Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 626 Centipede and Murder Keeper

"scene!"

Ryūo Ayaka grabbed Ryūo Kei's arm, pulling him back from his excitement.

"I'm sorry, Grandma, I'm also very saddened by my brother's death."

“Alright, there’s no need for this now. Perhaps we should have a proper talk,” Yamato Kansuke said.

"it is good."

Longwei Jing readily agreed, as he also wanted to know the cause of his elder brother's death.

Tamefumi Ryuo and Moriyo Ryuo were sent back home, while the rest of the group, led by Ayaka Ryuo, went to the place where Koji Ryuo's body was found.

This is a small clearing deep in the forest. In the middle of the clearing is a small, dug-out mound of earth, stained with blood, and you can still faintly smell the blood.

Xia Chuan took in this scene but made no move.

Because the mine-clearing moles he brought had already started their work.

"Miss Ryūo Ayaka, may I know what you, your elder brother, and the two sons of the Torada family have been doing these past few years?"

"That's ambiguous," Xia Chuan quickly reminded him.

In the blink of an eye, Long Weijing's expression changed.

"What I mean is, you guys seem to often take on big responsibilities, carrying tools and such, heading to various forests around Nagano, as if you're looking for something!"

"This has nothing to do with you, right?"

Ryūki Ayaka never expected the fire to spread to her, but that didn't mean she panicked. Instead, she retorted dismissively, "This kind of thing doesn't seem to have anything to do with my brother's death, does it?"

At this point, Morofushi Takaaki chimed in, "We will judge for ourselves whether it is related or not."

"Hehe, whether you want to say it or not is up to you to decide." Ryūki Ayaka shook her head: "I'm sorry, I don't think it's necessary to say it."

"Ayaka."

Long Weijing rarely saw his wife so sharp-tongued. He also knew a little about what his wife and elder brother were looking for.

He could vaguely connect the two incidents to the gold heist two days prior.

Ryūki Ayaka wanted to say something, but seeing her husband's melancholy eyes, she swallowed her words of rebuttal.

"Ok."

"For six years, Inspector Yamato has been curious about what we're investigating, and he's even followed us quite a few times, hasn't he?"

"You did notice that I was following you."

Yamato Kansuke touched his nose, not feeling ashamed at being discovered, but simply taking another step closer, adopting a rather aggressive posture.

"Knowing you're investigating, how could we not pay attention? But Kai Genjin's death has absolutely nothing to do with us. He was a senior whom Jing greatly respected, so why would I do anything to upset Jing?"

"is it?"

Xia Chuan suddenly spoke up: "When you said that just now, you glanced left and right and moved your right foot back half a step. That's a very obvious sign of resistance."

"Ayaka? Is Kai-senpai's death really related to you?" Ryūo Kei asked in disbelief, as if he were seeing his wife's true colors for the first time.

Ryūki Ayaka was startled, but answered with certainty, "It really has nothing to do with us. Although we did intend to take action against him at that time to affect his condition and allow Jing to win the archery competition, we couldn't find him that night, so we couldn't do anything underhanded."

"Where did you last see him?" Xia Chuan asked.

"The archery competition at the sacrificial dojo ended in a draw, and it was agreed that the winner would be decided the next day. My older brother, Torada, and I felt that if the competition dragged on to the next day, the chances of Kage winning would be very low. So we decided to chase after him and use the fireworks we had prepared in advance to scare the horses." "Although there are quite a few horses in the village, it definitely takes time for the Kai Genjin to adapt to a new horse, and in high-level archery competitions, even the slightest change can have a big impact."

"In addition, we moved the target and made two preparations."

"Unexpectedly, we waited for a long time at Kai Gen's house, but he didn't come back. It was only after we realized that he hadn't appeared that we notified everyone to search for him."

Ryūki Ayaka smiled bitterly at her husband, "I'm sorry for keeping this from you for so long."

Longwei Jing remained silent; it would be impossible for him not to be angry.

But if he's angry, what right does he have to be?

Although his motives were impure, they were for his own good.

It was difficult for him to utter words of rebuke.

"Alright, you can go home and talk about the sentimental stuff yourselves. Let's talk about the helicopters."

Yuri waved his hand, interrupting the two's sweet talk. Having never been in a relationship before, he was puzzled. What is love? He thought that only the relationship between siblings could be the deepest.

“Now that Torada Yoshiro and Ryūo Koji are both dead, if we continue to hide it, you might be the next ones to die.”

Yuri said expressionlessly.

The public security system and the police system are different, and he unconsciously brought in interrogation techniques.

Despite her disdain, Ayaka Ryūo replied, "I don't know anything about the helicopter."

"I don't know either. I've been preparing for the sacrificial archery ceremony the day after tomorrow, and I practice all day long every day."

"Are you sure you don't want to tell?" Yuri's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty, and his baby face suddenly exuded an aura comparable to Yamato Kansuke.

"Officer Yuri, please stop now. Perhaps this really has nothing to do with them?"

With his hands behind his back, Morofushi Takaaki slowly stepped forward: "Have you seen any strange behavior from Ryūo Kōji these past few days? Has he suddenly changed his mannerisms, become tense and excited, or done anything out of line?"

The couple fell into thought, while the others waited quietly.

During this time, Conan finally finished investigating the scene and returned.

"How did it go?" Xia Chuan asked.

"I found this." Conan waved the evidence bag in his hand. Inside the transparent bag was a dead centipede.

The centipede was quite large, about the length of a finger, and its densely packed segments looked extremely disgusting.

"Didn't they find this thing near Torada Yoshiro before? Because the dead centipede was found on uncongealed blood, that family thought it was murder, which deepened the speculation that Torada Yoshiro's death was related to the Ryūo family."

"There's one with Ryuuji Koji too. It seems you've found something extraordinary. This centipede truly proves that there's more to their deaths than meets the eye."

"Tell me," Conan pondered for a moment, then asked seriously, "Could this case be related to that organization?"

"What?" Xia Chuan asked, puzzled.

"That's it! Haibara mentioned it to me once, an organization that's similar to the Black Organization, but uses animal codenames."

"You mean, the centipede represents a killer's token of murder?"

"Yes, it's an assassin from that animal-code-named organization, codenamed Centipede."

Xia Chuan frowned and shook his head: "I've never heard of this codename. The Zoo organization doesn't seem to leave behind any keepsakes after killing someone. Including the Distillery, have you ever seen Gin or any other codenamed member leave behind any liquor after killing someone?"

(End of this chapter)