Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

"Don't worry, I know all about your messy and disgusting affairs." The girl casually picked at her nails. "I came to rescue you this time for your sister's sake—you yourself aren't that useful enough for me to come and rescue you personally."

The words were harsh, but after hearing them, Akemi Miyano finally relaxed and leaned back in her chair.

She had considered seeking help from the police... but ordinary police officers simply couldn't possibly fight against the Black Organization, and she had no opportunity to contact undercover agents like Shuichi Akai...

Although the woman in front of him spoke harshly and seemed unreliable, the fact that she could appear beside him silently suggested that she was quite powerful, and perhaps she really could arrange everything for him as she said.

"We'll put you in a safe place later. Stay there for the night and don't go anywhere. Someone will arrange for you to go abroad tomorrow."

"Going abroad?"

"What, you still want to stay here?"

"But my sister..."

“Leave your sister's situation to me,” Toru Tono interrupted her. “All you need to do is fake your death smoothly, go abroad to find your ‘Great Lord,’ and obediently participate in the FBI’s witness protection program. That will be the greatest help you can give us.”

“...Okay.” Miyano Akemi was shocked that the other party even knew about the “Great Lord”, but she had already been shocked enough in one night, so she kept her questions to herself and did not ask them.

After a brief silence, she couldn't help but speak again:

"But I'm dealing with Gin, and he's a suspicious person who won't be easily fooled..."

“I told you, I know the organization better than you do.”

"Okay." Miyano Akemi finally said no more.

......

They casually dropped Miyano Akemi off at a roadside hotel, and then the taxi arrived at an empty dock.

Because Amuro Tooru is working at full speed, Gin and Vodka, who are always busy, have not yet arrived at the transaction location.

This was naturally part of the plan.

He turned off the engine, parked the car, and hid behind a container where he wouldn't be seen. Amuro Tooru got out of the car carrying a black guitar case.

Tohno watched as Tohno awkwardly assembled the sniper rifle, and hesitated to speak.

"...Are you sure you can handle this?" he asked, still expressing distrust.

“Although I’m from the intelligence team, I haven’t used this thing in a long time…” Amuro Tooru assembled the AWM in his hands while looking up at the containers opposite and the warehouse at the transaction location. “But the distance shouldn’t be more than 300 yards, right? It shouldn’t be too far to fail.”

Toru Tohno felt a little relieved. Come to think of it, he remembered that the pinnacle of sniping ability in the original work—Shuichi Akai, the Silver Bullet—could accurately hit Kir's hat brim from 1300 yards away.

While it's impossible for all snipers to have Akai's abilities, it's enough to show that the strength of snipers in the Detective Conan world is generally quite high.

In that case, Amuro Tooru, who comes from a regular police academy, shouldn't be too bad either.

Amuro Tooru assembled the sniper rifle, raised the dark muzzle, aimed it at the blue container in the distance, and tested whether it fit his hand.

Satisfied, he put the guitar case into the car and turned to look at Toru Tono.

Sensing Amuro Tooru's gaze, Tohno Tooru, who was staring at the warehouse and mentally rehearsing what might happen after Gin arrived, turned his head.

"What? If you want to express your gratitude for what happened to Akemi Miyano, just say so."

"...How do you know everything?" Amuro Tooru was extremely surprised.

His childhood acquaintance with Akemi Miyano and her mother Elena Miyano is unlike that of an undercover agent. Although few people know about it, there are still some who do.

Aside from the parties involved, it's impossible for anyone else to know about this.

Even Akemi Miyano, one of the parties involved, didn't recognize him; she probably forgot about him long ago.

Elena Miyano has been dead for many years...

In other words, this had become almost a secret to him alone.

How could "starlight" possibly know?

Could she read people's memories?

"Don't look at me like that. I can't tamper with other people's memories yet." Amuro Tooru's surprised look made Tohno Tooru easily see what he was thinking. "I know, but that's only because I know everything."

"......Thanks."

Ignoring the "temporary" and "omniscient" in Tohno's words, Amuro thanked him openly and honestly.

"But you couldn't have done this just to save Miyano Akemi, could you?"

"I already said in the car that I only saved her because she was her sister."

"What do you want Sherry to do?" Amuro Tooru frowned. Although "Starlight" seemed harmless, after spending a few hours with him, his disregard for the law and his unbridled attitude made him feel very dangerous.

It's hard to imagine what such an eccentric person would do if he got his hands on Sherry, a genius scientist whom the organization had firmly grasped.

"Don't worry, I have absolutely no interest in that 'aptx4869' you guys developed." Tohru Tohru curled his lip, making no attempt to hide his disdain. "The organization's boss is senile; immortality is completely useless."

"Then what is your purpose?"

"Hmm...how about having her come over and assist me?" Tohno chuckled. "I'm constantly under threat from the organization, so isn't it normal for me to want to find a capable scientist to help me expand my influence?"

"hope so."

Chapter 72: You sit at home and the pot comes from the sky

The brief conversation was over in an instant; Amuro Tooru and Tohno Tooru were busy with their own things and didn't bring up any more questions that would ultimately remain unanswered.

Having memorized the location where Amuro Tooru was setting up his sniper rifle, Tohno Tooru found a spot where the enemy couldn't see him and disguised himself again as Miyano Akemi, who was wearing a red knit sweater.

Then, he put on a fitted black trench coat to cover up the blurring marks that appeared around his body after the holographic disguise.

Then, I opened the system store page, and, forcing myself to suppress the heartache, clicked on the [Holographic Decoy Generator] which was marked with a price of 500 points.

[Holographic Decoy Generator: After loading character information, the AI ​​will automatically generate a character behavior model, and can construct a touchable holographic image using entangled photons within half an hour. Enabling special functions can simulate a bullet wound and blood spurting effect, or split into three simplified decoys when attacked.]

This is one of the extra items in the system shop after he upgraded the skill [Basic Modification] to [Advanced Modification]. He didn't expect it to come in handy here.

'Damn it, if these 500 points aren't worth it, then Miyano Akemi will have to sell herself to atone for her sins!'

After a quick mental exercise, Tohru Tono found a spot at the innermost part of the warehouse, backed by containers. He then inputted Akemi Miyano's features and placed the [Holographic Decoy Generator] on the ground.

Although the generator can perfectly recreate Akemi Miyano's appearance, ensuring that even her mother wouldn't be able to tell the difference, it doesn't actually have a built-in voice system, so she'll have to do it herself when she goes to war with Gin later.

After being shot and falling down, you can then escape and activate the generator to pretend to be a corpse.

The warehouse was already dimly lit, and with Amuro Tooru's sniping cover, it was almost impossible for Gin to notice anything unusual.

At that time, I won't have anything to do with myself.

My brow feels a little stinging.

Tohno glanced at the direction Amuro was setting up his sniper rifle, and had a feeling that the man was secretly aiming his crosshair at his head.

You really want to kill him, don't you? But you hesitate, afraid you have a backup plan that could expose your identity...

They probably secretly called in the police to set up an encirclement and take out Gin as well.

Tohno Tooru didn't believe that someone as devoted to serving his country as Amuro Tooru could resist the temptation to ambush Gin again.

Of course, this was exactly what they wanted.

Tohru Tono smiled slightly.

The future Red Team is far too powerful, so let Captain Dragonfly, who is in charge of maintaining the balance of the Conan world, do something more for our beloved Black Organization.

Who told them to be so naive and rich, easily fooled, and to be their sugar daddy?

......

The tedious wait didn't last long. As the faint moonlight was gradually obscured by the drifting clouds, rhythmic footsteps slowly began to sound.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The rhythmic, unhurried footsteps sounded like the death knell tolling by the Grim Reaper—if the person standing here was the real Akemi Miyano.

Tohno Toru thought that the two defeated opponents were just playing tricks.

"Where are you? Come out here right now!" Toru Tono, who had read "An Actor Prepares," was not flustered at all and even wanted to laugh a little, but he still performed the confusion and fear that Miyano Akemi should have had perfectly.

"Thank you for your hard work." The voice came from the darkness.

Gin, an old acquaintance, slowly appeared with his back to the half-sliver of bright moonlight that had managed to pierce through the clouds on the horizon and fall on the warehouse entrance, a signature cold smile on his face.

Vodka, following closely behind him, also grinned in agreement.

I must say, it's quite intimidating.

"Before the transaction begins, may I ask a question?" Toru Tohno tried his best to put on a look of resignation.

Why kill both of them?

"Hahaha." Vodka laughed at the question posed by Akemi Miyano.

Gin's expression also changed, as if he was wondering why this woman was still so naive even now: "This is our usual style."

"you......"

"Stop talking nonsense and hand over the money." Gin gradually found the conversation rather boring; prey like Miyano Akemi did not arouse his hunting desire at all.

"I hid the money in another place," Miyano Akemi said, trying to appear calm.

"Where is my sister? Bring her here first, that's what we agreed on."

"Heh." Gin let out a cold laugh, took a step, and slowly approached Miyano Akemi. "Your sister is one of the few top-notch minds in the organization."

“She’s different from you; the organization desperately needs her services right now.”

"You've been lying to me from the very beginning!"

Vodka let out a series of cold laughs, while Gin remained silent, casually drawing his Beretta from his waist.

The gun was pointed at Akemi Miyano.

"Quick, tell me where the money is." He was busy and didn't have time to chat with a dead man. "This is your last chance."

"You're too naive. If you kill me, you'll never know where the money is."

Akemi Miyano also drew her pistol and confronted Gin.

However, judging from her clumsy movements and the fact that she drew her gun much slower than Gin, it was clear that she was not a skilled gun user.

"Hmph." Gin sneered, "You think we don't know you hid the money in the safe?"

Akemi Miyano's left hand, which she had been keeping in her pocket, trembled, as if her thoughts had been spoken out.