Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 164 Cliffside Game
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Footprints were scattered across the vast white snow, and the cold wind made one's scalp tingle, wishing one could wear more layers.

Tanaka Kikue and Suken Kiyohiro stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down.

Below the cliff, it was pitch black, and a cold wind howled past, bringing with it eerie sounds.

"Luckily, I prepared an escape route in advance." Kikue Tanaka looked at the zipline connecting to the other side with a sigh.

The zipline was something she had prepared in advance. At the time, she was somewhat dismissive, believing that her plan was so perfect that there was no way something could go wrong.

Unexpectedly, Doi Takaki and the camera exposed her completely. Fortunately, Sugami was not exposed, otherwise she would not have had the chance to kill Hamano Toshiya.

Looking back now, it was really delicious!
"Hamano Toshiya should be dead, right?" Tanaka Kikue was a little worried. Although she had hit him with an arrow, the distance was too far for her to confirm whether he was dead.

"He's definitely dead."

He glanced in the direction of the villa, his face expressionless.

"You go first." He took Tanaka Kikue's hands, and the two gazed at each other affectionately in the cold wind.

"Be careful. After we leave, we'll go abroad to a place where the police can't find us. I want to have your child." Tanaka Kikue kissed Suken's cheek tenderly.

Suga nodded: "I've already arranged a car, it's right down the mountain, we'll be flying away tonight!"

After a while of sweet nothings, the two turned to look at the big tree beside them.

The next moment, Suken kicked the snow-covered tree, shaking off all the snow and revealing the safety buckle of the zipline hanging on the tree.

The two quickly secured the safety buckle and the zipline together.

"I'm going now." Kikue Tanaka wrapped the safety buckle extension rope around her hands, took a few steps to run, and rushed towards the cliff.

call out--

The pulleys made a clicking sound as they crushed the ice blocks piled up on the steel cable and propelled the machine forward.

Xu Jian turned back to look in the direction he had come from, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

Xia Chuan appeared at the edge of the forest a dozen meters in front of him without him noticing.

"Don't even think about it, you can't escape." Xia Chuan exhaled a breath of stale air, calmly sat down on the ground, propped his chin up, and looked at Suken without any urgency.

Suken frowned, unsure of Xia Chuan's intentions, but he had no time to pay attention to Xia Chuan at this moment, quickly tying his hands together with the safety buckle extension rope.

While doing these actions, his attention was entirely focused on Xia Chuan, fearing that the other party would launch an attack while he was fiddling with the zipline.

However, he was overthinking it. Xia Chuan didn't care at all and instead gestured for him to continue.

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"Sukanane!" came a sudden exclamation from behind.

Sugata turned around in confusion and saw Tanaka Kikue hanging between the two banks, about 50/50 of the land on either side.

"What happened?" Sugami asked anxiously.

"There was frost on the zipline, and I got stuck in the middle." Kikue Tanaka was pale and held her head high, not daring to look down.

She was afraid that if she looked down and saw the bottomless abyss, she would be so frightened that she would lose the strength to hold onto the extension rope.

With the land on both sides eleven or twelve meters apart, Kikue Tanaka was stuck in the middle, unable to move up or down. At that moment, the wind and snow swept by, and the chill it brought went straight to her heart.

"Hurry up and save me!"

The cold wind made Kikue Tanaka sway on the cliff.

"Wait me a moment!"

They tried to shake the steel cable with all their might, but it had no effect. Instead, Kikue Tanaka was shaken so badly that she became unsteady.

He turned to look at Natsukawa with a grim face. With Natsukawa present, it seemed impossible for him to save Tanaka Kikue.
A baton slid out from Sugami's sleeve.

"Are you serious?" Xia Chuan stood up expressionlessly, took two steps forward, and didn't flinch at the baton the former had taken out.

“Those two scumbags deserve to die. We did nothing wrong, so why are you so relentless? You won’t lose anything by letting us leave.”

"No, you just scared my daughter. I'm very angry. Do you know how much trouble it will cause a child to see that kind of scene?"

That's true; Natsukawa is indeed a bit troubled, after all, not every child is as eccentric as Conan. Besides, strictly speaking, Conan isn't even a child.

"Now that you've scared me, I'm angry too!"

You have to swing the baton hard, and the baton, which was originally only 20 centimeters long, will extend to three more sections.

The two faced off for a few seconds. With his baton in hand, Xu Jian felt reassured. In this situation, having a weapon was an advantage, and he knew that Xia Chuan would be no match for him if a fight broke out.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing an extremely ferocious smile, and he charged towards Xia Chuan with his baton in hand.

Kikue Tanaka won't last long; he needs to deal with Natsukawa quickly.

Sugami took a few steps to stand in front of Xia Chuan, raised his baton high, and with a whooshing sound, was about to smash it down on Xia Chuan's head.

It seems I overestimated Xia Chuan. I didn't expect him to not flinch even when I was right in front of him. I wonder if he's scared out of his wits.

Looking at Natsukawa, who remained completely still, Suken's heart was already resounding with the drums of victory.

However, Sugami suddenly stopped, his raised baton unable to fall for a long time.

"Why did you stop hitting me? Go ahead and swing your stick!" Xia Chuan said with a half-smile.

His lips twitched. "I'll use my fist? Put down that gun, you bastard!"
While firearms and melee weapons might be faster in close combat, Xu Jian simply didn't dare to gamble; he valued his life highly.

"Suken, what are you doing? Hurry up, I can't hold on any longer."

Kikue Tanaka gritted her teeth and persevered in the cold wind, her position obscured by Sukane. She could only see Sukane standing in front of Natsukawa, raising his baton, but he hesitated to bring it down.

A cold wind whistled through the air, and cold sweat beaded on Sugami's forehead. Who on earth was this guy?! Carrying a pistol everywhere he went, had he kicked a hornet's nest?
Is the man in front of me actually a member of some yakuza organization? No wonder he's so calm and not flustered at all.
Natsukawa smiled slightly, took out a cigarette from his pocket in front of Suken, and while putting it in his mouth, said enthusiastically, "Want one?"

Xu Jian dared not reply. He took two steps back and then two steps to the side to get away from Xia Chuan's gun.

Being pointed at with a gun makes me a little nervous. What if it accidentally goes off and I die for nothing?
"Xia Chuan, stop!"

A gasp rang out from behind Natsukawa. Kaito didn't even bother to pretend anymore; the voice he made was completely different from Doi Takaki's.

"What?" Xia Chuan turned his gun around, pointed it at Kaito, and asked, "Want one too?"

Kaito stopped abruptly five meters behind Natsukawa, frowning as he said, "You can't kill them. Murderers should be handed over to the police. You're not a policeman."

Remembering that Natsukawa was a special investigator for the National Tax Service, Kaito quickly added, "Even police officers can't illegally kill criminals. Calm down."

Xia Chuan raised an eyebrow, realizing that the other party had misunderstood, which might be related to the gunfight that occurred during their first meeting.

That time, Natsukawa killed at least five or six people at the zoo.

"Who said I was going to kill them?"

Immediately afterwards, Xia Chuan turned the gun around and aimed it at himself, slowly bringing the muzzle closer to his mouth.

click!
An orange-yellow flame shot out from the muzzle of the gun, igniting the cigarette in Xia Chuan's mouth.

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It must be accompanied by facial contortions and trembling hands and feet.

This is angry!

"You damned bastard, how dare you lie to me! You're dead!!!" Suken swung his baton forcefully, took two steps forward, and slashed diagonally at Natsukawa.

The baton created a strong gust of wind, whistling as it flew towards Xia Chuan's face.

Xia Chuan deftly stepped back, avoiding the attack.

A ruthless glint flashed in Suken's eyes. He stepped forward with his left foot and launched another attack with his right hand holding the stick.

This time, Xia Chuan didn't need to dodge. A plum blossom four-character talisman passed behind Xia Chuan's ear, causing strands of hair to flutter.

Clang!
The baton was hit along with the arm, causing the person to scream and clutch their hand. The baton was knocked three or four meters away by the playing cards, and it seemed that the person could no longer touch it.

"Doi Takaki, you are..." Suken's eyes widened suddenly when he saw the playing cards and the playing card gun.

Using playing cards to attack—isn't that the kind of tactic only the recently famous Phantom Thief Kid would use?

"Mr. Suken, congratulations on guessing correctly, but there is no reward."

Kaito stepped forward, threw his baton into the abyss, grabbed his collar, and pulled it outwards.

A white cloak billowed in the wind, and snowflakes began to fall from the sky. The magnificent white spectacle resembled a phantom thief's grand entrance. Snowflakes landed on Sugami's cheeks, and the cold touch finally brought him back to his senses from shock.

Kaito held down the brim of his hat with one hand and aimed his gun at Suken with the other, his smile as warm as a spring breeze.

This is why Kaito Kid has so many fans.

The magnificent white robes concealed any possibility of capture in the darkness.
Her elegant demeanor makes all women's hearts flutter;
The smile that he always wears is etched in the hearts of everyone who has met him.

"Alright, Mr. Sukane, Ms. Kikue Tanaka, your farce ends here. Go and turn yourselves in." Kaito twirled the playing card gun in his white-gloved hand and then tucked it back into his waistband. Kaito clearly didn't miss a single moment to show off.

However, it's clear that no one here has time to appreciate his performance.

"Heh, I never expected that Kaito Kid, who has been on the Metropolitan Police Department's wanted list for years, would say something like 'Leave the murders to the police.' How ironic."

Sugami's gaze was fierce like a wolfhound's. He glanced back at Kikue Tanaka, who was hanging in the middle of the zipline, and only felt at ease after confirming that she could hold on for a little longer: "You're being far too delusional. If you want us to turn ourselves in, you'll have to turn yourself in as well, Kaito Kid."

This is obviously impossible, and Suken had calculated this accurately, and he was right.

Everyone commits crimes. Even if my murder is more heinous, your theft is definitely not a good thing either.

So if you're unwilling to turn yourself in, why should others be expected to?

“See, don’t try to reason with them, because you’re not right in the first place.” Xia Chuan patted Kaito on the shoulder, signaling the latter to step aside and leave the rest to him.

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Kaito rolled his eyes, knowing he shouldn't say anything more, and stood to the side before pulling out his playing card gun again.

He was still a little worried that Xia Chuan might go too far, so it was better to be cautious.

Xia Chuan gazed at Tanaka Kikue in the middle of the cliff and exclaimed to Sukane, "Dude, your girlfriend seems to be in trouble. Why don't you pull her up first?"

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Of course, Suken knew this, but in the current situation, going up to rescue people would only give the other side the opportunity to wipe them all out.
He clearly hadn't grasped the situation; he had no chance of winning against either Natsukawa or Kaito.

Taking chances is an inherent human flaw, and Sugami is clearly a prime example of this; he feels he can still struggle a bit more.

"Let's deal with the two of you first!!!"

The next moment, he pulled a gleaming dagger from his lower back.

Natsukawa's pistol is a toy lighter, and Kaito Kid's playing card gun has no killing power.

Therefore, Xu Jian felt that he still had a chance.

"Go to hell!"

He moved with incredible speed, as if using every ounce of his strength, leaving deep footprints in the snow with each step.

Soon, he closed the distance between himself and Xia Chuan to within seven steps.

It reached the effective range of the pistol, which was both fast and accurate.

However, Natsukawa did not intend to use a pistol.

After all, the opponent wasn't a professional assassin. It's not that I'm looking down on Suken, it's just that he was really too weak.
Xia Chuan hooked a tree branch in the snow with his foot and it fell into his hand.

"Use tree branches? You underestimate me."

At this moment, Suken and Natsukawa were only five steps apart.

"You're so paranoid! What do you know?" Xia Chuan chuckled, tossing the wooden stick in his hand and muttering, "Here comes my little flying stick~"

The branches rustled and flew away in the wind.

"what!"

Screams echoed through the snow-capped mountains.

After being hit in the left leg, Suken suddenly lost his strength and became limp, losing his balance and falling to the side, landing face-first at Kaito's feet.

"This is."

Kaito stared in astonishment, his mouth agape. It seemed like the stick had hit the opponent's left ankle.

That location should be a relatively vulnerable node of the peroneal nerve.

When the peroneal nerve is attacked, the first thing a person experiences is excruciating pain in their foot. Then, the entire foot loses strength, and the instep cannot be raised. This can cause a person to be unable to lift their foot while running, resulting in a fall on flat ground.
In more severe cases, like Sugami just now, the entire leg feels weak and sore.

"I'm so impressed!" Kaito sighed inwardly, already deciding that he would go back and have his grandfather Terai find someone to install ankle braces on his feet.

Otherwise, he might be the one to get it next time. This kind of peroneal nerve damage is not temporary; it can last from a month to two or three months, during which time the skin on the outside of the lower leg will become completely numb, which is terrifying.

"You didn't sever his peroneal nerve, did you?" You know, severing the peroneal nerve can lead to limb paralysis.

"No, I know what I'm doing. Okay, you should get Tanaka Kikue out of there first, I think she's about to collapse."

Natsukawa clapped his hands and looked at Kikue Tanaka in the distance.

The wind was extremely cold in the middle of the cliff. At this point, Kikue Tanaka's face had turned pale and her hands had completely lost their color. If the rope hadn't been tied so tightly, she probably would have fallen by now.

"help me!"

At this point, Kikue Tanaka didn't care whether she could escape the country. Rather than die, she chose to go to prison. After all, in Japan, the sentence for murder is only twenty years. She could just endure it and it would pass.

She and Suken were both still young; if they couldn't be a pair of star-crossed lovers, they could at least be prisoners.

Kaito tugged at his white gloves, revealing a handsome smile: "Leave it to me."

He took a short run-up and leaped forward at the edge of the cliff.

"Hey!"

Conan had just run out of the forest when he saw this scene. Before he could catch his breath, his eyes narrowed, and he crouched down, twisting his leg-strengthening shoes.

"Kaito Kid, you can't escape!"

boom--

The roadside stones were severely damaged by the black Keji sneakers and flew off.

"Oops!"

Kaito had just unfolded his hang glider, and with the wind on the cliff being a bit unstable, he couldn't change direction at all.

call out--

A dark object flew in from the side and collided with a flying pebble in front of Kaito.

boom! !

The flying pebbles shattered into dust in front of Kaito.

"Thanks!"

┏(＾0＾)┛

Kaito waved, smiled, and nodded to Natsukawa before struggling to adjust his direction and head towards Kikue Tanaka.

Conan, with a sour face, ran up to Natsukawa and questioned, "Uncle Natsukawa, why did you let Kaito Kid go? If you hadn't intervened, I would have already taken him down."

"Do you think this is a game of frisbee? Didn't you see that's a cliff? What if you hit him and he fell to his death? Even elementary school students commit murder, which is against the law! I'm doing this for your own good!"

Conan:
What he said made a lot of sense, but he wouldn't listen.

He was about to defeat Kaito Kid, but Xia Chuan's actions ruined his chance to redeem himself!
"And look at what he's doing."

Conan looked in the direction Natsukawa was pointing and saw a zipline suspended between the two cliffs. In the middle of the zipline, Kikue Tanaka was swinging like a giant pendulum in the wind.

"If you had succeeded just now, Kikue Tanaka might have fallen off the cliff due to exhaustion, resulting in the deaths of both her and her unborn child. That's not the outcome you want, is it!?"

As she spoke, Xia Chuan looked at Conan's shoes: "And another thing! I've wanted to say this for a long time, who bought these shoes for you? Why can they kick such big rocks? This is too dangerous for a child."

Conan coughed twice, pretending not to hear, and watched as Kaito Kid rescued Kikue Tanaka.

This phantom thief seems pretty good; aside from theft, his values ​​are somewhat similar to his.

They seem to have a strange sense of justice.

"Then let him go this time. I'll definitely arrest him next time." Conan relented. The other party saved a life, so he would let him go this time.

"hehe."

Xia Chuan shook his head and remained silent. Conan couldn't catch Kid, and Kid couldn't steal the jewel from Conan. It was a vicious cycle with no solution.

Moreover, these two guys demonstrated a strong working synergy in many parts of the story.

Therefore, what Conan meant by this sentence should be: Let's be friends.

Kaito clearly sensed Conan's hostility. After throwing Conan off the edge of the cliff, he gave Conan a bright, boyish smile before leaping off the cliff again.

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(End of this chapter)