Isn't it very scientific to use the Death Note to kill people?

With a cheerful tone, Lin Jiashu looked at them and said, "You lost the moment you thought Moriarty would make other arrangements to survive."

"Who could possibly know that?!"

"That's not my fault... Once you knew my gun was out of bullets, if you had just untied those three hostages and, together with Holmes, broken the wine barrels in the carriage, you could have survived when the train crashed into the final stop. There was plenty of time."

Looking at Hiroki Sawada, who seemed somewhat unconvinced, and Conan, who was secretly gritting his teeth beside him, Yoshiki Hayashi smiled and said, "Being too clever for your own good can backfire. Sometimes, it's better not to overthink things and just go with the flow."

"After all that talk, it's clear that Yoshiki-nii has been the one playing tricks on people."

Xiao Lan watched Lin Jiashu humming.

She was also a little unconvinced, and her slightly puffed-out cheeks were surprisingly cute.

279

Chapter 279: Invading the Winery, Unexpected Traces of the Murderer

With a soft sound, fifty "cocoons" on the stage opened at the same time.

The children, still brimming with excitement after leaving the game, immediately ran back to their parents, excitedly recounting their experiences in the game.

"What?! You're saying that Moriarty is actually Yoshiki-san?!"

Upon stepping out of the game pod, Sonoko was completely dumbfounded after hearing Ran's words.

She frantically ran her fingers through her hair.

Thinking of the evil Moriarty she encountered in the game, she really couldn't connect him with Hayashi Yoshiki no matter what.

"Where is Jia Shu Ge?"

"I don't know... He's not among these fifty people."

Xiao Lan smiled wryly.

Sonoko was still incredulous, but since staying on stage would make them stand out, the two of them quickly followed the children off the stage.

The media personnel in the audience were snapping photos like crazy.

Needless to say, just seeing the performance of these children is enough to prove the success of "Cocoon".

The staff responsible for operations and data monitoring in the back office were also very excited.

Next, according to the original schedule, Thomas Sindora was supposed to take the stage to speak, but his expression was very unpleasant.

"We have identified the suspect based on the surveillance footage and made the arrest. We believe we will soon be able to give you, Chairman of Sindora, an explanation."

"...Then you'd better hurry!"

Despite Inspector Megure's assurance, Thomas Sindora remained sullen.

The police officers nearby could all see the fierce glint in his eyes, but they didn't pay much attention. Only Inspector Megure and Shiratori Ninzaburo exchanged a serious glance—Cindra was a leading company in the United States, and this time they had actually allowed a corporate spy to infiltrate and successfully steal important data. If they didn't handle it well, they would have a headache.

Thomas Sindora abandoned his scheduled speech, having Tadahiro Kashimura take over, while he hurriedly left the backstage area.

His biggest secret is hidden in the DNA tracking system stolen by a corporate spy.

However, he has more important things to do now than the DNA tracking system, so he needs to find Hiroki Sawada.

In a room in the venue

Hiroki Sawada broke free from the "cocoon".

As soon as he came out, he heard the sound of a password unlocking outside the door, and then he saw Thomas Sindora stride in.

"Hiroki, I need to borrow the power of Noah's Ark."

"...What do you want me to do?"

Hiroki's tone was somewhat hesitant.

He was an extremely intelligent child who knew that Noah's Ark's capabilities would be a terrifying weapon for any ambitious person or organization.

Thomas Sindora is undoubtedly such a person.

"I need to tell you something."

Thomas Sindora didn't waste any words. He took out his phone and said in a heavy tone, "My company has never been clean from the beginning. A terrible criminal organization has been funding and clearing obstacles for me... But now, they have their eyes on Noah's Ark and you."

"Is calling the police useless?"

"The police alone cannot protect you."

"..."

"Hiroki, you don't understand your own worth."

Thomas Sindora looked at Hiroki's somewhat bewildered face: "Think about it, having Noah's Ark is like having the key to the whole world! Private bank accounts, bank passwords, electronic files... nothing will be a secret anymore! You know what?! Any lock anywhere can be opened. If the whole world is full of locked rooms, then whoever has the key is the king!"

"..."

“Criminal groups, intelligence organizations, and even free governments will all want you and Noah’s Ark!”

Hiroki was startled.

For a child who is only ten years old, the adult world is still too complicated.

But when Thomas Sindora showed him the text messages on her phone, Hiroki frowned and finally agreed to use Noah's Ark to find the criminal group.

He walked to the computer under Thomas Sindora's gaze.

"You've come, Hiroki."

A calm, synthesized electronic voice sounded in front of the computer.

"Noah's Ark, track the information on this phone and find the organization behind it."

"OK."

Noah's Ark quickly began its pursuit.

For artificial intelligence, there is almost nothing in the human network that can stop it.

Everything on the internet is traceable to it, and no firewall can block it.

It instantly accessed and hacked into the other party's phone based on the text message, and then traced it further, capturing information on all of the other party's contacts to date and searching along that line.

One after another, valuable content appeared on the computer screen.

Thomas Sindora stood behind Hiroki.

He was somewhat astonished as he looked at the messages on the screen.

The obtained text messages reveal that this person is codenamed "Binga," and he's not only connected to Cindy's company; judging from the content, he's also monitoring several other IT companies or programmers...

Rum, Gin, Vermouth, that person...

The frequent appearance of alcoholic beverage names in these text messages is noteworthy.

"There are several informants in the company that he planted."

"It wasn't just him who arranged for them to be there..."

Hiroki was somewhat taken aback.

"The numbers they used were encrypted multiple times, and the phone's IP address was also spoofed."

"It's been cracked."

Their exact location has been pinpointed.

The voice of Noah's Ark echoed repeatedly.

Thomas Sindora became excited upon seeing this, his eyes fixed intently on the computer screen.

"Keep investigating and find out their identities. As long as we can get leverage over them, we won't have to worry about them causing us trouble!"

These are things that Noah's Ark was already doing without him saying them.

It quickly followed the clues to find the organization's existence, and upon discovering its website and database, it prepared to directly hack into it—

"mistake."

"Tracking has been stopped."

"what?"

"Program error detected."

"what happened?"

Thomas Sindora was a little confused, while Hiroki immediately started typing away on the keyboard.

The former stood to the side but couldn't understand Hiroki's actions at all.

After a lengthy investigation, Hiroki finally discovered something astonishing in the Noah's Ark program.

"This isn't the code I wrote!"

"What do you mean?"

"Someone added extra things to Noah's Ark without my knowledge, and they started doing it a long time ago!" Hiroki was somewhat at a loss.

Thomas Sindora's expression suddenly changed.

Hiroki began ordering Noah's Ark to perform a self-check, while simultaneously retrieving surveillance footage from his development lab—Syndra had installed several surveillance cameras in Hiroki's room and had people watching him constantly to monitor him.

However, nothing was found in the surveillance footage.

"They're from that organization..."

Cindy's hand tightened involuntarily as she held the wine glass.

The current situation is very clear: the people in that organization have not only been secretly watching Hiroki, but have even secretly participated in the development process of Noah's Ark.

Since they did this, they certainly wouldn't leave any loopholes.

"They added more than just this one piece of code."

Hiroki frowned, somewhat hesitant. "If Noah's Ark investigates them, it will make a mistake, and... it may have already alerted them."

"What!? Can we remove this code?"

"...Okay, but they started interfering a long time ago. They've added code in more than one place, some of which involve the underlying architecture of Noah's Ark. I need time."

Hiroki was shocked to discover that his proud work had been targeted and infiltrated with their own ideas even before it was finished, which made him realize the group's determination to succeed.

He may have opened Pandora's box.

Hiroki felt somewhat depressed.

It is said that you can get to know anyone in the world through six people. Hiroki was shocked by the various terrifying contents of the information about his companions that he captured through "Binga".

Murder, kidnapping, assassination, extortion...

His first encounter with the dirty side of the world had a tremendous psychological impact on him.

Seeing Hiroki's hurried attempts to handle the situation, Cindora realized that the time he mentioned was probably more than just an hour or two...

"Well, there's another one to investigate."

"what?"

Cindy provided a website address.

After realizing that the brewery had been eyeing Hiroki for a long time and might have some backup plan, Hayashi Yoshiki had already made contingency plans.

—The zoo couldn't possibly be involved in this either.

After logging into the killer platform's website, Hiroki said nothing, but simply ordered Noah's Ark to infiltrate the platform and try to obtain information about the people behind it.

Noah's Ark broke through the firewall, silently scraping data from the website's backend, and then followed the trail layer by layer to explore the deepest part of the site.

Even with Noah's Ark's capabilities, it still took a considerable amount of time.

But the final result was gratifying.

Noah's Ark successfully "dug out" many things that led directly to the deepest level, without disturbing the platform.

Hiroki then directed Noah's Ark to continue its investigation of "Binga".

Noah's Ark hacked into local surveillance cameras based on the target's real IP address and eventually pinpointed "Binga" as a man with dreadlocks through surveillance footage from multiple locations.

In addition, there were others who had frequent contact with him, such as "Rum" and "Curaçao"...

Unfortunately, due to environmental limitations, while Noah's Ark uncovered a great deal, it also failed to find some things—it appeared far too early.

If it had been developed in the era of smartphones, or when facial recognition and user eavesdropping were advanced, the content it could have captured would undoubtedly have been terrifying.