Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 826 Checks and Balances
The villas on the hillside were set ablaze by the war.

The night sky was bathed in an orange-red glow.

This villa area, originally named for its tranquility with each villa more than a kilometer apart, was now filled with a hail of bullets.

Outside the distillery, figures moved about, gunshots and shouts mingled, and the entire villa swayed precariously amidst the gunfire and smoke, resembling a Middle Eastern battlefield.

"Has it started yet?"

He opened the car window and heard the intense gunfire outside. Hawkeye suddenly chuckled.

"Then what do we do now?"

"Surround them from all sides, and none of these peripheral members of the black-clad organization will be able to escape."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Keep an eye on Gin. Leave him alive so I can ask him why they attacked the Haneda family."

Gin is a big problem. Although there are many of them, he is not confident that he can capture them, but it is also unrealistic to kill them.

Rumbling--

Hawkeye had just finished speaking when a sudden explosion was heard.

The sound came from the direction of the battlefield.

Frowning and gazing into the distance, the valuable villa had already exploded. The dome, like a pot lid, flew upwards and then suddenly crashed down, crushing the entire third floor.

The first and second floors were also severely damaged, with large amounts of smoke and debris rushing out of the windows.

Hawkeye's gaze suddenly changed.

That was definitely a plastic bomb.

And the portion size is quite large.

Is Gin really that crazy?

"Looks like we can't wait any longer, let's go up and rescue them."

Ooka Toramasa's demand was to give Gin a return gift, but Haneda Yasuharu could not die.

You might not be able to get anything out of Gin, but it's a different story with Yasuharu Haneda.

The distillery's perimeter members are fighting with the security forces. The firefight is one-sided. Although these bodyguards are decent, they are just doing their jobs for money and do not have the same fearlessness as the distillery's perimeter members.

Coupled with the difference in firepower and numbers, there was almost no room for resistance.

If the explosion hadn't affected more members outside the distillery, it would have been overrun by now.

Suddenly, one of the outer members who was preparing to blow up the wall abruptly collapsed.

The bomb in his hand had already been detonated, but he hadn't even reached the wall yet.

The others were engaged in a firefight and did not notice this situation. With a loud "boom," the bomb exploded, and the powerful shockwave swept away the people nearby, scattering them like fallen leaves and sending them crashing down several meters away.

The commotion attracted the attention of the leading outer members.

Upon discovering a dark mass of figures behind him, he felt a chill run down his spine and immediately contacted Gin.

Gin, who sneaked into the villa, did not find Haneda Yasuharu.

He had studied the map of the villa beforehand, so he didn't get lost and searched along the most suitable route.

The problem is, all the rooms were checked, but nothing was found.

If I'm not mistaken, there might be a secret passage.

He was about to examine it carefully when he suddenly heard a voice coming from his earpiece, and his expression immediately changed.

An unidentified force joined the battle, forming a fire encirclement from the outside and attacking the remaining Haneda family bodyguards from the inside.

Without even guessing, he knew that this group of people were related to Ooka Toramasa.

After all, they had already checked the vicinity before taking action and there was no one there. And only he could have such firepower and manpower in Kyoto.

"That damned old bastard!"

Gin cursed under his breath, then calmly gave the order: "Eliminate the security forces as quickly as possible, and use the villa to fight a positional war. I need some more time."

It didn't take long, but the leader already understood Gin's meaning.

The security forces were already at their wits' end, and with Gin's orders and the fear of being attacked, the outer guards went even more crazy.

Thus, the security force, which could have held out for a while, was wiped out in less than a minute. A large open space lay in front of the villa, completely exposed after the wall collapsed.

Hawkeye and his team, who were originally on the offensive, were forced to launch a counterattack on the spot.

Taking advantage of this time, Gin searched carefully and indeed found the secret passage.

This villa is not as simple as one might imagine; there is a tunnel extending from the maid's room on the first floor to the back of the mountain.

The tunnel entrance is behind the wardrobe.

The wardrobe collapsed due to the explosion, revealing a corner of it.

Entering the narrow passageway, which has been covered in dust for many years, you can see very clear footprints on the ground.

After walking along the passage for more than ten minutes until the sound of gunfire could no longer be heard behind us, we finally arrived at the end of the passage.

The exit is backed by mountains and surrounded by trees and shrubs. In addition, it was late and visibility was very poor.

Gin glanced back at the villa and saw that the fighting was still going on, but the frequency had decreased slightly. It seemed that the outer perimeter members could hold out for a while longer.

Perhaps Haneda Yasuharu's bodyguards thought that entering the forest would guarantee their safety.

But he has to face Gin.

Gin carefully examined the ground and confirmed that there was only one person's footprints nearby.

The footprints were quite deep, suggesting that Haneda Yasuharu's bodyguard had carried him away.

"They can't run very far."

Gin sneered and chased after the footprints.

Meanwhile, the area surrounding the villa.

Several security guards in patrol uniforms were waiting for something.

Soon, the leader's phone lit up, displaying a text message from Frank.

"Let them wear each other down, so that the situation doesn't become one-sided."

The text is concise, but it conveys the meaning of Frank and Xia Chuan.

Both the Ooka family and the brewery are forces that need to be weakened, and Natsukawa will not miss any opportunity to weaken either of them.

Of course, this is on the premise that your identity is not revealed.

The current situation is the most suitable.

The fighting between the two sides reached a fever pitch, with the brewery suffering repeated defeats. Disrupting the situation could increase the Ooka family's casualty rate, but it would also prevent them from revealing their origins.

The dilapidated villa was illuminated by the firelight.

The members on the perimeter of the brewery were almost at their breaking point, but they still had no intention of retreating because Gin had not yet come out.

On the Ooka family's side, Hawkeye had disappeared at some point, and someone else had taken over command of the battle.

Not long after this man took command, a series of muffled thunderclaps sounded from all directions.

"boom--"

"shock--"

Both the men in black from the Ooka family and the members on the periphery of the brewery were affected. Their ears were ringing and their vision was completely blurred, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

"It's a stun grenade!"

Someone shouted loudly.

The gunfire stopped abruptly, and then the distillery launched a counterattack.

It wasn't that they were highly adaptable and quickly recovered from the flash. Rather, it was because they had cover, and some of the outer members were unaffected.

Although my ears are still ringing, I can still see.

In an instant, seven or eight men in black from the Ooka family fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

Although the situation did not reverse, it gave Gin valuable time and opportunities.

However, the effect of flashbang grenades is limited, and Frank's henchmen couldn't carry too many. They only replenished their supplies with a few smoke grenades to obstruct vision before making a quick getaway.

(End of this chapter)