Conan: What alias? That's my struggle!

as predicted.

The man in black repeated the same words.

"Hashimoto Rinyo, this is your first mission, and also a test. The target is Wang Jianguo, a wealthy businessman from China, in the presidential suite on the top floor of the hotel."

Let's try again.

Lin Ye sighed, took the envelope, carefully read through the information, memorized the square face in the photo, and then stuffed the envelope into his pocket.

"Okay, nameless NPC, I'll be right back. Hopefully I won't see you giving out quests again this time." Lin Ye left with a grumble and turned to enter the hotel.

"??????"

The man in black couldn't understand Lin Ye's words at all. If he remembered correctly, this was the first time he had met this guy. Had Gin hired a newcomer with memory problems?

"Knocking on the door definitely won't work. The first time I knocked, I was pinned to the ground. This time, let's try a different approach." Lin Ye walked into the hotel and touched the pistol in his pocket.

He went around to the side entrance of the hotel and found the staff entrance.

The door wasn't locked.

Lin Ye slipped inside and walked along the corridor. On both sides of the corridor were various functional rooms—laundry rooms, storage rooms, and equipment rooms. He walked all the way to the end and saw a door marked "Emergency Exit."

The moment the door was pushed open, a piercing alarm blared.

"Beep beep beep—beep beep beep—"

Lin Ye froze for a moment, instinctively shrinking back. But it was too late. Hurried footsteps came from the end of the corridor, and two men in security guard uniforms ran over.

They were holding police batons.

"Who goes there?!"

"stop!"

Lin Ye turned and ran, but the corridor was too narrow, and he couldn't outrun the two security guards who were familiar with the area.

Therefore, after running less than twenty meters, someone grabbed him by the back of his collar, pulled him backward, and hit the back of his head against the wall, causing everything to go black.

By the time he realized what was happening, he had already been pinned to the ground and his hands were handcuffed behind his back.

One security guard stepped on his back, while another spoke into a walkie-talkie: "Monitoring center, an intruder has been apprehended in staff passageway B. Requesting backup."

Lin Ye's face was pressed against the cold ground, and only one thought occupied his mind—

So the emergency exits also have alarms.

When he watched Detective Conan, the murderers climbing the emergency exits never triggered the alarms. It seems TV shows are all lies.

【fail】

Red words appeared before my eyes, and then everything reset.

The third reset.

Lin Ye stood at the hotel entrance, holding a manila envelope in his hand, watching the same black car pull up in front of him, and hearing the same man in black utter the same lines.

This time, he decided to try a different strategy.

Knocking on the door won't work, and climbing the emergency exit will trigger the alarm, so let's go through the front door—but not as an assassin, but as a guest.

Lin Ye walked into the hotel lobby and went straight to the front desk.

"Hello, beautiful lady." He gave the receptionist what he thought was a very friendly smile. "I'd like to book a room."

The waiter smiled and asked, "Do you have a reservation, sir?"

"no."

"What type of room would you like to stay in?"

"The top floor, I don't like people above me." Lin Ye said seriously. "So, how about the one next to the presidential suite?"

The waiter tapped a few keys on the keyboard, then looked up, his smile still professional: "I'm sorry, sir, all the rooms on the top floor are already booked."

"We can arrange an executive suite on the second-to-last floor for you, with a great view," the waiter offered, but it didn't quite suit Lin Ye's taste.

Lin Ye frowned.

The second-to-top level is too far from the target, making it inconvenient to move around.

"Who booked the room next to the presidential suite? Could you help me contact them? I'm willing to pay double the price." Lin Ye thought to herself that she wouldn't have to pay for it herself anyway.

The waiter's smile froze for a moment: "Sir, we are not at liberty to disclose the guest's information."

"three times."

"Sir, please don't make things difficult for me."

Lin Ye wanted to raise the price, but suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder from behind.

He turned around and saw two burly men in black suits standing behind him, looking at him expressionlessly.

"Sir," said the burly man on the left, "our boss heard you were asking about his room and would like to invite you up for a chat."

Lin Ye's heart raced. He glanced at the bulges on the two men's waists—those were also guns.

He had no choice but to agree.

The elevator went all the way up to the top floor.

Two burly men flanked him, leading him out of the elevator, down the corridor, and to the door of the presidential suite. The door opened from the inside, and Lin Ye was pushed inside.

In the living room, Wang Jianguo sat on the sofa, holding a glass of red wine, and looked at him with a smile.

"I heard you booked a room next to mine?" Wang Jianguo swirled his wine glass, his eyes scrutinizing him. "And you're willing to pay three times the price?"

Lin Ye opened her mouth, but before she could think of a reply, Wang Jianguo had already put down his wine glass, and the smile on his face disappeared.

"Do you know what I hate most?" he said angrily. "I hate it when people do dirty tricks behind my back, especially you scheming guys."

As he spoke, the tycoon waved his hand, and the two burly men attacked simultaneously.

A punch landed on Lin Ye's stomach, causing him to double over in pain; another punch slammed into the back of his head, and the whole world began to spin.

Lin Ye fell to the ground, and through his blurred vision, he saw Wang Jianguo stand up, walk up to him, and look down at him.

"Find out who he works for," Wang Jianguo told his bodyguard, "and then get rid of him."

The bodyguard nodded and dragged Lin Ye outside.

Lin Ye was dragged through the corridor, past the elevator, and through the stairwell. His consciousness grew increasingly blurred, and the last thing he saw was an open trash can.

Then came darkness.

He didn't know how the bodyguards "dealt with" him.

He also didn't want to know.

【fail】

Fourth reset.

Lin Ye decided to stop having direct contact with Wang Jianguo.

He went around to the back alley of the hotel and found the fire escape ladder on the exterior wall. The iron ladder stretched from the second floor all the way to the top floor, and it looked like it could be climbed.

He grabbed the first rung of the ladder and began to climb.

Second floor, third floor, fourth floor.

The night breeze felt cool on his face. Lin Ye looked down at the ground and realized he was quite far away; his legs began to feel weak. He had a mild fear of heights, though not severe, but after climbing more than ten stories, the sweat on his palms had made the iron ladder slippery.

When he reached the twentieth floor, he stopped to rest for a while, his heart pounding as if it were going to jump out of his throat.

Twenty-eighth floor.

The 30th floor.

Thirty-second floor.

He climbed over the top-floor railing and stepped onto the balcony floor of the presidential suite. There were two chairs and a small round table on the balcony, and the curtains were drawn inside the floor-to-ceiling windows, but light could be faintly seen.

Lin Ye took out his pistol and gently pushed the French windows.

It wasn't locked.

The window was opened a crack, and he squeezed in sideways.

There was no one in the room.

Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief and began searching the room. The presidential suite was large, with a living room, bedroom, study, and bathroom. He checked each room one by one, but no one was there.

strangeness.

Wang Jianguo, who failed the challenge several times, stayed here!

Where is she?

As he was thinking, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Were you looking for me?"

Lin Ye suddenly turned around.

Wang Jianguo stood three meters behind him, holding a remote control. He pressed a button on the remote, and all the lights in the room suddenly went out.

Lin Ye couldn't see anything.

Then the lights came back on, but Wang Jianguo was gone. In his place appeared four bodyguards who had appeared silently, rushing towards him from four directions simultaneously.

"Damn it, you're suddenly talking about Detective Conan at a time like this?"

Lin Ye was completely numb.

He's just a medical student!

Why make him the assassin?