Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

After saying that, he looked at the bag in his hand again: "Sister, you are in a really good mood today, did something good happen?"

"I won't tell you my secret." Hojo Toika said with a proud smile.

They walked past a convenience store and she saw a newspaper rack by the window. Suddenly, she had an idea and went in to buy a newspaper from the newspaper where Kotomine Jonah worked.

On the fourth page was a report by Kotomine Jhona, who was interviewing important scientists who were national treasures of Japan. Some of them were professors from well-known universities and were busy traveling these days.

Looking at the newspaper, Hojo Tobiko smiled with satisfaction.

This is right.

Why do you hate Zero who is suffering the same pain? Isn't it better to let go of hatred, work hard, and live a good life with the remaining family members?

Hojo Tobiko was satisfied, but when she put away the newspaper, she suddenly felt a little sad.

She has given so much, but the one she has given to will never know... She doesn't ask Ling to know her efforts, nor does she ask him to thank her after knowing it. Their peace and safety is the best reward for her...

Hojo Toika felt a little sad, but she quickly cheered up and pulled her brother to continue shopping.

They walked past several shops and came to the intersection. The green light on the opposite side was flashing.

Everyone else stopped, but Hojo Toika did not stop. Instead, she sped up, trying to take advantage of this little time to get through.

"Shinji, hurry up!" she urged.

A woman with brown-gray hair and emerald green eyes was walking towards her from the opposite direction. She stepped onto the stairs and passed by Hojo Toika.

She wore a pair of very thick glasses on her nose, but this did not affect her beauty at all. Instead, it added a bit of intellectual temperament to her.

After she passed by, Hojo Shinji couldn't help but say, "That foreign woman just now was so beautiful."

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"

Looking at the traffic light that kept flashing and could turn red at any time, Hojo Tobiko urged again impatiently.

Hojo Shinji was a little hesitant, but seeing that his sister had already walked to the middle of the road, he had no choice but to pick up the bag and chase after her at a faster speed.

At this time, something unexpected happened.

A shrill scream rang out from the waiting crowd. More than one person was shouting at them, and at the same time a strong light from a car headlight shone from the side.

“Beep, beep, beep—!!”

Hearing the sharp sound of a horn, Hojo Toika subconsciously looked in the direction where the sound came from.

They saw a luxury car that should be displayed on a display stand for everyone to envy and admire rushing towards them at high speed. Behind the glass was the driver's terrified expression.

"boom!!!"

The sound of collision resounded throughout the intersection the next second.

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[Lust: ...These new games are good, but I am still more interested in the "Cocoon" that will be released in the future. ]

In a Western restaurant in Minato Ward that allows pets, Rabbit was sitting on the table with a shopping bag filled with several boxes of game cartridges next to him. He made this comment to Aoyagi Akimitsu.

Today, after sending Kudo Shinichi off as usual, Aoyagi Akimichi did not go home immediately. Instead, he brought Rabbit to the shopping street, saying that he wanted to buy some things for the school trip and have dinner here as well.

Aoyagi Binkou held the fork in his left hand and the mobile phone in his right hand, and asked while eating.

[Rage: A Game of Thrones?]

[Lust: Yes, the holographic game in The Phantom of Baker Street.]

Rabbit has read Conan's comics and animations, and of course he has also watched the theatrical version. Although the later parts are getting closer to action blockbusters, the early parts are still very classic, especially the one he mentioned.

His favorite character Ai said a classic quote in this film, in which she complained about Japan's hereditary system. That quote was later quoted by some official media.

When watching this movie for the first time, Rabbit thought that this game must be very interesting. He wondered how far this world had been developed and whether he could see it before the end of the game.

Aoyagi Akimitsu also seemed interested.

[Rage: It sounds more interesting than the existing game modes. It would be great if it could be promoted. ]

Seeing him chatting with him so easily and casually, some tense part of Rabbit's heart seemed to relax a little.

"boom!"

The sound of a chair being roughly dragged and then falling to the ground was heard behind them.

Rabbit looked up and his first reaction was that a murder had occurred here, but he quickly realized that this was not the case.

Not far away, a young girl in school uniform stood by the table with a fallen chair behind her.

She was not dead, but she held her head tightly with both hands and her whole body was shaking violently, as if she had suddenly fallen ill and was in even greater pain.

Her classmates and the people around her looked at her in surprise and fear, and no one reacted.

This symptom only lasted for a few seconds. After a few seconds, she suddenly put down her hands and raised her head again.

There was no pain on her face. She seemed unaware of what had just happened and looked at the people around her with confused eyes.

"…What's wrong? Why…why are you all looking at me?" she asked awkwardly.

A restaurant employee slowly approached her, carefully observed her expression, and then asked: "Miss, are you feeling unwell? Do you need me to call an ambulance to the hospital for you?"

"No need!" She didn't know what was hurting her, and she quickly refused with an ugly look on her face, "I just had a headache, I'm not sick, I don't need to go to the hospital!"

But the others still looked at her.

Those who were close to her observed carefully, considering whether to continue eating or quickly leave; while many of those who were far away from her stood up and watched the show from a distance.

"Isn't this the crazy daughter who threw sulfuric acid on the congressman..."

Rabbit heard a customer at a back table recognize her.

……

There was chaos on the road.

Just now, a tragic accident happened here. A car hit a brother and sister.

The younger brother was knocked several meters high, all his bones were broken, and he became limp. He fell to the ground like mud and died on the spot.

Some people in the crowd called the police, some called an ambulance, and more people gathered to look at the girl who was sitting blankly next to her brother's body, almost unharmed.

They marveled at her misfortune and good fortune.

Qing Liu Bingguang blinked his eyes. He was still a little unaccustomed to putting things in his eyes. He did not blend in with these passers-by. He was different from them.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he took out his cell phone which had just vibrated.

[Kamen Rider of Colombo: I have finished my interview work today, and the assistant of the research institute on campus said he could give me a ride. Should it be okay to send messages in his car? ]

[Artemis: It's not a big problem... Did the interview go well? ]

[Kamen Rider in Colombo: Just finished five minutes ago, it went pretty well. Just when I was about to leave the school gate, a person on the road fell to the ground like he had an epileptic seizure, but he returned to normal after a few seconds.]

[Artemis: Are you okay? ]

[Colombo's Kamen Rider: I'm fine, I've left. ]

[Artemis: That's good. Be careful on the road. ]

Chapter 113 Not a Drop of Alcohol

Because of the sudden car accident and the crowd watching, the vehicles in front were stuck in place, and the cars behind didn't know what was happening and kept honking their horns.

Aoyagi Akimitsu pushed through the crowd amid the blaring horns and walked towards another street.

It was just 6 o'clock, but it was already completely dark, with colorful neon lights flashing under the sky and above the crowd.

Under the shining light, he quietly took off his glasses and put them in his bag. He gently turned the ring on his index finger with his right thumb, and the game system pop-up window opened silently in front of his eyes.

Aoyagi Binguang only took a quick glance and immediately closed it. At the same time, he looked around and made sure that no one was paying attention to him before continuing to move forward.

He didn't know how long other players had been playing the game, but for him, the game had already started for two months. However, he still hadn't completely figured out the four cheats given by the system.

Face shaping, protective aura, animal messenger, and the two most important skills.

When Aoyagi Akimitsu first entered the game, he was curious about why each character had an active skill and a passive skill, and the difference (non-ability) was so big.

Active skills can be turned off, but passive skills cannot.

Active skills can be exchanged with teammates or allies, but passive skills cannot.

Active skills cannot be effective on teammates, but passive skills can.

If you want to check other players' active skills, you have to know their real name in the game; if you want to check their passive skills, you have to know their real face and ID before any face-editing - the biggest evil that the player corresponds to.

The last point - this is just Aoyagi's guess at the moment - compared to active skills, which each have obvious limitations, passive skills have fewer flaws.

There are currently four known passive skills, his coaxing, Shirojito's mind reading, Rabbit's protagonist's physique, and Hojo Tooka's amplification.

[When her emotions are strong, the power of 'Mirror Flower Water Moon' will increase, breaking the defense and allowing those who have been affected before to be affected again. ]

[This skill has a flaw. If her emotions are too strong, it is easy to cause the active skill to go out of control. The system does not say what will happen when it goes out of control.]

——On the second day after meeting Hojo Toika, Rabbit took advantage of an opportunity to check her passive skills and shared the results with Aoyagi Akimitsu.

When playing computer games, Aoyagi Akimichi has seen many characters with control skills, many of which can be automatically released after killing or severely injuring the opponent.

But Hojo Toika has a passive skill that strengthens her active skill, so he is not sure if she will do the same.

Judging from the result that Kotomine Joanna told him, those who break free from control by their own will will not be affected. As for the others...will they take this opportunity to break free from the control of the skill?

This requires more case references, Aoyagi Akimitsu thought as he sent an email to Teraoka Katsutoshi.

The Metropolitan Police Department is the best reference example - Hakubato instigated Hojo Toika to change the wills of many people there. He even asked her to go there once a few days ago, otherwise he would still be staying in the special detention room.

[Tell me about the latest situation at the Metropolitan Police Department...]

If they break free from control and realize that their previous behavior was strange, they will immediately lock up the white dove that they had just released and interrogate it to see if he had done anything wrong.

Thinking of Baijiu, Qingliu Bingguang thought about it again, and then added:

[…Investigation Section 4, have you conducted any raids targeting gang members recently?]

After sending the email, which did not mention Bai Jiu at all but actually involved him everywhere, Aoyagi Akimichi recalled the scene he saw on the street just now.

Hojo Shinji was killed on the spot, while Hojo Toika was unharmed.

Every player has a protective aura. The system has vowed that the aura can protect against most physical damage and players cannot break the aura of other players.