Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 15 A typhoon that brought them both success and failure.

It was nearly one o'clock in the morning, and most of the villagers on the island were asleep. Although some were awakened by the noise from the guesthouse, they went home to sleep because the matter had been resolved satisfactorily.

Only a few miserable people are still busy.

Conan arrived at the warehouse where the Dragon God was located, panting heavily. Needless to say, he was the number one unfortunate one.

A faint light emanated from inside the warehouse, accompanied by a muffled sobbing sound.

Without a doubt, it must be Hamada.

"Tell me quickly, where did you hide the gold nuggets?"

Conan could guess who it was without even thinking.

Kamigamoto Yasuo, this person should be Kinoshita Goro's accomplice.

"Kid!"

With a bang, Uncle Mori delivered a powerful punch, and the sparks from the blow to Conan's forehead made Natsukawa, who hadn't arrived yet, feel the pain.

"who!"

The people inside clearly heard the commotion. There was a rustling sound, and then they saw a man in a white suit dart out of the door and run away without saying a word.

"Mr. Shangyuan, stop running! We know it's you!" Conan shouted, but to no avail.

The other party completely ignored it.

huh~
boom!
"what!"

Shangyuan stumbled and fell, rolling twice due to inertia.

Needless to say, it was Conan who made the move—no, I mean, he kicked.

Size 44 plus-size stamina-enhancing shoes – you deserve them.

When Xia Chuan arrived at the battlefield, Shang Yuan had already been tied up like a crab.

Inside the warehouse, Hamada Koji was beaten beyond recognition and was cowering in a corner, showing signs of mental instability. It seemed that Hamada had been tortured for a long time before they arrived.

"Tell me! Do you know where the gold nuggets are?"

The village chief, who arrived late, seemed to have already smelled the gold nuggets; his face was flushed, and all the fatigue of his journey vanished in an instant.

He grabbed Hamada's shoulders and shook him violently, and Hamada tried to speak several times but couldn't get a word out.

“Village chief, if you shake him any longer, he’ll die.” The policeman who came with him gave a sound suggestion, “Why don’t we take him back to the village office first and interrogate him tomorrow?”

"Indeed, I estimate he needs some time to recover. After being beaten like that, even his own mother probably wouldn't recognize him."

Xia Chuan was very intimidating to Mikami Takeo; the moment he spoke, the other man immediately stopped what he was doing.

There's no way around it; might makes right.

When a powerful dragon arrives, even a local tyrant has no way to deal with it.

In the middle of the night, Shikishima's only doctor was woken up from his bed to examine Hamada. After confirming that everything was alright, he also checked on Kinoshita Goro and Kamigamoto Yasuo.

Compared to Hamada, these two are in much worse shape.

One of them was still unconscious after being hit by Natsukawa, and the other was kicked away by Conan with his power-enhancing shoes. The two of them didn't wake up until the next morning.

When the sun was high in the sky, Xia Chuan finally woke up.

He stayed up too late last night, so he slept in a little longer.

He was woken up by Conan.

Conan had another sleepless night, constantly pondering why the culprits were Kinoshita Goro and Uemoto Yasuo.

It wasn't until dawn that a rough idea was deduced.

It was almost noon, and he still hadn't seen Xia Chuan get up, so he started to get anxious.

Eager to verify their guesses.

"understood!"

After Natsukawa and Anya finished washing up, they went to the village office.

"Tell me about it."

Inside the meeting hall, after everyone was seated, the village chief, Mikami Takeo, began by asking a question.

By this time, Hamada had clearly recovered. After a night of treatment, his whole body was wrapped in bandages, making him look exactly like a 'bandage monster'.

Knowing he could no longer hide it, he glared hatefully at Kinoshita Goro and Uemoto Yasuo beside him and began to tell them everything.

Hamada Koji was formerly known as Aoki Koji.

Seven years ago, on a typhoon night, besides the ship's owner, there were two other people on the Dragon God who were going to go to sea with the ship's owner.

Koji Aoki was one of them, and the other was Yasuo Uemoto.

Taking advantage of the passing typhoon, Koji Aoki pushed the ship owner and Yasuo Uemoto into the sea, intending to betray his conscience and keep the gold nuggets worth 1 billion yen for himself.

And he did indeed do it.

After pushing the ship owner and Shangyuan into the sea, he turned off the distress system, hid the Dragon God in a naval cave, and concealed himself on the island.

The case stemmed from the recent typhoon that caused the Ryujin, a warship hidden in a naval cave, to be accidentally released.

Conan understood, a smile playing on his lips. It was pretty much as he'd imagined, but it wasn't over yet.

He asked, "So how did Mr. Uemoto and Mr. Kinoshita get together?" Uemoto replied listlessly, "It was probably the third day after the Ryujin was salvaged. I heard about the Ryujin and found Kinoshita Goro. With his help, I saw the Ryujin. The moment I saw the Ryujin, I knew that the ship hadn't been swept up from the seabed by a typhoon. Aoki must have hidden it somewhere on the island."

"So I told Mr. Kinoshita about what happened seven years ago. Hamada was the only outsider who stayed there long-term after the Ryujin incident, so we naturally suspected him. After meeting Hamada on the island this time, I was certain that he was Aoki, the one who pushed me and the ship owner into the sea back then."

"So you didn't make the activation ball for the conference hall?" Kogoro Mouri stared at the two with deadpan eyes.

Kinoshita shook his head. "It should be Hamada, right? Kamigamoto only saw Hamada before the speech, and there wasn't enough time to make that detonation device at that point."

Xia Chuan raised an eyebrow; the matter was now quite clear.

The trigger for the speech was Hamada's desire to stop Uncle Mori from continuing his investigation.

Last night's assassination attempt was because Kamigamoto and Kinoshita, knowing they might keep the gold for themselves, didn't want Kogoro Mori to continue investigating.

No wonder Kinoshita eavesdropped yesterday and later contradicted the village chief, wanting to send them away from Shikijima.

By then, they probably had already taken Hamada to the Ryujin-go warehouse.

They might have found out the location of the Ryujin, so naturally they didn't want Kogoro Mouri to continue investigating. That's probably the reason for last night's assassination attempt.

Uemoto continued, "After the speech, we tied Aoki up and took him to the warehouse, hoping to get information about the Ryujin-go out of him. But the guy was stubborn and didn't say anything, which led to Mr. Kinoshita's attack on Mr. Mori in the middle of the night."

Kogoro Mouri's gaze toward Hamada grew increasingly hostile. This guy was actually the culprit behind both of the injuries he had suffered.

The first time was because of the detonation device of the activation ball, and the second time was because he kept refusing to speak, and in the end, he was the one who suffered.

“Actually, if we hadn’t made a move against Mr. Mori, we might still have had a chance,” Kamigamoto continued with a wry smile. “In fact, when you arrived, I had just gotten some information out of you. If I had known I could get it out, Mr. Kinoshita wouldn’t have needed to take this risk.”

Kinoshita Goro said with a gloomy face, "There's no point in talking about this now."

Conan thought for a moment and then asked another question, one that he was quite interested in: the 'Naval Ghost' and the scholars from five years ago—who killed those scholars?

Before he could speak, Takeo Mikami asked, "Five years ago, who killed those scholars who came to Shikishima to do research? And who was that Navy Ghost?"

"Of course it's Aoki, who else could it be?"

Shangyuan glanced at Hamada Koji with a mocking smile and sneered, "Seven years ago, you could kill me and the ship owner, so I wouldn't be surprised if you killed five scholars five years ago, including yesterday's attack on Mr. Mori. I knew it was you, Aoki, the moment I saw it. You're ruthless!"

"He killed so many people to keep the gold nuggets for himself, and even left this scar on his face to cover up his original appearance."

However, Hamada completely ignored him, looking dejected, as if he had already taken life and death in stride.

Anyone would be devastated in this situation.

It was the typhoon that made them, and it was the typhoon that ruined them.

It can only be said that he didn't have the right timing, the right location, or the right people.

The mystery is now completely solved; the gold nugget was in the Navy Cave.

Kogoro Mouri was experiencing both pain and pleasure; he could earn 20 million yen from this commission.

This was the first time in his career that he had received such a huge sum of money.

No, it's the most I've ever received in my entire life.

Even though his buttocks were still a little sore, he endured it, determined to see the gold nuggets in the naval cave with his own eyes.

On the way, Xia Chuan couldn't help but ask, "Village Chief Mikami, hasn't anyone thought of going to check out the Navy's cave all these years?"

Takeo Mikami smiled broadly, the hardship of climbing the mountain was worthless in the face of one billion yen.

"There used to be, but ever since the Ryujin incident seven years ago, there have been rumors of a 'naval ghost' on the island. The source of the rumors is the naval cave. Coupled with the scholar's murder five years ago, no one dared to approach this place. Now that I think about it, Hamada was probably behind it all back then."

Deep in the mountains, at the entrance to a naval cave.

A faint whistling sound emanated from inside the cave, sounding like the wailing of ghosts and howls of wolves.

Thankfully it was daytime; at night it would have been absolutely terrifying.

“This must be the sound of the sea breeze blowing through the cave. There are no demons or monsters here.” Kogoro Mori stepped inside, and the others followed.

The "Naval Ghost" was undoubtedly a cover set up by Hamada to prevent anyone from approaching the naval cave.

According to Hamada and Kamigamoto's confessions, the group moved the shrine used for worship, revealing a dark staircase behind it.

No one went down the stairs, except for Takeo Mikami, who excitedly broke off a brick from the staircase.

Although it was covered with obvious moss, Mikami Takeo still recognized it very easily.

"That's right! It's a gold nugget!"

Everyone else looked on in astonishment; the entire staircase was made of gold nuggets.

Although moss has now grown on it, it still cannot stop people's greedy eyes.

"Village Chief Mikami, now that the case is resolved, what about the commission fee?"

Kogoro Mouri looked smug; this money was too easy to earn.

Making 20 million in just two days and one night is simply outrageous.

However, I have to thank Xia Chuan for this; I must thank him properly when I have the chance.

"Don't worry, Mr. Mori, the money is already prepared. I'll present it to you with both hands as soon as we get back to the village."

"Haha, Village Chief Mikami is indeed a straightforward person."

Inside the naval cave, the voices of two middle-aged men carried outside, their sound as eerie and terrifying as the howling wind, causing the villagers guarding the entrance to shudder.

(End of this chapter)