Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

Although Koizumi had emphasized to Nekozuka that nothing would happen to him, and asked him to stay calm and not to panic, and to cooperate with the police as much as possible and not to act on his own and alert the enemy.

But when it comes to human life, can we really stop worrying about it by just saying “don’t worry”?

In a critical moment, not to mention a minute, even a second can be a matter of life or death.

Nekozuka mentally reserved thirty minutes for Koizumi. This was based on his assessment of Koizumi's overall strength, and was the maximum amount of time he could remain restrained and calm in the event that Koizumi completely lost contact.

It had been more than twenty minutes since the shattering sound that was suspected to have caused Koizumi to fall into coma, and the continued silence in the headset made Nekozuka gradually become anxious.

He stood fully armed outside the police cordon. No matter how the police around him warned him or scolded him, he just stared at the school building in the distance with an expressionless face.

Twenty-five minutes had passed.

"Mr. Nekozuka Kentaro!"

Hearing someone calling his name, Nekozuka turned around to look in the direction of the person coming, and saw Kogoro Mouri, whom he had met once before, running towards him quickly, followed by the head of the First Investigation Section, Inspector Megure, and two other unfamiliar faces.

Nekozuka just nodded at Kogoro Mouri, then turned his head to look at the building of Victoria Private School, counting the time silently in his heart.

Running closer, Officer Megure said directly: "Mr. Nekatsuka, you can't break in without permission. We have made a plan. Please cooperate with our actions!"

Mao Zuka glanced at him, then looked at his watch, said nothing, and tightened his grip on the cordon a little more.

Twenty-six minutes.

Seeing that the man looked ready to rush out at any time, Officer Megure continued to persuade him: "Mr. Nekozuka, after the operation begins, we will immediately check on Sakurai's current condition. If she is really in danger, we will help her immediately! And you can see that our two bomb disposal experts are already in place!"

Megure Jusan gestured to Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji beside him: "They are both Sakurai's classmates and are very familiar with Sakurai. Besides, for infiltration, they are more suitable than you!"

Matsuda Jinpei looked up at Nekatsuka's unwavering expression and eyes and sneered, "Don't bother, Officer Megure. He won't listen."

Hagiwara Kenji nodded: "I second the motion."

I never expected that Sakurai would have such a reliable assistant.

You can tell just by looking at him that this man is absolutely stubborn. It would be difficult for Sakurai himself to give him orders. Inspector Megure's exhortations are all in vain.

Twenty-seven minutes.

Maozuka took a deep breath, narrowed his eyes slightly, and took another small step forward, his body now tightly pressed against the cordon.

Megure Jusan took a deep breath, put his hand on his gun and shouted: "Mr. Nekozuka, you will seriously disrupt our operations! Don't do this! Don't force us to attack you first!"

In the tense atmosphere, Mao Zuka's eyes suddenly widened. He quickly reached out to hold the headset and said, "Boss?"

Everyone was stunned.

Jinpei Matsuda took a sudden step forward, his eyes fixed on Nekozuka's headphones, with an expression as if he wanted to reach out and grab them.

Amidst the expectant gazes, Nekozuka briefly exchanged a few words with the person at the microphone, then suddenly turned to Megure Jusan and said, "The boss said she's going to prepare to defuse the bomb."

"What!" Megure Jusan screamed, "She's here to defuse the bomb?!"

Nekozuka calmly repeated Koizumi's original words: "That bastard has only left temporarily, and I'm not sure when he will come back. I have to demolish as much as I can before he comes back."

Matsuda Jinpei's pupils shrank slightly. He took another step forward and spread his hands to Nekozuka: "Tell her I'm Matsuda Jinpei. Give me the equipment, I'll help her defuse the bomb."

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In the warehouse, Koizumi, who was in a coma, slowly woke up.

The moment she regained consciousness, she felt dizzy and nauseous.

Koizumi soon realized that this might be a side effect of the excessive amount of ether she inhaled.

Oh, I'm still alive.

Koizumi resisted the urge to vomit, and lay motionless for a while, listening carefully to the movements around him.

There was silence all around, no human voice, only the ticking sound of the clock.

A clock?!

Koizumi was frightened and his spirit was suddenly excited.

When she opened her eyes, she saw herself buried in a pile of cardboard boxes. She looked out through the gaps in the boxes but couldn't see anyone.

For someone like her who can transform, simple bindings can't trap her. She can escape instantly with just one transformation. However, Koizumi didn't dare to act rashly because she was afraid that there might be someone or a camera hiding in a corner that she couldn't see.

She rubbed her chin against her collar.

Feeling that the listening device hidden inside his collar was still there, Koizumi breathed a sigh of relief and blew towards the location of the listening device to convey to the other end that he was still alive.

Because he was not wearing a headset, Koizumi did not hear Nekozuka's question.

She still maintained a cautious attitude and tentatively moved her body to make sure no one came to check on her.

Because he didn't know which box on his body contained dangerous items, Koizumi was afraid that his big movements would cause the items inside to explode or cause some bad consequences. It took him a lot of effort to carefully sit up from the pile of cardboard boxes.

She looked around.

Matsuura Shun was not there, and there were no additional monitoring and surveillance parts in the room compared to when she checked before.

So Koizumi could finally get out of the bondage play with confidence.

The black cat jumped from the gap in the box to the open space near the door and regained its human form.

Koizumi rubbed his wrist, which was bruised by the tying, and walked to the warehouse door to listen to the noise outside. After confirming that there was no one nearby, Koizumi took out the headset hidden in his sleeve and put it back on, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "Nekozuka, how long have I been unconscious?"

"Twenty-seven minutes."

"Kogoro Maori should have called Inspector Megure and the others over. Are they ready for action?"

"Yes."

"But, we are just preparing, and haven't started to act yet?"

"Yes."

"Well, it seems that I can only rely on myself for now."

Koizumi looked at the large and small cardboard boxes on the ground and the 17 finished bombs against the wall, took a deep breath and said, "I don't know what Matsuura Shun is doing, but that bastard is only away temporarily and will definitely come back. I want to dismantle as many of these damn bombs as possible before he comes back. Wish me good luck."

Then, she heard a familiar voice coming from the cat's side: "Tell her, I'm Matsuda Jinpei."

Koizumi's eyes lit up: "Matsuda? He's next to you? Great. Give him the headset!"

After a while, Koizumi heard Matsuda's sly voice saying, "Hey, Sakurai-san, it's time to test your learning results."