Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 268 The Unnecessary Murderer
Now that things have come to this, we must hurry, otherwise other problems may arise later.

“Okay, I’ve long wanted to see Mr. Asahi Katsuyoshi’s wine cellar. I’ve heard that he has a large collection of famous and rare wines from all over the world.”

"Me too, I definitely have to take a picture with these famous wines later," Nana Koyama said happily.

"Cough cough, I'd like to go take a look too." Renke swallowed hard. His earlier worries had eased considerably after the note appeared. As an essayist, he definitely wanted to see the fine wines in Xushengyi's wine cellar to supplement his writing material.

"Then let's all go together. We can look out for each other and not be afraid of danger." Kogoro Mouri glanced at Inspector Megure, thinking that it wouldn't hurt for everyone to go together.

Led by Sawaki Kohei, the group went down another floor to the entrance of the wine cellar.

"Mr. Zeki knows a lot about underwater restaurants."

"Hehe, after all, I will be the manager here in the future. I have been here many times when it was being built, so I know this place quite well."

Sawaki Kohei felt that Natsukawa's smile was a little strange, but he still smiled and answered anyway.

The cellar door was opened, and the cold air inside rushed out instantly.

"It's so cold." Xiaolan rubbed her arms, feeling the sudden gust of cold wind.

"This is still okay, but it's not actually the ideal temperature for storing red wine. The most suitable temperature for storing red wine should be 10-14°C. Let me check, it's still 17°C here, which is a little too high."

"Wow, these wines are all world-renowned, and they're all aged a long time. It seems Mr. Asahi Katsuyoshi is indeed a wine connoisseur!" Nishina rubbed his hands excitedly, eager to open a bottle and try it right away.

Nana Koyama, standing to the side, scoffed at this. Unlike others, she knew that this essayist named Nishina Nyan was just a lucky clown who had become famous, and that the restaurant he recommended was truly awful.

Xia Chuan was also carefully examining the wine cellar. The wine cellar was indeed very rich in red wine, and it seemed that it had a collection of red wines from all kinds of countries.

The wine cabinets and shelves are neatly arranged, displaying a dazzling array of bottles, numbering in the thousands or tens of thousands.

However, considering that Asahi Katsuyoshi is also in the wine and Western restaurant business, this is understandable.

It's just a bit of a pity.

This underwater restaurant and wine cellar will probably disappear from this world after today.

He remembered that Ze Mugong ultimately detonated the explosives, rendering the ultra-modern restaurant, which had not yet opened to the public, unusable before it even saw anyone.

"M18 wine rack, I think it's here."

Sawaki Kohei scratched his head, looking for the M18 liquor rack, but actually he was looking for the right opportunity to trigger the mechanism.

He installed a trigger-activated crossbow here in order to completely clear himself of suspicion and exonerate himself from the murderer to the victim.

Sawaki Kohei glanced back and saw that the little boy named Conan was following him, seemingly protecting him.

I'm sorry to disappoint you.

With that thought in mind, he stepped straight into the trap he had designed.

Conan followed closely behind the other party, keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings. It was fortunate that the letter was left by Asahi Katsuyoshi; otherwise, there must be something wrong with this wine cellar.

As he was thinking this, he suddenly noticed something reflecting light at Oreki Hirai's feet.

"Wait, Mr. Sawaki!"

No sooner had Conan spoken than Sawaki Kohei stepped on it.

At the same time, he felt a gust of wind blow past him, as if something had darted past him.

When he came to his senses, he found that Natsukawa had replaced Sawaki Kohei in front of him.

With a loud crash, the M18 wine rack in front collapsed instantly, the red wine shattered and spilled, and the floor was covered with bright red liquid.

The person who caused its collapse was none other than Sawaki Kohei.

Sawaki Kohei was still in a daze, sitting there with red wine dripping from above his head, and the entire wine cellar was instantly filled with a rich aroma of wine.

"Fa, what happened?"

Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri were drawn over by the sound. They saw Sawaki Kohei covered in red liquid, and then looked at the wall behind him, where an arrow had penetrated three inches into the wall. They immediately made a guess.

"That wretched Murakami!"

Kogoro Mori banged on the display case so hard it almost collapsed, but he quickly steadied it.

"It should be fine, luckily I was quick."

Xia Chuan patted his chest, stepped forward and helped Ze Mu Gongping up, asking with concern, "Mr. Ze Mu, are you alright?"

Am I alright?

Is he alright?

Conan and Sawaki Kohei both looked at Natsukawa with speechless expressions.

Although it was well-intentioned, wasn't this force a bit excessive?
Sawaki Kohei wasn't killed by the arrow, but he was almost kicked to death by Natsukawa.

His butt still hurt at this point.

With that force, I felt a slight vibration in my head, and a throbbing pain.

Sawaki Kohei sighed. Even without Natsukawa, he could have dodged the arrow, since the trap had been rehearsed beforehand.

Of course, he didn't say those words out loud; he could only grit his teeth and bear it. After all, the other person had saved him, and he couldn't repay kindness with enmity.

"It's good that you're alright. That arrow came with great force. Luckily, I noticed it in advance, otherwise another person would have been killed."

"Thank you," Ze Mu Gongping said, offering a reluctant thank you.

The others gathered around and breathed a sigh of relief when they found that the person was alright.

"There's a crossbow here, and fishing line next to it. It looks like a pre-made trap. Anyone who passes by here will trigger the trap and be hit in the heart by an arrow."

"As expected, Mr. Sawaki is one of the targets!" Conan picked up the eight of spades next to the crossbow. So far, he has never seen the murderer. The other party seems to be a puppeteer, and he is like a puppet, following the rhythm.

In this way, the question of whether Asahi Katsuyoshi is alive or dead can probably be answered.

To have accomplished all this, the murderer must have arrived at the scene beforehand and killed Asahi Katsuyoshi.

By the way, does Murakami Takeshi have a grudge against these people present?

Conan has now changed his mind. He suspects that Murakami Takeshi might have a grudge against the people present, and that he wasn't specifically targeting Uncle Mori's friends and relatives.

Or perhaps it was all a smokescreen before, and the real target was the ten of spades.

Because of the attack and the broken M18 liquor rack, the group had lost their appetite for drinking and hurriedly returned to the hall.

"Since things have come to this point, I won't hide it from everyone anymore," Inspector Megure began to explain with a serious expression.

If we continue to conceal this, more people might die. Rather than that, it's better to find out from these people whether they know Murakami Takeshi or have a grudge against him.

After Inspector Megure gave a brief overview, Peter Ford frowned and asked, "So this case is related to Murakami Takeshi, and he's the one who did it?"

"Whether it is him or not depends on whether you know him or not," said Kogoro Mouri.

Both Nana Koyama and Peter Ford shook their heads, indicating that they did not know this person.

Renke Nian's answer was somewhat unexpected.

It turns out that before becoming an essayist, Nishina Nen had worked as a field reporter and had interviewed Murakami Takeshi about his case.

Eiaki Shishido also did this; he once took portraits of murderers for Takeshi Murakami, but it was limited to taking pictures, and the two did not have any meaningful communication.

"The guy you're talking about was released from prison three or four days ago, right?" Inspector Megure: "Yes."

"If that's the case, then it definitely has nothing to do with me."

After confirming several times, Nana Koyama breathed a sigh of relief and returned to her original state, smiling and saying, "This kind of murderer is from a completely different world than me. How could he possibly be related to me?"

"Mr. Sawaki, since Murakami attacked you, it must be because you have some kind of grudge against him, right?"

Sawaki Kohei initially considered saying he knew Murakami Jo, but then thought it inappropriate. There were two people who knew Murakami Jo and two people who didn't. He figured it would be best to side with the person who didn't know him and disrupt Kogoro Mouri's reasoning.

"I don't know him. To be honest, if Mr. Mori hadn't approached me today, I wouldn't have known he existed."

"strangeness."

Fragmented clues, targets unrelated to the killer—did the killer intend to commit indiscriminate killing?
Kogoro Mouri reached into his pocket, pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and pondered the reason with a thoughtful expression.

The others were either terrified or deep in thought, but Xia Chuan occasionally glanced out the glass.

By the way, why hasn't the body appeared yet?

He hadn't exposed Ze Mu Gong Ping because the body hadn't appeared yet.

If Asahi Katsuyoshi is confirmed dead, he will stop playing house with Sawaki Kohei and resolve the matter as soon as possible to get to the bottom of things.

"What circumstances could possibly lead to these people gathering together?" Conan walked to the side, chin in hand, as the case grew increasingly strange.

His original line of thought was completely disrupted, and there were many doubts about whether Murakami Takeshi was the murderer.

Conan gazed aimlessly at the carefree fish in the ocean, his mind racing with various speculations.

Suddenly, he felt something block the light shining through the glass in front of him.

I thought it was some curious fish, but when I looked up, I found it was a human head.

Looking down from the head, the neck, body, and feet come into full view.

"Mr. Asahi Katsuyoshi?"

Conan was horrified; he never expected to see the body in this way. The person was definitely dead; a living person couldn't possibly be staring wide-eyed and mouth-open in the sea.

He also had a nine of spades pinned to his suit.

"what!"

Before Conan could even warn her, Nana Koyama had already seen the corpse and screamed.

The group's attention was immediately drawn.

Ze Muping sneered inwardly: "The show has only just begun; it'll be your turn soon!"

Two other people were also among his targets in this revenge plot.

They are Nana Koyama and Nishina Nishina.

Of the thirteen targets, he only intended to kill four of them; the others were innocent. Therefore, he did not initially kill those who were not his true targets.

The other two targets were Tsuji Hiroki, who had miraculously survived, and Asahi Katsuyoshi, who had died in the sea in front of him.

If his subsequent actions go undetected, he won't indiscriminately kill innocent people; if they are discovered...
Although losing his taste buds drove him to despair, it only clouded his judgment with anger; he had no intention of going to jail.

He planted a lot of explosives in the crystal, and as soon as Kogoro Mouri had a chance to solve the case, he would detonate them, killing everyone who might know he had killed someone.

With no survivors, he naturally escaped unscathed.

"There don't seem to be any obvious wounds on his body."

Kogoro Mouri stood in front of the glass and looked out, but because he couldn't touch it, he couldn't see the cause of death.

Just as he was trying to find a better angle to observe the situation.

Suddenly a dark shadow darted past, and the corpse vanished, leaving only a pool of blood in its place.

Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure were startled.

"The body is gone?"

"What was that just now?"

Not only were the two of them startled, but everyone else was too.

The case was already strange enough, and then this unexpected turn of events is absolutely terrifying.

“It was a shark!” Natsukawa replied, “The one that darted in front of the glass and snatched Asahi Katsuyoshi was a shark.”

With the body gone, everyone returned to their seats in the living room and began discussing how to leave.

With Oreki Kohei's help, they found the water crystal's fire escape, a passage that could be used to leave in case of an emergency.

However, the fact that Sawaki Kohei dared to say it proves that he was prepared.

The fire escape was blocked by cement; not even a crack could be pushed open.

“Asahi Katsuyoshi is number nine, Sawaki is number eight. If he hadn’t changed the order of killing, you would be the next one to die, right?” Shishido Eimei had no sense of being number six and didn’t know anything about the saying “the rabbit mourns the fox’s death.” He looked at Koyama Nana with a smile on his lips.

"Hey, are you out of your mind?" Nana Koyama was already scared, and after being told that, she immediately bristled: "Let me tell you, you better keep your mouth shut, or I'll kill you before Murakami even lays a hand on you!"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't get excited. I was just saying. Besides, when we were looking for wine, we already checked the entire underwater restaurant. There was no one else here. It's impossible for Murakami to be here."

Even if he has other methods, as long as we stay in the lobby and wait for rescue, nothing will happen to us.

This is why Shishido Eimei isn't worried at all; as long as he can survive, the murderer won't be able to kill him!
"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Conan was suddenly taken aback.

Yes, Murakami Takeshi couldn't come to the underwater restaurant at this time.

If that's the case, he would probably use other methods to wipe them all out, such as the simplest way of filling the underwater restaurant with seawater.

Why set up a trap to lead Mr. Sawaki to the wine cellar? Isn't that a bit unnecessary?
Why do we have to work separately if we can solve it together?

"Could it be."

Conan's expression turned grave as he scanned the faces of everyone present. "If that's the case, he'll probably do it again. I have to find him before he strikes again; I can't let him kill anyone else!"

After setting a goal, Conan began to shift his attention to the people present.

"Alright, stop arguing, everyone have something to drink and calm down." Ze Mu Gongping stepped forward, signaling everyone to be patient. "I'll go get some water, you guys wait here for a bit."

Watching Sawaki Kohei leave, Conan pondered, "Could it be him?"
"I think there's beer in the fridge in the kitchen. Hey, Conan, go get me a bottle."

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"Me too, kid. Remember to get me a bottle too," Shishido Eimei said.

"You're the brat," Conan nodded helplessly and headed towards the kitchen.

He also wanted to see if Sawaki Kohei really went to get water, or if he was doing something else. Right now, in his eyes, all the people at the underwater restaurant who had been invited by Asahi Katsuyoshi were suspects.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)