Chapter 384 Cocoon

Chapter 384 Cocoon
"Wow... this place is really big."

“Haha, that’s really impressive!”

"Tsk, it's just a TV game launch conference. Is it so exaggerated to promote it in such a big way?" At the Mihua Municipal Building, Dad, Xiaolan, and the Doctor brought the children to attend a promotion conference for a game called "Cocoon".

Yes, more than a month has passed since the duel between Hongzi and I. Not long after that duel, I returned to Mingya's appearance. And the transformation was only a momentary change. The field of vision was 1.78 meters in the last second, and it became 1.12 meters in the next second. I have to say that the truth of the previous life is really something. Fortunately, no one and the surveillance camera filmed it at the time, otherwise I would have a hard time explaining it. But this fruit may really work on space and time, because the moment I turned back to Mingya. The wound left by the puppet Xun started bleeding again. But after getting out of danger, I quickly bandaged it and it was safe. I made up a random excuse to hide it from my father and Xiaolan. I just got a scolding from my father. Later, Hongzi and I communicated on the phone about the specific effects of the truth of the previous life, and found that this thing cannot be used as a therapeutic agent, but for me, it can switch back and forth between Mingya, Liufeng, and Bing. It is much more powerful than the antidote for drug A.

However, due to the quantity and difficulty of the preparation of the medicine, as well as the side effects, Hongzi told me very firmly that I should not use the reagent of the previous life too many times, otherwise I would bear the consequences. Moreover, the production cycle is very long, and she hopes that I can do it within my ability. She threatened to terminate the transaction and did not want me to tell the second person about this reagent. For this reason, she also took out a contract for me to sign. Anyway, we are also strategic partners. After looking at the content and finding no problem, I signed it.

Well, a month later, the groundbreaking game "Cocoon" that the children have been waiting for finally came out. On the day of the press conference, Xiaolan received an invitation from Miss Sonoko to attend the press conference. The children were invited by the doctor. So this time, the children of the Junior Detective Team were also fortunate to witness this grand exhibition.

"I heard that industrial spies had already started operations in secret before this press conference. This shows how much importance the video game industry attaches to this event." Conan responded at the right time in the corridor.

"That's right." Mitsuhiko seemed to have mentioned his own interest. "Because of the appearance of this cocoon, perhaps the entire game landscape will change."

"With current technology and information technology, this game is probably not powerful enough, right?" I complained. "A true holographic experience requires a huge amount of data and computing power with today's human logic programs. The requirements for processors are also very high. Even if the technology is connected to nerves and controls the five senses, the response is only a logical dialogue of primary intelligence. If you want to control the thinking, emotions, and thoughts of each NPC, it is almost impossible without artificial intelligence."

"Artificial intelligence?" Yuan Tai asked.

"It is to use human wisdom to create a machine brain that is comparable to the human brain. Research on using computers to simulate certain human thought processes and intelligent behaviors. This includes learning, reasoning, thinking, planning, etc." Shiho took over the conversation. "This technology has always been the ultimate technology pursued by humans. The earliest legend of artificial intelligence can be traced back to ancient Egypt. After 1941, the development of electronic technology led to the emergence of machine intelligence, which is now some answering computers. The term real artificial intelligence was proposed at the Dartmouth Society in 1956."

"I really want to say... Huihara-san, you really know a lot." Mitsuhiko's eyes were shining with admiration, and... there seemed to be some other emotional colors mixed in.

"I just read some related books when I was bored." Shiho said lightly, and then lowered her voice and asked me, "In your previous world, has artificial intelligence been developed?"

"No, even the holographic technology is not mature yet. But some facilities have begun to contribute to training. I have tried it once. I don't know if the experience is as good as this cocoon. We can try it later."

"Really?" Shiho raised the corner of her mouth slightly. "Then I'll look forward to it." Yes, Shiho calmly accepted the words "Let's try it later", because with me around, she didn't worry about not getting the badge.

"Look, look at that thing!" As he was speaking, Yuan Tai looked through the window of the corridor to the front of the hall. On the platform of the exhibition hall, fifty giant egg-like devices were staggered. The blue-silver metal shell and the black-red base complemented each other. A circle of dark blue translucent glass surrounded the entire cavity horizontally, and the inside could be seen from the outside. But at such a distance, we definitely couldn't see it clearly.

"This should be the cocoon!" Mitsuhiko said excitedly.

"I want to play this too." Yuan Tai looked envious.

"This... is a pity. We were only invited to attend the press conference and were not selected to experience the cocooning experience." Mitsuhiko said helplessly.

"It's just a game." Conan looked indifferent.

"If the NPCs inside really have a level above intermediate artificial intelligence, I might be interested." I spread my hands.

"However, I do find it interesting to experience historical events in a game." Shiho put her hands behind her back and calmly expressed her opinion.

“Is that so?” Seeing Shiho’s interest, Mitsuhiko’s eyes also flashed with excitement. “It’s like a real time travel experience.”

"Conan, you don't like it because you are totally not good at video games, right?"

"You haven't even finished Space Dragon Battle yet, right?" Yuan Tai said with a proud smile, his eyes full of mockery.

"Although you know a lot, your fingers are not very flexible." Mitsuhiko added.

"You guys..." Conan was so angry that his teeth itched. But he turned his eyes to me. But I pretended not to see it and pointed a finger at him, meaning... The person who passed the level with one life doesn't want to play with you, a rookie. Conan was so angry that his face turned red.

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

As people moved around, we entered the press conference hall, which was already crowded with people. In addition to the big names in the electronic game industry, there were also children who participated in the game and their accompanying government officials.

"Those kids are so lucky." Ayumi looked at the children who received the cocoon game experience badges from the staff with envy.

"Yes, they should be the protagonists this time." Mitsuhiko also looked at the same way.

"Well... the grandson of the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department, the grandson of a financial tycoon, and the son of a ruling party politician. Almost all of the second and third generations who will carry the future of Japan are here." For some reason, when my dad said these words, I could feel that he was a little unhappy.

"It's like a concentrated picture of the ugly Japanese hereditary system." Shiho also expressed her displeasure. "With this hereditary system, the Japanese top leaders will only allow the wrong history to repeat itself."

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Dad, Xiaolan and the children were all shocked by Shiho's words.

"Hey, hey... Haibara." Conan whispered. "Please don't speak so harshly, be more like a child."

"Tsk..." Shiho rolled her eyes at Conan. Then she continued, "The son of a politician will become a politician, and the son of a bank president will inherit his father's business. No matter how long it goes on like this, Japan will never change... Hehe~ There were a lot of topics like this on the TV news yesterday!" The sudden change in style made the atmosphere a lot more relaxed, and Conan also said that his mouth twitched so much that he didn't want to talk.

"Hi, kids, how are you?" In the crowd, Sonoko walked towards the children in a red evening gown, her ladylike temperament also showing at this moment. After all, she is a princess of a wealthy family. In front of the crowd, her temperament and cultivation can be said to be very decent. But in private, her cheerful appearance can better reflect Sonoko's personality.

The reason why Sonoko gave up her social circle and came to us was because this press conference was invited by Sonoko, and we had to sit together with Sonoko to enter.

"Wow! Sister Mariko, that badge you are wearing is..." Mitsuhiko was the first to discover the badge on Sonoko's chest.

"Ah, this one." Sonoko looked at the badge on her chest. "After all, the Suzuki Group sponsored the game development, so it's normal to have such a quota, but I don't have any children at home. I'm the youngest, so they gave me this badge."

"That's great." Mitsuhiko said with envy. "I want to play too." Genta agreed.

"Give up..." A joking voice sounded in the distance. It was a group of children dressed in gorgeous clothes. They all had a common feature, that is, they all had the badge of the game cocoon experience on their chests. The one who spoke was a little boy in a red suit, who was the leader. "We have different positions."

"By the way, were you guys really invited?" another little boy with long hair followed suit.

"You little brats, how rude of you!" Yuanzi said unhappily. "They are important guests I invited."

"Isn't this the daughter of the Suzuki Group?" A child in a blue suit bowed to Sonoko. But he acted condescending to us. Tsk tsk, have these kids been so bureaucratic since they were young?
"Listen carefully, a person's life is decided when he is born," said the leading boy.

"That's right, beautiful clothes will choose their owners." A fat boy at the back said as he straightened his collar.

"Tsk, how disgusting." A word full of contempt jumped out of my mouth.

"What did you say!" The little fat boy got angry instantly.

"You are just a little bastard in your teens. You are where you are today entirely thanks to the support of your elders. I really don't know what you have to be proud of. Take off this ugly veil and you will be nothing."

"Oh? Haha, so you don't have this favor. I'm sorry." The leading boy seemed to be accustomed to such words and instructed how to fight back.

"Yeah, I'm not the grandson of the deputy director of the National Police Department, so I don't have that kind of arrogance." I said to the boy in the red suit with a slight twitch in my mouth. "By the way, I wonder if the scandal committed by your distant cousin in the red light district has been suppressed by your grandfather?"

"You, what did you say?!" The boy in the suit's face changed instantly. He looked around, and fortunately no one was attracted by the children's topic. "Don't talk nonsense."

"And you, little fat boy." I continued. "Your grandfather is amazing, the bank president. I just wonder if you can still be so arrogant if the officials who embezzled billions of yen with your grandfather expose your grandfather?"

"You, don't talk nonsense!" The little fat boy was obviously frightened. Although he didn't know the specific details of these things, but from the change of expression of the leading boy just now, the little fat boy obviously knew that the boy in front of him with pale blond hair and black clothes was not easy to deal with.

"Hush... Be careful with your mouth." I took out my phone and waved it in front of a few people. "For our own peace, I suggest you apologize honestly."

"... Humph, let's go! Let's go play football." The leading boy's face darkened, and he hurriedly left with a few young masters.

"Hey, you're too cruel, aren't you?" Conan approached me and said, "I just talked about Huiyuan, why did you come out too?"

"Well... isn't this always the case on TV? There are always some high-ranking officials who are arrogant and domineering. Just name one. These kids don't know about adults' affairs, so they will be scared." I spread my hands and pretended to be innocent. "I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect that I could imitate it so well in one try."

"Huh... I was scared to death. I thought what you just said was true, Xiaoxun." Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief. With her experience, she certainly knew how much weight those words carried if what I just said was true. Perhaps it was enough to bring down those so-called senior officials and elders.

"Dear guests, please pay attention to the stage." As we were talking, the emcee began to shout. "Now, Mr. Kudo Yusaku, who is responsible for one of the stage ideas of the cocoon game, has returned from the United States."

A handsome middle-aged man walked onto the stage. He looked righteous and elegant. It was obviously Kudo's father, Yusaku.

"Huh... you're finally back." An old voice sounded. Turning back, I found that Dr. Agasa, dressed in formal attire, had squeezed through the crowd.

"Doctor, why did you leave in such a hurry? You didn't even say hello to me. So you went to help your dad." Conan looked up and greeted.

"Well, because it was a secret production, I told Ai-kun and left. Xiaoxun should have told you as well." The doctor said in a silly voice. "I went over to help him complete the final stage of the story. And I also met many geniuses in programming."

"Where's my mother?"

"She said she hasn't been to Japan for a long time, so she went to attend the class reunion. This is her gift to you." As he spoke, the doctor took out a badge from his arms. It was the game badge of Cocoon this time.

"Game badge?" Conan was slightly stunned. But after thinking about it, he gave up. "Although I am very happy, forget it. I can't go alone." Without considering me and Shiho. If Conan went alone, the three children of the detective team would definitely not feel good. Conan would not do such a thing.

"Really? I think you will like it. Although it's still a secret, one of the themes of this game is set in London a hundred years ago, at the end of the 19th century." The doctor bowed and whispered to Conan.

"London a hundred years ago? Ha, Dad really hasn't changed at all. He still likes that era so much."

"Haha, you two are the same." The doctor smiled. "After the press conference, Yusaku should have some free time. I'll arrange a meeting between you two."

"Ah, no need. I'll just go over and see him myself." After saying that, Conan put the badge in his pocket. He walked towards the front of the stage step by step. Soon, the lights of the press conference dimmed. After the press conference is over, Conan should be able to talk to his father when he leaves the stage.

"Haha, what a wonderful father-son relationship." Looking at Conan's departing back, Shiho stood beside me with her hands behind her back and a calm smile on her face.

"Yes, it's a tacit understanding that only exists between them as father and son." I smiled as well. "Let's go, while it's still dark, and go meet our old friend."

"Old friend?" Shiho didn't respond.

"Over there." I raised my chin towards the other side. In the center of the other side of the venue, a young man in a dark blue suit and with long black hair tied into a ponytail was surrounded by a group of men and women in the same industry. He seemed to be discussing something with them.

"Eh?" Shiho's eyes flashed with nostalgia. "Oh, Taichi? I didn't expect him to be here too. It's been a while since we last met."

"Let's go. Let's go over and say hello."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)