Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 588 Assassination
Outside the distillery, staff members were engrossed in walking through the woods.

As the first team to scout ahead, they successfully avoided getting entangled with the zoo, but being a scout team, their equipment was somewhat inadequate.

I heard that two more vehicles were leaving, carrying a lot of deadly firepower, but it would take another hour or so to get here from Nagano Prefecture, and Gin couldn't wait.

They walked quickly, and although they were wearing black suits, they were also wearing bulletproof vests underneath.

Elite troops are not just joking around; their steps are synchronized, their eyes are sharp and capable, and they move extremely fast, making barely audible sounds as they tread through the forest.

They had small earpieces in their ears, and the last one held a machine in his hand and kept operating it. Soon the signal was synchronized with Gin's.

"Lord Gin, please reply. We have crossed the suspension bridge."

"How long will it take?"

The man in the black suit looked up at the distance and said, "I can already see the annex. We'll be there in ten minutes."

Although the villa is not far after crossing the suspension bridge, the road is winding, and even taking a shortcut still takes a lot of time. This is why Kogoro Mouri had to drive there to check it out in the original story.

It's quite impressive that the peripheral team was able to arrive within ten minutes.

Gin finally breathed a sigh of relief; even if the number of supporters was small, it was still support.

With that confidence in mind, Gin observed the villa once more.

“The annex has many rooms, but if they want to launch an attack on us, they won’t be too far away; they’ll likely be in one of the rooms to the left or right of the lobby.”

Having made his judgment, he immediately began to give instructions: "Enter the villa through the back door, do not go through the courtyard, come one way at a time."

After saying that, he looked at Amuro Tooru and the others, "Clear the left-hand first-floor corridor, otherwise the people will die on the way before they even get here."

Then, Gin felt uneasy again, looked at the crowd, and finally chose one person, "Arak, you go out and provide backup. However, if there is indeed an ambush outside, you must fire to notify us immediately, and do not engage them head-on."

“Then the peripheral members,” Alak’s voice faltered, but he still nodded, “I understand.”

Compared to the others, he, as the codenamed member, was indeed more valuable. It would be a loss if the eight peripheral members died.

Time passed slowly, and the three of them, hiding in the shadows, gradually realized that something was wrong.

Just as Gin had predicted, they were around the hall, but not on the left, but on the right.

Because Gin and his group were sandwiched in the hall, they did not see the other party's actions on the left.

"There are eight more codenamed members."

Rumi Wakasa was somewhat pleased.

She was meeting the codenamed member who was killed by Xia Chuan for the first time today. He looked a bit weak, but who cares, he's just a codenamed member.

Xia Chuan was unaware of her thoughts; otherwise, he would have definitely mocked her.

Calvados is not weak, but he has put all his skill points into sniping. His sniping ability in the brewery is second only to Gin and Amuro Tooru.

The terrain here is too complex for sniping; otherwise, a sniper lurking in the shadows could easily overwhelm Rumi Wakasa.

"Although Calvados is dead, his close combat ability has not been weakened in the slightest. To say that we have won is a bit premature."

Natsukawa calmed Wakasa Rumi's excited emotions and peeked out through the crack in the door.

They were hiding in one of the rooms on the second floor where the explosion had just occurred.

It was very quiet outside, but the wreckage scattered all over the ground was a somber sight.

The floor was covered with a thin layer of white, which was the effect of the smoke bombs from before, and the messy footsteps were very obvious on it.

Judging from his footsteps, Gin did not turn around to check the situation.

He felt a pang of heartache, but his goal was Karasuma Renya, and he had already anticipated this before making the decision.

"Be careful. Although there isn't a large-scale reinforcement, they should still have a small force on the ground," Xia Chuan warned the two of them as he turned around.

"Didn't you just say that if you don't have support, they won't either?"

"Large-scale support can be avoided, but small-scale forward troops cannot be controlled."

Xia Chuan shrugged. "I'll go check on the situation."

After saying that, he opened the window and jumped out.

Just as Rumi Wakasa was about to follow, she was stopped by Joel.

“Xia Chuan has gone to deal with the reinforcements. We will wait here patiently. If any of them come to investigate, we can weaken their strength even further.”

After leaving the villa, Xia Chuan headed straight for the suspension bridge. There were many steep slopes on the mountain road, but once the outer members arrived, they would definitely take the fastest route, and the steep slopes would not be a problem for them.

Soon, within minutes, Xia Chuan spotted several men in black climbing the slope.

Without any hesitation, Xia Chuan used the dense vegetation of the mountain forest as cover, hiding in the area where the moonlight could not reach, and silently moved as a black shadow.

The peripheral members' alertness and perception abilities were far inferior to those of the codenamed members. Xia Chuan followed behind the eight people, launching sneak attacks from time to time. The ones in front did not even notice that their teammates behind them were decreasing one by one.

After walking for about two or three minutes, a figure suddenly appeared ahead.

The outer perimeter members instantly became alert and raised their guns, ready to fire, when they saw the newcomer make a hand gesture.

"Is this the person Lord Gin mentioned who would be there to meet us?"

The outermost member standing at the front raised his hand, clenched his fist, and turned to speak, but his voice suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

The members behind him looked puzzled and turned around.

Then, he was stunned.

This situation attracted the attention of the others behind, who turned around and were shocked.

Originally there were eight teammates, but three of them disappeared at some point, leaving only five.

The person in position five felt a slight chill in their body.

I didn't hear a sound at all, and then my three teammates just disappeared inexplicably.

"Numbers 6, 7, and 8, please reply upon receipt!"

The sentence was repeated three times, but no one spoke in the earpiece, as if the three people never existed.

The dark forest was deep and unfathomable, silent and desolate. The strangely shaped vegetation and branches, the withered trees and crows swayed wildly in the breeze, like ferocious beasts swallowing their giant jaws.

Everyone shuddered and gripped their automatic rifles, standing guard in place.

"what happened?"

Arak strode closer and, seeing that the number had increased to five, and noticing their terrified looks, immediately became wary.

Just then, a cold light flashed before his eyes, and the head of an outer member fell to the ground.

Position 5, dead!
"not good!"

Arak was horrified; there were still people outside.

He no longer cared whether it was an attack by Xia Chuan and his two companions or some other means; he simply shouted "Run!" and transformed into a blur, fleeing swiftly in the direction he had come from.

(End of this chapter)