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Watching Nyu Iwao suddenly explode into motion and charge at Conan, "Dr. Araide's" heart lurched, and she realized things were bad.
This deranged culprit had clearly been driven into a furious rage. If he was allowed to rush right up to Conan, in less than a second, he could snap the child's fragile neck!
Would a culprit who had killed someone, assaulted a police officer, and freely beaten up his former teammates care about adding one more murder case before being thrown into prison?
"Dr. Araide" gritted her teeth, not daring to gamble on Uzo's script, and instinctively wanted to rush over. At the same time, Jodie beside her also moved. She had clearly thought of the same thing—even though that little kid with glasses spoke in a snide, suspicious way, he was still only a child...
The two Helpful Citizens began acting in a way that fit their "high school teacher" personas perfectly. However, in order to observe in secret just now, they had been far too far away from this side. Before they could run more than a few steps, a crisp, angry shout suddenly rang out nearby.
—Mouri Ran, who had stayed alert from beginning to end, moved even faster than the two of them. She took a running start, then kicked off the "Wolf-Mask Warrior" who had sat down on the ground, and sprang lightly upward.
With the help of that muscular springboard, she was like a slender missile, flying up and precisely cutting into Nyu Iwao's path of advance.
Nyu Iwao stared blankly at this flying person who had suddenly appeared, unable for a moment to understand what had happened.
And in the instant he froze, Mouri Ran twisted her body, bent her knee, and swept across. Carrying the tremendous force of her running