Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 577 Akai Shuichi:! ! !
The hall of the conference hall was calm and peaceful where the lights were shining;
Beyond the light, in the shadows, undercurrents surge.

Lie, who had been separated from the main group for a while, had secretly climbed upstairs at this moment - since high-level officials from all walks of life attached great importance to this game conference, only the first and second floors of the International Center were open, and other places were blocked.

However, these iron fences blocking the floors, whether locked or remote-controlled, are useless in front of Lie:
If it was locked, he would just pry it open;

Although he couldn't destroy the remote-controlled door violently, he couldn't pretend that Noah didn't exist.

As Noah was born in Syndra Company, today not only hacked the game system, but also hacked the management system center of the entire building.

"Control room~Control room~Where is the control room?"

Lie jumped up and down in the dark, empty corridor, muttering something under his breath.

After walking for a distance and listening to the instructions in the headphones, Lie successfully locked onto an inconspicuous iron gate.

After taking a look and finding that this door was also controlled by a smart remote control, Lie immediately lost interest and asked Noah to help open the door.

As soon as the door opened, footsteps came from the other direction, along with a familiar breath...

"Ah~ How did you get up here?" Lie turned his head with a smile and looked at the person who came.

"...Well, I have my own way."

Shuichi Akai had a cigarette in his mouth and his voice was a little unclear.

He looked at the empty monitoring room, which looked like all the equipment was not turned on, and was a little confused: "Mr. Lin, it seems that the monitoring on this floor is useless, right?"

The important equipment of Syndra Company should be placed downstairs, and the monitoring rooms on each floor are separate. Akai Shuichi didn't quite understand what Rei was doing upstairs.

"You can also see the surveillance cameras downstairs from here~ Besides, if you go to the surveillance rooms downstairs, there are people inside. Do you want me to knock out the innocent security guards?" Lie's smile did not diminish, but there was a hint of coldness in his narrowed eyes, "Also, this place is a no-smoking area~"

He really, really doesn't like the smell of cigarettes!

Wouldn't it be nice to change careers and eat lollipops like Xiao Zhenping?

Akai Shuichi: "..."

He subconsciously looked up at the ceiling, then felt a strong and dangerous gaze, silently put out the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can in the corridor.

"So, what does Mr. Lin plan to do?"

"I have my own way. If you have other ideas, don't follow me! Our goals are not the same. Go away."

After just two sentences, Lie wanted to drive the person away.

However, Shuichi Akai is worthy of being the recognized ace of the FBI. How could he be driven away so easily?

He pretended not to hear anything and entered the room, saying to himself, "I haven't contacted my companions yet. I'm afraid they are doing something in secret... Before I contact them, I hope to stay with Mr. Lin to get some clues and find out Judy's whereabouts as early as possible."

Lie turned around and stared at Akai Shuichi, thinking for a long time whether to drive him out violently.

At this time, Noah in the communication headset said: [Master Lie, I detected that the monitoring system has traces of external access. According to my detection, this should be...]

"Okay, okay~"

Lie shrugged, not sure if he was responding to Noah or Akai Shuichi, but the next moment he changed the subject naturally, operating the console to turn on the monitoring equipment, "Let me ask you, why do you want to deal with the organization? I'm not asking about the FBI, I'm talking about you."

After opening the central control, Lie didn't know how to operate it anymore. He said into the headset: "Okay, let's try to hack in."

Akai Shuichi glanced at the mini earphones on Rei's ears without leaving a trace, and completed the information about the "Masked Gang" in his mind, then pondered for a moment, "For... justice and peace?"

"…Tsk~Are you sure?"

Lie suddenly sneered, looked at Akai Shuichi, and there was some disgust in his eyes?
Akai Shuichi had a calm expression: "That organization does threaten world peace, and eradicating that organization would be justice for those who died in vain because of it, wouldn't it?"

"But is what you insist on really justice?" Lie tilted his head, watching the surveillance images pop up on the screen, "And eradicating the organization... do you know what the consequences will be?"

Akai Shuichi and Rei looked at each other for a long time: "Of course."

He knew what Lie meant - if the organization was really wiped out one day, then the research results or related information about that drug would most likely be leaked.

"I will find a way to erase all the information in these files. Mr. Lin and your organization should have the same goal, right?" Akai Hideo lowered his eyelids slightly, "Or do you have other intentions?"

Lie laughed: "We? Ah ~ What we did was just for our own good, but we are not as noble as you ~"

Lie suddenly put his face close to Akai Shuichi:

"There is a saying, 'If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth'... Although my understanding of this saying is a little superficial, big brother didn't say I was wrong."

"I admit that you may indeed be a righteous person, but justice does not apply to everyone."

"Before you uphold justice for others, you should think about who you are upholding justice for~" Lie returned to his seat and said one last sentence, "By the way~ I hope that when Big Brother asks you similar questions in the future, you can answer them well~"

After saying that, Lie no longer paid attention to Akai Shuichi and stared at the surveillance camera intently.

But Akai Shuichi fell into deep thought:
Mr. Lin's elder brother? That should be the scary black-haired man we met before, right? But why did Mr. Lin say that the other party would ask him this question in the future? Is there any purpose?

At this moment, Shuichi Akai seemed to be possessed by Mr. Ke, and question marks kept popping up in his mind.

But he was different from Conan after all. He was only confused for a while, and then he focused on the surveillance. At present, there was an urgent matter, so it was better to focus on the matter at hand...

But don't want to.

Just as Shuichi Akai looked at the surveillance camera, a silver shadow suddenly flashed across the corner of one of the surveillance screens.

Although it only took a blink of an eye, Akai Shuichi's breathing stagnated, and he immediately asked, "Mr. Lin, where is the second surveillance camera from the left in the upper left corner in this building?"

"...Ah~ah! Let me think?" Lie's voice was stuck. He held his forehead and thought for two seconds. He clapped his hands and started talking nonsense. "It should be the passage on the left side of the toilet on the first floor..." That's weird.

(End of this chapter)