"The doors and windows are locked so securely?"
After kicking Vodka into unconsciousness, Tsuneo climbed over the wall into Professor Hirota's yard.
His thought was to quietly sneak into the house, steal the floppy disk, and leave.
After all, if he showed up dressed like that, it would be strange if people didn't call the police...
"Ding dong!"
Suddenly, from the direction of the main entrance, someone rang the doorbell.
Tsuneo hid in the corner of the wall, peeking his head out to look.
Standing at the door was a tall, handsome young man wearing a cream-colored jacket.
About a minute or two passed.
A tall, thin old man, flushed and tipsy, opened the door.
"Shirakura, you're here?" Professor Hirota had a smile on his face.
"Professor." Shirakura Yo smiled and nodded.
His smiling expression looked a bit awkward, as if he harbored some emotions towards the old man in front of him.
Seeing this, Tsuneo frowned and slowly walked out.
"Cough, cough."
He lightly coughed twice, attracting the attention of the two.
"Who are you!" Shirakura Yo, illuminated by the light from the doorway, clearly saw the Black-Clothed Man walking from the corner of the wall, and immediately his expression changed in surprise as he questioned him.
Compared to the young Shirakura, the half-drunk Professor Hirota didn't shout, but instead observed the Black-Clothed Man with interest.
"Wearing sunglasses late at night, can you see the road?"
Professor Hirota asked with a laugh.
"It's fine." Tsuneo nodded slightly. As his physical fitness gradually strengthened, his eyesight was now much better than that of ordinary people.
He couldn't speak for others, but he could definitely see more clearly than Vodka.
"Pro-Professor, do you know him?" Shirakura Yo was somewhat astonished.
Although Professor Hirota was usually quite fashionable and often hung out with young people, a person dressed all in black and speaking coldly late at night seemed a bit too much...
"I can probably guess who he is, but hearing his voice, it sounds like Akemi's friend, which is quite a surprise to me," Professor Hirota said with a smile.
"I'm here to get the floppy disk." Tsuneo also felt surprised.
He hadn't expected this Professor to be easier to approach than he had imagined.
It wasn't in vain that he saved his life—no, it should be two lives...
Tsuneo glanced at Mr. Shirakura in front of him.
"Everyone, come inside."
Professor Hirota, with his hands behind his back, led the two into the house and into the study.
"Professor, please lend me the floppy disk containing that photo of me cross-dressing."
"I want to send it to a magazine."
Shirakura explained his purpose.
Recently, a magazine was doing a special project, a report on the unexpected side of models.
His cross-dressing photo from the university anniversary was definitely qualified to be featured in that report.
"I don't remember which floppy disk contains your cross-dressing photo, but the photo I mailed to you can be found right away."
"Do you want me to send it directly to the magazine for you?"
Professor Hirota said, taking sips of his foreign liquor.
"Professor." Shirakura clenched his fists, and murderous intent gradually emerged in his eyes.
In fact, some time ago, he had asked the other party for that cross-dressing photo, but Professor Hirota sent him a photo of himself before his plastic surgery.
The letter that came with it also read: "Nothing can compare to your true self."
If others found out about his plastic surgery...
"Professor, is this a threat?" Tsuneo tilted his head, looking at the drunken old man in front of him.
Perhaps because he had too much to drink, this Professor Hirota always had a way of speaking that made one want to hit him with a hammer.
"Threat?"
"I wouldn't do anything so boring." Professor Hirota shook his head, then looked at Tsuneo and continued with a smile:
"Besides, who would dare to threaten someone in front of the famous Dark Knight?"
Upon hearing this, Shirakura turned his head slightly in panic, "Da-Dark Knight?!"
In Tokyo, that name could indeed be said to be known by everyone.
Seeing Tsuneo remain silent, Professor Hirota knew he had guessed correctly and turned to rummage through a drawer for the floppy disk.
"Speaking of which, can we take a photo later?"
The old man suddenly turned and asked.
"No." Tsuneo flatly refused his request.
"What a pity." Professor Hirota sighed and handed a floppy disk to Shirakura.
Shirakura took the floppy disk, frowning tightly, and said nothing.
"This contains your cross-dressing photo," Professor Hirota said.
"Professor?" Shirakura was somewhat puzzled as to why the other party had suddenly changed his mind.
"You fellow, you should be more confident in yourself." Professor Hirota said dismissively, waving his hand to signal him to leave.
"Confidence..."
Shirakura held the floppy disk in his hand, standing at the Professor's doorstep, looking up at the shining stars in the night sky, and suddenly a relieved smile appeared on his face.
"Seriously, I got lectured again."
...
"Here, this is it." Professor Hirota casually tossed the strange floppy disk to Tsuneo.
Tsuneo steadily caught the "one hundred thousand yuan" and, as he left, said coldly, "I suggest you quit drinking."
This Professor, when he drinks, his mouth runs wild, and something will happen sooner or later.
Don't think that just because you're not in Mihua Town, the Grim Reaper can't catch you.
If he hadn't arrived early today, it's hard to say what would have happened.
"Strange fellow..."
Professor Hirota lay sprawled on his computer desk, listening to the footsteps fade away, let out a burp, and fell into a deep sleep.
...
Tsuneo drove quickly back to Dr. Agasa's home in Mihua Town.
"You got it?" Conan came running with his short legs.
"Remember to settle the payment tomorrow." Tsuneo took off his mask and pulled the floppy disk from his pocket.
"Got it." The Detective nodded, took the floppy disk, rushed to the computer, and handed it to Ai.
"The floppy disk provided by the Organization, if a specific password isn't entered, it's just plain document data. It's normal that Professor Hirota didn't suspect anything."
Ai's hands flew across the keyboard, and a large amount of text immediately appeared on the computer screen.
After entering a series of passwords, the screen finally displayed the information everyone wanted.
Drug research data!
"Excellent!" Conan stared intently at the screen, clenching his fists.
According to Haibara, this floppy disk contained not only data on that drug but also a large number of names, addresses, and Organization codenames of the staff who participated in its research and development.
Finally, there was hope!
But before the Detective could be excited for more than three seconds, the computer screen suddenly flickered.
Immediately after, large chunks of information quickly dissolved and disappeared, and in the blink of an eye, all the contents of this floppy disk were completely cleared.
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