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Recently, Kogoro Mouri's business had been booming. Many people entrusted him with investigations, so his income was quite considerable.
Today, having nothing to do, Mouri brought Ran, Conan, and Yuu to the Beika Branch of Mitsubishi Bank to deposit his recent detective fees.
"Haha, today's detective fees filled up this passbook!" In the quiet bank, Mouri loudly declared without any restraint.
"Really! That's great! Then let's find a place to have lunch before going back today!" Yuu happily suggested.
"Haha, it's been a long time since I had a good drink at noon!" Mouri's spirits lifted at the thought of drinking.
Mouri subtly hinted at drinking, which made Ran extremely angry. She put her hands on her hips: "Dad! We're talking about having lunch right now!"
"Oh, this... that... this passbook is full, I need to get a new one!" Mouri found an excuse to slip away.
"I can't stand that drunkard." Conan looked at Kogoro Mouri's retreating back, his face showing a defeated expression.
At the bank counter, a beautiful female teller was anxiously checking her watch and looking around, as if waiting for something.
Mouri's eyes lit up when he saw the young lady. He struck what he thought was his most handsome pose and approached the teller: "Hello, miss!"
The teller hadn't noticed Mouri's arrival at all. His voice finally brought her back: "May I help you?"
"Miss, could I trouble you to help me exchange this full passbook for a new one?" Mouri stared at the teller without blinking as he spoke.
"Sir, I'm very sorry, but you'll need to get a number ticket over there first. Please come back when your number is called, okay?" The teller unhurriedly pointed to a ticket machine outside the counter.
"Haha, looks like I have to queue up first!" Mouri said awkwardly.
"Yes!" The beautiful teller nodded.
"We'll meet again soon!" Mouri lowered his voice, almost pressing his face against the teller's, then he went to queue for a number ticket.
After Mouri left, the teller began to feel uneasy again.
Conan had already noticed the teller's abnormality. At this moment, he walked over: "Sister Yumi!"
"Conan?!" The young lady exclaimed in surprise.
"What's wrong? You've checked your watch several times since just now!" Conan asked.
"Ah, because business is a bit busy right now, I was trying to see how much longer until noon. Ah, I'll see you again if I get a chance, Conan!" With that, Hirota Yumi put up a 'This Counter Closed' sign, then turned and left.
"You know her, Shinichi?" Yuu walked over and asked.
"Yeah! Her name is Hirota Yumi. She just started working at this bank recently. Strange, she's usually very friendly to people, isn't she?" Conan said, looking strangely at Yumi's retreating back.
Yuu was stunned when he heard Conan say Hirota Yumi's name. "Is the One Billion Yen Robbery going to happen so soon? If I want to save Hirota Yumi, I'll definitely run into Gin and the others. With my current strength..."
Thinking of this, Yuu looked at Conan, then at his own current appearance. "Save! I must save her! Hirota Yumi is an important person for getting on good terms with Shiho Miyano and Shuichi Akai, and there's also that one billion yen. Now I can finally build my Bat Suit!"
"Ah!" Over there, Mouri shouted. They turned their heads and saw Mouri holding his number ticket, looking dejected at the 'This Counter Closed' sign. "That lady left! Where is that lady? Ah! How could this happen?"
Ugh! Luckily no one was looking. Ran and Conan really wanted to dig a hole and hide!
"Sister Ran, it looks like we'll have to wait a long time. I want to go outside for a bit, okay?" Conan wanted to go out, likely sensing something was wrong.
"Hmm, be careful of cars." Ran cautioned Conan.
"Okay! Then I'm going out!" Conan said, grabbed his skateboard, and ran out.
Just as he was about to cross the bank parking lot, Conan suddenly heard a "bang," followed by the sound of glass shattering.
"Hmm?" The vigilant Conan quickly hid behind a car. When he secretly peeked out, he was startled to find a group of bank armored car robbers. There were two assailants, one with a shotgun, and one with a handgun! And a bank staff member was moving box after box of money into another car under the threat of the assailants. On the ground next to them, two staff members lay prone, their fates unknown!
"Damn it, it's too far, I can't see clearly at all!" Conan secretly fretted.
"Conan?! What are you doing here?" Mouri, Ran, and Yuu came out after finishing their business and saw Conan stealthily hiding behind a pillar.
"Alright! Let's go back!" Mouri said sternly.
"Ah...!" Conan looked nervously at Mouri, then at the assailants.
Mouri and Ran's voices not only startled Conan but also alerted the assailants. Just as Conan didn't know what to do, the two assailants drove out!
"Help! Someone's robbing us!" The staff member forced to move the boxes shouted loudly.
The assailants' car sped past Mouri and Ran. "Hey, what kind of car is that?" Mouri looked at the rear of the car and asked Conan.
"They're bank armored car robbers!" Conan shouted to Mouri and Ran, looking at the fleeing robbers. "Sister Ran, quickly call the police! Also, someone seems to be injured, quickly call an ambulance!" Before Mouri and Ran could react, Conan jumped on his skateboard and chased after them.
"Ran, I think you should go notify the bank first. I'll go check on the injured!" Mouri also reacted at this point.
"Okay!" Ran immediately ran into the bank.
Yuu watched Conan chase after them. "Shinichi will be fine anyway. I'll go prepare for the confrontation with Gin!"
Although Conan tried his best, the assailants' car was too fast, and he was almost unable to keep up. Just then, the alarm bell at the railway station ahead rang, and the level crossing slowly lowered. Conan secretly rejoiced. However, the robbers didn't stop their car. Instead, they forced their way through, smashing the level crossing to pieces!
"You won't escape!!" Conan said fiercely. So, he used all his strength to control his skateboard, taking advantage of the momentum to fly up. Just as he was about to land, the train locomotive rushed by. Conan was grazed, and he tumbled to the ground! When he looked up again, the robbers' car was already gone.
"Damn it! He got away!" Conan slammed the ground hard.