Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 241 Winery Spy
The gardener wasn't worried that the Thorn Princess wouldn't accept the mission, since she had always been hostile to the evil forces and wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible.

Joel opened the mission information to learn about the situation, and the chat interface fell into a long silence.

The gardener is meticulous and the information he collected was very thorough.

The target this time is the outpost of an unnamed black-clad organization in Japan.

This organization is usually codenamed after alcoholic beverages. Its members are spread across four oceans and five continents. Its strength is unknown, but its members are all powerful and proficient in their respective fields.

According to the investigation, the target location this time is a military base of this organization.

Preliminary findings indicate that the aircraft contained a large quantity of firearms and ammunition, as well as an armed helicopter.

Of course, it would be unrealistic for the gardener to expect Joel to destroy the military base single-handedly.

The gardener's requirement was: kill as many people as possible inside the base, including but not limited to combat personnel!
Ten thousand US dollars per kill, kill as many as you can, there's no upper limit.

This is still the price for a regular peripheral member.

One million US dollars for each member whose codename is killed!

This is the price the gardener offered her.

The gardener's organization is just a middleman. According to the rules of the underworld, middlemen take a cut at every turn. You may make a lot, but I will definitely make even more. The conditions given by the client will at least double that amount.

This shows that the person who hires someone to commit murder is not only a bad person, but also very rich. A military base, not to mention the official codename members, must have hundreds of peripheral members. This money is easy to make.

Although curious about who had discovered the mysterious organization's hideout and seemed to have a grudge against them, Joel did not ask any further questions.

This is confidential; the gardener won't reveal it.

"So this is the organization."

Joel narrowed his eyes and accepted the task from the gardener.

This organization is unknown to the general public, and to most people it is not even as threatening as robbers.

But Joel, having spent years in the underworld, naturally knew what kind of force the other party was.

Extortion, kidnapping, murder and robbery, terrorist attacks—this organization has done it all.

Over the decades since this organization emerged, it has committed countless horrific atrocities.

In summary, he is utterly wicked and deserves to go to the eighteenth level of hell.

There aren't many organizations like this black-clad group in the entire underworld, but this one is clearly very intimidating; at least this is the first time she's received an assassination mission related to this organization.

At the same time that Joel received the mission, Natsukawa also received a summons from Gin.

I drove my black GTR, which I had just picked up for free from Pisco, to the mountains of Tokyo.

Here, near the sea, the air is filled with the salty smell of the sea, and the sound of waves crashing against the rocks is carried on the wind.

The mountain road was dilapidated and had no streetlights, so even Xia Chuan didn't dare to drive too fast.

Soon, he spotted a light in the darkness.

He continued on his way, and before he reached the bright spot, he saw Gin's Porsche 356a parked on the side of the road.

Gin and Vodka were standing by the roadside smoking, seemingly having waited for him for a long time; there were quite a few cigarette butts on the ground.

He was still a little confused.

Logically, the bright spot ahead should be the destination, right? Why is Gin stopping halfway? It seems like he's waiting for him.

"What happened?"

In fact, Xia Chuan had already become wary at this point.

The fact that Gin would arrange to meet him in a place like this might mean that he has discovered something wrong with his identity.

However, he still came.

Firstly, he was confident that he could escape safely from Gin's encirclement.

Secondly, Gin might have other things to discuss with him. If he backs down just because the meeting place is in the middle of nowhere, he might as well retire and live a peaceful life.

"There's a spy in the organization!"

Upon hearing Gin's words, Natsukawa's pupils suddenly contracted.

Could it be that I've really been exposed?

Gin called him here to lay his cards on the table.

No, if Gin had already confirmed that he was a spy, then he wouldn't have this expression. It's obvious that the other party has something to tell him.

Could it be that Amuro Tooru or Mizunashi Rena have been exposed?
Amuro Tooru is less likely, but Mizunashi Rena's abilities are not very good, so she is a possibility.

Rena Mizunashi is really not suited to be a spy. During the battle between red and black, Natsukawa felt that she was frequently out of character. Natsukawa thought that the reason why she hadn't been exposed yet might be because her father's sacrificial ritual was incredibly powerful.

Her father's death added a protective layer to her position in the organization, or perhaps Aoyama lowered Gin's IQ in this way.

He narrowed his eyes, feigning surprise, and asked, "What happened? Where is the spy?"

Gin looked toward the road illuminated by the car headlights, finally fixing his gaze on the source of the light.

It's now clearly visible there; it's a villa.

Having learned from his previous experience, Xia Chuan was already immune to villas in the wilderness and showed no emotional fluctuation.

Gin exhaled a smoke ring and said coldly, "We caught an outsider at the factory today. That guy sent out the factory's address."

"So, that villa is the organization's military factory!?" Xia Chuan asked curiously.

This was his first time visiting this place.

The new distribution of outposts has been given to him, but this factory is not among them.

Therefore, he was quite happy when he learned about this base.

Of course, Xia Chuan wouldn't reveal this information to the IRS.

The downfall of Shirakyu Pharmaceuticals has already put Gin in a tight financial situation. If the factory is leaked, Gin might go crazy.

Who knows what Gin might do when he goes mad?

The incident with the Sallybeth already illustrated the point: when Gin goes berserk, he not only fires at the Tokyo Tower, but he also targets the Suzuki family compound.

Fortunately, no clues were left at the time.

In fact, Xia Chuan suspected that the zoo's silence was likely due to their inability to determine which faction was behind the attack.

Gin never showed up, and Baileys was disguised.

When he threatened Snake, he did not seem to reveal any information about the brewery.

This is very embarrassing.

Xia Chuan initially thought that with the zoo's intelligence capabilities, they should be able to find the winery quickly, but he clearly overestimated the zoo.

"An outsider?" Xia Chuan breathed a sigh of relief but pressed on, "Where is he? And which country is behind him?"

Has Yuri's side become so powerful that they've uncovered the brewery and military factory?
Or has Shuichi Akai secretly come to Japan again?

Strange, it's odd that the IRS didn't notify him when they arrived. "It's not an intelligence organization from any country," Vodka said angrily, slamming his fist on the hood of the Porsche. "It's some underworld organization, daring to provoke us! I'll kill them!!!"

Since the exposure of Shirakyu Pharmaceuticals, Gin has shifted all its funds to software and weapons development, and has significantly increased its investment in the factory.

As a black-clad organization, a weapons production base is necessary. After all, the organization has a large number of members, and smuggling guns and ammunition from abroad is not safe enough and too expensive. Producing them themselves is cheaper and safer.

Vodka knew that his elder brother valued this factory very much. In the following period, they shifted their strategic focus from drug research to the expansion of their influence, and weapons were indispensable.

Gin was naturally furious that problems had already arisen so soon after its establishment.

"Vodka!" Gin yelled. He was angry, but what was with smashing my hood?

"I'm sorry, brother, I acted impulsively."

Vodka quickly touched the spot where he had just been hit.

"A certain organization."

Xia Chuan's lips twitched, and he suddenly remembered the zoo.

There's some organization in the underworld that seems to have something to do with zoos!
He had just killed one of the enemy's codenamed members; this could very well be retaliation from the zoo!

He thought the other side hadn't made a move at all, but he didn't expect that there were spies inside the brewery. It seems that the zoo has big ambitions, daring to interfere even with breweries of the same level.

If we think about it that way, could there be spies from the other side among the codenamed members of the brewery?
On the other hand, let's look at the zoo.
The more Xia Chuan thought about it, the more alarmed he became.

It seems that these two organizations are not as simple as he thought.

The forces in the underworld are intricately intertwined, and it's understandable that there are spies among them, especially when both sides are researching the same topic.

Although the methods are different, the goal is the same.

"Do you think it could be retaliation from that black-robed organization?"

Natsukawa's idea was exactly what Gin wanted to hear, and he was impressed that his younger brother was quite clever, having grasped the possible possibilities without him having to explain much.

"That's right, the factory leak was retaliation from the Black Robe Organization."

After the last incident, the boss had already tasked Bourbon with investigating the other side. This time, the spy's information was something Bourbon accidentally discovered and relayed back.

"Should we relocate the factory first? Otherwise, if the other side launches a direct attack, I remember that last time with the Sallybeth, they deployed three helicopters."

Xia Chuan expressed his concerns.

The strength of the Zoo codename members is still unknown, but their wealth definitely surpasses that of the Distillery.

Throughout the entire Magic Kaito series, the zoo is either stealing or robbing jewels; they don't resort to extortion or robbery like Gin does.

This alone reveals a clue.

The zoo is not short of money; in fact, it has so much money it's overflowing.

Therefore, even though three helicopters were lost last time, Xia Chuan still believed that the other side still had helicopters, and quite a few at that.

"No need to worry, the factory is in the initial construction stage, there isn't much stuff, and we've already had our external members move the supplies immediately."

Next, we just wait for them to make their move, then catch them off guard.

Gin was eager to fight. He had been annoyed when the boss stopped him before, and now that the enemy was coming to his doorstep, the boss couldn't stop him.

I need to properly vent all the frustration I've been holding in lately.

The situation with Ai Haibara had already put him in a bad mood, and the zoo's involvement at this time was tantamount to walking into the line of fire.

What angered him even more was the matter of espionage.

He had just investigated the peripheral members and killed more than twenty spies from various countries. Unexpectedly, just as the internal investigation was coming to an end, a spy jumped out. This was undoubtedly a slap in his face.

Gin sneered, looking at the villa in the distance, determined that this time he would make sure the other side didn't leave alive. If a few people didn't die, they wouldn't know what the difference in strength was.

The three of them went to the factory together.

When Xia Chuan arrived at the factory, he realized why Gin had been waiting for him on the way.

His information was not entered into the factory's database. If he walked another 100 meters, he would be within the villa's attack range. Under the guidance of the intelligent monitoring system, the hidden peripheral members would launch indiscriminate attacks.

These covert surveillance points weren't set up after the espionage incident occurred; they were set up before that.

As expected of a military factory, its security and defense measures are even stricter than those of a software base.

This enormous villa, or you could call it a castle.

The first floor here has been transformed into a spacious flat area. As soon as you enter, you can see a black armed helicopter.

Several peripheral members were going back and forth trying something when, after a short while, a forklift came churning up and down, pulling a large wooden crate to the helicopter.

With the concerted efforts of the peripheral team members, the wooden crate was opened, and a one-meter-long missile was carefully removed and replaced with the original missile, which was then loaded under the helicopter.

Upon seeing the armed helicopter, Xia Chuan immediately remembered it.

This should be the same helicopter that bombed the zoo during the Sallybeth incident.

The first floor was empty, except for helicopters loading missiles.

The peripheral members were in a hurry, all immersed in their work. They didn't even greet Xia Chuan and the other two, meticulously carrying out their tasks.

"Why haven't the armed helicopters left yet?"

"Of course, it's for retaliation!" Vodka sneered, pointing to the missiles that the outer crew were loading. "These missiles were just purchased from our partners. They have cruise tracking capabilities. Once they lock onto a target, no matter how you try to evade it, you'll be caught."

This is our latest trump card!

Clearly, Vodka was very confident about the upcoming battle.

Xia Chuan nodded, speechless.

Did Gin ever consider that the zoo might directly pass the information to the Japanese Public Security Bureau?
Of course, this possibility is relatively small.

As the saying goes, matters of the underworld should be settled within the underworld. If the zoo leaks the information to the police, it will undoubtedly break the rules, and the winery will probably have to fight them to the death.

There are some conflicts between the two sides now, but they are limited to a battle of pride and have not yet escalated to a life-or-death situation.

The zoo's boss and Karasuma Renya are unlikely to fight amongst themselves. This is just the zoo's counterattack, telling the sake brewery that they are not to be trifled with.

Xia Chuan had grasped this point, which is why he planned to use this method to probe the zoo's strength.

However, Gin was clearly really angry.

Xia Chuan had nothing to say about this, nor could he say anything at all.

Because he's the one who's stirring things up.

By the way, Gin probably still doesn't know that one of the codenamed members on the other side has died.

Therefore, they always believed that they were the ones who suffered losses.

Both sides clearly shared the same thought: they felt they had been taken advantage of and wanted to teach the other a lesson.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)