Chapter 278: The missing engineer concealed his important purpose behind a performance...
While his mind was still clear, Lin Xi hurried to read all the entries.
Four pieces of information were obtained:
First, the organization wanted to improve its computer capabilities many years ago, and Rum even published an initiative specifically for this purpose.
The reason this proposal appears in the "Itakura Taku" entry is because, although Itakura Taku was once a game CG producer, he graduated from a prestigious university with a degree in IT, making him one of the potential and contactable programmers listed in the appendix.
Second, the organization has been using satellites to monitor human activities for a long time and recording them in a database on a monthly basis. The Clumsy Game Company is one of the detection transit bases disguised as an ordinary game company.
Oh, Kudo Shinichi is still trying to find the organization's base. If he knew that one of them was right under his feet, would he be scared?
Third, Itakura Taku resigned after accidentally discovering Benzhu's illegal monthly surveillance. Suteren, who oversaw Benzhu's operations—Lin Xi speculated that this person was Murakami Takanari's father—handled the matter by forcing those involved to sign confidentiality agreements and threatening them with hefty fines to silence them.
Itakura Taku wasn't the first to sign a non-disclosure agreement, nor was he the only one. Since Clumsy Company wasn't directly affiliated with the organization, it served as a sort of white glove. When dealing with related matters, Rum wouldn't directly dispatch an action team to eliminate anyone.
Fourthly, her beloved Vermouth had spearheaded the "Prometheus Project." Since the entries she posted were as mystical as she was, Lin Xi couldn't quite grasp what the "Prometheus Project" was all about. Itakura Taku was one of the people she had chosen to execute it.
This must be related to what she was unwilling to tell Lin Xi directly.
After reading these entries, Lin Xi had just logged out of the organization's intranet when he was bombarded with text messages from Kudo Shinichi.
"Sister Lin!!!!"
"I saw Gin!"
"Fortunately, he didn't notice me for the time being."
"You found Itakura Taku's information! Great, now find a chance to retreat!"
"I suspect that Vodka, the member of the organization with Gin, has noticed me... Anyway, please leave now. I'll tell you more about it when we get back to the doctor's house!"
Kudo Shinichi sent a bunch of messages and waited for a long time before seeing Lin Xiyouyou's reply:
"Why are you replying? The kids haven't had enough fun yet."
Kudo Shinichi wanted to hold his forehead.
The children didn’t play enough? He thought it was Sister Lin herself who didn’t play enough!
Sister Lin is really something. Even if you are so carefree, there should be a limit! Gin is active in this building. That’s Gin!
Gin wouldn't be surprised even if a gun was pulled out of his pocket!
Kudo Shinichi wanted to grab Lin Xi's shoulders and shake him.
However, the message Lin Xi sent later stopped him from complaining.
"Besides, if I leave, who will stop you from doing bad things?"
ah……
Kudo Shinichi pinched his mask.
Oh no, how did Sister Lin know what he wanted to do?
After calming down from the panic caused by his encounter with Gin, Kudo Shinichi realized that this was an opportunity while thinking about why Gin was here.
Ai Haibara said that Gin's car is very special, it is a vintage Porsche 356A.
That car should be in the parking lot now, right?
If you could install a transmitter and a bug in a car...
Kudo Shinichi licked his lips.
"I'm not planning anything!" he said, disingenuously. "Sister Lin, where are you now?"
It took a long time for Lin Xi to reply, but this time it was not a message, but a photo.
The photo shows a Porsche 356A parked quietly in a parking lot.
Kudo Shinichi:!
"This is Gin's car, right? Were you trying to throw a transmitter in there just now?" Lin Xi sent a message along with the photo.
Kudo Shinichi was a little crazy.
How come Sister Lin is like the worm in his stomach, she can even guess what he wants to do!
Besides, wasn’t he just in the office with that greasy guy? How come he ran to the parking lot in the blink of an eye!
It’s too late to deny it now. The key is to stop Sister Lin and tell her not to act rashly.
He typed quickly as he rushed to the elevator:
"Yes... Sister Lin, don't move! Wait for me, I'll be there soon!"
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Underground parking lot.
Lin Xi took pictures with a flash, capturing almost every angle of the car.
While sighing, Gin probably spends a lot of money on car maintenance every year - the car she gave him thirty years ago is still as shiny as new today, and it is obvious that the owner cherishes it.
She opened the map and confirmed that Gin was still upstairs and would not come down for a while, so she quietly opened the car window - the door was not locked and it opened with a slight twist - and placed a figurine under his windshield.
[The Strongest Player] A character in the first part, a small boss with silver-white hair, holding a heavy sword in one hand and supporting his waist with the other hand, staring at people with a domineering look.
The pixels are transformed into cute little people, which are even cuter than those in the game.
When Lin Xi was playing the game, he thought that this cocky look was very similar to Gin. Just now when he was at the exhibition, he also paid for this figure and wanted to give it to Gin.
She nodded with satisfaction, then threw a bug in the back seat and closed the window again.
I hope Xiaoqin likes the gift she gave.
"Xiao Ke, how could I let a child like you take such a risk?" After placing the gift, she righteously sent a message to Kudo Shinichi, "Don't worry, I've already taken care of it. The transmitter and the bug are already installed. I'm just waiting for Gin to come back!"
Kudo Shinichi who is on his way:? ? ! ! !
Sister Lin, what on earth did you accomplish?!
You just threw the transmitter into Gin's car. You'll be in trouble if you get discovered!
He was a little crazy.
At this moment, he finally empathized with Ran Mouri and Professor Agasa.
When I took the risk, they must have been as crazy as I am now!
He thought he was reckless enough, but he didn't expect Sister Lin to be even more reckless than him.
When he arrived at the underground parking lot, panting, and saw Lin Xi's arrangements, his heart finally began to ache again.
——Such a big figure, unless Gin is blind, he will definitely notice it!
Lin Xi patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, Xiao Ke, don't be anxious, exhale - inhale -"
Kudo Shinichi felt even more breathless.
He looked at Lin Xi accusingly, pointing a finger at the figurine in the car window: "Sister Lin, do you think Gin is blind or am I blind?"
Lin Xi actually thought about it seriously: "Are you two sometimes quite blind?"
One who can't remember the person he killed, and the other who selectively ignores the abnormalities of the people around him because of trust.
It's the same thing.
"Ahh, that's not the point." Kudo Shinichi frantically said, "What if the figurine is discovered?"
"If it's discovered, it's discovered."
"Where's the transmitter inside? If it's discovered, Gin will definitely have to find out who put it in his car..."
"Who said there's a transmitter in the figurine?"
Kudo Shinichi blinked.
"No?"
So when Sister Lin said she had arranged it, what did she mean...?
"Hey, Xiao Ke, haven't you ever seen a magic show?" Lin Xi shook her head. "In order to deceive the public, magicians have to hide the truly important actions under exaggerated performances."
"When Gin saw the figurine, he'd definitely check if there was anything strange inside. He'd find out there wasn't—that the figurine was simply put there by someone who mistook the car for his. It was just a coincidence, an accident—" She pointed at the car across the way. Kudo Shinichi then realized there was also a black Porsche across the way, one that looked somewhat similar to Gin's car. In the dim lighting of the parking lot, it was indeed possible to mistake it for something else.
Moreover, because there are stairs leading down on both sides of the parking lot, and the stairs on both sides are symmetrical and look exactly the same, if the owner of another Porsche goes down the wrong stairs and only remembers the approximate distance between his parked car and the stairwell, he may mistake Gin's car for his own.
Kudo Shinichi has already imagined a scene in his mind: the owner of the Porsche puts the chibi figurine by the car window, then goes back upstairs to find his wife and daughter and have lunch together. But when they come back down, the figurine is gone from the Porsche, and the owner might wonder: where did the figurine go?
The scenario is easy to imagine.
"Gin's doubts will be temporarily dispelled. However, the real bug is not inside the figurine, but under the back of the car seat." Lin Xi said with a smile, "In this way, the bug we placed in his car may last a little longer. It will only be discovered when he answers the phone and finds that the signal is poor."
"When he realized something was wrong and came back to check... he wouldn't find anything." Lin Xi pointed to the surveillance camera in the corner of the ceiling: "I've replaced all the surveillance cameras. Lin Xi didn't appear next to the Porsche at all, and Kudo Shinichi has never been to the Benzhu Company."
Kudo Shinichi's heart was completely relieved.
Ah, Sister Lin does things properly and always gives people a sense of security.
However, he just has a bit of a bad taste… He said resentfully, “Sister Lin, you knew I would be anxious, right? You deliberately left your words unfinished, just to tease me.”
Seriously, he's been frightened enough today, don't scare him anymore!
Lin Xi chuckled.
Before leaving, Kudo Shinichi looked back at the dark Porsche.
The Q-version figure placed behind the car window is totally incompatible with the style of the entire car.
This thing will probably be thrown away by Gin soon... he thought to himself.
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Lin Xi looked at the message sent by [Mobile Rejoice Advertisement] on LINE and couldn't help but smile.
"A lot like you." She replied, "So cool."
"...I can't tell how they look alike."
Seeing Lin Xi smiling, Kudo Shinichi turned around and asked, "What's wrong, Sister Lin?"
"Nothing." Lin Xi put away her phone. "Mission accomplished. Let's go back after the exhibition, shall we? I won't go in. I'll wait for you downstairs to avoid running into that guy who wanted to treat me to dinner again."
"Oh, okay. Um, do you want me to buy you a new action figure of that style?" Kudo Shinichi asked, "Do you like that one?"
Lin Xi's smile brightened: "No need, Xiao Ke. Thank you, you are so thoughtful."
"But I think that figure has served its purpose...there's no need to sell new ones."
Kudo Shinichi thought that the "mission" Lin Xi was talking about was being used as a sleight of hand in a magic trick.
He nodded: "Okay, Sister Lin."
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