Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 527 The civet cat exchanges for the prince

He has far more problems than his subordinates.

If Princess Thorn digs it out, I'll definitely be locked up for life.

Gin had told him that his promotion was practically a done deal, and he didn't want losing his position in Gin's eyes to affect his future standing with Gin.

We must find a way to deal with Princess Thorn, or at the very least stop the reports from continuing to appear.

About half an hour later, Natsukawa and Vodka, who were drinking and gossiping, were summoned by Gin.

Upon arriving at the office, I saw Kitano Yujin standing to Gin's left as if he were being punished, while Gin was casually smoking a cigarette.

From Kitano Yuujin's expression, Natsukawa saw both joy and worry.
It's hard to imagine that such conflicting expressions could appear simultaneously.

"Although the boss wasn't satisfied with the Thorn Princess matter, he still gave you a promotion spot. Now the three of you are colleagues." Gin got straight to the point; this was the message he had just received.

This is a welcome piece of good news after all the recent string of bad news, something to celebrate with a bottle of wine.

"I see." Vodka nodded. He and Xia Chuan had just talked about this, and he had actually guessed it from his older brother's snippets of conversation over the past few days.

"So what's our new colleague's code name?"

Vodka particularly enjoys competing with other codename members.

The main comparison is of alcohol content.

Ninety-five proof vodka, the entire distillery has no rivals, which is something he likes to boast about, claiming it represents the boss's expectations of him.

However, Xia Chuan thought that it was probably just because Vodka personally liked drinking vodka, so the boss gave him this code name.

"The code name has not yet been determined."

All the codenames were decided by the boss, and Gin didn't know what they were until the boss informed him.

However, the code name doesn't matter; the important thing is that the boss has already given his approval.

"Tequila, you should know quite a bit about Kitano Yuujin's current situation. What do you think is a solution?"

That's why Gin called them over.

The main reason for calling vodka over to listen was to hear tequila's opinion.

Xia Chuan knew that the other party was referring to the issue of the police officers who had appeared in front of Princess Thorn that day being reported for being placed under investigation.

"First, we need to make sure you clean up your mess after each operation. If there's no evidence, even Princess Thorn can't do anything to you."

“Over the years, I have always been very careful in everything I do, but I can’t completely guarantee that I haven’t overlooked anything. That’s why I came to find my older brother.”

Kitano Yuji was speechless. Wasn't Tequila just talking nonsense?

If he's sure he's fine, he can just stay home. Why would he need to look for Gin? What's he doing?

"In that case, we are left with only two choices."

Seeing that everyone else had focused their attention, Xia Chuan continued to speak eloquently:

"As far as I know, there is a letter of complaint every day, and the location is not fixed. It can be found in the section chief's office, on a police inspector's desk, in the break room, or even, I've heard, in the toilet, when someone pulls it out of the toilet paper while wiping their butt."

"What do you want to say?"

Tequila said a lot, but not a single word was useful. Kitano Yuji even felt that the other party was kicking him while he was down, with the aim of disgusting him.

That makes sense. The eldest brother only has two confidants, and now suddenly there's another one. Vodka and Tequila probably feel that they'll take away some of his power.

He originally had this idea and was prepared to do it, but plans can't keep up with changes. The current situation is special, and he only hopes to keep his identity as a member of the Metropolitan Police Department.

This identity is important to both himself and Gin!
"Let me finish." Xia Chuan rolled his eyes and began to explain: "No matter where the whistleblower letter is placed, it's inside the Metropolitan Police Department. I think the Metropolitan Police Department must have investigated the surveillance footage, and you probably investigated it yourself as well."

But you probably didn't find anything, right?

“That’s right.” Kitano Yujin nodded: “I even hid in the office at night to keep watch, but I didn’t find anything.”

However, the next day, another tip-off letter was still discovered.

The letter seemed to appear out of thin air.

Kitano Yuujin's face was covered in cold sweat. Compared to the Thorn Princess that day, this Thorn Princess who came and went without a trace was what truly frightened him.

"Princess Thorn cannot disguise herself, otherwise she wouldn't need to wear a mask, so it's impossible for her to personally enter the Metropolitan Police Department to deliver the report. I think there must be an undercover agent or mole within your Metropolitan Police Department. Now I have two relatively reliable solutions."

Gin and the other two perked up. Had they finally gotten to the point?

"First, find the mole within your Metropolitan Police Department; second, leave the Metropolitan Police Department and return to the organization."

Xia Chuan shrugged: "This is too difficult because we didn't consider the possibility of Princess Thorn escaping. We exposed all our appearances to her. I'm even worried that Vermouth and Baileys will be targeted as well."

Vermouth and Baileys are both publicly recognized individuals. Things are a bit better now; Vermouth basically doesn't use her Chris identity anymore, but Baileys is still working as a secretary at the Hiramoto Group.

Gin raised an eyebrow, and only after hearing this did he realize that there was indeed such a thing.

However, it's not a big problem. Vermouth can handle it herself, and Baileys will be even simpler. The Hiramoto Group has already been largely devoured, so even if Baileys doesn't show up again, it can be operated remotely.

"However, even if we catch that mole, it will be very difficult to protect you, and you should be well aware of that."

At that point, whether she seeks out a new mole or simply kills you, it will be very easy.

"It's best to go back to the organization. As for the Metropolitan Police Department, you wouldn't be foolish enough to bring your entire team to the scene that day, would you? As long as there are people at the Metropolitan Police Department, we haven't completely lost this lead; at most, it will just be more difficult to obtain information."

Kitano Yuujin's heart sank to the bottom, but fortunately he had now been promoted to a codename member, which was somewhat comforting to him.

Gin didn't speak; he was thinking.

Tequila's statement was very clear: if he didn't want to lose this newly promoted codename member, he would have to temporarily abandon the Metropolitan Police Department line.

Fortunately, the boss had anticipated this, so it won't have much impact on the current situation.

"Oh, right, there's another way, but I don't think it's very feasible."

"any solution?"

"You've been in the Metropolitan Police Department for so many years, you should know the situation inside better than anyone else. Perhaps you could choose to use the 'switcheroo' method."

The three rough-around-the-edges assassins clearly didn't understand what the idiom meant, and they all looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

"Disguise yourself as your colleague and take his place."

"This method is obviously more suitable than leaving the Metropolitan Police Department. Why do you say it's not feasible?" Gin had a thought. If he could send Kitano Yujin back in, it would definitely be better than letting him rot in the base.

You should know that it cost him a lot of money to get the other person to the police inspector's location.

"It is still very likely to be discovered if someone disguises themselves for a long time. Even if the police officer is someone without family, colleagues who have been with you for a long time may find out something."

This is a risk, which is why I said its feasibility is low. You need to be extremely careful and have a 100% understanding of the person you're disguising!

"Brother, this is a good method. As for being discovered, I'm confident in my abilities. I'm very familiar with the inspectors in the First Division, and I already have a good idea of ​​who should be chosen."

Natsukawa raised an eyebrow and quickly said, "Inspector Megure won't do. He has too many brothers. I heard that Kogoro Mouri is one of his brothers. If you disguise yourself as him, you'll probably be discovered on your first call."

"Of course not." Kitano Yuujin chuckled. "Having been in the Metropolitan Police Department for so long, I do have a few inspector friends."

Kitano Yujin did not explain in detail, and Natsukawa naturally did not press for details.

As expected, they used this method.

Xia Chuan smiled coldly to himself, knowing that it was impossible to let Kitano Yuujin return to the base.

It's impossible for the other party to disguise themselves as a police officer in the Metropolitan Police Department without being detected and continue their undercover mission!

If he ever dislikes someone, he can simply send Kaito Kid to stroll around the Metropolitan Police Department. Inspector Nakamori will definitely check everyone's faces, and that's when he'll be exposed.
A bloodless victory!
Xia Chuan was speechless. Gin was a strange person. He had an undercover agent investigating Joel's information. Why didn't he just let the agent take action? That would have been simpler.

However, what Natsukawa didn't know was that Gin had indeed considered it, and even called Kitano Yuujin. The day after the call, Amuro Tooru suddenly told Gin that he had finished his business and could carry out the mission of stealing the data.

Since someone was stirring up trouble, Gin naturally didn't want Kitano Yuujin to be exposed, and at that time he had already considered him as a candidate for promotion, so he didn't want any accidents to happen.

However, the matter ended rather abruptly because of the involvement of Kaito Kid. The Metropolitan Police Department's attention to the archives room has increased dramatically. Now, anyone who wants to enter the archives room must have a high-level signature and facial verification.

It's very troublesome.

Gin was very satisfied with tonight's conversation. Tequila's ideas coincided with his own. Although Tequila's thinking was still relatively conservative, he was willing to put forward radical methods. He preferred this kind of subordinate.

With this method, we might be able to infiltrate even more undercover agents into the Metropolitan Police Department in the future.

"By the way, brother, what about the promotion mission after this operation?"

"The promotion mission will continue. There is a severe shortage of codename members. The mission will be carried out again to select one from the last batch of suitable candidates."

Gin originally planned to give the last spot directly to Kusuda Rikudo, but because Kitano Yujin's mission was a complete mess, he had no choice but to temporarily sacrifice Kitano Yujin and promote him first.

He needs an undercover agent and an assassin more than a managerial talent!
"The promotion mission will be postponed for a while. The DNA report of the Thorn Princess has been released. I will need to investigate this report in the next few days, and then we will determine the mission details after the investigation."

Clearly, Gin and the Thorn Princess are at odds.

Although the mission failed, he still did not intend to let the other party go. This clearly meant that he wanted to find out the identity of the Thorn Princess and, while targeting her, incorporate the promotion mission into the process to reduce the overall difficulty of the mission.

Although this attempt failed, it doesn't mean the method was wrong, at least that's what Gin thinks; it was just bad luck.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)