Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 480 The Assassin's Collapse Can Happen in an Instant
Looking at the torrential rain pouring down outside the window, Xia Chuan felt a rare sense of awe at the insignificance of humankind.

However, it is precisely this kind of weather that makes things convenient.

"what?"

As Xia Chuan was reflecting on this, he suddenly noticed a point of light flickering briefly in the heavy rain.

"In this kind of weather, the villagers shouldn't be going out!"

"Could it be that Kimie Shimabukuro has run away?"

The idea only flashed through my mind for a moment.

Given Ran and Kazuha's abilities, it's unlikely that Kimie Shimabukuro would be able to escape.

In the two seconds that Xia Chuan was thinking, the light flickered several times, and two humanoid silhouettes gradually appeared in the rain.

Xia Chuan narrowed his eyes, looked around, and finally climbed onto the roof beam.

The direction the other party was heading was very clear: Dugong Shrine.

He wanted to see who this person was and why they were here at this time.

Xia Chuan's doubts were quickly answered.

There were furtive noises coming from the doorway.

"Grandma Changshou has hearing problems, so we must be careful of Shimabukuro Kimie and make sure she doesn't find out."

Conan muttered under his breath, putting away his lock-picking tools: "Strange, it's not locked. Is Mermaid Island really that open?"

Because they left before the Dugong Festival was even halfway over, Conan and Kimie Shimabukuro were unaware of the subsequent case and that Kogoro Mouri had already imprisoned Kimie.

"Never mind all that, let's hurry up and find out if there's a list of attendees for the Dugong Festival."

Hattori pushed Conan, and the two of them slipped in, half-bent over.

The heavy rain obscured the moonlight, plunging the room into darkness. Conan turned the brightness of his watch-shaped spotlight to its lowest setting.

The reason why the two came to the Dugong Shrine and the Shimabukuro House in the middle of the night dates back to half an hour earlier.

Half an hour ago, Joel agreed to Conan and Hattori Heiji's request.

Her main goal was simply to break even.

Putting aside Conan and Hattori's requests and their sense of responsibility as police officers, the grudge over the truck alone is irreconcilable and there is no room for leniency!
Ichiki, who thought victory was assured, almost rolled off the sofa and onto the floor when he saw Yoel appear.

He couldn't understand why the Thorn Princess would be here. Considering that he had fired three shots at her that morning, he didn't hesitate for a moment and turned to run towards the window.

He completely forgot about promotion tasks and the like.

There was no dialogue or gesture of drawing a gun, because he knew it was all in vain.

He was an excellent assassin, and the most important quality of an excellent assassin is self-awareness.

Gin couldn't even defeat his opponent, so there's no way he can compare to Gin, let alone him.

Running away is the only option and the only way.

He didn't even notice that the window was still closed.

With his eyes closed, Homoto Ichiki bent his legs together and lunged towards the window in a leaping motion.

However, the expected sound of a window breaking did not occur.

To Joel, his movements were so slow and comical, like a Shar-Pei dog jumping through a ring of fire in a circus.

"call out--"

The golden cone flew out of his hand with the speed of teleportation, and when it reappeared, it had already pierced through Homoto Ichiki's shoulder blade with a "thud!"

boom!
Under the powerful force of inertia, the golden cone pierced through the wooden board, and the wooden board was firmly fixed to the ground by the golden cone, unable to move.

"Sorry, you can't go anywhere!"

The two former high-ranking officials were dumbfounded, but they did not feel like they had escaped a disaster. Instead, they felt like they had fallen into an even deeper abyss.

Putting aside the fact that Joel's appearance didn't suggest he was a good person, consider the slow-acting poison they had ingested.
The cook said that he had to take suppressant medication every few days. If the other person died, who would they get the medication from?

They didn't want to experience the pain they had just gone through again; fear pushed them to the edge of a cliff.

There are only two options now:

First, stop this woman and rescue the cook; only then can they continue to eke out a living. The prerequisite is that this woman doesn't kill them.

Second, they allowed the woman to do as she pleased, and after the cook died, they too died in agony. The prerequisite was that the woman didn't kill them.

The two looked at each other and made the same decision without prior agreement!

"stop!"

Joel thought the words would come out of Conan and Hattori Heiji's mouths, but it turned out to be the two old men in the room.

She turned to look.

"You can't kill him!"

The two old men had no idea of ​​the Thorn Princess's power in the underworld. They only knew that if the cook died, they would not survive either. So they pounced and grabbed Joel's ankle.

If you're going to die anyway, why not take a gamble?
Joel frowned slightly, looking at the two wrinkled old faces, and felt an overwhelming sense of disgust.

"Don't!"

Conan and Hattori strode into the room and found Princess Thorn already raising her golden spikes. They hurriedly stopped her, saying, "We agreed beforehand to hand them over to the police. My eavesdropping device has a recording function, and I heard a lot of things. We'll investigate their house later and bring them all to justice!"

"Fine." Joel shrugged indifferently, put down the golden cone, pulled out one of his feet, and kicked the two shameless old men away.

God knows if they were trying to take advantage of the situation; you never know.

Seeing that the two were not dead, but only unconscious, Conan breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the members of the winery who were bleeding profusely.

"I've never seen this guy before. Could he be another new codenamed member?"

"It's alright, let's take a picture first and study it later." Hattori Heiji took out his camera to take a picture of the other person, but found that the other person had a bitter face. He wondered if Ai Haibara would recognize him in this photo.

Let's take another look at the wound.
Good heavens, after piercing through the collarbone, the golden cone was driven straight into the ground.

This force is terrifying.

"Tell me, did you take Xishan Tao's list?"

Joel didn't care whether the other party lived or died. He stepped forward and stomped on the back, trying to gather information while the other party was still alive.

She didn't go straight back to the guesthouse at noon, but went to Xishan Tao's house first.

This kind of person definitely has some shady information at home, such as a list of people who have done business with him over the years.

If we can get our hands on this list and secretly take it back to the Metropolitan Police Department and place it on Toshiro Odagiri's desk, I believe there will be fewer money-for-power transactions in Japan for some time to come.

Joel did not intend to handle everything himself.

If we kill them all, Japan will be in chaos. Sometimes, we have to make appropriate concessions.

However, she did not find the list at Xishan Tao's house, but instead discovered signs of intrusion.

Without a doubt, it was the distillery's doing!

"What are you talking about? I have no idea!"

Ichiki did take this item to break even, originally intending to hand it over to Gin to increase his chances of promotion. Now it seems he can only give it up as a bargaining chip.

Of course, he couldn't just hand it over; he had to negotiate!

Having learned about the Thorn Princess's style of doing things beforehand, he knew what the consequences would be if he handed over his chips directly.

Although not paying probably won't make things much better, who knows?
Clearly, he underestimated the Thorn Princess's determination to kill him! Similarly, he completely misunderstood the psychology of a woman seeking revenge.

At other times, perhaps it would be possible, but this time there was no chance, and Joel didn't even want to play along with the other party.

With a flick of her long leg and a hook of her toes, the golden cone that had pierced through Homoto Ichimoku was pulled out with a "whoosh" and landed steadily in her hand.

"what!!!"

Pulling out the golden awl was even more painful than inserting it; Bao Benyi was furious, tears streaming uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes.

"I've heard that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, there are hundreds of acupoints in the human body. How about I give you a set of acupuncture therapy?"

Yimu (a pseudonym): ? ? ?

Other people use acupuncture needles for physiotherapy, but you use gold cones that are thicker than a finger. How can the effects be the same?

Seeing the Thorn Princess's gaze linger on him, Ichiki Homoto felt a chill run down his spine, and even imagined himself being stabbed into a pulp.

"Okay, I'll tell you!"

The assassin's breakdown can happen in an instant.

Bao Benyi was too naive. He had fallen into the hands of the Thorn Princess, and given the grudge between the winery and her, she would not let him go.

Now, not only has his dream of promotion been shattered, but he will also lose his life.

But none of that mattered anymore; at this moment, all he wanted was a quick and painless death.

God knows how painful it is to have a gold needle pierce your scapula, especially twice!
He couldn't even imagine being turned into a pile of mud; he'd rather die than live like that!
“In my pocket.”

Princess Thorn wasn't worried about the other party resisting at all. She bent down and began to rummage through the items, and soon found a curled-up booklet in her pocket.

Upon opening it, I saw a personal name on it.

Although the booklet does not record what was done, the time and amount are clearly marked. If you are willing to put in the effort to investigate, you can find some clues.

"Cough cough cough, just give me a quick death!"

Homoto Ichiki's face gradually turned blue, his lips lost their color, and he even experienced difficulty breathing.

"can!"

Joel raised the golden cone, and this time neither Conan nor Heiji Hattori stopped him, but stood by and exchanged glances.

They were more interested in the booklet than the dying man.

I'm trying to figure out if I can get it from Princess Thorn, or even steal it.

"and many more!"

Just as the golden cone was less than five centimeters from Homoto Ichiki's heart, Homoto Ichiki's face suddenly turned blood red, as if he had thought of something, and he shouted excitedly.

"What, you don't want to die again?"

"No, I have something to say!"

"Tell me about it," Joel said, intrigued.

"Actually, besides taking action against those two old men tonight, Vodka and his men have another plan: to steal the dugong meat from the mountain!"

"This weather?"

Joel turned to look out the window. In this weather, even if he stole the dugong, it wouldn't make a difference. As long as he couldn't leave Mermaid Island, he could find the lair by following the scent.

Thinking about it that way, she actually hoped that Vodka would make a move so that she could catch them all in one fell swoop.

"I don't know, but they must have a way. They started this evening. If we don't go now, it might be too late!"

Alone and without any ties, Homoto Ichiki knew he couldn't survive on his own, and he didn't want vodka and tequila to have an easy time either.

He even suspected that the reason Princess Thorn didn't go up the mountain was likely due to Agave's doing.

My little scheme might have been discovered.

He was about to be promoted to a codename member; how could Tequila dare to do that?
(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)