Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

Tono remained silent.

"Which work do you prefer?" The battle had spread to Kogoro Mouri's side.

"Ah! You mean me?" The middle-aged man was startled. "I like..." Kogoro Mouri scratched his head, trying to recall the detective novels in his mind.

"I like the one where the five survived."

?

The Sherlock Holmes fans in the audience broke out in a cold sweat, and their gazes toward Kogoro Mouri gradually turned ominous.

"You meant 'no one survived,' right?" The strange middle-aged man glanced at Kogoro Mouri.

"Besides, that book was written by Agatha Christie, not by Conan Doyle at all," the girl in the back seat said in a cold tone.

"Oh dear, I didn't expect there would be an outsider in this tour group. How disappointing."

The three of them talked back and forth, making Kogoro feel utterly ashamed.

......

Toru Tono turned his head to look at the night view outside the window.

It would be best for him to keep quiet from now on, lest he be discovered to be a fake fan and come over to make sarcastic remarks.

Chapter 44 is a quiz for you!

The off-road vehicle bumped along the road and soon arrived at a hotel on the edge of a cliff.

Tohru Tono got out of the car and looked around at the surroundings of the hotel.

Located in a remote area, at least 20 kilometers from the city center, with three sides bordering cliffs and the only road leading out overgrown with trees...

It's supposed to be a Sherlock Holmes fan gathering... but judging from this, it looks more like an Agatha Christie's locked-room mystery!

I think Qingshan is the biggest fake fan!

......

"Distinguished guests, I sincerely welcome you to the Maichaluo Hotel."

Upon entering the hotel, a middle-aged man dressed in a detective's outfit, wearing a deerstalker hat, and holding a pipe greeted the arriving Sherlock Holmes fans with a smile.

"I am Hiroyuki Kanaya, the hotel owner who planned this trip for everyone."

The boss was overweight and had a kind smile. If it weren't for his upturned mustache, which added to his cuteness, one might mistake him for Inspector Megure at first glance.

"Everyone gathered here is a true Sherlock Holmes fan I carefully selected," the owner said with a smile.

"Really? I think someone who can't even understand the 'good fortune' in Sherlock Holmes' name has snuck in."

"Are there really people like that?" a plump woman in the crowd asked in disbelief.

"It's that man with the beard..."

Kogoro Mouri stood behind the crowd, listening to their whispers, looking utterly hopeless, his eyebrows trembling slightly with anger.

"I think I'd better go back."

Upon hearing this, the innkeeper rushed over to persuade them to stay and solemnly introduced Kogoro Mouri, the "famous detective," to everyone present.

......

Tohru Tono watched this farce from the sidelines, speechless.

Obsessive fans are terrifying.

"As expected, Ellery Queen's fans are more cultured, aren't they?" Hattori Heiji suddenly appeared out of nowhere and whispered to Tohru Tono.

Ha ha.

Tohno wanted to laugh. You detective fans are all pretty much the same.

And do you dare to speak loudly?

Hattori Heiji was annoyed by his dismissive expression and couldn't help but raise his voice: "Ellery Queen is clearly more likable than Conan Doyle!"

As if they had caught the key words, the Sherlock Holmes fans immediately turned around and cast sharp, piercing glances at Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji felt a chill run down his spine for no apparent reason, then realized he had spoken a bit too loudly and hurriedly added, "...But of course, Doyle is still a cut above the rest..."

After hearing this, everyone smiled with satisfaction and then turned their heads away.

Only Conan continued to stare at Heiji Hattori with half-closed eyes.

This guy is clearly not being sincere! His teammates are so easily fooled...

......

"Hey, have you found any trace of Kudo?" Hattori Heiji wiped the sweat from his brow, still thinking about Kudo.

However, this is understandable. Compared to Tohno Toru, who is obviously more socially compatible, Hattori Heiji, who has come to his senses, is looking forward to a high school detective of his age, so that they can have some silly detective battles together.

High school students are more likable when they're energetic and vibrant.

"No." Toru Tono shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Who is Shinichi Kudo? There's only a Shinigami elementary school student here who can play soccer.

Seeing that he had no clues either, Hattori Heiji sighed in disappointment: "So what's the point of us coming here... just to be looked down upon by Sherlock Holmes fans?"

Tohno Toru agreed, saying, "You don't have a system, so why are you getting involved?"

He has some masochistic tendencies.

......

The innkeeper explained tomorrow's schedule, saying that there would be an "extremely difficult reasoning quiz," and the winner would receive a rare first edition copy of "A Study in Scarlet."

Then, amidst the excited gazes of the crowd, his assistant took out a thick stack of test questions and distributed them to everyone.

"But before that, I've prepared a thousand Sherlock Holmes quizzes for everyone to test how much you admire Sherlock Holmes."

"The deadline is tomorrow night, and only those with a total score of 990 or above can participate in the reasoning quiz after the dinner."

"However, just to be on the safe side, I would like to ask everyone to hand over their mobile phones and related reference books to my assistant for safekeeping immediately."

The fans present frowned, and many hesitated for a moment before handing over their phones.

"Of course, it's fine if you don't hand it over—because the hotel is full of surveillance cameras and listening devices, monitoring everyone present."

"If I find anyone cheating, I'm sorry, I'll kick them out of my hotel immediately."

Tono glanced sideways.

Is your camera... legal?

Although he knew that the hotel owner's so-called cameras and listening devices were just decorations for the contestants to see... it was still surprising that no one questioned such an invasion of privacy.

Outrageous.

Tohru Tono randomly selected a lucky backup machine from the system space and handed it in as well.

Having once been a modern human being of the 21st century, the first thing he did after getting the system was to try to create a bunch of smartphones... He succeeded, but unfortunately, he couldn't restore the apps from his previous life.

Tohru Tohno, who is terrible at programming, naturally doesn't have the skill to develop software himself, and the system can't help him for the time being either... So his fantasy of playing a mobile game in the Conan world ultimately came to nothing.

Regret.

Tono sighed.

"Shall we stay in one room tonight?" Hattori Heiji leaned over and huddled together with Tohru Tono for warmth.

He glanced around to make sure no one could hear him, then lowered his voice and continued, "The rooms are all double rooms, I don't want to share a room with some die-hard fan..."

Toru Tono agreed and expressed considerable understanding.

Then, a cheerful Heiji Hattori put his arm around her shoulder, and together they walked deeper into the inn...

......

Upon entering, Toru Tono was greeted by a rather simple double room with only two 1.5m single beds in the center and no entertainment facilities.

However, at the far end of the room is a huge floor-to-ceiling window, and there is also a balcony outside the window, where you can go out and enjoy the sea view on the edge of the cliff without restraint.

What's particularly noticeable is that an old-fashioned surveillance camera is prominently displayed at the top of the right wall of the room.

"Tch, they actually put a camera there." Hattori Heiji followed Tohru Tono's gaze and also noticed the camera. "Aren't they being a little too cautious... I don't know what's so great about a lousy book."

Tohru Tono looked at the camera, pondered for a moment, then took out a metal sphere no more than 5cm in diameter from his pocket and shook it in his hand.

[Fully Automatic Monitoring Detector: A detector manufactured using special processes. It features a built-in ultra-wideband scan covering the 10MHz-6GHz frequency band, capable of capturing abnormal signal strength and regular transmission patterns in real time. The active shake detector can activate an active detection mode, using thermal imaging to detect the hot spots of electronic equipment, generating a thermal image by comparing it with the room temperature background, thus revealing the operating electronic equipment.]

The detector did not react at all.

Toru Tono moved a stool, stood on it, and directly removed the camera.

Heiji Hattori had just hung up his coat when he turned around and saw Toru Tono's actions, which startled him.

"Ouch, what are you doing?"

Chapter 45 I slammed on the clutch

Toru Tono casually tossed the large camera onto the floor: "I don't like having a camera pointing at me when I'm sleeping."

"Hey, nobody likes this!" Hattori Heiji ran over and picked up the camera. "But the problem is... didn't the innkeeper say that if someone is caught cheating, they'll be kicked out? This is clearly cheating! The innkeeper will find out backstage."

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Tohno Touya took off his coat and lay back on the snow-white bed.

I must say, the beds in this hotel were quite soft and comfortable.

"If you look closely, you'll find that these cameras aren't working at all, and there are no listening devices around—it's just a lie the hotel owner made up to prevent us from secretly checking the answers to the questions."

Hattori Heiji picked up the camera, still somewhat skeptical: "Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Tohru Tohru covered his mouth, yawned sleepily, then grabbed his clothes and headed for the shower. "We'll see if anyone knocks on the door later, won't we?"

......

Sure enough, no one knocked on the door of this "blind spot" of the surveillance cameras until midnight.

Heiji Hattori lay on his back on the bed, using his arms as a pillow, looking at the somewhat dilapidated ceiling, worn down by the humid air of the seaside.

He turned his head to look at Toru Tono, who was already fast asleep, feeling utterly defeated.