The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"Is that the point?" Reinhardt, having been interrupted, looked even more unhappy. "Isn't the problem now that we're sharing the technology we've painstakingly developed with the Japanese police? Isn't that totally unfair?"

It is a fact that the Pacific Buoy was built at this location. Even though it is far away from the Tokyo metropolitan area, this place can still be regarded as under the jurisdiction of Tokyo.

This leads to a very direct result. Whether it is docking or actual application including maintenance, Japan, which is close to us, is definitely more convenient and more likely to benefit than other member states.

It's normal for a member like Reinhardt from Europol to feel unhappy. He's far away from home, the facilities are designed to isolate people, and the person in charge is Japanese. It's hard not to be upset.

"Japan is a member of Interpol, so sharing technology with them when needed is a reasonable request." Makino Yosuke looked helpless, but he suppressed his emotions and explained to both parties, "As for citizen information, our security system has undergone multiple verifications. While we can't guarantee it's world-class or absolutely impenetrable, it currently appears to be very secure."

"Yes, Mr. Kuroda, the multiple security networks here are improved and optimized by research groups from many universities. It is definitely at the national database level." Naomi stood up and added in an attempt to avoid making the situation too ugly.

Kurodabei glanced at Reinhardt, whose expression was still extremely critical, and said nothing more, but his disapproval was evident.

Tang Ze could understand what he wanted to say.

What he meant was that no matter how strong the external defense is, what is the point of just building a firewall when facing physical attacks like directly breaking into the data center, possible conflicts among internal members, or backdoors from the inside out using permissions?

To be honest, Tang Ze did think so and did so.

He ran into the Pacific Buoy today, one direction was to visit Binga himself, and the other direction was to bring Noah over to see what was going on.

Regardless of whether this system has practical significance, just understanding its structure will be very helpful for teammates to attack Binga Hall. With internal and external cooperation, the effect should be quite good.

"Tsk. The current boss is Japanese, so it's normal for him to be partial." Reinhardt was dismissive of these people's explanations.

As he spoke, he glanced at Tang Ze and Conan, who were obviously not police officers, and the contempt was almost written on his face.

——Bringing these two people who look like children into a heavily guarded facility is too ridiculous.

"You can't say that, Reinhardt." Naomi turned around, looked in his direction, and persuaded him, "I am also half Japanese, I am mixed-race. If you say so..."

"Is that so? No wonder you and I never get along." Reinhardt responded rudely, "I just don't like the look of you."

Naomi's eyes widened, and she practically slammed the table and said, "You are discriminating. You must retract what you said and apologize to me!"

Conan took a half step back, made a strange expression, and winked in the direction of Tang Ze.

Hey, you also know that Japanese police are outsiders.

And he and Tang Ze who appeared here were obviously not ordinary people who had normal access to the system.

There are only a few core engineers in total, and they can start quarreling in front of such a group of people. This is not a question of internal coordination, it is almost a direct spark of war.

Is it really okay to leave the critical systems to a group of people in this state? This place...

Tang Ze tilted his head, said nothing, just bent his fingers and tapped the phone in his pocket.

This is a common code used within the Phantom Thieves to give Noah a code of action.

Since you despise this system so much and don't use it properly, I'll just accept it with a smile...

"Um..." Ed, the Indian engineer sitting in front of the other screen, spoke up. He didn't get involved in his colleague's conflict, but simply reminded him, "It's almost time, Director."

Makino Yosuke, who originally wanted to step forward to mediate, immediately withdrew his attention, looked at his watch, and his expression became serious.

"Everyone, take your positions. You two too!"

Staring at each other, the atmosphere was tense. Reinhardt and Naomi exchanged dissatisfied expressions before adjusting their seats and returning to their own seats.

In addition to the main control panel in the center, this area is surrounded by a central column. Different desks and computers are arranged on each side of the hexagon, which all seem to be part of the auxiliary system.

Following Makino Yosuke's order, everyone in all positions became serious and began to operate their respective consoles.

I don't know if he was seriously checking the system or just tapping a few times to create the impression that he was not slacking off, but in any case, the sound of keyboard tapping soon rang out.

"I'm sorry." Makino Yosuke took two steps back and stood side by side with Kuroda Heibei, smiling apologetically. "Before Reinhardt came here, it seems that there were some disagreements with Europol and conflicts. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

Anyone smart can see that Reinhardt is not really out of control and has a bad brain.

The reason for open provocation and dispute at this time is largely to take advantage of the situation.

As a core engineer who was formally introduced to police from various countries, he was obviously dissatisfied that his demands were not met by Makino Yosuke and the system controller Naomi. He was expressing his emotions and conveying the differences to outsiders in order to force the management to give a response.

Kuroda Heibei and Shiratori Renzaburo, who understood this subtle atmosphere very well, looked at each other knowingly without saying anything, leaving Conan with a frown on his face.

Naomi Argento, a core technology developer, was administratively leveled, and the engineer who was actually her assistant made such personal attacks to her face. Can this system really continue to operate...

"The first docking officially begins!"

Makino Yosuke, who had dealt with the visitors, returned to his command position and made an announcement.

The sound of keyboard typing around them quieted down considerably. In front of them, a loading progress bar appeared on the screen with a bright blue map of Europe.

After a while, small picture frames appeared one by one, densely packed on the screen.

This means that they have officially connected to the European monitoring center and connected to the cameras.

Tang Ze's eyes flashed slightly, which seemed a little weird in the completely cold environment around him.

This is the backdoor that Binga had buried in Europe in advance, which has been officially integrated into the system with the opening of the monitoring center.

As long as no one can stop Grace's actions, Binga will contact Rum next and use the photos provided by Rum to start looking for the person they need.

In other words, this is also a gap that Tang Ze can take advantage of.

Tang Ze felt the phone in his pocket vibrate slightly as if it had received a message. Knowing that Noah had set off, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, but he quickly restrained his expression and continued to observe as if nothing had happened.

Soon, we can give them a surprise.

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“There, there!”

Several children wearing orange life jackets clung to the handrails of the speedboat, staring at the sea for a while. When they finally saw the approaching shadow under the water, they cheered in unison.

In a few seconds, a huge figure broke out of the water, creating huge waves.

The whale's huge tail fin slapped the water surface, raising sea water, and rain-like water droplets hit the face with its movement.

"Wow!"

"So cold!"

Unlike larger cruise ships, a small speedboat is certainly not as easy to stabilize in the waves.

Several people screamed as the speedboat swayed, raised their hands to block the oncoming water, and shouted excitedly.

Seeing such large creatures moving around according to their own habits in such a vast ocean is a shock that cannot be summarized by looking at huge marine creatures in an aquarium. They are all very excited.

"It's amazing..." Ran Mao Li, holding on to the railing tightly, watched the huge body of the whale sink back into the sea with lingering thoughts. Looking at the still choppy sea surface, after a moment, she seemed to remember something and looked to the other side.

The speedboat carrying Dr. Agasa departed a few minutes later than theirs. Apparently in order to avoid affecting each other, it did not choose a location very close to their ship, but stopped on the other side a few dozen meters away.

From their perspective, they couldn't see the people on the boat at all. They could only see that the speedboat was also unable to maintain its balance in the waves created by the whale, and was looming in the rising and falling waves.

"I filmed it all!" Suzuki Sonoko held up the DV and hit the end recording button, her expression both smug and excited. "Go back and show it to your dad. He's sure to regret not coming with us. Seriously, we've already come to Hachijojima and he didn't even come to see the whales. He's such a bummer..."

"Dad must have other plans..." Mao Lilan smiled and didn't complain much.

She could actually guess that her father might have come here more to take care of Tang Ze and her rather than to have fun.

So compared to this kind of sightseeing activities that young people would be interested in, Kogoro Mouri might be more interested in continuing to discuss the Karasawa case. He might even be in the hotel right now, calling the police from the Investigation Division and his mother.

However, this topic was indeed a bit of a spoiler, so she simply skipped it and continued discussing the previous scene.

"The whales come up to breathe, right?"

"Well, that's what Mr. Ugly said. Those whale-watching boats determine their locations and times based on long-term observations, but even then, there's no guarantee of always seeing whales. We were lucky today."

"Yeah, the weather is great too. It's beautiful just for taking pictures..."

When Mao Lilan's gaze passed through the waves and turned to the horizon, she found that something was passing through the still undulating sea surface very quickly.

She squinted her eyes and observed for a moment, but couldn't figure it out. She couldn't help but turn on the camera on her mobile phone and zoom in.

On the sea surface, perhaps a few hundred meters away from them, several objects, hard to tell whether they were sampans or small boats, were cutting through the waves at an extremely fast speed and approaching rapidly in a certain direction.

As the ships passed by, several white lines were drawn on the sea surface. The rolling small waves surged towards their direction for a moment and soon calmed down.

What was that thing? A ship heading somewhere else? But at this speed...

Ran Mao Li frowned and thought for a moment, unable to see anything except that there was someone vaguely above. She gave up and just pressed the shutter a few times to capture the particularly magnificent sea surface, where the dark shadow of the whale could still be vaguely seen.

On the small boat a few hundred meters away from them, Matsuda Jinpei, who seemed to have sensed something, narrowed his eyes, turned his head and observed for a long time, confirmed that there was nothing unusual, and withdrew his gaze.

The worst that could happen is that some tourists or something would witness it.

Hachijojima is a tourist destination after all, so it's not a big deal to see a few incredibly fast speedboats on the sea. Just see them if you can.

"Speaking of which, is this speed really okay..." Zhu Fujingguang, who was holding the handle on the side tightly and felt like he was about to get seasick, asked a little desperately.

He shouldn't have believed Tang Ze's lies. What did it mean that the old inventor next door kindly helped him modify the boat engine?

At this speed, if it were increased any further, he felt that this flimsy little iron boat would fall apart.

Did the inventor who developed this engine and propeller really intend to use it? Is this very different from suicide?

"Trust Hagi." He reached out and patted his shoulder sympathetically. Matsuda Jinpei, who was also clinging to the edge tightly, felt helpless.

"Dr. Agasa's last series of inventions included 'pills that fake cold symptoms' and 'capsules that can fool testing equipment and obtain medical records'..." Miyano Akemi, who was sitting next to them, sounded equally desperate. "It's good enough that he abides by the law."

If Dr. Agasa was a serious inventor who developed very practical things, with his development drive and level of inspiration, he should have become famous and made a lot of money long ago.

They have been very restrained in not doing anything particularly cruel.

"Really? I feel fine." Standing on the other boat, Shimabukuro Kimie fixed her flying hair and turned to look at her teammates who were dead and wounded on the boat here. "Isn't this a very comfortable boat?"

"There's nothing much to talk about with an island treasure like you..."

"I think it's pretty good, too," Asai Narimi praised. "If the structure could be reinforced and production could be increased, it wouldn't be so troublesome for me to commute from the clinic to Tokyo."

"As the island owner, you should be more quiet..."

After speaking weakly, Miyano Akemi sighed deeply and looked at the giant sea-level building in the distance with an expression of deep hatred and resentment.

After suffering so much, if Binga's palace can't squeeze out any value, she will really make a fuss...