Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 338 Gin and Vermouth's Gossip
The day after the incident.

Xia Chuan was sunbathing at home as usual.

After Xiaolan regained her memory yesterday, she remembered that her childhood sweetheart had come by, and then she began to search for him frantically.

We didn't give up until after 10 p.m., when the amusement park closed.

And then there's little Anya, who got tired from playing and ended up sleeping on a bench by the roadside. We couldn't contact her and she almost drove Xia Chuan crazy with worry.

Thankfully, there's a location tracking feature.

Because of these trivial matters, it was already very late when I got home, and after a passionate encounter with Joel, I was quite mentally exhausted.

Thinking about all this, Xia Chuan suddenly felt something flash across his face.

He opened his eyes, and a blinding beam of light shone from the rooftop of a building, directly into his eyes.

The moment he noticed, Xia Chuan immediately turned his head to avoid it.

This is a natural reaction to being targeted by sniper rifles so often.

Sensing no danger, Xia Chuan relaxed again, realizing he had been overly cautious.

The ray of light was probably reflected onto his face by some glass object or something similar on the roof of that building.

I adjusted the angle slightly and continued sunbathing.

About ten more minutes passed.
From the same direction, another ray of light shone on his face.

Xia Chuan impatiently moved to another spot.

Half an hour later.

Xia Chuan squatted on the ground, looking at the six or seven rays of light reflected on the ground around him, somewhat puzzled.

This doesn't seem like a coincidence. Even if there were glass objects shining beams of light onto his balcony, there couldn't be so many beams, could there?

In other worlds, this might just be a coincidence, but this is the world of Detective Conan.

Is this some weirdo who devised a murder method for himself?
Are you planning to kill him with the heat of the sun?

As the sun moved, another beam of light shone on the ground.

Xia Chuan didn't think much of it, got up and went downstairs, and soon appeared on the rooftop where the beam of light originated.

"Mirror?"

A dozen or so fragments of mirror were arranged in a regular pattern along the edge of the rooftop railing. Although there were no traces of glue used to fix them, Xia Chuan was certain that they had been placed there intentionally.

Each lens rests against the railing at a slightly different angle, but they all point in the direction of his balcony.

As the sun moves, these lenses will likely direct beams of light onto his balcony, specifically onto his beach chair—it's almost intentional.
"what is this?"

Xia Chuan lowered his gaze and found a plastic mineral water bottle under a stone below the railing. From his angle, he could just see that there seemed to be a note or something similar stuffed inside.

"Interesting little thoughts."

Xia Chuan smiled knowingly. This little trick was probably Anya's doing. He had heard from Haibara Ai that the school had assigned a task to surprise her father these past few days.

The surprise Ai Haibara was going to give him hadn't arrived yet, but Anya's surprise was quite thoughtful.

Xia Chuan pushed aside the stones, picked up the mineral water bottle, and was already thinking about what was inside.

Could it be a thank-you letter Anya wrote to herself?
I've heard that the education system in Japan places a lot of emphasis on gratitude towards parents. I wonder what level of writing Anya could produce.

"It's okay, no matter what it is, your father loves you."

(づ￣3￣)づ╭～

Xia Chuan did not use violent means to dismantle it. He slowly twisted open the mineral water bottle and patiently found the right angle so that the strip of paper bound by the rubber band could be poured out intact.

Anya had clearly put a lot of effort into it; there was no water stain inside the mineral water bottle, and the note was perfectly preserved, except that the edges were slightly curled up due to direct sunlight.

Xia Chuan couldn't wait to go home. He removed the rubber band, sat cross-legged on the floor, and opened the note to read its contents.

"Yes, the writing is neat and there are no typos. The punctuation marks are not just periods like before."

A single glance was enough to freeze the smile on Xia Chuan's face.

Xia Chuan was quite self-aware of what Anya was like; regardless of the content, his first impression spoke volumes.

Xia Chuan gradually composed himself. If it wasn't Anya, then who was it? Ai Haibara wasn't the type to write this kind of thing, and Joel's handwriting wasn't like this either.

"Yesterday at Dorobiga Amusement Park, Shinichi Kudo's appearance has already attracted the attention of some people. Someone is watching you. If you don't want to die, you'd better get Shinichi Kudo out of Japan."

"If we let Shinichi Kudo continue to show his face, we'll be in big trouble sooner or later. You don't want to be hunted down for no reason, do you?"

The note was small, with two neatly written sentences, but these two short sentences made Xia Chuan feel heavy-hearted.

The Shinichi Kudo mentioned on the note should be Kaito.

After thinking about what some people might be paying attention to, Xia Chuan concluded that at this stage, the only organization that might be willing to kill Kudo Shin is the Blacksmith!
But what does it mean to be "targeted"? Does it mean you're not planning to take action?
If it were Gin, he wouldn't have waited until today to find the note; he would probably have already gathered people to wipe them out last night.

"Could it be that woman, Vermouth?"

Natsukawa rubbed his chin. In the original plot, Vermouth should have learned that Shinichi Kudo was still alive after this, or at least after disguising herself as Tomoaki Araide for a period of time. However, Tomoaki Araide has only been working at Teitan High School for a few days now, so the time is not right yet.

Did he help Ran regain her memories and then have Kaito disguise himself as Shinichi Kudo, only to be seen by a member of the Black Organization?

Xia Chuan's thoughts began to wander.

If I remember correctly, Gin's first appearance was at Dorobiga Amusement Park, where Shinichi Kudo was knocked down with a single blow.

Could it be that I was lucky enough to run into someone from the organization conducting a transaction yesterday? But who is this letter from, and why is it given to him instead of Kogoro Mouri?

Vermouth is not being considered. Although this guy is a traitor to the brewery, it's not that obvious at this stage.

Amuro Tooru or Kir, is one of them?

"No, if it's related to Amuro Tooru, then Yuri would definitely know, so there's no need to use this method."

Given Yuri's attitude towards him, he would definitely jump out at this point and make him leave Yoel, or else threaten to arrest him or something like that.

The possibility of Kir is also very low. The key point is that no matter how much she wants to remind Shinichi Kudo, she shouldn't use him as the recipient of her message.

Back home, looking at the note, Xia Chuan was still completely baffled; the whole thing was too strange.

Fortunately, the person who delivered the note probably didn't discover his true identity, otherwise they wouldn't have said something like, "You don't want to be hunted down for no reason."

Natsukawa turned to look at Kogoro Mouri's house.

Just as Ran regained her memory, the Mori family went on a trip. Anya said that Conan had guessed a riddle and won a three-day, two-night trip to Ogasawara.

"I thought there wouldn't be any cases in the next couple of days, but I didn't expect this troublesome thing to pop up again."

Xia Chuan put his hand to his forehead and began to think of a solution.

In the afternoon, at the winery site.

A private hospital room.

"Oh, tequila, you've arrived!"

Vodka has been lying in bed for a while now, his butt is practically moldy.

Fortunately, he is physically strong, and the doctor said he would recover in just one month, not a hundred days.

Great, he'll be fully recovered in just over twenty days. Once he's back on his feet, he'll definitely go after Kyogoku Makoto again.

Uh, no, that's not right either. It's to recruit Makoto Kyogoku!
Although his elder brother did not believe his words and was misled by the quack doctor into thinking he had osteoporosis, he was certain that Kyogoku Makoto was very strong.

That quack doctor, we'll find a time to kill him.

"Tequila, I asked you to keep an eye on Makoto Kyogoku's situation. Have you seen anything new lately?"

Vodka brought it up, and only then did Xia Chuan remember about it.

Because of Kyosuke Kazato's case, he seemed to have forgotten about it.

However, even if he hadn't forgotten, he didn't have time to observe that kid Makoto Kyogoku. He heard that Makoto Kyogoku and Sonoko had been getting along very well lately, and upon learning that Ran was injured, he rushed back to Tokyo from Izu overnight to protect Sonoko's safety.

They should still be living at the Suzuki family's house.

Shiro Suzuki and Tomoko Suzuki, knowing that their unreliable second son might have a boyfriend, generously invested in the Kyogoku family business, reportedly putting in a considerable amount of money. Now, it seems the Kyogoku family's hotels are planning to open in major tourist areas across the country.

"Do you remember the two girls and the elementary school student who were with him that day?"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"One of them is the second daughter of the Suzuki Group. He has already hooked up with a powerful man and will successfully marry her in the future. I wonder how much her dowry will be."

"Although our organization is powerful, in the end we can only operate in the shadows. Do you think he would still be willing to join us now?"

"hateful!"

Vodka was so angry that his ribs ached. He thought to himself that he had only been in the hospital for less than ten days, and that kid Makoto Kyogoku had already found a girlfriend. Would he be getting married when he was discharged?
I heard he's already eighteen, so it's not impossible.

"If I had known, I would have taken him with me even after drugging him!"

Vodka regretted it somewhat; it was too late to do so now. He wouldn't dare touch the Suzuki Group's tiger's whiskers without his boss's orders.

That being said, Vodka still had no intention of giving up.

"As long as they are not married yet, there is still a chance to recruit them."

Xia Chuan groaned and touched his shoulder, feeling goosebumps. He thought to himself, "The way Vodka said that, anyone who didn't know better would think he was a homewrecker."

"By the way, has Vermouth still been at the base these past few days?"

When they arrived, Xia Chuan didn't see Vermouth. Since the other peripheral members knew little about her, he simply asked Vodka directly.

The purpose of my visit to the base this time is related to Vermouth.

He needed to confirm whether Vermouth was the one who knew about Shinichi Kudo.

Gin definitely didn't know. If he did, he would have been summoned to the base long ago to be assigned an assassination mission.

Moreover, I heard that Gin is not in Tokyo right now. Apparently, he went to Nishitama City because of some software engineering matters.

He was familiar with the name Nishitama City; he had heard of it before, back when it was the case of Teiji Moriya.

It seems there's another theatrical film related to Nishitama City, and it's about software engineering. Natsukawa suspects the next theatrical film might not be far off.

This can be seen from the fact that mobile phones are ubiquitous on the streets, a consequence of Kogyo's great leap forward.

“Vermouth? She came to see me last night. It’s strange, she came to see me, but she asked a lot of questions about my brother.”

Vodka suddenly grinned lewdly: "I bet Vermouth came to Japan because she misses her big brother, hehe, she just won't leave no matter how hard we try!"

This was the first time Xia Chuan had heard this claim, and he immediately perked up.

Rather than whether Vermouth knows anything about Shinichi Kudo, it's more interesting to follow the gossip about her and Gin.

(End of this chapter)