Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Chapter 642 Finally Connected

"Okay, let's go."

After fiddling with the bottom floor for more than an hour, Nogami and the other two returned to the command room. The bottom floor was quiet for a while, and then a figure jumped out from the innermost layer, constantly stretching his body.

"Oh my god, I don't even dare to breathe deeply."

With a long sigh of relief, Machiko took out the organization's backup controller from behind her back, installed the black device in the designated location according to the procedure discussed in the conference room before the operation, and then pressed the power button.

"Next, we'll go back to the room and wait for Naomi to be alone..."

The elevator door opened, and looking at Nogami Kazuka who was alone with her arms crossed inside, Machiko's expression changed from confusion, fear, panic, despair, to calmness, and finally she revealed a strange smile.

"Where are they?"

"I said I had a stomachache and sent them back." Nogami Kazuka looked Machiko up and down and said, "You are a classmate of Mao Lilan and the others, why are you here?"

"Explain! I will explain, but before that, could you please put away the gun and handcuffs?"

Nogami Kazuka was chosen by her personally, and she was sure that if she laughed it off or tried to fool the opponent, the opponent would shoot her without hesitation.

"Nogami, actually..."

Machiko shuddered, "I was sent here by Commander Minami on a special mission."

"Oh?"

Machiko started walking, but she controlled the distance very well, making sure that the distance between herself and Nogami would not exceed three meters, while at the same time moving her body as much as possible to cover up the stiffness she felt when talking nonsense.

"As Japanese police, how could we allow international police to obtain surveillance rights? However, cooperating with the ocean buoy is a request made by the United States to Japan, and it is not easy for the commander to openly resist."

Machiko became more and more excited as she spoke, and felt that this was quite reasonable.

"My mission is to destroy the ocean buoys and provide a reason for you to station here."

Seeing Nogami's suspicious look, Machiko snorted, "It seems they didn't tell you anything."

"You wait."

Machiko's expression stiffened a little when Nogami took out the satellite phone, and then immediately returned to normal.

"Vice Minister, it's me..."

After hanging up the phone, Nogami looked at Machiko calmly.

"I admit that maybe what I just said is a little different from the actual situation, but..."

"Let's go."

"I really didn't... huh?"

Machiko blinked and found that Nogami had given up the empty seat next to her. She hesitated and carefully observed Nogami's expression.

[Mr. Amuro helped me hide this? ]

That’s right, Toru Amuro must know about the organization’s actions.

"What are you going to do next?"

"Once the systems are connected, kidnap Naomi." As the elevator went up, Nogami held onto the elevator wall. She combined the tasks mentioned by herself and Machiko, and found that they could be connected perfectly.

"My original mission was to hand over the monitoring authority. Another thing was to take control of the ocean buoy with my subordinates at the right time."

Nogami looked at Machiko and said, "I didn't understand what the right time was before, but now I finally understand."

[But I was just talking nonsense, there is no way I could be right, right? ]

After Machiko complained in her heart, she suddenly frowned.

No, it's not impossible.

Their mission was assigned by Vermouth. According to Vodka, the so-called intrusion operation was a plan that Vermouth and Gin reported to the Metropolitan Police Department after Vermouth learned about the large buoy and the cross-age system from Minami Masamune. From beginning to end, Gin's arrangements were made based on the information given by Vermouth.

It is entirely possible that the old man in the office and his mother had come up with a plan. The old man used his intrusion as an excuse for the police to intervene in the base, thereby transferring the monitoring power from the local area to Tokyo in the name of American coercion.

[But what good is that to Miss Chris? The old man will not allow this cross-age system to be obtained by people other than the Japanese police...]

"What are you thinking about?" Nogami Kazuka saw Machiko shaking her head.

"Nothing, I'm on the 18th floor, there are surveillance cameras up there."

Machiko took advantage of the elevator opening and ran out quickly. Nogami, who was standing in the elevator, lowered his eyes and understood.

“So there is an accomplice.”

……

"Sister, you really are not worried at all."

Vodka walked in from outside the conference room with a cup of noodles in his left hand and a set of hot and ready-to-eat sausages in his right hand.

"Once we get this cross-age system, the organization can search every member. I don't believe those rats can't be dug out."

After sipping his noodles, Vodka sighed and said, "Big brother, he has been hungry and sleepless because of the rats in the organization. Big sister, do you think the young ladies can succeed?"

"Hmm, eh?"

Vodka looked at the sausage that disappeared beside him and the small stick that appeared in Vermouth's hand. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but the still warm cup of noodles in his hand gave him some comfort. At least he had something to eat.

"Drip!"

The sound of the instrument startled both of them. After eating Vodka's favorite sausage in two bites, Vermouth turned on the computer on the table and saw that the control system had turned green. She hurriedly called Vodka.

"The system is already connected. Vodka, quickly bring up the system interface of the ocean buoy."

"Uh-huh."

Vodka took the computer from Vermouth, transferred it from the organization's connector to the ocean buoy's system, and then projected the screen onto the large screen in the conference room.

"We can't operate it yet. We can only watch the people over there operate it. Once the young lady brings the woman who developed the system over here, we can control it directly."

Vodka just smiled, but when he turned around, he saw the ocean buoy's test system on the screen calling up test photos.

"Miyano Shiho?!"

(End of this chapter)