Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 960 Waiting to Fish
evening.

Ayase City.

"It's Thursday today, let's go crazy first." Xia Chuan drove the car to the parking lot of a shopping mall in the city.

"Hey, shouldn't we go find Shindo Keigo first?"

Natsukawa looked down at Conan, who was speaking, and said, "I'm hungry, let's eat first."

"We agreed before we came that you would listen to me."

Conan insisted on following him, and Natsukawa had no choice but to agree to three rules.

Although it's unlikely to be effective, Conan acts like a mad dog when he sees a murderer or suspect, but at least he can shut him down when he offers his opinion.

For example, now.

"Ok."

Conan was gloomy and couldn't enjoy his food. He finished his meal in a few bites and stared intently at Natsukawa.

"Xia Chuan-ge, are you doing this on purpose? Are you planning to wait near Shindo Jing and let the murderer walk into your trap?"

That's all Conan can think of.

Shindo-kyō's residence was right across from this commercial building. From where they were sitting, they could see the apartment entrance clearly and could see who was coming and going.

"Yes."

Conan guessed as he expected; the detective's sixth sense had been right once again.

"Of the seven people, only one remains. No one called the police today, so Shindo Kei is probably still alive. The killer will likely make his move in the next couple of days, most likely tonight."

Besides fishing, he also wanted to know if the distillery would send someone over.

While it's true that Matsumoto Kiyonaga is himself, that doesn't mean there weren't undercover agents.

If Karasuma Renya can be called Amuro Tooru, why can't he be called Gin?
More important than an intelligence officer is Gin's strong execution skills to retrieve the SD card.

"Shouldn't we go to the apartment? If we stay here, and the killer goes in and comes out again, we won't be able to find out immediately, right?"

"Wait a minute, the house hasn't been rented yet."

"Wait here for now."

"I see." Conan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he also wanted to go fishing, Shindo Kei's life was clearly more important.

The multinational fast-food giant operates 24 hours a day, and Xia Chuan and Conan have been squatting here for almost four hours.

The table was covered with boxes of French fries.

"I really didn't know that Natsukawa-san liked French fries so much."

Conan silently complained.

Before leaving, Xia Chuan packed another serving of fries and a cola.

I haven't eaten like this in five years, and suddenly a kind of couch potato-like pleasure has arisen within me.

Moreover, eating so much is also to reduce the risk of being discovered.

People only think he can eat a lot, and no one would suspect that he is actually spying on others.

The apartment has an underground parking garage and an elevator that goes directly to the floor where the room is located.

Frank spent money to get rid of the original owner, so when Conan came in, he immediately saw the unwashed dishes in the kitchen.

The TV was still on, and the room door was open, which shows how hurriedly the previous owner left.

"You gave me quite a bit of money, didn't you?"

Conan suddenly felt a little envious of Natsukawa's extravagance.

"What, are you going to reimburse me?"

Xia Chuan smiled.

Despite being busy searching for Karasuma Renya every day, he hasn't stopped making money either. Not to mention the Blue Castle, the mansion he discovered recently has been developed and put into operation.

The hot spring villa deep in the mountains, with its many hidden mechanisms and secret rooms, immediately attracted the attention of wealthy young people.

They rent villas in small groups, earning hundreds of thousands of yen a day without batting an eye. So, although Natsukawa hasn't received any further support from the IRS yet, he's already made a considerable amount of money in Japan.

Making money is actually very simple. As long as you focus on the high-end market, there will be plenty of wealthy people willing to come in.

"Next to it is Shindo Jing's room, and the kitchen of that room is right next to the entrance of her house, so it's easy for someone to hear if they come in."

Conan felt it wasn't safe enough, so he sneaked out and secretly stuck a listening device behind the doorplate of Shindo Kei's house.

"good idea."

Xia Chuan smiled and patted Conan's head, "You know how to apply what you've learned to other situations. It seems that shrinking has actually made your abilities stronger."

"Please, don't make jokes like that, okay?"

Conan was obviously annoyed and kicked Natsukawa in the leg.

"Then let's get to work, I'm going to watch some TV."

"Huh?" Conan's eyes widened.

Xia Chuan had already sat down on the sofa and turned on the TV to watch the most popular drama series recently.

Yoko Okino seems to have recently made a career change, starting to act in television dramas.

Her popularity is undeniable, and her viewership ratings are very high, so in addition to prime time, many channels also rebroadcast her show.

Aren't you nervous at all?

Conan couldn't quite understand Natsukawa. Even though he had joined the case, he didn't seem very interested, which was different from before.

"Is it because of Yusuke Sakon?"

Conan, of course, did not completely ignore Yusuke Sakon, but instead dispatched Professor Agasa to investigate the situation.

Unfortunately, it seems that Sakon Yusuke has disappeared.

All I know is that a few days ago he suddenly told Rii Kondo that he was going out for a while, and then he never came back.

He strongly suspected that Xia Chuan had secretly arrested the man.

"You ask too many questions." Xia Chuan didn't answer, opened a box of fries, put one in his mouth, and picked up a can of cola with his other hand.

"If you want to get the answer, go investigate. Aren't you a detective? What's the point if you just have to ask other people for answers?"

Conan was speechless.

It's clearly a flawed logic, but he's a detective. It's perfectly reasonable for him to seek answers through his own reasoning and discovery.

Having nothing to say, he chose to go to the kitchen to eavesdrop on the sounds from next door.

Shindo Kei is a painter, and her home serves as both a sleeping place and a studio.

Unlike wealthy painters, her art exhibitions did not gain social recognition. In this abstract era, it is really difficult for realist oil paintings to become famous without capital backing.

Being able to rent a decent apartment and have enough to eat is already a testament to Shin-Tang-King's outstanding abilities.

Through the listening earpiece, Conan could not hear any sounds from inside the room, but occasionally he could hear the sounds of passersby going through the door.

Conan seemed a little bored and fiddled with his phone.

"Is this where it is?"

"That should be right, this is the place that Kaga Shizuko's mother was talking about."

"Then now..."

"Wait a bit longer, observe the situation. Our target isn't Shindo Keigo, but the murderer who took the organization's things!"

The conversation that suddenly came through the earpiece made Conan freeze.

He had originally considered using Shinichi Kudo's number to send Ran an email to let her know he was safe, but after this conversation, he was like a shark that had smelled a gratifying scent, and he suddenly looked up.

"Brother Xia Chuan!"

Conan rushed out and stood in front of Natsukawa, looking at him with complicated emotions.

"What's wrong?" Xia Chuan was naturally unaware of the situation outside.

Conan took a few deep breaths before asking seriously, "Does this case also involve the distillery?"

(End of this chapter)