Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 238 Hidden Losses and a Crisis! (5k)

The Nakamura brothers' expressions turned extremely ugly as they stared at Natsukawa with eyes that seemed to want to devour him.

"If that's the case, then Izubuchi Bunjuro, your maternal grandfather, might have been a member of the bandit group Hayate Fairy from ten years ago."

Based on the golf club bag in the living room, I even have reason to suspect that he is Demon, the leader of the Gale Sprites.

"No, this is the property left to me by my grandfather, how could it be some kind of 'Wind Fairy Thief Gang'!"

Nakamura Misao was still trying to explain, but he was already showing signs of taking action, and Nakamura Masaru beside him was in no better shape.

The two knew that at this point, it was probably impossible to get the watch back peacefully.

They gradually calmed their excitement, and their facial expressions became indifferent.

I originally wanted to interact with everyone as an ordinary person, but since that's the case...
The Nakamura brothers looked at the group as if they were already dead. Now that they knew the origin of the watch, they couldn't leave here alive.

Although they hadn't initially intended for them to leave.

"We'll have to submit it to the Metropolitan Police Department for evaluation to determine the specifics. If it's not, the Metropolitan Police Department will definitely return it to you." Kogoro Mouri also noticed the problem, and his expression became serious.

It would have been better if Xia Chuan hadn't mentioned it, because once he did, the watch did indeed look increasingly familiar.

Old memories flooded his mind, and Mori quickly recalled them.

Ten years ago, when he was a criminal police officer, he did see a photo of this watch.

After that incident, the watch vanished without a trace, and the Gale Fairy disappeared from the world, never to be seen again.

Everything before him told him that there was indeed something fishy about this matter.

At that moment, he remembered that letter again.

The Nakamura brothers in front of me are definitely suspicious.

Perhaps they are not Nakamura Misao and Nakamura Ba.

So, where exactly is the real Nakamura Misao?

Before finding Nakamura Misao, Kogoro Mouri didn't intend to break off relations, but he also didn't intend to hand this thing over to him.

If we hand the watch over to them now, not only Nakamura, but all of us will probably be in danger.

As he was thinking.

Suddenly, a strange noise came from the wooden ceiling.

Everyone in the study looked up in surprise and glanced at the ceiling.

Thump, thump, thump, thump thump, thump, thump, thump.

The knocking sound lasted a total of nine times.

“I remember Mr. Nakamura just said at the door that it was just the two of you brothers here. What’s that noise coming from upstairs?”

Kogoro Mouri had his reservations, but Natsukawa did not.

It wasn't that he didn't care about the real Nakamura Misao's life or death, but rather that he already knew in advance that the other party was in the attic.

In retrospect, the other party was also a smart person, using this method to convey information.

“There’s a stray cat living upstairs, which is a real problem for us, but we’ve decided to keep it because we think it might have been taken in by my grandfather.”

Nakamura's explanation was somewhat weak; the group had completely lost trust in the two brothers.

Besides, how could a normal cat possibly tap so rhythmically?

"It's Morse code!"

Conan immediately noticed the problem, his gaze sharpening; he was very familiar with this frequency.

A longer interval between three taps in the front and three in the back indicates an S;

A short, even continuous, tapping interval represents an "O".

The interpretation is—SOS!

Conan immediately connected the dots between all the strange circumstances.

At the same time, considering the situation of the villa's original owner, Izubuchi Bunjuro, a possible answer can be guessed.

"You must have been members of the Gale Fairy Bandit Gang from ten years ago, am I right?"

The Nakamura brothers had already taken two steps back when the knocking sound came, putting some distance between themselves and Natsukawa's group. Now, hearing Conan's guess, they no longer wanted to hide it.

Now that things have come to this, there's no need to hide it anymore.

Xia Chuan's group consisted of four adults and two children. Nakamura Misao was still confident in subduing this group, and replied with a sneer, "Yeah, little brother, I didn't expect you to be so smart."

Nakamura glanced at the group, then fixed his gaze on the watch in Natsukawa's hand, saying in a tone that sounded like an ultimatum, "Hand over the watch, or none of you will be leaving here today."

"It's not like I can just hand you the watch and leave."

Having witnessed far too many scheming and despicable acts, Xia Chuan naturally knew that handing over the watch to the other party at this time was no different from being a fool.

He simply shielded Anya behind him to prevent her from being caught in the crossfire.

As for Conan.

That kid is very clever. Besides, the other party's target should be him, the owner of the watch!
"Hehehe, it's good that you know!"

Nakamura Misao's lips curled into a cruel smile as he raised his bandaged right hand.

"It's a gun!!!"

Conan's eyes widened, wanting to remind Natsukawa.

However, this was exactly what Xia Chuan had anticipated from the beginning; how could he not have been prepared?

The precious watch was suddenly thrown into the air.

While the Nakamura "brothers" were distracted by the watch, Natsukawa had already arrived in front of them.

The study was neither small nor large. Xia Chuan approached in less than a second and quickly took control of Nakamura Misao's right hand.

Joel caught the watch that fell from the sky, put it in his pocket, and then, holding Anya and pulling Xiaolan, hid behind the desk.

The two worked together seamlessly, as if they had planned it beforehand.

"Dude, aren't you being a little too hasty?"

Xia Chuan chuckled, but suddenly exerted force in his hand.

Click!

A cracking sound came from the arm, followed by a scream.

"my hand!"

Nakamura Misao's forehead was covered in cold sweat. The scene was too bizarre and fast. Before he could even react, his arm, which he had pretended to twist, was already broken.

At least a fracture.

The crisp sound sent chills down Nakamura's spine!
He thought Natsukawa was Kogoro Mouri's assistant, but he never expected him to be Kogoro's bodyguard!

In an instant, his hand reached into his crotch!

He always kept his pistol in his crotch!
Xia Chuan gave him a disgusting look and then kicked him in the face.

Before he could even show his second move, a pen holder came flying from behind him, circling around him precisely and striking Nakamura in the face, causing secondary injury.

Needless to say, this must be Conan's doing.

Kogoro Mouri immediately stepped forward, grabbed the leaning Nakamura, threw him forward with a back throw, then pinned him down and reached in to grab his groin.

Xia Chuan found the other person disgusting and turned to untie the bandages from Nakamura Misao, who was wailing incessantly.

Underneath the bandages was indeed a dark, grizzly handgun.

In fact, the two of them were already very cautious, and even secured the pistol in this way so that they could deal with Xia Chuan and his group as soon as possible if any problems arose.

Unfortunately, they encountered a group of people standing at the top of the martial arts pyramid in the world of Detective Conan, and they had no chance to resist and were subdued in an instant.

After disarming the other party, Xia Chuan helped them re-wrap the bandages as a sign of politeness.

ten minutes later.

The Nakamura brothers, a combination of tall and short, fat and thin, were tied up in the living room.

In addition, a young woman stood to the side, her hair was somewhat disheveled, her expression was slightly panicked, her lips were pale and dry, and there were clear marks of hemp rope binding on her hands and feet.

"Thank you so much, everyone."

The real Nakamura Misao thanked him repeatedly, feeling as if he had just escaped death.

Luckily, I hired a famous detective beforehand, otherwise, I'm afraid I would have been in grave danger this time.

However, this is indeed good material.

Nakamura Misao felt his inspiration flowing freely and had already come up with a suitable new chapter.

"Haha, actually I noticed from the beginning that these two guys' identities were suspicious. Sorry to keep you waiting, Ms. Nakamura."

Kogoro Mouri laughed heartily and glanced smugly at his daughter.

How could a great detective's sixth sense be wrong? If he says Nakamura Misao is a woman, then she must be a woman.

See, now the truth is out!

Xiaolan pouted, ignoring her father, and handed a glass of water to Nakamura Misao, saying, "It's all over now. The bad guys have all been caught. Have some water and rest for a bit."

"Mmm." Nakamura Misao nodded, took a few sips from the cup with both hands, and then gulped down the water.

After drinking, she suddenly paused, looking at the two villains in front of her who were tied up like dumplings and could only sob, somewhat bewildered.

"What's wrong?"

Joel noticed the other person's unusual behavior and asked a question.

"Were only two caught?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions froze.

Xia Chuan was even more bewildered. In the original story, there seemed to be only two people, so could there be others?

He turned to look at Kogoro Mouri; he should look into this matter.

He didn't know exactly how many people were in the Gale Fairy Bandit Gang, but the former detective should have known very well.

Kogoro Mouri thought for a few seconds and said, "I remember, this 'Whirlwind Imp' bandit gang seems to have quite a few members."

Because no members have been arrested, the police don't actually know how many people are in this organization, but it's certainly not small.

According to survivor testimonies, there were at least ten people at the time.

This is still a conservative estimate.

"There's a problem with the number of people!" Kogoro Mouri slammed his fist on the table, grabbed the confiscated pistol, and quickly went to the window to check the situation outside.

Both men inside had handguns, and if there were other people, they would definitely have guns as well, and maybe even powerful explosives.

After all, she was the Gale Fairy, who had made a name for herself back in the day, causing several explosions!
Xia Chuan then pulled the smelly socks off the two guys' mouths and began to ask them what was going on.

"Tell me, where are your accomplices!"

Things took an unexpected turn; Xia Chuan relied too much on the plot and ultimately suffered a loss.

No, to be precise, this isn't the first time the plot has run into problems. It went wrong back in Shikishima, when the appearance of the Thorn Princess changed the course of the story.

However, it didn't concern him at that time, since those few who died would have died in the original storyline anyway, so he didn't care.

This time it's different.

We don't know where the other members of Gale Fairy are right now. The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, which is like being trapped in a jar.

Although they were all at the pinnacle of combat power, even the most skilled martial artists are vulnerable to explosives.

If the other party is armed, it's manageable, but if they use a bomb, then we're doomed.

However, it's not entirely hopeless. After all, the other side is a gang of robbers who have retired from their criminal activities for ten years, so they probably aren't as formidable as before.

Furthermore, Natsukawa has experienced situations even more dangerous than this one; it's just that they were somewhat dangerous, but not many.

"Hehe! I'm not telling you, just wait to die!"

Nakamura spat out a cold laugh.

Xia Chuan dodged the spittle, but Conan took the hit head-on, his face turning incredibly sour.

"I'll go call the Metropolitan Police Department!"

Conan wiped the drool off his clothes, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Today is another unlucky day.

On the way here, I was swayed by Uncle Mori the whole way. I just got hit in the face by a spring, and now I've caught a spittle for Natsukawa. I couldn't be more unlucky.

Xia Chuan grunted in response, then turned around and kicked Nakamura in the stomach.

After a muffled groan, Nakamura continued to sneer, clearly prepared to take everyone down with him.

"As expected of the Swift Little Fairy who specializes in robbing unscrupulous companies and criminal transactions, their members are actually tough nuts to crack."

Xia Chuan sneered and turned to look at Nakamura Misao.

This guy is easier to bully; maybe we can get some information out of him.

Nakamura Misao swallowed hard, wanting to imitate what his brother had just done, but then he remembered Natsukawa's kick and felt a little scared.

Seeing the changes in the other person's expression, Xia Chuan knew that this was indeed a breakthrough point. He reached out and rubbed and massaged Nakamura Misao's fractured right hand.

"Ahhhh!!!"

After a series of wailing and howling, before Natsukawa could even ask a question, Nakamura Misao couldn't take it anymore.

"I'll tell you everything!"

"You piece of trash!" Nakamura almost couldn't catch his breath.

If he had known the other person was a coward, he would have said it outright, and ended up getting kicked for nothing.

Nakamura Misao didn't care about his teammates; all he wanted was to stop suffering, so he blurted out the situation.

"There are thirteen of us, including the Gale Fairy, the two of us, and Demon. Excluding the dead Demon, everyone else is still here and has come here today. The remaining ten are in the forest, waiting for our news."

They were about two hundred meters from the villa, right by the stream that leads out from the back door.

It turned out to be the case.

Xia Chuan nodded, completely relieved. Ten people shouldn't be a problem!

"Oh no, the phone line has been cut!" Conan rushed back, but his call to the police went unanswered; the phone didn't even ring. It must have been cut by the Gale Fairy before they arrived.

This shows that even if the mystery is solved, the bandit group will still not let them go.

Upon hearing this, Xia Chuan asked again, "How did you contact each other?"

“We have walkie-talkies and we contact each other every hour.”

"How long has it been since you last contacted each other?"

Xia Chuan turned to look at the wall full of clocks.

It's already past midnight.

"Around eleven o'clock, during the time I went to pour tea for you."

Xia Chuan's pupils contracted sharply. In this case, the time for both sides to contact each other and report that they were safe had already passed, and the other side had likely already discovered the abnormality of the villa.

"There were indeed many people gathered at the back door."

Joel came out of the kitchen and told the group the bad news.

After saying that, she looked at her clothes and sighed.

I should have known better than to wear such white. If a fight breaks out later, my new suit will probably be ruined.

However, who could have predicted this? We can only accept our bad luck.

"How many people are there? Do they have weapons?" Xia Chuan asked.

Joel shook his head: "It's quite far away and there are trees blocking the view, so it's not very clear, but there are three people, and there's a high probability that they have weapons."

"It seems they've discovered something, but they're not sure yet, so they sent three people over to check things out."

Xia Chuan immediately understood the other party's purpose, walked to the table, and picked up another pistol.

Once the three men realize the villa is quiet, the main force will likely arrive soon, which could happen quickly, given the distance is only 200 meters.

"what should we do?"

Xiao Lan glanced at the two children with concern.

She wasn't afraid of fighting; what she feared was that the two children would be caught in the crossfire.

"Ran, take Conan, Anya, and Ms. Nakamura to the attic to hide. We'll handle this from here."

Immediately, Xia Chuan took out his phone and tossed it over.

It's time for professional emergency callers to be deployed!
After finishing his sentence, Xia Chuan glanced at Yoel and said, "You..."

"No, I want to go with you!"

Joel knew what Xia Chuan was going to say, and she would never let Xia Chuan be in danger down there. She and Xiao Lan hid in the attic.

"alright."

Xia Chuan handed the pistol to Joel, and then went to the kitchen to get two fruit knives.

Just as they were getting ready, there was a knock on the door.

"I'll open the door, you all wait for your chance to act."

"Uncle Mori, keep an eye on the back door. They might have the key to the villa. Don't let them get away with it."

“I know.” Kogoro Mouri nodded seriously, the police academy shooting record holder in action.

At the front door, two men dressed in hiking and camping attire whispered to each other, "Could something have gone wrong? After all, this is Kogoro Mouri. Has their disguise as Misao Nakamura been exposed?"

"It's possible, but it's not a big problem. There are four adults and two children. We not only have the advantage in numbers, but we also have pistols, and even explosives. There's no need to worry about these things."

Furthermore, Shan Yuan and the others should be almost at the back door. As long as we distract them, the rest of us can sneak in through the back door and catch them off guard.

Xia Chuan was speechless as he listened to the two whispering behind the door.

The villa was quite old and had very poor sound insulation. In addition, his hearing was excellent, so he could clearly hear the conversation between the two people outside.

Xia Chuan quietly gestured to Yoel, asking her to go to the back door to help Kogoro Mouri.

No matter how skilled Kogoro Mouri is with a gun, the numerical advantage is undeniable. Even with a pistol, he can't defeat his opponent alone.

Joel nodded and took the pistol that Xia Chuan handed him.

She trusted Xia Chuan completely and knew that he was a special investigator for the National Tax Service.

Sure enough, after handing her the pistol, Xia Chuan pulled out a dark-colored pistol from the inside pocket of his suit jacket.

After Yor left, Xia Chuan coughed lightly, took a few steps back, and strode back to the door, pretending that he had just arrived.

crunch--

The door was pushed open.

"Who are you two?"

Xia Chuan asked curiously.

"Oh, we're camping enthusiasts. We just suddenly remembered that we hadn't taken care of something at home, so we wanted to borrow a phone to contact our families."

One of them calmly explained their purpose, then peeked inside and, finding no one else in the corridor, asked curiously, "Are you the owner of the villa?"

(End of this chapter)