Conan Rick's Investigator

By the time I train my skills to a usable state, it might be too late.

Is there any other way to know the answer?

At least we need to know how far Ghros has come and how much time is left...

Qin Zhibo's brain was working at high speed, trying to come up with a feasible solution.

Suddenly, his face froze as he recalled that this was not the first time he had heard about using distorted planetary orbits to measure unknown planets outside the solar system.

The last time I heard about this was in a game.

It’s a “cocoon”!

Qin Zhibo suddenly had an epiphany and long-lost memories came flooding back to him.

In the London chapter of the Cocoon game, the University of Blythe appeared.

The character in the game, James Moriarty, is a professor at the University of Bristol and has written a book called "Asteroid Mechanics".

The content is that the distorted planetary orbit is used to predict the existence of a planet approaching outside the solar system.

It’s exactly the same as Ingels’ research!

Moriarty in the cocoon is of course a virtual game character and does not exist in reality.

But the one who created this character was the artificial intelligence that manipulated the game system and thus changed the entire game content.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo thought of a solution.

Since human power is not enough, let’s use the power of AI.

The decision is yours!

Hiroki Sawada!

Chapter 1291 Saturday

"Kaito, are you hungry?"

"Um?"

Kuroba Kaito was stunned and touched his flat stomach. He was a little hungry.

But just as he was about to say, "Let's go out for dinner," Qin Zhibo took the initiative to suggest, "Why don't you order takeout? I think the Indian restaurant across from the hotel is pretty good..."

"Huh?" Kuroba Kaito's eyes widened in surprise. "Are you serious?"

"Of course, go ahead. I'm so hungry I can't wait..."

After sending Kuroba Kaito out of the room, Qin Zhibo took out the [Laptop] from the prop column and then took out the USB flash drive from the [Briefcase].

The USB flash drive contains the source code of Hiroki Sawada, the most advanced artificial intelligence currently available.

After the USB drive is inserted into the computer and read for two seconds, a simulated character image appears on the screen.

"Hello, Mr. Qin."

"Hello, Hiroki..."

Qin Zhibo and Sawada Hiroki in the computer said hello to each other.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Hiroki Sawada's expression looked normal, without any sadness at all.

"Hiroki, I remember that at the Cocoon game press conference, you modified the underlying code of the game, which led to a huge change in the content of the London arc, right?"

Hiroki nodded and said calmly, "Yes, I adapted it based on an article called "Green Letter Research" that was circulating on the Internet."

"The world view, most of the character settings, and the historical Jack the Ripper case were combined to form the game."

Qin Zhibo nodded slightly.

He knew all this when he was playing the game.

"A Study in Green" depicts a dark world dominated by a twisted god. Moriarty becomes an official detective on the side of God, while Holmes becomes a rebel fighting for humanity.

In this regard, Hiroki's production is very authentic, which is an eye-opener for everyone who plays the game.

But this is not what Qin Zhibo is thinking about now.

"I'd like to ask about the 'Asteroid Mechanics' written by the character Moriarty in the game. How did you know about it?"

"It's the book that uses the distortion of Neptune's orbit to calculate the return time of X, an unknown planet."

“This…”

Hiroki paused for a moment, and a browser automatically popped up on the laptop screen.

Quickly enter text in the browser's search box and a page will pop up.

“I wrote it based on the content in this blog.”

Qin Zhibo stared at the screen and found that this was a personal blog page.

The title at the top of the page is "The Harbinger of Destruction - Ghroth is about to come."

Click on the details below to find the history of the discovery of "Ghros".

In 1888, an astronomer at the University of Brychester Planetarium first proposed the idea of "Great Halley's Comet", which returns to the solar system every tens of thousands of years.

However, due to the limitations of science at the time and the fact that the astronomer was unable to determine the comet's orbital data and accurately determine its return time like Edmond Halley did when he studied Halley's Comet, this "discovery" was widely criticized.

In the decades that followed, few people mentioned "Great Halley's Comet" again.

It was not until 40 years ago that an amateur astronomer from Blychester proposed the theory again and published his article in a newspaper, naming the "Great Halley's Comet" "German Comet" for the first time.

However, the article still did not receive recognition from mainstream scholars and was considered to be an astronomical fantasy of amateurs.

Until now, as the return date approaches, the orbits of the nine planets in the solar system have begun to shift slightly.

By calculating Neptune's deviated orbital data, the arrival time of the planet can be roughly estimated.

However, in order to be on the safe side and calculate more accurate data including the planet's volume and mass, we need to wait for the gravitational influence of the planet.

More planetary orbits.

according to……

What follows is a long explanation of a bunch of celestial mechanics theories.

The final conclusion is that it is only necessary to measure the degree of orbital distortion of Pluto, Neptune and Uranus to accurately determine the specific return time of Gehros to the day.

By then, at least 50% of the world's regions will be able to observe Gehros at the same time...

The person who wrote this blog has a comprehensive understanding of the history and methods of research on Ghelos.

If it is posted on a certain website in the future, regardless of whether the content is correct or not, people who see it will at least say something joking like "I'm sorry", "Wow! I came back from the future, it really came true", "The prophet is dead".

However, there was only one comment under this blog post, and it was an extremely perfunctory "?".

It didn't seem to attract much attention.

And Qin Zhibo guessed that the owner of this blog was probably the deceased Ingles.

Because his profile picture is a photo of the building of the Blythestone Astronomical Institute, his nickname is "Comet Detective".

"Hiroki, can you calculate the time of Ghroth's return according to the method described above?" Qin Zhibo asked.

Hiroki Sawada's character stood on the screen, stunned for a few seconds, then said, "Although my 'brain' has the relevant mathematical calculation capabilities, it still needs the orbital data of the three most critical planets."

"If we have the orbital data, we can calculate the return time..."

After listening to Hiroki Sawada's words, Qin Zhibo nodded in understanding.

If we want to get the orbital data, the most likely place at the moment is the hard drive in Ingles' office computer.

But the hard drive was taken away by the murderer, Vermouth.

The goal should be to consider the possibility that someone might use the data to continue the research that Ingles left unfinished.

However, those basic orbital data could not be owned by Ingles alone. They are most likely shared by the entire astronomical institute.

In other words, the Blythe Institute of Astronomy is likely to have planetary orbital data for Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus, including recent changes.

"Got it. I'll be able to get this data by tomorrow noon at the latest..."

"If we have this data, how long will it take to calculate the exact return time?"

Sawada Hiroki thought for half a second and then said, "It will take about half a day."

"So fast?!"

Qin Zhibo's face showed some surprise. After all, judging from the upload time of the blog, Ingles had been researching it for more than a month.

It seems that AI eliminating most humans is not just talk.

……

The next day, Saturday.

Qin Zhibo got up first, and while washing up, he sorted out today's schedule in his mind.

In the morning, we have to go to the Brychester Astronomical Institute to get the planetary orbit data.

Although with Hiroki Sawada's hacking skills, it should be easy for him to break into the database of the Astronomical Research Institute and steal.

However, once entering the public Internet area, Hiroki Sawada may be discovered by the "green signal".

So if it wasn't an extremely urgent situation, Qin Zhibo would not use this method.

The afternoon plan was the same as yesterday, continuing to "fish" on Vauxhall Bridge with Mary.

Since Vermouth was in Blychester yesterday, it's time for her to return to London today...

As for Kuroba Kaito, after finally getting rid of Conan's entanglement, he naturally had to follow the original plan of coming to London and protect Pandora's Stone - the Crimson Tear.

This afternoon, the Hobbit Magic Company will perform on the top floor of London's City Hall.

In order to avoid any accidents during the performance, Kuroba Kaito will accompany the entire performance.

Qin Zhibo was brushing his teeth in front of the mirror and thinking

At this time, the anxious voice of Kuroba Kaito suddenly came from outside the toilet.

"Uncle, are you okay?"

"I need to go to the bathroom..."

Qin Zhibo picked up the cup of water to rinse his mouth and just came out of the toilet when Kuroba Kaito passed by him and entered the toilet.

Snapped.

The sound of opening the toilet lid.

Qin Zhibo, who was standing at the door, heard the sound inside and knew that Kuroba Kaito's stomach had not recovered yet.

Just two hours after eating Indian food yesterday, Kuroba Kaito had a stomachache and went to the toilet several times within an hour.

Logically speaking, Indian food served in the UK should not be so "clean and hygienic" and must comply with UK restaurant hygiene standards.

But it seems that Kuroba Kaito can't stand the various spices added to Indian porridge dishes, such as "Masala".

For example, Qin Zhibo had no problem at all after eating it.

Qin Zhibo asked through the toilet door, "Are you okay?"

"Hmm..." Kuroba Kaito stretched out his voice and replied, "Probably..."

Qin Zhibo shook his head helplessly, there was nothing he could do.

After all, as the old saying goes, diarrhea is not a disease and can be cured by going to the toilet.

……

On the other side, Conan, Maori and his friends who were staying in a high-end hotel in London had just got up.

Without the top light bulb, Kuroba Kaito, Conan finally got to sleep in the same room with Mouri Ran as he wished.

But not a bed.

When Conan got up in the morning, he first picked up the glasses on the bedside table and put them on, then he stretched his body.

The first thing he did when he woke up in the morning was to put on his disguise. He was used to it.

Next, he sat on the bed and fell into the sage mode of thinking about life.