"The AptX project really made a breakthrough after the Miyano Elena couple joined. They were the main leaders of the research. They died in a fire halfway through the drug research. You know what happened afterwards. Their daughter Miyano Shiho took over the research and successfully developed AptX4869. Do you know what the significance of 4869 is?"
"Xiao Ai mentioned this to me."
After a pause, Sakaki Makoto said:
"4869 is pronounced in romanization, which is the homonym of Sharokku."
"That's right, but you have to know that Miyano Shiho's research direction is actually completely different from that of her parents. That's why the code name of the APTX project in the early stages of research was the opposite of Sherlock. I don't need to say more about who Sherlock's mortal enemy is."
"Moriarty?"
Listening to the voice coming from the microphone, Sakaki Makoto frowned:
"I just tried Moriarty, and the password wasn't correct."
"No, the real code name is not Moriarty, but... Carasuma, Karasuma."
Kuroda Bei said faintly:
"Moriarty is a fictional character created by Conan Doyle. He does not exist, but Karasuma Renye believes that his ambition and strength are far greater than Professor Moriarty, so he named the aptX project after his own surname."
"Fifty years have passed, and there is no one left who knows about this matter. The only one left is Amanda Hughes. This is also the most important reason why the boss sent Rum to assassinate Amanda Hughes."
"During that conversation, Amanda Hughes told the secret, and Hiroshi Haneda thought it was a very important clue. Just when he was about to contact Ryunosuke Sakaki, Rum broke in... Before he died, he shuffled the order of the secret and left it on the glass of the hotel to hint to Ryunosuke Sakaki."
"How do you know so much?"
"Because I'm late."
Kuroda Heibei slowly clenched his fist:
"When Ryunosuke Sakaki learned that Rum had gone out, he immediately asked me to rush to the United States to assist Hiroshi Haneda, but I was a step too late and failed to save Hiroshi Haneda. After Rum committed the crime, I chased him and injured Rum's right eye. When I returned to the hotel, Hiroshi Haneda was already dead. I deciphered the code he left behind and told Ryunosuke Sakaki about it... Did your father leave you a note?"
Sakaki Makoto remembered the note on the table that said when red water overflowed from the Crow's Nest, he nodded:
"How do you know?"
"Of course I know. I was with your father when he wrote that note."
"The note is only half."
"The second half is carasuma. Your father wanted to keep this key information, but he thought that this might attract the attention of the Black Organization, so he burned half of it with a lighter, leaving only the first half of the obscure code. If you are smart enough, you can naturally decipher it. Otherwise... there is no need to tell you this."
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