Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

Chapter 183 The True Use of the Key

"First, tell me where the key opens and what secret it holds."

Kudo Shinichi directly asked the question he wanted to know most.

They all had many speculations about the key. After all, it was the trump card that Green Chat left for Morganna, and it was also an important prop to restrain the organization. Kudo Shinichi was really curious about what kind of truth was hidden behind such a thing.

"That key—"

Green Chat murmured softly, feeling quite complicated.

It all started with that key.

But even now, Green Chat still didn't regret giving the key to Morgana. He knew the key's true purpose was too important, and even if he had to do it again, he would give it to Morgana without hesitation.

He only regretted that he had spoiled his children too much over the years and was overprotective, which made him give them a bunch of treasures but forget to teach them how to protect the treasures.

Ugh--

"That key, in question, is a replica of the key to Mr.'s real residence."

Green Chat calmly broke the news.

"Cough-cough-"

Kudo Shinichi's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Wait, what did you say that was explosive?

what?

what?

Did I hear it wrong?

Kudo Shinichi's heartbeat quickened, and even his fingers twitched slightly from nervousness. "You mean, this key can open the door to Mr.'s real residence? Where is it?"

No wonder Green Chat believed that as long as he had the key, he could restrain the rest of the organization - this key could be said to be Pandora's key, full of all kinds of temptation and magic.

Once the true function of this key is known, the organization will probably become unstable. Those who already have some ulterior motives will definitely secretly cooperate with Green Chat and form an alliance for the sake of this key.

Even if someone is more ambitious, he can just take the key and go to the master's lair... maybe the boss of the organization will be replaced.

Green Chat did not answer Kudo Shinichi's question immediately, but said: "In fact, apart from Rum and Vermouth, almost no one else in the organization has seen that gentleman, let alone knows his real address."

The boss has always been a very mysterious guy.

Green Chat had heard a rumor that the man was actually Ren'ya Karasuma, the head of the Karasuma Group, a super-rich chaebol that had developed in the last century. However, he had privately investigated and found that Ren'ya Karasuma was already from the last century. If he was still alive, he would probably be over 140 years old.

To be honest, Green Chat didn't believe it.

Even though the purpose of their organization's existence is to achieve "immortality", Green Chat has not seen any successful cases in all these years. Most of the experimental subjects died in the laboratory. Not to mention immortality, those who can survive for more than one or two years are rare cases with special physiques.

But because the gentleman's existence is so low-key and mysterious, this gossip also has a bit of magical color.

Kudo Shinichi frowned.

It was the first time for him to learn so much information about the organization's boss.

But he didn't feel that he was any closer to the boss. Instead, he felt that the road to catching the boss became even farther.

"So you haven't seen him either, then how did you get the key?" Kudo Shinichi looked at Green Chat suspiciously.

"This can be considered an accident."

Green Chat sighed.

"That was more than ten years ago. At that time, I had just become the general manager of the US branch and had the power to talk directly to Mr.

"And the first task he gave me was to find an expert who was proficient in mechanical electrical appliances and computer coding to help him solve some problems."

The scene of that year flashed before Green Chat's eyes again.

After receiving the instructions from the gentleman, Green Chat did not hesitate at all and sent people to look for such talents. Finally, he found such a professor in San Francisco.

It was also at that time that Green Chat learned that the reason why Mr. sought out these experts was to upgrade the security protection of the security fortress he had built in the last century.

——In simple terms, the gentleman feels that his "home" is too old, and he plans to find a group of people to replace it and add to his own security.

As expected, the final fate of these "engineers" will be to be silenced.

The accident also happened at this time.

"The expert I found was quite capable. He actually found me before he was killed. He hoped I would rescue him. In exchange, he could hand over a one-time key that he had copied while making the security door."

Originally, this key should not have existed, but this expert was very cunning. He secretly copied a completely usable key by testing the security and intelligence of the security door.

Unfortunately, his deal did not impress Green Chat. In order to keep the secret, Green Chat decisively killed the man, then searched overnight to find the key that the expert had hidden privately, and used all means to get rid of all those who might leak the secret.

Therefore, this has become Green Chat's biggest secret and trump card.

"Mr. is actually more afraid of death than any of us. To protect himself, he built a mobile super fortress. It's said that it's not only filled with various mechanisms, but also houses a super army he privately trained. The entire fortress is like an iron barrel, impregnable and isolated from the outside world."

"A fortress that can...move?"

Kudo Shinichi murmured softly, thinking carefully about the meaning of this sentence, and then his face was full of seriousness: "In the sea?"

The only possible means of movement are by land, sea, and air. For such a large security fortress, moving on land would be too large a target and extremely difficult. Similarly, taking to the air is even more impossible. Furthermore, with the advancement of technology, aviation is essentially a key area of ​​surveillance for various countries, making it impossible to move at will.

Only at sea can all these conditions be achieved.

At this moment, a prototype of Noah's Ark gradually took shape in Kudo Shinichi's mind.

The concept of "Noah's Ark" first appeared in the Bible.

It is said that God saw that human sin was rampant in the world and decided to destroy all living things on earth with a flood. But Noah was the only righteous man, so God chose Noah and his family and asked them to build an ark to escape the flood.

Thus, an ark appeared that could escape disaster and save all living things.

At this moment, this impregnable sea fortress is like a Noah's Ark that can save the organization's boss from surviving in the world.

"Yes." Green Chat recalled carefully, "He stopped in Los Angeles, USA, more than ten years ago. That was the closest I ever got to that gentleman. It's a pity that he didn't summon me at the time and only let Vermouth act as an intermediary to pass on the message."

"The most recent visit was in Sendai, where the cherry blossoms were blooming. I haven't heard anything about him since then. However, I'm certain he's been wandering around the Pacific Ocean for years, perhaps often docked on an unnamed island there, but rarely setting foot on land."

Kudo Shinichi felt a little depressed.

If that's the case, it would be very difficult indeed.

Even if they can destroy the organization's hideout on land, if they don't catch the real boss behind the scenes, it will probably only revive in the end.