Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

"We changed the lock on the main gate and installed hidden cameras, but it doesn't seem to be working..."

"May 7

Who is it?!

"Get out here right now!"

"May 12

I'm so tired...

If this continues, I might get killed one day…

"May 1

To escape this terrifying life, I left a note in the table for the intruder.

The message read: "I'm willing to accept your conditions..."

Conan carefully read through Itakura Taku's diary entries about the Black Organization from the past two years, and his expression became increasingly serious.

It's clear that the Black Organization's power is far greater than Conan previously imagined.

Takuya Itakura initially refused, but in the end, in order to survive, he had no choice but to agree to help the Black Organization research the software.

However, Itakura Suguru did not truly give up. From the contents of his diary on February 9th of this year, Conan once again found an opportunity to track down the Black Organization.

"May 2

The deadline for payment is approaching...

I plan to hide the unfinished software, along with a check for the same amount of payment, next to the computer in the villa, and then escape abroad...

They will send me an email with the delivery time and location at midnight five days from now. I must find a way to escape during this period...

Today is February 14th, exactly five days have passed since the date in the diary, and it is currently 2 PM.

In other words, there are only three hours left before the Black Organization sends the email to Itakura Taku.

If Conan can find the villa mentioned in Itakura Suguru's diary before midnight tonight, he can see the emails sent to him by the Black Organization, thus knowing the specific location and time of their transaction, and making contact with the members of the Black Organization again.

"Doctor, there's no time to lose, let's get going!"

The thought of successfully capturing a member of the Black Organization and then finding the antidote to restore him to his original state filled Conan with excitement. He immediately urged Professor Agasa to drive to the villa mentioned in the diary.

"Okay, okay, I'll go get the key right away."

Following Conan's instructions, Professor Agasa drove his Volkswagen Beetle towards Gunma Prefecture overnight.

After Dr. Agasa drove away from Beika Town, he couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him: "Shinichi, how did you know about Itakura-san's villa, and exactly where it is located?"

"Because when those three people asked my uncle for help before, my uncle also asked them this question. All three of them told me the specific locations of any residences or villas where Mr. Itakura might be hiding."

"Oh, I see!"

Professor Agasa nodded in realization, then couldn't help but worry, "But what if we go straight to Mr. Itakura's villa and happen to run into the Black Organization lying in ambush there? What should we do then?"

“You don’t need to worry about that. In Mr. Itakura’s diary, he has already made an agreement with those guys that the Black Organization members are not allowed to monitor him anymore.”

Conan pushed up his glasses with his finger and said, "For someone who is so neurotic that he would care for half a day if the pen on the table moved five centimeters, the Black Organization would not rashly break the contract, at least not before that software was developed."

"That's true. Before that software was developed, it would indeed be a loss for them to fall out with Mr. Itakura."

Upon hearing this, Dr. Agasa secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but then worriedly added, "But now that Mr. Itakura is dead, it would be terrible if the news of his murder got out to the media."

"There's no need to worry about that for now. I was just listening to the radio news."

Conan pointed to the earphones he was wearing and smiled meaningfully, "The hottest news right now is about the phantom thief who successfully stole the jewels. He actually did me a big favor this time."

With Kaito Kid drawing attention outside, the news will definitely revolve around him these days. So there's no need to worry that the news of Itakura's murder will reach the Black Organization's ears so quickly.

Once these crucial few days are over, even if the Black Organization learns of Mr. Itakura's murder, it will be too late.

……

Suzuki Estate

"What?! You're saying that Professor Agasa took Conan and left Beika Town overnight?"

Suzuki Seimei, who was lying in the arms of a giant panda and playing a fighting game, frowned sharply when he heard Tachibana Maya's urgent report.

Since the "Net" organization's intelligence network covered the entire Tokyo, it has become impossible for Conan and Kogoro Mouri's whereabouts to escape the notice of Seimei Suzuki.

Of course!

Suzuki Seimei wasn't particularly interested in Conan and his friends' daily whereabouts, so Tachibana Maya wouldn't specifically report such things to him.

However, Professor Agasa and Conan's sudden departure from Beika Town by car tonight seems rather strange.

Therefore, after learning about this, Tachibana Maya reported it to Suzuki Haruaki to prevent missing any important information.

Suzuki Haruaki thought to himself, "These two suddenly leaving Beika Town in the middle of the night, could it be that they discovered the Black Organization's whereabouts?"

Chapter 479 None of them are easy to deal with.

The only thing that could keep Conan up all night investigating, besides the Black Organization, is something Suzuki Haruka can't think of.

"Maya, I understand about this."

After thinking for a moment, Suzuki Haruaki said, "Let's withdraw the people who are watching Conan and the others first, so they don't accidentally mistake us for members of the Black Organization and scare them. We'll let you know their whereabouts after they return to Tokyo."

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Tachibana Maya nodded slightly and ended her telepathic communication with Suzuki Seimei.

Meanwhile, in the room next to Suzuki Seimei's, Haibara Ai was holding her cell phone and making a call to Miyano Akemi's apartment landline.

"Hello! This is Miyano. I'm not home right now. Please leave your name and message after the beep."

Hearing Akemi Miyano's recorded message on her phone, Ai Haibara's eyes reddened slightly, her face filled with longing, and she couldn't help but whisper, "Sister, it's me..."

Compared to the original story, Ai Haibara's fate has changed drastically, and she now lives a happy and warm life. However, her longing for Akemi Miyano has not diminished at all; on the contrary, it has become even stronger.

Therefore, whenever the night is quiet, Ai Haibara can't help but use her cell phone to call Akemi Miyano's apartment landline, just to hear her sister's voice.

To avoid being discovered by the Black Organization, Ai Haibara always keeps her phone calls short and never leaves a message afterward.

Hearing Ai Haibara secretly making a phone call again, Seimei Suzuki couldn't help but shake his head and say, "Honestly, none of them are giving us a moment's peace!"

It's not that Suzuki Seimei was deliberately eavesdropping on Ai Haibara's conversation, but with Suzuki Seimei's current hearing ability, it was impossible for him to miss the sounds from the next room.

Seimei Suzuki could understand Ai Haibara's longing for Akemi Miyano, so he planned to arrange for Akemi Miyano to meet with him after some time.

Anyway, Ai Haibara has already started practicing the Yi Jin Jing. In about a month, she will be able to clearly feel the extraordinary power that the Yi Jin Jing brings her.

At that time, Suzuki Seimei will also reveal some of the secrets of the superhumans to Haibara Ai and the others, so there will be no need to hide the fact that Miyano Akemi is still alive from her.

Suzuki Seimei already had a rough plan in mind. By the time he returned from the next instance world, it should be about time for Ai Haibara and Akemi Miyano to meet.

……

Deep mountains of Gunma Prefecture

After driving for more than two hours through wind and snow, Professor Agasa and his team finally arrived at the villa mentioned in Itakura Taku's diary.

Looking at the tightly closed villa gate, Professor Agasa said with some difficulty, "Shinichi, how are we going to get in? I don't know how to pick locks!"

"There's no need for that."

As soon as Professor Agasa finished speaking, Conan walked straight to the front door and opened the villa door with his key.

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Seeing this, Dr. Agasa blinked in surprise and couldn't help but ask, "How did you get the key to this villa?"

"The key was hidden behind the stairs. Didn't I write in my diary that a friend I hadn't seen in five years called from my villa today to say hello?"

Conan chuckled and explained, "That means the key to this villa must be hidden nearby, which is why his friends can enter the villa to rest at any time!"

"That makes sense!"

Professor Agasa nodded, then couldn't help but complain, "But isn't that too risky?"

"No! That's precisely Mr. Itakura's wisdom. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place."

Conan walked to the computer in the study, picked up the CD next to the computer, and said, "It's because there's no security here that the Black Organization never imagined that the software they've been longing for would be so openly placed here."

Furthermore, if Mr. Itakura hadn't accepted the email sent by the Black Organization, they would definitely have found this villa and eventually discovered the disc.

Having obtained the software they wanted, the Black Organization probably wouldn't bother hunting down Mr. Itakura overseas.

After Conan finished speaking, he casually turned on the computer on the table and began waiting for the email sent by the Black Organization.

Because it took Professor Agasa almost three hours to drive here, Conan and the others didn't have to wait long before the computer started to respond.

"Great! An email has arrived, just open it!"

Looking at the email that popped up in the computer video, Conan clicked on it without thinking.

"Drip drip..."

However, to Conan's surprise, the moment he opened the email, his computer emitted a rapid alarm, displaying a ten-second countdown and a space for entering the password.

"Oh no! It requires a password!"

Upon seeing this, Conan and Professor Agasa's expressions changed drastically.

Before Conan and his friends could even try to crack the password, the ten-second countdown reached zero, and the emails on the computer disappeared.

Conan shouted angrily, "Damn it! Those guys set a password, and the email will be deleted if the password isn't entered within the specified time."

Professor Agasa exclaimed in panic, "If we fail to open the emails, won't they find out everything?"

"Not only that, they may also know that this computer tried to open that email."

"What should we do then? If they think something has happened to Itakura, they might send someone over immediately."

"Beep beep..."

As soon as Dr. Agasa finished speaking, the landline phone in the study suddenly rang, the piercing ringtone sounding like a death knell.

"Excuse me, the master is currently out. If you need anything, please leave your contact information and phone number after the beep."

Amid Conan and Professor Agasa's solemn expressions, a somewhat simple and honest voice came through the phone.