Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

However, at that moment, an accident occurred.

With both men focused on the fight, the truck's steering wheel was completely uncontrolled.

At first, the truck continued to travel along the road due to inertia, without much problem.

However, as road conditions changed, problems began to emerge.

The truck's left front wheel ran over a small piece of gravel that had rolled off the roadside. The gravel wasn't large, but at high speed, it was enough to cause the tire to shift momentarily.

The truck immediately veered to the left, heading straight for the abandoned warehouse on the side of the road!
Through the windshield, Lin Xiuyi could already see the rusty iron gate of the warehouse rapidly magnified under the headlights.

At the current speed, the truck will crash into the warehouse in less than ten seconds, with unimaginable consequences.

Not only are the lives of the two people in danger, but the terracotta warriors in the cargo hold will also be completely destroyed in the impact.

In a critical moment, Lin Xiuyi made an unexpected move.

He abruptly withdrew from his attack stance, retreating while raising his hands in a clear "stop" gesture.

The man was clearly aware of the danger. Seeing Lin Xiuyi's actions, he hesitated for a moment, but immediately stopped attacking.

At that moment, the two reached a brief, silent truce.

While keeping a wary eye on Lin Xiuyi to prevent a sudden attack, the man quickly reached for the steering wheel and turned it all the way to the right.

The truck narrowly missed the warehouse gate by cutting a sharp arc, its tires screeching on the road and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Finally, the truck returned to the center of the road and continued driving forward.

However, Lin Xiuyi did not immediately resume his attack stance.

He kept his hands raised, even sporting a slightly eerie smile, and continued to wave at the man, signaling for peace.

The man looked puzzled, not understanding what the other person meant.

They were fighting to the death just moments ago, but now they're making this peaceful gesture?
Is it a trap? Or is he preparing to give up...?

Just as the man's brain was racing, weighing all the possibilities, a dark figure suddenly appeared outside the driver's side window!
It's Hattori Heizo!
It turned out that shortly after Lin Xiuyi jumped onto the truck, Hattori Heizo also found an opportunity.

Officer Furukawa followed closely behind the truck in his private car. Taking advantage of the moment when the truck slowed down to turn, Hattori Heizo climbed out of the passenger seat and laboriously scaled the back of the truck.
The whole process was extremely dangerous, but he succeeded.

At that moment, Hattori Heizo gripped the car door handle tightly with one hand and raised a brick he had picked up from the roadside with the other. Taking advantage of the moment when the man was distracted by his confrontation with Lin Xiuyi, he smashed the brick hard against the back of the man's head!
"boom!"

A dull thud. The man didn't even have time to react; he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, his vision went black, and he slumped limply against the steering wheel, losing consciousness.

"Well done!"

Lin Xiuyi gave Hattori Heizo, who was panting heavily and leaning out of the driver's side window, a thumbs up.

"Stop the car right now!" Hattori Heizo shouted hurriedly before he could even respond.

He was still clinging to the outside of the car, in danger of being thrown off at any moment.

"Get out of the way first!"

Lin Xiuyi gestured to Hattori Heizo to climb out of the driver's side window, and then he kicked the car door open, ruthlessly kicking the unconscious man out!

The man's body rolled several times on the road before finally coming to a stop in the roadside weeds, where he remained motionless.

Lin Xiuyi quickly sat in the driver's seat, gripped the steering wheel, and slammed his right foot on the brakes. The heavy truck's brakes screeched, and the vehicle's speed began to drop noticeably. "Hey," Hattori Heizo, who had already climbed into the driver's cab through the passenger window, glanced at the unconscious figure on the road behind him, and exclaimed in surprise.
"Aren't you afraid he'll fall and hit a vital spot? What if he dies?"

"What if I leave him in the truck and he wakes up and tries to take the steering wheel from me again?"

Lin Xiuyi said this as if it were the most natural thing in the world, her tone eerily calm.
"In this situation, we can't worry about anything else; of course, we must prioritize eliminating all threats."

Hattori Heizo frowned slightly, clearly disagreeing with Hayashi Hideichi's statement.

As a member of the detective agency, he has experienced danger, but he usually acts within the framework of law and morality.

Lin Xiuyi's almost cold pragmatism made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

But now, in this critical moment, it was indeed not the time to argue, so he didn't say anything more and just silently fastened his seatbelt.

"Don't worry, that guy isn't dead," Officer Furukawa said as he drove the damaged car alongside the truck.

He rolled down the car window and shouted with a smile, "I took a quick look. At most, he might break a leg; he won't die. I've already called for backup; someone will come to clean up the scene."

Hearing this, Hattori Heizo's expression softened slightly.

At this moment, under Lin Xiuyi's control, the truck finally came to a complete stop.

He didn't dare to delay, so he immediately restarted the vehicle, turned around, and headed towards the route he had previously discussed with Minister Chi Bo.

Heizo Hattori also took the opportunity to check on the unconscious police driver in the passenger seat.

“He suffered a severe blow to the head and is unconscious, but his pulse and breathing are relatively stable, so he should be out of danger…” Hattori Heizo hadn’t finished speaking when he heard Hayashi Hideichi exclaim “Huh?” with obvious doubt in his voice.

"What's wrong?" Hattori Heizo asked, looking up.

Lin Xiuyi frowned deeply: "That guy should have been kicked off the car by me nearby, right? Where did he go?"

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heizo immediately peered around to look for him.

The unconscious man was indeed gone; given the severity of his injuries, it was impossible for him to have left on his own in such a short time.

"Could he have fallen into the ditch by the roadside?" Hattori Heizo guessed.

Lin Xiuyi shook his head: "I saw it very clearly just now. He landed on the road, some distance from the roadside. And Officer Furukawa also saw him."

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing an ominous premonition in each other's eyes.

How could a seriously injured person, unconscious and in a coma, disappear without a trace in just a few minutes? Unless…

"Someone is meeting him," Lin Xiuyi said in a deep voice. "His accomplices are also nearby!"

"Let's check it again later."

Officer Furukawa's voice came through the walkie-talkie; he had clearly noticed the anomaly as well.
"The priority now is to get the Terracotta Warriors to the port. I have already notified Minister Chi Bo and the Chinese team. They will send people to meet us while they are strengthening port security. Let's get there as soon as possible."

Lin Xiu nodded and didn't say anything more.

He gripped the steering wheel tightly and drove the truck, escorted by Officer Furukawa's damaged private car, toward the brightly lit port.

The road ahead gradually widened, and the port's cranes and container yards became faintly visible... (End of Chapter)