Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 203 Vodka's Love of Learning
As Anya was pondering how to effectively avoid staying up all night to finish her homework, Yoru and Takagi Wataru hurried out.

"How is it?!" Conan asked anxiously.

He noticed that the two hadn't brought Moriya Teiji with them, which gave him a bad feeling.

"We were just received by his butler, who said that Teiji Moriya left half an hour ago." Takagi Wataru said solemnly, picking up the phone to inform Inspector Megure.

It's suspicious that the person wasn't home at this time, and the housekeeper didn't know where they went.

Conan lowered his head in deep thought.

After giving a statement and then taking a detour to the Moriya residence, it's already past ten o'clock, and at this time most people would be at home.

Where would the other person go if they're not home?
Considering the other party's impatient demeanor on the day of their meeting at the tea party, Conan had a guess.

The other side has likely already started taking action, and if it is not stopped, there may be another explosion tonight!
Where will they go?

Because Conan was unfamiliar with Teiji Moriya's interpersonal relationships, he couldn't make a judgment for the time being and could only look at Inspector Takagi, hoping that the latter could get useful information by contacting Inspector Megure.

Takagi trusted Conan completely, and upon seeing the other's gaze, immediately turned on speakerphone.

However, once the call was connected, the other end was unable to provide any useful information.

Inspector Megure didn't specifically investigate Teiji Moriya, and didn't even pay attention to the designer. A normal person wouldn't associate the designer of the Japanese gunpowder depot with the Japanese gunpowder depot itself.

Just as Takagi was about to hang up the phone, Shiratori Ninzaburo's voice suddenly came from the other end.

"I am fairly familiar with Teiji Moriya. He designed a commercial villa in Okinawa that my family owns, so I have had contact with him."

As far as I know, this person doesn't seem to have any enemies.

His designs are recognized as top-notch in the industry; no one would deliberately offend him, and he has a good relationship with several architects in his field or of similar caliber.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Shiratori Ninzaburo made a very bold guess.

"He has no enemies, but he seems dissatisfied with his early designs, even somewhat disgusted with them, and has criticized his early designs in public on several occasions."

His design philosophy is very avant-garde, his personality is somewhat impulsive and irritable, and his preference for symmetrical aesthetics has reached a pathological level.

If he really wants to do something with explosives, then I think…

"He might be going to take action against his early works!!!" Conan picked up the conversation, uttering the sentence slowly and deliberately.

"Huh?" The white bird opposite was obviously taken aback, not expecting that someone had the same idea as him.

The voice sounds somewhat immature.

"Takagi, who's next to you?"

"Y-yes, it's Conan," Takagi scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, but didn't hide it.

"Oh, I remember Inspector Megure mentioned it. Is it that little boy who's always following Mr. Kogoro Mouri around?"

Shiratori Ninzaburo sighed, "I remember his name is Conan, right? Inspector Megure was praising him to me before, and I didn't think much of it. But now it seems—Conan, you're really something."

On the other end of the phone, Conan's expression changed, realizing he had slipped up again, and he quickly tried to salvage the situation: "I learned all of this from Uncle Mori, and I even talked to Shinichi Kudo on the phone this afternoon, and we discussed this matter. These are all his speculations."

After all, he was originally the one invited to the tea party.

That's why she brought this up with me. Shinichi only connected the gunpowder theft to her through the riddle at the tea party.

“I see.” Shiratori nodded, then changed the subject: “If you know Shinichi Kudo, I suggest you tell him to stay away from Teiji Moriya.”

"What?" Conan was a little confused.

“This person is extremely vengeful. You just mentioned Shinichi Kudo. I remember that the ‘Nishitama Town Building Plan’ designed by Teiji Moriya was prevented from being published because of Shinichi Kudo.”

Knowing that Conan didn't understand, Shiratori explained it again in detail: "Because Shinichi Kudo solved the case of Mayor Okamoto of Nishitama's trouble-making, which led to the mayor's resignation, Teiji Moriya's 'Nishitama Town Building Plan' naturally came to a standstill."

Therefore, I only learned that Teiji Moriya deeply hated Shinichi Kudo during a chance conversation with him. Although he didn't say anything harsh, the hatred in his words was still very easy to hear.

If the other party intends to take action, then Shinichi Kudo could very well be one of their targets.

Please, how did this get involved with me? It's clearly the mayor's problem.

Conan rolled his eyes, but it didn't matter. He was now a child, so that guy couldn't possibly find him.

It's now preliminarily determined that Teiji Moriya is planning to target his own early works, which makes the investigation easier.

Conan has an excellent memory; he clearly remembers the early works he saw at the other person's house on the day of the tea party, and quickly lists all of the other person's targets.

—The Kurokawa family, the Mizushima family, the Yasuda family, the Akutsu family, the Beika Municipal Building, the Beika Cinema, and the Sumida Canal Bridge.

These are all early works by Teiji Moriya.

It must be said that these are not small projects; they are either residences for the wealthy or government projects.

"They'd even do something like this for the sake of symmetry," Ai Haibara couldn't help but retort, "What a bizarre person."

"It's normal for a great designer to have a quirky personality, but this is too much."

Teiji Moriya's behavior was like that of some mothers abandoning their children, which Joel could not understand.

Silence fell over the car. Only Anya silently picked up her homework and started working on it. If she didn't finish now, she probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

She now deeply regrets not going back with Bond. She had planned to chat with Aunt Joel and say some bad things about Ai Haibara, but Aunt Joel spent the entire time discussing the explosion with Conan, so she didn't even have a chance to speak.

Shiratori Ninzaburo took over the search for Moriya Teiji, while the three children were sent home.

Although Conan was very concerned, he couldn't make an accurate judgment on his own and couldn't determine which building Teiji Moriya was planning to attack. Now he could only hope that the Metropolitan Police Department could stop him.

At Xia Chuan's house.

After giving the two little girls a few instructions, Joel got back into the car. The bombing case at Baijiu Pharmaceuticals was still not resolved, and there were many things to coordinate. She had to go back and work overtime.

Anya glanced at the departing police car, then at Ai Haibara, and reluctantly went to open the door.

"It's already quite late today, so you can allocate a little more time for homework."

A look of joy appeared in Anya's eyes, and she was about to express her gratitude when the other person's next words made her unable to smile.

"Just work until 1 a.m. I heard that Uncle Xia Chuan bought you a lot of practice problems. If you finish your homework, do some practice problems to practice."

The exam is next week, and cramming at the last minute isn't recommended, but it's the only way now.

Ai Haibara threw her schoolbag onto the sofa and urged Anya to take out her homework.

"What about you? You have homework to do too, right? Let's do it together." Anya thought that if they did it together, she might be able to copy some of the homework.

No, it's borrowing. How can you describe something that's just children's work as copying? It's borrowing!

"Oh, I finished writing when I got out of school." Ai Haibara plopped down on the sofa, crossed her legs, crossed her arms, and waited quietly for Anya to sit down.

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Anya's Pain Mask
The first day was like this, and every day to come... Just thinking about the future makes Anya feel dizzy.

Inspired by this, Shiratori Ninzaburo immediately dispatched police officers to search the Moriya residence.

Even Inspector Megure wouldn't dare do this without a search warrant. Shiratori Ninzaburo dared to do it because he understood Moriya Teiji's personality.

There is one more point, and it is the most important one.

The Shiratori Group is one of the top conglomerates in Japan. It is not as powerful as the Suzuki Group, but it is much stronger than the Hiromoto Group. It is not afraid of a so-called famous architect at all.

Even if he doesn't find anything during a search without a warrant, he's not afraid of Moriya Teiji's complaint.

There's no way around it; in Japan, while conglomerates may not be able to do whatever they want, most members of parliament or political figures have to give them face.

Because they need the support of conglomerates when they run for election or get promoted.

Clearly, Shiratori Ninzaburo's decision was correct.

Not long after, the police notified Shiratori Ninzaburo that traces of ammonium nitrate explosives had been found at Moriya Teiji's house.

Based on the parts and materials left at the scene, the police confirmed that the other party had made plastic bombs, and in considerable quantities. The remaining materials proved that the bombs made by the other party were powerful enough to cause an explosion similar to that of Shiraiu Pharmaceutical.

Soon, Shiratori relayed the news back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Criminal Investigation Department Chief Toshiro Odagiri has been extremely stressed these past few days, unable to return home and instead staying at the Metropolitan Police Department awaiting news.

There was no way around it; an explosion and the theft of explosives were both egregious incidents.

Although the police took over the case of the explosion, due to the reporters' sensationalism, people outside were saying that the stolen gunpowder had been used at Baijiu Pharmaceutical.

The police were unable to provide an explanation, and while they bore the political pressure, the pressure from the media and the public fell on the Metropolitan Police Department.

The reporter also specifically mentioned in the news and newspapers that the stolen explosives were of enormous size, far exceeding the yield of the one from Shirahato Pharmaceutical. This caused widespread panic throughout Tokyo, with every household fearing that they would be killed by the explosives before being killed by the earthquake.

The Metropolitan Police Department's phone lines were nearly overwhelmed with calls as a result.

Over the past two days, every now and then, citizens have called in alarming reports that they have discovered suspicious individuals planting bombs or have found what they believe to be bombs. However, when the police arrive, it turns out to be just a hoax.

There were also speculators who called and threatened the Metropolitan Police Department, saying that if the ransom wasn't paid, they would detonate explosives at a certain location.

As a result, the Metropolitan Police Department's cells attracted more than twenty VIP clients within two days.

Upon receiving the news from Shiratori Ninzaburo, Odagiri Toshiya was greatly alarmed. He waved his hand and mobilized all the police officers on duty from several departments of the First Investigation Division.

The Kurokawa family, the Mizushima family, the Yasuda family, the Akutsu family, the Beika Municipal Building, the Beika Cinema, and the Sumida Canal Bridge are all early works by Teiji Moriya.

Although there were many targets, and it was unclear which building Moriya Teiji intended to target, the sheer number of police officers was overwhelming. One after another, police cars with flashing red and blue lights drove out of the Metropolitan Police Department.

This operation involved a total of 300 police officers and 50 police vehicles.

Fire trucks also arrived one after another in order to extinguish the fire caused by the explosion as soon as possible.

Xia Chuan was unaware of this news.

At this time, he and Vodka were waiting at the back door of Kurokawa's house.

There were few people near the back door of the Kurokawa family's house. Moriya Teiji had driven past this area several times during the day, so Natsukawa deduced that the other party planned to leave the car here and then sneak in to blow it up.

"Tequila, isn't this transaction location way too open? It's surrounded by residential areas. What if we get caught?"

Vodka yawned. The two had been waiting there for more than half an hour, and the other party had not yet shown up, making him a little sleepy. So he casually started a conversation with Tequila.

Right now, I really want a mojito.

Unfortunately, his older brother had warned him that he couldn't drink alcohol during work hours.

"The truly wise live in seclusion in the city; it is in places like this that transactions seem normal."

Moreover, the other party in the deal was planning to blow up this building today, which is why they chose this location.

Vodka glanced in the direction Xia Chuan was pointing and said, "This villa must be worth a fortune."

Having spent so much time with Gin, he's subconsciously learned to prioritize value in his interactions with others. This building looks incredibly valuable, and it would be a good idea to use it as a temporary base for the organization.

It's a pity it's about to disappear.

The two chatted casually, with Xia Chuan glancing at the monitor in his hand from time to time.

A red dot is approaching.

"I didn't expect you to have installed a tracking device on the other party."

"Just in case, otherwise, if they don't show up today, how will we explain ourselves?"

Vodka thought about it and realized that Tequila was indeed more thoughtful. No wonder his brother had let the other party take the lead in these operations. He really needed to learn from the other party.

In the past, he always acted recklessly, after all, he was a professional assassin, and it was better to take action than to use his brain.

In retrospect, sometimes using your brain is a good option.

Not long after, a black car pulled up in the alley behind Kurokawa's house.

"Is it here?" Vodka rubbed his hands together, eager to try.

"Wait a minute." Xia Chuan stopped the other party's actions and said, "It would be best if he detonated this villa. After we've robbed it, we can blow him up too. When the police investigate, they can at most say that he didn't control the gunpowder properly, which caused him to be blown up as well."

"I see." Vodka silently made a note, having learned something; killing two birds with one stone.

There's a reason my brother sent me and Tequila over; to be honest, we can definitely learn something from them.

Not only did they obtain the gunpowder, but the organization also remained undetected.

Now that we're in the incubation period, we must be extremely careful with every move, otherwise we risk letting our guard down.

The police, with their keen sense of smell, might just spot something amiss.

After all, they had just killed a lot of the other side, so they absolutely could not provoke them any further, otherwise the police might go crazy.

Xia Chuan watched Vodka intently taking notes and felt a pang of emotion. He was over thirty years old, yet still so passionate about learning. He wished Anya could be like him.
Moriya Teiji was dressed the same as yesterday, the only difference being that this time he was carrying a black hiking backpack on his back, presumably containing the explosives.

He carefully scaled the wall of the Kurokawa family compound and stealthily sneaked inside.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)