Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 403: The Final Dance!
Sunday, 1am.

A silver-gray Toyota Crown slowly stopped on a street in Tokyo. Next to it was a tall building, which was the office building of the Japanese branch of Schindler Company.

Thomas Schindler and Kashimura Tadaki were waiting downstairs. When they saw Hotaru get out of the car, they immediately went forward to greet him.

"Welcome Mr. Shuiyue, the cocoon is ready and we can perform a superficial brain scan immediately." Thomas Schindler said with a smile in a purple suit.

Yingsheng nodded, opened the back door, let Xiaolan carry Vermouth down, and looked at Kashimura Tadaki again.

Kashimura Tadaki shook his head with a look of regret, "I firmly believe that my idea is correct, but I can't contact him."

He refers to the consciousness of Noah's Ark.

"It's really a pity. Let's think of a solution later. Is that wise?" Yingsheng asked.

"We're here. I'm debugging the equipment with Dr. Agasa." Kashimura Tadaki led the way. "I didn't expect Mr. Akechi to have such profound attainments in the field of brain science. He's still so young. He's really a genius."

"And he is also proficient in the coding link between neural potentials and electronic signals. What is his research direction?"

Generick's research direction is to modify human memory, and editing memory is naturally done by programming on a computer.

"It's the nebulization treatment for Alzheimer's disease. You can see it on the news this morning," Yingsheng said.

"Oh... I see. This involves the repair and reconstruction of neural connections, which is a very sophisticated technology."

The group soon arrived at a spacious research room with a silver-white theme. The yet-to-be-released next-generation gaming cabin, the Cocoon, was placed in the center of a high platform, and its appearance was the same as in the promotional video.

Big white egg.

On the computer next to them, two men in white coats, one fat and one thin, were staring intently at several green data streams.

Three minutes later, Junerik turned to look at the waiting Hotaru, "Mr. Suigetsu, it's OK."

"Thanks a lot."

Yingsuo asked Xiaolan to put Vermouth in the cocoon and said to her: "You just need to think about the figure and appearance of Karasuma Renya. You don't need 100% accurate details. Noah's Ark will help you fill in the chaos calculations. You just need to be completely sure that the person is him."

"Hehe, even if the modeling is more accurate, what's the use?" asked Vermouth.

"You'll know in a moment." Yingsheng helped her press the button to enter the cabin.

The glass cover slowly closed, and a white mist containing trace amounts of anesthetic drugs was released into the cabin. Yingsheng calmly gazed into Vermouth's aqua-green eyes and tapped his temple.

Vermouth slowly closed her eyes.

Some blurry lights and shadows soon appeared on the computer in front of Zhunerik. Yingsheng took a look, moved away from Jian, made a phone call, and the call was quickly connected.

"Mr. Amuro, I think it would be more convenient for everyone to deal with this matter face to face," said Yingsheng.

"I'm on my way here at full speed. Yuan Jiaming was previously in the witness protection program and lives far away." Amuro Toru said, "I'm very curious, how was I exposed? How did you know that Yuan Jiaming was in my hands?"

"Of course it was Binga who discovered it. Ocean buoys are very powerful." Yingsheng looked at the image of a human figure that was gradually gathering on the computer.

"The ocean buoy is integrated with the Lao Ruo authentication system, which has the ability to perform 3D modeling of human faces based on photos, redraw CG, and use large models to deduce the changes in human appearance at different stages, and conduct cross-age tracking."

"You have had contact with Yuan Jiaming. You should know that he also created a software that can predict a person's appearance ten years later based on photos."

"Don't you think it's quite similar?"

A rather nervous male voice sounded on the other end of the line: "The software I made is just for entertainment purposes. It is now in the showroom of the twin towers in Nishitama City. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the calculations, and it cannot be compared with ocean buoys."

"Relax, this is just an attempt. If it succeeds, we can wipe out the organization. If it fails, it has nothing to do with you." Yingsheng said.

"I...I will do my best." Yuan Jiaming's voice still lacked confidence.

But he didn't want to hide in the dark forever, so he had naturally decided that he must put all his life's learning into practice, preferably by overclocking his brain to 100% and capturing the Boss in one fell swoop.

"So, it was you who killed Kazami in Singapore?" Amuro Toru asked in a gloomy tone.

"He committed suicide when Vermouth caught him and was about to send him to Binga," Yingsheng said.

"You guys...haha, you are really a bunch of devils." Amuro Toru's voice was icy cold.

Yingsheng received another good murderous intention.

"You killed Curacao and protected many undercover agents in the organization. Officer Kazami sacrificed himself generously for this, which is admirable." Yingsheng said, "In this incident, those undercover agents could also help. This is all your credit."

Amuro Toru sneered, "If you had fallen out with the organization earlier, many people wouldn't have to die. You're talking about this now, obviously because you're in big trouble."

"It sounds like Rum contacted you. What did he say?" Yingsheng said calmly.

"Heh, he asked me to go to your Sumiyoshi-kai lover, ready to take Shirley back at any time."

"What an idiotic arrangement. It seems he is impatient. Mr. Amuro, do you know what he looks like?"

"No one in the organization knows what he looks like. We can only be sure that one of his eyes is fake. What you just said means that Shirley and the others have already moved away?"

"It's a pity that Rumdo can only escape for a while. Please come here as soon as possible. The modeling is almost clear."

Yingsheng didn't answer. He hung up the phone and called the next person, who also picked up the call within seconds.

"What's the situation?" Yingsheng asked.

"During this period, the Metropolitan Police Department was in chaos. After the ocean buoy was destroyed, the interface in the Japanese police monitoring system was not deleted and can be reconnected at any time. With you sending Bourbon in front as a decoy, they may not even be able to detect it."

The sound was a bit muffled, coming from the vodka.

"I never thought that the ocean buoy system would fall into your hands. Binga destroyed only an empty shell." Gin's voice sounded beside him, "How on earth did you do it? Several key technicians were missing from the ocean buoy, and no one noticed?"

“Ask the professional next to you.”

Yingsheng hung up the phone again. Of course he couldn't say this in front of everyone.

In a ward that was much more spacious than the Sumiyoshi-kai's basement laboratory, Gin, who was lying on a specially made bed, raised his head from the depression and looked at Vodka in the clinic.

"Forehead……

The ocean buoy can use CG technology to fake surveillance footage. Before Binga blew it up, several important engineers such as Naomi Akito should have been rescued. The subsequent explosion will kill many people and no one can verify it. "

Vodka was also lying on the bed, but his hands were stretched forward to operate the computer.

Although he looks like a burly and rough man, he is actually a man of intelligence. He is proficient in IT technology and has a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certificate.

Gin frowned slightly, "Wasn't Binga close to madness at that time? How could he cooperate with him like this?"

"I'm not sure about that, but you know, big brother, Liuying is a very strange guy. There is no one he can't handle." After Vodka finished speaking, he felt something was wrong. It seemed like his words were referring to big brother, so he quickly added, "Big brother is an exception."

Gin: "..."

"I know why. He gave Binga a very beautiful vision." Huihara Ai, who was typing on the computer nearby, said, "He made a promise to Binga that in the next life, he and Curacao will grow up happily together in Naples, away from all disputes."

"..."

"..."

Gin and Vodka felt like they had never been so speechless in their lives. What a ridiculous reason.

"It seems that Binga was mentally unstable at that time. Liuying did so many bad things that he even deceived a mentally ill person." Gin said sarcastically.

Volta nodded in agreement. What the hell is next life? Liuying thought she was the god of death... No, King Yama, can't you control reincarnation?

"Who said that kind of thing is impossible? Didn't you hear me and Mr. Yamanaka discussing cloning Hiroki Sawada?" Huibara said in admiration.

"Huh?!" Vodka's expression froze. "You mean, Liuying collected cells from Curacao and Binga, promised to clone them both, and then send them to Naples?"

"The clones won't inherit their memories, they'll be two completely new people, I don't think that makes any sense," Gin said.

"Yes, the clones are completely new people, so Liuying told Binga that this is their next life, not to resurrect them." Huiyuan Ai hit the enter key heavily and turned her head to look, "In addition, as long as there is Noah's Ark to assist, the clones can definitely get some of their memory fragments."

"That's just a false memory, edited by you on the computer." Gin looked disdainful.

"Human memory is inherently unreliable, and there is often no difference between what is true and what is false."

"Heh, when you were in the organization before, didn't you even want to do human experiments? Why are you openly trampling on human rights now? Is this your true nature?"

"...Maybe." Huiyuan pinched her chin and pondered for a few breaths. "Anyway, since this is Binga's last wish, I can accept it for the time being."

"Aren't clones human?" Gin laughed, "Do you know what it means to boil a frog in warm water? Shirley, you will be lured into the abyss step by step by Firefly."

"........."

"Just like Mao Lilan, you have read her information. She used to be an excellent high school student, but after getting along with Liuying, she has now become..."

"You are still excellent in both character and study, and even better than before." Huiyuan Ai interrupted and turned back to typing, "I have good news to tell you. I already have a preliminary design idea. You will soon become a lovely girl."

"Damn it! You!"

Gin's eyes turned red instantly and he wanted to run away.

But now he could only move his head, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "It's Liuying who should change her gender, not me!"

"Given the level of lust that guy has, I really don't believe you saying he is a bottom." Huiyuan Ai raised her left hand without looking back and put her fingers together one by one, "One, two, three, a lot, you know what I mean."

"That guy is a pervert, you can't judge him by common sense." Gin said coldly.

"Uh-huh, do you need another shot of anesthesia?"

"...Shirley, you have been led astray by him."

"I've lived in the organization since I was a child, and I'm not a good person to begin with." Huiyuan Ai sighed softly, "Now the organization is on the verge of collapse in the blink of an eye. To be honest, I feel a little complicated."

"...With the Disguise Technique, the Ocean Buoy may not be able to find that gentleman."

"That kind of thing is indeed troublesome, but he can't be in disguise all the time."

"Why not? Besides, he can stay in a place without surveillance, and he doesn't even need to stay for too long, just wait for a certain result to come out." Gin sneered, "To suddenly make so many big moves in the middle of the night, Liuying must be in big trouble."

Huiyuan Ai paused, "You mean, he will die? What methods did the organization use?"

"The drug transformation that Vermouth received was not perfect. She has a genetic defect and needs to take a drug for a long time to prolong her life. I only learned this in Singapore. After she betrayed the organization, she has been secretly investigating this."

"Now Vermouth and Liuying are together. Liuying is spending a lot of effort to find that gentleman. Why do you think that is?"

"Because he has also undergone drug modification and is at risk of death." Huibara Ai said in a low voice and immediately called Yingsei to ask if this was true.

"Indeed, there is, but it's not a big problem." Yingsheng said casually, "Relax, I'm very lucky, I can't die even if I want to. The model of that gentleman has been produced, well... if you really don't have confidence in me, you can go and prepare for the experiment first."

"I'll go right away!"

Haibara Ai immediately jumped off the office chair, but after taking a look at the computer screen, she paused again.

It seems that I was originally researching the information about drug A.

"Thank you very much. I'll buy you a snack package when I get back. But the potato chips must be fried."

“…No, non-fried ones are healthier.”

“No, fried ones taste better.”

Yingsheng hung up the phone with a smile, pinched his throat, and under the various gazes of the crowd, he greeted Amuro Toru and Hara Yoshiaki who had finally arrived, and shook hands with them respectively.

"The two of you have finally arrived, and the model has just come out."

"It seems like there's some bad situation here, Mr. Mizuki?" Toru Amuro, wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt, walked towards the platform where the cocoons were placed with a smile on his face.

"It's best not to think of being a jackal, there are idle people with slingshots in the courtyard." Yingsheng said with a smile.

"Of course, after all, Mr. Shuiyue is easier to communicate with. I'm just curious, what methods did the organization use?"

Yingsheng hooked his finger at Amuro Toru, and when he slightly leaned over, he whispered in his ear: "There is a genetic virus in the air, targeting people who have undergone drug modification. Don't make it public, so as not to cause public panic. If we can't solve it, you can report it again."

Toru Amuro's pupils suddenly shrank and he nodded silently.

He looked into the cocoon through the glass cover, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Vermouth's face at this moment was extremely beautiful, even beyond the mortal world, as if she could disappear into the wind and become an immortal at any time.

In fact, not only Toru Amuro, but everyone else in the room would also look at Vermouth from time to time.

Especially Thomas Schindler, who was not a technician and had nothing to do here. He almost always stared at Vermouth and swallowed his saliva from time to time.

This made Yuanzi very contemptuous and she kept her distance from him.

But I was also thinking: Miss Chris is indeed a world-class star, she is even more beautiful than in the movies.

"She is about to die." Yingsheng said calmly, revealing a cruel fact.

Everyone's heart was instantly filled with a bucket of cold water, their eyes were filled with complicated expressions, and they were filled with regret.

It's a pity that such beauty is fleeting.

"Mr. Yuan, I'm counting on you." Yingsheng said again.

“Okay!” Yuan Jiaming, who had been staring at Vermouth in a daze, immediately came to his senses, with fighting spirit rising in his eyes, “I will definitely do my best to replicate the Lao Ruo authentication system!”

He quickly walked to the computer next to Dr. Agasa, took out a USB drive from his pocket, plugged it in, and it started burning.

He didn't want that beauty to fade away.

Almost no one in the laboratory thought about this.

"Mr. Amuro, please take over the police surveillance system first. Before Mr. Hara succeeds in replicating it, we can use Schindler Company's AI to find it." Yingsheng said.

Toru Amuro nodded, walked to the computer prepared in advance on the other side of the cocoon, called his superior and applied for permission.

At the same time, Aoyagi Chisou's voice also sounded through Vodka's cell phone speaker:

"Be prepared. The time difference cannot exceed half a second."

"understand!"

Vodka stared at the computer screen intently, his thick index finger lightly resting on the left button of the mouse.

The drugs injected in advance rushed through his blood, giving him super concentration and nerve reflex speed. When Qing Liu Qian Su clicked "one", Vodka instantly clicked to confirm.

Even though the information had two twists and turns, due to the perfect transmission by Hotaru and Chiso Aoyagi, the network request sent by Vodka was only less than 200ms late than Toru Amuro.

Since the old interface of the ocean buoy still existed, when this request was mixed into Amuro Toru's formal application, it was successfully passed through and connected to the Japanese police surveillance system without causing any ripples.

Looking at the green connection progress bar on the screen, Vodka let out a long sigh and said hurriedly:

"Although there is no warning in the police system now, the requests from the two network addresses will be clearly marked in the logs, and they may still find it when they recheck."

"I'll take care of it," said Aoyagi Chisou. "If we hand over Schindler's AI to the police, can we keep hiding?"

"As long as we don't feed back the data here, and you can distract the people at the Metropolitan Police Department, it should be possible."

Vodka's mouth was grinning as he said this. As a mental player, he liked the feeling of being able to plan and win from thousands of miles away.

When I was in the organization, I spent most of my time as a driver and fighting, which was a complete waste of talent.

The progress bar reached 100%, and a flash of light and shadow appeared. The entire light blue map of Japan exploded on the screen, turning into countless surveillance screens, and then flowed one by one, turning into several letters.

SUCCEED!

After two weeks of silence, the ocean buoy system has been restarted, but this time it is no longer in the hands of Interpol.

Vodka's smile was harder to suppress than AK's. He tried hard not to laugh out loud and imported the human body model that Aoyagi Chisou had just sent into the ocean buoy system.

At the same time, he did not forget to look at Gin, "Brother, is this person the Boss?"

Taking a two-meter-high pure white wall as a reference, the character in the three-dimensional model is of medium height, slightly hunched, with sparse gray hair on his head, but it is combed meticulously, his face is very serious, he has a hooked nose, and there are almost no pupils in his pure white eyes, which looks quite eerie.

But when Vodka's fingers accidentally covered the model's head, he was left with only his black tweed coat and long white scarf, and he looked like an ordinary old man again.

"How should I know? I haven't seen the Boss."

Gin retracted his gaze, "But I feel like you're going to be in trouble this time. The skin on his face is still very tight, it doesn't look like the face of a centenarian. It's probably fake."

On the other side, Yingsheng actually had the same idea, so after letting Xiaolan take Vermouth out of the cocoon, he personally helped an 80-year-old man walk towards the platform.

"Ahem! Grandma?"

Because of the previous anesthesia, Vermouth's consciousness has not yet fully recovered, but she is still quite surprised when she sees the person Yingsheng is supporting.

This person is the old owner of the ramen restaurant in Tottori Prefecture, who is suspected to have seen the shrunken Karasuma Renya.

"Ah, it's Xiaoshalang, you're here too." The old lady was in good health, her voice was slow but strong, "After twelve o'clock, someone came to the door, gave Ah Huang a lot of money, and said he needed my help, so I came here."

"Oh my, you are really beautiful now, and you are getting younger and younger."

Vermouth's eyes were soft. "Grandma, the gentleman next to you has a pill that can prolong your life. You've come so far at night, remember to ask him for one later."

The old lady looked at Yingsheng and said "Oh my god" again.

Yingsheng also responded with a smile, and helped the old lady to sit down in the cocoon. He gave her the same instructions as he had told Vermouth, asking her to recall the child she saw a few days ago.

The old lady agreed readily.

Five minutes later, Junerik told Yingsheng the bad news:

"No graphic information can be detected. It is very likely that she is too old and weak. She fell asleep directly after inhaling a trace amount of anesthesia, and it was a deep sleep."

"Is there any solution?" Yingsheng asked.

"Inject some methylphenidate and meth..."

"Absolutely not!" ×4
Vermouth, Dr. Agasa, Hara Yoshiaki, and Sonoko, the four of them shouted almost at the same time.

The others looked at each other in different ways, but no one spoke.

"After taking those drugs, grandma probably won't be able to get out of her cocoon. All of us deserve to die, and we must not implicate innocent people." Vermouth said with a light cough.

"Hehe, why didn't you think so when you wiped out Qingliu's family?" Yingsheng asked.

"That was indeed my sin, ahem... so my retribution has come. You have killed more people than I have, and this is also your retribution."

"That makes sense. If the old lady falls asleep again the second time, that will be my fate." Yingsheng manipulated the cocoon to open the glass cover. "To prevent me from playing tricks, Dr. Agasa, you will prepare the anesthetic yourself this time. Remember to reduce the dosage a bit."

"it is good!"

Dr. Agasa agreed, prepared the medicine quickly, and completed the replacement on the game cabin.

Yingsheng woke up the old lady, held her hand, and whispered his request to her again.

at the same time……

[Killing Intent -1, Use Skill: Enlightenment]

[Love -1, Use Skill: Enlightenment]

Another five minutes later, blurry and changing light and shadows finally began to appear on the computer screen in front of Junerick.

"Lan, take Vermouth to the research institute." Yingsheng said, "Mr. Amuro, can you not send someone to follow us?"

"I'll try my best, but the organization has penetrated deeply into all walks of life, especially Tottori Prefecture, which is the boss's lair. You made such a big move tonight, he might have noticed it and sent people to follow you." Amuro Toru said.

"Okay, Lan, when people from the organization attack us, remember to defend ourselves." Yingsheng nodded his ears.

Xiaolan knew that he meant to use the headset to contact and get help, so she nodded and left with Vermouth.

Yuanzi quickly followed and suggested, "I'll ask my family to send ten identical cars, then no one will be able to follow us."

Everyone: "..."

At the same time, Yingsuo had received dozens of reports from Aoyagi Chisou in his mind. There were many locations where the suspected shrunken Karasuma Renya was present. Fortunately, all of them were within the Tokyo area.

Hotaru first contacted Chiyoko, and then contacted Kenta Nakamichi, offering a huge amount of hard work fee plus a sky-high reward, and asked everyone to go out and search the whole city for the person.

Amuro Toru quickly received the news from the police and looked at Hotaru, "Have you found the suspected target? A city-wide search, what a big move, the streets are in chaos."

"These are all targets that AI previously determined had a similarity of more than 80%. I asked people to try them all," said Yingsheng.

Amuro Toru frowned, "So you are really going to die too?"

"Do you think I'm pretty, or Vermouth is pretty?"

"........."

Although it felt a bit strange for a man and a woman to compete in beauty, Amuro Toru knew that this was crucial, so he looked at Hotaru's face carefully.

Yingsheng raised his hand to block it, "Forget it, I'm afraid you'll fall in love with me. Think back to the martial arts meeting, how long do you think I can live?"

"...When you have long hair, your charm is indeed extraordinary, as if you have a kind of magical attraction." Amuro Toru found something strange, "But why don't you seem to attract as much attention as Vermouth?"

"I have deliberately controlled my aura."

In fact, it is a technique to reduce one’s presence.

"In short, please be patient with the police. Finding Karasuma Renya is more important than anything else. The chaos on the streets will not last long." Yingsheng said.

“…Many police officers are also in the search team, mainly to maintain order.”

Amuro Toru felt inexplicably ashamed, but the money given by Hotaru was really too much. Not only the police, but also many civilians who knew about it got involved and wanted to get a piece of the pie.

"By the way, do you have that much money?"

"Karasuma Renya is one of the richest people in the world. As long as we catch him, why would we worry about not having money?" Yingsheng looked at Suzuki Sonoko who was walking back. "And at the very least, we still have the Suzuki Group to back us up. Who told this idiot to come here on his own?"

"..."

Yuanzi said angrily: "How could I know that things would suddenly turn out like this? I was in the car at the time and there was no place to hide even if I wanted to."

"Look at the bright side. As long as Karasuma Renya is arrested, his high-quality assets around the world will definitely be taken over by your Suzuki Group first." Yingsheng said with a smile.

"...Then think of the worst... Never mind, just pretend I didn't say anything." Sonoko asked, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

If you think the worst, your life will be ruined.

"Well...how about going home and sleeping? I'll pick you up at six o'clock and we'll go to Kyoto together to continue our school trip."

“…It sounds like Flag.”

"Have it?"

"Very much. It feels like either I won't be able to wait for you in the morning, or you'll drive while coughing." Sonoko sighed, "Besides, how can I sleep now? I'll just wait here for the final result. It can be regarded as witnessing a big event."

"what ever……"

Yingsheng suddenly frowned and pinched his throat.

Yuanzi looked worried and was about to speak when her cell phone rang. It was Xiaolan calling.

After she answered the phone, Xiaolan's serious voice came out from the receiver, with painful groans as the background:
"Sonoko, turn on speakerphone."

Yuanzi hurriedly did as he was told, and then Xiaolan continued:

"Hina, Vermouth's symptoms have suddenly worsened. She is now experiencing severe pain all over her body."

"I have the same feeling. When we get there, we'll give Vermouth a blood transfusion and dialysis. She should be able to hold out for a while longer." Yingsheng said.

"I understand." Xiaolan was silent for a moment before continuing, "Vermouth saw what you did on the street and said your situation is definitely more serious than we thought, otherwise you wouldn't have alerted the enemy like this."

"I just think it's more efficient this way. It's nothing serious, just relax." Yingsheng said calmly.

But Toru Amuro clearly noticed that his hands, which were tightly clenched behind his back, were trembling slightly.

Xiaolan was silent for a moment again, her tone even stiffer than before, "Don't die, please."

"That's impossible, Lan." Yingsheng laughed, "Have you forgotten that I will become an immortal?"

He made a gesture to Sonoko.

Sonoko quickly took over the conversation and said that Yingsheng was fine now. After comforting Xiaolan for a few words, she hung up the phone and looked at Yingsheng with a worried look on her face.

Yingsheng found a bottle of mineral water, drank it in one gulp, and continued to look at the AI ​​calculations and comparisons on the computer without any change in his expression.

On the Beika-cho 4-chome overpass, a black heavy motorcycle was speeding, and a fully armed black knight suddenly spoke:
"Master, ask Miss Witch for help. She can tell fortunes and will be able to find Karasuma Ren the fastest."

"I say, you have been affected too much by the human body." Yingsheng's voice sounded from the bottom of her heart, "It's just a primary version of the genetic virus. I still have at least one or two hours to live. Is it worth being so nervous?"

"I just think that's the most efficient way," said Aoyagi Chisou.

"Looking for someone, maybe, but I have also taken control of the Ocean Buoy. And using my madness before death as an excuse to show off your power in a big way, it will be much easier to contact all parties in the future. You can also use this cooperation as an opportunity to start recruiting and integrating other underworld forces."

"...Master, your idea is good, but if you die, I will not take over these."

(End of this chapter)