Chapter 403

Sonoko Suzuki wasn't actually familiar with the identity of Saiki Usubaba; she had only heard about it from Ran Mouri.

But this did not stop Usaba Saiki from trying to get the chance to board the Suzuki family's airship.

Pick a good day, follow the instructions of the "All-Powerful Navigator," and pretend to bump into Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki on their way home from school. Say hello, and Ran Mouri will naturally introduce Saiki Usui to Sonoko Suzuki.

Just then, Usoppei walked over and overheard the two of them talking about Kaito Kid. He sighed and said that he also wanted to see it live, but unfortunately the location was too remote, so he couldn't watch it.

Sonoko Suzuki, who is loyal to her friends and tolerant of handsome men, immediately and warmly invited Saiki Usaba to board her uncle's airship.

Anyway, this wasn't the first time she'd brought friends to see Kaito Kid, so her uncle definitely wouldn't have any objections.

And so, Usuiba Saiki successfully secured a spot and prepared to take an airship to Osaka. Unaware of this, Hattori Heiji was deeply moved, thinking that his sincerity had finally convinced Usuiba Saiki to agree.

Amuro Tooru at Poirot Cafe had a feeling something was off. After thinking for a moment, he asked Mouri Ran curiously, "When did Ms. Suzuki invite Usuba-kun onto the airship?"

Ran Mouri: "Yesterday!"

Amuro Tooru: "...I see."

According to information revealed by Usaku Saiki when he made the appointment with him, Usaku Saiki had already decided to go to Osaka three days ago.

Usui Saiki's principle is not to go out for a single purpose. It's likely that seeing the performance of Phantom Thief Kid was already part of Usui Saiki's plan. In other words, three days ago, when Advisor Suzuki issued a challenge to Phantom Thief Kid—because there were other big news stories a couple of days ago, this news only made the headlines today—Usui Saiki was already certain that he could board the airship...

I knew this kid's low EQ was just an act. Whenever Bo Yezhai wanted to achieve something, he always succeeded, especially when it came to scheming against people; I've never seen him fail.

Kagemitsu has completely accepted Usakuya Saiki as one of his own!

Amuro Toru secretly warned himself that he must not let his guard down, for who knows when Usaku Saiki might suddenly go crazy and kill him.

After all, with him dead, no one in the organization would know that Usuba Saiki was actually the adopted son of the Japanese Public Security Bureau! Usuba Saiki could finally let loose completely!

Thinking of this, Amuro Tooru became very uneasy, worried that Usaku Saiki would not be able to resist the temptation and make a move on him.

Even if he dies, Usoya Saiki can pretend it has nothing to do with him, and even Kagemitsu won't suspect anything. He might even have to comfort that guy!

Sigh, the only way to completely avoid this possibility is to quickly capture the organization's boss and dismantle the organization.

With such an important task on his shoulders, how could he possibly sleep! He's working through the night, no sleep!

Usoppai was unaware that he was putting so much pressure on Amuro Tooru; at most, he noticed that Amuro Tooru had raised some more suspicion levels.

Anyway, he slept very well, sleeping until noon before slowly waking up. Even after waking up, he didn't get out of bed, but stayed in bed with his eyes closed to continue resting.

Suspicion System: [...Wake up! I called you three times and you didn't wake up.]

"Why are you calling me in the middle of the night?" Usoya Saiki was displeased.

Suspicion System: [First of all, it wasn't midnight, it was 10 AM. Secondly, weren't you practically begging me to urge the undercover system to come back? The undercover system did return, but you were fast asleep. And now you're blaming me for not waking you!]

Usoppō Saiki has now truly woken up.

[The undercover system is back? Why isn't it saying anything?]

The suspicion system decided to deliver some good news first, to prevent Bo Yezaki from getting angry and causing trouble again later.

[You must be tired after negotiating with me all night... Family, I have good news for you! The undercover system has agreed to sign a contract with you along with me! From now on, you can simultaneously increase your suspicion and trust levels!]

Usakabe Saiki remained indifferent to such plans: "Oh, and what about all the mess I've been through?"

There's no need for any introduction. When Bo Yezaki was negotiating with the undercover system for compensation, he already knew a lot about it. Now he just wants an explanation.

The undercover system weakly replied: "Actually, it's not entirely my fault. I checked for ages and couldn't find the problem. I finally discovered it was a bug caused by data conflicts during file entry..."

Usakabe asked, "Can you explain this in a way that humans can understand?"

The undercover system coughed: [First of all, you see, I'm the undercover system, but the one next to me is the suspicion system… Haven't you ever wondered why I'm not the trust system?]

Now that the undercover system has returned, Usoppei is no longer in a hurry. He can ask any questions slowly and wait for the answers.

I've really wondered about that! So why is that?

Undercover System: [Because I'm a subsystem of the Trust Value System, there are others at the same level as me, such as the Friendship System, the Doctor System, and even the Undercover System... I'm not the only one... they're all just farming Trust Values.]

Usoppei said he understood: "But what does this have to do with any bugs in your files that conflict with yours?"

[That's right. Another contractor in the undercover system also accumulated points in this world, leaving an impression of someone on the people of this world. This impression became data and was uploaded to the trust value system.]

The explanation of the undercover system was so difficult it made me sweat profusely.

[This caused a conflict between your main data and the superior data when I entered your main data. After a bug occurred in your main data and the superior data, data loss occurred in each of them, but because the data was similar and complementary, they were combined... So the skills you bought for your main body are still there, but your identity is based on the old data, and you have become a member of the organization. This also caused the pseudonym that should have joined the organization to be squeezed into the data of the ordinary identity that was originally set for your main body...]

Bo Yezhai's Record: [...]

The skeptical system, thinking he hadn't understood, translated for him: "It means that compared to the identity you set yourself, you have a more deeply ingrained identity in this world. This difference in priority caused the bug..."

"I understand." Bo Yezaki took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement and speculation, and calmly continued, "What is that superior's data?"

Undercover System: [Alex's adopted son. Alex is also a contractor for another undercover system.]

Usoya Saiki slowly exhaled.

Just as he guessed...

Actually, when he heard his friends in the Middle East talking about Alex, he had some doubts. But after all, a person's daily behavior is definitely not the same as how they behave when they are undercover recruiting customers. The photos of Alex he found were of a completely unfamiliar appearance, so even though he had some doubts, he was not sure.

It wasn't until he saw the childhood photo of himself in Vodka's hand that his suspicion resurfaced.

Alex... that must be the person.

Given this, and considering the existence of a system cheat, there might be more to the story behind Alex's death...

[Ali Jiu mentioned to her friends that she had an adopted son, which generated data. I can only add data, not delete it, so…] The undercover system said guiltily, [I can only modify some paper documents and add some vague memories to other people, so that the people on the organization's side also have the impression that Ali Jiu has an adopted son… Your photo isn't our problem either; Ali Jiu herself created the photo by extracting memories using points.]

"I guessed it." Bo Yezaki no longer cared about any of that. He asked impatiently, "Where's Ariji? If he has a system, he definitely isn't dead, right? Or did he die in this world but go to another?"

If that's the case, it would save him a lot of trouble. He wouldn't need to think about exchanging for any resurrection cards. Meeting between two system contractors would definitely be much easier than resurrection.

Undercover System: [Sorry, he is indeed dead.]

The Suspicion System was closely monitoring Usaku Saiki's mood, worried that he might be upset.

But strangely, perhaps because that Alex had already died once, Bo Yezaki only paused for a moment, without showing any sadness, and asked directly.

Didn't he buy any cheats? Are you stupid?

Undercover System: [Uh, his information before his death is in another undercover system, but based on my analysis of this world's data, he probably used his remaining points to buy protection for the others present before he died... otherwise, the assassination attempt wouldn't have resulted in only him dying.]

Usoppei remained calm, and his emotions didn't fluctuate much until he confirmed that Ari was the person he had guessed.

He commented casually: "Another one died trying to save someone else. They never learn their lesson."

The skepticism system was a little frightened by his calm attitude: "Hey, don't worry, even though he's dead again, you can revive him! You wanted to revive him anyway, right?"

"I wasn't in a hurry. That's just the kind of person he is. I knew it all along." Usakabe Saiki pouted. "Besides, you're right, there's a revival card."

The skepticism system then asked: "Speaking of which, what is his relationship to you?"

[My adoptive father, although he only raised me for five or six years... I am now considered a member of the 'Hanchuan' family.]

Usoya Saiki is his real name. Hanchuan Shenliu's surname is taken from his adoptive father, and Shenliu (Shizuka) is taken from his nickname. This way, when others call him Hanchuan Shenliu, he won't seem too unfamiliar with the name.

The undercover system suddenly realized: [I see! No wonder you came up with a pseudonym so quickly, without any hesitation… Oh, and there's some good news you might want to know.]

【What? 】

[It was only when I traced the database of the trust value system that I discovered your adoptive father had redeemed a spot for you. Actually, after you died, your adoptive father's system should have found your soul, but I was nearby at the time and picked it up in advance...]

Usoppō Saiki's lips twitched: [Oh, so he knows me pretty well, knowing I'm prone to self-destruction.]

The database also contains some information left by your adoptive father, including what seems to be his last words...

As if activated, Usoppei suddenly perked up: [A last message? What did it say?]

【I don't know about that. The password is in your adoptive father's system. I've already contacted them for you; just wait for them to retrieve it.】

Bo Yezhai Ji: [...]

He remained silent for a long time, then questioned, "I suspect you're trying to trick me. That system isn't going to require seven years of communication, is it?!"

【No way! Really, no way! I only checked myself and couldn't find anything wrong, so I went to check with the trust value system, which is why it took so long... At most, six months! I'll definitely leave you my last words and the data!!!】

Usui reluctantly replied, "Alright... I'll wait then."

The undercover system breathed a sigh of relief: [Okay, let's sign a contract. Please guide me from now on... I heard from the Suspicion System that you're incredibly efficient at racking up points, so the system doesn't even need to worry about you!]

Suspicion System: 【...Yes, you should hurry up and sign the contract. You'll know once you do.】

Since it helped persuade the undercover system, when Usoppei buys a revival card, he'll definitely buy it from it, right?

But why does it feel so uneasy?

Despite being his adoptive father, who died and came back to life repeatedly, Usoppō Saiki's emotions weren't as intense as he had imagined... Did he really want to resurrect his adoptive father?

When the suspicion system began to suspect him, Usoppō Saiki had already signed a contract with the undercover system.

Usaku Saiki thought to himself, "Finally, I can have my cake and eat it too."

Fortunately, these systems didn't ask him about his past life... otherwise, if they knew that his adoptive father killed his biological father, they probably wouldn't have believed that he wanted to buy a resurrection card!

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Thin Leaf is extremely rational and calm

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Why isn't the undercover system called the trust value system...? The clues were already planted in the copywriting.

It's a bug caused by a data conflict!

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Han Chuan's adoptive father's last words will have to wait (.) because these systems are really inefficient.

Bo Ye revealed part of his past life, but actually he didn't have any deep-seated grudges or bitterness. He was a cheerful and optimistic person!

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So here's the question: Do you think Bo Ye really wants to buy the revival card?