Chapter 359 Under the Twin Towers
Chapter 365: Under the Twin Towers

"Hey?! Sister Xiaolan, why are you here?" When Conan arrived at the foot of the Twin Towers in Moses City, before he had time to admire the tall and majestic buildings in front of him, his attention was attracted by Xiaolan, Sonoko and her father who had just got out of the taxi on the other side.

"You little brat, why are you here too?" Dad got out of the car and was also questioning why we just came here. Is it such a coincidence that we could meet here so early in the morning?

"We just finished camping and are preparing to go home. Where is the uncle?" Conan asked, looking up.

"Ahem." Dad cleared his throat and began to explain his purpose. "The owner of this building, Mio Tokiwa, was actually my junior in college. Now that I, Kogoro Mori, have become famous, I have naturally attracted the attention of people in society. In addition, I took care of this junior in college, so before the official opening next week, Mio asked me to come and take a look. To confirm the number of people who will attend the opening next weekend."

"Oh? So that's the reason why Sister Xiaolan followed us?" I asked as if I understood.

"Dad didn't tell me anything." Xiaolan's face was puffed up with anger. "If it weren't for my forced confession, Dad would have gotten away with it this time."

"No, there is no forced confession!" Dad was a little embarrassed. This was in front of so many children, and this damn girl didn't even give a little face to a dad like me.

"Uh..." I could only sigh and hold my forehead regarding the conversation between my dad and Xiaolan, but I also admire Xiaolan. It's only been a short while since she recovered her memory, but it seemed as if everything was back on track in an instant, which is really comforting to see.

"What about Sister Sonoko?" I turned my gaze to Sonoko beside Xiaolan.

"Mio Tokiwa is the eldest daughter of the Tokiwa Group. As a competitor, my father asked me to act as a vanguard." Sonoko said seriously.

"If they were really going to attack the vanguard, they wouldn't have asked you, a high school student, to come. Instead, it would have been your eldest sister, right?" I squinted my eyes and complained.

"Hey, you little brat. You start making fun of your sister as soon as we meet." A well-shaped shape quickly appeared on Yuanzi's forehead. She then walked up to me and started rubbing my face hard.

"...Excuse me, are you Mr. Kogoro Mori?" Just as everyone was watching us playing, a young woman walked out of the building and asked my dad.

"Ah, my last name is Maori." Dad also saw the person coming, a beautiful office lady in her twenties or thirties.

"Hello Mr. Mori, I'm Sawaguchi, the secretary of Chairman Tokiwa. The chairman is currently receiving clients, so please follow me to the exhibition room and wait." After saying that, Sawaguchi stepped aside slightly and made a gesture of invitation, and my father walked into the tall building of more than 300 meters after saying thank you.

"This is Building A of the Twin Towers, which is the office area. The areas above the 31st floor belong to the Tokiwa Group. The showrooms are on the second and third floors. Please follow me." As we entered the building, Sawaguchi introduced us and led the way.

"By the way, what does the Tokiwa Group do?" Ayumi asked casually in the elevator.

"I heard they were involved in computer software." As soon as he entered Mitsuhiko's field, he immediately began to talk nonstop. "I heard that the Tokiwa Group is involved in anything related to electronics."

"Then, are there a lot of electronic games? Haha, now I have something to play!" The first thing Yuantai thought of was games, which was in line with his personality.

Secretary Sawaguchi seemed to have heard Yuanta's request. After briefly introducing the development of the Tokiwa family, he led everyone to the electronic game display area. As soon as they entered the hall, the dazzling pictures and touching music filled the entire area. The eyes of the children who saw it were shining, and even Dr. Agasa praised it repeatedly.

"After all, it is a large conglomerate. Not only does it own a twin tower, but it also occupies the most marketable industry." Looking at the scene in front of me, I couldn't help but sigh.

"The field of electronics may not be popular now, but in ten years, it will definitely dominate the entire world." Shiho narrowed her eyes, put her hands behind her back, and said with certainty.

"Maybe we should get involved too?" I said to Shiho. "If we can become a pioneer in the electronics field, we will have no problem finding money."

"You, who can't even pass the programming test, actually want to get involved in the electronics field?" Shiho gave me a playful look. "You are not proficient in this area, right?"

"It's just on the surface." I smiled at Shiho.

"Oh?" Shiho was interested and asked softly in my ear in a low voice. "In your previous life?"

"It's okay." I smiled. "The technology in that era was more advanced than it is now. If we can make good use of it..."

"It's scary to live two lives." Shiho complained, and then continued to browse the machines in the room. "When you have time, tell me everything about your previous life. More advanced technology is indeed an opportunity."

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"Haha, welcome everyone." After Sawaguchi led us for a while, a middle-aged man in a suit and with a smile on his face came up to us.

"This is Mr. Hara, the director and engineer." Sawaguchi introduced hurriedly.

"Hello everyone, I'm Yuan Jiaming." The visitor greeted. "The games and various software here are open to the public, please feel free to use them."

"Really? Hahaha!" After hearing what Mr. Yuan said, the children immediately had fun. They ran to watch all kinds of games, and even Yuanzi dragged Xiaolan around. Yuan Jiaming also accompanied everyone to play and explain the whole way.

"Strange? What is this?" Soon, a strange machine caught everyone's attention. It was a two-seater with a helmet-like machine attached to it.

"This is a machine that can predict what you will look like in ten years." Yuan Jiaming squatted down and kindly explained to the children. "Do you want to try it?"

Ten years later, this was a great temptation for the children, and even the doctor was curious about how the machine did it. So the children raised their hands and wanted to try it.

"Then, please take a seat." Yuan Jiaming raised his hand to signal. When the doctor and Ayumi sat down, Yuan Jiaming walked to the machine and pressed the switch. Two helmet-like instruments slowly fell in front of Ayumi and the doctor. After a series of scans, the machine finally pressed the shutter. Soon, the photos of the two people were scanned out from the photocopy port under the host.

"Well...nothing has changed." Yuan Tai said, looking at the doctor's photo.

"Is this machine broken?" Mitsuhiko followed.

"The doctor is already this old, how do you expect him to change?" I couldn't help but complain.

"Besides, the machine is fine." Conan shouted with a smile. "Look at this picture of Ayumi."

When everyone came to Ayumi, they looked at her photo. Ayumi, who was still very young, looked a little green and sweet in the photo. The hairpin on her head disappeared, and there were more broken hairs on her forehead. She had short hair but grew it long after ten years. Her smile was sunny but a little shy. She was a real beauty. Genta and Mitsuhiko blushed when they saw it.

"So cute~" the two couldn't help but say. "Hey, let's try it too." After that, the two sat on it one after another. However, when they got the photos, they didn't seem too excited. Because... the photos looked too ordinary. Although the two people looked mature, they were the kind that you couldn't find them in a crowd. But after all, it was just a prediction. Don't take it 100% seriously.

"Haha, yes, yes, I have seen high school students of this type." Behind the two of them, Sonoko complained with her chin in her hand.

"You guys actually took some really good photos~" Xiaolan stepped forward and said to comfort them, which made the two of them smile.

"Then, next, it's me and Xiaolan." Sonoko eagerly pulled Xiaolan to sit on the machine. But when Sonoko's photo fell into her hands, she suddenly became depressed.

"Yes, yes, I have seen such an old lady on the street." Yuantai said with a smile.

"You're such a nag, little brat." Sonoko was dissatisfied. Indeed, Sonoko was only 17 years old this year. Ten years from now would be the time when she would be mature and the most charming. How could she look so old as in the photo?

"But, Xiaolan's photo is very good." Ayumi held up Xiaolan's photo. Xiaolan, who was 26 or 27 years old, was simply a younger version of her mother. Her long hair was tied up in a high ponytail, and her bangs were curled. She also wore a pair of glasses on her mature and charming face. If it weren't for the gentle expression between her eyebrows and a bit of heroic spirit, she would be a replica of her mother.

"Humph, it's really unbearable to think that such a beautiful Xiaolan will be monopolized by Kudo." Sonoko said angrily. "Why do I look so old when we are the same age?"

"This is probably to tell you to take care of yourself more often. Otherwise, you will become old and ugly before you bloom." I said at the right time. "To be honest, if you take out the hairpin and change it to bangs, you might be three points more beautiful. But you... huh?" Before I finished speaking, Yuanzi was already standing in front of me with her hands on her hips, her face full of smiles.

"You little brat, you still dare to complain about me, your sister? Now it's your turn!" After saying that, Sonoko threw me onto the seat without caring about my struggle. "And the little girl over there, you come too!" Sonoko shouted, and waved to Genta and the others to push Shiho up beside her. "You two little brats who are in love too early, let me see if you look like a couple like Kudo and Xiaolan in ten years."

"Hey, hey, we didn't say we were going to play this!" I was in a state of panic. What I will look like in ten years, shit, won't I look like IceWine in ten years? It's over, it's over, I'm going to explode! Although Shiho is the only one present who has seen me, Xiaolan has also met me once. In addition, Xiaolan's memory has just been restored, and with her recent state, she will definitely be able to pull me out of my memories at a glance. This is bad!

Click. Click.

There were two camera sounds. Soon, two photos were spit out.

"This...is this Xiaoxun?" Sonoko took the photo and her eyes widened at the first sight.

The face in the photo is the same as mine, the only difference is the mature temperament on the face and the softness between the eyebrows. It makes people feel as if they are attracted, but it’s okay. The only thing to be thankful for is that my hair color has not changed back to its original color, it is still pale gold, and the hair has been stretched, exactly the same as the white river ice I turned into after taking the medicine.

"This... this is too handsome, isn't it?" Yuanzi's nose was bleeding. "Little brat, I admit that you are indeed quite good-looking. You must grow up to be like this in the future. Do you hear me?"

"Hu..." I let out a long breath. Fortunately, the worst thing didn't happen. Xiaolan had never seen this look before. "But this look... why does it look so familiar?" Yuantai thought as he looked at the photo.

"It seems like I've seen it somewhere." Mitsuhiko also thought with his chin in his hand.

"Hmm...eh? Doesn't this look like the same big brother that Officer Sato brought to the police station that day!" In an instant, Ayumi recalled.

"Yes!" The two children also suddenly realized. "It's the big brother named Bai He. Bai He Bing!"

"Shit..." You can't escape it. I've kept it a secret from Xiaolan, but as for the kids... "Ah... Bai, Bai Hebing." My thoughts raced. "He is... my, uncle? Yes! Uncle!" Jingliu is now my mother, and Bai Hebing is Jingliu's younger brother. He is my uncle, no problem! It's enough that you call yourself an elder and a descendant at the same time. "Uh... my biological uncle, he is only eighteen years old this year. Maybe we have the same blood, so we look more alike. Haha, ah hahaha."

"Uncle?" The children looked confused, but they believed me.

"What did you say, kid? You have such a handsome uncle?" Yuanzi's eyes sparkled, but she held my shoulders seriously. "You don't have to grow up, introduce him to me! If you introduce him to me, I will buy you delicious food, clothes and fun things. Did you hear me? Introduce him to me!"

"He... he's so elusive, I can't always see him... Okay, no problem, I'll get him for you later!" Seeing Yuanzi's almost murderous look, I got scared for a moment. This woman is too scary.

"Huh? But why is the photo of Haibara-san black?" No longer dwelling on my photo, Ayumi looked at the second photo, but what she saw was a completely black picture.

"Maybe the machine is broken." Shiho breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her photo did not appear.

"Huh? That's strange, why would this happen?" Yuan Jiaming started the machine's program and tried to find the error.

"Could it be because..." Shiho had some doubts in her mind, and then said, "Edogawa, you go and try it too."

"Eh? Me?" Conan was surprised, but he quickly understood what Shiho meant. After thinking about it, he finally took the risk of being discovered and got on the machine. The result was even worse than Shiho's. This time it was the machine that reported an error.

"What's going on..." Yuan Jiaming was confused. There was clearly no problem with the program code, so why was there an error?
"Haha, everyone, the chairman has finished his meeting. Please follow me to the banquet hall on the 75th floor." Sawaguchi interrupted everyone's suspicion at the right time. There was a problem with the works in the exhibition hall, which was a slap in the face of the Tokiwa Foundation. Sawaguchi had to divert everyone's attention as soon as possible to leave time for the engineering department to fix the loophole.

Everyone didn't bother with the machine, after all, it was just a game facility. So they followed Sawaguchi and took the sightseeing elevator to the 75th floor. Of course, while everyone was enjoying the beautiful view, my dad was clinging to the inside of the elevator, and it looked like he had difficulty breathing.

"This elevator is a VIP-only elevator that goes directly to the 75th floor. The only stop in between is the concert hall on the 66th floor." Sawaguchi introduced. "Of course, we are still busy preparing the venue for the opening banquet, so please forgive us for the slight mess."

"Ah, Senior Maori." Soon, in the central area of ​​the banquet hall, a woman wearing a red OL professional suit, with a capable yet charming temperament, saw us coming and came up to greet us enthusiastically.

"Tokiwa, long time no see." Dad also politely shook hands with Tokiwa.

"I'm sorry to have you come all the way here."

"Haha, no, no." Dad scratched his head embarrassedly. "Originally I planned to come alone, but..."

"Hello, I'm his daughter, Mao Lilan!" Xiaolan saw that her father had no intention of letting go, so she ran forward to interrupt. "My mother asked me to say hello to you on her behalf."

"Well, I did receive your blessing. Hello, I'm Tokiwa Mio."

"Let me introduce you. This is my classmate Suzuki Sonoko."

"Hello, Ms. Tokiwa."

"Ah, the second lady of the Suzuki family? Hello." Tokiwa hurriedly bowed when he saw her.

"The one at the back is the inventor, Dr. Agasa, and the children at the back are Conan Edogawa, Ayumi Yoshida, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, Genta Kojima, and... the two little guys whispering at the back are Kaoru Akiya and Ai Haibara. Okay, Kaoru, stop making noise, I'm introducing them to you." Xiaolan suddenly approached me and said.

"Ah? Oh, hello." Hearing the voice suddenly, I hurriedly greeted the woman in front of me.

"Hello, I'm Tokiwa Mio." She didn't lose her manners just because we were kids, and she bowed to us in a very standard way. "Also, let me introduce you to my painting teacher, the Japanese painter, Mr. Kisaragi Minemizu."

"Yeah..." An old man in kimono nodded to everyone.

"Kusugaminesui... is the one who is famous for painting Mount Fuji..." Dad seemed to recognize the old man. But before he finished speaking, a strong smell of alcohol hit him in the face, and Dad, who is a drunkard, couldn't help but take a few steps back subconsciously.

"Haha, I know a thing or two about you." A drunken bald middle-aged man pointed at his father without any courtesy. "You are the...sleepyhead Maori Kogoro, right?"

"It's the sleeping Kogoro Mouri!" Dad straightened his clothes in dissatisfaction.

"This is the city councillor of Nishitama, Oki Iwamatsu. When we were building this building, we asked him to help us a lot." Tokiwa hurriedly helped the councillor. "Of course, the architect of this building, Mr. Kazama Hidehiko, was also indispensable."

"Actually, I have some relationship with Mr. Maori."

"Oh? Have we met before?" Dad asked puzzledly.

"No, I am a disciple of Moriya Teiji."

"What...what?!" For a moment, everyone, including Conan, were all surprised and alert.

"Haha, just kidding. Mr. Maori, don't be nervous. I'm not like my teacher. I won't blow up this building."

. . . . . .

While the adults were chatting and joking, the children began to walk around the banquet hall. It must be said that the scenery of this more than 300-meter building is really good. In front is Mount Fuji, and in the back is Building B of the twin towers. The swimming pool on the top floor is also in full view. When these two buildings are completed, the top floor of Building B will definitely become a beautiful landscape.

However, the children's playfulness did not include the other three. Although Conan did not participate in the conversation between me and Shiho at this time, he also vaguely guessed something.

"That machine... doesn't seem simple." In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, Shiho looked at me with a serious expression.

At this point, I also realized the problem. It was not that the two people were not showing up, but that this machine could not scan the real data of two people. This machine was definitely not just relying on facial scanning for recognition. If this problem was really as Shiho expected, then this machine definitely used biotechnology!
"If I was scanned out because of a genetic mutation, then you and Conan were not scanned out. Could it be that the genes cannot read your true age?"

"It's hard to say." Although Shiho was looking out the window, she had no intention of looking at the scenery. "It's impossible for such a problem to occur just by scanning the facial features. How small is the probability? I think it's necessary to find out the truth. It would be best if I could get a prototype or program code."

"First, check the background of Tokiwa, and then... the machine must be destroyed!" My eyes were slightly cold, and a hint of murderous intent unconsciously leaked out. A face scanning game console with built-in biotechnology, this Tokiwa Group is deeper than I thought. "Do you think there is any force behind this Tokiwa Group?"

"Yeah." Shiho nodded. "The development of biotechnology would not be possible without the huge chain driving it. I even suspect that it might be an organization..."

"Oh my, I never thought I would see a car like that again." Before Shiho and I could finish our conversation, we heard two employees coming out of the VIP elevator and talking about something.

"Yes, it is a rare classic car. By the way, what is it called?"

"Porsche 365A."

"What!?" Hearing this, Conan's pupils suddenly shrank and he hurried forward. "What did you say? What model is that car? What color is it!"

"Bao, Porsche 365A, black." The employee said subconsciously.

"Is that so?" Conan looked solemn. He turned around to look at me. When he saw me nod, he rushed into the elevator and went downstairs.

"Could it be them? It can't be such a coincidence?" Shiho was already a little scared at this time, although she was still trying to pretend to be calm.

"You'll know after you take a look." After saying that, I took out my phone and shone it downwards through the huge French window. I swiped my thumb and index finger across the screen, and the phone's camera instantly zoomed in. Soon, a black car appeared on the phone's screen. Sitting in the driver's seat was Gin, who had long golden hair.

"Tsk." Faced with this situation, I couldn't help but frown and click my tongue. "This is a bit troublesome."

　The quantity of the two pictures is from last week and this week. I have to work overtime this week because of the Labor Day holiday, so I don't have time. I will post them first as a token of my respect. I will not be at home during the Labor Day holiday. I wish all the readers a happy holiday in advance.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)