Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 108 At someone else's funeral.
The weather was fine and sunny, with a clear blue sky without a single cloud.

Xia Chuan leisurely sat on his balcony at home, enjoying his morning tea.

Three days have passed since the luxury cruise ship incident.

The Houmoto family, a family of nine, was reduced to only two people in one night after their deaths.

After the cruise ship exploded and sank permanently to the bottom of the sea, all the bodies were buried at sea, saving the trouble of a complicated funeral.

As for Ichiro Bokumoto, this avenger who lost both his parents was never found and was eventually treated as a missing person. Considering that the probability of his survival was not high, his memorial tablet was placed on the Bokumoto family's altar.

Natsue and Akie Hatomoto then successfully inherited the Hatomoto Foundation.

It is worth mentioning that Natsue Hiramoto inherited all the assets of the conglomerate, while Akie Hiramoto was allocated a three-bedroom apartment in Shinjuku.

Clearly, this cannot be explained by mere favoritism.

When she learned of Hiromoto Gozo's will, Hiromoto Akie almost fainted.

She still owes a mountain of debt; what good is this little bit of money? She caused trouble at the Hiramoto Group several times, but was eventually kicked out each time.

Hatsue Yamamoto felt sorry for her older sister and originally wanted to give a portion of her property to Akie Yamamoto.

But her lawyer told her that if she did that, she would lose all her inheritance rights.

This is a special note in Houmoto Gozo's will.

Even after his death, this foul-mouthed king still taught the two sisters a valuable lesson.

Hatsue Hiramoto was forced to learn to be ruthless.

Akie Hiromoto involuntarily learned the unique erotic dances of the Kabukicho, and her former regular patron of the Kabukicho became a permanent resident.

There's also good news from the distillery.

Ireland's mission to annex the Hiromoto Group failed. Gin chopped off two of Ireland's little fingers and shot him in the leg. He has now left Japan with his broken body to lick his wounds abroad.

Fortunately, Pisco still had some shareholders in the Yabumoto Group acting as informants, so the Yabumoto Group's takeover attempt did not completely fail; it was just made much more subtle and low-key.

The takeover is still ongoing, but at a much slower pace. It's unclear how many years it will take to absorb the Hiramoto Group.

That's why Ireland survived; otherwise, it wouldn't have been just a matter of two little fingers and a bullet.

The assassination attempt did attract the attention of the Japanese police.

Because the Hiramoto Group has recently been competing with some foreign conglomerates for a certain project, the Public Security Bureau has focused its suspicions primarily on the Hiramoto Group's competitors and has not considered the brewery.

Even so, Karasuma Renya still issued an order through Gin: the Japanese brewery would consolidate its power and its members would enter a period of dormancy.

As for Akie Hiramoto, that woman had a miserable life.

Not only did they not receive the inheritance, but because they knew about Pisco's plans, they are now under complete surveillance by the brewery.

If the police weren't still investigating and collecting evidence, and the winery weren't unwilling to expose too much, this woman would probably have been chopped up and thrown in the trash.

Now we're just waiting for the police to shift their attention, and she'll be dealt with immediately.

The vibration of the phone on the table caught Xia Chuan's attention.

"Xia Chuan boy, are you home? Do you have some time later?"

The voice belongs to the famous detective.

Xia Chuan got up and walked to the wall, looking towards the Mouri Detective Agency.

"Uncle Mori, we're only a few steps apart, why do you need to make a phone call? Just call me if you need anything."

"Hahaha, won't making a phone call disturb others? Your phone is so advanced, do you really need a few pennies for phone calls?" Kogoro Mouri's voice was full of joy, as if some good news was about to happen.

"What's wrong? You sound very happy, uncle. Did you solve another big case?"

"Not really, do you remember Hatsue Hiramoto? Something good is related to her~" Kogoro Mouri drawled out the last syllable, leaving the question unanswered.

"Her? What happened to her?"

"She just called and said she wants to give us both a gift to thank us for saving her life."

Kogoro Mouri said with delight, "A gift from a big zaibatsu is definitely not simple. You'd better get ready and come with me to the Hiramoto Zaibatsu."

Xia Chuan hummed in agreement.

Today, Anya and Joel were either at school or at work, so he happened to have nothing to do.

But, a gift?

What could it be?

Just like the uncle said, the gift from the big conglomerate must be extraordinary, so Natsukawa was quite looking forward to it.

After hanging up the phone, Xia Chuan turned to look at the three newspapers stacked on the table; these were the newspapers from the past three days.

Kogoro Mouri has never disappointed. In the three days since his return, he has not rested at all. He is either solving cases or on his way to solve cases every day, as if he is addicted.

Conan must be really frustrated. He ran into two assassins on his journey, and all his evidence and reasoning were useless. They weren't afraid of getting caught when they killed people; they just went for it head-on.

Provoking the police and blowing up a luxury cruise ship are both extremely vicious acts of killing.

Conan has never seen the Thorn Princess of Moonshadow Island, and even the police only know that there is an assassin, but they don't know whether she is male or female or what her code name is!
Ireland left right in front of them, incidentally sinking a luxury cruise ship in the process.

Similarly, his identity remains a mystery. For three consecutive days, the police found no information about Ireland, only the body of the Suzuki butler was found at the Suzuki butler's house.

The culprit could not be identified, and the three-choice experience was too bad, which made Conan extremely depressed. He had to solve three cases after returning to recover.

After thinking it over, I still think the prisoner brothers from Mihua are the cutest.

The Hokumoto Foundation owns an office building in Shinjuku, Tokyo, a magnificent building that is nearly 100 meters tall.

When Xia Chuan arrived at the entrance in his GTR, a parking attendant helped him park.

"Welcome to the Houmoto Foundation."

Hatsue Hiromoto greeted the two at the entrance.

He bowed deeply with utmost sincerity, his white business suit drooping slightly, and then remained unremarkable; even his bow offered no spectacle.

Her pretty face now showed a hint of worry, and she seemed to be in a heavy mood.

A few strands of her long, updo hair fell across her forehead, giving her a unique charm and a married woman's air.

In addition, her status as a widow makes unmarried men within the Hiramoto Group eager to make their move.

As for married men.
Their expressions and movements were more subtle, at least not as overtly naked as unmarried men.

On his way to the office, Xia Chuan received at least several hundred unfriendly glances.

It seems that if Xia Chuan doesn't have any means of survival, he probably won't live more than three days.

"Miss Xia Jiang, what is the gift you mentioned?"

Kogoro Mori, true to his nature, showed no mercy, rubbing his hands together so hard they were practically smoking, his excitement overflowing.

Hatsumi Hitomoto suppressed her sorrow, smiled silently, and glanced at the woman beside her.

This person followed them the whole way; she must be Hatsue Hiramoto's female secretary.

"I see."

The female secretary smiled slightly, bowed, and left.

Kogoro Mouri grinned like a lecherous man, watching his female secretary, with her large breasts, long legs, and round buttocks, walk away, his gaze lingering on her for a long time.

It seems he would have preferred the female secretary as the gift.

Xia Chuan watched this scene unfold and clicked his tongue in amazement.

If I hadn't forgotten my camera, I really would have liked to capture Uncle Mori's expressions and actions and send them to Ms. Eri Kisaki.

Young girls are no match for married women.

Well, although she looks young, she might not necessarily be a teenage girl.

Inside the office.

After closing the door, Hatsue Hiramoto let out a long sigh.

She had been putting on a serious act the whole way outside, and she was starting to feel a little breathless.

Xia Chuan smiled and said, "Miss Xia Jiang really had the aura of a female CEO just now. I didn't expect you to have matured so much in just a few days since you took office."

"No way." Xia Jiang smiled wryly: "Actually, my grandfather had already been training me before he passed away. Originally, after the wedding on the island of Takumoto, I was supposed to start taking over my grandfather's affairs slowly."

"It's truly a pity about Mr. Hiromoto Gozo's passing. I never imagined that Mr. Hiromoto Ichiro would actually..."

The fact that Ichiro Yamamoto killed Gozo Yamamoto and Tatsuo Yamamoto has been discovered by the sleeping Kogoro Mouri.

It was the day after I returned to Tokyo.

At someone's funeral.
That's quite rude.

It's almost as if they're about to lift up Ichiro Hatomoto's coffin, point at the clothes that are replacing the corpse, and say, "You cunning frog, you've been touching my belly all this time."

Xia Chuan admires Conan's efficiency; even though he almost lost his life, he was back in action the next day, fully recovered and investigating the case as if nothing had happened.

I don't know if it's because they have a strong heart or are fearless.

And then there's Anya. It seems like she caught Conan's influence; she wasn't panicked at all when the cruise ship sank, unlike a little girl.

If Natsukawa hadn't known for certain that only Conan, Ai Haibara, and Mary Akai had been shrunk by the A drug, he would have definitely suspected that Anya had also taken the A drug.

(What am I asking for? I'm not asking for anything anymore.)

(End of this chapter)