Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 650 The Idea of ​​Snatching Food from a Tiger's Mouth

The vehicle identification number (VIN) can be faked, but after identification, the VIN was found to have been engraved before the Twilight Villa case. It was impossible for the person who committed the crime, even the winery, to know in advance that this transport vehicle would be used for the transport.

Therefore, the transport vehicle that appeared later, which was the same model but had a different car cover, was just a decoy to divert the police's attention and to destroy the scene.

They had indeed achieved their goal, and the whereabouts of that group could no longer be verified.

"Team leader."

At this moment, a police officer rushed over and said, "When we were investigating the driver's identity, we found his body at his home. Judging from the degree of decomposition, he had been dead for at least two days."

"I see."

Yuri nodded seriously: "Check who the driver has been in contact with recently!"

"Yes!"

Seeing Yuri's determined judgment, Xia Chuan remained silent.

Actually, it's not wrong to do it, but it won't have any effect.

"The personnel handling the handover checked the driver's information, and there was actually no problem with his appearance."

"So, they also possess certain disguise skills, at least enough to fool the people at the annex and their teammates who were handing over the task."

Xia Chuan murmured softly as he sorted through the relevant clues.

Disguise techniques.
The probability that it's a winery is increasing.

That's right. He didn't think the case was related to the distillery before. After all, testing whether there was a mole in the organization only required one test.

Are they really short of money?

Or is it revenge?
"Who will take the blame this time?" Yuri looked at Xia Chuan with a wry smile: "After Torada Eita was arrested, this kind of thing happened. It will definitely be widely reported by the media. Our Public Security Bureau will probably become useless, just like the Metropolitan Police Department."

Logically speaking, Yuri wouldn't have told Natsukawa this, because it was unnecessary and there was nothing Natsukawa could do about it.

But ever since he acknowledged Xia Chuan's identity, he seems to have begun to trust Xia Chuan, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

"That's not the case. The biggest problem lies with the Ministry of Finance's own security forces. They were criticized quite a bit last time. This time, you don't need to find a solution; they will do their best to prevent the news from leaking out."

Yuri only realized what was going on after Xia Chuan pointed it out.

Logically, the media should have arrived immediately after the incident, but it's been almost two hours now, and apart from passing drivers peeking out in confusion, there hasn't been a single media reporter.

Xia Chuan even suspected that the reason the media arrived so quickly last time was likely due to the winery's behind-the-scenes manipulation.

However, this time, while retaliating, they seemed to have restrained themselves a bit more.

"I think we should halt the gold transportation for now, station a large number of police officers at the gold villa, and then increase our efforts to transport all the gold once it has been collected in one go."

Yuri had the same idea and nodded in agreement.

Moreover, things have been quite strange at the brewery lately. They need to lie low and wait for Rei Furuya to provide new information.

The fact that Gin and Vermouth have disappeared is unsettling in itself.

After saying goodbye to Yuri, Natsukawa did not leave the area near the tunnel.

Two hours have passed, and the group of robbers who made meticulous plans in advance must have escaped, but that doesn't mean there's no way to find a solution.

There is at least an 80% chance that they are still in this mountainous area.

However, he did not tell Yuri his thoughts; the police should indeed let go for the time being.

He, too, should let go. Xia Chuan only wants to investigate secretly now.

The tunnel is located in a deserted area where Nagano and Tokyo meet, and it's nighttime like this. If he were the person behind it all, he wouldn't be in such a hurry to leave with 30 billion yen worth of gold. Instead, he would find a place to hide the gold first.

Japan has a small population, but the residents are scattered. There are several villages near the tunnel, and perhaps one of these villages is the stronghold of that group.

The case of Torada Eita made Natsukawa feel a sense of urgency. At the same time, he could not solve the case openly because of his identity. He could only investigate secretly to reduce the attention the brewery paid to him.

Besides, who wouldn't like ownerless gold?
Perhaps we can even snatch food from the tiger's mouth.

If it really is a winery, this robbery is also a signal.

Besides Karasuma Renya being in poor condition and nearing the end of his life, the brewery's Japanese branch is also likely facing financial difficulties.

The Hiromoto Group has been unable to acquire the company for a long time, and Pisco's legacy car company, being a pillar enterprise of Japan, cannot be sold off so easily.

The fact that the brewery suddenly wants such a large sum of money means that Karasuma Renya definitely wants to make a move.

These actions could involve all aspects of the brewery. If the second sum of gold could be intercepted, it might slow down Karasuma Renya's pace, giving him more time to explore and investigate Karasuma Renya's next move.

Frank was awakened from his sleep at three in the morning, before the next day even arrived.

Before they could even complain, they were stunned speechless by the intelligence about the second gold robbery.

By hacking into the Metropolitan Police Department's policing system, Frank quickly obtained information about the villages near the tunnel.

There were originally four or five villages in the vicinity, but due to landslides and the increasing outflow of young people, several of them were gradually abandoned, leaving only one village that has been preserved because of its good cultural heritage, the support of a large family, and the revenue generated by the tourism industry.

Comparing the location of the transport vehicle crash on the map with the location of the village, Xia Chuan suspected that the village might have its own target.

"Ok?"

"Snowing?"

Snowflakes slowly drifted down from the sky, and a chill that penetrated to the bone seeped into my body through the collar of my suit.

In the short time that Xia Chuan was stunned, the snowflakes gradually spread and turned into a heavy snowfall.

Reaching out to catch the falling snowflakes, they felt icy cold in my hands.

"Is it happening again? The weather is changing so inexplicably."

"But it doesn't matter. Let's go back and bring Anya with us. It shouldn't be too difficult to find her."

Looking out at the dark village, Xia Chuan decided to go home and bring Anya back first.

Having gained something from using Anya's function twice before, Xia Chuan felt a sense of relief for no apparent reason.

Compared to Frank, it's faster to get information through Anya, and you can identify the robbers just by listening to their thoughts without having to do anything. Who wouldn't love that?

The heavy snow started late at night and showed no signs of stopping, quickly turning the Kanto region into a white expanse, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of searching the robbery scene.

Fortunately, as Natsukawa said, the Ministry of Finance itself could not bear the impact of the successive losses in gold and used various means to cover it up, so that no one reported it the next day, let alone Conan knew about it.

It's tough on Yuri.

The entire mountain area was completely covered by heavy snow, but his investigation could not end immediately. Even though he had no intention of investigating anymore, he had to bite the bullet and waste a few days there, just to make a show of it.

Fortunately, Yuri wasn't stupid. The heavy snow was a torment, but it also gave him a second spring.

Considering the heavy snow that would close the mountain passes, making this continuous mountainous area even more difficult to traverse in snowy weather, he felt a glimmer of hope and made a final effort, strictly monitoring all toll stations.

(End of this chapter)