Belmore guessed correctly, it was Shuichi Akai who was threatening her life at this moment.

Life could end at any moment, but Belmore was in a good mood. Although the trap she set became a trap set by others on herself, no matter what, her main purpose was achieved.

Looking at Kaedehara, Belmore had to distance himself from him, "It's amazing, even Shuichi Akai is in your plan..."

When she pretended to be the FBI to inquire about the other party's stronghold before, she didn't even get any news from Shuichi Akai, and Judy's plan didn't have Shuichi Akai at all...

Now it seems that I'm afraid that Shuichi Akai himself didn't trust his group of teammates and deliberately concealed his existence, but he trusted the cool boy so much...

Kaedehara still didn't reply, instead watching as the laser red dot moved away from Belmore's head toward the upper right. Considering the current wind direction and speed, Shuichi Akai is ready to shoot at any time at this time.

However, Kaedehara promised Shuichi Akai that Belmore would have to be handled by him, so Kaedehara didn't make any extra moves.

And Belmore was ready to run away.

"I'm not going to do anything to Shirley again... And in exchange..."Belmore winked at Kaedehara, and then replaced it with Yukiko Kudo's voice, "Forgive me for being willful tonight, Shin-chan?" ”

“……”

Standing in the cold wind, she waved her hand in the direction of Shuichi Akai as if to say goodbye, then she turned her head and gave Kaedehara a flying kiss and jumped into the water.

She didn't immediately float out of the water, apparently this was her escape route... She intended to escape by diving.

And before that, Shuichi Akai obviously had enough time to shoot, but he didn't fire a single shot.

What a hassle...

Kaedehara glanced in the direction of the black tool cart and vaguely saw that the cart had started and was heading down the road.

Maybe it's trying to catch it alive...

Kaedehara retracted his gaze and couldn't help but sneeze. His body was still wet, and he felt like he was going to catch a cold again this time. Fortunately, Kudo Shinichi had learned to drive a speedboat in Hawaii, and Kaede had planned to drive back in a speedboat first.

Gray Yuan was still waiting for him to go back.

……

On the bridge, the Twilight Police Department is preparing to mobilize police officers and speedboats along the river to search for the kidnappers and Kaedehara, who was taken by the kidnappers, and after seeing Kaedehara rush back by himself, the Twilight Police Chief breathes a sigh of relief.

The recent serial disappearance of children has made the Metropolitan Police Department anxious, and this time it was a familiar child who was taken away, so as soon as it received Dr. Asasa's report, the Twilight Police Department put down what they were doing and immediately went out.

Luckily, Kaedehara and Ashbara, who were taken away, had a transmitter made by Dr. Asasa on them, and they quickly chased after them. Unfortunately, the gangsters seemed to sense the police's quick response and decisively abandoned the target and fled the scene.

The other party was disguised, and the children did not know what the other party looked like, so the clue was broken like this - except for the car and the speedboat left by the other party.

But in any case, the criminal operation was stopped.

Kaedehara and Gray Yuan couldn't dump the matter of making the transcript to Conan anymore, because the FBI negotiated the matter on Conan's side with the police.

And since Kaedehara is now wet, Officer Takagi took him to take a shower and change his clothes first, and asked the doctor to help check it by the way, while Ai Ashbara sat in the Metropolitan Police Hall with Dr. Asasa who arrived later and waited for Kaedehara to come back and take notes together.

Gray Plains was a little silent.

Belmore's eyes at that time made her feel that something was wrong, and she wanted to ask Kaede Yuan something, but there were always police officers around, and Kaede Yuan needed to deal with herself, so she didn't have a chance to ask for the time being.

But... He must have something to hide from himself.

Thinking so, Dr. Agasa's mobile phone rang.

Dr. Asa took a look and saw that it was a number he didn't recognize. It was late at night, and thinking that Conan might be calling from another phone, Dr. Asa immediately answered the phone.

But the other side is not Conan.

"Doctor?"

"Uh... Judy-sensei? ”

“Yes！ It's me! ”

Downstairs in the Maori Detective Agency, Judy was leaning on the car door, she had already sent Conan and Xiaolan back first, "I've heard about what happened over there, Conan told me that Sora and Xiao Ai might be with you now..."

"Ah, yes..."

Because they had passed the news with Kaedehara before, the doctor also knew that Teacher Judy was actually FBI, so he said it with confidence.

"There's something I want to tell Xiao Ai, is that okay?"

"Oh, good..."

The doctor removed the phone from his ear and looked at Gray Yuan Ai, who had been sitting silently beside him, "Xiao Ai..."

Gray Plains looked up.

"Teacher Judy is looking for your number..."

Gray Yuan Ai was slightly stunned, then took the phone, and after listening to a few words, he walked towards the corner where no one was.

"Now you can." Gray Yuan said softly. Judy wanted to talk to her alone, and neither of them really wanted anyone else to know.

"I'll get straight to the point," Judy said, "and I want you to accept our witness protection program." ”

"Huh?"

"I already know what's going on over there. You should know, right? Chrissy Wynyard, the woman known as Belmode, is going to kill you..."

"Hmm."

"In other words, you have very bad information against her, right? This program is a system that provides us with evidence to protect witnesses and can change your name and address to another person entirely...

Of course, it's up to you to accept it or not.

Once you've decided, you can't see your friends and family anymore, you can't even make phone calls... But if you're afraid of that woman's revenge, if you don't want your friends to be involved..."

Judy paused, "I know this kind of decision is hard to make, I'm waiting for your good news..."

"I refuse." Gray Plains replied without thinking.

Changing your name and address and becoming a complete stranger may be safer... Just like her sister, but she is also experiencing the feeling of worrying about her sister being found and missing her sister.

She believed that her sister was the same.

She also promised her sister and Kudo that she wouldn't miss it.

"And I've been told that," Gray Plains continued, "let me not run away... That's what he did... So I don't want to run away..."

"Really... Sure enough..."

"You're not going to object, are you?"

"yes, of course," Judy said, "as an FBI agent, I'm absolutely against it... But as a girl who has been hunted down and killed before... I hope you can cherish this feeling..."

Judy hung up.

She blew in the cold wind for a while before she sat back in her car, where a man dressed in black was sitting in the passenger seat.

"Refused?"

"Well, very decisively refused."

"Just like you were when you were a kid," James said, with a wistful look, "... Refusal of the Witness Protection Program, as a condition of participation, strongly requires admission to the FBI..."

“… What does the show say? Judy abruptly shifted the subject.

She already knew what Akai Shuichi had just done from James, so she probably knew the situation on the real Gray Plains Wai's side. But what she didn't understand was why Shuichi Akai let Belmore go like this.

Do you want to catch alive too?

James recalled a conversation with Shuichi Akai.

……

"Oh... That's because I'm underestimated. ”

In the black tool cart, Akai Shuichi said.

"What do you mean?"

"After finding out I was sniping her, she deliberately distanced herself from the child... It's for fear that I'll hurt that kid..."

"That kind of person would too...?"

"No, no," Akai picked up a cigarette and lit it, "don't you understand?" It shows that the child is very important to her... More important than her life..."

"Prey, there's a weakness..."

(End of chapter)