Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 830 Haneda Yasuharu's Speculation

Gin carefully observed the other person and noticed that they were looking behind him, and besides pain, there seemed to be urgency in their eyes.
He shook his head in exasperation: "Perfect, let you watch me take him away with your own eyes!"

Gin let out a strange laugh, then delivered a knee strike to Hawkeye's abdomen, sending him sprawling to the ground.

"Woo-"

Hawkeye was curled up, one hand covering his neck and the other his abdomen, panting heavily with his mouth wide open, but his eyes were still fixed on Gin's back.

Gin clearly sensed something was wrong and abruptly turned his head to look.

The area behind was empty, except for trees.

But here's the problem: there shouldn't be just the two of them here!
What about people?

Where did the big Haneda Yasuharu go?
He rushed to the spot where he had just thrown the other person, but there was no sign of Haneda Yasuharu.

They didn't even spare the trees, the bushes, or the branches.

No, the person is gone, and the oxygen cylinder is gone too.

When exactly?
Wasn't Haneda Yasuharu a frail old man? He shouldn't be able to leave. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed the bodyguard to carry him; he could have run much faster on his own.

The fact that the oxygen tank was missing also proved that Haneda Yasuharu's condition was indeed no different from what he had previously investigated; he was indeed a weak old man.

But the truth is, the other person disappeared, vanished without a trace.

What went wrong?

Gin quickly regained his composure and turned to stare coldly at Hawkeye: "Don't think I wouldn't dare kill you. Tell me now, where did you hide him?"

There are only the two of them here. If there are other people, they would only be the Ooka family's lackeys. So there is only one possibility—Hawkeye was just trying to distract himself. He didn't come alone.

Hawkeye was convulsing and struggling to breathe, gasping for air, looking as pathetic as a defeated dog that had lost the fight for the alpha wolf.

He didn't see it either; he only realized the other person was missing when Gin lifted him up.

"Cuckoo~"

A harsh, unpleasant laugh escaped his throat.

Although he didn't know what was going on, it was at least better than being taken away by Gin.

"Guess where I hid him."

Gin stared at him coldly for a long time, then suddenly chuckled and turned to leave.

"It seems like it's all going to benefit someone else. I knew he wouldn't let me succeed so easily."

What do you mean?
Hawkeye didn't understand what the "he" in that sentence meant.

After a long time.

Hawkeye finally recovered, and his men rushed over.

However, he ignored his subordinates and instead frowned as he pondered who this so-called "other person" was.

He had felt there was something wrong with Gin's statement before, and now he's even more certain.

It seems that Haneda Yasuharu is involved with some third-party force, and it's not as simple as he thought.

Perhaps, when Ōoka Toramasa asked him to take the other person back, it was because he had discovered something.

The mission failed, but it's okay, at least Gin didn't succeed.

A residential house in a suburb of Kyoto.

"Alright, I've already notified Haneda Hideyoshi. He should find this place at daybreak."

Looking at the ventilator beside him, a huge question flashed through Haneda Yasuharu's mind.

This was clearly prepared for him, but he didn't recognize the woman in front of him at all.

Although he didn't remove his mask, he clearly remembered that none of the people he knew had that eye color. Moreover, it seemed she already knew what had happened to her and was waiting for him in the back mountain, bringing him to this safe spot immediately.

"Who are you?" he asked directly.

The other party did not want to kill him, nor did they ask him anything.

People who don't ask for anything in return usually want the most in return; the other party's purpose is definitely not just to save them.

Joel tilted his head, about to reveal the code name "Thorn Princess," when he suddenly remembered Xia Chuan's instructions not to expose his identity.

"My name is not important. The important thing is that I saved your life. After this experience, you should strengthen your defenses, right? Allowing someone to break through so easily is not in line with the status of your Haneda family."

Haneda Yasuharu's lips twitched. Could simply strengthening the defenses solve this? This was the Black Organization and the Ooka family, an unreasonable criminal force and an unreasonable powerful figure.

Before he could explain anything, he saw the other person jump out of the window and disappear from sight.

The dimly lit room was very quiet, with only the rhythmic beeping of the ventilator.

Despite being exhausted, Haneda Yasuharu couldn't fall asleep at all.

He reached out and grabbed the medicine bottle on the table. It was the same kind of medicine he had taken in the mountains, which was rare in China. This showed that the other party had been monitoring everything he did, and even knew what kind of medicine he was taking.

Unbeknownst to me, I seem to have become a pawn of someone or some force.

The person or force that is playing against this individual or force is clearly the Black Organization or the Ooka family, or a combination of the two.

He couldn't help but smile, his eyes sparkled, his heart pounded, and his hands clenched into fists, unable to hide his secret joy and excitement.

This is definitely good news.

To be able to investigate someone so thoroughly without them finding out, perhaps only such a mysterious organization could stand up to them.

With a "what's done is done" attitude, Haneda Yasuharu took the capsules to regulate his body.

Then, I closed my eyes and began to think.

Since they saved me, I must give something in return.

But the other party didn't say anything, just left without a word, which puzzled him greatly.

"Was the woman's last message to me about increasing security a warning that if I don't perform well, I'm useless?"

"Gin and Hawkeye's conversation suggests that I'm important. Do they think I should know something they don't?"

"Putting this together, does it mean that the Black Organization and the Ooka family suspect I'm connected to something or someone, but need to take me away to prove it, while that woman's faction knows the truth and stopped them from arresting me to mislead them?"

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Looking back now, it feels a bit strange because of what Gin said to him; I always feel that Rumi Wakasa wasn't actually that important.

Moreover, since the other party has now become a true vegetable, even if the brewery traces back to me through Wakasa Rumi, they will kill me to silence me, rather than thinking of taking me back for interrogation.

Upon realizing that his presence might cause a discrepancy in the information perception between the two factions, Haneda Yasuharu immediately became excited.

"Gin might still try to attack me?"

"In that case, perhaps I should try to contact her, since this may be the only chance to find Akai Tsutomu."

At this time, Joel did not leave, but sat on the roof tiles on the second floor of the house.

She heard every single word the other person muttered to themselves.

"So, that's what I meant?"

Joel touched his forehead, somewhat dazed.

However, the other party's understanding seemed to be correct. Natsukawa's intention was to let the Haneda family continue to delay Gin, and incidentally let the brewery and the Ooka family continue to be weakened.

"Who is she?" Joel muttered to himself, then briefly summarized the situation and sent it to Xia Chuan via text message.

(End of this chapter)