The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

The Minotaur Bull is a story mentioned in a related legend manuscript from Greek mythology.

Simply put, King Minos of Crete went to Poseidon, the god of the sea, and said that there were no creatures worthy of the god of the sea on his land. He hoped that Poseidon would perform a miracle, and he would offer something that appeared from the deep sea to Poseidon.

——This wave of operations seems confusing. It is more than just borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. He wants to make the original food into the original soup and get it for free.

However, the root logic of the story is that Minos came to power illegitimately, but usurped the throne. He longed to prove his legitimacy and consolidate his royal power through a miracle.

Poseidon heard his request and raised a sturdy white bull from the sea for Minos. However, after seeing the white bull, Minos was reluctant to kill such a beautiful creature, so he slaughtered an ordinary cow as a sacrifice in an attempt to get away with it.

Poseidon was very angry about being taken advantage of, so he cursed Minos' wife Pasiphae, causing her to fall in love with the bull. In the end, she and the bull gave birth to a monster with a bull's head and a human body, the Minotaur.

The Minotaur was a scandal in the royal family, and Minos did not want its existence to be discovered, so he ordered Daedalus to build a tortuous labyrinth that was so complicated that even the builder himself would find it difficult to escape, and imprisoned the Minotaur bull inside.

The second half of this legend also mentions a war between Crete and Athens. Athens was defeated and was forced to hand over children as sacrifices to be thrown into the labyrinth for the Minotaur to eat. Then, Theseus, the illegitimate son of the King of Athens, took the initiative to enter the labyrinth and kill the Minotaur, etc.

The details are numerous, but in short, this somewhat bizarre and absurd story actually revolves around the consolidation of human power from beginning to end. The Minotaur bull is a unique existence that combines divine power and royal power. Placed in the halls of Binga, it becomes very intriguing...

Of course, having said all this, we cannot deny the fact that the person who built the labyrinth and trapped the Minotaur inside was his nominal father Minos, and stuffing Gin inside was quite offensive.

Everyone who more or less understood what Zhu Fujingguang meant tried hard to control their laughter, and for a moment everyone started coughing quietly.

"That's quite fitting, isn't it?" Zhufu Jingguang put his fist to his lips, looking like he was having a hard time suppressing a laugh. "Binga must have very complicated feelings about Gin."

Didn't Binga realize that his physical strength was no match for Gin? He certainly did.

But at the same time, he was also very clear that even if he worked hard and was valued by Rum, if he could not surpass Gin and show his irreplaceable strength, then in the end, he would only be a dog of Rum, and not the first person under the second in command.

Binga, who was extremely eager for power and status, was definitely dissatisfied with this. He felt that pure combat effectiveness meant nothing in an organization like this, so he resolutely chose to carry out this mission, trying to prove that he could do a lot for the organization by relying on his wisdom.

The whole situation was filled with the helpless rage of "Can Gin do it?!" He couldn't beat the other person, couldn't kill the other person, and in the end, his soul still needed to rely on the other person to protect it. What else could he do?

"So, the secret treasure is most likely in the maze?" Miyano Akemi laughed, then grasped the core problem. "He couldn't have built such a huge maze just to trap Cognitive Gin inside."

No matter how much he hated Gin, knowing Gin was an important cognitive protection measure for the organization, so Binga had no choice but to accept it.

If it is placed in the palace, the most likely scenario is that Binga himself is unwilling to face Gin, but he can only hand over the most core treasure of the palace to Gin for protection.

Then there is no need to say more about the location of the secret treasure.

"Yes, I think so too." Zhu Fujingguang nodded. "However, no matter how complicated the maze is, I think it won't be a problem with Noah here. Besides, Leader, you won't just ignore this situation, right?"

Just like when they targeted Pisco, Cognitive Gin could defend against a frontal breakthrough, but it could not withstand the combined forces of inside and outside, and the Hall Master himself collapsed first.

As long as Tang Ze puts enough pressure on Binga from the outside, the internal hall will also change, which will naturally reduce the pressure on them to break through.

"Let me take a look at the information here in Binga first." Tang Ze nodded and chose to open the dormitory door in front of him first.

Knowing yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. For Binga, the codenamed member who left too early so that he and Amuro Toru and others were unable to obtain much information, it is necessary to further investigate the information.

Both Tang Ze and the other members of the Phantom Thieves are familiar with this kind of work, and the looting is extremely efficient.

So before long, a lot of information about Rum and Gin himself fell into their hands.

"So that's what's going on..." Morofushi Jingguang looked strange after finding a few photos in the album. "No wonder Binga and Gin have such a bad relationship."

The background of this set of photos seems to be a meeting, or perhaps a large action that brings together many people from related organizations. There are quite a few people in the photos. It can be roughly seen from the photos that Binga must have spoken rudely to Gin, and Gin did not tolerate it at all, so he came up and gave him a beating.

Gin grabbed Binga's head from behind and pressed him on the table with one hand, causing his face to be distorted.

It is not difficult to see from the photos that this must have happened many years ago. Although we can't see the age change of Gin above, Binga himself is obviously much younger than he is now.

He jumped in front of someone and tried to provoke him, but not only did he not anger the other person, he was beaten like this in front of a large group of people, including the boss himself who was watching through the camera. It would be hard not to hold a grudge.

Perhaps from then on, Binga regarded Gin as the ultimate imaginary enemy, began to prepare plans against him, and collected a considerable amount of intelligence in an attempt to deal with Gin.

As for rum, it was the upward channel chosen by Binga to ensure that he could avoid the influence of Gin and climb up step by step. Therefore, he also collected a lot of information to flatter and curry favor with his immediate superior.

The above are all Tang Ze's speculations based on these records. As for the facts...

"Let's hear what Binga has to say himself." He raised the corners of his mouth with interest.

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"What did you say? This is ridiculous!"

After hearing what Makino Yosuke said, Reinhardt pushed his office chair away and stood up.

"Are you questioning whether there is something wrong with us?!"

Naomi is missing and is very likely to have been attacked and kidnapped. However, Makino Yosuke now says that the accomplice is among them.

To Reinhardt, this sounded like someone pointing at his nose and scolding him. He seemed to feel the unsettling gazes coming from other directions.

——Among the core engineers, he has the worst relationship with Naomi, so isn’t he the most suspicious person?

"Of course I don't want this to happen." Makino Yosuke, striking a classic Commander Ikari pose, said in a steady voice. "Everyone understands the special nature of our work. Now that something like this has happened, if you don't want the Japanese police to get more involved, we must clear ourselves of suspicion."

Reinhardt, who had been sarcastically reacting to the police's arrival, couldn't help but choke.

To put it nicely, the Japanese police are here to protect this place. To put it bluntly, they came here to check the situation because they had doubts about their data security due to the Frankfurt intrusion case.

The chief engineer who possessed the most core technology and authority was kidnapped in front of everyone. This was no different from running naked in public and was extremely embarrassing.

If they cannot provide a clear suspicion and conduct internal screening before the police reinforcements from Tokyo arrive, then they will be completely in trouble. Makino Yosuke absolutely does not want to see this situation.

"Since it entered and exited through the sea estuary, let's just check the records to see who opened it." Ed on the other side reacted quickly and directly retrieved the background log.

However, after he selected the date, the background interface was empty and no data popped up.

"No records found..." Grace, sitting upright, made a nervous and somewhat incredulous expression. "Was it deleted?"

"The deleted records cannot be found either." Ed quickly gave another reply.

There was a brief silence for a few seconds.

It was at this moment that Tang Ze quietly stood behind the police and Conan.

The case has already happened, and Conan is holding the important cracking tools given to him by the Phantom Thieves, so his attention will definitely not be on himself.

So Tang Ze calmly pretended to be a ghost, pretending that he had not missed the previous conversation, and found a place to stand.

Conan, with his hands in his pockets, was secretly tightening his grip on the USB drive in his hand. Hearing their conversation, he reflexively asked, "So, someone hacked in from outside?"

If the system itself is so flawed, adding some more stuff to it wouldn't seem to have much of an impact...

"In addition to the central part here, our service is also connected to cameras in Japan and Europe. They must have implanted the backdoor from there, so there's a chance." Ed shrugged and leaned back as if it had nothing to do with him.

"The back door?" Kuroda Bei frowned.

"Those are the secret interfaces and programs left behind to facilitate intrusion, right?" Shiratori Jinzaburo confirmed. "So, the problem might also be with Europol?"

Anyway, he would not question the Japanese side. After all, unlike the security center in Europe, Japan is not connecting with some non-governmental organization, but a very formal police agency.

If they had been infiltrated to this extent, why would they have waited until today to act? They could have made him disappear without anyone noticing when Naomi ran to the police station.

"Well, it was probably premeditated." Kuroda pushed his glasses. "The Frankfurt invasion was definitely not a public security case as Europol claimed."

It just so happened that the European cameras were connected today, and just over ten minutes after the connection, Naomi disappeared.

The timing is so clever that it's hard not to doubt its significance.

"That's certainly a possibility." Makino Yosuke could only nod in agreement. "Firewalls generally don't protect against backdoors like this that occur internally. They basically only protect against external attacks."

"We can't say for sure it's Europol's fault. It's been so long, and the intruder hasn't been caught. If the backdoor had been implanted then, this person could now remotely control the system from anywhere in the world without having to directly access the system..."

"That means the accomplice could still be one of you." Kuroda Bei didn't bother to listen anymore and said bluntly, "We don't know exactly how many criminals there are. You can definitely provide a backdoor program and conduct on-site surveillance as well. Nothing could be easier than an internal intrusion, right?"

Conan, who was quietly approaching the central controller, couldn't help but feel a chill on the back of his neck.

"Well, everyone, I hope you can hand over all your electronic devices, laptops, tablets, and phones, and cooperate with us in taking statements." Shiratori Renzaburo clapped his hands, drawing their attention. "We will strictly enforce confidentiality, so please rest assured."

In the end, he couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks to a few people.

Now it's not just a problem of internal data leakage. They have directly leaked a person with key permissions. If we let them continue, we don't know how much more trouble they can cause.

Although they were reluctant, seeing Makino Yosuke take the lead in standing up, the three of them had no choice but to stand up with sighs, and walked out together under the protection of two policemen.

——They have to go to the living area and take out all the electronic devices they use.

Without Makino Yosuke present, the other staff members in the main control room began to discuss in low voices, and the room became quite noisy for a while.

Taking advantage of this chaotic moment, Conan found a suitable position and pushed the thing in his hand to the side of the console where Makino Yosuke had just sat.

Indeed, intrusion from within is the most difficult to defend against.

Therefore, at present, the person most likely to find the hacker who cleared the records and knew the system like the back of his hand from a technical perspective is Noah's Ark, whose technical capabilities are unlimited.

Using his body to block the faint flickering light above, Conan waited for it to complete the secret connection, and then couldn't help but think about the information about Shuichi Akai.

The arrival of several of them, especially himself and Tang Ze, must have been something the criminal had not expected.

Under such circumstances, he was able to grasp the time difference so accurately without letting either him or Tang Ze who followed to deliver coffee notice any clues. In fact, the candidates were already narrow enough.

The Black Organization's target now is this cross-age recognition system. The person who carried out the Frankfurt invasion was a member codenamed Binga.

So, where is this "Binga" now? Is he among these people?