Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 273 I think I saw tequila (Seeking monthly votes)
It's approaching evening.

Conan and his friends then arrived at the Izu Grand Hotel.

The Izu Grand Hotel is the most famous hotel in Izu Beach. It has more than 30 floors, with about 20 rooms on each floor, and can accommodate more than 1,000 people in total.

Kogoro Mouri went to the front desk and introduced himself.

The rooms here are all booked in advance. Once you arrive, just give your name, pay the fee, and you can check in.

However, Kogoro Mouri had his hands in his pockets and showed no intention of paying.

This time, Professor Agasa couldn't come, so Kogoro Mouri sent the Izu Detective Club. He felt that Professor Agasa or the organizers had already paid for their expenses.

After all, he's a famous detective.

With his addition, the core and level of this detective tour group were immediately elevated.

"I'm sorry, sir, you still need to pay half of the room fee."

"???"

Slap
"I'm sorry, sir, your tour group has paid half of the room fee, and you will need to pay the other half."

"Hey, kid!" The famous detective turned to Conan: "Why did you only hand in half?"

The famous detective may be rich, but he didn't even pay his full appearance fee. Doesn't this so-called detective tour group look down on their famous detective?

"Uh"

Conan touched his forehead. It wasn't because Uncle Mori hadn't listened to the whole thing; he had clearly said he had.

"We need to pay half of the room rate."

The rules of the Izu Detective Club's game are that you have to find the organizer within a set time. Only those who successfully find the organizer will have their room fee completely free. Besides this, there seems to be some kind of software involved.

Conan crossed his arms; he had no interest in money, and even less interest in that software.

What interests him is the detective tour group's game.

There are ten people participating in the game.

In other words, besides the three of them, there are seven other people.

Among these seven people, one is the organizer, and the goal of the game is to find the other person within a set time, which doesn't seem too difficult.

Few can escape the sharp eyes of this famous detective.

"Hmph, even a famous detective like me has to pay out of his own pocket. They don't take me seriously at all," Kogoro Mouri retorted.

"Stop acting, I think you are the Dark Night Duke, aren't you?"

"Huh?" x3
Conan and his friends all turned to look at the person who had spoken.

The speaker was a man with a sinister face and a long, horse-like appearance. He had medium-length hair parted in a 3/7 ratio and wore black-rimmed glasses, and he didn't look like a good person at all.

Even Conan, upon seeing the other person, felt something was suspicious the moment he saw them, wondering if they might be the murderer in some case.

Upon hearing Kogoro Mouri's answer, the man turned to look at the computer and typed a few times, "3.04 seconds. You took 3.04 seconds just to answer this question. That's a bit suspicious. I'll keep that for future reference."

"Weird guy."

Kogoro Mouri stared at the other person with deadpan eyes for two seconds, then ignored him.

He didn't have much cash on him, not enough to pay for the room, and it looked like he would have to go get some more money.

"Hey, this method of identification is useless and cannot be used as a basis for judgment at all."

The voice came from a cubicle in front of the reception desk.

A sleazy-looking man with a mustache sat casually in front of the card table, glancing sideways at the sinister-looking man with disdain in his eyes.

To be honest, this person doesn't look like a good person either.

Conan sighed. Had he been too stressed lately? Everyone seemed to have a problem.

"Are you both members of the Izu Detective Club?" Conan asked.

"The child is quite smart."

The lewd man stood up, stroked his upturned mustache, and spoke to Conan, but was looking at Ran.

Because the weather in Izu is hot, Ran wore hot pants, revealing her long, fair legs.

"What long legs."

"Hehe, it looks like everyone's here."

Another voice sounded.

The voice came from an old man with white beard and hair. The old man looked to be in good health, but he had a lot of wrinkles, so he looked quite old. He was accompanied by a maid in a business suit, whose posture was unusual and seemed to be that of a female bodyguard.

Upon hearing this, Conan's brows relaxed; perhaps these people were also members of the Izu Detective Club.

Meanwhile, Natsukawa, disguised as Tequila, had already arrived at the scene before Conan did.

That sleazy man with the upturned mustache is Jiang Yuan Shilang, the target of this mission.

He had been observing the other person for a long time.

This guy is really bored; he spent a fortune to buy the Dark Baron's underlying code, just as a reward.

With the sleazy man and the Mori gang appearing here, Natsukawa easily guessed which case it was.

If I'm not mistaken, it seems I can get another free kill this time.

If Gin were to issue these kinds of missions every time, wouldn't he be making a fortune?

Then you can also gain Gin's trust, which is a win-win situation.

Although he remembered it was a case, he didn't remember who the murderer was.

But it doesn't matter, the murderer must be in this detective team too.

When Aoyama was drawing the series, he made it clear that the culprit in Conan's cases could not be an unrelated person, meaning someone who would definitely appear in the story.

So you just need to pay attention to it.

He remembered that the organizer, Jiang Yuan Shilang, was supposed to die tonight.

All he had to do was take a close-up photo of the other person after they died, and then take the USB drive containing the Dark Baron's code.

Frank also needs this code, so he can get a copy later.

The USB drive that Ai Haibara gave to Akemi Miyano before she shrunk has been stuck on for a long time. If he could get the underlying code, it should be fine, and he might even be able to avoid a major problem.

Safer.

After chatting for a while, the three of them learned the identities of the people present.

Then two women and a man arrived. The man was actually a karate champion. Xiaolan had learned karate because she admired him.

The detective is a little jealous.

However, he also discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with this detective group.

Despite being a detective duo, their expressions turned quite strange upon hearing Uncle Mori's name and learning that he was a famous detective.

A sense of vigilance, tension, and a touch of unease.

After those people left, Conan still sensed a hint of malice.

He was certain that the malice came from among those people, but when he tried to find out who it was, he couldn't pinpoint it.

After putting away his luggage, he went to the observation deck on the second floor, where he admired the scenery while pondering who among these people was actually the organizer.

Each of these people has their own quirks, and Conan always feels that their purpose in joining this tour group is not for the so-called free accommodation, but perhaps because of something else that Professor Agasa mentioned.

He discovered that these people all had backgrounds related to software engineering.

The sinister man's name is Shiro Konno, he is 28 years old, a bank employee, and a programming enthusiast in private. He lives in room 2002.

The sleazy-looking Jiang Yuan Shilang is 32 years old and works as a computer programmer. He lives in room 2101. The white-bearded old man is named Jin Chen Xuan Yilang, 74 years old, the president of a computer company. He lives in room 2001. He is accompanied by his female bodyguard, Lin Jingjiang, and the two share a room.

Then there was a young woman named Hideko Kamijou, who lived in room 2102. She was also involved in software engineering and was the president of a computer software company.

Finally, there's Satoshi Maeda and his girlfriend Akiko Sayama. Maeda is a teaching assistant in electrical engineering at Jonan University and is also Ran's idol. Sayama is a high school teacher. They live together in room 1901.

In short, all of these people are related to software, and the only one who is not related, Akiko Sayama, seems to be a software engineering enthusiast.

"It looks like I'll have to go to Professor Agasa's room later to ask him what that thing is."

After much deliberation, Conan decided to go and find Professor Agasa.

Dr. Agasa should know their true purpose in joining this tour group.

Professor Agasa's room.

Ai Haibara stood silently on the balcony, observing the tourists passing by below through binoculars.

Xia Chuan arrived much earlier than her, so why is there still no sign of her?

Not only was there no beach, but the hotel was also nowhere to be found.

"it's wired."

"what happened?"

Professor Agasa was eating a bag of potato chips while asking questions.

He lost interest in the event because his friend was too busy, but since he was there because of Haibara, he figured he should at least enjoy it.

So, Professor Agasa asked the hotel for a beach chair and slumped on the balcony to sunbathe.

He actually wanted to go down to the beach to play, but he was worried that if he happened to run into Xia Chuan, it would be difficult to explain.

His lying skills are terrible. If you really run into him, when Natsukawa asks him who he came with, he might just blurt out Ai Haibara.

If Natsukawa knew that Ai Haibara was also there, she might suspect her motives, and Conan's infiltration plan might fail.

"We've been watching for a long time, but Uncle Xia Chuan still hasn't shown up."

"Logically, they should have come. Before coming, I even hacked into the residents' network here and found that Xia Chuan did have a registration record."

"Which room is it?" Ai Haibara asked.

"It wasn't written there. That was just pre-registration. The specific room will be assigned upon arrival. You should be able to check it now, but I don't have a computer on hand, so I can't check it."

"It's okay, as long as we can confirm that they came."

Haibara sighed, rubbed her sore eyes, and continued to observe.

Below are tourists wearing swim trunks and swimsuits, wandering around aimlessly.

Ai Haibara was completely stunned.

It's really lively!

She had spent so much time in the organization's research institute before, and rarely went to crowded places like this after she came out. This was probably her first time.

This is really boring; I'd rather go back and study drug ingredients.
"How about we take a break?"

"This is a rare opportunity. If we can find out what Uncle Xia Chuan does for a living, it will definitely help us in our situation."

Regardless of whether Natsukawa is a good person or a bad person, as Conan said, it is indeed necessary to find out.

If they're on the good side, then she should try to get them to her side; if they're on the bad side, then she should try to leave this house as soon as possible.

Of course, the second possibility is too small.

Bad guys usually act alone, and even if they have accomplices, it shouldn't be a little kid like Anya.

She had considered the possibility that Xia Chuan was a member of the organization, and Anya was an adult who had shrunk after taking her medication.

However, after spending some time with her, she concluded that someone with Anya's intelligence must be a five or six-year-old child, and definitely not an adult like her.

While aimlessly wandering, Ai Haibara suddenly paused, her eyes widening in uncertainty.

The hand holding the binoculars unconsciously pressed harder against the eyes.

"that person"

A calm expression was stirred; indifference turned into confusion, followed by a hint of fear.

Immediately afterwards, fear slowly took over her mind.

It was a man dressed entirely in black.

From the angle of the binoculars, the other person's face was just obscured by the brim of the hat, but the way the other person walked and dressed reminded him of that organization and that man.

"is it him?"

Ai Haibara unconsciously took two steps back and sat down on the ground, her lips turning slightly pale as she asked, "Is it agave?"

"Ai, what are you saying?"

Dr. Agasa noticed something was wrong and quickly got up to check on him.

"I think I saw agave."

"Is it the tequila that helped you leave?"

"Ah."

"Isn't that a good person?"

"Not necessarily. I only know that he helped me leave, but I don't know which organization that guy came from."

Besides spies from various countries' governments, we've also discovered spies from other organizations within our organization. His motives for helping me create an escape opportunity are unclear, and to this day I still suspect he had ill intentions.

Ai Haibara's suspicions were not unfounded; Tequila's behavior did not actually suggest he was a good person.

After she got out, she investigated through her own means and found out that the last thing her sister did before she disappeared was a 1 billion yen heist.

And Tequila was the person in charge of this operation!

This case is full of mystery. There is still no reasonable explanation for the murderer and the details of the case, and the 1 billion yen has not been recovered.

She robbed a Japanese bank of 1 billion yen, and claimed the robbers were good people—something she herself didn't believe.

The other party may have rescued me for some purpose.

"What should we do then? Should we tell Shinichi and tell him to be prepared?"

"Wait a moment!"

Ai Haibara calmed herself down, took a deep breath, and picked up the binoculars again to look down.

Despite her fear, she held back. If she could find out why the agave was there, she might be able to find out where her sister was.

However, the man dressed in black, who resembled Tequila, had already disappeared.

"Is it gone?" Before Ai Haibara could even put down her binoculars, a blue figure suddenly appeared in her field of vision, falling in freefall.

"Kudo!"

Ai Haibara couldn't help but reach out and call out.

What happened? Wasn't it Kudo who just fell down?

That bright blue suit, it must be him!
Ai Haibara's face turned deathly pale.

The tequila that appeared and disappeared, and then Conan falling from a balcony—these two events, linked together, intensified my bad premonition.

Could Gin be here too?
Has Kudo's true identity been discovered?

Ai Haibara was in a state of turmoil. She wanted to go down and check the situation, but she couldn't help feeling afraid.

(End of this chapter)