Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 875 The Sorrowful Bullet

A somber atmosphere permeated the team; no one else was optimistic about continuing. Hawkeye, too, wore a grim expression, his mind in turmoil.

"I have a plan, give me some time to think about it!"

Logically, Gin should have already reached the slide rail by now, where there's no sniping angle.

But the current situation is that the sniper rifle has already killed one teammate. By factoring, we can conclude that the other side is not planning to leave.

What is the purpose?
Is it
After much deliberation, Hideyoshi Haneda came to a somber conclusion: Gin might very well take action against him again.

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why someone could leave but didn't.

"They seem to look down on me a bit."

Hideyoshi Haneda chuckled self-deprecatingly. His previous performance was indeed somewhat disappointing, but that didn't mean it would be the same now!

"Have you thought of that yet!?"

People who use their brains are often cunning. Seeing the other person's expression, Hawkeye felt a little displeased. He hated people with higher IQs than him.

Of course, this doesn't mean I have a low IQ; it just means I'm getting old.

Once I get in touch with scholars, I'll have a chance to return to my peak!
If all else fails, you can ask Gin.
Hawkeye himself didn't realize that his demands had lost their initial vigor and become increasingly conservative over time.

“I think I know where he is. Come with me.”

Having surveyed the terrain beforehand and planned his escape route, coupled with his exceptional memory—a hallmark of the Detective Conan world—Haneda Hideyoshi quickly visualized the hills in his mind and deduced Gin's location.

"Alright!" Hawkeye waved for the others to follow. "Gin is personally sniping, so it seems there aren't many outsiders around him. We can speed things up."

Having worked with Gin before, Hawkeye could roughly guess some of his habits.

After killing one person, no one else appeared in the scope, which made Gin frown.

"Strange, have they backed down?"

He deliberately fired the gun just now, partly to cover for Vodka, and partly to draw Hideyoshi Haneda's attention.

He saw it; Hideyoshi Haneda was with Hawkeye.

There was an angle from which to kill Hideyoshi Haneda and Hawkeye, but in order to lure people up, he restrained his impulse and chose to eliminate only one combatant.

After waiting for a while without receiving a reply, Gin realized that Vodka had already led his men away.

The remaining two peripheral members were just tools; they could only provide combat information and nothing else.

"Be careful, they might have come up from another direction. Be alert to your surroundings."

"Yes!"

The two outer members answered expressionlessly, becoming even more vigilant, subtly protecting Gin in the middle.

Despite Hideyoshi Haneda's carefulness in leading Hawkeye along the most treacherous routes and trying to avoid being in sight, they still couldn't avoid being discovered once they got close.

Members outside the distillery spotted the group approaching from the left and opened fire.

Upon hearing the gunshot, Gin and another peripheral member also approached.

Hawkeye, of course, wouldn't just stand there and take the hits. The advantage of having more people was obvious. He spread out his firing line, firing from both sides, and he wasn't worried about Gin sniping at close range.

Then, one after another, dark green circular objects flew high into the air and fell quickly down, landing near Gin and his two companions.

"boom--"

"Damn it, it's finally time for me to retaliate!" Hawkeye exclaimed with satisfaction, finally able to vent his anger after holding it in all day.

Explosions were happening one after another. Regardless of whether the target was killed or not, the main thing was to have fun.

"Gin, hand over Haneda Yasuharu obediently, and maybe I'll spare your life!"

With a constant buzzing in his ears and a slight dizziness in his head, Gin couldn't hear what Hawkeye was saying at all; he just found it noisy.

The two peripheral members were lucky; the grenades didn't cause them much damage, and they immediately chose to fight back.

While a large number of people can create firing lines, insufficient cover can leave some without hiding space. Especially after throwing grenades, the Ooka family members, who thought they had the upper hand, became less vigilant and exposed too much of their bodies, resulting in fatal blows.

Before even seeing anyone, three teammates had already fallen, and Hawkeye's newly roused spirits plummeted to rock bottom.

"Hawkeye, I remember the Ooka family wasn't interested in scholars, was they?"

Just as Hawkeye had thought, Gin had now categorized the Ooka family as those who would compete with the organization for scholars.

"When did we ever need to report to you about what we did?"

Although he was subdued and even spared a dog's life just a few days ago, that was because the brewery did not intend to break with the Ooka family at that time. Now the situation is different, and he is not as embarrassed as he was then. He doesn't need to give Gin any face. If possible, he can just kill the other party!
Hawkeye looked around but didn't see Vodka or Haneda Yasuharu.

But he didn't care; it was better this way.

"Where is my father?!" Haneda Hideyoshi asked anxiously.

"If you want to see him, I'll take you there?" Gin's eyebrows curved into sly crescents, a mocking smile playing on his lips. He peeked out and shouted, "It was clearly a trap you set, yet you caught Haneda Yasuharu without much effort. I don't know where you got your confidence from."

"Are you a scholar?"

"Now that things have come to this, shouldn't the scholar be allowed to come out? He was able to take Haneda Yasuharu away from me that day, so he must be quite skilled, right?"

Gin looked around warily, hoping to use this sentence to provoke the scholars who might be hiding nearby to come out.

Unfortunately, this person didn't even exist. His so-called mockery and provocation seemed more like clown behavior to Hideyoshi Haneda.

"Why do I have a feeling that he's stalling for time?"

Hawkeye failed to grasp Gin's concerns and suspected that the other party was waiting for something.

He looked up at the sky again and found no trace of the helicopter, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Clearly, he must have gone through something that left him with this problem.

"It's ok"

Regardless of Gin's intentions, Hideyoshi Haneda didn't care, because he himself was also stalling for time.

He had already informed Shuichi Akai about today's events, so that someone could protect him. With such a big commotion, his older brother couldn't possibly have missed it; he might even be nearby.

"Ok?"

Gin's eyes flashed, and he had a bad feeling. Logically, Hawkeye should have suspected that he was stalling for time and then rushed out to deliver a fatal blow. Why was he still calm?
Could it be that there really is an ambush?
In the world of Detective Conan, the killer instinct is very useful most of the time, including now!

"boom!"

A gunshot ripped through the silent darkness, the sharp explosion like a thunderclap.

The sound waves vibrated and echoed in the air, resonating in everyone's hearts.

"Bang bang bang-"

Then several more gunshots rang out. Gin was familiar with sniper rifles, and even more familiar with their sound. This was the sound of the L115A31 sniper rifle, with an effective firing range of 1500 meters and high accuracy.

The sound came from behind!
That's the direction Vodka went; he's probably near the cliff!
Gin's expression changed. He had originally wanted to buy more time so that Vodka could leave before he could make his move, but now he had no choice but to change his plans.

The gunshots heightened the tension once again. Without much exchange, gunfire erupted from both sides almost simultaneously, and people fell to the ground in dead silence.

For Hawkeye, who have a numerical advantage, a one-for-one trade is definitely not a loss; however, for Gin, a one-for-one trade is also not a loss!

The bullets, accompanied by a strong gust of wind, left long streaks of light, striking the two men's foreheads like nails.

If the Ooka family's bodyguard team hadn't been carefully selected and consisted of loyal and fearless individuals, those two shots would have been enough to make everyone else turn around and run away.

Hawkeye was not to be outdone and fired back furiously.

Unfortunately, the cover was ineffective, and Gin and the other person deliberately avoided his angle, so a burst of bullets could only hit the cover and could not cause effective damage.

Taking advantage of the clash between the two sides, Haneda Hideyoshi quietly slipped into the bushes and, relying on his knowledge of the terrain, bypassed the battlefield and headed straight for the rear.

It was the sound of an L115A31 sniper rifle. This was the weapon he had provided to his older brother. Haneda Hideyoshi confirmed it almost without hesitation!

"As expected of the eldest brother, he was able to locate Gin accurately even without my notification. If I had known this would happen, I should have involved him in the planning and execution of the plan."

Regretful, he quickened his pace and soon moved away from the direction of the gunshot.

Gradually, the cliff at the end became visible, with light shining from there, and a figure with a clear outline could be seen.

The figure was crouching on the ground, seemingly inspecting something.

As he drew closer, the smile on Hideyoshi Haneda's face gradually disappeared, and the excitement he felt for his elder brother's heroic efforts to turn the tide vanished without a trace.

"Brother."

Standing behind Shuichi Akai, Hideyoshi Haneda was already choked up and unable to speak.

It's not because we haven't seen each other for a long time.

In fact, they had met not long ago, and even Subaru Okiya's identity was prepared with the help of Hideyoshi Haneda. His life trajectory could be found in the police system, and his identity was clean.

The reason for this was that they saw the person lying on the ground, smelled a strong stench of blood, and saw a ventilator with its alarm flashing red nearby.
What's wrong with him?

Shuichi Akai shook his head: "She's not breathing anymore."

Haneda Hideyoshi's eyes welled up with tears, which streamed down his face. His stepfather was still a father, and even a better father than his biological father.

"Sorry, Vodka happened to spot me when I fired the shot."

"It was Vodka who did it! Where is he?" Haneda Hideyoshi's voice trembled, his eyes bloodshot, as he paced back and forth, gun in hand. "Where is he! I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill him! Kill him!"

He roared furiously, not caring whether Gin could hear him.

"He just jumped off a cliff."

When Shuichi Akai arrived nearby, he just happened to see Hawkeye and the others heading towards the hill.

Based on the previous explosion, it is speculated that someone from the Haneda family was kidnapped by Gin, and learned about this escape route through the kidnapping.

Since they knew about the escape route, they must also have known about the sliding rails.

So he went directly to the vicinity of the cliff and lay in ambush, setting up the sniper rifle he had prepared in advance, waiting for the lucky Vodka.

They had already aimed and were about to pull the trigger when something amazing happened.

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and the bright moon shone down. There was too much time to make a lens cover, so the scope inevitably formed an angle with the moonlight, and quite by chance, the reflection happened to flash onto the vodka.

Then, with a sudden jolt, Vodka pinned Haneda Yasuharu to the ground.

—Shot in the face, facial bones exploded.

The mistake had already been made; there was no time for regret. In an attempt to make amends, he continued firing.

The emaciated Haneda Yasuharu was no match for the bulky Vodka, so he was eventually thrown to the ground, while Vodka chose to jump off a cliff in search of survival.
"Although the cliff is not high, it is at least several tens of meters high. If you jump down, you will definitely not survive."

Shuichi Akai restrained his younger brother, who had gone mad: "I'm sorry, it was my mistake."

Haneda Hideyoshi's mouth was agape, and he didn't know what to say.

His stepfather was killed by his older brother.
"Damn it! Damn it!"

He couldn't pin the blame on Shuichi Akai, and he believed that his older brother hadn't done it on purpose. The reason for the current situation was entirely because the plan was a mistake from the very beginning.

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The only thing they could do was vent their anger at the sky.

Oh no, launch.

After emptying a magazine and until the pistol started clicking, he seemed to lose all his strength and knelt on the ground.

Shuichi Akai remained silent, unsure how to explain.

He knew all too well what it felt like to lose his father.

He himself joined the FBI because of his father, underwent brutal training, and killed countless innocent people in order to infiltrate the distillery, and is still working on it now.

He understood this feeling; even the most eloquent words of comfort seemed weak and powerless.

The two remained silent for a long time until the sound of gunfire slowly approached.

"Hideyoshi Haneda, what the hell are you doing?"

Hawkeye spotted the two from afar; the moonlight outlined their figures in a lonely arc. But he couldn't comprehend their feelings, nor did he see the corpses on the ground. He roared furiously, "Join forces to finish off Gin!"

Gin remained silent, expressing his views through bullets.

Especially after seeing Shuichi Akai, my marksmanship became much more accurate.

"Gin, it's been a long time!"

Shuichi Akai's slender body swayed slightly, his well-defined fingers gripping the sniper rifle slung across his back.

In a flash, he braced the butt of the gun against his shoulder, precisely raised the barrel, and locked onto the target through the scope with his deep pupils. The entire movement was as fluid and swift as a cheetah pouncing on its prey, sharp and deadly.

"Hmph, it seems you've encountered something unpleasant."

Gin looked around, frowning at Haneda Yasuharu's death, but he was more concerned about where Vodka had gone, as he didn't see anyone around.

"Go ask Death!"

The ear-piercing roar of the gun barrel tore through the air, and the crimson trajectory ripped through the night, heading straight for Gin's throat.

At the critical moment, Gin's back taut like a bow, and the veins on his neck throbbed noticeably. He twisted and turned nimbly like a venomous snake as the bullet whizzed past his ear.

"He's using this trick again!"

Hawkeye's emotions surged up. Gin hadn't used this move before, but he used it when he saw Shuichi Akai. Did Gin look down on him?
But then again, how many things is Hideyoshi Haneda still hiding from me? Is this shrewd strategist really using me as a pawn?

(End of this chapter)