Kudo Shinichi also felt a certain malicious gaze lingering around him. He just raised his head to observe the surroundings when suddenly Miyano Shiho grabbed his arm and pulled him hard to the right. He watched as a silver light quickly grazed his left waist. , cold sweat suddenly oozed from his forehead, and when he looked intently at the man in black holding a short knife beside him, his eyes also showed a bit of awe.
If Haibara hadn't pulled him, the short knife would have been inserted into his abdomen by now.
There are so many people here and the police are still in the hotel. This guy actually came over with a knife and stabbed him. It's crazy.
If he was really stabbed with a knife, wouldn't this guy be able to run away?
The man in black had a rough middle-aged face, and his body was much stronger than Kudo Shinichi. When he found that the knife had not hit him, he turned his head towards Kudo Shinichi with a bloodthirsty sneer, and walked past Kudo Shinichi without stopping. Side, the knife in his hand stabbed back suddenly.
Kudo Shinichi quickly retreated to one side to avoid the knife, but he also bumped into a guest walking out the door, and was bumped into by another guest who couldn't avoid it. In the blink of an eye, he was a few steps away from Miyano Shiho.
The man in black did not bother Kudou Shinichi. He moved to the side and walked around Miyano Shiho. The knife in his right hand charged up and stabbed out again, and the tip of the knife stabbed towards Miyano Shiho's body.
Miyano Shiho had been paying attention to the actions of the man in black. When the man made a move, he began to dodge to the side, and deliberately avoided the path of the people around him.
The knife avoided and did not hit anyone else, but by dodging like this, Miyano Shiho was further away from Kudo Shinichi than before.
Among the guests walking out in twos and threes, men in black were holding short knives and circling around Miyano Shiho. They seized the opportunity to stab Miyano Shiho with the tip of the knife again and again, forcing Miyano Shiho to keep dodging away from Kudo Shinichi.
Kudo Shinichi realized that the man was deliberately keeping them apart. He stared at the two people's changing positions and shuttled between the guests, trying to close the distance between him and Miyano Shiho.
The three of them moved little by little among the crowd. This stalemate made Kudo Shinichi frown.
He thought about shouting and asking passers-by to help catch this bastard, but he didn't dare. He was worried that if the guy got desperate, he would attack indiscriminately and hurt the unsuspecting innocent guests around him.
There might be this guy's accomplices nearby. Before the situation became clearer, he didn't want to put them at a complete disadvantage by acting rashly.
No matter what the other party wants or whether they intend to delay time, they are too passive if they continue like this. They should get rid of the other party as soon as possible and try to regain the initiative!
Miyano Shiho thought so too. Holding the handbag containing Conan and Haibara Ai's clothes tightly in his right hand, he guided the man to retreat near the front desk of the hotel, and took advantage of the opportunity to dodge to open the zipper of the handbag little by little.
Kudo Shinichi discovered that Miyano Shiho was deliberately moving in one direction. While following him, he saw the small movements in Miyano Shiho's hands. He looked around, with a relaxed smile in his eyes, and changed the direction of his advance. Approach the other side of the hotel front desk.
The man in black vaguely felt that the target was making a small move, and was hesitating whether to change his tactics. When he saw Miyano Shiho staggering due to tripping on his feet, he immediately took the opportunity to close the distance without thinking and stabbed the dagger. He glanced at Miyano Shiho's abdomen and whispered fiercely, "Go to hell!"
A pair of hands stretched out from the side, pressed Miyano Shiho's shoulders, and quickly dragged him away from his position.
Almost at the same time, Miyano Shiho took out a child's belt from the handbag he was carrying, pointed it at the man and pressed the button on the belt.
"Bang!"
A football popped out of his belt and hit the man hard in the face.
When Kudo Shinichi saw the man falling backward, he quickly reached out to scoop up the deflated football into his arms, and pulled Miyano Shiho back towards the stairs of the safe passage.
The guests who were walking out heard the sound of 'bang' and stopped in confusion. They turned their heads and looked towards the place where the sound came from. Their eyes quickly locked on the man in black who fell to the ground on his back.
"What happened just now?"
"I heard a muffled sound. Did that person fall?"
"I don't know..."
The man in black was hit so dizzy that he heard the comments from the people around him. He quietly hid the dagger in his sleeve, sat up with his head in his hand, and looked around, but he couldn't find his target among the faces.
A male guest came forward with a bodyguard, "Sir, you..."
The man in black held up the black baseball cap on his head, stood up before anyone approached, and walked quickly out the door, "I'm fine!"
"Why?"
Under the curious and puzzled eyes of the guests, the man in black walked out of the hotel door without looking back.
The guests talked for a while and concluded that the man was embarrassed by the wrestling, so they left in a hurry, so no one took it to heart.
In the corner of the hall, behind the safety door, Kudo Shinichi and Miyano Shiho looked out.
Kudo Shinichi watched the man in black leave from the door, and when he saw the large group of police officers who had arrived in front of the main entrance, his expression changed slightly, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.
wrong……
The man just now mixed in with the crowd and kept attacking them with a short knife, forcing them to retreat to the edge of the crowd. He didn't even notice when the police officers arrived on the first floor. Now he could only see Officer Megure leading a large group of police officers out of the hotel. door.
This might be the man's purpose of constantly attacking them - to prevent the two of them from leaving the hotel, but also to prevent them from approaching the police for help!
They got rid of the man's entanglement and seemed to have the upper hand. However, they hid at the safe passage and missed the opportunity to contact the police. They might be part of someone else's plan.
On the side, Miyano Shiho was also staring at the crowd at the main entrance of the hall, feeling equally nervous.
At the door over there, the people walking out with the police officers were the doctor, the three children, Sonoko, Xiaolan, Sister Nanatsuki...
Only Brother Fei Chi is not there.
Although she didn't want to think so, Brother Fei Chi probably stayed in the hotel as a member of the organization.
When Kudo Shinichi thought that he had stepped into a trap, he felt angry and anxious, "Damn it! I've been fooled!"
Miyano Shiho also came back to his senses, but when he thought that Chi Feichi might be waiting to catch them somewhere in the hotel, he couldn't think about the next step. He was ready to listen to Kudo Shinichi's thoughts, "Kudo, What are you going to do next?”
"That man just kept attacking us, maybe just to stop us in the hotel. The hotel will be very dangerous next..."
Kudo Shinichi analyzed and found that Mao Lilan came in from the hall door again, walked straight to the safety passage door where they were, and stared at Mao Lilan in surprise.
At the same time, Mao Lilan's eyes have been locked on the gap in the safety passage door.
Kudo Shinichi was clearly in the dark, but the moment their eyes met, it felt like Mao Lilan had also seen him.
Moreover, Mao Lilan's eyes were firm and slightly angry as he stared at the crack in the door, as if he already knew that... Kudo Shinichi was behind the crack in the door.
Miyano Shiho saw Kudou Shinichi staring blankly at the door. He turned around and saw Mao Lilan walking quickly through the crowd and walking towards this side. He was also a little surprised, "Why did she suddenly return to the hotel... Are we going here?" Did she see you when you came here?"
Kudo Shinichi sweated, turned around and went up the stairs, "Let's hide for a while."
Miyano Shiho followed and reminded in a low voice, "Perhaps she has seen you dragging me here just now. It was just when you needed an explanation. Are you just avoiding her like this?"
"Idiot!" Kudo Shinichi was a little depressed, "If I meet her now, I have to explain why I am here and who you are. There will be countless traps for us in the hotel. It is not about her at all. When reminiscing about old times, and if she finds out that there is a dangerous person who wants to kill us, it will be even worse, she will definitely not leave the hotel by herself!"
"I see," Miyano Shiho quickly followed Kudo Shinichi around the corner of the stairs and looked at the safety passage door with only a gap left. "If she didn't see you, she would probably think that she was wrong, or that You have already left and left the hotel..."
She felt that this idea was too optimistic. What if Xiaolan insisted on looking up the stairs?
The organization may have sent someone to infiltrate the building. A girl was searching along the stairs alone. If the organization regarded her as a suspicious person, she might also be killed!
However, it would be a good idea to try to get Xiaolan to leave first.
"squeak……"
The safety door on the first floor was opened with a soft sound, followed by Mao Lilan's uncertain voice.
"Shinichi? Is that you?"
On the stairs leading to the second floor, Kudo Shinichi quickly stopped and held his breath to avoid letting Mao Lilan hear his footsteps and breathing.
"Are you still here? Shinichi?"
Downstairs, Mao Lilan asked, footsteps approaching the stairs, and then stepping onto the stairs again.
First level, second level...
Miyano Shiho was forced to follow Kudo Shinichi and froze in the stairwell. Listening to the approaching footsteps at the bottom of the stairs that didn't stop, he gave Kudo Shinichi an urging look.
If they don't hide, when Mao Lilan turns the corner of the stairs, he will be able to see them when he looks up!
Kudo Shinichi also quickly pointed to the exit on the second floor and walked up the steps lightly.
"Xinyi, I saw you just now," Mao Lilan's voice was annoyed, and her footsteps suddenly accelerated, "You are still here, right?"
Oops!
Kudo Shinichi's expression changed, and he quickened his pace and ran towards the exit of the second floor.
Miyano Shiho was also startled, but his brain was still clear. When he saw that a certain famous detective did not bother to cover up the footsteps, he immediately gave up running to the second floor with Kudo Shinichi, and instead ran to the third floor suppressing the sound of footsteps. .
When Mao Lilan heard the hurried footsteps above, she also sped up and ran upstairs, shouting anxiously and angrily, "Xinyi, stop!"
Kudo Shinichi quickly pushed open the second-floor safety access door and ran to the second-floor corridor. He turned around and wanted to close the door, but found that Mao Lilan chased him to the second-floor stairwell and suddenly stopped.
Mao Lilan stopped in the stairwell, looking at the closed door leading to the corridor on the second floor, her eyes gradually turned red, "Are you so unwilling to see me?"
Kudo Shinichi stood behind the door with his right hand still on the door. When he heard Mao Lilan's question, he gritted his teeth and remained silent.
Mao Lilan waited for two seconds and saw no response. She sighed softly, said lonely "I know", and turned to leave.
Miyano Shiho was hiding in the stairwell to the third floor. Hearing Mao Lilan turn around and walk down, he suddenly wanted to rush out and explain.
Xiaolan is not an unreasonable person. It would be better to find a reason to explain and let Xiaolan leave first than this misunderstanding...
"Bang!"
Kudo Shinichi opened the second floor safety door one step earlier than Miyano Shiho. Because he moved too quickly, the door almost hit the wall.
(End of chapter)
