Conan's other self

A few days later.

Rice Flower Municipal Building.

Uncle Maori and Xiaolan each called a taxi and led the young detective team to the building.

On the steps in front of the entrance, a young and beautiful female reporter was holding a microphone and introducing the situation to the camera:

"Here, in the Mihua Municipal Building, the virtual reality game jointly developed by Japanese game manufacturers and Sindora Company is about to hold its grand first public conference.

According to written information released to the media in advance, this game, nicknamed Cocoon, allows players to enter a cocoon-like capsule and, under hypnosis, have a conversation with the game with a voice recognition system while playing in the virtual world. , can be said to be a collection of the essence of the most advanced technology.

The game provides five stages for players to play freely. What kind of virtual world is it? The children chosen today will know after they experience it.

This is a press conference that is completely closed to the public. The 50 boys and girls below high school who are selected to participate will become the first batch of cocoon experiencers in Japan..."

People walked into the building from the side while listening, rather than being baptized by the flashlight from the middle.

"Really, you kept me in the dark again," Conan was also at the end, expressing his dissatisfaction to Fengyuan, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Because it was suddenly decided in advance. The doctor just told me that within two days, you and Uncle Maori went out to handle a case."

"Why is it so early?"

"Is it related to your previous acquisition plan?"

Huihara Ai was also a little curious. She remembered that Maplehara wanted to use the names of Kudo Yusaku and his wife to acquire Sindora Company's shares.

"No," Fengyuan denied. "In fact, Thomas Sindora, the chairman of Sindora Company, planned to retreat behind the scenes because of some things, and wanted to hold a press conference before the matter was exposed. It's a long story, I’ll explain it to you later.”

While assisting the doctor in research and development, Maplehara proposed to conduct internal tests in advance to ensure safety. It was also during the test that he met Noah's Ark, the artificial intelligence that had disappeared before, and learned from it who Chairman Sindora was. Descendants of Jack the Ripper, the London serial murderer more than a hundred years ago.

Sawada Hongshu discovered this secret and thought that Mr. Sindora would kill him to silence him. In addition, he had lost his freedom for a long time, so he finally chose to commit suicide.

The commission issued by Kashimura Tadahina to Kudo Yusaku was completed, and Kudo Yusaku also accompanied him to negotiate with Mr. Sindora. Seeing that there was no possibility of continuing to cover up the matter, after negotiation, Mr. Sindora wanted to retreat behind the scenes, but before that...

Of course, we need to hold a press conference first to boost the stock price.

This was the result of the negotiation between Chairman Sindora and Tadaki Kashimura, and it was also a business matter, so neither Maplehara nor Yusaku Kudo had any objections.

To sum up, the game launch conference is ahead of schedule.

Everyone walked into the building. Uncle Maori handed over the invitation card given by Sonoko, then took the children through the security gate and walked into the venue.

Even just at the entrance, it was packed with people.

"Really, it's just a game conference," Uncle Maori looked around, "Why are you making it so exaggerated?"

"I heard that industrial espionage had already been operating secretly before this press conference was held."

"Do you know? The emergence of Cocoon is said to change the entire video game industry!"

Over there, Conan and the primary school students introduced the future territory of the gaming industry to Uncle Maori, and here Haibara Ai asked the adults about the topic.

"You haven't said anything yet," Haiyuan Ai whispered to Fengyuan, "Has your stock acquisition plan been successful?"

"I gave up. I have no money and it's too troublesome." Fengyuan replied.

Chairman Sindora's follow-up operations may not be in compliance with the regulations, and he does not want to get involved, not to mention that he can only use the names of the Kudo couple and the doctor. And if nothing unexpected happens, Sindora's stock price will plummet after tonight.

"Then...my bag is gone?"

"...You can buy it without purchasing it." Feng Yuan said helplessly.

"Ah, that's Cocoon!" Yuantai in front saw the game warehouse in the hall downstairs through the glass, "I really want to play!"

"That's impossible," Mitsuhiko replied, "Although we were invited to the party, we were not selected as experiencers."

"Yes! What a pity..."

"It's just a video game." Conan didn't care about Cocoon at all.

"Conan, you, like Maplehara, are not good at computer games, right?" Ayumi said, and Maplehara, who was suddenly mentioned, also looked over.

"He hasn't even been able to defeat the Grek soldiers in the cave of study so far!" Genta exposed Conan mercilessly.

Feng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he got through this.

"I didn't expect my fingers to be so ineffective!" Mitsuhiko said, "We have already defeated the Full Moon Queen!"

"I want you to take care of it!"

"I'll ask the doctor to increase the difficulty for you when we get back." The primary school students stopped, and Fengyuan and Haibara Ai came closer together and threatened.

"Hehe, Maplehara, although you are not very good at playing games like Conan, your design is really great!"

The elementary school students walked into the venue while attacking Conan.

The company's chairman, Mr. Sindora, didn't even attend. The game manager, Tadayoshi Kashimura, was in charge. At this time, the venue was already crowded, and wine and food were available in unlimited quantities.

Uncle Maoli's eyes lit up when he saw the wine. He came in and took two glasses of wine, one at a time.

"Dad!" Mao Lilan said angrily, "It seems that high-level police officials are here too. You must not drink too much!"

"I know, I know!" Uncle Maori didn't care, "You won't get drunk if you drink high-end wine!"

Yuanta next to him also noticed the food on the table.

"This is supposed to be an all-you-can-eat restaurant, right?"

"Hmm...probably."

"What luck!"

"Those children are the lucky ones," Ayumi said, looking to the side with envy. The children not far away were receiving badges for participating in the game. They must be the selected children participating in the cocoon game tonight.

"The grandsons of the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police, the grandsons of financial tycoons, the sons of ruling party politicians..." Uncle Mori said, "The second and third generations who are responsible for Japan's future have all gathered together."

"It's like a condensed version of the ugly Japanese hereditary system." Haihara Ai glanced at it and said casually.

"Eh?" Everyone, including Uncle Maori, looked at Haihara Ai in surprise.

“With this hereditary system, human history’s mistakes will continue to repeat themselves.”

"Haiyuan, I don't understand what you are talking about." Ayumi looked confused.

Conan quickly gave Fengyuan a hint and asked him to quickly persuade Haiyuan Ai.

"The son of a politician will become a politician, and the son of a bank president will become a bank president. If this continues, no matter how long it takes, Japan will not change."

"What does that have to do with it," Fengyuan said in a serious manner, cooperating with Haibara Ai. He also said the same to Noah's Ark that day, "Japan's future is not determined by the Japanese."

"..."

"That's what was said on TV yesterday!" Conan hurriedly came over with a cute expression on his face, feeling a little tired.

What are the TV shows talking about these days?

The children looked enlightened, while Uncle Maori was speechless.

"Xiaolan!"

While talking, Sonoko wearing a red dress came over.

"Yuanzi!" Xiaolan waved her hand.

"Hi! Boys and girls." Yuanzi greeted the children.

"Ah, Sister Sonoko!" Mitsuhiko glanced at the game badge on Sonoko's chest, "Is that badge of yours..."

"This..."

"Yuanzi, could it be that you were also chosen..."

"Because the Suzuki Foundation also funds game development!"

"That's great."

"I want it too."

"Give up!" At this time, a kid next to him who likes to wear children's suits as much as Conan said. His name is Hideki Morohoshi, and he is the grandson of the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department that Uncle Mori mentioned. "The position is different."

"Speaking of which, were you really invited?"

"You brats are so rude!" Yuanzi was a little unhappy, "They are our invited guests."

"Ah, isn't this the daughter of the Suzuki Consortium?" Another child made a ritualistic salute, named Seiichiro Kikukawa.

"Listen up," Morohoshi Hideki then said to everyone, "when a person is born, his life is already decided -"

The voice suddenly paused.

In his sight, one of the boys tossed the small bag in his hand. Under the light, a pile of badges in a transparent small bag shone brightly.

"Ah! It's a game badge!"

"Maplehara! How did you get it?"

"many!"

Ayumi and others showed surprised expressions, and instantly forgot about the guy they just found annoying.

"Because the doctor participated in game development." Fengyuan distributed the badges in his hands to everyone.

Morohoshi Hideki and others over there were a little surprised, thinking that they might have mistaken the person to bully. They glanced here a few more times, whispered a few words, and ran away with a look of displeasure amidst Sonoko's proud voice. opened.

In fact, Yuanzi was a little surprised, but she was quite happy to take the opportunity to suppress these rude brats.

Due to age restrictions, Uncle Maori could not participate, so there was just one badge for each person.

The children happily looked back and forth at the badges. Haibara Ai had already put the badge on, and Conan came over again.

"You guy, you didn't say it until now..."

"Sorry, it was the doctor who specifically told me to tell you later. He wanted to give you a surprise."

"Haha." Conan gave Feng Yuan a dead eye, "But then again, even if the doctor participated in the research and development, he shouldn't be able to get so many, right? There are only fifty places in total."

"..."

"What's wrong?" Conan asked.

This was of course given by Kashimura Tadabin to thank Kudo Yusaku. He is now almost solely responsible for the press conference in Japan. Kudo Yusaku's excuse for asking for the badges was the relationship between the children and Dr. Agasa, so the badges went directly to the doctor.

but…

This is obviously another thing that Conan, who has been following Uncle Maori to handle cases these days, has been kept in the dark.

"It's nothing," Fengyuan said, "That's what happened...don't be angry first..."

Thank you to my classmates from Cleanup for the two rewards, thank you to my classmates from Shi Huan and Yi Shi Nian for the rewards, and thank you all for your subscriptions, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets and any form of support. Thank you so much.