Isn't it very scientific to use the Death Note to kill people?

After the robbers let the two of them go and returned to the front of the car, the atmosphere inside became even more tense.

The passengers all realized something.

These two robbers are really capable of killing!

When Yoshiki Hayashi and Conan, who were the parties involved, returned to their seats, they remained silent.

Yoshiki Hayashi was looking at his watch, while Conan was still feeling guilty.

I was so impulsive!

Conan wasn't afraid of the two robbers, but he was genuinely scared when one of them pointed a gun at Lin Jiashu's head as if to pull the trigger.

What if Hayashi Yoshiki really dies because of me...

Conan didn't even dare to imagine what Ran, Uncle Mori, Aunt Eri, or even Sonoko would think about, and he couldn't even get past his own conscience.

"Kill me if you want, but at least spare the child."

Conan still vividly remembers the solemn and determined look in his eyes and the words he spoke at that moment.

Xiaolan is right.

Jia Shu, he truly always puts others before himself...

Conan glanced apologetically at Yoshiki Hayashi, only to find that the other man's gaze had shifted from the robber in front of him to the three passengers behind him.

So he found out too!

There must have been an accomplice of the robbers among the passengers in the last row, otherwise, given Conan's size and the chairs providing cover, there would have been no reason for the robbers to notice his movements.

Furthermore, given Yoshiki's abilities, he would definitely have guessed that the contents of the ski bag were a bomb!

What should I do?

Are we now just waiting for the robbers to reveal their own weaknesses?

As time slowly passed, Conan found it difficult to calm down.

After the vehicle had traveled for some time, the robbers in the front of the car suddenly received a phone call.

"Hey, you finally called, Boss Yajima."

The robber asked casually, "How's things going on your end?"

"Everything went smoothly, I've shaken off the cops."

"Okay, let's meet at the usual place in three days."

The robber hung up the phone, chuckled, and pressed the gun against the head of the timid driver: "Listen, now get on the Capital Expressway, in the middle lane, and go fast. But once you enter the Xiaofo Tunnel, slow down."

"Ming, I understand!"

"Don't be so scared. Don't worry, we will definitely release the passengers as agreed."

Seeing the driver's submissive demeanor, the robber's eyes behind his goggles held a hint of mockery.

Then, as the car entered the highway and picked up speed, the two robbers turned around to select passengers to impersonate them.

They are indeed quite clever.

When they first hijacked the car, they said that if the police agreed to their demands, they would release the three passengers as a sign of sincerity. The Xiao Fo Tunnel on the highway is very long, and if the driver slows down, it will take at least three or four minutes to pass through.

In the dimly lit environment of the tunnel, the plainclothes police officers around them had no way of observing what was happening inside the car.

At this point, they simply change into plainclothes that they have prepared beforehand, ask the passengers to change into their ski suits, and then take their companions, who are hiding behind the car, off the bus under the pretext of taking hostages. Once off the bus, they immediately detonate a bomb to create the illusion of a conflict between the hijackers and the passengers, while the three of them are then protected by the police as released hostages.

The plan is very clever.

However, it won't come to that.

After exchanging opinions, the two robbers decided to choose Shuichi Akai, an ordinary passerby, and Yoshiki Hayashi, whom they disliked, as their impersonators. Yoshiki Hayashi glanced at the time on his watch and smiled to himself.

Ai Haibara gripped his clothes tightly.

At this point, she seemed to have woken up from the stress state... no, or rather, entered another kind of stress state.

Her delicate, youthful face was deathly pale. She stared intently at Lin Jiashu, clutching his clothes but unable to utter a word.

Lin Jiashu noticed that her eyes even reddened.

Thirty seconds left...

The highway was quiet at this time.

A small truck carrying saw blades for cutting stainless steel followed behind a chemical truck. On the smooth, bump-free road, the loosely fastened latches inside the truck bed trembled slightly as it drove, threatening to come off at any moment.

"Hey, you two, you pretty boy from earlier and the guy with the cold sitting in the back, come to the front."

The robber brandished his gun and spoke.

"Hurry up, don't try anything funny!"

Hayashi Yoshiki slowly stood up, and together with Akai Shuichi, who had also stood up, they began to walk towards the robbers.

At that moment, less than a kilometer away from the Xiaofo Tunnel, a billboard in front of the chemical truck suddenly tilted forward without warning. After the steel cable was pulled and sparks flew, the large billboard looked like it was about to crash down!

Upon seeing this, the driver of the chemical truck immediately and instinctively stepped on the brakes and changed lanes to the side.

However, when a vehicle is traveling at high speed, a sudden sharp turn of the steering wheel will inevitably make the vehicle unstable, especially when the vehicle is relatively long, making it extremely easy to roll over.

The chemical truck's emergency lane change caught the small truck driver, who was in the right lane preparing to overtake, completely off guard. As the extremely dangerous heavy vehicle carrying large tanks sped closer, he could only frantically honk his horn in despair until the two vehicles collided. The small truck was crushed by the overturned chemical truck traveling at high speed and slid forward with great force, sparks flying.

The overturned chemical truck crashed through the highway guardrail with the same horrific force, leaving a trail of gruesome marks on the ground.

The bus driver, who was pressing the accelerator under the threat of the robbers, saw what was happening not far away and immediately screamed and slammed on the brakes.

The emergency braking caused all the passengers in the car to lurch forward due to inertia. Even the robber nearly fell forward and accidentally pulled the trigger in the process.

boom!

The bullet pierced the windshield of the bus, creating a hole and a spiderweb of cracks.

"Damn it! Do you want to die?!"

The robber, who had been hit on the forehead, angrily yelled at the driver.

"No... there was a car accident up ahead!"

The driver explained nervously, while the passengers inside the bus could vaguely see the car accident and the overturned chemical truck in front of them.

"Oh shit!"

Seeing this, the robber could only curse angrily.

But before he could urge the driver to restart the vehicle, the chemical truck lying there suddenly exploded with a loud "BOOM!!!!!!!!!" and burst into flames.

A huge burst of flames erupted.

In the instant the powerful impact and blast of the storm arrived, the windshield, pierced by the robbers' bullets, shattered under the immense shock. All the passengers could even feel the scorching heat from the towering flames.

Along with the explosion, several sharp saw blades also flew into the air.

Almost the instant the windshield shattered, several saw blades flew into the car from the explosion. One of them grazed the neck of one of the robbers, while another was impaled in the abdomen and chest, nearly slicing him open.

"what!!!!!!!!"

The belated screams of the passengers, who were swaying and staggering, finally rang out.

They didn't even notice the two robbers who were about to die; they were simply terrified by the impact of the explosion, and the entire bus was even jolted to its current position by the shock.

Only Hideaki Akai, who followed the robbers' instructions and came to the front of the car, saw the whole thing clearly.

As he watched helplessly as the two robbers were killed by the saw blade, his dark green pupils constricted in a trembling motion.

This……

what happened?

Accident? Coincidence?

From the moment the chemical truck skidded, to the driver's emergency braking causing the robbers to accidentally pull the trigger and break the glass, followed by the explosion shattering the glass while the saw blade conveniently killed the two robbers—everything seemed to be driven by an invisible hand, a coincidence that sent chills down one's spine.

But after recalling the whole process of the robbers' deaths and some details, Shuichi Akai's first thought was that it was impossible!

Such a coincidence is absolutely impossible!

After the shock of the explosion finally subsided, the screams of the terrified passengers gradually calmed down.

Only then did people begin to notice the two robbers lying on the ground, bleeding profusely.

Suddenly,

"What... happened?"

"died?"

"real or fake……"

"Then we're safe?"

"Ah, the robber is dead!"

"Great!! We're safe!"

"Let me out of the car! I want to leave this place!!"

The dazed passengers snapped out of their reverie and immediately stood up, urging the driver to open the doors. They really didn't want to stay on this dangerous bus for even a second longer!

The driver was several beats slow to react. He looked at the raging fire ahead and only belatedly pressed the open door button when a passenger ran up to him urging him to hurry up.

The passengers immediately rushed off the bus.

"Great luck! Although we don't know how the robber suddenly died, let's get off the bus quickly, Dr. Araide!"

Judy stood up, pretending to be clueless, and quickly called to the children, "You kids too, hurry up and get off the bus."

"Ah, ah... okay, Miss Judy."

Vermouth, playing the role of Araide Tomoaki, nodded blankly.

As the only person in the car who knew about the Cointreau's capabilities, God knows just how shocked Vermouth was at that moment!

How did Cointreau manage to do that?!

Wasn't he under the constant watchful eyes of the robbers, without making a single move?

Or did he arrange all of this in advance, knowing all along that the robbers would get on this train?

But how did they manage to do that?

Vermouth had assumed that the Cointreau was completely helpless against this car, but what was happening now left her utterly bewildered!

At that moment, Lin Jiashu glanced at her.

The smile in those dark eyes sent a chill down Vermouth's spine; for the first time in her life, she realized that a person could be this terrifying.

"Brother Jiashu!"

Conan's voice suddenly rang out.

Lin Jiashu immediately looked at him, his expression softening instantly, and he nodded to Conan.

Witnessing this scene, Vermouth gradually felt relieved.

To those around him, Cointreau was definitely a "good person".

He had just said to the robber, "Killing me is fine, but at least let this child go," all to save Yukiko's child—judging from the robber's furious reaction, he was really planning to pull the trigger.

He can risk his own life to save a child, yet he also deliberately and cruelly takes other people's lives by using complex accidents to show off his skills...

Cointreau, this man is truly complex.

But having him by Xiaolan's side is definitely not a bad thing.

At this moment, the middle-aged woman sitting in the back row finally came to her senses—after learning that her two companions had died so inexplicably, it took her a long time to accept the fact, and she hurriedly stood up, wanting to get off the bus with the other passengers.

Fortunately, I didn't expose myself.

She ran towards the front of the car, touching the seat in front of her. Just as she was about to get off the car by walking around Lin Jiashu, Lin Jiashu suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"Ouch! That hurts! What are you doing!?"

"Could you please stay still and not move, accomplice of the robber?"

"What...what are you talking about? What accomplice of the robbers?"

Miharu Tomino tried to play dumb, but Yoshiki Hayashi suddenly tightened his grip on her hand—due to his regular workouts, he was quite strong.