The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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But the woman with the knife vanished again in a flash.

"Idiot, she's behind you!" Just as the police-uniformed robbers were searching aimlessly for the woman with the knife, the tall robber who was still in the car guarding James Black also shouted a warning.

"!!!"

Upon hearing these words, the police-uniformed robber was startled, a sense of foreboding washing over him.

Before he could react, the demon sword princess, who had flashed out from his side and behind, delivered another chop to knock him unconscious.

The scene outside the car was seen by James Black and the tall robber inside the car.

The woman wielding the knife, with her ghostly figure and attacks, made James Black, a veteran FBI agent, unconsciously narrow his eyes.

At this moment, he had fully realized that the mysterious woman who had suddenly appeared outside the car was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

At the same time, he subconsciously compared his ace in the hand, Shuichi Akai, with the woman outside the car.

The result made him gasp in shock.

In terms of close-quarters combat ability alone, the two hands that this mysterious woman just revealed were enough to completely suppress Shuichi Akai.

Even though he focused all his attention on the mysterious woman, he still couldn't fully see her actions.

She truly was like a phantom, appearing and disappearing without a trace.

The tall robber sitting next to James Black was both shocked and furious. He pulled out his pistol and prepared to jump out of the car and shoot the strange woman.

If they don't get rid of this woman, the three brothers will really be doomed.

Before he could even turn around and get out of the car, James Black seized the moment when the tall robber was distracted and suddenly grabbed his wrist holding the gun.

"you……!?"

As the tall robber turned around to glare at him with surprise and disbelief, he delivered a swift and deadly elbow strike to the man's head.

Then, the robber also fainted without uttering a sound.

And just like that, the three kidnappers who were holding James Black hostage all lost consciousness and passed out.

When James Black looked out the car window again, the mysterious woman with the knife had completely disappeared.

Although the other party did save him, it still gave James a headache.

After all, as an FBI agent, he had to be extremely vigilant about the sudden appearance of such a mysterious and dangerous individual.

The other party's identity is unknown, and it is not even entirely possible to determine whether she is friend or foe.

……

More than ten minutes later.

With Conan and Yuu Aragaki's explanation, the police finally found the police car that had been modified by the robbers and used to hijack James Black.

However, at the scene, there was only one victim, Mr. James, whose hands were handcuffed and who was huddled in the back seat, trembling with fear.

The robbers, who had completely lost consciousness, were staggering around.

This scene caused everyone who arrived to change their expressions, completely unaware of what had happened.

Why would three men who were robbers park their car in this place, and why would they suddenly faint here?

All of this puzzled the fully armed special police officers who had come all this way. So what were they so excited about all along the way?

At this point, the team leader, Miwako Sato, disregarded her doubts and, after waving to the police officers beside her to apprehend the three unconscious robbers, led Yuu Aragaki and Conan's group to the rescued Mr. James Black.

"Oh, thank you so much! You guys are amazing, I knew you would be able to understand the code I left!" James praised Aragaki and the others with an extremely exaggerated expression.

Upon hearing this, the members of the Junior Detective Club immediately became elated. "Of course! Just leave everything to us, the Junior Detective Club, and there won't be any problems!"

Conan, however, had no time to pay attention to that. Instead, he looked at James Black with great concern and asked, "Mr. James, what exactly happened here? Why are all these robbers lying here?"

In the short time that had just passed, Conan had noticed that the robbers had very obvious marks of blows on their bodies, especially on their necks and other areas.

It is clear that someone appeared and suddenly attacked these robbers.

Moreover, when he approached the modified fake police car, he noticed a very obvious dent on the roof, which meant that someone had somehow forced the car to stop.

But what is their purpose?

Could it be because of the woman in front of him?

Upon realizing this, Conan's gaze towards Mr. James became wary.

What Conan couldn't understand even more was that if the other party really came for Mr. James, why didn't they take Mr. James away, but instead left him here?

Could it be that he really only intervened to save Mr. James because he saw injustice on the road?

Even so, someone who could force this fake police car to stop and swiftly subdue three armed robbers could not possibly be an ordinary person.

Conan carefully observed the surroundings and could clearly see from the scene that when this suddenly appearing guy dealt with these robbers, it was a completely one-sided situation.

Chapter 555 Doubts

After a brief questioning by the police, everyone learned the general situation from Mr. James Black.

A mysterious woman wielding a knife suddenly appeared and stopped the kidnappers' car, then quickly defeated all the kidnappers.

Woman with a knife?

Stop the car?

Did they take down the kidnappers?

Upon hearing Mr. James's description, the police officers all stared wide-eyed, their expressions filled with disbelief.

They simply couldn't imagine how these words were connected.

Conan, on the contrary, did not show any particular surprise.

After all, he had seen Xiaolan do this many times before.

He's seen not only subduing kidnappers, but also chopping down railings and kicking iron gates.

There's no need to make a fuss about it.

At the same time, Ai Haibara, standing behind Conan, narrowed her eyes, her heart churning with turbulent emotions.

A mysterious woman wielding a knife!

Upon hearing this description, she instinctively recalled the woman wielding a strange samurai sword who had saved her from Gin on the rooftop that night, and the mysterious man who had taken her away.

Could the woman Mr. James described be the one who saved him that night?

If it really is the same person.

What exactly are their identities?

And why did he save himself from the organization?

Could it be that he really has some connection with the organization?

Furthermore, why did they choose to rescue Mr. James this time?

Could it be that James Black also has some connection with the organization?

Or are they really just a group of kind-hearted people who help those in need?

All of this filled Ai Haibara's heart with questions, like a tangled mess of threads. She wanted to find clues to the answers, but found herself only getting lost in deeper clouds of doubt.

At that moment, the kidnappers who had been put into the police car by the police also woke up one by one.

From their fragmented and terrified descriptions, the police confirmed that Mr. James's account was true.

The reason they were defeated here was indeed because a mysterious woman with a knife suddenly appeared and blocked their car.

However, Mr. James Black also concealed one thing: the tall kidnapper lying on the car had actually been knocked unconscious by Mr. James Black.

But why would he hide this fact?

Just as Officer Sato turned around to look for Mr. James, he found that he was no longer in the same place.

Suspicious, Officer Sato looked around for Mr. James as he approached Aragaki and the others, asking, "Have any of you seen Mr. James?"

Yuu Aragaki shook his head. He had already noticed that James Black had quietly slipped away during the commotion caused by the kidnappers waking up.

Only then did Professor Agasa realize that Mr. James, who had promised to treat him to dinner, had suddenly disappeared. "Huh? That's strange, he was just here a moment ago!"

"That foreigner is definitely suspicious." Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, Ai Haibara quietly moved to Conan's side, tugged at his sleeve, and muttered, "The police haven't even finished questioning him yet, and he's already sneaked away. Don't you think that's a bit strange?"

"Really?" Conan, however, seemed unconcerned. "I think he's a good person, it's just that his name is a bit strange."

"Hmm?" Ai Haibara looked at Conan curiously. "You mean Black?"

Since she didn't sense any organizational aura from Mr. James Black, Ai Haibara didn't really care too much about his identity.

The reason she told Conan this was simply to remind him just in case.

“No.” Conan shook his head and said with a smile, “I meant James.”

Perhaps because she had discovered traces of the person who had once rescued her, Ai Haibara, in a rather good mood, joked, "What's wrong? Whether it's James Bond or James Dean, I think these names are pretty good. Come to think of it, I'm quite envious of these names!"

“No.” However, when this was mentioned, Ke’s expression, which had been nonchalant before, suddenly became serious. “I’m thinking of Professor James Moyati.”

"Huh?" Ai Haibara was genuinely surprised by Conan's explanation.

"It's this crime tyrant, Holmes' nemesis, Professor Moriarty!" Conan took two steps toward the open space and repeated the name he had mentioned.