Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 33 The safest way is to dump people on the high seas.
Frank converted the basement of the villa's garage into an interrogation area.

It draws inspiration from the interrogation environment of certain special departments.

An interrogation room with a small observation room attached.

A one-way mirror was embedded in the wall separating the two rooms, allowing the observer to see inside while the interrogation room could not see outside.

When I entered the observation room, Frank was sitting in the middle. He must have not slept last night, because his eyes behind his glasses were a little red. There were several empty coffee cans on the table.

In the interrogation room behind the one-way mirror, Director Tsugawa was even more dejected than the night before. His remaining hair was matted into a ball, his hands were handcuffed, and his lower body was fixed to a stool, unable to move.

His eyes were wide open, and he couldn't help but try to cover his ears with his hands, but because of the handcuffs, he could only cover one ear.

Xia Chuan was no stranger to this scene; it was Frank's DJ attack!

The interrogation room is probably playing DJ music right now, and at the loudest volume possible, because the entire room is soundproofed, so no one outside can hear it; all they can see is Tsugawa's pained expression.

"How about it?"

Frank shuddered as soon as Xia Chuan opened his mouth.

He was so exhausted that he didn't even notice anyone coming in.

"They've finally arrived. We've asked them almost everything."

"If that's about right, why are you still playing DJ music?" Xia Chuan pointed to Director Tsugawa behind the one-way mirror, whose expression clearly showed he was being attacked by noise.

Frank pointed to the switch, which was indeed off.

"He seems to have gone mad. He was like this in the middle of last night." He shrugged indifferently. Anyway, he had already asked all the questions. Once Xia Chuan confirmed that there were no problems, he would deal with it. Whether he was crazy or not didn't matter.

Xia Chuan hummed in agreement, indicating that Frank could begin speaking.

“Actually, he didn’t know much.” Frank cleared his throat and continued, “His deal with the tequila was initiated by the other party.”

"Proactively?" Natsukawa asked, puzzled. "How did the brewery find Tsugawa so precisely?"

Frank shook his head. "I don't know, but Tsugawa had experience with drugs before he got into the drug business, so that's probably related."

Xia Chuan nodded. Judging from the big monkey's complexion, it was indeed excessively pale, and it had probably been attracting fans for quite some time.

"His business with tequila has been going on for two years. Before that, tequila would supply him with goods almost every month. Sometimes it wasn't tequila that delivered the goods, but the delivery person was usually dressed in black as well. However, he was certain that tequila was one of the higher-ranking people among those who delivered the goods to him. The other delivery people basically didn't have code names."

“Oh, right!” Frank thought for a moment and said, “He mentioned that one of the deliveries was rather special. Two people came, one of whom, a silver-haired man, had an aura that was even stronger than tequila, and the other, a fat man, called the tall, thin, silver-haired man ‘Big Brother.’”

"Ah."

Natsukawa nodded. "Probably Gin and vodka."

"Does he know anything else about the distillery? Like its locations or something?"

“No.” Frank sighed, rubbing his sore eyes. “All he can provide is that logistics company, the one we talked about yesterday, called Rabbit Express. It’s a very perfunctory name.”

As he spoke, he pulled a document from under the table. "This company is affiliated with the Yabumoto Group. The Yabumoto family is a large family in Tokyo. Although they don't have many members, they have a lot of money. The brewery may have some connection with this family."

“When I investigated this family, I found that they seemed to be in some chaos, and there was a lot of unpleasantness over the family property. The person who contacted the brewery may not be the Hiramoto Group, but possibly a member of their family.”

Xia Chuan took the document and looked at it: "You mean that someone in their family colluded with the distillery, or that someone in their family is a member of the distillery."

"That's right, but you'll have to investigate who it is. The second young lady of the Yabumoto family, Yabumoto Natsue, is getting married soon. The location is Yabumoto Island, not far from Tsukikage Island."

Xia Chuan chuckled lightly, "We can deal with it together then. Oh, and remind me when the time comes."

Although the Yakumoto family connection has been established, there is virtually no information about tequila. The transactions between the two have actually been just as Natsukawa witnessed last night – there's been very little communication, and their conversations probably don't even add up to a hundred words.

"Do you have any other questions?" Frank made a throat-slitting gesture.

"No, just be careful not to leave any loose ends. This is Japan, a place full of detectives. If you don't handle things properly, you could easily get caught." Especially, don't let Conan find out.
Natsukawa from the Metropolitan Police Department didn't take them seriously.

The truly troublesome people in this world are detectives; they can always make bold assumptions, and then the truth of the matter is easily deduced from those assumptions.

That's really outrageous, so we need to be extremely careful.

"Don't worry," Frank said, giving an OK sign with confidence.

“I borrowed a helicopter from the IRS. We’ll just dump the people in international waters to feed the sharks. That’s the safest way I can think of. Even if detectives and police are looking for clues, they can’t just search for a needle in a haystack.”

"You're really something, to think of such a method." Xia Chuan was somewhat speechless, but had to admit that the method was brilliant.

Frank shrugged. "You said to be careful, and this isn't a big deal for the IRS. It's not an armed combat helicopter, just a regular helicopter, so it's not a big problem. It's reasonable for us to do their bidding and offer a little help, isn't it?"

Xia Chuan shrugged, indicating that he didn't care.

As for where the IRS got its helicopters in Japan, Natsukawa didn't ask. The IRS wouldn't be so incompetent as to not be able to handle such a simple matter; there are plenty of wealthy people in Japan who own civilian helicopters.

Ignore these thoughts and leave.

Xia Chuan still has a video of Conan shrinking that he hasn't had time to watch yet.

The screen on a mobile phone is too small, and even flip phones have very poor screen quality. A large CRT computer provides a better visual experience.

Frank didn't follow; he had to deal with Tsugawa's situation and was contacting the IRS to determine where the helicopter would land.

Even if Frank wanted to see it, Xia Chuan didn't plan to share the video with him. It was a little secret between him and Conan, although Conan didn't know it yet.

Find the computer, turn it on quickly, take out the SD card, put it in the card reader, and then plug it into the host.

The next moment, a pop-up window appeared on the computer.

Xia Chuan quickly found the video and clicked play.

There is a silence period of about ten minutes after the video starts, during which Shinichi Kudo is still asleep.

Should I send a copy to Conan? If so, where should I send it?

Is it the Kudo residence, the Agasa residence, or the Mouri Detective Agency?

Thinking about Conan's surprise and fear upon receiving the video, the video had already quietly reached the eve of Kudo's shrinking.

In the video, Shinichi Kudo wakes up from a deep sleep, presses his arm to his chest, and is as pale as a sheet, looking just like a constipated patient.

next moment.
"Fuck!"

Xia Chuan couldn't help but cry out.

Last time, I felt regretful because I missed 1.5 seconds of Kudo transforming into Shinichi. This time, I was shocked to see Kudo Shinichi turn from an adult into a child in 1.5 seconds.

His changes cannot be explained by science at all.

If I had to describe it, it would be like being shrunken by a light that shines on Doraemon.

It means that it suddenly shrank and became smaller.

After replaying it multiple times, Xia Chuan was amazed every time. Even Lomonosov, who discovered the law of conservation of mass, would have to shake his head and say he needed to recharge after watching this video.

Could APTX4869 be from the distant 23rd century?
Doraemon, come out quickly, I see you!
Compared to the various technological products developed by Professor Agasa, Conan, a living biological technological creation, is even more outrageous, with an unparalleled visual impact.

After watching the video, Xia Chuan felt that his ability to accept Detective Conan had improved a lot. Now, even if a Detective Conan expert told him that they had developed mind-reading and future-predicting superpowers, he would believe it.

(End of this chapter)