Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 736 Sad Story

Xia Chuan shook his head slightly, offering no further explanation.

His thoughts are somewhat confused now, and he doesn't have many clues. He will have to wait and see how things go.

"Father, I'm sorry, it was Anya who insisted on coming to Kyoto."

Anya looked a little down, her two index fingers pressed against her face, her lips pouting, and the two pointed horns on her head drooping. She apologized softly and gently stroked Xia Chuan's back.

Xia Chuan glanced back, then at Ai Haibara in the corner, and sighed helplessly.

What could he say? He could only hope that the two little girls would learn their lesson and not be so bold.

He couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh. He felt sorry for her, but he was also worried that she would need to be taken off her oxygen tank when she got old.

"(⊙o⊙)..."

"My father is actually afraid of having his oxygen tank removed. What is an oxygen tank?"

Anya stood there blankly, her eyes vacant. Xia Chuan knew she was eavesdropping on his thoughts again, and most likely on his.

"Alright Anya, as long as you behave well from now on and don't try to get Ai Haibara to go out, everything will be fine."

My honest thoughts: If you keep eavesdropping on my father's thoughts, I'm going to get angry.

Anya was startled and quickly withdrew her superpowers.

"This way of communicating is really novel."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

When her name was mentioned, Ai Haibara immediately raised her head, her face expressionless, though not exactly calm.

"It wasn't her who instigated me. I was feeling a bit down and wanted to come here to clear my head, but I didn't expect this."

Conan was interested in both relaxing and making Conan bigger, but he managed to hold back. As for relaxing, aside from seeing cherry blossoms on the banks of the Kamo River on the first night he arrived, there wasn't much else to do.

In the end, she didn't achieve her goal at all; instead, she was terrified by the people from the distillery.

Thankfully Anya didn't take out her camera, otherwise she would have been too embarrassed to show her face.

Ai Haibara was furious at her own pathetic behavior, but there was nothing she could do. She could only blame herself for being useless while fighting with Anya for the identity of the mastermind behind the mistake. She was clearly giving up and even hoping that Natsukawa would beat and scold her.

"This is the first time I've seen someone actively asking to be hit."

Anya thought to herself, and when she saw her father looking at her, she immediately turned to look at the scenery outside the window.

"Ai, don't be like this. Meeting Gin was an accident, and he wasn't targeting you."

Joel touched Ai Haibara's head with concern; her current state was worrying.

Ai Haibara is the type of person who can't say a word for a long time, so after such a blow, I wonder if she won't want to go out anymore.

Although he is actually an eighteen-year-old adult, he doesn't interact much with outsiders and still has a somewhat childish personality.

Of course, this wasn't without its advantages; otherwise, he wouldn't have confronted Gin head-on, resulting in his imprisonment and subsequent escape from Shirakyu Pharmaceutical.

The girl with brown hair remained dejected, her hair disheveled by the wind, her eyes filled with melancholy and a dazed look, seemingly lost in thought, as she propped her chin up and stared blankly at the scenery outside the window.

We happened to be passing through Yamanashi Prefecture at that time, where the forest scenery was very beautiful. The birdsong and fragrant flowers brought a sense of comfort, which made up for the disappointment of the trip to Kyoto.

As afternoon approached, after a morning's journey, Xia Chuan and his family finally returned home.

After a long journey, the hood of the GTR started smoking due to the high humidity.

Xia Chuan felt no heartache at all. GTR Company liked to study engines, so this was no big deal. Longer journeys were no problem for them.

"Uh, Father, it seems we can't get back into our house. The yellow and black stripes here are saying we can't go home."

Anya, who was the first to get off the car, was kept outside the cordon, while Bond's excited barking could be heard from inside.

God knows how it has been these past few days.

Although he has his own little wallet and can run out of the living room window to eat dog food, Bond is bored after several days without family. Especially since something strange happened yesterday: Inspector Megure came and made a ruckus for a long time, preventing him from getting any rest.

After getting off the bus, Xia Chuan was puzzled when he saw the seal on the gate and the police tape surrounding the entrance.

Also, what is that strange shape drawn with white lines below the gate?
Although it looks human, the posture is too strange.
It's even three-dimensional!

A line was drawn downwards from the door lock, and its shape looks a bit like an arm.

"How is this going?"

Joel was also stunned.

As a police officer, I am very familiar with police tape, seals, and white lines. If a few small cones are placed on the ground, it will look like a death scene!

No, even if it wasn't, it was still a scene of death.

The police operation should have ended, the case solved, and those items recovered.

Xia Chuan paused for a moment, then suddenly realized.

“I remember now. Inspector Megure did call me before, I think he wanted to talk to me about a case, but I had other things to do at the time, so I hung up before he finished speaking.”

Upon closer inspection, there were obvious burn marks on the keyhole of the door, which was most likely caused by an overload of the installed anti-theft electric shock system.

This shouldn't happen under normal circumstances; at least when Conan was electrocuted last time, the door lock didn't show any signs of burning.

Now, the keyhole is not only charred, but also has something strange stuck to it.

If you consider the timing, Conan and Kaito were both in Kyoto when Inspector Megure made the call, so it couldn't have been them. Therefore, was their house burgled?

Then, unfortunately, he was electrocuted by an overloaded anti-theft electric lock.
"Electrocuted?"

Three words kept echoing in Anya's mind.

"Is Anya that amazing?"

Anya was initially excited, but then her expression stiffened with fear and unease.

She suddenly realized something: if someone were electrocuted, wouldn't she, the one who installed the security device, be a murderer?
Did Anya become the murderer?
The cute pink-haired little girl plopped down on the ground, shakily opened her crossbody bag, took out a camera, and prepared to record her last words before being arrested.

Seeing Anya's situation, Natsukawa just found it funny.

Since Inspector Megure didn't call him back after making the initial call, it proves that the problem isn't serious.

Furthermore, judging from the condition of the anti-theft electric lock, this situation wouldn't have occurred unless a thief deliberately pried it open.

Therefore, Anya will be fine.

Furthermore, if we're prepared for the worst-case scenario, we can seek help from the lawyer queen.

But why tell Anya?

That's kind of cute too.

Xia Chuan did not break the cordon. He turned around and went to the French windows in the living room. Bond opened the glass door with his mind. The fluffy creature obediently squatted in front of the French windows and wagged its tail in a spiral.

"Bond is really smart."

Xia Chuan chuckled and patted the dog's head. It's not bad to have a dog that can take care of itself.

When he first adopted Anya and Bond, he was worried that he would have to take care of one person and one dog, but he later found that it was not as he had imagined.

The good news is that Bond can take care of himself; the bad news is that Anya alone is keeping him busy.

I hate to admit it, but Bond does seem smarter than Anya.

What a sad story.

(End of this chapter)