Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 878 Oh no! Mom's been kidnapped!
Hawkeye and Hideyoshi Haneda were extremely shocked. These were hundreds of police officers. What gave those members of the brewery the right to do this? Did they really deploy armed combat helicopters or missiles?
But I didn't hear anything!

"not dead."

Realizing that her expression was problematic, Iori Muga corrected her: "Their food was drugged, 80% of the police officers fell into a coma, and the remaining 20% ​​were suddenly attacked without any ability to resist."

"Drugged. These cops are fucking idiots!"

"Just as Father said, they're all useless," Haneda Hideyoshi muttered to himself.

"Ok?"

It was one thing for Hawkeye to say that, but when Haneda Hideyoshi said the same thing, it made Iori Muga a little unhappy.

Although he was a police officer before, both the prefectural police and the public security police are essentially police officers.

What right does Hideyoshi Haneda, a shogi player, have to judge the police's actions? Without the police, he wouldn't have survived to this day.

He insisted on making some kind of suicidal plan, which resulted in his own father's death. Now he's turning around and blaming the police. Iori Muga really feels sorry for those police officers outside.

Sure enough, there wasn't a single good person among the upper class and their families.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. After all, we went through such a dangerous situation. If the police had arrived immediately, none of this would have happened."

It appears to be an apology, but it actually carries a hint of sarcasm.

"Eh--"

Iori Muga wanted to retort, but he shut his mouth when he saw the corpse on the ground. The Kyoto News will probably explode tomorrow, right?

He thought of all the hot topics: the charity auction venue was attacked by terrorists on the night of the event, philanthropist Yasuharu Haneda was murdered, and whether the Kyoto Prefectural Police had become as useless as the Metropolitan Police Department.

Without detectives, will Japan be doomed?
In short, the government police are going to have a tough time for the next period of time.

This is just the pressure from public opinion; what's even more alarming is the deaths of politicians and businessmen. It's uncertain whether Kyoto's economic environment will become chaotic or even deteriorate as a result.

“Your communication equipment should be fine. Immediately send people to search the other side of the cliff, and don’t overlook the two surrounding villages either.”

After completing the arrangements as instructed by Hawkeye, Iori Muga asked, "Have you found that person about the scholar?"

Hawkeye shook his head calmly: "No, Gin's firepower was more intense than we expected. In addition, the Haneda family's incompetent teammates and Shuichi Akai's interference caused the situation to develop a bit wrong. Not only did they escape, but the scholars also failed to stay."

Regardless of whether Fukuhara was a scholar or not, he has now been labeled as such.

Going back without a clear explanation would definitely lead to trouble, so the only way to reduce the severity of the punishment is to pin the blame on Shuichi Akai.

Haneda Hideyoshi's lips twitched. Who was the worst teammate?
Hawkeye was just going through the motions the whole time. If he hadn't called his older brother, not only would the Haneda family have been wiped out, but Hawkeye himself wouldn't have survived either. And yet he still made sarcastic remarks.

However, circumstances were beyond his control, and he was surrounded by Hawkeye's men, so he decided to let it go.

the other side.

The brother and sister have returned to the village.

“I drove a motorcycle over and parked it at the door. You can drive your mom away first, and I’ll draw the police’s attention.”

"Isn't this too dangerous?"

I have faith in my brother's abilities, but now that he has a broken arm, can he still unleash his full potential?

Shuichi Akai didn't say anything, but stopped and glanced at her sideways.

It was as if they were asking why he was being followed despite knowing the danger.

Sera Masumi: "."

"Okay, I shouldn't have gone. If I hadn't gone, things might have turned out differently."

Shuichi Akai gave a soft "hmm" to indicate that he accepted the apology.

However, that wasn't what he cared about at all. The Ooka family's reinforcements came too quickly, and even if he captured Gin, he couldn't take him with him. His main concern was that Sera Masumi disobeyed him and showed up on her own, putting him in danger.

“My dad has been missing for many years, and my mom was almost killed by Vermouth before. Our family has been through too much danger, so we should know the preciousness of life and be more vigilant. You know, my mom is very impulsive.”

"...Just like you."

“Okay.” Sera Masumi nodded, then asked, “How can I contact my older brother from now on?”

"Find Hideyoshi; he can contact me."

"???"

Sera Masumi had a question mark above her head. She had asked her second brother about her eldest brother more than once, and he had always said he didn't know.

damn thing!
"Alright, I won't go up."

Upon arriving at the entrance of his residence, Shuichi Akai stood motionless at the door.

"Big brother probably hasn't seen Mom in a long time either, won't you say a few words?"

"Forget it, I'm afraid she'll ask me all sorts of questions again. Some things are confidential and can't be said casually. If I tell Mom, she might do something reckless, just like you."

"This time is an exception. I'm being very cautious, and that's because..."

"Why?" Shuichi Akai asked with a smile. He could probably guess that it was because he had seen his older brother whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

It wasn't that he was narcissistic; his younger sister genuinely admired him.

"Hmph, I won't talk to you anymore."

Sera Masumi angrily pushed open the door and went inside.

"Still like a little kid, never grows up."

Hideaki Akai lit a cigarette, glanced at the door for a few moments, then turned and strode away, his back view desolate, as if he had never been there.

I had just gotten into the swing of things and hadn't gone far when I heard hurried footsteps behind me.

"Is there anything else?"

He turned around and saw that his sister looked nervous and her eyes were filled with fear. Looking behind her, there was no one else, and no window of the house where they were temporarily staying was open, nor was anyone casting a loving gaze.

"what happened?"

Despite a bad feeling, I still held onto a sliver of hope.

"Big brother, something terrible has happened! Mom has been kidnapped."

Sera Masumi's words shattered his illusions completely.

Shuichi Akai's face immediately turned liver-colored, and he rushed into the room like a bolt of lightning, passing by Sera Masumi.

The room was empty and eerily quiet.

Shuichi Akai used his observational skills as an FBI agent to walk around and look around, trying to recall what had happened at that time.

Although my mother had become a middle school student, she hadn't lost her vigilance; on the contrary, she was even more alert. With a handgun on her, she couldn't find any bullet holes in the room. Either she ran out on her own, or the other party was so strong that she didn't even have time to react.

"Big brother, have you noticed?"

Sera Masumi, a detective by profession, has a buff, but even so, she doesn't find anything.

There were no signs of a struggle, no footprints of outsiders, only my mother's shoe prints on the ground.

"Could it be that I left on my own?" Since I was able to run out to check the situation, maybe my mom ran out too because she was worried about me.

"impossible."

Shuichi Akai shook his head slightly: "I remember when I saw her, she was wearing slippers. She would definitely change into shoes that are easier to walk in before going out. Her shoes were still in the entryway. Do you think she would go out to check the situation while wearing slippers?"

He then went to check each window: "There were no signs of footsteps on the windows, and they were all locked from the inside. There were also no footprints of outsiders at the door. Strange."

"When I came in, the door was locked; it was a secret room."

Sera Masumi doesn't believe the kidnappers would be kind enough to lock the door after taking her mother away, so the locked door might be some kind of clue.

"Damn it, could there be someone else?" Shuichi Akai muttered to himself.

"Wait!" Sera Masumi suddenly realized something and said in a panic, "Could it be that the scholars' people have discovered our scheme? In fact, they already knew where my mother and I were hiding."

It is highly likely that both of them fell silent at the same time.

"Let's go first."

But what about Mom?

Shuichi Akai turned around, his eyes filled with undeniable authority: "Didn't you hear me? I told you to leave and go back to Tokyo."

"Don't contact Hideyoshi for the next period of time. It's best to move away from your current location. Be wary of people around you. If you feel like you're being followed or watched, notify me immediately."

Shuichi Akai sighed heavily. The Black Organization was already giving him enough headaches, and now a scholar's faction had emerged.

One of the problems caused the father to disappear for more than ten years and there is still no news of him. The previous problems have not been resolved yet. Good heavens, the house was robbed and the mother was kidnapped. How is he supposed to live like this?

The immense pressure fell like a mountain on the back of the eldest son of the Akai family.

Seeing her older brother suddenly become a little hunched over, Sera Masumi could only nod in agreement.

Despite their suspicion that the other party couldn't take their mother away for the time being, the village was too big, and the police and the Ooka family had already launched a search, leaving them with no way to help.

Now we can only hope that the police can find the scholar's people. As long as the middle school student's mother acts cute and the second brother pulls strings, it shouldn't be a big problem to get her released.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the scholars are caught.

Hideyoshi Haneda was unaware of his mother's whereabouts, but his father's death had already cast a huge shadow over him. Sitting in the police car, leaning against the backrest, he closed his eyes and reviewed the choices he had made that day.

At the same time, Fukuhara's face appeared in his mind many times.

The other person's words made him feel insecure, as if something was being ignored.
The village next to the villa was quite large. In the basement of a house in another corner, far from where Sera Masumi was staying, Akai Mary was trying to figure out how to tie her wrists with rope.

She didn't know how long she had been unconscious, but it must have been before dawn.

The man seemed to have gone out to check the situation. A bodyguard from the Ooka family had just patrolled this area, inspected the house, and left quickly.

From their conversation, we can tell that this is an abandoned, dilapidated old house that is no longer inhabited.

The basement went undiscovered because it was hidden.

Unfortunately, if it were the police, she would definitely make a scene, but not the Ooka family.

"Almost there, faster!"

A few minutes later, the rope was worn through by a piece of rusty iron.

Breaking free from the ropes and removing her own hood from her mouth, Mary Akai threw it viciously to the ground.

I was so upset today.

The basement was pitch black, but fortunately she was used to the darkness and could vaguely see the way ahead. Feeling her way across the river, she found the stairs without making a sound.

"Stay here and don't wander off. I'll go buy you a pound of oranges."

Suddenly, I remembered what that man said when he left.

The basement was too dark, so I couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but I always felt that the other person was being playful when they said those words.

I don't know what they're planning, so I'm even more determined to leave.

I must never become a burden to my children.

Clinging to the wooden stairs with both hands and feet, try not to make any noise and slowly climb upwards.

The end of the stairs wasn't a door, but rather covered by a wooden board, which explains why the Ooka family hadn't discovered it.

Such cellars are not found in normal villages; they are usually found in more northern places, such as Hokkaido or South Korea, where people store food due to weather conditions.

"Damn, these planks are so heavy."

The wooden plank was quite heavy, and it seemed to be weighed down with many stones. Pushing it made a loud noise. It was probably covered with rice straw, as you could smell the fragrance of rice. After pushing it a few times, my skin started to itch.

"cough cough"

He couldn't help but cough out.

After waiting for a while and not noticing any movement outside, Mary Akai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If I hadn't shrunk, I wouldn't have this problem at all. No, if I hadn't shrunk, that person definitely wouldn't have been able to catch me.

I wonder how Sera is doing, whether Shuichi is safe, and whether Hideyoshi's plan has succeeded.

Pushing open the door, I cautiously looked around. The moonlight slightly illuminated the courtyard, but I didn't find the man who had kidnapped me. Only the smell of the dilapidated old wooden building filled my nostrils.

"Strange, why did they leave me here all alone?"

After thinking for a long time, she could only conclude that the other party did not believe that a small child could push aside a heavy wooden board.

She was unaware that her every move was being watched by others.

A black pinhole camera was watching her from the corner of the beam of the house in front—it was Xia Chuan.

The purpose of doing this was simple: to observe whether Mary Akai had any connection with Tsutomu Akai.

In such a critical moment, her children would no longer be a consideration for her; if she were to contact someone else, it would definitely be Tsutomu Akai.

He didn't need to know where Akai Tsutomu was, but he wanted to know if Akai Tsutomu was hiding in the shadows.

If the son is so powerful, the father shouldn't die so easily. It's likely that Aoyama is just hiding the other party and will use him in the finale.

The fact that Mary Akai survived jumping off the Vauxhall Bridge had always puzzled Natsukawa.

The process of shrinking is extremely painful, and the state is very special. Even breathing is difficult. If she fell into the turbulent river at this time, she would either suffocate or drown. She actually survived, but she developed a cough, which is very illogical.

However, if Akai Tsutomu had already discovered Vermouth's every move, and he was originally hiding in the shadows when he saw his wife jump into the river, risking exposure to save her, then everything could be reasonably explained.

This world is inherently unscientific and cannot be judged by common sense, but Qingshan's previous explanation was too one-sided, even somewhat glossed over, which is why he suspected that there might be a trap involved.

To his disappointment, the other party made no move whatsoever to contact Akai Tsutomu, and didn't even take out their phone.

"They haven't even called Sera Masumi. Was my plan too poorly executed?"

"It seems we underestimated MI6's top agents; they can remain calm and detect problems even in a situation like this."

(End of this chapter)