The Alcohol Company Was Full of Leaks

Nishitama City · Tokiwa Twin Towers.

"So high!"

"You can't see the top at all!"

"It's like it's built in the clouds!"

The little ones stood downstairs, looking up excitedly and chattering.

"After all, it's an 88-story building, so it must be at least 400 meters tall."

Fujino looked up and glanced at the two towering buildings, his eyes squinting slightly as the sunlight dazzled him.

It's quite rare to find such a tall building in the Tokyo area.

If this were real-life Japan, they probably wouldn't even be able to build a 400-meter-tall building; 300 meters would be the maximum, and they might even be violating their own country's airspace.

"Fujino- Senior is right."

Suzuki Sonoko was standing nearby, nodded and explained, "These twin towers have eighty-eight floors. Although I don't know their exact height, they are indeed the tallest buildings in Japan at present."

"Japan's tallest building?!"

Mori Kogoro, regaining his composure, sighed, "I never imagined that junior of mine would be doing so well. I never would have guessed back in college..."

Ran frowned upon hearing this and said resentfully, "Dad!"

"Ahem! Anyway, let's hurry up and go inside!"

Mori Kogoro coughed awkwardly, then turned to the children and said, "Don't cause any trouble when we go inside!"

"Yes!"

The little ones responded absentmindedly, clearly not taking it to heart.

All they see are Game machine!

"Really..."

Mori Kogoro clicked his tongue and muttered to himself, "Why do these kids have to come along?"

Originally, it wouldn't have been a problem for his daughter and her friends to bring Fujino along as well; he could manage all four of them without worry.

But the sudden arrival of these little devils, a total of nine people, gave him a bit of a headache.

After all, the junior I'm meeting this time is the big boss of a large company. It wouldn't be good if my image was ruined by these kids!

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Mori Kogoro?"

Just then, a soft sound came from behind.

Fujino turned around to look.

Then I saw a woman wearing a blue business suit, white stockings, and black high heels come out of the building.

"That's right, that's me!"

Mori Kogoro adjusted his tie, showing how much he cared about his appearance.

"I am the president's secretary Sawaguchi Chinami."

Sawaguchi bowed slightly, glanced at the group with curiosity, and then continued, "The president is currently meeting with a client, so she instructed me to take you to the showroom first."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Ms. Sawaguchi!"

Mori Kogoro responded with a chuckle.

Then, Sawaguchi Chinami led everyone into the Twin Towers.

"This is Building A of the Twin Towers. From the 31st floor upwards, it is used for the office activities of the Tokiwa Group, while the showroom is located on the second and third floors."

Sawaguchi Chinami introduced the group, leading them through the lobby and onto the elevator to the second floor.

The second-floor showroom has a strong sci-fi feel, displaying all sorts of oddly shaped Game machine, some of which are not even available on the market.

"The technology here is really advanced..."

Fujino walked to a cylinder that was shimmering with light, looked at the holographic image inside, and murmured something.

Even in his previous life, there had never been a game of this caliber, a game of such a complete genre...

Fujino has never been able to understand the technological aspects of the Conan World.

Computers still have big heads, but Game machine are already using holographic displays. When smartphones come out, will they still use big heads?

"That's right, we can say that we are a company at the forefront of technology, and what we are showing you now are the latest games developed by our company."

At that moment, a kind-looking man in a brown suit and glasses entered the exhibition hall and said something to Fujino.

"Mr. Yuan."

Sawaguchi Chinami turned around and greeted the man, then turned back to the crowd and introduced him, "This is Hara Yoshiki, a director and engineer at our company."

Hello.

Hara Yoshiki greeted everyone with a smile, "I had heard that Detective Fujino and Detective Mouri had a good relationship, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Fujino sized up Hara Yoshiki, a series of thoughts swirling in his mind.

In his memory, Hara Yoshiki was also a person from the Alcohol Company.

However, like Akemi Miyano, Hara Yoshiki was an external technical staff member and did not have much contact with organizational matters.

At most, it's just about creating some organizational software.

It is precisely because he does not understand that he dares to betray the Alcohol Company now.

They even recklessly used the building's computer server to transfer some of the organization's data... and then Gin followed them by smell.

It's no wonder it's Alcohol Company; it's full of water.

Hara Yoshiki seems to be a detective enthusiast as well. He is not only unfazed by the appearance of the Great Detective, but even a little excited.

After a brief conversation, Hara Yoshiki stopped paying attention to Fujino and Mori Kogoro.

My attention was then drawn to a few small figures gathered in front of a strange-looking machine.

What is this?

"It looks like Game machine?"

Mitsuhiko, Genta, Ayumi stood around a machine with two chairs and a standing yellow-orange stand in the middle, curiously examining it.

"This is a time machine!"

Hara Yoshiki stepped forward and said with a smile, "To be precise, it means you can see what someone will look like ten years from now, and it will be displayed..."

"It can show what someone will look like ten years from now..."

Professor Agasa also became interested, stepped forward to examine it closely, and then exclaimed, "This thing is really amazing!"

Fujino: "..."

So you actually figured out some principle behind this?

All I can say is, this is true Detective Conan!

Fujino was completely baffled.

Fujino decisively gave up thinking.

Professor Agasa and Ayumi were the first to try it out, sitting in the chairs to see what they would look like ten years from now.

The two sat on chairs on either side of the machine. A white helmet fell down, its visor flashing with points of light, giving it a very futuristic feel.

"Kata!"

The sound of the shutter clicking shattered the sci-fi feel.

However, at the same time, photos of what the two would look like ten years later were also ejected from the machine.

Fujino leaned over and took a look.

Professor Agasa's photo is unchanged from what was expected.

Fujino had some doubts: was this old man the real big boss of the Alcohol Company who had taken some kind of elixir of immortality and become a god?

"Nothing has changed at all!"

"Is this machine broken?"

Genta and Mitsuhiko clearly didn't believe that Professor Agasa would still be Professor Agasa ten years later, and asked doubtfully.

"No, the machine is not broken."

Conan, along with Ran and Sonoko, surrounded Ayumi and called out to them, "Come and look at Ayumi's picture, and you'll understand."