Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 310 A Fateful Reunion

Rice flower town.

The snow fell heavily, turning the roads into a vast expanse of white. Pedestrians hurried along, as if their quickened steps could generate heat to ward off the cold.

Cars were parked along the roadside, as if even the traffic police were unwilling to go out and issue tickets at this time.

The sounds of playful banter grew louder as they approached the warm street. The six members of the Junior Detective Club chatted about school anecdotes and teased Anya.

Yes, teasing Anya!

"I heard that the Takeda sisters transferred schools. Anya said before that the two of them could open up a breakthrough for our detective team in the fourth-year commission missions, but now it seems that's not going to happen."

Genta excitedly ran to the fourth grade today, wanting to ask the Takeda sisters if they could introduce them to some requests from the fourth graders.

Upon arrival, it was discovered that the Takeda sisters' mother had applied for a school transfer a week earlier and they hadn't been attending school for a long time.

This is very embarrassing.

"Hmph, two ungrateful and wicked students!"

Anya pouted helplessly. She had put in so much effort and thought, only to find it was all for nothing. No one could accept this reality.

"Actually, you can't blame the Takeda sisters, after all, something like this happened in their family."

Ayumi understood, saying that every family has its own problems, but the Takeda family's problems were particularly complicated.

"It's okay! As long as there are cases, I still have a chance!"

Anya is full of confidence and plans to patrol the doors of various classrooms at school every day after class, using her superpower of listening to people's thoughts to find potential customers.

Of the group, only Conan and Ai Haibara seemed out of place.

The two of them were not interested in this kind of detective game.

Especially Ai Haibara, for some reason, has been having nightmares frequently these past two days. Today she even dreamed of Gin catching her, and this nightmare has made her lose all interest in her studies today.

"Don't look so gloomy, it's like the teacher is abusing you at school."

Ai Haibara glanced at the unreliable detective: "I have a cold and I've been having nightmares for the past two days, so I'm not feeling well."

"A nightmare?" Conan looked up at the crow on the telephone pole, and the crow suddenly looked down at him.

"Could it be about that organization?"

“I dreamt of Gin. In the dream, I was captured by him, tied to his Porsche 356a, and taken back to the organization to continue the research on APTX4869. Then, all of you who knew my identity were killed without exception.”

Anya, who was eavesdropping, shuddered and couldn't help but shiver.

She slept in the same room as Ai Haibara, and the thoughts she heard over the past two days were so unsettling that even she, a professionally trained spy, was horrified.

That man named Gin is truly despicable. I hope she never runs into him, or Aunt Joel will definitely slap him away!

"Hey!"

Conan suddenly stopped, his relaxed expression vanishing completely, replaced by a serious one.

"Look at that car up ahead!"

"what happened?"

Ai Haibara asked a question, and following Conan's gaze, she looked ahead and, upon closer inspection, discovered the piano cart from her dream.

Ahead, on the main road, a Porsche 356a, its roof covered in snow, sat quietly by the roadside. The car's paint was as black as ink. A crow flew over the roof, and the oppressive feeling emanating from the distillery made Ai Haibara feel a little breathless.

She didn't even notice the heavy snow hitting her eyelashes or the cold wind blowing across her half-exposed neck.

"Hey, why aren't you guys leaving?" Mitsuhiko rubbed his shoulders with both hands, his nose running, and asked, "Are you feeling unwell? It's really easy to catch a cold in this kind of weather."

"It's okay, you guys go back first."

Upon encountering the Porsche 356a, Conan had no intention of missing out and decided to stay and do something.

"And what about you two?" Yuan Tai snorted coldly. "Didn't we agree to go home together? What are you two sneaking off to do this time? You're not going to eat eel rice, are you?"

"Oh, please don't ask so many questions. I'll treat you to a delicious eel rice meal tomorrow, is that alright?"

"I want ice cream!"

I want both!

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko took advantage of the chaos.

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"I'm going to eat this for three days straight!" Anya said, shoving the three little ones away. As she turned the corner, she turned back and winked at the two of them.

What does that wink mean? Did it see something?

"Hey, does Anya really not know anything?" Conan sometimes felt that Anya was acting strangely.

Even though he's a child, you can sometimes tell what's on his mind.

If you don't think she's a child, her every move is like a child's, the most obvious example being her grades. Given how poorly she's doing, he doesn't believe the other person is also someone who's taken APTX4869.

In short, it's very contradictory and strange.

"Based on that, do you think Gin would waste APTX4869 on her?"

Conan shut up at the right moment and looked at the Porsche 356A.

“The license plate is correct, and the car model is also correct. There are very few people in this era who still drive cars from fifty years ago. There is no one else but Gin.”

After Ai Haibara finished speaking with great certainty, she noticed that Conan had already walked to the car.

Conan walked around the car twice, looking left and right to make sure no one was paying attention. "There's no one in the car, but Gin should be nearby. We need to hurry."

"What do you mean, 'hurry up'?"

Ai Haibara didn't understand, but Conan showed her his purpose through his actions.

He pulled out a thin needle from somewhere and started frantically manipulating the doorknob.

While operating the car, he said, "My dad taught me how to open car doors when I was in Hawaii, so this kind of 50-year-old car is no problem for me."

Watching Conan easily pry open the car door, Ai Haibara really wanted to ask, "What the hell did you teach you in Hawaii?"

The car door opened, and a strong smell of smoke wafted out, causing Conan to close his eyes briefly.

The roof of the car is covered in snow, indicating that the car has been stopped for quite some time. Gin probably won't be coming down anytime soon; there's still time!
"Hey, what are you planning to do!"

Ai Haibara poked her head in and asked.

Conan is too reckless. He just got into the car like that. What if he gets discovered?
Unbeknownst to her, as she peered inside, a strand of brown hair fell from her head, a hair that would connect them in a fateful encounter.

"Of course, we should install eavesdropping and location tracking devices!"

Conan is incredibly bold, never considering the consequences of being discovered; he simply wants to use the Porsche 356A to further locate Gin's hideout.

If we inform the Metropolitan Police Department of this information, we might be able to capture all the codenamed members in one fell swoop.

"Don't be delusional. The organization's power is beyond your imagination. They even have people working for the Japanese government. Once discovered, everyone around you will be killed!"

Ai Haibara scolded him in a low voice, but she couldn't stop Conan, who had already become obsessed.

Having searched for a long time without finding any trace of the organization, Conan desperately wanted to obtain something related to the organization through this car, and even further, he thought that he might be able to find a way to grow bigger.

He couldn't fully believe that Ai Haibara was the person in charge of the APTX4869 drug.

Even if Ai Haibara was 28 before she shrunk, let alone 18, she shouldn't have been able to develop such a terrifying drug. Didn't you see that Professor Agasa spent decades building up his scientific expertise, even at the cost of developing baldness?

Ai Haibara clearly hasn't experienced much of the harsh realities of life; even a genius shouldn't be like that.

However, that's just how geniuses are.

Although the Miyano couple contributed to its creation, Ai Haibara was indeed the one who single-handedly brought about the emergence of APTX4869.

Drug-induced function is unpredictable, with a success rate of less than one in ten thousand, but it does indeed exist.

Conan spent three minutes finding a suitable location to install the bugging device.

That's right, it's on the back of the pedal.

This location is indeed tricky; a normal person wouldn't notice it.

Conan was satisfied with what he had done, and when he looked up, he saw two men in black appear across the street.

"Brother, have we been pushing too hard? I think the expression on that Mihua Restaurant shareholder's face is a bit off."

Vodka looked back at the mall entrance behind him, somewhat worried that his older brother's arrogant behavior might provoke a backlash.

Shigehiko Tobuchi is a good example. It was because his older brother was too demanding and always asked him to do things that were beyond his capabilities that the other party was investigated, which led to the backlash from Blue Castle.

To this day, he still feels both cold and hot in his crotch, and his legs sometimes feel weak.

"Hmph, it's just a matter of letting him cover Rum's and our expenses, isn't it?"

Vodka looked strange and hesitated for a long time before saying, "That's right, but why did we also plant Bourbon in the Miho Hotel? That shareholder probably thinks we planted people to monitor him and get more dirt on him."

"Shigehiko Tomoguchi can't stay any longer. Tonight's memorial service for the film director is his death day. I'm still worried about Pisco, but with Bourbon, I think everything will be fine."

“There’s one more thing.” Gin glanced at vodka and said in a meaningful tone, “Bourbon himself asked me to help him find a job.”

"Uh?"

Vodka stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"He's currently working three jobs a day and also doing intelligence gathering. With this workload, how can he find other jobs?"

Honestly, Vodka really admires Bourbon. No wonder the boss chose him. With that kind of work ethic, which boss wouldn't like him?
“Giving him another job means he’ll take less money from the organization.” The miser was quite pleased with this and patted Vodka on the shoulder, saying, “Or I could get you in too, as a secretary to a shareholder.”

"No need, I'll stay by my brother's side. He needs me!"

Vodka hurriedly waved his hand, stepped over, and opened the passenger door! "Brother, please come in."

Gin casually tossed away his cigarette butt: "Let me try out the new car first."

If Vodka hadn't actually found him a Porsche 356A, he would have already sent the guy to work as a toilet cleaner at the Mihua Grand Hotel. The boss had scolded him a lot for what happened at Blue Castle; only he could handle it.

This is a major mistake.

"Hehe, with such good driving skills, it's my great fortune to be able to sit in the passenger seat."

Gin didn't take it seriously and went to the driver's side door, just about to open it.

Suddenly, the footprints on the ground caught his attention.

The footprints were small and messy, most likely left by children, and it looked like there were many children wandering around the car.

This situation is uncommon, but Gin didn't take it seriously.

The car was parked on the side of the road, and it was already good that it wasn't towed away by the traffic police. It's not unacceptable that a few children were gathered around looking at it, after all, the Porsche 356a is indeed rare.

"What's wrong, brother?"

"fine."

Gin started the car expressionlessly and lit a cigarette for himself.

As the car drove away, the two children around the corner finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Kudo, you're being too reckless!"

Just this once!

Conan knew that what he was doing was very dangerous, but he just couldn't control himself. Seeing Gin made his head throb, and he felt he had to get revenge.

Meanwhile, Anya, who had returned home, ran excitedly to Xia Chuan's side.

"Father, the unlicensed taxis you told me to keep an eye on these past few days have appeared!"

Long before the Blue Castle incident, Xia Chuan had instructed Anya to come back and tell him if she saw the black Porsche.

"Really? So what if you saw it?"

Xia Chuan was not interested. There were many Porsches in Japan, but Anya only recognized the Porsche logo. Whenever she saw a black Porsche, she would come back to tell him. In the past two days, he had experienced a real-life version of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and Anya had successfully worn down his patience.

After sitting for two minutes, Xia Chuan suddenly remembered something, turned around and looked at Anya, who was already sitting in front of the TV, and asked, "Where's Ai?"

"She and Conan told us to go first; it seems they've got their eye on that Porsche."

Upon hearing this, Xia Chuan's expression turned serious. He immediately put down his coffee, grabbed his black trench coat, and said, "You and Joel will have dinner tonight. I'll order takeout for you. Don't go out unnecessarily because of the cold weather."

"I know~"

After watching her father leave, Anya quickly came to Bond.

He clasped his hands together and chanted, "Bond, please let me see what happens tonight!"

After saying that, she patted Bond's ears with her two little hands.

Bond drooped his eyelids and stared blankly at Anya.

"Quick, show me the footage, let me see it."

Bond muttered something, then closed his eyes and remained silent.

My buddy's used to getting freebies, so this time he's definitely not giving us any screen time. Until he fulfills his promise from last time, we won't be able to get a single clip.

"Hurry up, I'll give you some dog food in a bit."

Bond remained silent. Don't think you can bully a dog just because it can't talk!
"Don't be ungrateful!" Anya said, hands on her hips, glaring angrily.

Bond wasn't buying it at all. He glanced at Anya with droopy eyelids and silently moved his body to create some distance between himself and Anya.

Seeing that it was no use, Anya sighed and went back to the living room to continue watching Kamen Rider. Since she couldn't see anything, she might as well stay at home.

After leaving, Natsukawa immediately obtained Masuyama Kenzo's itinerary information from Frank.

As the CEO of a car company, most of his schedules are public, so he could easily obtain them.

"The Rice Flower Restaurant?"

I vaguely remember this case taking place in Beito Town, but this is the real world after all, and with his presence, it's normal for the plot to change slightly.

However, Xia Chuan noticed that this restaurant appeared quite frequently in the news, and he was even considering investing some money to become a shareholder.

There's also Mihana General Hospital.

However, Mihana General Hospital is clearly not short of money. They have made a fortune this year alone. It's just tough on the doctors who receive annual salaries. I wonder if they will starve to death before the end of the year.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)