Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 186 One Hundred Years Later

2102 years.

Tokyo.

Spring and Summer Games Company.

Naota Sakuno was sitting at his workstation, framing a character model in front of the screen, but at this moment, the phone suddenly rang.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Spring/Summer 128th generation smartphone that was just produced and released last month. Compared with the previous generation, this one is not only almost negligible in weight, as thin as paper, but its performance has been further optimized to the extreme, and it also has a solar energy endurance function.

"Hello? Family dinner? Uh, the game is about to be released, I'm afraid I won't be able to spare the time at the end of this month... Great-grandfather? He hasn't been to my place recently. He might have gone to China with his great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. But my great-grandfather has been staying at my house recently. He would go fishing with his great-uncle Maori every night..."

"Got it. I'll remind them to take care of their health. Mom, don't worry. Great-grandfather and the others have had enough fun and will definitely be back before the end of the year."

"Okay, bye, love you mom."

The phone hangs up.

A male colleague at the side came up and said, "Naota, your phone... must be worth a lot of money, right?"

"Well, it's new and hasn't been released yet, but my sister has already set the price. The pre-sale price is around 300,000 yen..."

"Three hundred thousand?" The colleague opened his mouth wide, "This is equivalent to my monthly salary! Tsk, after all, he is the heir of the Chunxia Group, how enviable..."

"What's there to be envious of? I'll treat you to a Western meal after get off work. My friend recently opened a Western restaurant nearby."

"Really? Naota-sama!" The colleague knelt down in front of Sakurano Naota.

Naota revealed a half-moon eye expression, and then looked at the other people in the office: "Everyone come after get off work, it's my treat, eat as much as you want."

"Thanks."

"Naota-chan, I love you."

"Naota-sama, do you have a girlfriend? If not, I can be your babysitter."

"I really don't want to go to this class for a single day."

"I can't finish it. I can never finish it!" An artist slumped in a chair, muttering to himself with lifeless eyes.

Naota wanted to laugh when he saw this. He checked the time and found that it was already noon. He immediately quit the app and started ordering takeout on his phone.

On the computer desktop, a photo of Naota Sakuno and a man with their arms around each other was used as the background.

The man seemed to be about the same age as Naota, and his features and eyebrows were 50% to 60% similar.

"Is this your brother?" asked the colleague sitting next to him.

"Oh, this is my great-grandfather," Naota replied.

"what?"

The colleagues who heard this seemed a little confused.

Naota's great grandfather?

Isn’t that the business genius from forty years ago, Sake Natsuhe?

Chunxia Game Company, and the founder of Chunxia Milk Tea Chain...

The first president of the Chunxia Group...

Japan's most famous detective...

World-renowned magician...

He is even a super martial arts master who is proficient in all martial arts...

Starting from the early 2000s, he enjoyed a global reputation for half a century, and finally announced his retirement years ago, and handed over the company to his two children...

But, is the person in the photo really Sakuno Natsuhe?
"No, this man looks to be in his early twenties at most. How could he be your great-grandfather?" The colleague noticed something was wrong.

Upon hearing this, Naota replied seriously: "My great-grandfather was a martial arts master. He was in good health and took good care of himself. What's more... this photo actually used some AI face-changing and restoration, so he doesn't actually look that young."

But in fact, I was thinking: Why does he look like he is in his early twenties?

That's because my great-grandfather was exactly that age.

XH0805……

Every pill you take can make you 20 years younger.

And a person can take it five times in his lifetime.

Therefore, in the past hundred years, Xia He's appearance has hardly changed at all, and he still looks the same as when he was 25 years old.

The only thing that has changed is the extra knowledge and experience in my brain.

Of course, Xiahe's parents, Suzuki Sonoko, Kudo Shinichi, Nakatsuru Hirota, Wakasa Rumi, Dr. Agasa...

All family members and friends took XH0805 together and are still alive and well today.

During this hundred years, I have traveled around the world, tried delicious food from all over the world, and experienced all kinds of local customs and cultures.

Life was so carefree and happy.

"I'm so envious..." Naota Sakunio suddenly sighed after ordering takeout.

"Envy? Why do you need to envy others?" My colleague blinked.

"Nothing, just work hard. The Sims 30.0 will be released in the middle of next month. This time we must strive to create a more realistic and freer game world for players!"

"But we received too many complaints about version 29.0, saying that the content we produced was too erotic... So should we strive to make the current version of the somatosensory interaction system even more realistic?"

"Of course, even if it's not 100% restoration, we have to at least achieve more than 70% restoration, which is infinitely close to reality. Isn't that the selling point of our game?"

Virtual reality technology has been around for more than a hundred years.

After a hundred years of historical development, with the concerted efforts of Xia He and Noah's Ark, this technology has become extremely mature.

Chunxia Games used this technology to become the world's most well-known game company for more than eighty years.

"As for complaints, don't worry at all, just go ahead and do it."

after all……

Today, the economic pillar behind the entire Japan is our Chunxia Group.

He thought to himself.

……

9:30 p.m.

Kudo chain of western restaurants.

Inside the store, Kudo Rina looked at the late Sakuno Naota with dissatisfaction and said, "Hey, didn't you agree to come at 8:30? Why are you an hour late? I have to postpone the closing time again..."

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I just had an idea, so I made some temporary changes..."

Naota scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, and then introduced her to his colleagues: "Let me introduce her to everyone. She is a friend I grew up with. Her name is Kudo Rina. She is a famous pianist and the granddaughter of Kudo Eisuke."

"Kudo Eisuke? Why do I feel like I've heard of this name before..."

"He was one of the most famous pianists in Japan 70 years ago. Anyone who pays attention to this field should have heard of him, right? Moreover... Kudo Eisuke's father was a detective second only to Sakuno Natsuwa at the time. I still remember his nickname was... yes... Oh, right, the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era. His whole family is famous!"

"It's not that famous." Kudo Rina stuck out her tongue shyly.

Since his grandmother, the Kudo family has not produced any so-called "celebrity".

For example, she and her parents have been ordinary people since childhood.

It is obvious that all the people of my great-grandfather and grandfather's generation were extremely talented and brilliant, so how come I didn't inherit even a bit of that?

Everyone walked into the store and after taking a look around the surroundings, they all praised the interior decoration.

Only Naota's eyes were attracted by the photos hanging on the wall.

"Do you still have this photo?"

The scene in the photo was undoubtedly the wedding of Kudo Shinichi and Xiaolan a hundred years ago.

"Of course I have to keep it. Not only my ancestors, but also Senior Xia He is in here." Kudo Rina said, standing on a stool and gently wiping the photo frame with the wet wipes in her pocket.

"Xia He? What does it have to do with my great-grandfather?" Naota asked in confusion.

"Of course it is related." Kudo Rina glanced at Naota, then smiled and said, "Senior Xia He is the person I admire the most. I want to be like him and become the most successful businessman in the world!" "Um... then I wish you success." Naota said.

Businessman?
I wanted to learn kendo from my great-grandfather.

It's a pity that his whereabouts are so erratic that it's hard to see him throughout the year...

He sighed inwardly.

But then again...

"Where has Uncle Kyogoku gone recently? Why haven't I seen him?"

The uncle Kyogoku that Naota mentioned is Kyogoku Ryozo.

Since Sakuno Natsuwa, the most famous martial arts master in Japan today is also proficient in all martial arts, just like Natsuwa did decades ago.

If you have to settle for the next best thing...

Learning kendo from Kyogoku Ryozo seems to be a good choice.

"I don't know. I haven't seen him much recently." Rina shook her head.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a little girl with a ponytail, who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, ran in excitedly and shouted to Kudo Rina, "Sister Rina, I'm hungry and want to eat steak."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to make it for you right away." Seeing this, Rina happily walked up to the little girl and kissed her.

The person who came was Kyogoku Ryozo's only daughter, Kyogoku China.

"That's right, Xiao Qianna, where's your dad?"

"He went abroad to learn from the martial arts masters there."

"Ah? Going again? Didn't he just come back from China at the beginning of this year?"

"This time it's not China, it's Thailand. He was invited by a Muay Thai master there, so he went abroad last week." Qiannai said.

"Is that so..." Naota curled his lips.

It seems that my plan to practice martial arts during the holidays is going to be ruined again.

Or... after The Sims 30.0 is released, I might as well go travel to China?
Just as he was thinking, China threw the schoolbag on his back over to him, "Help me hold it, Naota-kun, I need to go to the bathroom first!"

"Oh."

Naota reached out to take it, then glanced at the pocket watch that flew out of the schoolbag and fell to the ground.

"Huh? You actually carry such an ancient thing with you?"

He bent down to pick up the pocket watch, then opened the cover with some curiosity.

There was a group photo inside the pocket watch.

He recognized him immediately; the person in the photo was Kyogoku China's great-grandfather, Kyogoku Makoto.

And her great-grandmother—

Yoko Okino.

……

After dinner, we went to KTV and sang for a while.

Naota, who perfectly inherited his family's vocal cords, has naturally received a lot of admiration and praise from his colleagues.

By the time he returned home, it was almost one in the morning.

However, as soon as he entered the door, he ran into Sakunio Ikki, who was carrying fishing gear and was about to go out stealthily.

"My dear grandson, you're back? Why are you so late today?" In front of the entrance, Sakuni Ikki laughed awkwardly.

"I sang for a while with my colleagues..." Naota looked at Sakuno Ikki with his crescent eyes, "Great-grandfather, my mother told you to stay up less late in the future..."

"What's wrong with staying up late? I'm only in my early forties and in the prime of my life. What can't I stay up late for?" Sakuni Ikki pursed his lips, then walked past Naota in a very firm manner and pushed open the door.

Even when putting on his shoes, he said something cruel to Zhi Tai: "Just tell your mother that I will make it through this night, and Xia Helai can't control me!"

After saying that, he took the elevator without looking back.

Naota: "."

"Hey……"

It seems that if my great-grandfather doesn't come back, this great-great-grandfather will definitely not be obedient.

he thought to himself.

He shook his head, took off his coat, and was about to go to the bathroom to wash up, but he heard a slight sound coming from the room.

"Who?"

Naota approached the bedroom alertly.

Although this house is under Xia He's name, for some time now, he and Sakuno Ikki are the only ones living in this huge house.

However, as soon as he opened the door, Naota was stunned.

"Great-grandmother? When did you come back?"

Brown short hair, bangs, about 1.7 meters tall...

Under the dim light, Naota was about to go up to his great-grandmother and hold her hand to act coquettishly, but unexpectedly, she turned around and replied to him in a very calm tone: "Are you home?"

It turned out to be this great-grandmother...

He thought it was a wine garden.

Naota blinked, then nodded, "Yeah... Hey, great-grandmother, since you're back, did great-grandfather also come back?"

"Xia He? He went to your cousin's new book launch." The woman lifted her hair, her beautiful face still expressionless, "Do you want to have a midnight snack? If you do, I can go and make instant noodles for you."

"No... no need." Naota waved his hand.

"I'd better wait until tomorrow morning and get up for breakfast."

……

same moment.

United States.

The scene of the new book launch.

Sakuno Ayase, a fantasy female novelist who is almost 70% similar to Xia He, is currently being interviewed by reporters.

"Excuse me, where did the inspiration for your new work, "Life in a Different World - Starting Life as a Baby," come from?"

"It comes from my great-grandfather... When I was very young, he told me fantasy stories about this. Therefore, when I grew up, I had the idea of ​​becoming a fantasy novel writer."

"I see." The reporter nodded with a smile after receiving the answer. "Also, I heard that your writing style and writing method were influenced by your great-grandmother. Is that true?"

"I have three great-grandmothers. Which one are you talking about?" Sakunio Ayase blinked.

"Three great-grandmothers?"

The reporter who was in charge of asking the question seemed a little confused, but after just two seconds, she immediately adjusted herself and continued, "I mean, Ms. Shinna Kaori, who had published many mystery novels, I remember that she had completely stopped writing about fifty years ago, when she was eighty years old, right?"

"Well, my first work did draw on her writing style..."

Ayase was answering the question.

Not far away, a man walked straight over, attracting everyone's attention.

The reporters present all felt that he looked familiar, but they could not remember who this handsome young man in front of them, who looked like a nobleman, was.

"Is he Sakunio Ayase's boyfriend?"

Until Ayase rushed forward, hugged the other person, and shouted excitedly: "Xiahe Grandfather!"

They finally reacted, their eyes widened, and they rushed to pick up their equipment and surrounded the man.

……

(Conan chapter ends)
(End of this chapter)