Tangze: I Usually Don't Laugh Unless I Can't Help It

Leaning against the emergency exit door, Conan repeatedly confirmed, "You didn't find any suspicious items in the lobby?"

"Yeah." After being busy for over an hour, the slightly tired Ran Mouri sat against the wall with a cup of warm water, watching people come and go through the lobby. "Some people were worried about that too, but we checked several times and didn't find anything strange."

"Unclaimed packages, suspicious bags, objects hidden behind obstacles..."

Judging by Moriyama Teiji's tone back then, he couldn't possibly have just been bluffing, could he? Finding it hard to believe, Conan couldn't help listing them one by one.

"Mm, we didn't find anything. If Professor Moriya was planning to continue the bombings, maybe he installed them somewhere concealed, like the ventilation ducts..." At that point, remembering that Moriyama Teiji's true target was Shinichi Kudo, Ran Mouri squeezed the cup in her hand until it let out an overstrained creak. "Forget that for now. Where exactly are you? What if Moriyama Teiji set something up on your side?"

"I..." His fingers furtively circled the plastic medicine case twice more before Conan flipped open its clasp and finally admitted, "I'm in the emergency passageway. Right outside the outermost emergency exit door."

"The passageway wasn't affected by the explosion?"

"It was affected a little... but the structure is still fairly stable. The area beneath the stairs is pretty safe."

"Then why aren't you finding a way to get out?!" Ran Mouri's eyebrows shot up, and her voice immediately rose. "You know what the criminal is trying to do!"

Moriyama Teiji had targeted her because she had revealed her relationship with Shinichi Kudo.

If Shinichi really got hurt here because of her, wouldn't that be exactly what he wanted?

Ran Mouri, who believed she was safe now and capable