Kitahara Sosuke remembers that when he first came to this world, the popularity of computers was not very high. Many young people would go to Internet cafes when they needed to surf the Internet, and only a small number of people had home computers.

But seemingly overnight, computers have become a commonly used household appliance. According to a latest survey report by the government authorities, the number of Internet users in Japan has exceeded 35 million, and the household penetration rate of the Internet has also exceeded 465

.So the people around him include people like the Megure Police Department who are behind the times who are not even very proficient in using flip phones, and people like Yoshinaga Junpei who are masters of such technology.

As a hacker, Junpei Yoshinaga is like most young people who are addicted to this. The flickering screen and 108 buttons seem to be his entire world, and he seems to pay less attention to the outside world.

.For example - he doesn't care much about personal hygiene.

Of course, with Kamino Higashi watching from above, Yoshinaga Junpei's image outside is still very good, but his personal room is hard to describe. Moreover, Kyoko and the others offered to help him clean the room, but he refused because he didn't want to be

They messed up their things. But in fact, Yoshinaga Junpei's room itself was extremely messy. If someone didn't help him throw out the trash every day, Kitahara Sosuke suspected that sooner or later, this guy would sleep in the trash heap with cockroaches.

"Dong, dong dong."

Kitahara Sosuke knocked on the door twice, and after a while he heard Yoshinaga Junpei's voice coming from inside: "Please come in!"

Kitahara Sosuke pushed the door... and the door was blocked halfway!

"Young Master?"

Yoshinaga Junpei was startled, hurriedly jumped over and pushed the debris on the ground away with his feet, scratched his hair, and said embarrassedly: "Is there anything wrong with you coming to see me?"

While he was talking, he quietly kicked the 18-ban game box that was blocking the door and hid it under the sofa. Unfortunately, he didn’t know what was stuffed under the sofa before. After trying hard for a while, a corner of the box was still exposed.

Kitahara Sosuke had no choice but to pretend he didn't see it and asked: "Junpei, what were you doing just now?"

"Me?" Yoshinaga Junpei was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I was arguing with a guy named oe on the Internet."

In fact, it was just a quarrel.

Kithara Sosuke asked again: "Then when I came in, did you look at the surveillance camera?"

"No..." Yoshinaga Junpei felt that he was not doing his job properly, and said in a daze: "Because the system recognized that it was you, so I..."

Kithara Sosuke nodded and said: "That's okay, you can go to bed early..." He turned around and was about to go out, when his eyes accidentally glanced at a box that was almost covered with debris in the corner, and suddenly he remembered a past event.

, and then said: "Do you still remember the box that was fought over by many people in Sapporo? The one that Ginci took back later."

"Well, of course..." Yoshinaga Junpei said confused.

"Did you discover anything later?" Kitahara Sosuke asked.

At that time, they found something similar to a memory from the box and started to connect it to the computer. It only displayed a simple line of text: [Not connected to the network].

So after a preliminary check found no problem, Junpei Yoshinaga plugged in the network cable to the computer. They thought they could find something, but then the computer crashed due to countless pop-up ads. Even Junpei Yoshinaga was confused.

I was helpless with it and ended up unplugging the power cord.

After checking later, it seemed that the powerful computer virus was just a flash in the pan. It did not infect the hard disk or other computers in the same LAN, nor did it destroy the data files in the system. It seemed that it was just a prank by a naughty child. Even if it was connected again

The Internet didn't respond at all, it was as quiet as a stone.

No one believed that this box, which was fought over by all parties, only stored a non-destructive one-time virus, but they wanted to crack it, but they couldn't find the direction. Kitahara Sosuke even used it to detect it with X-rays.

At first glance, I didn't find anything like a hidden compartment inside. There were only many tiny electronic components and countless wires inside.

The last box was left in Junpei Yoshinaga's hands to continue studying.

"No." Junpei Yoshinaga shook his head and said, "It's still the same as before. I suspect that the thing may have been infected with some virus and was damaged."

"That's it..." Kitahara Sosuke pondered for a moment and said, "Show it to me."

"yes."

Yoshinaga Junpei turned around and searched in the trash heap... for a while in his room, and finally dug it out from a pile of coiled wires. He was about to hand it to Kitahara Sosuke, but felt bad about it, so he grabbed it

Wipe it clean with one of your own T-shirts before taking it over.

Kitahara Sosuke looked at it front and back. This thing seemed to be the same as when it was taken out of the box, without even a single scratch.

Taking the box back to the bedroom, Kitahara Sosuke thought for a while and stuffed it into the deepest part of the cabinet.

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"Here at the Mihua Municipal Building, the virtual experience game jointly developed by Japanese game manufacturers and the American company Syndora is about to hold a grand first public presentation. Now, President Sindora has arrived..."

When the female anchor who was doing a live news broadcast saw the foreign man bending down and getting out of the car, her eyes suddenly lit up and she quickly introduced the life and achievements of Thomas Sindora. At the same time, countless cameras turned to

As we entered the entrance, the lights flashed, and someone shouted loudly: "Excuse me! Can you please look over here?"

"Please smile! Smile!"

"Look here! Please look here!"

The noisy sound around him did not slow down the silver-haired old man for a moment, nor did he give anyone a smile, and walked straight up the steps. The two people in front of him did not dare to stay where they were to watch the camera, and hurriedly stepped out of the way.

He turned to one side and looked at the man nervously and in awe.

"That's amazing! That's the emperor of the IT industry - President Sindora!" Mitsuhiko said with admiration: "He is my idol!"

"I feel like he is a very difficult old man to get along with!" Bumi said.

"Really?" Yuantai rubbed his belly: "I don't care about Sindora, I just want to know if there are a lot of delicious food in the banquet hall."

"Don't worry, there are all kinds of delicacies inside!" Mao Lilan spread her arms like a mother chicken and pushed the children forward: "Okay, okay! Let's go! Otherwise, we will block the road."

A long red carpet was spread outside the main entrance of the building. Reporters, invited celebrities, film and television stars, and children who participated in the experience games walked into the venue one after another from the red carpet. Everyone was greeted by so many people.

eyes and lens focus.

But in addition to the main entrance, of course, there are also side entrances for those who don't want to attract too much attention. At this moment, Kitahara Sosuke, Mori Kogoro's family, and the Young Detective Team were sitting on this road. They handed the invitation letter to the waiter.

, you have to go through the security gate before you can enter the venue.

"Really! It's just a video game conference, why is it so exaggerated?" Mouri Kogoro muttered dissatisfied.

"I heard that before this press conference was held, commercial espionage had already been operating secretly!" Conan said.

"Did you know?" Mitsuhiko also said excitedly: "This game called 'Cocoon' is said to be going to change the entire video game industry!"

"Brother Kitahara." Ayumi raised her head and asked, "Why does this game have such a strange name as 'Cocoon'?"

Conan, who is keen on popularizing science, laughed and said: "Oh, that's because..."

His words were interrupted by an exclamation. Yuanta ran over and threw himself on the window, saying in surprise: "Wow - what is that?"

I saw many white egg-like things placed on the stage at the venue, each about the height of a person.

"Ah, is that the 'cocoon'?" Mitsuhiko also hurried over to take a look, his eyes were glued to it and he couldn't pull it off.

"I really want to play too!" Yuantai said eagerly.

"It's impossible!" Mitsuhiko said helplessly: "Although Sister Sonoko helped us get the invitation letter, we were not selected to be the 'cocoon' experiencers."

"I'm so envious of those children!" Ayumi looked at the children who walked into the venue with their parents' heads held high and had already obtained the qualifications for the game, and said, "This game feels like a real time travel."

"Brother Beiyuan should also be qualified for the game, right?" Haiyuan Ai asked: "Why didn't you take the passage over there?"

"No, I don't have that thing either." Kitahara Sosuke spread his hands and said with a bit of regret: "Because the participants are limited to high school students and below, and I have already graduated from high school."

If it weren't for such restrictions, he would actually still want to participate. After all, the virtual game in his previous life was his dream, and in the Mingke world, this was the only chance to experience it. Even if he had to take some risks, it was worth it.

"Ah, what a pity!" Ayumi sincerely felt sorry for him and said, "It would be great if Brother Kitahara could graduate a year later."

"No, that would be too scary!" Kitahara Sosuke hurriedly said.

What is scarier than attending the first grade of elementary school for more than 20 years?

——That’s the senior year of high school who has been in school for more than 20 years!

Kitahara Sosuke was particularly lucky that he had already graduated from high school when he traveled back in time, and college had not yet started. Otherwise, if he had been a student for more than 20 years again, he would definitely suffer from learning sickness.

When they arrived at the venue, Mouri Kogoro ate and drank without mentioning it. Haibara Ai probably did it because Kitahara Sosuke was around. Even though he found that the people participating in the game were all the children of political and business leaders, he did not say the famous saying - "Politics"

Sons of family members will become politicians, and sons of bankers will become bankers. If this continues, no matter how long it takes, Japan will not change."

In this situation, Kitahara Sosuke could not stay idle. He only stood there for two minutes, and before he had time to taste the delicious food on the table, he met two people who came to talk to him. Unknowingly, he

Just separated from the children.

Suddenly, the lights in the banquet hall suddenly dimmed, and then colorful neon light beams swayed, creating a grand and gorgeous atmosphere.

"Ding dong!"

Kitahara Sosuke's cell phone suddenly rang. He casually looked down and his eyes froze instantly.

The sender of this message is surprisingly——

【Noah's Ark】!

【Please! Please save him!】
Chapter completed!