(Thud)
As he thought, Honda Ryohei quietly approached Mouri Ran from behind under the cover of the rushing water, then silently raised his fist.
Mouri Ran's attention was still on the faucet.
Just as she was about to turn it off, she suddenly felt something pat her calf—based on experience, it felt a little like a cat's paw.
Mouri Ran turned around in confusion. She did not see a cat on the floor, but behind her stood a burly man with his arms spread wide, reaching for her with a face full of ferocity.
"!!!"
In the basement of the same building.
The police and detectives were trying to find the highly suspicious "Honda Ryohei."
At that moment, a piercing scream suddenly rang out upstairs through layers of concrete flooring.
Though it came from far away, Conan recognized it at once. Startled, he cried, "Ran!"
Hearing the terrified scream, Inspector Yassa instinctively had a bad feeling. He hurried upstairs toward the sound, then remembered something and looked at Jiang Xia, who was rushing up with him.
"'Ran' is that high school girl who came with you, right? Why did she enter the building too? She looked so well-behaved, yet she's running around everywhere too. Can't you people behave yourselves? That dangerous Honda Ryohei could still be hiding in this building!"
Jiang Xia looked utterly innocent. "I think you should have sent someone to seal off the building earlier. After all, Ran isn't a detective. She might not have known this place was off-limits, so when she saw we were gone, she probably came in looking for us."
Just then, Jiang Xia's phone suddenly vibrated. Someone was calling.
As he climbed the stairs with the group, he took out his phone and glanced at it. Seeing that the caller was