Temperature Control 84

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Chapter 84

Crushed Tequila

The car was driving on a flat road, and suddenly after a violent emergency brake, the strong inertia almost made several people in the car fall down.

Looking at Conan, who was about to fly out in the middle of the back seat, Natsume-san silently grabbed Conan’s collar.

“Thank you, Enako sister.”

Silently relieved, Conan immediately showed an innocent child’s smile and thanked Natsume Enako.

“How do you drive!”

This unreasonable emergency brake also shocked Mouri Kogorou’s spirit. His originally depressed demeanor immediately became sober, and he immediately asked the driver aggressively.

“Sorry, I can’t help it. There is an inexplicable deep pit in front.”

As soon as the designated driver finished speaking, he looked forward from the car window and found a large pit that seemed to be smashed by a heavy object. The hard concrete floor sank several meters. The outline of the heavy object can still be vaguely seen.

Does it look like a person with tentacles?

“There are some blood and clothing fragments left at the scene. The blood has not yet coagulated, which means that the incident happened not long ago…”

Natsume Enako was still a little dazed, but when he didn’t pay attention, he found that Conan, the little kid beside him, had already run to the pothole to check it out.

“Really, this is too messy. There is not even a construction sign.” Mouri Kogorou rubbed his head and said angrily at the pothole in front of the car.

“This is not a sign of construction, but it looks like a fall, but it is absolutely impossible to achieve this effect.” Conan raised his head and looked at the surrounding high-rise buildings, compared the direction and angle, but then shook his head.

The direction is right, but the impact force is very abnormal, but looking at the amount of blood on the ground, the other party will not be in any danger of life.

Conan touched the blood on the ground and frowned, Natsume-san, who was waiting in the car and was bored, also got off at this time.

Just when Natsume Enako got off the car, a man hiding in a corner in the distance, wrapped in a windbreaker, suddenly raised her head and rushed towards Natsume Enako with all her strength.

If you can see his back, you can find that his clothes are all torn holes and stone slag, and some scars have already healed.

Seemingly feeling the gaze from somewhere, Senior Natsume Enako just turned around, but found that there was no one at all.

A blood-red spike as magnificent as a giant dragon rushed into the body of the man in the windbreaker, piercing through his body in an instant, and directly hanging him in the air.

On the top floor of a five-story building, a man in a windbreaker fell to the ground helplessly, and opposite him were two men in suits with relaxed expressions.

“Do you still want to resist?”

A large number of alienated tissues grew on the back of the man in the windbreaker in front of him, just like a strange organ. Before he could do anything, he was stabbed by the blood-red spikes again.

“It’s done, this is a pleasant and long business trip, let’s go for a drink.”

“Don’t be happy too early, you won’t be able to laugh after staying in this troublesome time disorder for a long time.”

“Why are you so pessimistic, and there is a way to leave.”

After staying in front of the pit for a while, with the arrival of relevant responsible personnel, the business car started again.

Conan seemed a little unhappy, but he couldn’t twist the thigh of Mouri Ran Elder Sister. After about half an hour, the group finally arrived at Beika Restaurant.

There was a huge poster of Mouri Kogorou in the rice restaurant, and the theme of today was Mouri Kogorou’s Mystery Mansion.

“Yeah, it’s a mystery game where players will find a body in a maze-like mansion, and detective Mouri Kogorou who happens to be in the mansion will give hints, and then solve the case step by step.”

In the corner of the hall, Mouri Ran Elder Sister smiled and introduced the content of the game, with a proud look on her face.

Conan rolled his eyes silently, his mouth trembling slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

“This is my first time to attend such a game conference.”

Natsume Enako on the side seemed particularly excited. There were a large number of well-known or unknown game works gathered here, some of which had never appeared in Academy City.

But he was not interested in today’s protagonist Mouri Kogorou’s Mystery Mansion.

“So many people?”

“That’s natural. Almost all the big names in the video game industry are here today.”

There was a long line at the storage area, and Mouri Kogorou’s interest suddenly rose. He couldn’t help but feel proud.

After all, this is a game that uses Mouri Kogorou as a selling point.

“Mr. Mouri Kogorou.”

A voice called from behind, and Mouri Kogorou turned around and saw that it was also a Paradise staff member who came to deposit something, carrying a suitcase with the Paradise logo. Paradise is the developer of this game.

“I am Nakajima Hideaki from Paradise, and I planned the video game of Detective Mouri Kogorou’s Mystery Mansion.”

“Thanks to Mr. Mouri Kogorou, I was able to complete a great game software. I am very happy to invite Mr. Mouri Kogorou to the scene.” Nakajima Hideaki said modestly.

As soon as he said this, he heard a sneer and disdain.

Everyone looked over and saw two more Paradise employees coming over, each carrying a suitcase to store. One of them sneered without hesitation.

“Nakajima, you are really excellent. Rather than saying that you planned this game software, it is better to say that you stole the idea from me.”

“I just mentioned it casually, but three days later you submitted the same plan. You are just a genius of plagiarism, both in work and women. Don’t you think so? Takeshita.”

The person who spoke was Koji Ueda, and he and Nakajima Hideaki were both employees of the Paradise R&D department.

“Indeed, but that was when I was in college, and I have long forgotten it.” Another Paradise employee nodded in agreement.

“I’ll pretend I didn’t see what happened this time. I always feel like you’re going to be cornered by the underground money lenders.” A sneer appeared on Ueda Koji’s face.

This tit-for-tat made Natsume Enako inexplicably concerned.

The smell of the case appeared.

Although her eyes were wide open, Natsume-san, who was only interested in reasoning, had basically reserved a role as a background board.

The items were stored. Since the game is not yet on sale, electronic products such as mobile phones are not allowed to be brought in and must be kept by the staff.

There was a small accident in the middle of the process. Three Paradise employees carrying the same suitcases cut in line, causing a full minute of delay.

Seemingly full of interest in the nearby video games, Natsume-san, who was still paying attention to the case at first, soon became absorbed in the video games in the venue.

Controlling the game character in his hand, he spun 360 degrees in the air, A knock on the chin directly knocked the opponent out.

The opponents around him kept changing, and soon a little boy with glasses stood beside him.

Up and down, BABA, a set of combos as fierce as a tiger, the character controlled by the little boy screamed in mid-air, and when he landed, half of his blood was gone.

Controlling the joystick, a charge like a bamboo, and completely killed the opponent.

The whole person was completely immersed in it, and when he came back to his senses from the video game, he was awakened by a huge explosion.

Rolling smoke came out from the direction of the toilet, the scene became foggy, and the air was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder.

Somewhat dissatisfied, he put down the handle and quietly used ability to blow away the smoke in the venue, and his vision finally became clear.

“Damn, the clue is broken here again, just a little bit short.”

A few minutes ago, Conan saw a suspicious man in black in the venue, and he also took away the suitcases of Paradise employees in the storage.

Originally, he just thought he was suspicious, but he unexpectedly found out from the phone that the other party was a member of the Black Organization, codenamed Tequila.

“Conan, what are you doing here?”

Tearing through the fog, curious Natsume Enako saw Conan squatting in front of the toilet, with a face full of reluctance, and seemed to be holding a black shoe in him hand.

“It’s nothing, Sister Enako.”

Conan fully demonstrated his extraordinary acting skills, and his originally unwilling expression became calm, and then he showed a childlike innocent smile.

The periphery has been cordoned off, and Natsume Enako followed Conan boredly, and not far away were police officers who were investigating the scene.

The person in charge of the case is the Criminal Investigation Division 1, Inspector Megure stood solemnly at the crime scene, listening to the report of the investigators.

“The identity of the victim is still unclear, because the body has been completely blown to pieces.”

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