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Chapter 172 - Margaret River Wine (2)

And what followed was Conan mentioning that Sano Marta's repeated refusal for them to check her bag. She only showed them the content and refused to let them touch it, it should be because there was blood splatter there that Sano Marta failed to notice before and only saw after the police officers arrival.

Even with the conclusive evidence, Sano Marta refused to admit.

"It's not the victim's blood!" Sano Marta said angrily.

"We'll know after testing," Inspector Megure said and motioned for his men to catch Sano Marta. It was obvious that this woman would not be willing to cooperate with them and some extreme actions had to be taken to control her. 

Swish! Bang!

Sano Marta resisted and easily punched the two police officers away, the sound of bone breaking could be heard after the punch landed.

Conan's expression changed and Megumi Aiko didn't hesitate to charge forward.

Officer Date was also blocking the door preventing Sano Marta from going out.

Bang!

The punch was heavy and Megumi Aiko gritted her teeth. She was screaming loudly in her brain channel. 

[Megumi Aiko [4]: What the hell is this? How come she's so strong? I was almost knocked back!

Public Security Officer [5]: Your posture, Megumi! She's aiming at your weaknesses in your stance. The difference in your fighting experience is too big.

Megumi Aiko [4]: *beep*]

After all, Megumi Aiko is a police officer and it was rare for her to encounter dangerous and powerful criminals. Most of the time, she only needed to rely on her violent strength to subdue them and they would end up with broken bones.

But now…

It seemed that things were not so simple. 

Bang!

The next moment, Sano Marta kicked Megumi Aiko's stomach, sending her back with violent movement.

She saw that the door was blocked and there might be more police officers there, so she turned towards the window. At this moment, there was only Hikari Yuki standing there, so she didn't hesitate and charged forward.

"Make way!"

Hikari Yuki narrowed her eyes slightly and her expression looked like she was scared, but she was actually reviewing the karate moves that she knew. In order not to expose her mixed martial arts' skills, she could only use some movements and her actions were restricted.

So when Sano Marta came to her, Hikari Yuki nimbly moved to the side and then kicked forward.

Bang!

The kick landed on Sano Marta's stomach squarely.

What followed afterwards was a kick from her other leg to Sano Marta's head by using her previous leg as the pivot.

Bang!

Sano Marta's head was ringing and she fell down to the ground with a thud.

The other people in the room looked at Hikari Yuki with their eyes wide open in shock. 

Because Megumi Aiko fell down, she didn't see clearly and when she turned around, she saw that Sano Marta had fallen down.

"What…?" Megumi Aiko asked, her voice was trembling slightly.

"Fiuh… I was really scared." Hikari Yuki took a step back and looked at Sano Marta worriedly. She had purposely controlled her strength to make sure that she would not injure the other party seriously. 

Though, in terms of pure strength, Hikari Yuki was actually not that strong. 

There were definitely many people who were stronger than her.

But in terms of her use of strength… As someone who fought life and death battles very often and wandered in the grey area, Hikari Yuki was very good at it and could be said to be near the ceiling of this world.

If it was not for her own physical body restriction, she might be able to reach the top.

But this is already good enough.

"Sister Yuki is amazing." Conan swallowed his saliva.

He knew that Hikari Yuki could do karate because he had seen her subduing a bomber on their first meeting with each other. 

But he didn't know that she's this strong!

Thinking that Mouri Ran was also extremely strong in karate, Conan felt a kind of despair that he really couldn't offend either of them. 

It seemed that beating up his head back then was already considered light.

"A woman needs to be able to protect herself, Conan~." Hikari Yuki smiled sweetly.

Conan nodded stiffly.

He had the feeling that if he dared to say something wrong, Hikari Yuki would definitely beat him up.

"Is it karate?" Officer Date asked in surprise. He recognized Hikari Yuki's movement, but he forgot the name of the moves.

"Yes! I have been learning karate for a long time and I'm already considered a black belt." Hikari Yuki grinned.

Officer Date nodded in appreciation.

Matsuda Jinpei peeked inside and when he saw the woman had already fallen down, he retracted his head with disinterest.

Instead, he turned to look at Megumi Aiko and rolled his eyes. "This is why I told you not to be so impatient when you're fighting. You have great strength but you don't know how to use it properly, Aiko."

"Shut up, Jinpei!" Megumi Aiko glared back angrily.

If this was a comic, a cross would have long appeared on Megumi Aiko's forehead when she was provoked by Matsuda Jinpei. 

[High School Student [2]: Wow, wow, wow, another person with high power in karate? Who's this woman anyway?

Internationally Wanted Criminal [3]: I have no idea and I don't want to meet her. She seems very similar to Ran in terms of strength. 

University Student [6]: …Another female gorilla around Conan 

Doctor [9]: I don't think that she will appear often near Conan. There's already the powerful Mouri Ran and there's truly no need to add another woman, right?

Artist [11]: No. 4, do you know who she is?

Megumi Aiko [4]: Mouri Ran's neighbor, a fresh graduate who hasn't started working. I don't know the details. Anyway, I'm turning off the live broadcast. I have someone whom I need to beat. 

Journalist [12]: Wait! Don't hit Matsuda Jinpei's handsome face!

High School Student [2]: I don't think that she will listen, no. 12.

Journalist [12]: Tsk.

Internationally Wanted Criminal [3]: Anyway, is the plan done, no. 5?

Public Security Officer [5]: I'm sending people to transfer the case and pick Margaret up. Well, my people will also discuss with Officer Date whether he wanted to be involved because he had entered their vision. 

Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: Are you sure that Furuya Rei wouldn't beat you up when he knew?

Public Security Officer [5]: … I'll think about it when it happens.]

…

No. 5 had already finished giving the order to transfer the case while rubbing his face.

He could see that no. 1 was controlling her strength very well and Sano Marta was only unconscious. It wouldn't take that long for her to regain consciousness.

But…

Thinking about the large bruise on Sano Marta's face, No. 5 felt that no. 1 is really cruel.

Though, it could only be said to be expected. 

After all, the environment where she was working would be even more cruel. But the fact that her act could be hidden so perfectly like this still only meant that her fighting capabilities were actually extremely strong.

No wonder no. 1 dared to fight against Furuya Rei and provoked those strong men.

Still…

'I hope they will not end up causing more trouble.'

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