Having said that, Sato Miwako remembered something. Half reminding Officer Takagi, half addressing Chizo Ogura, she said, "But we'll only give you iced coffee, so you don't splash scalding hot coffee on us and take the opportunity to run away."
Chizo Ogura rolled his eyes inwardly. Idiots. How could one cup of coffee hit two people? Even if I managed to take both of you down, how far could I get through a crowded station while wearing handcuffs? He would never use such a crude, low-success-rate method to escape.
But thinking of the brilliant rescue plan his accomplice had provided, for the sake of succeeding later...
Chizo Ogura pretended he had been seen through and suppressed a "Tch," making the police think they had guessed his intentions and lower their guard.
Sure enough, after exchanging knowing smiles, the officers gave it no further thought. Officer Takagi took out his coin purse and ran off to find coffee.
The journey was long, and the high school students could not stay beside the suspect the whole time. Before long, they returned to their previous seats, and Conan was forcibly hauled away as well.
The helpless elementary school student struggled in the iron grip while staring wistfully at the suspect growing farther and farther away. Fortunately, they were in the same train car as the two officers, merely separated by some distance from one end of the car to the other.
Conan could only sigh, cling to that small silver lining, and keep glancing over there.
After a while, Conan's gaze sharpened, and he quietly sat up straight.
A train attendant suddenly jogged into the car, stopped beside Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru, and anxiously whispered something to them.
Suzuki Sonoko noticed it too. Biting her straw, she poked Jiang Xia. "Did