No matter how fast Conan jumped out of the car, there was no way he could catch up to an SUV boosted by gravity.
By the time he managed to lie at the cliff's edge and look down, all he could see was the pitch-black sea beneath the night sky and waves surging high, crashing against the jagged, shattered reefs at the base of the cliff and breaking apart.
They had actually driven straight into the sea...!
Conan was not the only one who found it unbelievable. Ran Mouri and Mori Kogoro, who caught up behind him, wore equally stunned expressions as they stared at the shore below, where there was no trace of the vehicle.
"A suicide attack? Impossible. If that was really the plan, they shouldn't have been so decisive..." Mori Kogoro furrowed his brow as he studied the terrain below.
"From this height, even if they... even if they were prepared..." Ran Mouri clenched her icy palms, overwhelmed with anxiety.
Rather than worrying that someone might be after Tangze because of his complicated circumstances, she was now more afraid that his value might not be enough to tempt them.
Only valuable hostages got to stay alive. Being alive mattered more than anything.
Conan did not explain. He merely switched his glasses to observation mode and stared intently at the sea below.
Once the brief shock passed, he had already assessed the situation.
Mori and his daughter did not know Vodka and Binga's identities, but Conan knew them well. No matter how valuable Tangze was, he was not worth sacrificing the lives of two code-named members just to kill him.
Besides, if they had simply driven off the cliff, even a rough visual estimate showed that they would have crashed directly onto the rocky shore. The hidden reefs