Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 935 A Special Business Opportunity

"Alright, let's not talk about anything else." Haneda Hideyoshi then realized that this wasn't the time for the main event, and urged, "You need to leave Tokyo quickly. Someone must have seen you get off the plane together through airport surveillance, so they're keeping an eye on you."

"But wasn't the mission already canceled?"

Sera Masumi was having a bit of a headache; the bounty seemed rather strange.

Suddenly, she seemed to realize something, "Wait!"

"You said," she paused, composed herself, and then said, "could it be that group of people who are deliberately spreading information about Mom?"

"My mom was personally given medicine by Vermouth and pushed off the bridge. If she hadn't died and had turned into a child, the distillery would have gone crazy if they found out."

Both parties fell silent on the phone, as if they had guessed each other's purpose in doing so.

Indeed, if we think along these lines...
"I heard from Brother Xiuyi before that the boss of the Black Organization seems to have never shown his face."

Sera Masumi chimed in, "And his assessment of the actual effects of APTX4869 seems to have a strong purpose."

Both ends of the phone spoke at the same time: "Someone is using Mom's shrinking to lure the boss of the Black Organization!"

If there are no unforeseen circumstances, their reasoning should be the truth.

The Black Organization has been targeted by a certain person or force, who used the effects of APTX4869 to lure Karasuma Renya out.

"Damn it, I can't get in touch with Brother Xiuyi right now. I have to inform him about this as soon as possible."

At the same time, Shuichi Akai also discovered the message on the dark web.

To ensure he wouldn't be discovered, he didn't tell anyone.

There were no younger siblings, and no Judy either.

An individual's intelligence network is ultimately limited. By the time he learned that his mother's information had appeared on the dark web, it was already two days later.

The bounty had been removed; all he knew was that the person who issued the task was called Gardener.

At that moment, he was talking to the man called the Gardener.

Shuichi Akai created a dark web account, used a proxy network to change his IP address to the United States, and then chatted with the other party.

After chatting for a while, he realized something was wrong.

The gardener's style of doing things has changed a bit.

I had approached them before to post tasks, and my tone of voice had changed; it seemed less sharp.

When they tried to probe indirectly, they didn't seem as wary as before.

After all, it's the FBI; he even extended an olive branch to them back then.

The gardener ignored it completely.

Now they even ask about the salary a little bit.

"No, there's something wrong with this gardener."

Shuichi Akai immediately cut off contact.

Unfortunately, the contact time was too short, and the dark web firewall and the fact that the Gardener's IP also used a VPN made it impossible to find the other party.

Looks like we'll have to ask someone else for help.

The first person Shuichi Akai thought of was his younger brother.

But his younger brother is now getting close to the Ooka family, and there are also people secretly watching the Haneda family, so he can't expose himself.

Let's leave Judy's side for now; it's not safe for her either.

So, the only person I could turn to was my younger sister.

Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to directly approach the other party.

Sera and Ran are classmates. If Sera were to interact with Ran as Ran's friend, it would likely attract even less attention.

An hour later, Conan appeared at the Kudo residence.

He hadn't changed out of his pajamas, was wearing slippers, and had a skateboard tucked under his arm.

"What happened?" The famous detective asked with a serious expression.

Shuichi Akai—no, Subaru Okiya now—is looking for me so late; he must have discovered something important.

"Is it related to the winery?"

Hideaki Akai paused for a moment, not intending to tell the truth.

After all, not many people knew his sister's true identity, so this was a backup plan for him.

So he pondered for a moment and replied, "I remember you saying earlier today that Ran Mouri's classmate is having a birthday party, and Natsukawa will be going?"

"Ok?"

Conan paused for a moment, then stared at me with dead fish eyes, "So this is what you wanted to tell me so late at night?"

"Can't I just make a phone call?"

He realized that Shuichi Akai hadn't given up and still wanted to contact Natsukawa.

"That's Xia Chuan after all. Although your disguise skills are good, the voice changer you're wearing on your throat will be discovered sooner or later."

“Wearing a scarf in the middle of summer, Natsukawa-ge might immediately notice something’s wrong with you.”

"Or do you want to tell Xia Chuan-ge your identity?"

"If he wants to cooperate, he will naturally expose my identity; if he doesn't want to cooperate, he will probably pretend he didn't see it."

Shuichi Akai didn't really care about this.

Whether Xia Chuan knows or not is not that important, as long as the black-clad organization and the police don't know.

"He might just tell Uncle Yuri about your situation directly; he's a police officer."

Shuichi Akai elegantly made himself a cup of coffee and confidently shook his head: "I don't think he's that kind of person."

"whatever."

Conan didn't care; he just wanted to come up with a solution.

For example, a chance encounter on the street
The next day.

On Sera Masumi's birthday.

Kogoro Mouri drove listlessly, with very dark circles under his eyes.

"Mr. Mori, are you alright? You don't look well."

Today, Natsukawa didn't drive; instead, Kogoro Mori picked him up and dropped him off.

"It's all because of this little brat. He disappeared in the middle of the night. I got up to go to the bathroom and found he was gone. I was so scared that I almost thought a thief had broken into the house."

"Once I get excited, I can't sleep for the rest of the night."

No wonder.

When Natsukawa saw Conan with a big bump on his head, he found it strange, realizing that Conan had sneaked out in the middle of the night again.

"Ran-neechan, is Sera-neechan really a detective too?"

Conan casually changed the subject by mentioning something that interested him.

"Oh yeah, it seems like Natsukawa-nii knows that too."

"Yes, she happened to solve a case when I went to Kyoto on a business trip once."

"That being said, she is indeed a pretty good high school detective, no worse than Kudo or Hattori."

This kind of evaluation rarely comes from Xia Chuan's mouth.

Conan immediately became excited.

If they're really that good, let's have a contest of strength.

The car stopped in front of the apartment building, and the group got out one after another and walked into the upscale high-rise apartment building.

"Conan, hurry up, everyone's waiting for you."

Inside the elevator, Anya poked half her head out: "If you don't come over soon, we're going up!"

"Strange, I think I have a bit of a headache."

Conan's face was slightly pale, his eyes were glazed, and he seemed a little unsteady on his feet.

"Conan, are you alright?"

Xiao Lan walked out with a worried expression.

"It's nothing, I probably ate something wrong this morning and I'm feeling a little unwell."

"Dad, Natsukawa-nii, you two go up first. I'll take Conan to a nearby clinic to get checked out."

"Honestly, this little brat is such a handful."

"It's okay, let's go up first. I've gotten to know Sera-kun too," Natsukawa said, perfectly agreeing with Conan.

Very good!
From an angle unseen by others, Conan smiled.

Anya's face darkened.

She heard exactly what Conan was planning to do!
"Father." "It's alright, don't worry about it, let's go up first."

Natsukawa could see that Conan was putting on an act, but she didn't call him out on it. Instead, she wanted to see what the other person was planning to do.

Not far from the apartment, inside a black van, the members of the distillery's perimeter who had been monitoring everything frowned.

"Hey, Mr. Kusuda, something's strange. I saw Kogoro Mouri and Natsukawa. Should we change the plan?"

"Why are they here?"

Kusuda Rikudo was hiding in Hondo Eisuke's room, waiting for his chance.

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, he couldn't help but speculate.

Had their actions been discovered?

"Should we still take action?"

"Let's wait and see how things go."

Kusuda Rikudo was very alert, and he had no choice but to be. Gin couldn't get away with it from Natsukawa, so he was even more vulnerable and needed to be more vigilant.

Fortunately, Hondo Eisuke is there, so at least they can still control the situation.

As soon as Conan and Ran reached the door, Conan, who had inherited his mother's superb acting skills, immediately collapsed to the ground.

"Conan, are you alright?"

Ran was stunned and immediately squatted down to check on Conan's condition.

His face was pale, his forehead was sweating profusely, and his palms were hot. The more I looked at him, the more it seemed like he had food poisoning.

She thought back and realized that she had made the breakfast herself, and the pot she used was from her own house. It had nothing to do with her sister Joel.

"Oh no, we need to call the police immediately."

Xiaolan frantically patted her pockets and suddenly realized that she hadn't brought her phone with her.

At this moment, several enthusiastic fans of rice cakes gathered around.

However, some people are a minority when it comes to cell phones; a few people don't have cell phones to help call an ambulance.

"What's up with him?"

At that moment, a man pushed through the crowd and walked up to the two of them.

This person had pink hair, wore glasses, and had small eyes, but a great physique; he looked to be around 1.8 meters tall.

"Conan seems to have food poisoning."

"Really? Let me see. I'm a medical student at the University of Tokyo. If it's just simple food poisoning, I happen to have the corresponding medication with me."

Xiaolan was also completely lost at this point, not even considering why a college student would happen to have an antidote for food poisoning on her person.

Subaru Okiya gave Conan a quick check-up.

If there hadn't been a crowd watching, he would have given Conan the sugar water he was holding.

But some people still put on a little act.

After a serious examination, he nodded and said, "There are indeed signs of food poisoning, but it's mild. Drinking this medicine will make you fine."

After saying that, he had already poured sugar water down Conan's throat.

And Conan did indeed wake up immediately.

Conan opened his eyes groggily, "Hey, I think I'm alright now."

Seeing this, the onlookers became restless.

"Excuse me, could you sell me some of this potion?"

"I want one too. If we had this, we could save a lot of money on food poisoning."

The rice flowers are shrouded in a mysterious power, and the people living here feel very safe, so they highly value the saying "better safe than sorry."

Okiya Subaru:
Conan:
What's going on, it seems like I've spotted a special business opportunity?

"No problem, but I don't have it with me. I'll leave you my phone number first and contact you later. The price is negotiable."

Subaru Okiya spent some time collecting the phone numbers of the onlookers.

"Thank you so much. I didn't know what to do when Conan suddenly acted like this."

"It's ok."

Subaru Okiya shook his head. "Speaking of which, I know Conan too."

"Huh?" Ran Mouri was taken aback.

Conan briefly explained how Shinichi Kudo rented his house to Subaru Okiya.

After all, Ran goes to the Kudo residence to clean every month, so telling her in advance is like giving her a heads-up.

"Then why did Shinichi tell Conan but not me?"

Xiaolan admitted that she was jealous!
And he was even jealous of Conan.

This isn't the first time.

"Oh dear, Shinichi-nii asked me to tell you about this, but I forgot."

Conan had no choice but to take the blame himself.

Subaru Okiya watched from the side.

Kudo Shinichi
If I remember correctly, Conan seemed to have directly offered to let me stay at Shinichi Kudo's house.

He made the decision first, and then asked questions.

What if Shinichi Kudo disagrees?

I always felt that their relationship was more than just casual.

Or rather, does Conan actually have some connection with the Kudo family?

Subaru Okiya had investigated Conan before, and according to the information he obtained, Edogawa's parents were in the United States.

But these two people cannot be found in the United States.

Conan seems a bit too clever for his own good. Could it be that he's actually a member of the Kudo family?

For example, his actual name is Conan Kudo.

"Oh my, since it's Subaru Okiya, why don't you come with us to Sera-neechan's house?"

Conan made the adorable suggestion.

"what?"

Xiaolan's face darkened.

At that moment, the crowd parted, and a short-haired girl walked in.

"Of course, no problem. This senior is such a nice person, we should definitely thank him. I'm sure Sera won't say anything."

"Uh"

Sonoko, Sonoko, can't you wipe your drool before you talk like that?

With Sonoko's intervention, Subaru Okiya naturally went upstairs.

Below, the outer members did not notice anything unusual.

This was just an interlude for them, and not directly related to their goal.

"Sorry to bother you~"

With the addition of Hondo Eisuke, who had arrived earlier, Sera Masumi's house suddenly had eight people, making it feel a bit crowded.

It's a luxury apartment, yes, but it's just a studio apartment; the space isn't very large.

Ran explained Subaru Okiya's situation to Sera Masumi, and Sera Masumi couldn't refuse at this point.

If it hadn't been agreed upon beforehand, she would never have invited Xiaolan and the others.

Although she didn't know who the other person was or where they were hiding, she was convinced that someone was definitely watching her.

She didn't remove any of the listening devices, worried that Xia Chuan might see them.

If Xia Chuan asks about the bugging device, how should she answer?

This consideration is not without merit.

Because Anya had only been there for half an hour, she had already removed the listening device from under the living room table, grabbed Sera Masumi's clothes, and asked in a dazed manner what it was.

Sera Masumi:.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a listening device, right?"

Kogoro Mouri, who was watching TV, immediately changed his expression when he saw the bugging device.

"Xia Chuan."

Kogoro Mori looked at Natsukawa and said solemnly, "It seems we can't have any fun today."

"Hmm." Xia Chuan nodded insincerely.

(End of this chapter)