Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 748 Baileys' Test
Winery site.

For a day and a night, the entire operations department of the distillery came to a complete standstill.

All the codenamed members were summoned to the base to organize so-called data.

"I doubt anyone on the Red Team would be interested in this information, let alone the peripheral members."

Baileys muttered to herself as she moved closer to Xia Chuan.

"Tequila, look at this file. It contains information on deceased peripheral members. We probably don't need to keep it anymore, right?"

Xia Chuan remained silent, glanced at her, and then looked away.

Throughout the day, Baileys had tried to get closer to him countless times.

Somewhat inexplicable.

He remembered that Baileys had never been interested in him at all before; their interactions were mostly related to missions, and they hardly ever chatted in private.

Their sudden change of attitude today seems very suspicious.

Is Vermouth trying to win him over?
What's going on? Are they trying to change the person in charge of the Japanese branch?

Whether Karasuma Renya would agree or not was another matter. He also had a clear understanding of the alias "Tequila". As long as Gin was alive, the Japanese branch would still be Gin's domain, and it wouldn't matter who took over.

"Boring man"

Baileys winked and then stomped on Xia Chuan's shoes.

Watching Baileys leave, Xia Chuan looked down at his leather shoes, a strange light flashing in his eyes. As he looked at Baileys's back, a murderous aura gradually appeared.

That last move seemed a bit intentional.

Tequila's height is quite unusual, so Natsukawa, who is impersonating Tequila, also needs a prosthetic to support her.

This includes the soles of the feet, shoulders, and face.

The most easily exposed part is the sole of his foot, because he had put a 7 or 8 centimeter insole inside his shoe to increase his height. In addition, the angle of the inner surface is also problematic. If that kick was intentional, it was a blatant test.

"Is she doubting me?"

Xia Chuan was a little confused, but he was certain that Baileys's actions were not simple.

Baileys walked to a distance and sat down, seemingly looking at the documents in her hand, but her heart was already pounding.

She could even clearly feel her heart beating faster.

I just stepped on some tequila, and the texture of my high heels on it felt completely wrong.

It's a bit too soft; the bone-like feel is off. It's more like it's padded with silicone or something, and it's too uniformly soft.

Does this mean my guess was correct?

Tequila actually died a long time ago. The Tequila who has been active in the organization recently is actually an undercover agent planted by Xia Chuan, or even Xia Chuan himself.

It's easy to find out if it's Natsukawa.

It might have been a bit difficult before, but Tequila is stuck at the base with Gin today. If we just go out and investigate whether Natsukawa is in Tokyo today, or whether he has even shown up, we can find out the answer.

Since Gin has targeted Natsukawa's two daughters, the problem lies in Natsukawa's failure to appear!
Baileys was secretly pleased, thinking that if Tequila was indeed Natsukawa in disguise, then she might be able to find an opportunity to steal him away.

Since Joel saw her face last time, she has not appeared at the Yabumoto Group. The original friendship has naturally disappeared. Now, the relationship between her and Joel is only one of opposition!

"She shouldn't be able to find out, right?"

Xia Chuan thought for a moment. Because he was worried about the possibility of his identity being exposed, he had asked Kaito to help him impersonate himself or Tequila. The most recent time was just a few days ago. Logically speaking, Baileys should have no reason to find out.

Could it be because of Shinichiro's affair?

Gin had found it strange that he hadn't asked about Tomoaki Araide after arriving at the brewery, and now he was almost certain that while he was away, Gin and the other three had probably done some kind of undisclosed deduction.

"No, I have to confirm it no matter what. If all else fails, I'll kill her." Although he had saved Bailey's once, the situation was different then, and there were more members in the organization with codenames, making it easier for him to blend in. But if it affected his infiltration, Xia Chuan would not hesitate to eliminate the other party.

Elsewhere in the distillery, Gin and Vermouth were watching the news on television, bored.

Some are domestic, some are foreign.

Organizations can sometimes obtain information from the news and then make certain decisions.

In particular, in recent years, Japanese politicians have become increasingly unpredictable, with a high mortality rate and a high turnover rate, creating opportunities for organizations to place their own people in positions of power.

Gin always had a blank expression, while Vermouth always had a smile in her eyes, exuding the aura of a succubus.

"Why did the mission fail? They were locked in that archive room and unable to send messages out."

Vermouth was very puzzled.

She also suspected there was a mole within the organization, and she was quite pleased when Gin revealed the plan.

To prevent her godson from getting hurt, she deliberately created a coincidence that involved Conan in the Metropolitan Police Department bombing case.

But the result?

Conan was almost killed, Natsukawa's daughter was unharmed, and the organization was completely quiet with no news leaking out.

Everything seemed too strange.

Given Xia Chuan's personality, he shouldn't have failed to show up.

There was no ripple within the organization either; it was as if their plans had been foreseen.

The bomb not only failed to explode, but it also could not be detonated remotely.

Not only did the two peripheral members have remote controls, but Gin could also detonate the explosives remotely. However, even though the detonation button was almost broken, the explosives still didn't detonate.

"How would I know? Maybe they were prepared in advance?"

"Impossible. Kamen Rider's performance was scheduled a few days ago, while you gathered the codenamed members yesterday. There's no way they could have known about our plan in advance."

"unless."

“Unless what?” Gin looked up at Vermouth.

"They can predict the future."

Vermouth laughed at herself, wondering how she could have said something so stupid.

Gin didn't want to talk anymore; it was pointless.

"Have you found out where Xia Chuan went during this time?" he suddenly asked.

Of course, he wasn't asking Vermouth, but rather the peripheral member who was on the call.

That is, the person who was just silenced by the Metropolitan Police Department.

"No, not only today, but Xia Chuan has actually been out of our sight for several days. We just took the risk to go to his house to check, and he shouldn't be there. We don't know when he left."

“It’s a bit too much to ask outside members to investigate,” Vermouth interjected.

"Are you going then?"

The other codenamed members cannot be trusted for the time being. Apart from Vermouth, only Vodka is reliable. Sending Vodka is not as good as sending Vermouth.

"Okay, I'll go! But we'll have to wait for Xia Chuan to show up."

“After this, he will definitely show up. He may have already heard about his daughter’s accident and is looking for opportunities to take revenge on us.”

(End of this chapter)