Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 789 Syndora: I can add money!
Mr. Carl is a not-so-distant name.

Carl Sandford, a well-known local antique dealer in Arkham, is also the largest art buyer on the East Coast.

As early as in the research and development process of Cocoon, Carl Sandford had shown a high interest in the bronze statue of the battle angel at the headquarters of Syndora Corporation, and proposed to acquire it at a high price.

However, the bronze statue of the battle angel itself is the most proud collection of Sindolla, and it is also a symbol of Sindora Corporation.

Moreover, the dagger in the bronze statue's hand is a family heirloom of the Syndora family, and it is even more impossible to sell it.

So, Syndora refused.

After that, Karl expressed his desire to acquire the bronze statue more than once, and he could offer an undeniable price.

The most recent time, at the Cocoon press conference in Boston last time, Syndora had a secret meeting with Karl, and the content of the conversation was still the acquisition of the bronze statue.

But the result is still not reached, the two sides broke up unhappy.

Syndora thought that this was the end of the matter, and that would be the last conversation, but she didn't expect
He was leaning against the sofa tightly, and his height was close to 1 meters, but he looked like a frightened child at this time, with both surprise and panic in his eyes, staring at his employees with round eyes.

"you."

"Are you his people?"

This is a somewhat redundant question.

Several people didn't reply, five of them watched Xindora quietly, and the other turned around and opened the cover under the console, looking for something inside.

Syndora was full of disbelief, and continued: "This, how is this possible?"

"You guys were in the company long before he was."

"Jeff! I had lunch with you! Remember?"

Syndora was extremely surprised.

Infiltrating corporate espionage is nothing new, especially for IT giants like Syndora.

But these people are all veterans who joined the company before Syndora became an IT giant.

It was only half a year ago that Carl Sanford showed interest in the bronze statue of the Battle Angel.

Isn't this penetration?
Is it a bribe?
Just when Syndora was thinking about when she was suspended, the operator opened the cover under the console, and took out a switchblade from the gap inside.

The short switchblade was stained with solidified blood, which was a bit oozing.

Seeing this knife, Syndora suddenly realized.

"You guys killed Kashimura?"

"It's you!"

Syndora looked at the bloody switchblade in disbelief.

There is no doubt that in such a heavily guarded environment, this is the only murder weapon.

The police tried their best, but they didn't expect it to be brought in in this way, and it has been hidden here.

Even if the police thought of searching here, it would not be a simple search warrant.

This involves the most cutting-edge technology and core technology of American IT companies.

Even for homicide investigation reasons, US ZF laws would never allow Japanese police to investigate these devices.

This is a kind of protection that rises to the political level, and the competition is for the right to speak internationally, not what local laws can control.

Therefore, this is the safest place to hide the murder weapon.

At this moment, several former employees were slowly approaching Syndora with switchblades in their hands.

Sindora suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly begged for mercy.

"How much did Carl pay you?"

"I can add money!"

"You can spend as much money as you want!"

The typical rich man's thinking made Syndora want to use money to solve the problem.

However, his most trusted Jeff came over and shook his head lightly.

"It's not about money, Chairman Syndora, it's about the future"

"What future?" Syndora was full of doubts.

With a switchblade in his hand, Jeff looked down at Syndora, as if he was looking at a very poor down-and-out man.

"Imagine that sound, picture, and knowledge can be transmitted to the human brain only through electrical signals."

"This is a great technology capable of changing the world."

"And this is the future, not a game just for fun"

Syndora's eyes widened, and the dead memories in her mind revived again.

Many years ago, when Syndora Corporation first established the project, an anonymous investor once offered to fully fund the research and development of the project.

This was a great thing for Syndora, who had not yet obtained the genius boy-Sawada Hiroki at that time.

After all, the technology required for this project is too cross-generational, and the research and development costs are extremely high, and the future is uncertain.

Once the project fails, or the final product is not launched, Syndora cannot bear the huge losses caused by it.

And this anonymous investor is not worried about risks, and claims to have enough financial resources to support the entire research and development process.

However, the only condition is that the research direction needs to be changed. This technology does not take the development of fully stealth virtual games as the ultimate market goal.

Even, the investor proposed that the technology is not aimed at listing, but only needs to be developed.

This condition made Syndora feel very strange, how could any investor not aim at making money?
Capital is profit-seeking, and no matter how good the technology is, it will eventually make money.

At the beginning of the establishment of this project, Syndora has already determined that virtual games are the best landing products of this technology.

Moreover, this anonymous investor has never shown up, and has always been contacted by email, which always gives people a feeling of being unpredictable.

Smart people tend not to cooperate with people they can't even guess, no matter how much benefit they can bring.

When Syndora decided to reject the anonymous investor after careful consideration, the other party sent an email.

The general meaning of the mail is that this is a technology that can change the world, not limited to games for people's entertainment.

Of course, Syndora refused in the end.

Now that so many years have passed, Syndora still remembers that person's email signature.

That's an impressive signature—

Count Raven.

Thinking of this, Syndora remembered Carl Sandford once said a meaningful sentence to himself at the meeting in Boston - I am not interested in games.

"Are you"

Before Syndora could say what was in his heart, a cold light came first, followed by blood.

The sharp switchblade cut a gash on Syndora's neck in an instant, blood splashed on the well-groomed gray beard, and also splashed on Jeff's face.

"Forehead"

A dry sound came from Syndora's throat, despite the unwillingness in his eyes, his body could only gradually wither until he completely lost his vitality.

Jeff threw away the switchblade, took off his overalls, wiped his face like a rag, and threw the rag on Syndora's face.

The operator behind opens the external device slot and takes out a disk from the inside.

"Is it all copied?" Jeff asked.

"Hmm." Operator No. 4 nodded.

"withdraw!"

Several people opened the door and left, leaving a mess behind.

When Kudo Yusaku and Megure arrived with a group of police officers, the game control room was already empty.

On the floor, Dr. Ali and Takagi She were lying in disorder.

Kudo Yusaku and Megure stepped forward immediately, caring about their pawns.

"Takagi! Takagi!"

"Shiratori! Call an ambulance immediately!"

Shiratori glanced back at Chiba, who immediately understood and went out to make a phone call.

Here, Yusaku Kudo also helped Dr. Ali up.

"Doctor? Are you okay?"

Called by Yusaku Kudo, Dr. Ali slowly opened his eyes.

"Huh? It's Yuzuo."

Yusaku Kudo quickly asked: "Dr. Ali, where are the staff here?"

Dr. Ali paused and shook his head.

"I don't know, I seem to be knocked out from behind"

Behind?

Yusaku Kudo looked back and saw the person lying on the purple sofa behind him, with the employee uniform of Sindora Company covering his head.

"The one over there is."

Under Kudo Yusaku's reminder, Shiratori walked over, opened his clothes, and was shocked for a moment.

"It's Chairman Sindora!"

"he died"

When Yusaku Kudo heard this, he quickly helped Dr. A Li in his hand to the side, and walked closer.

There was a bloody gap in Syndora's throat, and the obvious murder weapon was a switchblade on his body.

Mu Mu also came over and guessed: "Could it be that Xindola knew that we were going to investigate here, so she committed suicide in fear of crime?"

Hearing this guess, Kudo Yusaku narrowed his eyes and glanced at Mumu.

It seems that always relying on detectives, reasoning ability will indeed degenerate.

Kudo Yusaku leaned over to observe for a few seconds, and gave his own reasoning.

"Chairman Syndora was killed by someone, and the murderer was also the one who killed Kashimura."

"This switchblade should be the murder weapon in the two murders. It's the same as my reasoning just now. The murder weapon has been hidden here all along."

Officer Mu Mu nodded in understanding, and asked again: "Then who is the murderer?"

Kudo Yusaku held his chin for two seconds, looked at Dr. A Li, and asked, "Dr. A Li, what did you find out about what I asked you to investigate?"

Dr. A Li paused for a moment before thinking of it.

"I found out that the extra data was uploaded from the external access device port of the No. 4 operation position."

"It's right here. Huh?"

"Gone?"

Dr. Ari wanted to point it out to Yusaku Kudo, but the light there was off and the slot was empty.

Yusaku Kudo walked to the console, stood behind No. 4 seat, glanced at the complicated console, and then looked around the entire control room before reasoning.

"It seems that we thought wrong at the beginning."

"We thought Kashimura had a feud with Syndora because of the investigation of Hiroki's suicide, which aroused Syndora's murderous intent."

"But we ignored Kashimura's job."

"The job of Kashimura is to monitor various technical indicators of 'Cocoon' and ensure data security. He is an important person who can control the overall situation."

"That's why the murderer killed such an important Kashimura, making the system of Cocoon Game fall."

Mumu narrowed his eyes slightly, still not quite understanding what Yusaku Kudo meant.

He didn't know anything about digital, computer and other things, so he could only ask concisely: "Then who is the murderer?"

Yusaku Kudo took two steps back and pointed to all the empty chairs in the control room.

"It's the former owners of these seats, those operators, they are all murderers"

Mu Mu and Shiratori looked shocked, their eyes widened in disbelief.

"Brother Kudo, you said that the murderer in this case is not alone!"

Yusaku Kudo nodded calmly, "Yes, there are many murderers in this case, and I believe there are more than just those we have seen."

"They planned very early on to break through the 'cocoon' game system from the inside at this press conference."

"When they were in the United States, they planned to use the loopholes in the law to transport murder weapons and kill the project leader Kashimura who could monitor their abnormal behavior at this press conference."

"As long as Kashimura is dead, these people can do whatever they want to the game system of 'Cocoon', possibly stealing data or something like that."

"This is a rather long-term plan, and there may be a competitor of Syndora Corporation behind the scenes."

As soon as Kudo Yusaku's voice fell, Meguro immediately directed his subordinates.

"White Bird! Go and issue a warrant immediately, and command all the nearby policemen to set up checkpoints at every intersection!"

"It hasn't been long, and we will definitely be able to catch them!"

With a wave of Mu Mu's hand, all the policemen immediately got busy.

But Kudo Yusaku just watched Megure's actions calmly, and didn't think it would be of any use in his heart.

In order to guard against commercial espionage from other companies, Chairman Xindora is very cautious in selecting and employing personnel.

But even so, the other party was able to infiltrate so many people at once, and all of them became the operators of the press conference.

This shows that the behind-the-scenes black hand in this case is very powerful, with all-hands-eyes, far surpassing the IT giant Sindora Corporation.

Even if those people are captured, the other party may be able to rise to the international level and deal with the Japanese police.

Moreover, this plan is so important to the mastermind behind the scenes, and it takes so much painstaking effort just to infiltrate Syndora Company, it is impossible not to consider how to escape.

Presumably, the escape route and the new identity abroad have already been prepared.

No matter what the purpose of the black hand behind the scenes is, it has already won
Thinking of this, Yusaku Kudo clenched his hands subconsciously.

The opponent's strength is strong, which has far exceeded his expectations.

It's just that Yusaku Kudo still can't figure it out, what is the purpose of this operation carefully planned by the man behind the case?
Just to ruin this press conference and let Syndora go bankrupt?
Also, what is the meaning of the letter "JTR" left by Tadabin Kashimura before his death?
JTR, the abbreviation for Jack the Ripper between the duo undoubtedly represented, should have no other meaning.

But it's just a game character.
Just when Yusaku Kudo was thinking of this, Dr. Ali suddenly yelled at the screen on the console.

"Damn it!"

"what is this?"

Yusaku Kudo hurried to Dr. Ali and saw the game screen on the screen.

I saw that the London world, which had always been gray, was now stained with a strange scarlet.

Unspeakable things are happening in the game world.
(End of this chapter)