Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 275 The so-called gift

Vermouth looked at Makino in front of her with eyes full of smiles, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "What a coincidence, Officer Makino, I didn't expect to meet you here~ In this case, I will give you the gift in advance~"

"Oh? What gift?"

Vermouth took out a black USB flash drive from her pocket and handed it to Makino: "Although the information in it was obtained by me accidentally, I think you should be interested in it."

Makino took the USB drive and took a look at it, then chuckled and said, "Thank you for your gift, but you didn't seem to answer the question I asked just now. You disguised yourself and sneaked into this press conference. You must have other purposes, right?"

Vermouth smiled and shook her head: "I can't hide it from you~ In fact, the purpose of my visit this time is to give you the second gift~"

Under Makino's curious gaze, Vermouth slowly said, "Not long ago, I received a contact from Rum. He asked me to come here to investigate Thomas Sindorra, the president of Sindorra IT Company."

"Rum's orders?"

Vermouth nodded and said, "Yes, you should have heard of the name 'Hiroki Sawada', right? Although what really made this genius famous was the artificial intelligence 'Noah's Ark' he studied back then.

But before that, he invented something incredible..."

Makino frowned and asked, "Are you talking about the DNA tracking system?"

Vermouth subconsciously reached into his pocket and said, "Yes, for some reason, Rum suddenly took a fancy to this system. According to intelligence, this system should be in the hands of Thomas Sindorah."

At this point, Vermouth's eyes flashed with a gleam of brilliance: "There is obviously an 'artificial intelligence' next to it, why do you think Rum is interested in this DNA tracking system?"

Hearing this, Makino smiled and shook his head: "I see, it seems that this news is the 'second gift' you just mentioned."

When he first chatted with Vermouth, he confirmed the news from her - "The boss hasn't shown up for many years."

Neither Vermouth nor Rum had "really" seen the BOSS for nearly twenty years.

Rum's order this time undoubtedly confirmed the news again.

Although they still receive instructions from their boss frequently, they are usually given through phone calls or text messages, and at best they can only communicate with their boss through "virtual meetings".

At present, although Rum has been faithfully implementing the BOSS's decisions, he seems to have his own ideas about the BOSS's disappearance.

This is probably why Rum is interested in this "DNA tracking system".

——He wants to find the BOSS.

If I remember correctly, this is also the reason why Rum was interested in the "cross-age identification system" studied by Interpol.

In addition, Vermouth's "gift" also contains another hidden information.

It is impossible that Rum didn't know about "Noah's Ark Artificial Intelligence", but he was only interested in the DNA tracking system.

Either Rum didn't understand the power of artificial intelligence at all, or he simply looked down on this artificial intelligence called Noah's Ark.

If it is the latter, it means that the winery has also dabbled in artificial intelligence, and Rum himself is convinced that their research in this field is much better than "Noah's Ark".

Vermouth glanced at the thoughtful look on Makino's face, then lowered her head slightly to look at the "game badge" pinned on Makino's suit, and chuckled, "Okay, since you've received it, I'll leave first. I wish you a happy game in advance~"

Makino ignored the teasing in Vermouth's words, smiled and nodded, "Have you got the DNA tracking system?"

Vermouth shook his head and said, "No, I did not succeed in hacking into the computer system here. I guess it was the artificial intelligence that was hindering me. Anyway, Rum just asked me to take a look and didn't ask me to bring back the system."

At this point, Vermouth suddenly changed the subject, stared straight into Makino's eyes and asked, "Since I have given you so many gifts, can I ask you a question?"

Makino nodded and said, "Tell me what you want to ask."

Vermouth put away the smile on her face: "In recent years, the organization has not been doing well in Tokyo. Not only that, except for Chianti and Cohen who you killed before, even the important subordinates sent by Rum have disappeared one by one.

Not long ago, even Gin and Vodka lost contact during a mission, and their whereabouts are unknown. Although this is just my intuition, but... could these things all be related to you?"

Hearing this, Makino smiled and shook his head, then turned around and waved his hand: "Who knows, maybe Rum passed on his own bad luck to his subordinates and Gin and the others~"

Vermouth looked at Makino's back, and a smile appeared on her lips again: "Really? Then let's just treat it as such~"

……

At the same time, outside the banquet hall of the press conference.

"Xiaolan!" After seeing Xiaolan and the others, Sonoko immediately smiled and waved and walked forward.

After everyone exchanged a few simple greetings, Sonoko looked down at Mitsuhiko and the others, then turned to Xiaolan beside her and asked, "Xiaolan, what's going on with them?"

Xiaolan chuckled and said, "When Dad received the invitation to the game launch conference a few days ago, they happened to be there."

"So that's how it is. But it's no wonder. After all, games are very attractive to children~" Sonoko looked as if she understood and nodded with a smile.

At this time, Maori Kogoro said, "Humph, it's just a TV game press conference, why make it so exaggerated? There are security checks and body searches. If you don't know, you might think it's some important secret to be released!"

Hearing this, Conan explained: "There's nothing we can do. It is said that industrial spies had already started their operations in secret before the press conference was announced~"

Mitsuhiko on the side also nodded and said, "That's right! After all, the emergence of this 'cocoon' may change the entire gaming industry!"

Sonoko looked at Conan and the others in surprise: "I didn't expect you guys knew so much~"

Without waiting for Conan and Mitsuhiko to answer, Genta suddenly widened his eyes and pointed at the badge on Sonoko's clothes with envy: "Ah! Look! Sonoko has the badge for participating in the game!"

Genta's words immediately attracted the attention of Mitsuhiko and Ayumi. Their reactions were almost exactly the same as Genta's. They both looked up at the badge on Sonoko with envy.

"I want to play too..."

"Ayumi, that's impossible. It's our fault that we weren't chosen~"

At this moment, Xiaolan smiled and clapped her hands: "Okay, okay, let's go to the venue first. Didn't we just see the service staff here carrying a lot of delicious food towards the venue?"

The word "delicious food" immediately caught the attention of Yuan Tai and the other two. They nodded quickly, saying that they wanted to taste the food in the venue. Soon after, in the banquet hall.

Kogoro Maori took two glasses of wine from the waiter who was holding the aperitif, and a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Under the helpless gazes of Sonoko and the others, Kogoro Mori drank one of the glasses of red wine in one gulp and let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing her father about to return to his usual drinking mode, Xiaolan couldn't help but dissuade him: "Dad! Not only are there important people from various industries here, but it is said that high-ranking figures from the police are also here. You must not drink too much!"

Maori Kogoro stared absentmindedly at the whiskey in another glass, squinted his eyes and smiled: "I know~ Don't worry, I won't get drunk if I drink high-end wine~"

Xiaolan and others: "..."

At this moment, Makino came over and chuckled, "Mr. Maori, Xiaolan is right, I think I saw Deputy Director Moroboshi just now~"

After seeing Makino, Xiaolan and the others immediately greeted him.

Maori Kogoro blinked and said hesitantly: "Wait Makino...what did you just say? The deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department is here too?!"

Makino chuckled and nodded.

Seeing this, Maori Kogoro quickly put the empty red wine glass in his hand on the table beside him and straightened his collar with one hand: "Makino, why would such a big shot come to attend this game conference?"

Sonoko slowly walked to Makino's side and chuckled, "Uncle Maori, it's not just the police! There are also many big names in the financial world here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mitsuhiko frowned and said, "In that case, those kids queuing up to get their badges over there are the children of such a big shot, right?"

Everyone followed Mitsuhiko's gaze and saw a group of beautifully dressed children, accompanied by the prince consort, receiving badges for participating in the game from the staff.

Seeing this scene, even Yuan Tai, who was enjoying his meal, stopped talking and complained, "Huh! It's clearly said that the qualification to participate in the game is drawn, so why can those children get the badge without drawing the qualification?"

Maori Kogoro narrowed his eyes and said, "There's nothing we can do, kid. This is the real world. Those kids are the second and third generations that will carry this country on their shoulders."

Kogoro Mori's words immediately reminded Makino of the "classic quote" that Ai said in the original work.

Indeed, from a certain perspective, human mistakes are constantly repeated in any era.

At this moment, Ayumi suddenly noticed the badge on Makino's clothes and said in surprise: "Ah, Officer Makino, that badge?!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan and the others discovered that Makino, like Sonoko, also had a badge that allowed him to participate in the game.

Conan looked up at Makino and squinted his eyes and said, "Officer Makino, if I remember correctly, there seems to be an age limit for participating in gaming activities, right?"

Before Makino could speak, a childish voice suddenly sounded beside everyone's ears: "Age limit? It has nothing to do with that kind of thing, because our positions are different~"

Everyone turned around and saw that the person who spoke was a child in a red suit. The child was looking at Conan and the others in front of him with a playful expression.

Before the child could say anything else, a man in a black suit walked up behind the child and scolded him in a low voice: "Hideki! Didn't I tell you not to run around?!"

After he finished speaking, the man turned to look at Makino, smiled and extended his hand, saying, "Makino, since the last gathering, we haven't met outside the Metropolitan Police Department for a long time, right?"

"Deputy Director Zhuxing, it's been a long time~" Makino smiled and shook the hand of the man in front of him.

"Deputy, deputy director?!" Kogoro Mori lost his voice after hearing the conversation between the two.

After hearing Maori Kogoro's voice, Deputy Director Moroboshi looked at Maori Kogoro and the others with a smile, nodded and said, "Excuse me, everyone, this child is called Moroboshi Hideki, and he is my grandson.

You must be the famous detective Maori Kogoro, right? If I remember correctly, you also worked in the Metropolitan Police Department before. "

Hearing that the big boss in the police force not only knew him, but also knew that he used to work in the Metropolitan Police Department, Maori Kogoro immediately put aside the whiskey in his hand, walked respectfully to Deputy Director Moroboshi, and shook Deputy Director Moroboshi's hand with both hands: "I didn't expect you to know me! Deputy Director Moroboshi, I've heard of you for a long time~"

At this moment, the child named Moroboshi Hideki also leaned forward and greeted Makino: "Hello, Mr. Makino, I often hear my grandfather mention you, and I have watched every interview of yours!"

Deputy Director Moroboshi let go of Maori Kogoro's hand and looked at Makino with a smile: "Hahaha, this kid has been influenced by me since he was a child. He always said that he wanted to work in the Metropolitan Police Department when he grows up. Makino, maybe I'll have to ask you to take care of this kid in the future!"

"..."

Kogoro Mori couldn't help but sigh inwardly as he watched Makino casually chatting with this "senior police official".

Makino could actually joke around with such a person...

Whenever he encountered a similar situation, he always had a feeling of unreality.

The approachable Makino in their eyes does not seem to be "approachable" in the eyes of others.

After Deputy Director Zhu Xing took his grandson away, Yuan Zi said, "What an impolite brat! Brother Long Yi, if this kid really falls into your hands in the future, you must teach him a lesson!"

Hearing this, Maori Kogoro, Mitsuhiko and the other two did not say anything, but nodded silently.

From the time this kid appeared until he left, he seemed to have never looked at them straight in the eye. It seemed that there was only Officer Makino in his eyes.

Not only that, this child seemed to be polite only when facing Makino.

Makino laughed and said, "Okay, since Sonoko has said so, then I will accept your commission~ But compared to this, I think you guys should be more interested in participating in today's game, right? Actually..."

Before Makino could finish his words, he was interrupted by an unfamiliar voice greeting him.

——"Isn't this Miss Sonoko and Mr. Makino? I didn't expect to see you two here. It's been a long time~"

Under the curious gazes of the crowd, a middle-aged man in a brown suit slowly walked up to Makino and Sonoko and nodded respectfully.

After noticing Sonoko's slightly puzzled look, the man quickly added: "My name is Jiang Shouzhezhisuke. I met you two last time at the commemoration party for the establishment of the Suzuki Foundation~"

"..."

Seeing this scene, Conan blinked helplessly and thought to himself: "I almost forgot that these two guys have the background of Suzuki Group..."

(End of this chapter)