As the gunfire rang out, bullets were shot out from the dark muzzle, and arrived in front of Sawaki Hiroshi and Xiaolan in just an instant.
At this moment, all the hearts jumped into the throat. After all, Sawaki was holding Xiaolan as a shield. Once the bullet did not hit Sawaki, but instead hit Xiaolan's vital part, then the shooting would be counterproductive——
However, amidst everyone's surprise, the bullet did not hit Zemu Pinghe in the end. Instead, it grazed Xiaolan's leg and opened a wound on Xiaolan's ankle.
In this way, Xiaolan, who was in pain due to her injured leg, was really weak and couldn't even stand upright at this time. Sawaki Eiroji, who was holding Xiaolan hostage, felt that Xiaolan couldn't control herself.
It's about to fall down, and it's impossible to hold it up unless you increase your strength——
"Hey! Stand up for me!"
However, even though Sawaki said fiercely, he wanted to pull up Xiaolan who was about to collapse, but as long as he let go a little bit, Xiaolan would fall down unconsciously. Time and time again, he brought a lot of pain to Sawaki
trouble--
"Shinichi..."
At this moment, I felt the inconvenience caused by my legs, and I was still watching Kudo Shinichi's action of holding a gun in my field of vision. In a daze, the scene from that year reappeared, but it was different. At that time, I was just watching.
The fact that Mouri Kogoro shot and wounded Fei Eiri, but now, when she became the party involved and looked at it from Fei Eiri's perspective at that time, after Kudo Shinichi made the same choice as Maori Kogoro, Xiaolan suddenly understood
Got——
Why, dad would shoot at that time.
At this time, because of his leg injury, he could no longer stand firmly. It would be too costly for Sawaki to continue holding him hostage. Moreover, because of the pain, his body was struggling unconsciously, so Sawaki, who originally wanted to use himself as a shield, could no longer do so.
Completely hiding behind himself——
Immediately, when Sawaki Eiroji revealed most of his body, Kudo Shinichi, who was still holding the gun, did not hesitate and shot at Sawaki Eiroji's exposed right arm holding the knife.
It was still a bullet that missed him, and the severe pain caused Sawaki to hold the knife unsteadily for a moment. At the same time, Xiaolan, who was holding him in his hand, gradually became limp and about to fall to the ground. He was already a complete burden.
At this moment, seeing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Kudo Shinichi quickly ran forward. At the same time, Mouri Kogoro and Officer Shiratori also immediately seized the opportunity and stepped forward.
Seeing the three people rushing over, Sawaki Eiroji, whose hand holding the knife could not use much strength due to pain, was immediately frightened by the opponent's momentum. He let go of Xiaolan and wanted to run back.
However, Mouri Kogoro had quick eyesight and quick hands. He stepped forward, grabbed Sawaki Taoshi's hand, and threw Sawaki Taoshi to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.
At the same time, Kudo Shinichi stepped forward to support Xiaolan. Looking at Xiaolan who was finally out of danger, Kudo Shinichi showed a relieved smile on his face and said to Xiaolan:
"Xiaolan, it's okay..."
"Shinichi..."
At the same time, looking at Kudo Shinichi's expression, Xiaolan finally squeezed out a smile on her face and said with some emotion:
"Thank you. I finally know why dad fired the gun in the first place..."
"It turns out that's how it is..."
At the same time, Officer Shiratori, who ran over, finally understood and said after witnessing the scene just now:
"Mr. Maori didn't shoot to capture the gangster, but to rescue the hostages!"
"yes."
In response to this, Officer Memu, who came just now, couldn't help but said:
"A hostage with an injured leg is a burden to the gangster who wants to escape, and the injured person's instinctive struggle will also cause trouble to the gangster... However, as a police officer, it is indeed true to injure a hostage...
"
Officer Memu, who had long understood the meaning, said this and couldn't help but sigh.
And just like that, as Sawaki Fairy was subdued, and after Officer Megure and others revealed their police identities, the helicopter that was originally hovering in the sky landed, took everyone away from here...
…
At the same time, not long after everyone escaped from the underwater restaurant, Peter Ford, who swam directly to the beach at the entrance to the "Water Crystal", a marine entertainment facility, looked back at the intact building on the sea and paused for a moment.
After waiting for a while, until the rescue helicopter began to appear over the building, as agreed, Peter Ford pressed the remote control switch to detonate the remaining bombs——
"Now that things have come to an end, just ask for your blessings. Anyway, I have done everything for you as agreed. The rest... I didn't expect that such a countdown method would actually lead to Kudo Shinichi! Rumors have already
The dead Kudo Shinichi is still alive, which is a big deal..."
Looking at the buildings on the sea starting to collapse, Peter Ford murmured this, not intending to hang around here, and was about to turn around and leave——
"Oh? If you know that Kudo Shinichi is still alive, what are you going to do?"
However, before Peter Ford could run far away, a figure suddenly appeared from the building at the entrance. Without any reason, he kicked Peter Ford on the side as he was about to escape.
After directly kicking Peter Ford to the ground, the other party slowly asked what he just said:
"And I'm also curious, why did you help Sawaki Fair commit these crimes? And, the guy who drove my car off the cliff with a truck and shot me with an arrow, was it you or him?"
With obvious anger, facing Peter Ford who escaped alone from the underwater restaurant, the visitor asked without politeness at all.
In this way, after listening to what the other party said and seeing his face clearly, Peter Ford, who was kicked to the ground hard, got up with some difficulty, his expression couldn't help but look very surprised——
"Wise-Gao Yuan..."
Yes, the person who came here is wise and far-sighted.
Because of the phone call with Miwako Sato just now, he learned that something had happened at the underwater restaurant, so Gao Yuan hurried back here, only to meet Peter Ford who was about to escape from the main entrance——
"Because I know that Sawaki Koei may have an accomplice, and if he does something in this underwater restaurant, there is a high possibility that the accomplice will come with him, so I investigated the details of the people who will come to the underwater restaurant today..."
Looking coldly at Peter Ford in front of him, Gao Yuan seemed to be very angry and said——
Unexpectedly, despite having investigated the situation of the underwater restaurant in advance, the final situation was still the same as in the original work, causing the underwater restaurant to explode...
Although the situation was not unexpected in the end, and there were actually few candidates for the accomplice, but now, because he had heard the other party specifically mention "Kudo Shinichi" just now, Gao Yuan suddenly felt that this accomplice was not that simple.
.
So, straightforwardly, Gao Yuan stopped him here and wanted to ask everything clearly.
Seeing this, he looked at Gao Yuan in front of him and he was the only one here. He thought that the opponent's right hand was injured by an arrow and he might have difficulty moving. From this, Peter Ford thought to himself, and felt that there would be no problem in at least escaping from him.
Therefore, Peter Ford stood up with all his strength and prepared to attack Gao Yuan——
Then, a few moments later, Gao Yuan kicked him to the ground with several kicks, and then used a football kick to beat Peter Ford until he was unable to parry. The pain was so unbearable that he finally had to say:
"Stop it, don't fight it! I said it, I said it... Because Zekihei found out about me helping people get bombs and providing access, so I had no choice but to help him..."