"The trapped individuals are a detective from the First Investigation Division and a first-year elementary school student. According to information from the Metropolitan Police Department, the bomb's mercury switch has been activated. The adult male's weight could trigger the bomb at any moment."
"Not only that—more importantly, the culprit is monitoring the scene at all times through eavesdropping equipment. Even if we were confident we could lower a rescuer down there, the culprit probably wouldn't accept that..."
"Then what do we do? Throw down an instruction manual and some tools, then leave it to fate?"
"No matter what, we need to evacuate as many residents as possible within several kilometers..."
Miwako Sato sat in an open police car, watching several officers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit argue endlessly with the detectives responsible for coordination. She gripped the cup in her hands and remained silent.
"Sato, are you all right?" Hitoshi Shiratori, who had just finished discussing coordination issues with the television station, noticed her distracted expression and came over with concern. "As for Takagi, although we can't reach him for now, he should be okay at the moment."
The question was how much longer he could remain okay...
After all, according to what they had said before communication was cut off, there was only a little over an hour left on the bomb's countdown.
Coming back to herself, Miwako Sato forced herself to glance at him and managed a faint smile, but her mind was still replaying the voice she had heard not long ago.
She couldn't have mistaken that voice...
But according to what those children had confidently said, the people who had chased after Wataru Takagi and Conan should have been the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. The television station, which had captured footage of the incident, was