Xu Yue leisurely headed toward the civic hall's storeroom with Conan and the old village policeman. Just as they reached the storeroom entrance, Conan heard a muffled groan from the room next door.
"Something seems to be happening over there. That's the room with the piano..."
Before he had even finished speaking, a gust of wind swept past him.
A figure flashed by, and Xu Yue had already appeared at the piano room's door—without even opening it.
With a crash, the wooden door was smashed to pieces, splinters flying everywhere! He looked like a humanoid ferocious beast!
The sudden burst of speed, along with the impact that had effortlessly smashed through the door, made Conan's Glasses fall right off.
No way!
How could that mild-smiling, seemingly frail desk-bound police officer usually be so violent?!
Wasn't he supposed to be the boss who sat in an office?
That speed had to be under ten seconds for a hundred meters, right? Even professional athletes would struggle to reach that standard, not to mention the strength needed to smash through a door.
What kind of monster was he? He was even scarier than Ran, who practiced karate!
Even Conan, who had long been tempered by Ran, had his worldview thoroughly shaken. Hirata Kazuaki, who had just knocked Shuichi Murasawa unconscious inside, was even more terrified. He forgot to run and was immediately pinned to the floor with his arms twisted behind his back by that beast-like figure, unable to move at all.
"Ah! My arm's broken! My arm's broken!"
Pressed face-down against the floor and unable to move, Hirata Kazuaki burst into tears.
Hirata Kazuaki was the secretary of Mayor Kuroiwa, who had died earlier. Shuichi Murasawa, whom he had knocked unconscious, was Mayor Kuroiwa's daughter's boyfriend.
With such a commotion suddenly breaking