The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"Students visiting? Ha, although it's not impossible if you think about it, but, this is..."

"Forget it, Chief. The system hasn't been officially put into use yet, so it won't affect the confidentiality agreement now..."

"Is this a confidentiality agreement issue?"

Looking at the two people in front of him whispering, Conan glanced at Kuroda Heibei's serious profile strangely and winked at Tang Ze.

It was way too easy for them to get in. Did the police believe their excuses? Or did they already discover the key to the Tangze case? Or maybe they had some suspicions about their identities...

Saying that he got on the wrong ship could be a barely acceptable explanation, but this calm attitude doesn't seem like a normal reaction, does it?

"Manager Kuroda was previously Officer Kazami's superior." In response to Conan's confusion, Karasawa simply explained this in a low voice.

That public security policeman, Yuya Kazami?

Thinking of the interactions he had with the other party in the case, Conan nodded in understanding.

If that's the case, then this policeman named Kuroda may indeed know him and Karasawa.

"Is this the officer who recently came to investigate the First Division? When was this..."

"Yeah, I just got here a while ago. It seems to be related to Officer Adachi's situation."

Tang Ze's two light replies temporarily dealt with Conan's doubts. By the time he followed a few people to the entrance, Conan's expression had returned to his usual stupid state.

Since he is not a suspicious person, then there may be nothing wrong with this "visit".

Makino Yosuke and Naomi beside him looked at each other helplessly, but still activated the entrance of the facility according to the established plan.

With the roar of machinery and the splash of waves, a huge concrete structure rose from the hole in the middle, and salty water splashed, and a large entrance square appeared before them.

Conan raised his hand to shield the water droplets from his face. Looking at this scene, he suddenly thought of other people on the other side of the sea who might be watching the spectacular scene. He thought that the scale of whale watching might be about this.

"Most of the facility is below sea level." Naomi quickly adjusted her mindset and took on the role of tour guide. She had to explain the situation to the Japanese police anyway, so she said, "The facility rises and sinks using ballast tanks. This helps control the force of the waves and prevents impact on the structure."

"It's a very advanced design." Kuroda Heibei praised dryly.

He didn't say much, but from his expression, several people quickly understood Kuroda's true thoughts.

It looks very technological and advanced, and it seems quite impressive indeed. The problem is that for a building completely immersed in the ocean, the maintenance costs are really not considered at all...

"The reason we're building it in the ocean is to cool a huge number of servers," Naomi continued smiling. "It's connected to cameras around the world that have already been connected through protocols, and it also leaves room for future capacity expansion... Based on the calculated construction costs, building it directly in the ocean might offer lower efficiency and lower costs for cooling water than building it on the beach."

"It's like a buoy for ocean monitoring." Shiratori Renzaburo spoke at the right time to adjust the atmosphere.

"Yes, that's why it's called 'Pacific Buoy'."

As they were talking, they followed Makino Yosuke and Naomi's footsteps, crossed the still wet entrance square, and walked into the door of the hall.

As several people walked through the lobby and into the elevators, the entire structure began to sink below sea level again.

Watching the sea water slowly covering the glass and diving towards the structure below, Conan couldn't help but shudder while feeling the power of technology.

This special structure, which completely utilizes the power of nature and has few people, feels like entering a sealed can. People can't help but worry that "if something happens, there will be nowhere to run."

"The main control room is right down there." Naomi pointed to the area directly below the elevator. "Both sides of this are where the servers are installed. Normally, no one comes here unless they're doing maintenance."

"What is that?" Conan saw the circular structure on the outside through the glass and pointed at it. He asked directly as if he was really a student visiting.

"Oh, that one. It's a ring belt that uses ocean currents to assist in generating electricity." Naomi bent down slightly and explained patiently, "Don't be fooled by the calm sea surface here. At this depth, the undercurrent can be very strong. So during construction, a buffering electromagnetic structure was installed to mitigate the impact of the ocean currents while also providing electricity."

"That's right. At this depth, power problems would be very troublesome." Shiratori nodded and exchanged a subtle glance with Kuroda Hei.

No matter what I say, I still don't feel it is necessary to build it on the seabed.

After just this one lesson, I'm already extremely worried about potential safety hazards. It's a relief that the people working here are so open-minded that they accepted such a radical plan.

"The submarine cables are also very safe. They are just a backup power source." Naomi explained quickly.

"I understand. It's a safety redundancy."

"That's what I mean..."

Feeling that the atmosphere was getting increasingly weird, Naomi looked at the floor and quickly changed the subject, introducing the work area that was about to be reached below.

"This floor is also the staff's living area, and the main office space is here. The main control room is at the end of the corridor."

"Are there many staff members in the facility?" Kuroda Heibei asked, looking around at the environment.

"That's not the case. The permanent staff of the Pacific Buoy, including those working in logistics and maintenance, is only about a hundred people..."

Tang Ze, who had been keeping quiet and trying to reduce his presence, was observing the completely symmetrical square structure with a critical eye, and estimating the possible structure of the Binga Hall in his mind.

Binga, who has been working in depth for many years, must be very familiar with the Pacific buoys, so it is very likely that his temple is also underwater.

However, the special terrain of the cognitive world is definitely very different from that in reality. Perhaps it is possible to approach the facilities from the outside without very professional diving tools.

What's more, there might be vehicles like submarines at the entrance of the palace. After all, in Binga's cognition, he knew very well how to invade here without taking the normal elevator.

Soon they'll be bringing in Toru Amuro and Vermouth. They'll be relying on the intrusion plan he provided, with the help of both insiders and outsiders...

Well, I think we can consider letting the Phantom Thieves try keywords like "treasure house" and "Atlantis"...

"Is this sound a whale?" Conan asked curiously as he heard a slightly sharp howl while walking. He pointed at the wall of the corridor.

"Yes, it's the sound of a humpback whale." Naomi confirmed his guess.

"Captured by sonar?"

"Yes. This is for safety reasons. Also, since we've already gone to this depth, it's convenient to assist in some marine research." Naomi nodded. "You know a lot, Conan-kun."

"Uh, hehe, I like to read a lot of popular science books..." Conan laughed twice pretending to be stupid.

It was a bit far-fetched, but since it mentioned popular science books, naturally no one else raised any objections.

It's true that thanks to popular science books, many people's most extensive knowledge may be in elementary school when they are still full of curiosity about the world...

Because of Conan's question, there finally was a sense of reality that students were visiting. Makino Yosuke cheered up and started joking with Naomi and the others.

"There are already so many professional popular science books out there. Sometimes I envy today's children. But unfortunately, with the development of the internet, many people only choose to get the information they need online..."

"There are still not many children who can concentrate on studying, so popular science work is necessary."

"Come to think of it, an oceanographic research institute did ask us last time if we would consider collaborating with them on some marine science education content. From a visitor's perspective, the buoy is indeed a great observation platform."

"Don't talk nonsense, Naomi. This involves a lot of personal privacy and confidentiality of citizens. It's impossible to consider civilian use and profit."

"Hey, but the director seemed very moved last time..."

"Ha, that's because of the funding, cough..."

Makino Yosuke quickly glanced at the people behind him, stopped talking, took out his work card, and swiped open the door of the main control room.

"This is our main control room." With a proud and excited smile, he took a few steps forward and walked into the spacious hall, illuminated by surrounding screens and fluorescent lights. "Let me introduce you to the main staff."

The main control hall connecting the upper and lower floors has a very high ceiling and is connected to the upper floor by an escalator. The column in the middle that runs from the ceiling to the ground is hung with neatly arranged display screens.

A circle of people sat around the control console with a display screen. The buttons, screens and reports showing information reflected each other, making it look like the control room of a ship commonly seen in science fiction movies. It was indeed quite intimidating.

The attention of several people was completely attracted by the central control console, but Tang Ze's gaze passed over these people and fell directly on his target.

The tall woman wearing glasses and heavy makeup seemed to notice the people coming in, put down the cup beside her and stood up from her seat.

Tang Ze looked at the other person with a critical eye for a moment and quickly came to a conclusion.

It's really taking advantage of Asians being insensitive to the physiques of white men and women. Binga has to pretend to be an LGBTQ person in Europe and claim to be transgender in order to hide it.

Those broad shoulders, those hips, those facial features, if it weren't for the heavy makeup, thick wig, earrings, and many deliberate modifications, and the conservative clothes he chose, it would really be uncomfortable to see him at first sight.

If I changed to an Asian face, the next question would be, “How did you know I was a man dressed as a woman.jpg”…

"This is Grace from France." Makino Yosuke, who had walked up to him, began to introduce them. "And Reinhardt from Germany. And that guy over there is Ed from India..."

"...and me, Naomi Argento." Naomi walked down the stairs with a smile and sat down in her seat.

One could sense without deliberate observation that Naomi's tense back unconsciously relaxed as she sat down. This familiar environment was obviously much easier for her to adapt to than the outside world.

"These engineers are mainly responsible for the operating system and front-end information maintenance." Makino Yosuke's confident smile became even more pronounced.

This team of engineers, whose appearance alone makes them well-rounded, is also one of his sources of confidence. Being able to build such a team using existing resources is the result of his mediation and can be seen as a reflection of his abilities.

Kuroda Heibei didn't say anything, but instead took half a step back and observed Tang Ze's reaction vaguely.

His views on these employees with different backgrounds were obviously completely different from Makino Yosuke's.

Tang Ze gave a slight shrug.

What else can I say? With such a talented team, it is not a problem of infiltration anymore. It is no exaggeration to say that the door is wide open.

The most direct impact of coming from different regions and countries is that the person in charge is bound to fail in background checks and professional ethics screening related to confidentiality.

No one talks about their abilities, except for Naomi Argento, the daughter of a politician whose identity and resume are completely exposed in the media, and a genius computer student at Stanford. No one talks about the reliability of others. Even Makino Yosuke can't tell whether their identities are real or fake.

He's grinning like a fool. If anyone wants to use this system to get some citizens' privacy or use the system's technology for other purposes, it's not a problem of bugs. Your team relies on bugs to run, buddy.

Even an old Italian pizza chef like Naomi has done nothing wrong, but isn't she also smuggling her own agenda?

In the name of testing, she used the system to scan her childhood graduation photos, and used Miyano Shiho's past photos to find Miyano Shiho's whereabouts. Didn't people tell you?

Kuroda Bei, who understood Tang Ze's meaning, also shook his head, said nothing, and walked closer silently.

Now that things have come to this, it's too late to raise any objections. Let's see how to save the situation...

"Are these the police cameras that have been connected to Japan?" After looking up and analyzing the images on the screen for a while, Shiratori Jinzaburo quickly made a judgment.

"Yes, today it will be connected to cameras in Europe, and in the future, it will be connected to cameras all over the world."

"It's worthy of being a platform built by Interpol..." Shiratori Jinzaburo said with emotion, not sure whether it was praise or criticism.

"You know, this is an Interpol facility." The prickly-looking Reinhardt raised his head, his face etched with displeasure. "Then what are the Japanese police doing here?"

The person using the pseudonym Grace took over the conversation in a gentle voice: "Because..."

"Because Interpol does not have law enforcement powers, the actual use of citizens' information still requires supervision by police from various countries and the initiation of applications." Kuroda Heibei directly retorted.

"What you said..." Reinhardt raised his eyebrows.

"Is there something wrong?" Kurodabei's expression remained stern and unwavering. "If you truly had the ability to protect such crucial information, you wouldn't have had such a major incident at the Frankfurt center."

There is nothing to do with real-time information connection, and it is handed over to an organization like Interpol.

Now the security of the center is basically a vacuum. The security center, which is not safe at all, has to ask the local police to come for inspection and maintenance. What's the difference between this and handing a nuclear bomb button to a child?

Thinking of this, Kurodabei glanced at Tangze and Conan.

Well, a child might not be able to press the button, but it’s not certain for these people.