Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 1018 Frank's Analysis
After leaving the Kudo residence, Natsukawa turned and headed towards the Frank family home.

If you calculate the time, this is the perfect time to have afternoon tea.

I pushed open the entryway door as if I knew the way well, walked into the living room, and sure enough, I saw Frank sitting on the sofa, leisurely drinking afternoon tea.

"What's wrong? Looks like you have nothing to do."

"Bullshit, I'm thinking about how to deal with the IRS."

"Is there a problem with the IRS?" Xia Chuan asked in surprise.

Frank rolled his eyes: "They're the ones who leaked the Spy Twilight story, so we're definitely going to ask them for some money. Besides, I already have a feeling this mission is coming to an end, and we need to get another batch of weapons from them."

"By the way, Natsukawa, Wakasa Rumi has woken up, so Curaçao should be able to carry out missions now as well."

Xia Chuan gets a headache just thinking about those two people.

If Rumi hates the distillery, she could be used, but given Curaçao's current situation, it's uncertain whether she's suitable for this operation.

"How is the memory of Curaçao progressing?"

"Pretty much the same, right? I brought her and Rumi Wakasa to Tokyo. Would you like to find a chance to meet them?"

"can."

Xia Chuan sat down and told Frank about his conversation with Akai Tsutomu that day.

"It seems that Akai Tsutomu is indeed a remarkable person, and he seems more reliable than Akai Shuichi."

Frank paused for a moment, then said, "Actually, after I told you about Gin sending you a message last time, I investigated that place."

"Their base is located in a mountainous area that ordinary people rarely go to. The entire area is a forest reserve where hunting is prohibited, so many wealthy people have built villas in this mountainous region."

Do you think it's possible that Karasuma Renya is among these villas?

Xia Chuan thought for a moment, took a sip of tea, and then shook his head: "Too much. We only have three days to investigate these villas without alerting Gin. Three days is not enough."

"Moreover, we might only have investigated one or two before Karasuma Renya senses something and leaves."

The fact that he discovered the monitoring station's problem so quickly, given that the two remaining trusted confidants under his command were undoubtedly his most trusted men, proves this point.

makes sense.

Frank had only mentioned it casually.

Time is too short, and given Xia Chuan's steady personality, he would never take such a risk.

Doing so might even alert the enemy, allowing Karasuma Renya to escape prematurely.

Seeing Frank deep in thought, Natsukawa added, "Besides, I don't think Karasuma Renya would put himself in danger. It's inconvenient to be in the wilderness, and he still has many health problems. I'm more inclined to think he'll stay in Tokyo."

"after all."

Xia Chuan suddenly smiled. "There might be power outages in the mountains, but not in the city. As long as there is no large-scale explosion or substation demolition, the city with a population of several million is the safest place."

indeed
Frank hadn't thought things through properly; he always believed that the more remote the place, the safer it was, unaware of the saying that true seclusion lies in the heart of the city.

But it's not too late to know now.

However, this did not affect his thinking.

He glanced at Natsukawa, then nodded to Tomoaki Shinide beside him.

Shinichi nodded slightly, opened his laptop, and after a series of operations, said, "I've already cast the map to the TV."

As soon as the words were spoken, the television, which had been silently broadcasting the news, flashed to display a map of a mountainous region. The mountainous area was characterized by its rugged terrain, with numerous hills and valleys.

There is only one clearly marked road on the entire map.

On the green map, there are more than a dozen small dots, the largest of which is marked in advance: Distillery Base, in four big characters.

"This is a map of mountain villas that I obtained from the government recently. It was updated a month ago and includes all the villas in this area."

Xia Chuan nodded slightly and looked at Frank. He knew that the other party must have had a reason for showing him this.

Frank pulled out a baton from somewhere and walked to the television, saying, "These villas are located within an eight-kilometer radius of the winery site."

I've done my research, and many villas are unoccupied during this time period.

If Akai Tsutomu and the Ooka family are preparing to take action, these deserted villas would be the best gathering points.

In the next few days, they will likely send people to these locations one after another, and then send a small number of people to ambush within one kilometer of the winery base.

Three days later, these villas will serve as springboards for the attack and as backup resource replenishment sites.

At this moment, Frank was like a military blogger on TV, explaining things in detail.

"According to my investigation, the villa where Gin is located was built five years ago. It was originally planned to take one year to complete, with a building area of ​​300 square meters per floor and a total of three floors."

However, I discovered in the documents that the villa's construction took much longer than the originally planned year. Furthermore, the president of the construction company had passed away, making it impossible to access the details of the building materials. Therefore, I have reason to believe that the villa is far more complex than I initially thought.

Frank paused for a moment, his expression becoming much more serious: "There is likely an underground space beneath the villa."

"In addition, before leaving the observatory, I secretly took pictures of the Japanese satellites, and found that the greenery near the villa was not growing as well as in other places."

I have reason to believe that there has been long-term human activity in the area where this villa is located.

Xia Chuan frowned as well. Judging from the satellite image, the vegetation coverage here was indeed a bit lower.

However, it's not very obvious; you might not notice it unless you look closely.

Although Frank was a bit short, he was still very slender.

This point is very important.

If it is proven that there has been long-term human activity in this area, then it means that it is not just a simple outpost, but a special base that has been active for a long time.

“I remember you said before that the distillery has one or more bases specifically used to cultivate peripheral members.”

"Yes."

Xia Chuan nodded.

He had seen it before when he was in Shinjuku, and later, through various channels, including communication with outsiders, he learned that there were indeed a few such places.

It serves as a talent reserve base for at least several locations!

Because many of the peripheral members did not know each other before being sent abroad.

According to Frank, this place may be an important base for the brewery to cultivate peripheral members.

"By the way, some time ago, through the monitoring station, I connected to the winery's intranet and successfully located their 86 outposts, 13 bases, one research base, and intranet hub station around the world."

At this point, Frank, who had been all serious, broke into a sly smile: "So, how about we hand these things over to the IRS?"

"We don't have much time left. After the monitoring station explodes, they will definitely move back to these outposts and bases as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)