Chapter 273 The Disappearing Engineer's Tablet of Destiny
The old way...
Kudo Shin's half moon eyes.
Isn’t Sister Lin’s old method just climbing over the wall?
He doesn't care, but what about Dr. Agasa?
My old arms and legs are so weak, what should I do if I bump into something?
but……
"Sister Lin, don't you want to eat?" He asked Lin Xi while chewing.
"I ate on the way." Lin Xi shook his head.
This was a lie. In fact, she still felt a little nauseous and didn't feel like eating.
Kudo Shinichi believed it and imagined in his mind the scene of Lin Xi riding a motorcycle and stuffing a sandwich into his mouth.
You’re so awesome, Sister Lin.
After eating, Lin Xi took out some wet wipes and handed them to them. She took out a hairpin from somewhere and, under Kudo Shinichi's shocked gaze, she skillfully pried open the lock of the yard.
Eh? Isn't that a VPN?
Lin Xi seemed to have heard his mutterings and glanced at him lightly: "Do you understand the importance of respecting the elderly and loving the young? We can translate, but do we want Dr. Agasa to translate with us?"
Dr. Agasa wiped his mouth with a wet wipe: "..."
What do you mean by respecting the old and loving the young? He's still in his prime...
He saw that no one present knew how to respect the elderly and love the young.
"Oh." Seeing the door open, Kudo Shinichi followed Lin Xi and asked curiously, "Sister Lin, why do you even know how to pick locks?"
"Brother Tou taught me."
Knowing that Toru Amuro was related to the organization, Kudo Shinichi felt disgusted by this name and felt a chill.
"Sister Lin, did you know that Mr. Amuro is actually also related to the organization..."
"Oh, I know." Lin Xi said nonchalantly, "He's a kind-hearted man."
Kudo Shinichi:?
Did Sister Lin really understand what he said?
"No, Sister Lin," Kudo Shinichi tried to explain, "He is a very dangerous guy..."
"Hey, Xiao Ke." Lin Xi was still smiling. "Have you forgotten who told you about Amuro Toru's phone call?"
Kudo Shinichi was stunned for a moment.
Yes, that’s right.
The first time I knew that Toru Amuro was related to the organization was because Sister Lin heard Toru Amuro making a phone call on Yueying Island, and he mentioned words related to the organization.
In any case, Sister Lin should have known that Toru Amuro was related to the organization before her!
"So, Sister Lin, you said he is a good person..."
"I don't know exactly what his relationship with the organization is, but Amuro-kun himself is a man of high moral standards. Xiao Ke, do you remember the 'riot' that happened on Moon Shadow Island? The indignant fishermen confronted the factory owners who were wantonly polluting and discovered their secret drug production... Actually, it was us who spread the news to the fishermen and sneaked into the factory the night before to confiscate all their weapons."
Kudo Shinichi's eyes widened.
"Sister Lin, you didn't tell me all this!"
"She didn't tell me either." Haibara Ai said coldly.
"Oh, you're still growing up. I'm telling you, you won't be able to sleep at night and will have to stay up late again!"
"Besides, Amuro Toru asked me to keep it a secret at the time."
Kudo Shinichi twitched the corners of his mouth.
Sister Lin already knows that they are not real children, so does she still ask them not to stay up late?
Although seventeen is also an age for growth.
The group arrived at the main entrance, which had an electronic lock requiring a password.
Fortunately, Lin Xi has Noah to help.
The signal light turned red and then green, and the door opened.
Lin Xi pushed the door open and walked in.
The villa was very tidy, everything was arranged in an orderly manner, and the floor was polished to a shine.
However, a dazzling red flashed before Lin Xi's eyes.
She couldn't help but cover her face and squint her eyes.
"Alert! Alert!"
"Player triggers emergency mission!"
"Urgent mission: Recover ■■■■. Recover ■■■■. Recover ■■■■…"
"Alert level: Level zero."
"The coordinates have been displayed. Please complete the task!!!"
"Penalty for mission failure: ■■■■……■■■■."
Lin Xi frowned.
Familiar gibberish.
The highlighted coordinates on the map are located in Itakura Taku's villa.
Wow, Itakura Taku, what the hell did you create?
Let the system directly give her a level zero alert?
Lin Xi remembered that in Beibei's copy, the highest warning she encountered was only level one.
The punishment of level zero... must be very severe.
"Are you okay, Sister Lin?" Kudo Shinichi noticed Lin Xi's abnormality and asked with concern.
Lin Xi shook his head.
"Well, this villa is quite big. Let's divide the work, shall we? Ai and Ko, go search the study, and Professor Agasa, please take a look at Itakura Taku's bedroom... I'll go take a look at his studio upstairs."
"Don't make too much noise. We're trespassing."
Kudo Shinichi was obviously used to the "illegal intrusion" and didn't say anything.
Several people nodded.
Lin Xi went upstairs with a bit of curiosity (because it was the first time he saw the system assigning tasks so urgently, and the blood-red warning was still very scary) and a bit of awe (because Itakura Taku was really a character, and the things he invented made the system want them so much).
Itakura Taku's studio has the same style as himself: meticulous, well-organized, clean and rigorous.
Lin Xi took down a box full of disks from the shelf without much effort and took out the CD marked in red by the system.
The CD was placed in the middle of a row of neatly arranged CDs, each of which was numbered with paper.
Only the one in Lin Xi's hand has no mark.
There was a piece of paper inside the CD, which said:
"When I first took on this mission, I was terrified. That woman, Vermouth... she had collected data on everyone in the world, a vast amount of data, stored it in a way I couldn't understand, and then handed it to me. This data included every aspect of human life... including the entire human genome."
"But as the software gradually took shape, I discovered the essence of this world. Seeing this, you might think that the CD in your hand contains the software I invented... I'm sorry to disappoint you. This is not the final success. If you must say so, it is *part* of this software."
"I call it the 'Slate of Destiny'. Vermouth told me it would be used in the right place... I hope she didn't lie to me."
The words were printed without a signature.
But after reading these words, you can guess who left it.
Lin Xi put the note away and looked at the CD in a black plastic shell.
The system panel flickered, and the CD began to crumble and disintegrate under Lin Xi's gaze, finally disappearing into the air.
In the end, only a black empty shell remained.
"The [Slate of Destiny] was recovered successfully."
"Automatically installing..."
Lin Xi held the empty CD case, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, he stuffed the CD case back into the box.
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"I didn't find anything useful." Kudo Shinichi wiped his sweat. "Itakura Taku's study is full of professional books, trophies and certificates."
"There are also many posters from clumsy game companies." Haibara Ai added.
"The same goes for the bedroom." Dr. Agasa scratched his head. "I didn't find anything either. The floor, bedside table, bed, etc. were all very clean, as if they had just been cleaned."
Lin Xi nodded: "It seems that everyone has gained a lot."
Kudo Shinichi laughed awkwardly.
What? I found nothing.
Moreover, the usage of this word is also strange. If you don’t know, you might think they are here to rob.
"As for me, I found the CD invented by Itakura Taku."
Lin Xi took out the CD box.
"Really?" Kudo Shinichi came forward in surprise. "Is this the software he mentioned in his diary?"
Lin Xi nodded, then shook her head.
"What a pity—" She took out the CD, which only had the shell left, "The software has been taken away."
"There's no sign of the studio being searched, so I tend to think he took the CD himself." Lin Xi said, "But there's good news, Xiao Ke. We don't need to find the real CD. There are many other CDs in this box. We can just put any one into this empty shell and trade it with the organization."
"The only problem is that we have to be more careful this time. After the trade, the organization will eventually find out that the CD we took out is fake. We have to hide ourselves well, put the blame on Itakura Taku, and hope that he can hide well."
"I've hacked all the surveillance cameras along the way," she said calmly. "At least with the electronic equipment, they can't tell we were here."
"Luckily, Bancang Zhuo lives in a single-family villa with relatively open space around it. Our car is parked in the southwest corner of the villa, and it can't be seen from the windows of the villas next to it."
"Director Ke, the rest depends on you. You decide the script, and I will fully cooperate." Lin Xi handed the CD box to Conan.
Kudo Shinichi nodded solemnly.
"Hmm!" Suddenly, he exerted force on the box with his fingers, his legs softened, and his body leaned forward, and was quickly grabbed by Lin Xi.
"It's...that feeling again..." Kudo Shinichi grabbed the corner of Lin Xi's clothes, his vision blurred by the pain.
Lin Xi sighed, took the box back, and supported Kudo Shinichi's body.
"Xiao Ai, is this normal?"
Huibara Ai nodded.
"Short-term special-effect drugs are not stable. While the effects of the drugs last, he will experience pain symptoms from time to time."
It took a long time before Kudo Shinichi felt his body gradually returning to normal.
He smiled bitterly and said, "This feeling is really uncomfortable..."
"Kudo Shinichi?"
Lin Xi frowned.
"I'm going to the bathroom," she said.
"Uh, wait..." Kudo Shinichi was about to say that it might not be a good idea to use someone else's bathroom, but then he changed his mind and thought that not only did they illegally break into a private house and take away people's belongings, they were also planning to use other people's identities to conduct underground transactions... He felt that using the bathroom was no big deal.
Only Haibara Ai noticed something and cast a glance with hidden worry.
.
"Do you know him?"
In the bathroom, Lin Xi spoke to the mirror.
"Detective, why don't you recognize him?" the voice in my head said, "But, so he and that Edogawa Conan are the same person? ... How amazing."
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