Jiang Xia seemed to think of something and patted Conan. "Where is the person the murderer really wanted to kill now?"
"Still in the Villa. Hattori and I just..." Conan's expression abruptly changed halfway through. "Oh no!"
He sprang to his feet and ran swiftly toward the Villa.
Hearing the rustling from the bushes, Hattori Heiji was delighted at first, thinking the fish they had been waiting for had finally taken the bait.
But when he glanced over from the corner of his eye, he realized that the people standing up from the bushes were not the murderer they had been trying to catch, but several familiar faces.
Hattori Heiji: "..."
What the hell are these guys doing?! What if they scare the murderer away? But speaking of that murderer who still hadn't shown up...
The unease brought on by events straying from the script made Hattori Heiji suddenly think of a possibility when he saw this abnormality.
Those classmates had suddenly stood up and started running, making a great deal of noise that could easily scare off the murderer—and Jiang Xia and Conan could not possibly have failed to consider that.
Which meant there had to be a reason important enough for them to disregard it...
As all sorts of thoughts tangled together, Hattori Heiji's heart suddenly skipped a beat, just like Conan's had. He immediately forgot about serving as bait, tossed aside the Gold Folding Screen in his hand, and hurried after Jiang Xia and the others.
The island was not large, and it did not take the group long to return to the Villa.
Conan pushed open the door and rushed toward the room where the blond-haired man was being held. But before he reached it, they saw someone stepping out through a door along that