally realized that his appearance seemed to be unworthy of Grappa's reputation. He looked up and saw Zhu Fu Jingguang's slightly worried expression, as if he was asking about his mental state. Noel was silent.

As the Metropolitan Police Department received the alarm, the mall was sealed off. The whole world seemed to be surrounded by crazy sirens. Several police planes emitted deafening roars and surrounded the roof of the mall. After the police helicopter at the front adjusted its position, the hatch opened. A man in police uniform with a tactical rifle belt tied around his body stood at the hatch facing the wind. The wind blew the corners of his clothes and made them rustle. He held a loudspeaker and shouted, "Put down your guns and don't hurt the hostages. If you have any requests, we can try our best to meet them."

Noel recognized the voice, raised his head, and saw the pair of purple eyes that seemed to be always smiling, full of the determination and belief of a police officer, looking down at him against the light amid the roar of the helicopter.

Really, this comparison makes me look even more vicious. Noel turned his head away and didn't want to look at that troublesome guy. He turned around and saw that Morobushi Jingguang, who was also tied up beside him, was also looking up at his classmate, with a little nostalgia in his cat eyes full of pride.

After all, he was once so high-spirited.