Stay away from Conan.

What should I do? What should I do?
At this moment, Conan, who had been forcefully pinned to the ground by Gin and couldn't even make a sound, was extremely anxious. He knew very well what the current situation meant—

There was absolutely no room for maneuver!

I originally thought that I still had time, and that I might be able to negotiate with the organization after I got the list of undercover agents.

But now that Gin has come knocking on our door, all considerations are meaningless.

Besides, he himself couldn't get away right now...

Thus, he repeatedly considered various possibilities in his mind and struggled with his body, trying his best to at least get away from Gin's clutches first, otherwise all his thinking would be in vain.

However, the difference in physical strength was a huge gap. A child's body was no match for a strong adult man. At this moment, Conan desperately hoped that he could at least return to his original form, so that he wouldn't be left without any chance to fight back.

But there are no "what ifs"...

What should I do……

Just when Conan was almost in despair, he suddenly heard a voice coming from upstairs—

"Conan?"

That was Xiaolan's voice. It came from the third floor after the sound of a door opening. It carried a hint of drowsiness and a faint worry.

"Conan? Is that you?"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of people coming downstairs, accompanied by Ran's further questioning, seemed to be because Ran noticed the commotion downstairs and found that Conan was not upstairs, so she began to come downstairs to check the situation with some doubt.

And so, the sound of slippers stepping on the stairs grew closer and closer, step by step.

Upon hearing the noise, Conan's eyes widened in shock, his fear reaching its peak in that instant—

It wasn't for himself, but for Xiaolan.

If Xiaolan comes down at this moment, then...

Danger! Xiaolan!

Conan was practically screaming inside his head. He knew that if Ran walked in without her knowledge, everything would be over. With that in mind, Conan struggled even more fiercely.

However, even so, it still didn't work.

Although Gin, who had also heard the commotion, paused slightly, he then narrowed his eyes, shifting his gaze from Conan's face to the door of the agency.

Footsteps were approaching outside the door.

"Conan? Are you in there? I just heard a noise..."

Xiao Lan's voice grew clearer and clearer, and with the faint light of dawn, Xiao Lan's figure could almost be seen through the small window on the door.

At this point, Conan struggled even more desperately to make a sound, trying to warn her not to come in, but Gin's hand covered his mouth tightly, allowing him to only make some weak whimpering sounds.

Gin clearly noticed Conan's growing anxiety over the person entering the room, which caused a sinister smile to creep onto Gin's face.

"Look closely and see what fate awaits those who are connected to you!"

"So," Gin said coldly, then covered Conan's mouth with one hand, forcibly pulled Conan up, and held him tightly in his arms. He then freed one hand to draw his gun and began moving towards the door.

"Xiao Lan..."

Seeing Gin pull out his gun, seemingly intending to shoot and silence Ran as soon as she entered the room, Conan grew increasingly anxious and struggled more fiercely. He thought that since Gin couldn't use both hands to deal with him at the same time, there might be a chance. So, Conan tried even harder to struggle, but Gin gave him no chance at all, tightly covering Conan's mouth and nose with such force that it almost suffocated him.

And so, as Gin approached the door, the footsteps outside stopped—

"Conan?"

Xiao Lan's voice was right outside the door, so close.

Immediately following was the sound of the doorknob turning.

Gin's lips curled into an even wider smile, and his hand was already poised to aim the pistol.

"Waaah—"

—Xiao Lan! No!

Conan screamed inwardly, but couldn't utter any effective warning. He could only watch helplessly as the door was slowly pushed open, and Gin's smile grew increasingly cruel and sinister.

"boom!"

However, to Conan and Gin's surprise, the door was not slowly pushed open, but was suddenly slammed open from the outside in by a tremendous force!

This turn of events came too suddenly, completely beyond Gin's expectations. Before he could even wipe the sneer off his face, what he saw in his pupils was a heavy punch coming straight at him!
The punch came extremely suddenly. Because of the door blocking his view, Gin was completely unable to react. After a brief moment of surprise, he felt his gun-holding hand being struck hard. He didn't even have time to pull the trigger before the punch bypassed the muzzle, went around the gun, and went straight for his wrist!
To everyone's surprise, Gin was still in shock when he realized that his gun had been knocked out of his hand!

In the blink of an eye, Ran rushed in from outside the door, and then, with a high kick that whistled through the air, she aimed straight at Gin's face.

At this point, Gin finally recovered from the sudden turn of events, a sinister smile appearing on his lips. His reaction was incredibly swift; before Ran's high kick could strike, he instinctively dodged to the side. However, Ran's attack was simply too fast, and Gin could only barely turn his head to avoid it.

"boom!"

The blow missed his face, but landed squarely on the shoulder of the hand that was controlling Conan. The force was so great that even Gin was taken aback.

How could this seemingly frail high school girl possess such speed and strength?
But Xiaolan's attack was not over yet.

After the first strike, Ran's body spun with the momentum, continuing with a series of high kicks, including a powerful high roundhouse kick that swept towards Gin's head with overwhelming force!

Seeing this, Gin instinctively raised his free arm to block—

"boom!"

Legs and arms crossed, producing a dull thud.

Gin grunted, staggering to the side and backward from the force of the impact.

Although Ran's kick was blocked, her lower leg pressed down the moment of contact, and the instep of her foot slammed hard into Gin's shoulder, the hand that had just been hit!
"Well!"

Gin let out a muffled sound, his entire body naturally losing all composure. And so, naturally, at that very moment, Conan, who was held tightly in his arms, finally got his chance.

Just as Gin lost his balance and his arm went limp from Ran's attack, Conan mustered all his strength and struggled! His body slipped out of Gin's loosened embrace, rolled twice on the ground, and escaped Gin's control.

"Cough cough cough-"

Conan lay on the ground, coughing violently and gasping for air.

His vision was still blurry from the suffocation he had just experienced, but he couldn't care less. He immediately raised his head and looked at the battlefield—

Ran and Gin are now completely at odds... (End of Chapter)