Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 330 Amuro Tooru, I'll remember this name!

"It's Miwako Sato!"

Xia Chuan's mind was stirred; he ignored the darkness and quickened his pace as he ran towards the banquet hall.

"not good!"

Conan, belatedly realizing what was happening, let Natsukawa's words go in one ear and out the other, and ran away, leaving Yoshiki behind in the darkness.

"What a mess."

Amuro Tooru learned about the whole story from Kuroda Hyōe beforehand, and knew that Narumi was involved. At this point, he basically believed what Narumi said.

He didn't leave; he just stood in the corner, partly out of fear that Cheng Zhen might run away, and partly out of a sense of waiting for him to come to him.

The murderer summoned Yoo Sung-jin to the scene three times in a row, definitely to make him take responsibility, and might come looking for him later.

Xia Chuan ran quickly into the hall and looked around.

No, Miwako Sato is not here.

Where's Joel?
"Inspector Megure, where did Inspector Sato and Yoru go?"

In the dark, with the killer armed and Joel unprepared, it's hard to say she won't be affected, especially given her strong sense of justice.

Inspector Megure hesitated for a moment, but out of trust, he did not hesitate any longer.

"It seems he went to the restroom; he was with Joel just now."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a scream echoed through the darkness.

"what--"

The receiver, Conan, analyzes the tone, pitch, and duration of the sound, and arrives at the answer after one second.

"Xiaolan!"

Conan roared, his power-enhancing shoes screeching against the tiled floor, and he turned and ran towards the bathroom.

Xia Chuan realized something was wrong and, without saying a word, ran towards the direction from which the sound came.

The floor where the banquet hall was located was extremely dark, but the restrooms were not.

The cramped bathroom was mostly illuminated by a flashlight on the floor, and a stench of blood had already spread throughout the space.

Upon entering the women's restroom, the first thing you see is three women lying face down on the floor.

"Are you okay?"

Xia Chuan immediately locked onto Yor.

Conan rushed to Ran's side immediately and found that her hands and face were covered with warm blood to varying degrees, which made him extremely anxious.

"fine."

Joel shook his head and looked at Sato Miwako: "Ran is fine, but Miwako has been shot. Call a doctor quickly."

The backup power supply was quickly restored to the banquet hall, and Inspector Megure, Shiratori, and Odagiri arrived upon hearing the news.

Upon discovering the gunshot wound, Toshiro Odagiri, as the leader, immediately directed the police officers to deploy their forces.

ten minutes later.

The police car took Xiaolan and Sato Miwako to the hospital.

Xia Chuan then realized that Joel wasn't completely unharmed; he also had a wound on his left arm, but it was just a bullet graze and nothing serious. After a little bandaging, it wouldn't affect anything else.

Xia Chuan gripped Yoel's hand tightly, a flame burning within him.

"Should we go to the hospital for a check-up?"

"Need not."

Joel was absolutely determined and, while everyone else was present, explained the situation.

It turned out that Xiaolan, Yoel, and Sato went to the bathroom together, only to find that the power was out on their floor.

Then Xiaolan noticed light coming from the cabinet under the sink. When she opened it, she found it was a flashlight.

Xiaolan instinctively picked up a flashlight to provide light.

Joel and Sato Miwako both noticed something was wrong and tried to stop it.

However, it was too late. Hurried footsteps appeared at the door, and a small black man stood there with a gun. Before Joel could take a good look, fearing that Xiao Lan, who was holding a flashlight, would become the man's first target, he pounced and pinned him to the ground.

Sato Miwako was thinking of rushing up to subdue the other party, but to her surprise, Xiao Hei was not afraid at all and fired gun bullets as if they were free.

A flash of fire, a spurt of blood. Even Joel, who tackled Xiaolan, was grazed on the arm by a bullet. Sato Miwako, who was facing the enemy head-on, was hit by three shots. The blood in the bathroom was mostly hers.

After firing the gun, Xiao Hei discarded it and fled.

Then came Xiaolan's scream.
"The scene has been sealed off immediately. We can't go downstairs via the emergency exits or elevators. The murderer must still be among the attendees! Since a shot was fired, there will definitely be gunpowder smoke. He can't escape."

With a wave of his hand, Toshiro Odagiri dispersed all the police forces. Soon, forensic personnel entered the scene to conduct gunpowder tests on everyone, including the police!

“Mr. Xia Chuan, someone just handed this person over to the police, saying he is related to the case. You’ll see when you get there.”

Aru was brought here by Officer Takagi.

Inspector Megure looked puzzled, thinking to himself that Instructor Joel was still unreliable. They had agreed that it was an internal police matter and should not be spread outside, but it turned out that Natsukawa clearly already knew about it and had even found Officer Yusei's son, Yusei Makoto.

But what does this guy have to do with the case?
Naruto stood behind Inspector Megure, head bowed, not daring to speak. All the police officers were watching him, and the feeling of being surrounded by wolves was unsettling.

He had no idea that the police hadn't even investigated him yet, and everyone who looked at him now seemed to feel a pang of guilt.

It should be Amuro Tooru.

Xia Chuan confirmed the identity of the person who delivered the package immediately, but didn't say much, instead letting You Chengzhen explain his situation.

"This murderer is exceptionally skilled at planning; he actually found a scapegoat from the very beginning? But how did he know? Yoo Sung only mentioned being a suspect in the murder at Officer Yoo Sung's funeral. Besides Yoo Sung's relatives, the only other people present at the scene should have been the police."

Odagiri Toshiro rubbed his temples, his head throbbing so badly he didn't want to talk.

The public pressure surrounding the case, coupled with the strong suspicion surrounding his own son, left him feeling suffocated.

Now the focus has shifted entirely to the police force, making him, the Minister of Criminal Investigation, extremely uneasy.

"Looks like the surveillance personnel will have wasted their time." Xia Chuan turned to look at the attendees queuing up for gunpowder smoke testing:

"The murderer must have known about the police's plan beforehand. Knowing that there were police everywhere, he still dared to shoot and kill people. He probably made ample preparations. The power outage and the presence of real objects were all arrangements made in advance. He must have also taken into account the smoke reaction caused by the shooting."

"No matter what, we have to investigate."

Odagiri Toshiro also thought it was unlikely, but who knows: "The deaths of Nara Sawaji and Shiba Ichiro, and Sato who is still in the operating room and whose life or death is unknown, no matter what, I will find this murderer!"

"I am no different."

Xia Chuan muttered something to himself, looked at Yoel, and explained the situation in the bathroom. Yoel then fell silent.

He could clearly feel the intense killing intent emanating from it.

It's good that the murderer was caught by someone else, but it would be a disaster if he were caught by Joel.

"By the way, is there any way to avoid getting gunpowder smoke on yourself when firing a gun?"

Xia Chuan muttered to himself. A pistol with a silencer would produce more smoke in the opposite direction of the shot.

However, it's not entirely impossible to eliminate it completely.

Conversely, there are many methods, but if you want something convenient and easy to bring to the banquet hall without being detected by security, then...
Xia Chuan turned to look out the window at the end of the corridor. It was pouring rain outside. If he wasn't mistaken, that should be the place!

Xia Chuan walked quickly to the front desk, his eyes fixed on the umbrella stand on the side of the desk.

The heavy rain started around 7 p.m., by which time almost everyone had arrived at the scene, and there was only one umbrella on the umbrella stand.

"Hello, who left this transparent umbrella here?"

Xia Chuan took out the umbrella and easily found a hole in it.

"I don't know, it seems like it was left here during the day."

Amuro Tooru adjusted his hat, trying to prevent himself from being seen by the other party.

"Is that so? Thank you."

Xia Chuan nodded, but after taking two steps, he seemed to remember something and turned back: "By the way, I also want to thank you for what came true! Amuro Tooru, I'll remember that name."

Amuro Tooru kept his head down, so his expression couldn't be seen. After a few seconds, he replied, "It's nothing. It's what I should do."

After Natsukawa left, Amuro Tooru raised his head, a strange light flickering in his eyes.

"Is this a thank you, or a warning that he's already discovered I'm the 'Wolf of Mihua' he reported before?"

Amuro Tooru didn't understand what the other party meant and felt somewhat wronged.

This time, he was just passing by; his target was Toshiro Odagiri.

However, after observing tonight, he found that the possibility of Odagiri Toshiro was almost zero.

When the murderer committed the crime, Toshiro Odagiri and Inspector Megure stood together. Upon discovering the crime, their first order was to seal off the scene and check the gunpowder reaction. If he were the murderer, he certainly wouldn't have said such things.

However, there's a certain probability that Toshiya Odagiri, that purple-haired hedgehog, is the culprit.

After the power was restored, he found the other person sitting in the rest area next to the front desk, and there was no one to provide an alibi for him when the power went out.

Xia Chuan returned to the crowd with a transparent umbrella.

"Brother Natsukawa, are you getting ready to go home?" Inspector Megure nodded: "Indeed, Instructor Joel isn't feeling well right now, so he should go home and get some rest."

"Do not."

Xia Chuan shook his head and unfolded the umbrella in front of everyone: "No matter how many times the gunpowder reaction is tested, we will not be able to find the murderer, because he has already made preparations in advance. As long as you wear gloves in advance and cut a hole in the umbrella just big enough for your hand to stick out, the gunpowder smoke will not stick to your body when you fire the gun."

Odagiri Toshiro looked at the umbrella in front of him, his mood plummeting.

“However, this time, by targeting Sato, we can confirm that the killer’s target is the police investigating the Ninoyasu case, so his motive is very likely related to Ninoyasu.” Odagiri Toshiro called Inspector Megure aside for a chat, and then left.

The umbrella says it all; the smoke reaction will yield no results, and he still needs to return to the Metropolitan Police Department to deal with the questions from his superiors and reporters.

"Inspector Megure, it's time to tell me the whole story of the case."

Kogoro Mouri looked at Inspector Megure with a serious expression.

“My daughter is currently in a coma, and you must give me an explanation. Moreover, regardless of my status as a father or a former detective, I want to help the Metropolitan Police Department catch the murderer.”

Inspector Megure rolled his eyes. If he wanted to help the Metropolitan Police Department, he suggested they move. Ideally, to Osaka or Kyoto, anything but Tokyo.

Of course, Inspector Megure didn't say these words aloud, otherwise it would have ruined the atmosphere.

With the atmosphere building to this point, Conan chimed in, "That's right, with us here, we'll definitely be able to solve the case quickly."

As expected, after a crisp sound, a large, red bump appeared on Conan's head.

"Let's go to the hospital to see how things are going. We'll talk on the way."

On the way, Inspector Megure briefly explained the situation.

Kogoro Mouri, upon learning of the situation, had no leads. However, he suspected that someone wanted to exonerate Yasushi Nino, such as the first person to discover the case, Yasushi Nino's sister, Tamaki Nino.

He had just looked at the photo Inspector Megure gave him and realized that this person also seemed to have been to the scene.

Mihua Yakushino Hospital.

"An unemployment hospital? Inspector Megure, don't you think there's something wrong with the name of this hospital? I'm worried about sending someone here." Natsukawa tried hard not to laugh. "Why not go to Beika General Hospital? The medical conditions there are better."

"The principle of proximity".

Inspector Megure had no interest in joking. "This is the closest hospital to the Beika Sun Plaza Hotel."

"It's just to lighten the mood, why are you being so serious?"

Feeling bored, Xia Chuan lit a cigarette and waited in the corridor.

The Mori family and Sonoko went to see Ran, while several officers from the Metropolitan Police Department, including Yoru, went to the operating room to wait for the surgery results.

Miwako Sato was shot three times. Although none of the bullets hit vital organs, one of them was very close to her heart, causing a lot of bleeding, and she was on the verge of death.

Natsukawa said he wasn't worried, since the Metropolitan Police Department's Love Story hadn't even aired many episodes yet, and Takagi hadn't succeeded, so Sato Miwako definitely wouldn't die.

At the same time, this situation can be used to call Frank.

Nino Tamotsu suicide case!
"suicide!"

Xia Chuan accurately captured this word.

In Detective Conan, cases where the police mention "suicide" are usually homicides.

The perpetrator has actually narrowed down to a very small area.

The first one is Tamaki Nino, who wants to overturn her brother's case and force the Metropolitan Police Department to reinvestigate the case.

The second is the murderer from a year ago. When he discovered that the police had reopened the investigation, he killed everyone involved in the investigation in order to cover up the truth.

There are only two possibilities, but regardless of whether the murderer is Tamaki Nino or someone else, the "suicide" case of Tamaki Nino must be reinvestigated.

Nino was presumed to have committed suicide because of a surgical error that occurred a week before his death, which led to the patient's death. The patient's family is now accusing him, and no other traces of him have been found.

Therefore, it is concluded that Nino Yasuie felt guilty and committed suicide due to excessive sentimentality after getting drunk.

However, Xia Chuan thought it was impossible.

Actually, this wasn't the first time he had heard the name Ninoboru.

After the case involving the newly established hospital was submitted to the IRS, the IRS conducted a second investigation. Although they did not find the winery, the case of reselling prohibited drugs led to the involvement of several doctors from major hospitals.

Yasumasa Nino is one of them.

However, since the other party had died a year ago, there was no follow-up.

Xia Chuan believes that a doctor who would resell banned drugs would not commit suicide because of causing a medical accident.

"The scalpel cut diagonally downwards from the right carotid artery to the left, severing the artery and trachea, causing blood to flow backwards and leading to suffocation and death."

Xia Chuan repeatedly pondered this manner of death, trying to find other possibilities within it.

(End of this chapter)