"How's that kid?" Matsumoto put away his gun and asked. "Looks like it's okay - what about the spy?" Fujii Nanami asked rhetorically according to Hotaru Mizuko, who was gradually coming to his senses.

"There's no way, if you don't kill it immediately, this kid will be in danger." Managing Officer Matsumoto shook his head. "But if that's the case, we'll at least stop the spy's theft?"

"Hmm," Nanami Fujii helped Mizuko Hotaru to his feet and stood up himself. "Now it's time to reassure everyone—" Just then, he saw Fujiwara, who was standing at the door of the cafeteria and watching them.

"It's ...... Spying? Fujiwara frowned and looked at Mr. Amamiya who fell to the ground. And what about his children? ”

"Kid?" Nanami Fujii frowned. "Did this spy bring his own children?"

"Probably?" Fujiwara shrugged. "This kid ......"

Before Fujiwara could finish speaking, Mr. Amamiya's child ran out like this - if the information registered before was correct, he should be called "Amamiya Courage"

He ...... He's dead? Amamiya Courage looked at Mr. Amamiya's corpse in surprise.

"Child, this ......" Nanami Fujii was about to appease the child, but the courageous reaction surprised them.

"What will my dad do if he dies?" He anxiously asked Nanami Fujii, who was stunned in place. "He said he would only let me see my dad if he completed the mission!"

"Oh......" Fujiwara's expression became rather subtle. This ......"

"Kid, can you tell your sister what happened?" Fujii Nanami had already reacted, walked quickly in front of Courage, squatted down, and appeased him like this.

Beside them, Fujiwara looked thoughtfully at the gun in the hand of Officer Matsumoto, and then at Officer Twilight.

And the latter looked at Fujiwara quietly with the same gaze.

…………

"Here's it!" Chiba handed over the USB flash drive in his hand to the Self-Defense Force, and at the same time looked at Inoue Fumitada in front of him.

"Please don't panic, this is actually a counter-espionage exercise we are preparing." At this time, Inoue Wenzhong explained to everyone.

"Yes, even the fact that I was held hostage just now was also discussed with me in advance by the Self-Defense Forces." Beside him, Hotaru also wore a shallow smile, comforting everyone like this. "But to be honest, although I only need to pretend to be knocked out, Mr. Self-Defense Officer dragged me quite roughly, and in the end, I didn't scream in pain in the middle of the way, and it's great to ruin the performance!"

Leaning against the bulkhead, Fujiwara just looked at Hotaru's delicate smile with a faint melancholy.

Of course, these are all lines that Hotaru has just discussed with the members of the Self-Defense Forces, in order to cover up the embarrassment of this arrest.

Although she looked so indifferent now, the way she looked when she first stood up was still vivid in Fujiwara's mind because of the pain.

Just as he was showing such a worried expression, Hotaru suddenly looked at her side, and showed a very calm expression.

[Don't worry. 】

While making this expression, Hotaru just lightly touched one foot on the ground, placing her weight almost entirely on the other side.

…………

And at the same time, outside the cabin.

"Thanks to the paint that you and the captain prepared in advance at the computer's data output port, it would have been difficult for us to lock on to X," Matsumoto said as he expressed his gratitude to Nanami Fujii. "Also, I'm sorry for what happened before."

"It's okay, after all, I did fall for the other party's trick," Nanami Fujii shook his head disapprerovingly. "It's just that it may take some time for the captain to regain his prestige on the ship."

"Then again, is this a bit too aggressive?" Officer Twilight asked. "If we hadn't been able to find the spy, then ......"

"No, don't worry, we're fully prepared." Nanami Fujii explained with a smile. "We actually expected spies to come and steal the data, so we were well prepared for this, and X didn't even trigger all of our insurance agencies."

"Looks like your preparation is quite useful," said Officer Matsumoto with a look of amazement, then looked thoughtfully at Officer Twilight beside him. "But the trouble is that if this guy dies, we may not know about him or his gang's overall plan, so there may be a lot of things to be busy with in terms of follow-up intelligence. I'm sorry, Dusk brother, for causing you trouble. ”

…………

About 40 minutes later, the Hoshima was on its way back.

"I always thought it was a little strange at the end," Mitsuhiko asked the other members of the Junior Detective Corps. "Do you think that's real or fake?"

"It's hard to say, but at least I always felt something strange." Ayumi hesitated.

"Probably something really happened, right?" Conan shrugged. "Otherwise, the members of the Self-Defense Forces would not have been nervous to that extent. Moreover, if it is really going to be a drill for us to see, since the shooting has been fired, it should definitely be performed in a place where we can see it - after all, it is a drill in a sightseeing event, and it must be for the purpose of showing us. ”

"yes, I think it's weird too," Qian Yu next to him also nodded, but in the end he just sighed. "But honestly, should we dig deeper?"

“Need not to know.” Conan just shrugged his shoulders and said so. "Maybe that's really not something we should be looking into." (This quote from the Pupil Assassin is actually grammatically correct, it's just outdated...... ）

"yes, so it's fine now, and we'll just act as if nothing happened." Qian Yu smiled.

"......" beside him, Gray Yuan Ai frowned slightly.

Although he didn't explicitly mention it, Gray Hara always felt that Chiha's words were not in line with his character. Generally speaking, he is the type of person who is curious when he sees things, and although he does not necessarily act impulsively, he will at least maintain a full desire to learn and discuss with others.

But now, he hopes that everyone will not discuss it......

"Hey," asked Wai after secretly pulling Chiba aside, and after making sure that no one else was looking at him. "You're not going to get involved, are you?"

"Me?" Qian Yu didn't show any surprise, just glanced at the others nearby as well, and then hugged Gray Yuan Ai.

"Huh?" Gray Yuan Ai was taken aback by such behavior, but he only obediently let Chiba hug himself while turning Chiba himself in the direction facing the ocean.

"Hmm," Chiba said after confirming that her lips were blocked by Ash Hara's and her body, and that they would not be seen by the other people on the ship. "I'm not involved, but I can tell you definitively that the organization has a part in this."