Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 824 Gin's Troubles

Time passes bit by bit.

Elementary school students are back to their regular school routine.

There has been no activity from the distillery for the time being.

However, Xia Chuan knew that everything was just the calm before the storm.

He was already prepared when he told Baileys the specific time and place of the engagement.

A marriage proposal is something that can't be hidden, so rather than sneaking around and getting caught, it's better to just have Baileys tell Vermouth directly.

Just as Baileys said, with her around, nothing Vermouth could hide from her.

As for Shuichi Akai, no matter how hard the Public Security Police tried, they couldn't find any trace of him, and the FBI director maintained the attitude that if you can't catch him, you can't prove that he's related to us.

The director of the National Tax Service was badly wronged and faced pressure from both the Public Security Bureau and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This is all irrelevant to Natsukawa; Akai Shuichi's actions will only increase the level of resentment among government departments.

The Kudo couple left Japan not long after and returned to Los Angeles.

The official explanation was that the editor was urging him to submit the manuscript, but the real reason was that Kudo Yusaku wanted to use his connections to investigate Karasuma Renya's affairs.

Xia Chuan has no expectations for this at the moment.

Instead of focusing on the Kudo couple, we should focus on Gin, who is far away in Kyoto.

Even though the mission here failed, Gin didn't come back. After going to Kyoto, he seemed to have disappeared.

This certainly pleased Vermouth, making her the organization's apparent leader.

At least before the boss spoke, Vermouth was indeed the most authoritative figure among the codenamed members.

These days, Vermouth is clearly making some secret arrangements.

Xia Chuan did not ask Baileys about the situation again to avoid arousing suspicion.

As half the days passed, Natsukawa pondered for several days before finally revealing to the Ooka family that Gin had gone to Kyoto.

If Gin had been in Kyoto when he proposed, the brewery wouldn't have had its strongest fighter, and Vermouth wouldn't have been able to cause much of a stir.

However, he did not explain what Gin's purpose was.

Meanwhile, Frank had already arranged for intelligence agents to keep an eye on the area around Haneda's house.

Only three people remain in the current main branch of the Haneda family: Haneda Yasuharu and his wife, and Haneda Hideyoshi.

After Koji Haneda's death, Hideyoshi Haneda became the family's stepson.

Natsukawa was actually very curious about the relationship between the Akai family and the Haneda family.

Akai Tsutomu has been missing ever since, all because of the Haneda family.

The youngest son was even given to the Haneda family as a stepson.

This family's level of progressive thinking far surpasses that of typical European and American families.

"I wonder when Mary Akai and her daughter will show up. By the way, what was her daughter's alias again?"

Xia Chuan suddenly forgot the other person's name.

However, it's not a big problem. As long as the world continues to revolve around Conan, this person will appear. His signature androgynous features and fangs should make him easy to recognize.

Kyoto.

Gin drove his beloved Porsche 356A around town.

It wasn't really just strolling around; he liked to think things through while driving.

One question had been bothering him all day.

Last night, the lookouts reported that the Ōoka family had suddenly deployed a large number of men in black, who were loitering throughout Kyoto; even Hawkeye (the Detective) had been mobilized. Such a large-scale operation suggests either that Ōoka Momiji has been lost, or that Ōoka Toramasa has sensed something.
"Has my trip to Kyoto been exposed!?"

"Damn sewer rat, I'm going to drag you out!" He angrily slammed his hand on the steering wheel.

Gin had no clue who the organization member who leaked his information was.

If it were when he first arrived in Kyoto, the only people he could be sure of knowing about his situation were Vermouth, Tequila, and Vodka.

But now six days have passed, and he hasn't shown up for a long time, so the other codename members will have some doubts.

He didn't come to Kyoto alone; he gathered some of his peripheral members to act as laborers. It's likely that one of them leaked the information to a member with a code name.

"Drip drip."

Gin answered the phone with a blank expression.

"Brother, Hideyoshi Haneda has a trip to the United States today for an international chess tournament. Should we stop him, or what should we do?"

Shogi is a high-class board game in Japan, but it doesn't work abroad. So Hideyoshi Haneda is still a master of chess, and like Koji Haneda before him, he often participates in many international competitions.

Gin was silent for a moment, then said, "Follow him, but don't get caught."

After a week of investigation, he discovered that the most suspicious person in the Haneda family was not Haneda Hideyoshi, but Haneda Yasuharu.

This elderly man in his seventies seems to stay at home every day, but he actually makes satellite phone calls frequently.

The brewery has special equipment that can monitor satellite phones point-to-point, but the Haneda family seems to have a special arrangement that makes it impossible to monitor them.

Normal people, even someone like Jirokichi Suzuki, would at most use a satellite phone; they wouldn't go to the trouble of taking measures to prevent eavesdropping.

The fact that Yasuharu Haneda always had to block the left and right sides during each call and set up anti-eavesdropping measures clearly indicates a problem.

"They're all on ventilators, and they're still working for 'The Scholars'? It seems like 'The Scholars' have no good people left."

This is good news for the organization.

However, this means I won't be able to find the scholar through the conversation, which is quite troublesome.

No, it's not actually as troublesome as you might think.

With a cigarette butt that had burned out, resting between his fingers on the car window, Gin seemed oblivious to the burning point touching his finger.

It took him a long time to recover from his excitement after the cigarette butt had burned out.

With Hideyoshi Haneda absent and some of his bodyguards taken away, the remaining security forces of the Haneda family, along with their peripheral members and himself, should be enough to take him down.

Coupled with the Ooka family's inexplicable behavior, he felt uneasy and believed that taking action as soon as possible was the best option.

The cigarette butt was flicked away, the car window was closed, and the vintage car, manufactured fifty years ago, suddenly accelerated, leaving the other drivers in the dust amidst their gasps.

Even traffic police can't catch up with that kind of car.

"How's it going? Did you find it?"

It was still that dimly lit yet magnificent room, where Ooka Toramasa was fiddling with the eagle in his arms.

The majestic eagle now nestled in his arms like a quail, letting the old, wrinkled hands caress its body.

It even wore an expression of enjoyment, hoping its owner would treat it well.

Ooka Toramasa watched it silently, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

Not only eagles, but also all sorts of politicians and businessmen, everyone has this expression when they see me; they're all used to it.

But this beast is sensible.

"I just received news that a black Porsche 356A sped past on the Sixth Avenue overpass, and it should be Gin."

"This guy is still the same as before, he likes that old, beat-up car. I don't know what's wrong with him."

(End of this chapter)