Across the street from the café, a tall man stood by the roadside with his hands in his pockets, waiting for a ride.
But Haga Kyosuke was not looking at him. His gaze passed over him to another person on the road.
—It was a slender young man with medium-length hair that gave off an artistic air. He had a large bag tucked under his arm, and both hands were tightly protecting it as he walked along absentmindedly.
Haga Kyosuke found the man rather strange. The man waiting by the roadside had also noticed him and was sizing something up from head to toe.
The building beside them was under construction. Just as the two men passed each other in the street, there was a crack, and a steel bar hanging high overhead suddenly slipped loose. Before Haga Kyosuke's astonished eyes, it came crashing straight down at the two men below.
"!" Conan had been observing Haga Kyosuke through the gaps in the greenery. Now, following the musician's gaze, he looked out the window as well.
The moment he saw it, he sprang to his feet, wanting to rush outside and shout for the two men to get out of the way.
But the steel bar fell far faster than a child could run. He could only watch helplessly as it descended, and then...
Just as the two men were about to be flattened together, the man waiting for a ride suddenly reacted with inhuman speed. He threw himself hard to the side, knocking the frail man beside him off balance in the process.
The steel bar hit the ground with a thud. Its other end slammed into the long-haired man's leg. With a scream of "Ah!" the long-haired man collapsed and did not get back up, his heavy travel