Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 681 Kyoto and the Fireflies of the Genji
Such blatant mockery would have prompted Vodka to confront Amuro Tooru in the past, but today he merely glanced at Amuro Tooru without saying a word.

"Brother, everyone's here. What's the important matter?" Xia Chuan asked.

"Wait, Kir hasn't arrived yet," Amuro reminded him.

“We didn’t call her in the first place,” Vodka said, waving his hand. “It’s just the people around us.”

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the others subtly changed.

It was said that all codename members would have a meeting, but Gil didn't show up. The implications of this are thought-provoking.

"She has other important things to do, don't worry about her."

Gin finally spoke, his tone icy and his eyes sharp, seemingly more intimidating than before.

“We recently received information that is related to the gold at Twilight Villa.”

Gin gestured for everyone to sit down before continuing, "You should all have heard some news. After the Ministry of Finance took over the Twilight Villa, there were two robbery incidents during transportation."

Is there a second time?

Xia Chuan feigned confusion and asked, "I know that a batch of gold was robbed a while ago. The culprit was caught, but the gold was not recovered. I have never heard of a second gold robbery."

"That's true."

Amuro Tooru continued, "The second robbery happened a few days ago. This time, the Ministry of Finance did not disclose this information. I heard it from an inside source. The level of secrecy is very high."

Gin nodded slightly. "What I want to talk about is this time. We have received intelligence about this gold."

Uh? ? ?
Xia Chuan was extremely surprised. What was Gin up to?

He has already taken and disposed of the gold. Did Gin find out?

Despite harboring doubts, he still had to pretend to be happy.

"Really? The first batch of gold was worth a full 50 billion. I bet the second batch will be just as much, right?"

"Heh, since you're not an intelligence agent, I won't laugh at you."

Vodka grinned mischievously and patted Xia Chuan on the shoulder: "Actually, only 30 billion yen of gold was stolen. The other 20 billion yen was probably fabricated by the Ministry of Finance. After all, it's Japan, so balancing the books is a normal thing."

"Is that so?"

"Of course!"

Vodka is still as pretentious as ever.

“But 30 billion is still a lot.” Baileys couldn’t help but ask, “So what’s the clue?”

Indeed, that's the key point.

Gin casually stubbed out his cigarette and said nonchalantly, "In Kyoto!"

"Kyoto?"×N
Others may be genuinely surprised, but none are as sincere as Xia Chuan's.

Although the gold is not in Kyoto, it has been sent out of the high seas by Frank in the past two days, and it is estimated that it has already reached other countries and been laundered.

However, the name "Kyoto" is a place that Natsukawa is currently very sensitive about!
After all, the coordinates of Shin-name Nittaro also indicate Kyoto.

"Is this news reliable? Could it be a setup by the police to get us to take action? After all, they failed to catch us last time, so they might not give up."

“Tequila makes a good point,” Amuro Tooru chimed in. “While I know some details about the second gold heist, the police have no idea who the robbers are. Where did you get that information?”

Amuro Tooru expressed skepticism about Gin's intelligence. For a long time, most of the brewery's important intelligence relied on him, and now Gin suddenly seemed to be able to obtain such crucial information on his own, which was quite intriguing.
Gin didn't seem to care, leaning back with a grim expression: "Actually, the second robbery was at our behest."

"However, after this group of people took action, they did not hand over the gold to us as agreed."

"Isn't this normal?"

Baileys was very puzzled by Gin's behavior. Robbers usually do it themselves, and this was the first time she had ever heard of someone outsourcing a robbery.

Who could sit still upon seeing 30 billion worth of gold? Could the client possibly offer even more commission?

To put it bluntly, the commission would probably be less than what they robbed. Only a fool would hire an outsourced company, and only a fool would hand over the stolen gold to them.

"The man who robbed the gold was named Yoshiaki Daimon. After the robbery, he lost contact with us. However, we investigated his network of connections and suspected that he was connected to a theft gang in Kyoto called Genji Hotaru. It is very likely that he ran to Kyoto to seek refuge with them."

"Although he burned his own family alive to mislead the public, he never imagined that we knew quite a lot about him."

In reality, Genji Hotaru and Daimon Yoshiaki have no connection, but the boss said that Genji Hotaru's theft gang is related to Granwitt.

Granwitt had obtained information about Kyoto through Genji Hotaru on several occasions. Although he did not tell Karasuma Renya, Karasuma Renya still guessed that the two had a close relationship.

Therefore, after Shinmei Niitaro's death, Daimon Yoshiro disappeared, most likely because he sought refuge with Genji Hotaru.

Furthermore, since no evidence has been found that Shinmei Rentaro had previously threatened the organization, Karasuma Renya suspected that it might be related to Genji Hotaru, which led to this meeting.

Of course, Gin didn't explain these things in much detail.

And there's no need to explain.

His subordinates only need to do their own jobs well; he will handle the rest.

This is also an opportunity; perhaps we can find the mole hidden within the organization!

This can be considered a three-pronged strategy.

"Your task now is to go to Kyoto, find Genji Hotaru, and wipe them all out, making them cough up their gold with interest!"

"Genji Hotaru Kyoto Gate Yoshiro."

Natsukawa didn't know how Gin had connected Daimon Yoshiaki with Genji Hotaru from Kyoto, but since he did it, it couldn't have been without reason.

There might be things he doesn't know about in between.

Gin's refusal to clarify things suggests he has internal suspicions.

This time he needs to be more vigilant to avoid Gin discovering his problems.

However, Kyoto is a place
The coordinates left by Shinmei Nittaro also point to Kyoto, and it's unclear if there's any connection between them.

Without any clues, Xia Chuan's sixth sense did come into play. He might not know what the connection was, but there was definitely one.

We may have to wait until after Kyoto to find out the specifics.

"I've heard of the Genji Hotaru organization. They operate in the Kansai region. Although they can't escape from under the noses of the police like Kaito Kid, they always manage to evade police pursuit and have never been discovered. Over the past twenty years, they have stolen countless cultural relics."

Amuro Tooru, as expected of an intelligence operative, or perhaps he had once tried to use the brewery's intelligence system to help the police find Genji Hotaru, so he did have some knowledge of her and almost all of his points were spot on.

"So, our problem now is, Kyoto is so big, how are we going to find them?"

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)