Stay away from Conan.

Is that the sound of a gun bolt?

  Shotgun?

As footsteps and the sound of gun bolts were heard in the passage left by the container behind Vermouth, Vermouth, Judy, and Conan instantly determined what the sound was.

  Oh no! There is another member of the organization here!

At once, Judy and Conan both realized this and guessed that the sniper who had been hiding in the distance must have started to take action.

However, this news is bad news for Judy and the others, but it is good news for Vermouth.

Therefore, after confirming that it was Calvados who came around from behind, thinking that he was trying to avoid the blind spot of the sniper, Vermouth took advantage of the moment when Conan and Judy were stunned and went straight forward to grab Conan's hand with the watch-shaped tranquilizer gun.

He directly grabbed Conan's hand as he was about to shoot to prevent him from pressing the shooting button of the tranquilizer gun, then turned the watch on his wrist around with his backhand so that the aimed anesthetic needle was facing Conan.

So, to Conan's surprise, Vermouth chuckled and pressed the launch button, causing the anesthetic needle that originally belonged to Conan to successfully shoot at Conan himself, causing Conan to fall asleep immediately due to the effect of the anesthetic needle.

Haha, "cool guy", you are indeed... a little naive...

Thinking of this, Vermouth immediately held the unconscious Conan in her hands to prevent Calvados, who was following closely, from killing him in the chaos, so that Conan could be saved later.

As for Judy...

"OK, Calvados, I'll leave this woman to you to deal with..."

So, Vermouth instructed the person coming behind her.

For a moment, the situation was reversed again, and the already injured Judy knew that everything was over, but -

  "Oh, that guy's name is Calvados? A rifle, a shotgun, and three pistols. I thought he was an arms dealer!

"But now that his legs are broken, he probably can't do business anymore."

The slightly indifferent tone shocked both Judy and Vermouth.

Turning to look at the source of the voice, I saw a young man wearing a black knitted hat and carrying a rifle in his hand. He walked out of the passage where the containers were stacked at the back and said this to Vermouth.

"Aka, Akai Shuichi!"

Suddenly, when Vermouth saw that the person who appeared here was FBI agent Akai Shuichi, not Calvados, she was shocked.

Then, Vermouth realized that although she had a hostage, she had no weapon. In this situation...

Vermouth made a prompt decision without having time to think about why Shuichi Akai appeared or what happened to Calvados. She bent down to pick up the pistol that Conan had kicked away.

So, facing this situation, Akai Shuichi made a prompt decision, pulled the rifle in his hand and aimed at Vermouth -

head?

No, this person is still very valuable. If I just wanted to kill her, I could have killed her with a sniper when I dealt with that guy named Calvados just now.

and so……

As Akai Shuichi thought so, he aimed his gun at Vermouth's waist and fired a shot.

In this way, Shuichi Akai seized the flaw that Vermouth revealed when she was trying to pick up the gun, and shot Vermouth in the side of her waist. Vermouth fell backwards due to the huge impact of the shot, but she also took advantage of this opportunity to pick up the pistol directly in her hand, then rolled on the ground to release the force. After stabilizing her body, Vermouth held the pistol against the head of the unconscious Conan.

"Tsk, you're wearing a bulletproof vest?"

Akai Shuichi seemed to have expected this and said:

"But your little devil friend is really a nuisance..."

Now, Conan has completely become Vermouth's hostage, so Akai Shuichi dare not act casually anymore -

After all, although the hostage was in Vermouth's hands just now, she had no weapon in her hands, so her gun must be faster than hers.

But now, she has a gun...

As a result, Vermouth was somewhat embarrassed facing the current situation, because after being hit by the bullet just now, she rolled over to release the force and scratched her face a little. Facing Akai Shuichi in his prime, Vermouth knew that she was no match for him, so she immediately took advantage of the threat of the hostages and the opportunity that Akai Shuichi did not dare to take action, got into Judy's car nearby, and then drove Judy's car away from the scene quickly. Using the rearview mirror, Vermouth shot through the fuel tank of Aida Tomoaki's car with a pistol while moving forward, causing the other car left at the scene to explode, making it impossible for Akai Shuichi and others to chase.

In this way, looking at Vermouth's actions, Akai Shuichi was a little helpless, but at least——

  "Heh, that scratched face, that's really her true face without any disguise..." Akai Shuichi analyzed:

"And the shot just now, no doubt, even if she was wearing a bulletproof vest, her movements looked like she at least injured her ribs. With such a body, she was able to accurately shoot through the fuel tank..."

"show……"

At this moment, Judy struggled to get up, and faced the current situation, she couldn't help but say:

"What are you admiring? We can't let her get away with the hostages like this!"

"You didn't take out the car keys."

In response, Akai Shuichi said:

"But at least we still have a hostage..."

"Bam—"

Just as he was saying this, a gunshot was heard from Calvados's position on top of the container. It seemed that the other party had committed suicide with a pistol.

Seeing this, Akai Shuichi was a little surprised:

"Oh? You even hid a pistol?"

As I said this, I heard sirens nearby, and it seemed like a large group of policemen were coming towards this side.

In this case, Akai Shuichi could not help but ask Judy unexpectedly:

"Did you call the police?"

"No."

Looking confused, Judy replied.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Akai Shuichi's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but wonder what was going on -

"Anyway, I'll leave this to you. Just say you're an FBI agent who came to Japan on a long vacation and happened to be involved in a child kidnapping case..."

In the end, Shuichi Akai had to leave without knowing whether he had an answer or not.

"So, Xiu, what about you?"

Judy asked.

"I still have things to take care of. If all goes well, there should be another big fish caught."

Akai Shuichi said so calmly...

……

While Akai Shuichi was talking to Judy, Vermouth, who was driving Judy's car away from the scene at high speed, endured the pain of broken ribs and drove the car to a remote place as much as possible.

but……

Looking at Conan who was sleeping in the passenger seat, Vermouth looked at him tenderly, and then looked towards the back of the car.

Judy's car...

Something is wrong. I felt it when we were driving at high speed and turning just now. There is something wrong in the trunk of this car!

Thinking of this, she drove the car into a remote forest. Seeing Conan in the passenger seat still unconscious from the tranquilizer gun, Vermouth dragged her tired body and the pistol in hand, got out of the car, came to the back of the car, and pointed the pistol at the back of the car.

"Okay, baby, stop hiding and come out!" (End of this chapter)