Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 678 Survivor's Diary

Vermouth has no intention of revealing her identity for the time being, nor does she want to confront Conan directly.

"Crack!"

The patch was crushed, and Xia Chuan could only hear the static through his headset.

But that's enough.

Not long after, Vermouth emerged from the room, disappeared into the darkness, and soon vanished at the end of the street.

She didn't realize that a pair of eyes were watching her the whole time.

This person was Xia Chuan.

He arrived here to wait the moment he heard Vermouth read the address aloud.

Fortunately, Vermouth was lucky; Natsukawa didn't plan to capture her for the time being.

One reason was to avoid alerting the enemy, and another was to successfully obtain Shinmei Nittarou's "relics".

After waiting in the corner for about half an hour to make sure Vermouth had no intention of turning around and crouching back, Xia Chuan finally pushed open the door and entered.

Xia Chuan went straight to the bathroom, as if he already knew where the secret was hidden, and directly removed the bathroom mirror.

Behind the mirror was a file folder pasted on it; this was Natsukawa's target, Shinmei Niitaro's belongings.

Open the file folder, and inside lies a single sheet of paper.

Upon seeing the paper, Xia Chuan couldn't help but frown.

I initially thought Shinmei Nittarou might be hiding some secret, but now it seems to be a suicide note.
After all that commotion, was it really just a suicide note?
"However, as a detective novelist, Shinmei Nittaro is indeed not simple. If I hadn't read the manuscript beforehand and heard Shinmei Kaori's explanation, I really wouldn't have been able to find this suicide note."

There was a sentence in the suicide note that neither Vermouth nor Kaori Niina probably noticed.

He put that last sentence: "I'm giving you my last novel, 'The Half-Chapter.'"

This letter was written to Shinmei Kahori, so the "you" in this context naturally refers to Shinmei Kahori.

Therefore, this novelist's meaning should extend beyond the coded message in the suicide note to include the novel "The Half-Peak".

Except for the first chapter, the codes in all other chapters have been deciphered; only the first chapter seems to simply explain the rules.

However, if we apply the code that Shinmei Kaori was forced to decipher by Vermouth to the first chapter of "Half of the Summit", we can get another sentence: Behind the bathroom mirror.

Therefore, the complete code left by Shinmei Nittarou should actually be: Beidocho 2-chome 99, behind the bathroom mirror.

It's not perfect, but it's certainly not something everyone could have imagined. Even if Conan came, he might still fail miserably.

Shinmei Nittarou truly lives up to his reputation as a detective novelist and a brewery informant; his methods of using coded messages are incredibly intricate and convoluted.

If it is indeed Shinmei Kaori who obtained that will and went through the previous code deciphering process, perhaps the mystery of why there was no code in the first chapter can be solved.

"Come on, let me see what's hidden in your suicide note that requires all this twisting and turning."

I found a window seat where I could see outside and leave quickly, and opened the paper.

The paper was densely covered with text, almost entirely enclosing the pages. It could be considered a suicide note, or it could be seen as Niina Nittaro's reflection on his life before his death.

"For the first half of my life, I lived an ordinary life, submitting my novels everywhere but no one was willing to publish them. During the most difficult times, I couldn't even afford to eat, and I could only make a living by farming in my hometown of Yamanashi."

“This kind of life continued until I was thirty years old. At that time, I was almost in despair, thinking that farming would be the main theme of my later life and would never change.”

Until I met that person.

"Thirty-five years ago, Karasuma Renya appeared before me. As a novelist, I love collecting Japanese history and have some knowledge of famous figures from each era, let alone the Karasuma family."

"But, in my understanding, Karasuma Renya should be over 110 years old. Even if the previous legends about his death were false, it's impossible for him to be so energetic in front of me, with fewer wrinkles on his face than I am, a 30-year-old. Although he may have been pampered, it's too exaggerated. He really looks only 50 or 60 years old."

"He seemed to admire my ability to gather information and thought I was exceptionally gifted in intelligence."

"It's pathetic that a detective novelist who draws inspiration from history and contemporary society would attract attention simply because of his strong ability to gather information."

"But I'm still very grateful to him."

"He provided me with a lot of money so that my books could be published, adapted into TV series, and I could become a famous novelist in Japan, and the only price was to collect some trivial information for him."

"But as time went on, intellectuals always have their own common problems, and I was no exception. Having witnessed too much of the darkness of bureaucracy and the malice of the business world, I increasingly felt that helping Karasuma Renya gather intelligence would lead this country into an even more desperate abyss."

"But at that time I was already over fifty years old, with a wife and daughters, and fans. I couldn't bear the pain of losing my family and my reputation."

"In the last few years, I put down my pen and began to reflect on the past few decades, only to find that the period when I was young and seeking manuscripts was the most relaxed."

"It's ridiculous. I really have the common problem of most artsy people, just like how rich people think that the time when they were poor was actually very happy."

"Shamburi, I'm glad you can see this letter. I've found that you have a great way of thinking, and your talent in novel writing far surpasses mine. Being able to decipher the code and find this place is the best proof of that."

“I tried to struggle, but I still live in the shadow of Karasuma Renya. I don’t want you to become like me.”

“Yesterday, your mother and I went to the hospital. After being diagnosed with late-stage inflammation, I realized that I couldn’t let you continue to suffer from that tissue, so I came up with a plan.”

“I’m hiding too many of the organization’s secrets on me. Karasuma Renya doesn’t dare to touch me, but he’s been watching me all along. So I plan to hide myself and then use these secrets to blackmail Karasuma Renya.”

“Although it’s dangerous, this might be the only way to get rid of them. I bet they won’t kill me, which proves that I have enough leverage to threaten Karasuma Renya into not daring to lay a hand on you.”

“If I don’t die from normal inflammation, but from heart disease or other causes, then the organization is behind it, which proves they won’t let you off the hook either.”

“But if I win the bet, they’re worried I’ll expose the organization’s secrets. Even if I die, they’ll still be worried that you’ll have the secrets, so they won’t dare to do anything.”

"If you can see this suicide note, I have most likely succeeded."

"It's a pity about Yoshiaki Daimon. That kid is not bad. Originally, I trained him just to meet Karasuma Renya's demands, but gradually, I felt that he was quite capable. I even thought about marrying you to him."

"Unfortunately, his situation is destined to be different from yours. He has too many weaknesses in the distillery. After I die, he will definitely inherit my code name and become the new 'Glenvit'."

"You don't need to worry about his affairs. Leave Tokyo, and preferably leave Japan altogether. Take your mother and my ashes to France, and plant irises on my grave. I like that very much."

This should be considered a survivor's diary.

(End of this chapter)