You're Very Skilled at Crashing into Things

It was a poster brimming with life. Blue skies, green grass, a gleaming railway track running through the middle, and a brand-new train on the rails. Large words stood before the train—"Heisei Express, embark on a journey of dreams and romance."

The code "3135134162" left behind by the kidnapped police officer Yamabe Koichi was actually referring to this train.

When the string of numbers was entered into a calculator and viewed upside down, it became "291heiseie": 29 was the date of the operation, while 1 was the scheduled sniping time—1 p.m.

And "heiseie" was the Romanized form of "Heisei" plus the initial letter of express, referring to the Heisei Express.

—The kidnappers intended to make Yamabe Koichi snipe Prosecutor Yoshino while he rode the Heisei Express that day.

At present, Prosecutor Yoshino appeared to be the key figure responsible for bringing down the Ghost Tiger Society.

And the courageous second-in-command mentioned in Uzo's assignment to Jiang Xia—the one "determined to avenge the Ghost Tiger Society and willing to abandon his deal with the organization"—was the leader of the kidnappers who had abducted Yamabe Koichi and his wife, planning to assassinate Prosecutor Yoshino. He was also one of the "Men in Black wearing sunglasses" Conan and the others had seen while fishing.

For Jiang Xia, in cases where a Ghost Fetus was unlikely to appear, choosing between a Shikigami and Killing Intent was always a question worth pondering.

But this time, it seemed he no longer had to choose.

—Since the organization considered the Ghost Tiger Society's second-in-command, who had fled with the pickup Seal, a more worthwhile target, then he would take his Killing Intent.

Jiang Xia looked once more at the poster on the wall. "..."

Come to think of it, Yamabe Koichi, despite being held hostage, had