Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 351 Mysterious Journey to Izu
"Mysterious Izu Tour?" Shiraishi frowned when he heard this, and then asked questioningly, "Isn't this an activity that goes against public order and morality?"

That sounds weird!

Yuuto:......

"Of course not! It should be a travel activity organized by some hacker, and all the top hackers were invited!" Yuto said arrogantly.

Shiraishi:……

It is indeed an activity that goes against public order and good morals, right?
"Ahem, he's a top computer expert." Yuto corrected himself.

"Does it have anything to do with the Dark Night Baron virus?" Bai Shi frowned.

"It's possible... Although the organizer didn't say it explicitly, the implication is that the winning guest will not only have their travel expenses reimbursed in full, but will also receive the source code of the 'Dark Night Baron Virus'." Yuto explained.

Yuto was invited because of his recent fame in the hacker forum.

The more Bai Shi listened, the more familiar this sounded...

It seems to be a classic episode?
However, Shiraishi could no longer remember the specific circumstances. He only remembered that the murderer seemed to be dressed as Tuxedo Mask and attacked Conan...

"This organizer... could it be the inventor of the Dark Night Baron virus?" Bai Shi confirmed curiously.

"That should be the case. The source of this kind of virus used for targeted ransomware must be the author himself." Yuto said confidently.

Shiraishi showed a skeptical look and said, "The premise is that the prize is really this... It could also be someone who has been badly harmed by this virus, and is preparing to lure out the author and kill him."

Yuto was stunned when he heard this, then nodded and said, "That's possible."

After all, Yuto is also Mika's child, so he can understand this kind of thinking...

"When is the trip?" Bai Shi asked.

It would be fine if it was just an ordinary murder case, after all, the Beika Police Department is almost unable to investigate all the murder cases in Beika Town.

But if it has anything to do with the "Night Baron", Shiraishi must go and see it!

Firstly, the author of the "Night Baron Virus" is likely to be related to the "Black Organization"; secondly, Shiraishi has a vague impression of this case, as if this character is a character created by Shinichi's father...

The latter reason is not very important, after all, there are many cases related to Conan's family, but with the former reason, Shiraishi must go and take a look.

"You can check in after ten o'clock tomorrow. The organizer has paid for the Princess Hotel in Izu. The event will last until check-out on Tuesday morning. Whoever finds the organizer first can get the 'Gift from the Dark Night Baron.'" Yuto also heard that Director Shiraishi should want to go and see, so he explained it in detail.

It's not surprising that it lasted until Tuesday morning. After all, Monday is March 3th - the Spring Equinox, a holiday in the Eastern Island Country.

After a pause, Yuto said, "If it's to kill the original author, I won't go... It seems that this guy's skills are average and he has no idea of ​​my true identity."

The "Dark Night Baron Virus" wreaked havoc five years ago, when Yuto was still in primary school!

If this was really the other party's purpose, then they definitely didn't know Yuto's age, and just heard about "the very capable Mr. Hayashida" from some channels, and rashly sent the invitation.

"Well, then give me your invitation and I'll go take a look." Shiraishi was also preparing to take a vacation during the spring equinox - as a senior police officer, unlike the front-line oxen, of course he could take a vacation whenever he wanted.

……

Shiraishi was supposed to be working overtime today, so he left the police station at five in the evening and went to Dorobiga Park to pick up Ayako and Ai.

When the car stopped to the side, Shiraishi had already seen Ayako leading Xiao Ai, who was dressed up as a little princess and had a happy face...

Normally Ayako sits in the passenger seat, but when Ai is around, she sits in the back with her because she's afraid it would be dangerous for her to be alone in the back seat.

After getting in the car, Bai Shi deliberately asked: "Xiao Ai, are you happy today?"

"happy……"

What else can Xiao Ai say? You can't let the sponsor work for nothing? You have to give some emotional value, right?

"How about I take you out to play tomorrow?" Bai Shi asked deliberately.

"I... want to study." A cross word popped up above Ai's head.

"Ai is tired today too, let's go next week." Ayako thought Shiraishi was regretting that he had to work overtime today and couldn't accompany his sister.

"Well...then let's go together." Bai Shi said.

"Eh?" Ayako was stunned when she heard that.

"I'm going to Izu tomorrow to investigate a somewhat suspicious activity. If I go alone, I'm afraid I'll alert the enemy," Shiraishi explained.

"Brother, won't it be suspicious if you go with sister-in-law?" Xiao Ai blinked her big eyes and asked maliciously - with your body shape, you are not the type who will not attract attention if you bring a female companion!
"Making people feel guilty and being suspicious are two different things. If someone sees me and feels guilty, it will allow me to lock onto my target. But if they are 'suspicious', they will hide from me." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

"Okay... wait, is Ai home alone?" Ayako seemed a little worried about Ai.

"I often study at home by myself!" Xiao Ai said quickly.

After hearing what Ai said, Ayako finally felt relieved and made an appointment with Shiraishi to set off at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Izu is a peninsula in the southeast of Shizuoka Prefecture. It can be reached from Touto by passing through Kanagawa Prefecture. Even if you go out to sea, the Izu Islands are the administrative district of Touto. The Oshima Police Station and Miyake Police Station on the island are both police stations under the Metropolitan Police Department...

The Princess Hotel where the event was held was right on the seaside in Izu City, and Shiraishi planned to drive there.

……

Sunday, March 3, 19 a.m.

"Huh? You only paid half of the room rate? Are you sure?" Maori argued with the front desk clerk in disbelief.

"That... is the room for three people that Mr. Agasa rebooked, right? Yes, that's it..." the receptionist said embarrassedly.

"Dad, why don't we pay the remaining half ourselves?" Xiaolan whispered to Maori, as if she felt it was not a good idea to shout in public like this.

"But I don't have that much money with me." Mao Li whispered to his daughter.

Even though Mao Li is famous now, his income as a detective has not increased much, and he is still basically living from hunger to fullness. The reason why he doesn't starve... is because the three-story building of the detective agency is his private property, and the first floor is rented to a coffee shop, which earns him some rent every month!

Although he has a lot of money in his hands recently - the child support from Conan, but Maori is a little self-righteous. Since it is child support, he is unwilling to use it on his own "entertainment".

"Kid! What did Dr. Agasa say?" Maori immediately glared at Conan and asked.

Well, if you can't explain it clearly, then you have to use your child support to pay for it!

"Dr. Agasa said... Ah! By the way, if we want it to be completely free, we must find someone..." Conan just remembered it then.

When Dr. Agasa gave them the opportunity last night, he also mentioned that this was not a purely free trip, but an activity group that Dr. Agasa's "IT friend" invited him to join. There were seven groups of 11 participants in total, and they had to find the "organizer" among them to win the remaining half of the fee, and there were also "mysterious prizes".

Now that Agasa and his friends can't come, they give the opportunity to Conan and the Mori father and daughter. In Agasa's opinion, Conan will definitely be able to deduce the identity of the organizer.

After all, if this "game" is to be played, the organizers will definitely take action during this period instead of just waiting.

Excluding Conan and his group, there are six groups of people.

Moreover, Conan is also very familiar with the characters that the other party can cosplay, which are the characters in his father's novels...

"Night Baron, right?"

At this moment, a gloomy man with glasses suddenly appeared and started talking to Maori and his group.

"Ah? Are you calling me?" Mao Li was stunned when he heard that.

Not only did he not know the content of the event, he didn't even know what the "Night Baron" was. After all, he didn't read mystery novels!

"3.04 seconds... Does it take that long to react to this name? Okay, I got it. I'll use it as a reference." The man with glasses was timing on the notebook he was holding.

"Huh?" Maori still didn't understand.

The man with glasses has already introduced himself: "I'm Shiro Konno from room 2002. We should be familiar with each other later."

Conan also realized at this time that the man with glasses was using this method to count the time it took for everyone to react to the title of "Dark Night Baron", so he thought he was also a participant in the event.

"Heh, if it's that easy to find out the identity of the organizer, then he's really stupid."

Another voice interrupted.

Conan and his friends turned their heads and saw a middle-aged man with a mustache and long hair sitting on the sofa in the hotel, drinking bottled beer. He interrupted them.

The man with glasses… that is, Shiro Konno, said calmly, "Isn't this Mr. Jiang Yuan from 2.86 seconds? Your room is 2101, right?"

"Are you annoying, computer guy?" Jiang Yuan said disdainfully.

"Hahaha, it may not be useless. Maybe we can find out something by taking people by surprise. After all, people's reactions will be different when they are surprised." At this time, another aging voice was heard.

Everyone turned their heads and saw an old man with white hair and beard, who was leaning on a cane. Although he was very old and had a hunched body, he was dressed neatly in a suit, which made him look a little out of place in this seaside resort hotel.

Behind the old man, there was a fat middle-aged woman dressed as a housekeeper...

"Yes, Mr. Jincheng, who took you 6.29 seconds to answer my question... why were you so surprised at that time?" Konno asked the old man.

"Um...you saw it too, my eyesight isn't very good and my hearing is not very good, so I didn't hear clearly what you said." The old man Jincheng pointed at his sunglasses and said helplessly.

"Well, I've already understood your information." Konno looked like he had everything under control.

Perhaps because she was not used to his behavior, a sexy woman came over and suddenly said, "Mr. Dark Night Baron, you have a lot of information..."

Konno was called a little suddenly, and it took him a while to react before he said, "What are you talking about, Miss Kamijou."

Kamijou looked at his watch and said, “Ah, 2.45 seconds. That’s 1.48 seconds slower than my 0.97 seconds.”

"Um...what are you talking about?" Kogoro Mouri was still confused about the situation at this time.

"Haha, you're pretending really well." Jiang Yuan with a moustache said sarcastically.

"Hmm? Come to think of it... I remember that the two doctors who were supposed to bring the children to the event were probably not young anymore?" The sexy Kamijou looked at Maori in confusion.

Just at this moment, a young man's voice came over: "Yeah, why did they find the famous detective Maori Kogoro to replace him? Isn't that too cunning?"

When they heard Mao Li's name, everyone present froze...

This atmosphere made Conan frown secretly.

At the same time, a young man and woman walked over. The man was very tall and strong, but Conan was used to seeing Shiraishi, so he didn't think the fact that he was only 1.9 meters tall was exaggerated.

"Huh? You know me?" Maori asked in surprise.

"Ah! You are... Mr. Maeda Satoshi, right?" Xiaolan actually knew the other person.

"Maeda Satoshi?" Maori felt that the name sounded familiar.

"He's the East Island Karate champion from six years ago! I started learning karate because I admired him. Dad, have you forgotten?" Xiaolan said excitedly.

Conan, who was standing by, had already turned his mouth several meters away...

At the same time, with Kamijou's explanation, Maori finally understood that this was an activity group, but...

Maeda had already revealed his identity, so of course Mao Li couldn't be scared at this time. He registered directly at the front desk with an attitude of "I can definitely get it for free" - anyway, the other half of the room fee would be paid when checking out!

Maeda Satoshi's girlfriend also seemed jealous at this time.

Although Xiaolan congratulated her immediately after hearing that the other party was Maeda's fiancée, the other party seemed to have a bad temper and was still indifferent to her, causing Maeda to have to explain to her, and Xiaolan was also very embarrassed.

Conan was a little puzzled at this time - apart from the three of him, there were six groups of eight people, and the organizer was among them. He had already seen the three individuals, the mustache uncle, the sexy woman, and the man with glasses, as well as the arrogant champion and his girlfriend, the old man with sunglasses and his butler...

There is only one person left...

"Ouch!"

At this moment, a cry of pain suddenly came from behind Xiaolan.

……

Jiang Yuan originally saw that Xiaolan was not on guard and revealed her lustful nature, so he wanted to get close to her and take advantage of her, but who knew...

At this moment, someone grabbed his wrist and broke his arm!
Everyone heard the cry of pain and looked over, only to see...

Jiang Yuan was already very tall, almost as tall as Maeda, both 1.9 meters tall, very tall and strong, but now...

Jiang Yuan, who is 1.9 meters tall, only reached the chest of the person behind him. Because his arms were held, he even looked a little petite!
"Sir, the crime of public indecency is punishable by up to six months in prison and a fine of up to 300,000 yuan. If the newly promulgated "Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Obsession" are applied and it is determined to be perverted behavior, the sentence will be more than six months and less than one year, and a fine of one million yuan. I suggest you don't do this."

Bai Shi's voice of reasoning came from above Jiang Yuan's head...

(End of this chapter)