Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 6 The Unlucky Robber

"Dear Mr. Xia Chuan, your total bill is 2.32 million. Would you like to pay by card or cash?"

The department store manager personally received Xia Chuan.

The manager would definitely have to accommodate such spending, and since Xia Chuan bought many large items, he would also need to make arrangements.

At that moment, Xia Chuan was seen as a nouveau riche by the manager.

No normal person would buy furniture at a department store! It's much more expensive than in specialty stores. Only someone like Xia Chuan, who has plenty of money and finds it too much trouble, would do that.

"Swipe your card."

More than 2.3 million yuan—how could Xia Chuan possibly carry that much money with him?

With a ding, the card swipe was complete.

"Could you find someone to help me send these home?"

"Of course! After we close, I will personally lead the team to deliver the goods to Mr. Xia Chuan. In addition, we will also give you a free travel voucher!"

Xia Chuan's eyes lit up. The service at this department store was quite good, and there was even an unexpected bonus.

But he was definitely going to bring Anya along, "One copy? My daughter's."

The manager glanced at Anya, his smile unchanged, "Free for those under 1.2 meters."

"hiss"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his ankle. Looking down, he saw that Mr. Xia Chuan's little princess had 'accidentally' kicked him.

"The travel voucher is actually a family version, allowing up to three people to travel together!"

Xia Chuan nodded in satisfaction. This way, he could also bring Frank along. This guy could act as a babysitter and help him look after Anya.

Being a stay-at-home dad is tough.

Huh?
What about Anya?

Xia Chuan turned around to take Anya's little hand, but when he looked down, Anya, who had just been beside him, had disappeared.

I was just interacting with the manager a moment ago, how did he disappear in the blink of an eye?

"Take my things home first."

Xia Chuan was getting anxious. This was Japan! The probability of a child being kidnapped after getting lost was as high as 10,000%.

"Mr. Natsukawa, we're closing now, please go ahead."

"Manager! It's loaded, we can leave now. Security is urging us to hurry, they're closing soon."

"Okay, I see."

The manager followed the employee out the back door. The child had been nearby and couldn't have gone far. He would deliver the goods first and then wait for the child at the door for half an hour, which would better reflect the service attitude of Mihua Department Store.

"Ania!"

Xia Chuan is currently in the first-floor shopping area, but since all the customers have left, he quickly realized that Anya was not there.

The lights dimmed considerably, and the door slowly closed; they shouldn't have gone outside.

He turned to look at the elevator and saw it going up.

It finally stopped on the 6th floor.

That floor seems to be where the jewelry is sold.

Thinking of the elevator hostess he met that afternoon, Xia Chuan frowned. Could he have been kidnapped by her?

He didn't go straight upstairs, but walked quickly toward the guard room.

The guard room is on the first floor, directly opposite the manager's location. Xia Chuan had checked the map when he came.

There's nothing I can do about it; it's that damned spy habit.

There is a window at the entrance of the guardhouse, made of glass, with a row of small holes in the lower middle part, which are used to transmit sound.

Sometimes children get lost. When this happens, adults come here, inform the guards through the glass, and then make an announcement to find the child.

Xia Chuan looked up.

The righteous Kamen Rider who performed in the afternoon has transformed into a robber and is standing with his former rival, discussing something. In the corner are three security guards and the elevator lady in the red uniform.

Everyone is here, so it seems Anya is still safe.

Beika Town is great in every way, except that there are too many unstable factors.

Xia Chuan couldn't understand it at all. With so many valuables on the sixth and seventh floors, the security was so weak, with only three security guards. Who else would they steal from if not you?
However, since they were already here, Xia Chuan couldn't pretend he didn't see it.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the guardhouse door.

The four people inside all paled! Was there anyone else?
They stared at each other, their eyes filled with confusion. Weren't all the security guards here?
The men didn't dare open the door; they just gripped their guns tightly.

dong dong dong.

This time the knocking was slightly harder, but the door still didn't open, making the people even more nervous.

Hey! What are you all doing?!

The elevator operator, who had been 'kidnapped,' opened her eyes, her face full of disgust. "Let's go up and see. They're probably guests who haven't had time to leave the building yet. Just tie them up."

"But we just searched the place, everyone has left, and both the front and back doors are locked, there shouldn't be anyone left!"

"Hmph," the elevator operator said angrily, pursing her lips. "Untie me, I'll go see for myself."

She was the mastermind behind the robbery and also the leader of the four. She had the final say in the group, and the others obediently untied her.

"You're not opening the door, huh? Then don't bother coming out!" The elevator operator, who had just reached the door and was about to open it, paused upon hearing the voice. Then the door clicked open, and a round sphere was thrown in.

The door then closed again.

Looking at the small ball on the ground, and then at the closed door, the elevator operator was completely bewildered.

The bandits behind them looked at each other, bewildered, wondering what had happened.

The elevator operator dodged the ball and tried to open the door.

Not opened.

It seems the outside is blocked!
"Look! That little ball is smoking!"

One of the Watsons discovered the blind spot, pointing to the small ball on the ground that had started spinning and smoking, and he already had a bad feeling.

Everyone else's pupils contracted. Could this thing be a smoke bomb?
"This isn't your average smoke grenade!"

This is a special smoke bomb that Frank prepared for Xia Chuan. It is not only small and exquisite, but the smoke it emits also has a sedative effect, enough to keep these robbers asleep until the department store employees go to work the next morning.

Moreover, the small balls will automatically decompose after the smoke bomb has dissipated, making it environmentally friendly and leaving no trace.

Xia Chuan clapped his hands and left. The bandit gang should all be inside. Next, he would go find Anya. What a troublesome little thing.

"Look, it's here!" Anya waved the autographed photo in her hand, feeling a great sense of accomplishment in helping someone find something!
She had just suddenly heard the Junior Detectives' thoughts, which was why she ran out to help. She had been with the four Junior Detectives the whole way, clearly having forgotten about her father.

"Hey Anya, where's your dad? I remember you came here with him, right?" Conan asked as soon as he saw the items were found.

"Ah? Father, yes! Where is Anya's father?"

After searching for a long time in the same spot, Anya, realizing her father was gone, broke down in tears, crying, "My father is lost!"

A crow flew overhead as the four members of the Junior Detective League took their places.

Don't you have any idea who's lost?
We're all six years old, so why do you look so different?

Conan slapped his forehead. "You helped us find the autograph, so let's help you find your lost father."

What else could Conan say? That was all he could do.

Finding that man shouldn't be too difficult; by now, he should have realized his daughter is missing.

"Ania, where did you get separated from your father?"

"Father... Father was lost on the first floor. He didn't follow me when I left. He was in the manager's office!"

Perhaps Anya's last act of defiance was to decide who was lost. Conan didn't argue and led the group towards the elevator.

As they approached the elevator, the doors opened, and Xia Chuan stepped out with his hands in his pockets.

"Ania!"

"Waaaa! o(╥﹏╥)o, Anya is so worried about her father who's gone missing!"

After the usual leg-hugging gesture, Anya heard Xia Chuan's inner thoughts.

She never imagined that her spy father had already dealt with the robbers! Too bad she didn't see it.

However, she deserves credit for this. If she hadn't gotten lost, her father wouldn't have gone to deal with the bandit gang. Indeed, she played a crucial role in the whole affair.

"What are you all doing here?" Xia Chuan sighed, feigning surprise. "Never mind, come with me. The back door of the manager's office should be the exit."

Conan and the others nodded in agreement; they were just wondering how to get out of there.

They didn't go to the guardhouse, so they naturally didn't discover that a case had occurred there, and left the Mika Department Store with Xia Chuan.

To see things through to the end, and considering Anya would soon be a classmate of the Junior Detective Club, Natsukawa made a show of it by escorting them all home.

In the end, only Natsukawa, Anya, and Conan remained in the taxi.

"Conan is Anya's neighbor!"

Anya was overjoyed when she heard the news, celebrating for a long time, and declared that she wanted to be friends with Conan. She even offered him Bond, saying she'd let him ride her majestic Great Pyrenees.

Bond the dog was sitting at home when disaster struck from the sky. Little did he know that Anya had betrayed him in order to make friends.

Conan frowned slightly, looking uneasy, which was nothing like that of an innocent child.

opposite?

He recalled the feeling he had at noon, that sense of being watched, which seemed to come from across the street from the Mori office. But he still thought he was overthinking it; now, it seemed that wasn't the case.

Why would this man, who might be a police officer, live across the street from me? Is he connected to the Black Organization?
Have I been discovered?
But this shouldn't be happening! If he were discovered, the other party should kill him instead of playing along.

Is there any need to live across from him? To observe him?

Moreover, this family is somewhat strange.

Xia Chuan appears to be of mixed race, with blond hair common in Europe and America, and an Eastern-looking face; his daughter is likely a pure European or American, and doesn't look like his biological daughter.

Of course, he also found it hard to connect the two people, one big and one small, with the Black Organization. After all, there was no need for the Black Organization to have a burden with them when they were around. Look how stupid Anya is.

boom!
Conan was kicked in the shin by Anya.

"I'm sorry! Anya did it by accident."

"It's okay."

The more I look at it, the more suspicious it seems. Could it be...?
Conan suddenly turned pale and broke out in a cold sweat.

He had a particularly terrifying idea!

Could this girl named Anya in front of him be like him, appearing to be a six-year-old child but actually a seventeen-year-old high school student?

(End of this chapter)