Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 633 Familiar Viruses and Firewalls

"Torada Eita came to the Torada family twenty-eight years ago? Was her goal Takeda Genshin's gold mine treasure?"

Xia Chuan shook his head in denial, then hesitated for a moment.

He initially didn't believe it; who would spend decades for a treasure whose authenticity was unknown? But the maid in the Blue Castle and the "grandfather" who had died more than ten years ago in the Osaka incident a few days earlier changed his opinion.

This world is so bizarre; some people are willing to spend a lot of time or even lose their lives for some strange purpose.

Wealth is a powerful motivator.
"Then what about the people behind her?"

Judging from the letter left by Ryūo Koji, the people behind Torada Eita are definitely not simple. They seem to have strong teamwork and individual tactical skills, and are likely at least mercenary level.

Under normal circumstances, no one would allow mercenaries who live on the edge to participate directly; they must be trustworthy.

Therefore, this case was definitely not something that Torada Eita could have accomplished alone; there were others behind her!

Torada Eita simply didn't have the time to train such a group of people.

In other words, there must be a pair of behind-the-scenes manipulators behind her.

who is it?

That's what Xia Chuan wants to investigate now.

Torata Eita's computer is quite unusual. Frank couldn't crack the firewall on his own, and the USB drive that had previously been so successful on Ryuo Koji's computer failed to boot.

This is the USB flash drive's self-testing mechanism at work. Once the USB flash drive's capacity limit is exceeded, it will stop working, which reduces the possibility of exposure and prevents the computer from self-destructing.

"How much longer?" Xia Chuan asked into the phone.

"I've already contacted the hacker, the one who helped us crack software many times before. It should only take about half an hour to solve."

Xia Chuan nodded.

Sitting in front of Torata Eita's computer, Natsukawa had no intention of operating it himself; his skills were not yet at that level.

However, the network cable was unplugged beforehand to prevent Torada Eita from damaging the computer remotely after he realized what was happening.

He checks his phone every now and then.

Conan would report the situation there to him almost every half hour.

Eita Torada was indeed very clever; although he didn't know there was a GPS tracker in the car, he quickly abandoned the GTR.

When Conan and his friends found the GTR, the front of the car was deformed and the body had countless scratches.

It's said that a car is a man's second haven. I don't know if this old woman was trying to get revenge or what, but driving normally wouldn't warrant such a reaction.

However, she didn't know that Xia Chuan didn't actually care.

A car is just a means of transportation, and besides, it's covered by insurance.

It's just tough on the guy who sold me the car; he'll probably get fired.
Although she managed to escape, someone happened to see where she changed cars. Because the GTR was so conspicuous, someone remembered the license plate of the car that picked her up. We're still continuing.

"With so many people helping her, the power behind her must be quite formidable."

Shifting his focus, Xia Chuan turned his attention to the computer. The hacker had already begun decryption, and the firewall was offering little resistance to the attack, revealing the hacker's undeniable skill.

If the hacker hadn't been unwilling, he really would have liked to pull the other party into his camp, just like Frank did.

Unfortunately, the other party is unwilling.

Fortunately, this person is very professional and has cooperated with us many times so far without ever showing any intention of spying on our information.

Xia Chuan is not the kind of person who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals; otherwise, with Noah's Ark's tracking system, this hacker might not have been able to escape detection.

Shortly after, the computer successfully decoded the data, and the firewall information and the data inside were instantly captured and transferred to the USB drive. This action seemed to trigger some kind of low-level defense mechanism inherent in the computer itself; almost the instant the USB drive was removed after extraction, a burning smell came from the host.

"boom!"

The computer went from smoking to exploding in less than three seconds, and the entire chassis was blown into non-recyclable waste.

Fortunately, Xia Chuan did not physically open the computer case before, otherwise the same situation might have occurred.

"I don't believe there isn't a tight organizational structure behind this level of secrecy."

"And this program... it seems kind of familiar."

Looking at the computer case that had been blown to pieces, Xia Chuan fell silent.

After a long while, he ignored Conan's report, glanced at the cold USB drive in his hand, and silently hailed a car to return to Tokyo.

"what happened?"

Frank stared blankly at Xia Chuan as he walked in. If he remembered correctly, Xia Chuan was in Nagano Prefecture just over an hour ago. How come he was back in just over an hour?

Not only did he not go to see Joel, but he also came to find me first.

Judging from their expressions, it seems that something extraordinary has happened.

"I want to use your computer."

Xia Chuan did not intend to answer the question and went straight to the point.

Frank's computer was a jump host he used when carrying out his missions. It could easily hide his IP information, and his firewall was rarely breached.

Furthermore, due to the analysis of the DNA tracking program for Noah's Ark, the firewall has been further upgraded, making it virtually impenetrable.

"They're so tense, they can't even take care of Torada Eita. Could something have gone wrong?"

"Indeed."

Xia Chuan simply answered without explaining further.

Actually, he's just worried right now.

However, the firewall methods and subsequent self-destruction measures are very similar to the methods of a software programmer that Tequila mentioned before his death. He had met that person once before, but only once. However, the software that the other party was researching was frequently seen on the distillery's computers.

If it's related to that person, then this case will be a real headache.

Without a doubt, the only people who can be associated with tequila are the people at the distillery.

But this is too strange. If it's related to the winery, why didn't he get any information about such a big project?

Now that vodka and gin have disappeared, the only people with real power in the distillery are him and Amuro Tooru. Amuro Tooru doesn't actually have much command authority. Logically speaking, if the distillery had planned a gold heist, he couldn't possibly be unaware of it. Even if there were personnel changes, he would have noticed some clues.

But it didn't.

This situation is very intriguing.

When the USB drive was inserted into the computer, the system immediately displayed an error message.

Boxes popped up on the screen, as if the screen had been infected with a virus.

Fortunately, it was Frank's computer, and Xia Chuan had anticipated this, so the firewall activated instantly. Progress bars began to reload, and the virus analysis proceeded methodically. Within a few minutes, the extra boxes were identified as unique.

A plugin that wanted to send signals outwards also disappeared without a trace under the firewall's protection.

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