Hope the Hostages Make Their Position Clear

The three children found the way and cautiously made their way up to the third floor, continuing their search for the kidnappers' hideout.

They had just searched up to the area near the stairwell.

Then another set of rapid footsteps came from the stairs, racing downward. This time, they sounded slightly heavier than before.

The three children held their breath for a moment, then warily moved over to take a curious look.

However, the stairwell was still empty—the second person to go downstairs had run even faster than Masuo Eri, and they had not seen who it was at all.

The children: "...What's going on?"

Could the hostage really have escaped, with the kidnappers coming down to chase after them?

But why had only one person come after them... Or was the person who had fled downstairs just now also a hostage?

The incomplete information left the three children bewildered. They looked at one another.

Then they decided to take another route and check upstairs.

—It did not matter if the situation was complicated. Wouldn't they understand once they took a look?

Besides, perhaps something had gone wrong among the kidnappers, causing the hostages to flee one after another. This was the perfect opportunity for the Detective Boys to distinguish themselves!

The three of them crept up the stairs.

While the hostages fled one after another and the Black Organization underlings were being evenly beaten by a Detective acting righteously,

On the fourth floor, in a spacious sunlit room,

the oblivious second-in-command was stroking his chin, excitedly drawing up the next phase of his plan.

First, they definitely had to kill the Prosecutor who had caused their organization to fall apart.

As it happened, that bastard was acting as if nothing had happened these past few days and planned