Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 644 The Relationship Between Xia Chuan and the Famous Detective

After saying that, he paused for a moment, seemingly waiting for Xia Chuan to be shocked and then ask who the developer was.

Unfortunately, Xia Chuan already knew, and even if he didn't, he wouldn't have been too emotionally affected.

"Fine, I give up."

Conan sighed helplessly; it was really difficult to get Natsukawa to be shocked.

"The program code of this virus is somewhat similar to that of a software engineer named Itakura Taku. A few years ago, Dr. Agasa met him at a software development conference. He became an outstanding individual in the software industry after switching from film and television CG. He is indeed very impressive and fits the requirements of an organization like Isaacs."

Even a glimpse through a tube can reveal the whole picture.

Ai Haibara is a good example; the Black Organization seems to be gathering top talent in many fields.

"However, it seems that this Itakura Taku disappeared two years ago."

Conan's voice sounded hesitant.

"However, he seems to have come out of retirement recently. This evening, Dr. Agasa saw news about him on a software forum."

"So?" Xia Chuan asked.

"You'd never guess, I wanted to come back to find you as soon as I got the news, but when I went to the bathroom at home, I actually saw the three employees from the company that leaked the information about Itakura Takumi coming to see Uncle Kogoro."

really.

Xia Chuan felt a chill run down his spine; Itakura Taku's death was almost inevitable.

So where are you now?

Noticing that Natsukawa's voice had turned cold, Conan was a little puzzled. "Just now, Uncle Kogoro and I solved the mystery left by Itakura Taku and confirmed that he is currently staying at the Beika Hotel."

After telling Natsukawa Itakura's room number, Conan cautiously added, "Natsukawa-nii, let's not notify the police this time. After this case is over, let's detain Itakura and ask him about the brewery. He can definitely provide us with very important clues."

"His software development has always been among the world's best. The winery must have had him make a lot of firewalls or viruses. Maybe we can even use this to find the winery's base."

"I see."

Conan is obsessed with the distillery base and places all his hopes for APTX4869 on it.

However, Xia Chuan knew that since Rum took over, the Japanese side had almost no research data on drug A.

The only thing left is in his hands.

Natsukawa has no immediate plans to hand over this information to Ai Haibara.

Given Ai Haibara's pace, it probably won't be long before she develops an antidote.

Of course, the information will be gradually handed over to Ai Haibara later, but not now.

At least for now, there's no benefit for Conan and Ai Haibara to grow bigger.

As Anya said, Conan can be quite a rip-off sometimes.

Even if Ai Haibara obtains all the information, it will be very difficult to develop an antidote, since the probability of shrinking is only one in ten thousand.

Natsukawa arrived at the door of Itakura Taku's room almost simultaneously with Kogoro Mouri and his group.

Seeing Natsukawa there, Kogoro Mouri was slightly puzzled, but then he suddenly remembered Conan carefully making a phone call in the car earlier.

This guy.
"Conan knew I was nearby and was worried that Itakura Taku would escape, so he called me over. I didn't expect you guys to be here so quickly too."

Natsukawa still offered an explanation to prevent Conan from suffering physical harm.

"Of course, when it comes to a request, I, Kogoro Mouri, will give it my all!"

Kogoro Mouri put on another show for the three clients, but when he noticed that their attention was all on the door, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Detective Mori, you'd better hurry up and go in. Our company's time is very precious, and there are less than three days left until the deadline."

"I see."

Kogoro Mouri stood solemnly in the doorway, then froze. The key.
"that."

"I already got the key from the restaurant when I came up here."

"Haha, Xia Chuan, you're so thoughtful."

Kogoro Mouri covered up his embarrassment with a loud laugh, and then introduced the other three, "This is my friend Natsukawa, who lives across the street from me. His reasoning ability is also very good, second only to mine, and I often need his help."

"Well, you could say that my relationship with Xia Chuan is like that of Sherlock Holmes and Watson."

Seemingly fearing the three might misunderstand, he added, "I am Sherlock Holmes."

"I see."

While waiting for the door to open, the three of them glanced at Xia Chuan and nodded slightly.

Forget about Sherlock Holmes and Watson; they only care whether Itakura Takuya's software has been successfully developed.

Xia Chuan had no interest in greeting anyone; the only reason he was there was because he held onto a sliver of hope.

Even if we can't see the living Itakura Taku, we might still be able to find the software the brewery asked him to develop by looking at the things he left behind.

In the original story, the software was located in the villa in Gunma Prefecture, but the situation is different now. Unlike in the original story, Itakura Taku did not simply cooperate with the brewery, but was instead brought under its wing.

Furthermore, the villa had already been searched by the police after Hu Tianrongda was arrested, and the software was not there; otherwise, Yuri would have found it.

The door opened, and on the desk directly opposite the door, Itakura Takumi lay quietly, a laptop in front of him, as if he had fallen asleep on the desk because he was too tired from working overtime.

There were chessboards for shogi, go, and chess around him, and apart from a duffel bag, there was nothing else; it was very simple.

Xia Chuan sighed almost imperceptibly, then reached out to block everyone except Kogoro Mouri from following behind.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Soma Ryusuke yelled.

Kogoro Mouri was also somewhat puzzled, but he knew that Natsukawa must have a deeper meaning in doing so. He didn't say anything, but his expression became serious as he looked at Itakura Taku, who was lying on the table, and his eyes twitched slightly.

"what happened?"

Conan moved swiftly and squeezed into the crowd.

"You cannot enter the room yet."

"Hey, what do you mean, Mr. Mori? Say something! What does your friend want?"

The three clients glared at each other. Perhaps some of them were genuinely worried about the software, but Conan knew that one of them was definitely the murderer in this case.

Yes, Itakura Taku is dead.

After checking his breathing, Conan turned to the three of them and said, "Mr. Itakura Taku is dead. Judging from the stiffness of his body, he has been dead for at least a day."

"what!"

The three looked terrified and were extremely nervous.

Then they all showed expressions of utter despair.

Perhaps they don't care whether Itakura Taku lives or dies, but if Itakura Taku dies, who will honor the software they commissioned?

Conan kept a close eye on the three people's expressions the whole time.

Unfortunately, the murderer hid very well and was not discovered.

As for why he immediately determined that the murderer was among these people, it was because he recalled the scenes of Uncle Kogoro accepting the commission, and the arrival of his group was too coincidental, as if there was an invisible force guiding them.

Moreover, the clues about where Itakura Taku is are not difficult to deduce.

It could also be the work of the brewery, but judging from Itakura Taku's posture and the heart-suppressing drugs scattered on the table, it seems that he died from a heart attack. If it were the brewery, they certainly wouldn't waste this time; they would just kill him and run away without fear of being investigated.

Considering all these factors, the need to use such methods to cover up Itakura Taku's death suggests that the murderer must be one of these three individuals.

(End of this chapter)