Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 924 This world is too crazy

My shiny black dreadlocks must be quite different from Alark's blond hair, right?

"You're all no good, let's just kill you all!"

"You can't do this! I'm your employer. You'll be scorned by the other assassins if you do this!"

Binga's hands trembled like leaves; it was as if he had invited an ancestor.

I've heard that the Thorn Princess is known for her hatred of evil, but to go after even her own employer, what the hell is that?
Would you hire an assassin to kill yourself?

If this gets out, Gin will laugh himself to death.

“I recognize you, Binga, Sausage Lips from Rum’s crew, right?”

"Pfft."

Although the situation was serious, Alak couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing at, you motherfucker!"

Arak then stopped smiling and said in a mocking tone, "I didn't completely believe you were right. I didn't expect you to actually hire an assassin to kill me."

"But you probably don't know this, do you?"

"Know what?" Binga asked, puzzled.

“It’s not like there haven’t been employers who have been killed by the Thorn Princess before.” Arak’s mocking gaze made Binga quite uncomfortable.

"Because he was with the target and was equally wicked, he was killed along with him."

Arak thought for a moment.

If I remember correctly, I heard this news about two years ago, when two American gangs were fighting each other.

One of the gang leaders then sought help from the Thorn Princess.

The incident took place in the banquet hall where the two sides were negotiating.

The gang leader originally thought that since he was also present and had experienced danger, no one would suspect that he had hired the assassin.

Unexpectedly, the Thorn Princess wiped out the entire group, killing more than twenty high-ranking officials from both sides, while the remaining underlings either became vegetable-like or were driven insane by fear.

However, Princess Thorn did indeed fulfill her wish; very few people knew that her employer had been killed along with her, except for a few well-informed assassins or intelligence brokers on the dark web.

As it happens, Arak was one of them.

Binga knew nothing about the matter, but after hearing just a couple of simple sentences, he already had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

"Let me go, I haven't done anything wrong. Look, my pistol is out of bullets, and I don't have any grenades on me."

Binga forced a smile, hoping to gain some comfort from the other person.

Judging from what she just said, she didn't seem to be thinking very clearly. Maybe she believed it?
Unfortunately, Princess Thorn didn't believe it; she remembered the face.

Anya was kidnapped by them last time.

She thought for a moment and remembered what she had said to Anya.

“I will kill that guy, Anya, don’t be afraid.”

and so.

Princess Thorn drew her golden awl, the sound of her high heels striking the ground like a judge recounting Binga's crimes.

"go to hell!"

"No, I don't want to. I'm not a branch manager yet. I have so many ambitions to realize. I'm not even thirty yet."

"Thorn-"

Binga's eyes widened, and his pupils rolled upwards.

The golden cone was stuck in his forehead; no blood flowed out, but his brain matter had already mixed with the blood into a paste.

"This is the consequence of kidnapping Anya!"

Princess Thorn tilted her head, a strand of hair falling down right in the middle of her eye, like a scar that stretched down to her jawline.

Arak was genuinely terrified.

What was the meaning behind that look, that gesture, and that sentence?
"You...you are Joel?"

Arak's eyes widened as if he had just realized something.

This superstar, who was adored by millions, had now cowered in a corner.

The image of Princess Thorn and Joel in his eyes kept blurring and overlapping, gradually becoming one person.

All Alak wanted to do at that moment was complain.

Binga is also a character.

The search for the assassin led them to Xia Chuan's fiancée.

Hilarious! The moment they arrived, they killed him.

Moreover, he never knew why he died.

"You know too much."

Xia Chuan returned to the second floor and stopped Joel from making a move.

"Tell me, why didn't you look for Rum? He's been in Tokyo these past few days. You can't possibly have a fake Rum at the base, can you?"

Arak was startled.

Rum's information should theoretically only be known to members of the organization, and specifically to a few core codenamed members.

The remaining members on the perimeter of the strongholds were basically restricted from entering and leaving, making it impossible for them to send messages out.

"Your mole is Kir?"

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall what Binga had told him—Kier was a mole for the Red Team.

There aren't many codenamed members in Tokyo. Besides Kiel, perhaps only Ireland and Cohen could be problematic?

But even Vermouth was unaware of Rum's plans, so Ireland certainly wasn't informed.

Cohen was not in Tokyo, so he couldn't possibly know about the plan.

So what Binga said was actually true.

After learning that Princess Thorn was an assassin hired by Binga, he had completely distrusted everything Binga had said before, but he never expected that she would tell the truth.

Indeed, mixing truth and falsehood is the best form of deception.

Xia Chuan raised an eyebrow, his mind a bit muddled, but he still pressed on, "Answer my question."

"Row."

Arak readily admitted defeat and spent more than ten minutes explaining why he had not returned to the base.

"Binga knocked Kiel away?"

Xia Chuan frowned deeply.

Princess Thorn had already stepped out of the room.

She felt a bit of a headache listening to this, so she decided to go outside and keep watch. She figured that Xia Chuan would give her the answer after he finished asking.

Then again, she had just heard light footsteps; it must have been Conan.

Natsukawa said that if Conan doesn't discover his identity, they should knock him out first.

Conan, still reeling from the explosion, was confused, but he still heard screams and shouts of alarm.

They were slowly moving closer, their toes barely touching the ground.

"who!"

He suddenly felt a cool breeze on his neck. Before he could turn around, he felt a sharp pain, then his vision blurred and he lost consciousness.

"Binga is an interesting person."

After hearing everything, Xia Chuan could only manage to utter this one sentence after a long time.

“You must have been fooled by him. I suspect the reason he planned to run over Gil was because he wanted Rum to be all alone with him.”

"what?"

Arak blinked. If he wasn't worried that raising his hand would be misinterpreted by Xia Chuan as a sign of resistance, he would have picked his ear.

"That's just how Binga is. You should be glad you kept your distance from Rum, otherwise you would have been hit and killed too."

Xia Chuan looked at the moon outside. "I bet Rum is still waiting for you at the outpost right now. It's hilarious. Binga is dead, and you'll be next soon. I wonder if he'll be so angry when he finds out that his other eye will explode."

Arak didn't want to talk, so he leaned back and found a comfortable position to close his eyes.

Xia Chuan smiled.

"What, so eager to die? Aren't you going to struggle and beg for mercy?" Alark didn't even open his eyes. "Anyway, I've lived enough, and now that I know the identity of the Thorn Princess, I don't think I'll survive anyway."

"correct."

He suddenly remembered and said, "I was wondering before if that sunset was you, but even now, I still can't confirm it."

"Can you tell me?"

He looked at Xia Chuan with a very sincere gaze.

Xia Chuan remained silent for a moment, then raised his pistol.

"What a shocking answer! The most skilled assassin paired with the most outstanding spy—this world is insane."

The next morning, Conan woke up from his sleep.

He touched the back of his neck, which was still a little sore, and went to the bathroom to check himself in the mirror. There was a small bruise.

Yes, I was indeed knocked unconscious yesterday.

Looking around, isn't this Shinichi Kudo's house?
Was I sent back?
"Was it Natsukawa-nii who knocked me out?"

Conan muttered something to himself, then heard the faint sounds of trucks outside.

He climbed onto the windowsill and looked outside. Several construction vehicles and concrete mixer trucks drove into Professor Agasa's yard.

Professor Agasa was talking to a person in charge wearing a white hat in front of him.

Seemingly sensing his gaze, Professor Agasa looked over and then gave a gentle smile.

"Strange, what on earth happened?"

Conan composed himself, then dialed the school's number and used Ran's voice to ask for leave.

Today is not the weekend, so I must call the teacher to ask for leave.

Especially now that there's Ms. Judy at the school, if I don't ask for leave, I'll definitely be suspected.

After finishing all that, he went straight to Xia Chuan's house.

Natsukawa happened to be home and opened the door to welcome Conan inside.

"Brother Xia Chuan, what exactly happened yesterday? There must have been more than one codenamed member of the Black Organization, right?"

As soon as he entered, Conan asked eagerly.

The distillery is his nemesis in this life. The detective, who has never suffered such a great loss, has made it his life goal.

He pays close attention to any news related to the distillery.

He was especially pleased to see that Xia Chuan was safe and sound.

This signifies that Xia Chuan achieved a perfect victory in yesterday's battle.

"That's right, there's more than one."

Xia Chuan answered without hesitation: "One of them was the codenamed member who kidnapped Anya some time ago, but I've dealt with both of them."

"The police arrived later and took over the scene."

"what about me?"

Conan was completely baffled. Why wasn't he in Natsukawa's script? How did he get home?
"What do you mean, 'you'?" Xia Chuan asked with a puzzled look. "With such heavy rain yesterday and the prospect of facing an unknown number of distillery members, I definitely couldn't bring you along."

"Did you secretly follow me?"

Conan nodded sheepishly, but if Natsukawa said that, then who exactly sent him back?
Conan didn't think Natsukawa needed to deceive him.

The rooftop fell silent, save for Conan's quiet breathing.

Xia Chuan closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, secretly laughing to himself.

Teasing Conan is indeed quite interesting.

After all, he couldn't let Conan know about the Thorn Princess.

Binga was killed, and after hearing Arak's words, Xia Chuan ultimately chose to take action, ending the life of the young superstar.

Only those who know their own identity can be trusted.

However, this also confirmed that the reason Rum doubted his identity on the day of the proposal was because of Arak.

This guy actually smuggled his hands into the IRS.

Upon returning, he immediately notified the IRS.

Getting the other party to investigate internally is a minor matter; the main goal is to extract some benefits from them.

No one ever thinks they have too little money.

They also requested another batch of supplies.

The main targets are bullets or projectiles.

Especially smoke grenades, most of them are used up during modification, and the quality of homemade ones is generally not good. It's best to use American products for modification, which is worry-free and can guarantee quality.

"Brother Xia Chuan, now that two codenamed members from the brewery have gotten into trouble, what kind of action will they take?"

Conan suddenly spoke up and stood up with unusual excitement.

He had clearly forgotten how he got back.

"The distillery's codename members were already few in number, and now two of them are dead. Should we try to find their base and wipe them out in one fell swoop?"

Conan couldn't help but be excited, since his hope of growing bigger still rested on this organization, so of course the sooner it was destroyed, the better.

Putting aside Xiaolan's suspicions, this childlike behavior can sometimes be really troublesome.

"It's not that simple."

"Gin has yet to show up. The two codenamed members originally belonged to the European branch, so they have little impact on the Japanese branch."

"Oh fine."

Conan lowered his head in disappointment.

I was too excited.

The distillery is so well hidden that the police and FBI have searched for so long without finding it. It's unlikely that Natsukawa can find it either; he might still be waiting for news from Yuri.

"I'll go check on Professor Agasa."

Conan immediately stood up.

He needs to investigate thoroughly to find out the reason why Professor Agasa was kidnapped.

Natsukawa did not stop him and saw Conan off.

After everyone left, Joel carried the coffee and desserts to the third floor. He saw Conan arrive, so he went to Poirot Cafe to buy some coffee and desserts, but when he came back, everyone was already gone.

"Did Conan notice?"

Xia Chuan shook his head: "Don't worry, he didn't notice."

As he spoke, he pulled a USB flash drive out of his pocket.

"I recorded another video with Akemi Miyano. I'll figure out how to put it in Ai Haibara's bag later."

Joel nodded slightly, recalling Ai Haibara's longing for her sister, and couldn't bear to see her like that.

"How about we bring Akemi Miyano out?"

"Not yet. She still has a strong love for Shuichi Akai. If she's released, she'll definitely try every possible way to find him."

"Although she doesn't know much, Shuichi Akai isn't stupid. If he knows something, he can easily deduce some things. It's best not to let anyone know."

As he spoke, Natsukawa's face showed a slightly melancholy expression. "Karasuma Renya is hiding his true intentions too well. I think it's necessary to speed things up."

"What do you mean?"

“Now that Akai Mary is in our hands, if the fact that she was shrunk is leaked, it will definitely pique the interest of Karasuma Renya.”

"Are you planning to use her as bait?"

"It seems like this is the only way now, at least Conan and Ai Haibara aren't suitable."

This is true.

Joel nodded slightly. Regardless of their relationship, Mary Akai, as a former MI6 agent, was the most suitable one, at least in terms of her ability to protect herself.

He also has an FBI son.

The brewery would definitely be interested, at least from Karasuma Renya's perspective.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)