The moment Conan recognized the emblem, he knew exactly what had exploded.
It was the man who had driven up the mountain earlier...
If that car had exploded, did that mean he had refused to give them a ride because there was a bomb in the car, or because it was at risk of exploding?
That didn't seem likely. Could someone who casually spewed such nasty insults really be that kindhearted...?
With that thought, Conan frowned and prepared to follow the mountain road up to where the explosion had occurred.
The moment he lifted a leg, Tangze grabbed him by the collar from behind.
"Planning to go up there and take a look?" Tangze, who fully understood Conan's intentions, looked at him speechlessly. "Don't we already have a car and fuel? Are you still planning to run all the way up?"
"Uh, right. But then, what about camping...?"
"We can camp after we see what happened." Tangze thoughtfully found him an excuse. "That foul-mouthed gentleman had barely driven up the mountain before his car exploded. He might even be the culprit. In that case, we can count as witnesses too."
Professor Agasa, who had still been hesitating, immediately straightened up at that. "That makes sense. Tangze, that makes a lot of sense. Let's go take a look."
If they could prove that bastard, who looked like no good from the start, was a criminal, then the anger bottled up inside him would finally have somewhere to go.
"Are you going camping too?"
A man's voice joined their conversation. Professor Agasa turned around and saw a tall man with a toothpick in his mouth stepping down from the RV, carrying a can of gasoline.
"We have plenty of fuel cans. You can have this one." Wataru Date walked over with the