Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 129 Sherry's Request

The young monks returned to their rooms one after another.

Not long after, Xiu Nian, who had been a member of the academy for less than a year, tiptoed out of the room and sneaked toward the room where Tian Yong was in charge.

Koizumi Akako's room was opposite the room of Natsukawa and his group.

However, she wasn't in her own room; instead, she chatted with Xia Chuan and the other six in Xiao Lan's room.

Ran is quite talented; in just half an hour, she had become very close with Koizumi Akako, addressing her not as "classmate" but as "Akako-sama."
Xia Chuan suspected that Xiao Lan was so eager to make friends with these people mainly because she wanted to get something from them for protection.

"Lord Hongzi, in your red magic, do you have any amulets or similar items for warding off evil spirits and demons?"

Ran glanced around, a little embarrassed that her fear of monsters was known. She leaned close to Koizumi Akako's ear and asked, "Is the legend of the Mist Tengu true? Do monsters and demons really exist in this world? Can I have a red magic amulet? I can buy it with money!"

A series of questions left Conan extremely frustrated. After all these years, Ran's problem just wouldn't go away!
"If you believe, it exists; if you don't believe, it doesn't. But don't worry, I already checked before I came, and there were no signs of monsters appearing at Shanni Temple in the short term."

Koizumi Akako said in the tone of a charlatan, "Although I have never seen a Tengu, the Tengu mask left by my ancestors is the best proof of its existence. There is no mistake that the mask still has the aura of a demon."

However, some people don't believe this at all. Some only believe what they see with their own eyes and scoff at legends. Such people will eventually suffer a great loss.

Koizumi Akako turned to look at Conan, pointed at his dead fish eyes and continued, "Take Conan for example, look at his expression. Not only does he not believe in the Mist Tengu, but there's also a hint of mockery in his eyes, saying, 'Ran, you're a coward.'"

"I didn't!" Conan waved his hands repeatedly.

Ran's sudden display of murderous intent sent chills down his spine. Please, I was just watching the show, why is this woman named Koizumi Akako dragging me into this?

Koizumi Akako laughed a few more times, then stroked her long hair and said, "But it doesn't matter. We witches are always low-key and never care whether others believe us or not. You'll know when you meet them."

Koizumi Akako found this little boy named Edogawa Conan to be particularly strange.

Although his red magic had no effect on Conan, he could sense a strong aura of death emanating from Conan.

This deathly aura seemed to emanate from the netherworld, its powerful yet decaying presence sending shivers down one's spine.

This guy is like the Grim Reaper walking among humans.

She had reason to suspect that the reason why Tenaga was so lifeless was because Conan had infected him with it.

"Sister Xiaolan, the legend of the Heavenly Dog is just something people made up."

Actually, this is just a folk legend left behind when Master Jianzhen crossed the sea hundreds of years ago.

The original form of the Tengu was actually a meteorite! Hundreds of years ago, when science had not yet begun to emerge, meteorites were considered an ominous sign, which is why the legend of the Tengu being an ominous creature came about.

As for the later story about the celestial dog killing people, it was definitely a legend made up by the host to attract tourists.

In conclusion, the Tengu doesn't actually exist at all!

“Kid, you know a lot.” Koizumi Akako patted Conan’s head and looked out at the waterfall. “But the Mist Tengu really exists. I advise you to keep the attitude of ‘better safe than sorry’ when it comes to this kind of thing.”

Conan rolled his eyes, got up and walked towards the door; he didn't want to talk about this anymore.

As a successor to materialism, the worldview of Ke Xue is the only ideology that guides his life.

"Conan, where are you going?"

Anya immediately stood up as well.

She suspected that Conan was secretly investigating the truth behind the death of the monk named Chungnian two years ago.

That wretched Conan, he's going to act on his own again, showing no respect whatsoever for her, the leader of the Junior Detective League.

"I'm going out to check and I'll be right back. You can come along if you want." Conan left without looking back. With Anya by his side, there wouldn't be any problem.

Moreover, when two children are conducting an investigation, many adults will subconsciously lower their guard, and some clues may be uncovered indirectly at this time.

While Conan and Anya went to investigate, Natsukawa went alone to the second-floor corridor of the training room where someone had died.

This place is very close to the waterfall, and the splashing water cascades down the wooden planks of the walkway.

Xia Chuan didn't come to check on the situation or admire the waterfall; he came here to answer a phone call.

Although it was quite noisy, the sound of the waterfall was just enough to drown out my phone call.

The person who called was Shirley. It was late at night, and I don't know why she was calling me at this hour.

After confirming that no one was around, Xia Chuan answered the phone.

"Tequila, that's me."

Sherry's voice was still cold, though better than last time. She couldn't help it; Miyano Akemi was now under Tequila's control, and if she spoke too harshly, Sherry worried Tequila would assign her sister some deadly work.

After all, it's a winery, and she always tends to think about these people in the most extreme way.

"Shirley, what's up?"

Xia Chuan casually lit a cigarette, glancing at Conan and Anya who had sneaked into the training room.

"You're not thinking of calling your sister again, are you? It hasn't been that long. Shouldn't you be focusing on getting things done at work? Otherwise, I'll have a hard time explaining this to Gin."

"No."

"What's that for? You're such a busy person, how come you have time to chat with me?"

"It's about drug research; I need to go out."

On the other end of the phone, Xia Chuan took a deep drag on his cigarette, squinted, and asked, "What are you going out for?"

Although he didn't have the authority to remove Sherry from White Dove Pharmaceuticals, that didn't stop him from finding out the reason, which was very important.

For spies, every piece of intelligence has its corresponding value. Even if they can't use it themselves, knowing a little bit is never a bad thing.

Moreover, given that Sherry chose this time, Natsukawa couldn't help but suspect that she was planning to run away.

That's strange, is there such a plot point?

Xia Chuan was completely baffled, so he stopped thinking about it and just asked directly.

Shirley seemed to be thinking, remaining silent for a long time.

Xia Chuan wasn't in a hurry. He finished one cigarette and lit another. It wasn't until halfway through the second cigarette that Shirley spoke.

"I need to personally visit the homes of some people who have taken APTX4869 to check on their condition; this is important for the research."

Xia Chuan took a deep breath of his cigarette holder, then suddenly remembered something.

It seems there is indeed this plot point; it was around this time that Sherry discovered that Shinichi Kudo was not actually dead.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)