Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 910 The Corpse in the Stream
One can get a glimpse of what a man is like by looking at Shuichi Akai.

Xia Chuan is indeed a special case, but what if he is?
Conan nodded helplessly, "I know, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on Natsukawa and make sure he doesn't do anything out of line."

Xia Chuan's hearing was incredibly sharp, and hearing two underage crickets chirping about him inevitably made him a little annoyed.

Then this dissatisfaction was transferred to Judy.

"With such amazing abilities, Ms. Judy must be incredibly skilled at setting up tents too."

"She's a girl, after all. Are you planning to let her pitch the tent all by herself? That's not the behavior of a gentleman."

Judy was a little curious. After what she said in the car, Xia Chuan seemed to be keeping his distance from her. Was it because she wasn't charming enough?
In the past, Xia Chuan would certainly not have been polite. He would have braved any danger, even if it meant venturing into dangerous places. But now he has a family, and Ai Haibara is right there. Anya also has the ability to read minds. If these two little spies find out, it won't be a simple matter of washing a washboard when he gets back.

“The main problem is that we need to start a fire. I need to gather some firewood and also set up a firebreak. If I help you, we won’t have anything to eat by the time they come back from their expedition.”

Xia Chuan did not intend to start with the other party; that was a last resort, unless Frank could not provide him with the information he wanted.

hold on.

As time passed, the tent gradually took shape under the hands of the craftswoman Judy. Even Conan had to admit that she was indeed an FBI agent; her tent-building skills were beyond question, and he couldn't even keep up with her speed.

Luckily, I'm smarter than her.

"Conan, I heard that a lot happened to you on Poseidon Island. Can you tell me about it?"

Judy thought that no matter how smart the other person was, he was still just a child and definitely couldn't see that she had those kinds of feelings for Xia Chuan.

So I plan to find out about Xia Chuan's performance on Poseidon Island from the other party, and also to understand the other party's personality.

Different seduction methods are used for different people; this is something that is taught in secret service schools.

"Well, that's not a problem, but like I said before, shouldn't Ms. Judy explain to me why she's at Teitan Elementary School?"

He added, "What you said in the car might fool a child, but don't think you can fool me. The FBI isn't that bored."

Judy pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, we in the FBI are not that bored. The reason we're around you is to protect you."

"Actually, the Lord is protecting Anya and Ai Haibara."

“They are all Xia Chuan’s daughters. You know about the organization’s previous actions. If we don’t protect Xia Chuan’s daughters, who knows what might happen.”

Conan was slightly stunned.

The FBI actually had this idea?

He thought Judy was trying to seduce Natsukawa.

Is not it?

But he wasn't stupid, judging from his behavior just now.

"Really? You're really making a huge sacrifice, going so far as to become someone's mistress. Are you planning to infiltrate their family and provide close protection?"

Conan showed no mercy to Jodie. In fact, he didn't think the Red Team would do anything to him. His aggressive way of expressing himself was just because he didn't want the other party to treat him like a child.

Did they actually figure it out?

Judy was startled, but she didn't show it on her face. Her expression turned serious: "Conan, we are the FBI, the United States' national security organization. We have a bottom line. Our mission is to protect the lives and property of our citizens from harm. How can you think like this?"

Great, now that you mention it, I'm even more certain that you have ill intentions.

Ordinary people might think the FBI is something prestigious and powerful, but Conan has heard his father say that organizations like the FBI and CIA can stop at nothing to achieve their mission goals.

To be precise, this applies to all national security organizations.

There's another important point.

This is Japan, the other party is not Japan (the red side), and I am not a U.S. citizen.

If Yuri had said that, he might have believed it to some extent, but if it had been Judy from the FBI, he definitely wouldn't have believed a single word.

Conan rolled his eyes and didn't ask any further questions. If they still didn't tell him at this point, it meant they didn't consider him a friend. In that case, he definitely couldn't tell Natsukawa about it.

And so, Conan began his narration.

He made slight changes to the Poseidon Island storyline.

The person who was supposed to solve the case was Natsukawa, but when he said it, it became Uncle Mori.

Natsukawa's role in the story became insignificant, even nonexistent; his only contribution was providing Kogoro Mouri with a clue by pulling out a keychain.

Judy was stunned. The FBI's information channels in Japan were more limited than before, but Conan's account was not much different from what they had heard.

One thing did catch my attention.

Xia Chuan values ​​relationships, so he takes Yue Er shopping for clothes, diving, and music festival parties.

"If only Shuichi could play with me like this for three days and three nights," Judy thought to herself.

"I didn't expect Mr. Xia Chuan to value relationships so much. He really is a good man."

"Actually, it's not so bad. Uncle Xia Chuan prefers Asian faces, and Aunt Joel is definitely one of the most beautiful women in Asia."

"Pfft, I'm still in the top 100 among European and American faces, so what?"

Judy pursed her lips, still quite confident in her looks.

As they chatted, Xia Chuan returned with firewood.

There were four or five bundles of firewood, some carried on their backs, others held in their hands.

"Mr. Xia Chuan, let me help you."

A shrewd glint flashed in Judy's eyes. She quickly walked to Xia Chuan's side, took out a handkerchief, and helped him wipe away non-existent sweat from his forehead.

The two were no more than ten centimeters apart. Judy reached out to help take the firewood from the other's hand and gently stroked the back of Xia Chuan's hand.

As soon as Xia Chuan looked up, he saw Judy winking at him.

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Sister, I prefer the demure, sweet type; you're really not for me!
Xia Chuan wanted to say this, but didn't. Instead, she smiled brightly and said, "Thank you so much, Ms. Judy."

There is bad news and good news.

The bad news is that Frank found no useful information at Judy's residence. The good news is that Judy doesn't seem to have given up, and Natsukawa still has a chance to get close to her at this point.

"Teacher Judy is amazing! She set up the tent so quickly, with tight lines and secure rivets. The tent doesn't even have any wrinkles. She's so much better than everyone else."

"Really? How does it compare to Joel?"

Upon hearing this, Conan immediately perked up his ears. He had been feeling a bit dizzy, but these words instantly put him at ease. Ah... this...
If no one was around, it wouldn't matter if I said something against my conscience, but Conan was staring at me and making fun of me.

If I say anything that is detrimental to Joel, that kid could very well use it as leverage to force me to do things I don't like in the future.

How to do?
"Hehe, after all, I'm the one who sets up the tent when we go out. It's not gentlemanly to let my fiancée set up the tent."

Forest was silent for a moment. Judy thought the other party was not going to answer and was about to bring up something else when she heard Xia Chuan's reply.

This was a brilliant response, both addressing her earlier comment about being ungentlemanly and expressing her feelings for Jor.

Conan was a little disappointed, feeling that he had lost an opportunity to get under Natsukawa's thumb.

"They're quite cautious."

Judy thought to herself, her hand in her pocket pressing down slightly. Xia Chuan was still too wary. She was still thinking of recording him to leave some leverage, but he spoke so eloquently, and even gave people the feeling that he was a warm girlfriend.

"It seems that Mr. Natsukawa's gentlemanly manners are only reserved for Miss Joel."

"Being a gentleman is something ingrained in one's bones. If I hadn't wanted to come back and help, this amount of firewood definitely wouldn't be enough."

"I didn't expect Ms. Judy to be so quick. Even if I wanted to help, it was too late. I really missed a chance to be a gentleman."

The two, one big and one small, looked at the bundles of firewood on the ground, then at Xia Chuan, who was talking nonsense with a straight face. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a playboy.

"Oh no!"

Xia Chuan wanted to say something more, after all, he could come up with such an excuse with ease.

Before she could even speak, she heard Anya's shouts coming from the forest. Turning around, she saw Anya and Ai Haibara rushing back.

"What happened?"

Xia Chuan looked back but didn't see the three little ones.

As the guardian of the six children, the safety of the three little ones was also within his jurisdiction, so he asked, "Where are Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko?"

Anya and Ai Haibara returned, panting heavily. Anya was out of breath and unable to speak, while Ai Haibara was a little better and explained, "We found an old house in the forest ahead, and a body in the stream in front of the house."

"Ayumi and the others are waiting over there. Anya and I will come back first to inform Uncle Xia Chuan." She took a deep breath before finishing her sentence.

"A corpse?" ×2
Xia Chuan wasn't too surprised by this, since something was bound to happen when the Junior Detective Club went on a trip, but he was still a little curious that there would be a corpse.

Normally, the cases the Junior Detective League encounters are rarely related to murder, or they are only discovered afterward. This seems to be intentional on Gosho Aoyama's part. The fact that they directly discovered a corpse this time is rather unusual.

The two little girls led the three to the mansion. On the way, Ai Haibara took a moment to explain: "The King's Cave is between the sun and the moon, a place where all the elders gather in a place of extreme prosperity and splendor. The King's Stone is there. Those who are not afraid of the King's wrath, hold this stone, which is larger than your fist, in your palm and recognize the eternal truth that will last for eternity."

"Haibara, what do you mean by that?" Conan looked up in confusion. Weren't we supposed to be looking at the corpse? Why did this seemingly coded classical Chinese suddenly appear?

"Because Anya discovered the stone first and saw the writing on it, Haibara then discovered that there were many similar stones in the stream next to it, and there was a corpse inside one of the stones."

Anya spoke eloquently, then her face turned pale. "To be precise, it wasn't a corpse, but a hand. That hand was very pale."

"and"

As they spoke, the group had already spotted the house.

"Uncle Xia Chuan, Teacher Judy, over here!"

Ayumi jumped up, waved, and shouted. As she got closer, you could see the fear and worry on her face.

Genta and Mitsuhiko, on the other hand, were quite different. Perhaps wanting to impress their goddess, they rolled up their trousers and stepped barefoot into the water, seemingly carrying something.

When the group approached, they discovered that the two fearless children had actually stepped into the water to move stones, which weighed at least 30 to 50 pounds. The two children, their faces red and necks bulging, couldn't move them.

"Hurry up and come up."

Judy was speechless when she saw this.

These two children, whether out of sheer folly or sheer stupidity, actually tried to move the stone.

It's dangerous enough, but it could also damage the scene and affect evidence collection.

Xia Chuan lifted the two little boys to the side and observed the randomly piled stones below through the clear stream.

"This is not an ordinary stone, it is a stone lantern."

Upon seeing the shape of the stone, Xia Chuan, with his broad knowledge, recognized it immediately.

"Why don't you tell them that this is too dangerous? What if the stream is deep, or they fall on themselves while moving the stone lanterns?" Judy asked speechlessly.

I have a feeling that these guys are so reckless because Xia Chuan, their guardian, is not supervising them properly.

Xia Chuan clicked his tongue lightly, but did not answer.

Is it useful to say that?

Even if we complain to their parents, the same thing will happen the next day. It's not like we've never met the three kids before.

The stones in the stream were indeed heavy; it took Xia Chuan and Judy half an hour to move the stone lantern together.

As the body surfaced and was dragged ashore, Xia Chuan began to examine it.

The three little ones looked at Xia Chuan and Judy with adoration, but Judy was the one they were favoring.

The three little ones knew a little about Xia Chuan's situation, so it could only be considered as daily worship, with their main focus being Teacher Judy.

She was clearly a frail teacher, yet she possessed such great strength and showed no fear even upon seeing a corpse.

Judy pursed her lips. She should admire these kids. Normal kids would have run away long ago if they saw a corpse, even if they didn't see the hand. They wouldn't have tried to move the stone and fish the person out like Mitsuhiko and Genta.

The children's mental and psychological qualities are ridiculously strong. If they could be recalled to the FBI's junior program and their impulsive tendencies corrected, they might be born agents.

"The corpse hasn't turned into a giant yet, and the degree of edema is average."

Xia Chuan pried open the corpse's mouth and groped its abdomen with his gloved hand, as if searching for something.

What is Father doing?

Conan glanced at it and replied, "Is it before or after drowning?"

"He didn't drink water, so he didn't drown. There were no obvious external injuries either. He was most likely poisoned."

Natsukawa turned to look at Ai Haibara, who was in a daze: "Where did you see that line just now?"

That classical Chinese sentence may seem complicated, but anyone with a basic understanding of Japanese history and mythology can grasp its meaning.

(End of this chapter)