Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

Shiho Miyano is alright; she should be able to understand after a hint.

I'm afraid that Conan might get carried away and yell at me after solving the case... Even though he probably doesn't know much about it, considering that he asked me about the Black Organization before getting on the bus, I might just have a brain fart and ask something that Shuichi Akai might take seriously.

In short, it's best to get rid of this bug as soon as possible.

But how can I break this thing in a logical and reasonable way?

Tohru Tono looked up at the robbers and made up his mind.

......

"As long as we do things according to our plan, she can live..."

The robbers were choking their female accomplice and brainwashing the bus driver with a gun when Conan suddenly stood up.

"That sounds nice, but you're going to kill us sooner or later! Otherwise, you wouldn't have been so bold as to let us see your faces!"

"If we don't come up with a solution, we'll all die!" Conan and Professor Agasa, who were across the aisle, each held up a long, narrow ski bag containing a bomb.

"Get blown up by this bomb!" Conan incited the passengers on the bus to resist with practiced ease.

"You brat! Shut up right now!"

The sullen-faced robber grew anxious and pointed his gun at Conan.

"Are you crazy? You can't shoot!"

The blue-hatted robbers were also getting anxious. If a bullet accidentally hit the bomb and it detonated at that moment, none of the people in the car would be able to escape.

As the robber hesitated to fire, he suddenly noticed that the ski bag containing the bomb had the word "upside down" written on it in pink lipstick.

The robbers couldn't understand it, but they instinctively felt something was wrong.

"hurry up!!"

Conan's shout caught the driver's attention.

Looking back in the rearview mirror, he could clearly see through the inverted mirror that Conan and Professor Agasa were holding ski bags with a large "STOP" written on them.

It means "parking" in English.

The driver was clearly more educated than the robbers, and he understood what they meant instantly.

After a moment of panic, the driver gritted his teeth and slammed on the bus brakes.

"Sizzle~"

The vehicle, traveling at high speed, braked suddenly, its tires gripping the ground and leaving a long, black skid mark.

The passengers on the bus were all swaying left and right due to the inertia of the constant changes in direction, making it difficult to stand, and they instinctively grabbed the handrails next to them.

Chapter 193 Run!

Conan and Professor Agasa carefully protected the "bomb pack" they were holding up, while Mitsuhiko and Genta held onto another one tightly to prevent them from exploding due to a possible collision.

Once the bus came to a stop in the middle of the road, the robbers, who were standing on the aisle of the bus and had nowhere to grab on, had already fallen to the ground.

Before the sharp screech of brakes had faded, a brief, deathly silence fell over the carriage. All the standing passengers had fallen to the ground, leaving only the seated passengers who had managed to stay upright thanks to their seatbelts.

Because Conan was prepared, he had already steadied himself and nimbly leaped over the ski pack containing the bomb by bracing himself with his hands.

"You bastard!"

In a flash, the burly robber also got up from the ground. Seeing Conan rushing towards him, he shouted angrily and raised his gun to shoot.

Unfortunately, he was just a robber, not a professional gunman, and he was a beat too slow in getting into aiming position.

At the same time, the tranquilizer darts were already flying out of Conan's watch.

"Sizzle"

A barely audible sound of flesh being pierced rang out as the anesthetic needle pierced the robber's forehead.

The robbers instantly passed out, a fact that Toru Tono still couldn't understand.

Shuichi Akai, realizing he wouldn't need his long-prepared elbow strike, silently lowered his raised hand and thoughtfully watched Conan rushing towards him.

This child...

"Tono! Grab that woman's hands right now!!"

Conan closed the aiming cap on his watch and shouted incessantly.

"Because the watch on her wrist is the detonator for this bomb!!"

Although he felt that Tohno Toru had probably figured it out as well, he still shouted as loudly as he could, just in case.

A bomb exploding is no joke.

Tohru Tono then pretended to be dizzy and stood up, glancing at the woman next to him who was constantly chewing gum.

She was covering her forehead, looking utterly frustrated.

Well, judging from her appearance, she probably doesn't need to hold hands anymore.

"Damn it! How dare you disregard us!!"

The only remaining robber, the one in the pink hat, was furious. Seeing his plan ruined by a primary school student, he raised the gun he had been holding and was about to shoot Conan.

Just then, Judy, who had been slowly approaching, finally couldn't hold back any longer. She tensed her right thigh muscles, preparing to deliver a powerful kick to incapacitate the robber.

Before she could even make a move, Tohno Toru stepped forward first, pulling Conan sharply behind him to protect him.

"I say, it's really low of you to point a gun at a child," he said righteously.

The sudden turn of events startled Judy, and her right leg, which had been bracing itself, froze in place.

"You bastard!"

The pink-hatted robber was also blinded by rage and didn't care about anything else; he raised his hand and pulled the trigger.

'I didn't realize he was such a kind person.'

Judy glanced at Toru Tono, who had stepped forward, but wasn't too worried.

She had tampered with the robber's gun beforehand; the safety was half-locked, making it impossible for a bullet to be fired.

As if against her will, the next second, a loud gunshot rang out inside the bus.

"boom"

The bullet, spitting fire, suddenly flew out and headed straight for Toru Tono.

Both Jodie and Shuichi Akai, who witnessed Jodie's tampering, were startled. Jodie, no longer concerned about pretending to be normal in front of Vermouth, suddenly exerted force with her thigh and delivered a knee strike to the robber's vulnerable abdomen.

No matter how fast you react, you can't stop a bullet that's already been fired.

I just hope it didn't hit a vital spot...

After subduing the robber in an instant and smoothly taking control of him with her gun, Judy finally had time to observe the situation on Tohru Tono's side.

Unexpectedly, he and Conan were seen lying on the ground. It seemed that Tohno Toru had tackled Conan the moment he fired the gun, reacting quickly to dodge the robber's attack.

However, perhaps because he didn't have time to adjust his movements, the bullet seemed to have grazed his ankle? Blood was gushing out from there.

It's alright, it's good that everyone is okay.

Judy breathed a sigh of relief.

Conan was also startled and was forced to lie on the ground, stunned for a long time before he remembered to get up and check if his brother who had taken the bullet for him was injured.

Seeing the bloodstains on Tohru Tono's feet, he regretted it so much that he kept slapping his forehead.

We shouldn't have provoked the robbers; we should have thought of a safer approach...

However, what's done is done, and regret won't help. He checked Tohru's injury and found that it was just a graze from a bullet. He breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to ask Professor Agasa for some bandages or other disinfectant supplies that he always carried with him.

"Small things."

Tohru Tono pretended to be in great pain and unable to move, but this was actually part of the plan.

He secretly opened the safety lock. The fact that he only injured his ankle wasn't because the robber was a skilled marksman, but because he calculated the trajectory of the bullet and positioned the pant leg containing the listening device along the path the bullet was bound to take.

That's right, this situation was all because of Shuichi Akai, who forced him to come up with this almost self-inflicted injury scheme.

Tohru Tono looked up and met the gaze of Shuichi Akai, who was frowning and seemed somewhat puzzled.

That bastard who set this trap deserves to die.

So seeing Conan looking so guilty makes me want to laugh.

With his current unlocked abilities, this minor injury doesn't even need disinfection.

If it's not treated promptly after an hour, it might heal on its own.

In that case, to avoid scaring people, we should indeed wrap ourselves in something...

Tohru Tono looked around, then looked up and was taken aback.

As Conan stood up, he was surprised to find a shadow cast in front of him.

He looked up in confusion.

"Grey Yuan?"

Isn't she prone to getting motion sickness on buses? She barely moved at all on the bus.

Shiho Miyano didn't say anything. She pulled down her hood and walked over in silence, squatting down and placing her hand on Toru Tono's ankle.

"Hey, aren't you...?"

"Shut up."

Tohru Tono remained silent.

Silently watching her wrap the bandage she had gotten from Professor Agasa around his neck, he suddenly felt that he should find a safer way to do it and not make her worry.

"Let me go!! I need to escape! I need to escape quickly!!"

While the four remained silent on one side, the female robber on the other was getting anxious.

She shouted and struggled to break free from Shuichi Akai's tight grip on her arm.

"That emergency braking just now hit my watch!! There's only one minute left before the explosion!!!"

The female robber was extremely anxious.