"Don't, don't... don't hit me anymore!!"
Whether Inspector Megure's words had worked, or the Collapsible Baton that never stopped had proven especially effective, Sada-kane Yoshio collapsed to the floor and burst into tears. "I never wanted to kill anyone. I just wanted that woman who ran over my son to stop wearing those improper shoes and apologize to my son in Heaven—really, that was all I wanted at first! But I don't know why things ended up becoming like this..."
Vermouth gave him a look of shared sorrow, then pushed herself up with her exhausted body and quietly left the floor before the others arrived.
Before long, under Conan's guidance, the others gradually found their way to the correct floor as well.
Officer Takagi finally found someone to deal with the circuit breaker. With a click, the electric light came on, flooding the area with brightness.
"Sonoko!!" Mouri Ran rushed in and hugged Suzuki Sonoko tightly. "Are you okay? Are you hurt? It's all my fault. I should've gone with you when you went to put things away."
The two high school girls clung to each other and wept.
Officer Sato looked at the completely unharmed Suzuki Sonoko and smiled in relief. But then she sensed that something was off—why did those bang-bang striking sounds beside her seem so familiar?
"Jiang Xia!!" Looking closely, Officer Sato finally realized what was happening. While searching for people earlier, she had spent the whole time imagining Jiang Xia beating up the culprit. So when she arrived on this floor and suddenly saw this scene, she had not found anything strange about it. Instead, it had felt like this was only natural.
But now...
"Stop hitting him!" She rushed over and skillfully stopped him. "Superintendent Matsumoto will be here any moment, and so will