Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 171 Zheng Yi is actually...

Captain Zhengyi and his crew had been sailing on the high seas for a morning.

"Ugh~"

Zheng Yi looked at the children who were seasick.

This game is so realistic.

They even managed to create a seasickness effect.

"Here, have some seasickness medicine. It's a family secret recipe."

Zheng Yi took out his carefully prepared ancestral secret recipe.

However, the crew members vomited even more severely after drinking Zheng Yi's seasickness medicine.

"Drink this bottle of 'seasickness medicine.' Its main ingredient is scopolamine extract, which is 3.7 times more effective than your captain's 'family secret recipe.'"

Xiao Ai took out several beakers.

The children didn't care about anything else and just poured it into their mouths.

Ai Haibara's relationship is now confirmed.

It seems that the AI ​​that was talking all along hasn't completely taken control of the game.

At least, Zheng Yi still has control over this game, as can be seen from the things he conjures up.

"Very good, ship's doctor, you've done a great job. The crew members are in much better condition now."

Masakazu patted Ai's head, acknowledging the ship's doctor's abilities.

Ai pouted and slapped Shoichi's hand away.

"You'd better not bring out those family secret recipes casually, or your crew will be returning to the real world soon," Ai said.

"Captain, something terrible has happened! The deck is leaking!"

Kaito rushed up in a panic.

"Don't panic, take me there to see," Zheng Yi said.

Shoichi followed Kaito onto the deck and saw a large hole in the deck from which water was gushing out, and the ship seemed to be sinking.

"SEAWAYS".

Kaito looked at Shoichi with a puzzled expression.

What is this doing?
"Alright, the ship won't sink anymore," Zheng Yi said.

"what?"

Zheng Yi said, "Do you understand magic? This is the magic of walking on water."

Kaito rubbed his temples.

And surprisingly, the holes in the boat stopped leaking, and the boat sailed smoothly again.

What kind of magic?

This is technology!
Zheng Yi is definitely capable of controlling this game, but what's with that artificial intelligence?

After Zheng Yi stabilized the ship with technology, the pirate ship continued to sail on the sea.

At night, Ai transforms into a one-eyed pirate and takes out her notebook to start taking notes.

Today's experiment record:

1. It has been verified that the 'sea king language' is actually the low-frequency sound waves of whales.

2. The captain's curry recipe requires a 30% reduction in salt.

3. The captain's family secret recipe must never be eaten.

4. The captain is an idiot.

Ai wrote the last line in her diary. The moonlight outside the window shone on the sails of the "Justice" ship, and she secretly drew a small radar pattern on the canvas.

After Seiichi discovered her prank, it was transformed into a small radar capable of detecting ships within 10 nautical miles.

"Sea Raven! Look! We've found treasure!" Zheng Yi rushed in carrying a rusty iron box, but inside there was only a yellowed ancient book.

Xiao Ai opened the book, her pupils shrinking sharply: it contained information about a medicinal herb that could "reverse cell aging," which was the key ingredient in the antidote for APTX4869.

"Don't make jokes like that," Ai said.

Organizational matters must be kept secret and cannot be discussed or joked about casually.

What if someone else sees it?
Take, for example, Kaito Kuroba, who's currently leaning against the door.

Kaito leaned closer and asked, "Captain, what treasure did you find?"

“The ship’s doctor has already kept the treasure for herself; she has no intention of sharing it with anyone,” Zheng Yi said.

"Treasure is knowledge."

Ai put the book away and went back to her lab bench to work on some strange things.

Here, you don't have to worry about explosions or discovering poison in experiments.

Anyway, it's all a virtual world, Zheng Yi will save her eventually.

With such a good environment, we must conduct the experiment.

Kaito shook his head and said helplessly, "Well then, Captain, don't mistake the ship's doctor's test tubes for wine glasses next time."

It contained concentrated nitric acid, and Kaito's teeth had been corroded into calcium carbonate powder.

Thankfully, this is just a game.

"I understand, crew member. You should go catch some fish now; there's a whole bunch of junior crew members waiting for dinner."

Kaito pointed to his face and said, "Should I go catch fish?"

"If you don't go catch fish, do you want to be fish food?"

"Okay," Kaito said with a helpless expression.

You can conjure up countless kinds of food with a wave of your hand, so why do I have to grab them myself?
And this damn game actually makes you feel hungry.

The waves crashed against the ship's hull as the Justice sailed into uncharted waters.

Zheng Yi also took out his pirate log, and a new page read:

Teamwork efficiency: Barely up to standard.

Danger level: Extremely low. There are no strong opponents, and the journey is somewhat boring.

In summary, it was a pretty good adventure overall.

After I leave the pirate ship, I must draw a manga about pirates, and I'll call it "One Piece".

……

Inside a basement.

Gin patted the gaming pod.

"This is what that Coindus guy came up with?"

Vodka nodded: "That should be it. He poached so many software designers from the organization just to develop this."

The older brother had many arguments with Jundu because of his work as a software designer.

Ultimately, it was only after the boss sent an email that Jundu was able to take so many software designers with him.

Therefore, Gin is not very interested in this game pod now.

Chianti looked at the high-tech gaming pod and exclaimed, "Cool!"

"What's the use of this?" Gin asked.

“You can make money,” Vodka said softly.

"Ok?"

Vodka slapped his mouth and said again, "This game can perfectly simulate things that exist in reality."

When planning the next operation, we can simulate it in the game.

For example, large-scale operations such as shooting down Tokyo Tower or blowing up the Twin Towers can be simulated in the game for the sake of safety.

“There’s no need,” Gin said coldly.

He was very confident in himself and believed that he could do his job without making any mistakes.

"You can also practice marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat. In the game, because you don't actually die, you can experience life and death multiple times," Vodka said.

Training organization members is still very effective.

"Heh, it's just a waste of time," Gin said.

True top assassins are forged in the crucible of real-world battles.

Waste will be eliminated on its own.

“We can give it a try. Even old guys need to be open to new things,” Chianti said softly.

Gin gave Chianti a cold, piercing look, while Chianti shrugged indifferently.

"Then let's try out Cointreau's new stuff."

Gin, Vodka, Chianti, and Cohen entered the game pod.

When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves on a pirate ship.

Gin looked at his hand, then pinched his thigh. It felt exactly the same as in reality.

"Isn't that amazing?"

"Belmod?"

Vermouth said with a smile, "This is truly a groundbreaking game."

"This game is really cool."

Chianti stomped her foot hard on the boat plank.

She looked at Vermouth and said, "How about I shoot you? It's just a game anyway."

“Even in a game, the pain here is real,” Vermouth said.
"But if you want to experience it, I can give you a shot."

Chianti was eager to try.

"Shut up."

Gin coldly rebuked the two of them.

"Did Cointreau send us here to test the game?" Gin asked.

“Is there anything wrong with testing games?” Chianti said.

“Inside this box is the treasure that Zheng Yi left for us.” Vermouth brought out a rusty iron box.

Upon opening the tin box, one finds a yellowed ancient book inside.

The contents of the book made everyone clench their fists—the final research results of APTX4869.

“A pointless prank,” Gin said coldly.

“It might not be a prank.” Vermouth shook her head and said, “Zhengyi’s artificial intelligence has extremely powerful computing capabilities.”

AI, through data-driven approaches and intelligent predictions, de-emphasizes the R&D process, turning gambling into engineering.

If we entrust the previous research to artificial intelligence, it can calculate multiple results.

This is likely the optimal choice.

It may not actually be the drug the organization wants to study, but it will definitely be helpful for the research.

"Then why does Zheng Yi have information on APTX4869?" Gin asked.

Vermouth tapped the pipe she had found on the ship.

"Who knows? If you don't give it to him, plenty of others will."

Gin's expression remained unchanged.

"He has such powerful artificial intelligence, why didn't he bring it out sooner?" Gin asked.

"Cough cough."

Vermouth exhaled a puff of smoke, "Because this artificial intelligence is what he's stealing."

Gin nodded.

It seems that Cointreau still doesn't consider itself a member of the organization.

If you want to steal something, just ask the organization for help; they're quick at stealing things.

With this artificial intelligence, Sherry doesn't seem so important anymore.

"Is there another treasure map?"

The map is decorated with a crooked skull, which is holding a bottle of APTX4869 with the label "Special Strawberry Flavor".

Dear Mr. Gin~ I heard you're looking for the missing Sherry? Don't worry about the whiskey bottle, this picture is 10 times better than a vodka brain.

“This damn tone, it must have been written by Shoichi,” Gin said.

Gin asked, "He wouldn't create a Sherry to play a trick on us, would he?"

“Who knows?” Vermouth said casually.

It might not be fabricated; it could be the real Sulli.

The treasure map contained things that were very difficult to understand.

On the back of the treasure map were Cointreau's final sarcastic words.

The back of the map had 'Cointreau's' signature written in blood-red ink, but it was eventually crossed out.

The ink deliberately spread out like wet blood, and at the end, there was a silhouette of Gin tripping over a lollipop.

“Boring,” Gin said.

“I find it quite amusing,” Vermouth said.

Vermouth, holding the treasure map, said, "Let's take this treasure map and go find Sherry."

……

"Crew members! Be alert! We are about to defeat the powerful Waterfall pirate crew."

“But Captain,” a young crew member said earnestly.
"Isn't our main mission to conquer the seven seas?"

"No! The main mission has been changed. It is now to defeat the Waterdrop Pirates and protect the ship's doctor."

A string of question marks appeared above Ai's head.

Why do you need to protect me?
This task has nothing to do with me, does it?

Zheng Yi poured a glass of vodka into Ai's glass, and filled the rest of the crew's glasses as well.

"Drink this glass, and then we're off to fight."

"But Captain, we're just kids, we can't drink alcohol," the young crew member said.

Zheng waved his hand dismissively, "Don't worry, I diluted this vodka with water, lots of water!"

……

The final battle is about to begin in the world of pirates, and Baker Street is also entering a crucial plot development.

Several detectives deduced that Jack the Ripper was connected to Professor Moriarty, a bigwig in the criminal world.

The guy who's pulling the strings behind the scenes and rarely shows his face.

Professor Moriarty's whereabouts are unknown, and a group of people plan to go find his trusted subordinate, Colonel Monlang.

The group arrived at Colonel Monlang's favorite poker club.

At the poker club.

The group fought with Colonel Monroe, and in the end only Conan, Hakuba Saguru, Ran, Sera Masumi, and the child named Moroboshi remained.

The rest of the people have been eliminated.

"Everyone, please wait a moment."

A masked man walked into the poker club and stopped Colonel Monlang's attack with a single sentence.

"you are?"

The masked man said, "Professor Moriarty requests your presence; he is waiting for you in the carriage."

Colonel Meng Lang lowered his head slightly when he saw the masked man.

Conan and the others arrived at Moriarty's carriage.

The person in the carriage said, "What do you want from me?"

"You're not Professor Moriarty, are you?" Conan asked.

White Horse pointed to the masked man, "Professor Moriarty should be this one."

Even what you just said, you spoke using ventriloquism, didn't you?"

The masked man asked curiously, "How did you know?"

“I’ve heard that Professor Moriarty is a fashionable old man who uses natural fragrance cologne,” Conan said.

Hakuba Saguru added, "Furthermore, Colonel Meng Lang bowed his head respectfully when he saw you just now."

“The only person who can make Colonel Monroe bow down is Professor Moriarty,” Sera Masumi said.

“Beautiful, you are all very smart.”

Professor Moriarty removed his mask, shocking everyone present.

"Brother Zhengyi?" "Zhengyi?"

Moriarty touched his face.

How strange, am I really that young?
These kids are actually calling me "brother".

The white horse's mouth was dry and its tongue parched.

Moriarty's face was almost identical to Zheng Yi's, only a bit older and paler.

After removing the mask, his temperament and appearance were strikingly similar to Zheng Yi's.

Hakuba Saguru sensed that he knew the clues left by Mr. Kenmura.

He made Moriarty's face exactly like Shoichi's, which is definitely an implication that Shoichi is a character just like Moriarty.

"What do you want with me?"

(End of this chapter)