Temperature Control in Academy City

Natsume Sonoko's face turned a little red, and she was a little concerned about the fact that she stayed in bed too long.

She lowered her head and spit out the foam in her mouth, put her toothpaste and toothbrush aside, and finally tidied her own affairs.

The rabbit had changed out of her pajamas and was wearing a light yellow floral dress with a few small sunflowers printed on it that looked like smiling faces.

The person in the mirror looks completely different from usual, except for his bun.

"In that case, I will wait for Mr. Maori to come."

"It's nothing. A phone call would have been enough to inform you before. I didn't expect that I would have to trouble you to make a special trip today."

Kogoro Mouri said this to a man who looked like a company employee, and walked him to the door as he spoke.

"Xiaolan, get ready, we are going to the Rice Flower Restaurant next."

Kogoro Mouri straightened his suit and put on a serious expression, but he didn't look like this for long. After taking two steps, his steps became a little unsteady.

"Uncle drank so much again yesterday."

Conan's mouth trembled slightly, and he seemed very worried about Maori Kogoro's current condition. However, the influence of alcohol had almost passed, and he was still playing with the high-tech glasses.

Forget it, let's not worry about Uncle Maori. Conan squatted down and checked a skateboard with a frown on his face and his thoughts in a mess.

"This high-tech product is also sold as an ordinary gift. When folded, it is only the size of a book, and it even has a very powerful thruster. If Academy City is related to the Black Organization..."

Conan thought about it in his head, stepped on it and tried the skateboard silently, with a hint of determination in his eyes. Even if there was really a connection, he had no room to retreat.

"There are too few channels to learn about Academy City right now, so we can only start with Sister Sonoko."

His eyes were serious and determined, and his whole body exuded a powerful aura. Under this aura, Conan flew into the air in an instant, riding the wind and hovering in mid-air.

"Conan, didn't I tell you not to skateboard in the office?"

A slightly dissatisfied figure appeared behind him, holding Conan's clothes with one hand and hanging him in the air, with some anger on his face.

"Sister Xiaolan, please listen to my explanation."

"Forget it, put on your shoes quickly, we're going out soon."

"Oh, that's it."

Natsume Sonoko nodded and touched Conan's head with curiosity, but he dodged it quickly.

"So, Sonoko-sister also went with us."

With his eyes full of water, Conan looked at Natsume Sonoko's face with a sincere gaze and said with a smile.

"Yes, the game software based on Uncle Maori sounds quite interesting."

Someone nodded and said with interest.

But then he looked thoughtful. No matter how he thought about it, this was the aura of a case, and a case meant there was danger.

Although I am a person with special abilities, in some aspects I am not much different from ordinary people.

It would be great if we could develop a convenient passive ability like nitrogen armor someday. It is really difficult to develop and the calculation model alone is a little confusing.

However, I seem to have heard some rumors that the physiques of people with special abilities cannot be generalized.

People like Natsume Sonoko are fake people with special abilities. Their abilities are based on calculations and they will be killed instantly if their defense is broken. Once their brains are injured, they will become people without special abilities.

But it’s different for true ability users. Their abilities rely on their courage. They can break defenses and be reckless. Even if they are shot, the bleeding will stop and the bones will be reconnected. No matter how you think about it, it’s inexplicably enviable.

She muttered to herself for a while, but still put on her shoes without hesitation. Surprisingly, Natsume Sonoko didn't feel much fear. Maybe it was just a sequelae of spending too long with Shirai Kuroko.

Anyway, it's better to go out and breathe the fresh air of Tokyo's Beika-cho than staying in the room bored.

"Sister Sonoko, is Academy City as safe as advertised?"

I had just put on my shoes and hadn't even tied my shoelaces when I heard Conan's innocent voice asking.

"It's not actually safe. There are dangerous guys appearing here and there. There are many criminal groups, various attacks and underground experiments. Life is quite risky for an ordinary student like me."

Natsume Sonoko thought about it and told it as it was.

"Attacking and underground experiments sound a lot like the style of the Black Organization. Maybe it really is a criminal group in Academy City. And if it hasn't been wiped out in Academy City, there should be a heavyweight figure inside the organization."

Conan thought silently, his eyes becoming serious.

"So, Sonoko-sister, are there any esper people in Academy City who like to wear black clothes?"

If he is a person with super powers, his status in Academy City must be quite high. If the other party is the Black Organization, then wearing black clothes should be his characteristic.

"Hey, let me think about this."

Natsume Sonoko was suddenly a little confused, but after carefully recalling the information from all aspects, she suddenly realized something.

Remember, if it is black.

"So does the black and white striped one count?"

The car started slowly. It was the same business car from yesterday. Uncle Maori seemed to have done the car rental company some favor and waived the car rental fees for the past few days.

Since Kogoro Mouri drank yesterday, Sister Xiaolan still found a designated driver to drive.

And this car is really not that good. It took more than ten minutes just to start it in the morning.

Sitting in the car seat, Conan was a little silent.

"Accelerator? Real name unknown, Academy City's number one esper, always wears a black and white striped shirt."

Conan was thinking silently, and the somewhat bored Natsume Sonoko blinked and looked at the little boy next to her. This guy had been acting a little weird since he got on the bus.

"There is too little useful information. With this feature that can be seen everywhere, we can only get these useless news."

Finally giving up the idea of ​​continuing to think, Conan leaned back on the seat with his head in his arms. He seemed to realize that someone was looking at him. He turned around and saw Natsume-san with a look of curiosity written all over his face.

Chapter 84: Crushed Tequila

The car was driving on a flat road, and suddenly it braked violently. The strong inertia almost caused several people in the car to fall off.

Looking at the little brat Conan who was about to fly out from the middle of the back row, Natsume silently grabbed Conan's collar.

"Thank you, Sonoko-sister."

Conan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately revealed an innocent childish smile and thanked Natsume Sonoko.

"How do you drive!"

This unreasonable sudden braking also shocked Kogoro Mouri's spirit. His originally listless expression immediately became sober, and he immediately questioned the driver in a menacing manner.

"Sorry, there's nothing I can do. There's an inexplicable deep pit ahead."

As soon as the designated driver finished speaking, he looked out the window and found a large hole that seemed to have been created by a heavy object. The hard concrete ground had sunk several meters, and the outline of the heavy object could still be vaguely seen.

Looks like a person with tentacles?

"There was some blood and clothing fragments left at the scene, and the blood had not yet coagulated, which means that the incident happened not long ago."

Natsume Sonoko was still a little dazed, but when she wasn't paying attention, she found that the little kid Conan beside her had already run to the pit to check it out.

"Really? This is too outrageous. There's not even a construction sign." Kogoro Mouri rubbed his head and said angrily as he looked at the pothole in front of the car.

"This is not a sign of construction, but rather it looks like a fall, but it is absolutely impossible to achieve this effect." Conan raised his head and looked at the tall buildings around him, comparing the direction and angle, but then shook his head.

The direction was correct, but the impact force was abnormal. However, looking at the amount of blood on the ground, the opponent's life would not be in any danger.

Conan touched the blood on the ground with a frown. Natsume, who was waiting in the car out of boredom, also got out at this time.

Just when Natsume Sonoko got off the car, a man hiding in a corner in the distance, wrapped in a windbreaker, suddenly raised his head and rushed towards Natsume Sonoko with all his strength.

If you could see his back, you would find that his clothes were full of torn holes and stone chips, and there were some scars that had already formed.

As if she felt the gazes coming from somewhere, Natsume Sonoko turned around, but found that there was no one there.

A blood-red spike as majestic as a giant dragon rushed into the body of the man in the windbreaker, penetrated his body in an instant, and directly hung him in the air.

On the top floor of a five-story building, a man in a windbreaker fell to the ground helplessly, while opposite him were two men in suits with relaxed expressions.

"Do you still want to resist?"

A large amount of alienated tissue grew on the back of the windbreaker man in front of him, as if it were a strange organ. Before he could take any action, he was stabbed again by the blood-red spikes.

"Done. It's been a pleasant and long business trip. Let's go have a drink."

"Don't be happy too soon. You won't be able to laugh if you stay in this troublesome time chaos for too long."

"Why are you so pessimistic? It's not like there's no way out."

After staying in front of the pothole for a while, the business car started again with the arrival of relevant responsible personnel.

Conan seemed a little unhappy, but he couldn't beat Xiaolan. About half an hour later, the group finally arrived at the Rice Flower Restaurant.

There is a huge promotional poster of Kogoro Mori in the rice restaurant, and today's theme is Kogoro Mori's Mystery Mansion.

"Yes, it's a reasoning game in which players will find a body in a mansion that's like a maze, and the Maori detective who happens to be in the mansion will give hints, and then they will solve the case step by step."

In the corner of the hall, Sister Xiaolan introduced the content of the game with a smile, and a look of pride appeared on her face.

Conan silently rolled his eyes, the corners of his mouth trembling slightly, no one knew what he was thinking.

"This is my first time attending a game conference like this."

Natsume Sonoko on the side seemed particularly excited. There were a large number of well-known or unknown game works gathered here, some of which had never appeared in Academy City.

However, I have no interest in the mystery mansion of today's protagonist, Kogoro Mouri.

"A lot of people?"

"That's natural. Almost all the big names in the video game industry are here today."

There was a long queue at the storage area, and Kogoro Mori's mood suddenly became a little high, and he couldn't help feeling proud.

After all, this is a game whose selling point is Kogoro Mori.

"Mr. Mori."

A voice called from behind, Maori Kogoro turned around and saw that it was also a Mantang staff member who came to deposit something, carrying a suitcase with the Mantang logo on it. Mantang was the developer of this game.

"I'm Nakajima Hideaki from Manten. I'm the one who planned the video game for Detective Maori Kogoro's Mystery Mansion."

"Thanks to Mr. Maori, I was able to complete a great game software. I am very happy to invite Mr. Maori Kogoro to the scene." Nakajima Hideaki said modestly.

As soon as he said this, he heard a sneer and disdain from the side.

Everyone's eyes moved over and saw that two more Mantangtang employees were walking over, each carrying a suitcase for storage. One of them sneered rudely.

"Nakajima, you are really excellent. Rather than saying that you planned this game software, it would be better to say that you stole the idea from me."

"I just mentioned it casually, and three days later you submitted an identical proposal. You are just a genius at plagiarism, both in work and women. Don't you think so, Takeshita?"

The person who spoke was called Mitsuru Ueda, and he and Hideaki Nakajima were both employees of the R&D department of Mantanten.

"Indeed, but that was something that happened in college and I forgot about it long ago." Another Mantangtang employee nodded in agreement.

"I'll pretend I didn't see what happened this time. I always feel that you're about to be forced into a desperate situation by the underground money lenders." A sneer appeared on Ueda Koji's face.

This tit-for-tat situation made Natsume Sonoko inexplicably concerned.

There emerged the smell of the case.

Although his eyes were wide open, under normal circumstances, Natsume, who was only interested in reasoning, had basically been destined to play the role of a background board.

The items have been stored. Since the game is still unreleased, electronic products such as mobile phones are not allowed to be brought in and must be handed over to the staff for safekeeping.

There was a small accident during the journey. Three Mantangtang employees carrying the same suitcases cut in line, causing us to be delayed by a full minute.

It seemed that Natsume was very interested in the video games nearby. He was paying attention to the case at first, but soon he was completely absorbed in the video games in the venue.

Controlling the game character in his hand, he rotated 360 degrees in the air and knocked his opponent away with a chin knock.

The opponents around him kept changing, and soon a little kid with glasses stood beside him.

Up and down, up and down, BABA, a combo as fierce as a tiger. The character controlled by the little ghost screamed in mid-air, and half of his blood was gone when he landed on the ground.

Control the joystick and charge forward with unstoppable force to completely end the opponent's life.

I was completely immersed in it, and when I came back to my senses from the video game, I was awakened by a huge explosion.

Thick smoke billowed out from the direction of the toilet, the scene became foggy and there was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air.