Chapter 41

Gin put the confiscated suspicious books back into his room. When he came out again, he saw Ling Yi waiting outside the door.

"What's the matter?" Gin asked.

Ling Yi stretched out his hand: "I'll take the book."

Gin frowned and looked at the man in front of him who was so confident: "You said that book is yours?"

"This is my responsibility, you just need to give me the book." Ling Yi said as a matter of course.

"I don't care what you are responsible for, I can't give you that book now." Gin also had a tough attitude. Once he was caught on something he was suspicious of, he would never give in easily.

"In that case, I won't be polite." Ling Yi said, trying to bypass Gin and go into the room to get the book.

Gin grabbed Ling Yi's arm and spoke again with a hint of anger in his voice: "Bourbon."

Ling Yi glanced at Gin's hand and stopped moving forward. He took out his cell phone with his other hand and handed it to Gin: "Rum has something to say to you."

Gin took Ling Yi's phone with a gloomy face. Rum said something on the other end of the phone. After hanging up the phone, Gin's face became even darker. He turned back to the room, took out the book, and gritted his teeth as he handed it to Ling Yi: "It'd be better if it's as you said. If I don't see any results tomorrow, I will kill you myself."

Ling Yi smiled: "Then let's wait until tomorrow."

Ling Yi took the book back to the second floor. Morofushi Kagemitsu and Oda Sakunosuke, who had been waiting for a long time, could not help but ask, "How is it?"

"No problem." Ling Yi said, returning the book to Oda Sakunosuke.

Oda Sakunosuke: “…”

"Won't Gin have any doubts?" Morofushi Jingguang was a little worried that the plan would not succeed.

"Suspicion will only happen tomorrow." Ling Yi said as he took off his coat and took out a tissue to wipe the phone. In order to ensure that Gin's left hand could touch it, he applied fluorescent agent on his sleeves and the phone. Gin was caught off guard and touched it twice.

"How did you get the book back?" Oda Sakunosuke suddenly asked. After several contacts, he felt that Gin was not someone who would easily compromise.

Ling Yi had to have a reason to look for Gin, and Gin just happened to confiscate Oda Sakunosuke's book, so he used it as an excuse. As for why he was able to successfully get the book back, it was of course because he gave the book an important use. For example, when Rum asked him to investigate the public security lurking in the resort, the reason he gave was that the book confiscated by Gin was found by him, and it was a decoding book used to decipher the public security communications.

"I said this is my favorite bedtime reading." Ling Yi did not explain the reason behind it.

Oda Sakunosuke and Morofushi Kagemitsu looked at each other and did not ask any further questions.

Because of Ling Yi's visit, Gin's visit to the underground laboratory was delayed a little in this cycle, but he went there in the end. After confirming this, Morobushi Kagemitsu and Oda Sakunosuke did not act immediately, because their main purpose of this cycle was to get the password, so they planned to wait until early morning and go to the laboratory to confirm before the next cycle started. In this way, even if an accident occurs, they only need to delay for a while and wait for the cycle to be restarted to avoid danger.

At the beginning of the sixth cycle, the four players gathered again on the beach outside the resort, and Huang Hun asked Morofushi Kagemitsu and Oda Sakunosuke about their situation.

"How is it?"

"We have successfully obtained the password." Oda Sakunosuke said, "This time, we can find an opportunity to enter the laboratory and find out what's going on."

"But given Gin's sensitivity, I think we still need someone to hold him back outside."

After he finished speaking, the three players looked at Kudo Shinichi together.

"Hey, you guys don't want me to hold someone back again, do you?" Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but say, but even though he said that, in his heart he tended to stay outside, because he was very concerned about the conversation between Vermouth and Conan that he heard during the fourth cycle. Before Conan gave an answer, a new cycle began. This unanswered question made him very uncomfortable, so he wanted to see Conan again. He might not be able to answer him directly, but after a few more contacts, he would always find clues. What on earth was Conan thinking?

"I can stay outside," Oda Sakunosuke added, "but I have no experience and I'm afraid something unexpected might happen."

"I understand." Kudo Shinichi also understood that he was the one who held Gin back the previous two times, so it would be safest for him to do it this time.

After the matter was settled, the players were divided into two groups. Kudo Shinichi stayed outside and reported to the residential area where the police were located first.

After Zhu Fu Jingguang asked Bermode to disguise himself, he, Ling Yi and two other players returned to the organization's villa in the center of the resort as undercover agents.

This was already the sixth time, and several players dealt with Gin in a familiar manner, then went upstairs to choose a room. Out of caution, several players rechecked the room every time.

This time they had a clear goal. In order to avoid doing unnecessary things and changing Gin's actions, the players stayed in the room and recuperated.

Inside the room, Zhu Fu Jingguang asked Ling Yi to rest first, just like last time. He sat down at the desk again and opened the notebook. His fingers swept over the place where the Morse code was originally engraved. Although there was nothing on it at this moment, he still recited those words in his heart - stop ZERO.

"Zero..." Morofushi Jingguang repeated the name in his heart. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly came back to his senses, looked at the time, then stood up and walked to the bed.

Although the blond young man on the bed fell asleep, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he still looked very tired. Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't help but frown as well, but soon he relaxed his brows and said softly: "Tou."

"Tou." Perhaps the voice was too soft, the sleeping person did not respond, Morobushi Jingguang repeated it again, but this time the person who heard it suddenly became uneasy, as if he had a bad dream. Morobushi Jingguang paused, moved closer, and this time he changed his name, "Zero..."

In order to avoid accidentally saying the wrong name and exposing his friend's undercover identity, when no one is around, Morobushi Kagemitsu has always insisted on using the name "Toru", but the name he is most familiar with is "Zero", or the name "Zero".

The sleeping person seemed to be more sensitive to this name. His eyelashes trembled and he opened his eyes. His purple-gray pupils reflected the face of Morobu Jingguang in disguise. His blank expression revealed a hint of confusion, as if he was not fully awake yet. When he spoke, his tone was uncertain: "Jingguang?"

"It's me." Zhu Fujingguang replied, and with a smile on his face, he reminded, "The phone call is coming."

Hearing this reminder, the blond young man blinked his eyes, and his eyes gradually regained clarity, but he still looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar person in front of him for a long time, and said: "Sorry, I was wrong just now."

The cell phone rang at this moment. The blond young man hid the expression in his eyes, took out his cell phone and answered it...

...

In the next room, Huang Hun and Oda Sakunosuke were analyzing the clues they had collected so far.

"After these few days of contact, I don't think Mr. Bourbon is a bad guy." Oda Sakunosuke expressed his opinion. In the first cycle, Ling Yi confronted Gin and died together in order to protect the player. Later, he offered to hand over his weapon to the player and helped the player get the password to the laboratory. If the other party had ulterior motives, it would be too hidden to do so. "But I always feel that Mr. Bourbon seems to be hiding something."

There are indeed many suspicious aspects about Ling Yi, but his behavior is impeccable. Huang Hun agreed with what Oda Sakunosuke said and expressed his own opinion: "I think there is someone hiding in this resort who knows the truth."

Ever since Kudo Shinichi met Conan Edogawa, his focus has shifted towards him, while Morofushi Kagemitsu and Amuro Toru are old acquaintances and their relationship is obviously not ordinary, so he may not be looking at the problem objectively enough.

After several cycles, Oda Sakunosuke and Huang Hun felt clearly that there was someone they didn't know who was interfering in the dark, such as the inexplicably lost chip and the Morse code on the notebook found in Morobushi Keimitsu's room...

This is also the reason why they want to explore the underground laboratory. They think that person is likely hiding there.

This time, they may be able to find out the truth behind this organization.

After a long wait, night finally fell, and Gin left the villa like he did in the previous times. The three players took the opportunity to get together and prepare to explore the laboratory at night.

"Isn't Mr. Bourbon coming with us?" Huang Hun asked when he saw Zhu Fu Jingguang.

Morobushi Jingguang shook his head: "Tōru left it up there in case of any accidents." He took out a pistol and added, "He left the weapon to me."

In the subsequent loops, Toru Amuro has never been to the organization's underground laboratory again, so his memory of that place is vague and the clues he can provide are limited. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the organization's second-in-command, the BOSS's spokesperson, is in the laboratory.

The three players prepared themselves for danger and headed towards the first door leading to the underground laboratory.

Oda Sakunosuke took a deep breath before entering the password he got from the previous cycle.

After the six-digit password was entered, the iron door equipped with an electronic door lock opened with a click, and there was another door in front of them. The three players looked at each other and walked forward at the same time. Oda Sakunosuke entered the password again, and the door opened without any obstacles again. The three of them came to the last door.

After opening this door, the situation inside would be beyond their expectations. However, they did not have much time to hesitate, because Gin had been away from the villa for at most forty minutes, including the time that Kudo Shinichi could delay. They had to be back within forty minutes. In addition to the time limit, the most difficult thing for them was not to reveal their whereabouts during the search.

Several people have not forgotten what Ling Yi once said, that explosives were buried throughout the resort. If they were exposed, the underground laboratory would be in chaos, and no one could guarantee that the enemy would not be desperate and press the switch to detonate the explosives. Although it is said that the world can be recycled, no one can guarantee that such large-scale damage will not cause irreparable consequences.

So they have to be careful. Oda Sakunosuke looked at the other two players and signaled them to get ready, as he was about to enter the final password.

Zhu Fu Jingguang and Huang Hun nodded, staring at the last door in front of them. As the password was entered, there was another beeping sound, and the door in front of them slowly slid to the side. The door inevitably made some friction sounds during the opening process. Several players were nervous, staring at the gap of the open door, hoping that no one inside the door would notice this place at this time.

As the gap between the opened doors widened, a long and narrow corridor first appeared in the eyes of the three people. From their position, they could see that there were many rooms on both sides of the corridor. Fortunately, there was no one in the corridor at this time.

The three of them exchanged glances again, with Huang Hun taking the lead, preparing to formally step into the underground laboratory in front of them. However, at this moment, the door of a room near the exit in the corridor suddenly opened, and soon a researcher in a lab coat walked out.

At first, the researcher just glanced over here casually, but when he saw the door of the laboratory was wide open and three strangers were standing outside, his eyes suddenly widened and his mouth opened...

Morofu Jingguang immediately pulled out the gun he was carrying, but Huang Hun, who was standing in front of him, was faster than him. Huang Hun stepped hard and rushed in front of the researcher like an arrow from a bow. He chopped down with his hand and the researcher fainted...

Morofushi Kagemitsu reacted quickly and followed, and Oda Sakunosuke behind him pressed the button to close the door and also came to Huang Hun's side.

"There's no one else in this room, come in first." Morofushi Kagemitsu checked the room the researchers came out of and said to Huang Hun and Oda Sakunosuke.

The three players hid in the room, and then decisively woke up the researcher who was knocked unconscious by the dusk, and then asked about the situation in the laboratory...

Ten minutes later, Huang Hun changed into a researcher's lab coat and walked out of the room wearing a mask. Three minutes later, the other two researchers were led over by him. Two minutes later, Morobushi Kagemitsu and Oda Sakunosuke also changed into lab coats. Together with Huang Hun, the three of them disguised themselves and walked out of the room.

As for the three replaced researchers, they were knocked unconscious, tied up, and locked in a room.

After coming out of the room, the three of them started to act separately. According to the information they forced out of the researchers, the laboratory in front of them was roughly divided into three areas: the experimental area, the data area, and the rest area. The legendary second-in-command of the organization, Rum, was resting in the rest area at this time. This was a good opportunity.

Morofushi Kagemitsu is in charge of searching the data area, Huang Hun is in charge of searching the experimental area, and Oda Sakunosuke is in charge of finding clues about explosives, which is after all the biggest hidden danger threatening them.

All three were well-trained and quickly took action. Morofushi Jingguang came to the room where the experimental data was stored. After opening the door, there were rows of file cabinets filled with data.

Time was running out, so Zhu Fu Jingguang quickly scanned the labels in front of each cabinet and found the label related to the BOSS.

They had already obtained some information from the researchers before, such as the loss of the chip. Rum was very angry. All the people who might have come into contact with the chip were interrogated last night, but there was no result. The lost chip could not be found for the time being. Rum wanted the researcher in charge of the relevant experiments to copy a chip. However, if such a miraculous thing was so easy to copy, the organization would not have spent decades researching it.

In the battle with the Red Team over the years, most of the organization's members have been lost. This resort is also the organization's last safe base. The organization's last hope is to revive the boss and make a comeback. However, now that the chip is lost, all plans have come to a standstill. Rum can only mobilize people to find the chip while asking researchers to find a way to replicate the chip.

The chip prepared for the BOSS was the final perfect version. There were actually several experimental versions before that, but they all had some defects to a greater or lesser extent. For example, there was a previous version that was tested on ten subjects, but in the end only one subject survived successfully.

Zhu Fujingguang held the file of this successful case in his hand and looked at the label on the file bag.

Name: Amuro Toru

CODE NAME: BOURBON

Chip: LR391-7

Experimental results: Personality replacement was successful

The cold air from the underground laboratory penetrated into Fuku Jingguang's body through his pores, freezing his fingers to the point of numbness. He failed to open the paper file bag in his hand several times. When he tried to tear open the seal again, the entire file bag fell out of his hand and onto the ground...