Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 494 Anya Runs Away from Home (Please Subscribe)

Anya, of course, would not accept fate and Haibara's arrangement; going upstairs was merely a way to sneak away more easily.

Back in her room, she immediately made a sturdy escape rope out of the bed sheets.

As it turns out, reasoning with Ai Haibara is completely futile; she has absolutely no compassion whatsoever.

The father was the same; he was blinded by immediate gains and had no idea how much of an impact such a heavy workload would have on a child's mind. Now, the child could only rely on himself.

"Just you wait, I'm running away from home, and I'll show you my determination with my actions!"

However, this indomitable spirit vanished the moment the window was opened.

"what is this?"

Anya's beady eyes touched the silver-white iron railing outside the window. The coolness spread from the railing to her palms and then straight to her heart.

These past few days have been so busy with schoolwork that I've been either in class or doing homework, leaving me with very little free time. It wasn't until now that I noticed there's an iron bar outside my window.

Moreover, this iron fence wasn't the ordinary kind; the gaps were extremely small, just big enough for one hand to pass through, let alone the head.

"If I'm not mistaken, Anya is planning to sneak out the window to play."

Ai Haibara was downstairs diligently grinding coffee beans, an essential part of a quality lifestyle. Hand-drip coffee not only refreshed her mind but also brought her pleasure.

It has to be said that teaching Anya is indeed a very tiring task, and coffee is a necessity.

"It's okay, there are security bars on the outside of the windows, so you can't get out."

Xia Chuan was certainly not the kind of irresponsible parents. Knowing that Anya was climbing out of the window, he immediately sealed the window. Unless Anya turned into a little bee, she could forget about going out!
“Sometimes I’m also annoyed. Her personality can be really hard to deal with at times.”

Ai Haibara remarked that this wasn't just the feeling she'd had in the last few days, but rather the feeling Anya had given her ever since she came to the Natsukawa family.

The child has a good heart, but his way of thinking is problematic. Once it is corrected, he will definitely be a good child!

"That's why we need you to come. You're the same age as her, so your words carry more weight."

Xia Chuan said something against his will, but what he really wanted to do was not to play the role of the good cop.

It's like taking your cat to get spayed or neutered. The owner shouldn't stand next to you during the process, otherwise there might be a distance between the cat and the owner after the procedure.

About twenty minutes later, Ai Haibara finished her hand-drip coffee and drank half a cup, but she still hadn't noticed Anya coming downstairs, which made her feel a little strange.

"What is Anya doing? Knowing we can't get out, why isn't she coming downstairs? We could be watching a Bond rerun at this hour!"

Realizing she can't escape, Anya will probably cherish the little free time she has left.

According to her calculations, Anya should have gone downstairs fifteen minutes ago to turn on the TV for a final celebration.

However, it does not.

Ai Haibara suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Uncle Xia Chuan, besides the room's windows, have the other windows been sealed off?"

Xia Chuan smiled confidently: "Of course, why would I be so stupid as to just seal up one window?"

"Why hasn't Anya come downstairs yet?"

"Uh"

Xia Chuan also found it a bit strange.

The two went up to the second floor with this question in mind.

"Dong dong dong."

"Ania, are you in your room? Father's coming in!"

Xia Chuan knocked on the door, waited a few seconds, and knocked a few more times when there was no response.

Then, after waiting another half minute, he asked again.

However, Xia Chuan's inquiry was like throwing a stone into a bottomless abyss, receiving no response whatsoever.

Ai Haibara's face was already very pale; at this point, she had realized that something had happened.

Someone like Anya would never remain silent for most of the day. Even if she was asleep, Xia Chuan's voice just now was enough to wake her up!

Ai Haibara pushed open the door and glanced around, but as expected, she didn't see Anya.

Not only that, all the duvet covers in the room were gone, leaving only the duvet inserts.

In addition, the bed sheets are also missing.

The two looked out the window.

Although the window was open, the bars were completely undamaged, and it didn't look like anyone had gone out.

The two then checked the other rooms and found that the windows in the other rooms were also open, but the iron bars were not damaged.

"Strange, the windows are all fine, how could a person just disappear into thin air?"

Ai Haibara was very confused.

"Is it possible?"

Suddenly, a vein bulged on Xia Chuan's forehead, as if he had thought of something. He walked up to the third floor with a sullen face.

Upon arriving at the study door, I found that the study had indeed been opened.

Not only that, the window in the room was also opened, and a rope made of bed sheets and bed covers was tied to one corner of the desk, with the other end extending out of the window.

"Strange, I made sure I locked the study."

It wasn't that Xia Chuan intentionally missed the study on the third floor; it's just that he usually locked it from the inside, and he hid the key under a sunflower pot on the balcony. Anya shouldn't have been able to open it. This room contained some information about the winery and Twilight; even with Joel, Xia Chuan wouldn't easily let him in. He never expected that this little girl, Anya, would break in.

It was completely unexpected that Anya, with her intelligence, could find the key.

"She did indeed run away."

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes. Natsukawa still didn't understand Anya enough. At times like this, Anya would do everything in her power and stop at nothing!

"By the way, Uncle Xia Chuan, I remember you said you installed a tracking device on Anya when we were at the Twin Towers?"

"Uh"

Xia Chuan clicked his tongue and shrugged, saying, "I'm afraid that won't work. Anya doesn't have a backpack, and her shoes seem to still be at the door."

His tracking device was attached to his backpack and shoes, while Anya had neither, making it impossible for her to locate him using tracking.

The only solution now is probably to check the external surveillance footage.

Ever since he sensed someone was watching him, Xia Chuan installed several surveillance cameras near his home, hoping they could help him discover Anya's escape route.
Meanwhile, Anya, the protagonist of the story, had already left her home several blocks away.

Fearing her father would chase after her, Anya immediately hailed a taxi and told the driver to go as far away as possible.

"Phew, Father probably won't be able to catch up here, right?"

Looking at the somewhat unfamiliar street scene outside the window, Anya finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked down at the fluffy slippers on her feet.

Fearing being discovered by her father, she dared not go downstairs and could only run away in her slippers.

She has made up her mind!

This time, we're going to protest to the end and not go home!
Running away from home is a silent way of expressing one's attitude!

Anya had spent a long time in the orphanage, where she often heard the caregivers talk about labor movements or strikes and demonstrations.

They know that the best way to express their demands is through marches and strikes!

A protest wouldn't work; my father would definitely catch me immediately. A strike is the best option, and I can also run away from home.

She still had a lot of pocket money left, which she brought with her this time. She wasn't worried about not having a place to go. She could just find a hotel, tell the staff the same reason she had given for Izu Beach, and check in directly.

Anya could already picture her father finding her and crying, telling her he wouldn't let her do so much homework!

"Little friend, you told me to go far away, and now you've gone quite a distance. Shouldn't you tell your uncle where you're going?"

The driver's words brought Anya back to her senses; she hadn't given him an address.

But where should I report it to?

My home is in Beika, so I definitely can't hide in Beika Town.

Beika Town is right next to Beika Town. My father is an excellent spy, but there is still a great risk involved. We must keep our distance.

Anya suddenly remembered the winery site she had visited a few days ago; it was quite far away.

After thinking for a moment, she shook her head. What if she ran into Vermouth again? Wouldn't that be like walking into a trap?
The thought that Vermouth, who was clearly a woman, had become Nami Amamiya's boyfriend gave her the creeps.

"Driver, the place I want to go needs to be the furthest away from Beika Town, but also within the Tokyo metropolitan area."

Anya stated her position directly.

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However, in the driver's eyes, saying this made little difference.

The driver probably realized that this was a little girl who had run away from home, but for some reason, he didn't say anything, only nodded slightly.

"I understand, I'll take you there right away, it's far enough!"

Anya happily hummed in agreement, never even considering the possibility of being scammed.

Her gaze was drawn to the scenery outside.

These past few days have been filled with nothing but classes and homework, and I've become completely worn out. Now, when I see scenery, I can vaguely see the shadow of my homework.

Anya shuddered at the thought of her hellish life these past few days. Thank goodness she escaped; otherwise, today would have been another monotonous day.

The taxi moved forward at a steady speed, and the scenery moving backward made Anya feel sleepy. Her eyelids drooped, and she soon fell into a deep sleep.

The taxi driver smiled warmly at the sight, said nothing, and simply slowed down to avoid waking the adorable little girl.

After an unknown amount of time, Anya finally opened her eyes, still half asleep.

She just had a dream in which she hid outside for two days, and her father searched frantically throughout Tokyo. In order to find her, her father even mobilized the resources of the brewery and the National Tax Agency.

Aunt Joel also asked all the police officers in Tokyo for help.

Feeling that two days was not enough, she deliberately avoided the police who were searching for her, and after several twists and turns, she hid in a guesthouse in the suburbs of Tokyo.

It turns out that the guesthouse owner was actually a heinous scoundrel who drugged her and then sold her to a landowner in Hokkaido to be a maid for someone else's princess.

She spent the rest of her life being beaten and scolded.

However, the father's identity was exposed when he used the distillery to search for him, and the distillery boss told all of his enemies that the father was the spy Twilight.

At the instigation of the distillery, an elite team emerged in the underworld to conquer Twilight.

Not long after, the father could not withstand the pursuit from all sides and jumped off a cliff to his death on a dark and windy night.

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(End of this chapter)