(Thud)
After Conan finished speaking, he had expected the children to cry out excitedly. He had even prepared to cut them off and assign them their tasks.
Yet unexpectedly, there was no response from the Detective Badge for a long while.
Conan could not help turning his head to look at the badge by his ear. "...?" What was going on? Had the badge run out of power? Or were those kids so scared that they had forgotten to pay attention to it?
He had no choice but to lower his voice and ask again, "Hello? Can you hear me?"
At last, Yoshida Ayumi's furtive voice came through the badge. "We can, but..."
Conan said reassuringly, "Good. From now on, you must act exactly as I tell you—don't worry, the bus is still in the tunnel, and it's very dark inside. Those kidnappers will also lower their guard because they think they're about to succeed..."
"Wait." A voice interrupted him. Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko pressed the badge to his mouth and quietly objected, "We don't know what your plan is, but looking at it the other way around, what if those two kidnappers haven't lowered their guard and notice what we're doing?—If something goes wrong right when they're about to succeed, their rage will be terrifying."
Yoshida Ayumi sounded like she was about to cry. "They'll definitely pull out their guns and start shooting everywhere."
Kojima Genta scratched his head too. "Even if the kidnappers have bad aim, Brother Jiang Xia will hold us accountable for causing that..."
Conan: "...?"
Why did they have so many worries at such a young age? Were these still his three simple-minded, impulsive first-grade classmates?
Conan could only take a deep breath and take a roundabout approach. Following Kojima Genta's words, he said, "Brother Jiang Xia