Conan: Detectives and Dogs Are Not Allowed

It was already noon when Jouno Taro returned to the Poirot Cafe.

"Manager, you're finally back!" Enomoto Azusa greeted Jouno Taro with a happy face.

"What's wrong? So excited?" Jouno Taro was quite puzzled. He had only been away for a day. Did something big happen in the store?

"It was Ayumi and the others who wanted to borrow Xiaobai to go out and play." Enomoto Azusa hurriedly explained, "They said they were going camping tomorrow and wanted to take Xiaobai with them. I couldn't make up my mind, and you couldn't get through on the phone, so I asked them to come back in the afternoon."

"Tomorrow? Camping?" Jouno Taro was a little confused when he heard this. He was still in the mountains with heavy snow yesterday. Isn't it too crazy for elementary school students to go camping in this weather?

But on second thought, this is the world of science, and all kinds of strange things can happen. He didn't see any more snowflakes falling on the way back. It is estimated that the weather will be clear tomorrow, suitable for camping.

"Oh, so, the signal is not good where I go, it's deep in the mountains." Taro Jouno first explained why his phone was not connected, and then readily agreed to borrow Xiaobai, "It seems that these little guys like Xiaobai very much, no problem, when they come in the afternoon, I will tell them a few words, don't let Xiaobai get hurt."

"That's good, now I feel relieved." Azusa Enomoto smiled, "In fact, not only Ayumi and the others like Xiaobai, some guests are also very interested in seeing Xiaobai interact with the children, but they are embarrassed to compete with the children to play."

"Is that so." Taro Jouno nodded and fell into deep thought.

He suddenly thought that if someone was interested in this game called "Detective Xiaobai", this might become a business opportunity.

He could consider finding a toy manufacturer to produce a batch of mechanical dolls similar to Xiaobai, and let Xiaobai copy some AI programs into these mechanical dolls. It should not be a problem to price such a highly intelligent mechanical doll at tens of thousands of yen.

Even if some people think the price is too high and are unwilling to buy, he can still consider selling these mechanical dolls to coffee shops or board game stores, and he will surely get good sales.

If it really doesn't work, he can also choose to rent them out, as long as the other party bears the electricity bill and pays a few hundred yen a day in rent.

Thinking of this, Taro Jouno's eyes flickered. He walked into the employee lounge, gently stroked Xiaobai's cat ears, and smiled: "Xiaobai, you are already a mature AI, you have to learn to make money to support yourself."

"?" Xiaobai looked up and looked at Taro Jouno in confusion, as if he didn't understand what he was saying.

Taro Jouno simply explained his ideas to Xiaobai.

After listening, Xiaobai nodded: "After analysis, the master's plan is feasible. Although the AI ​​subroutine does not have the function of collecting emotional particles, it is not a problem to invade the surrounding electronic network. In this way, the master can have a basic intelligence network system."

"..." Taro Jouno scratched his head after hearing this. He didn't think so much at first, but after thinking about it carefully, this plan is really good.

Xiaobai can invade any corner of the Internet, but this is somewhat passive, and he can only search for information purposefully afterwards. If there is an AI subroutine to upload information in real time, it can become more proactive.

Moreover, some places may not have Internet-connected cameras, but as long as the mechanical dolls are designed with cameras, each mechanical doll can become his eyes and ears.

"Oh, the start-up capital is such a big problem." Taro Jouno sighed, "I went to a party yesterday and wanted to sell some information about Kaito Kid to Suzuki Sonoko to make some extra money, but I ended up losing money on the car rental."

"This is indeed a difficult problem. I searched and found that there is only one toy factory near Beika Town that can make mechanical dolls, and according to their historical orders, they will only accept orders if at least thousands of toys are customized." Xiaobai began to analyze seriously, "The mechanical dolls we want have many functions, including cameras, recording, playback, Internet access and charging. Each one costs about 3,000 yen. So, at least 3 million yen in start-up capital is needed."

"So much?!" Taro Jouno opened his mouth in surprise. He originally thought that the money needed was not small, but he didn't expect it to be so exaggerated. With his current financial situation, this is simply an astronomical figure.

Xiaobai saw the difficulty of Jionno Taro and suggested: "Master, you can actually take on a few bounty missions, so that you can quickly raise enough start-up funds."

Jionno Taro touched his head and smiled bitterly: "I know this, but the key is that there are no suitable missions now..."

Xiaobai patted his chest confidently: "Leave this mission to me, Master. I can tryInvade some target computers and computer rooms, collect intelligence to complete the mission. "

Taro Jouno's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded: "Then it all depends on you, Xiaobai."

After chatting with Xiaobai for a few words, Taro Jouno changed into an employee uniform and officially started working in the cafe. Although he didn't sleep all night last night and drove a long distance in the morning, strangely, he didn't feel tired at all, probably because he had been reinforced by emotional weapons several times recently.

In the afternoon, except for Conan who was pulled by Suzuki Sonoko to sing karaoke, the other four members of the Junior Detective Team arrived on time, and even Dr. Agasa came with them.

After Taro Jouno and Huihara Ai said hello, Dr. Agasa took the initiative to come up and say hello.

He recognized Taro Jouno as the young man who sent Huihara Ai that day, but he pretended not to know him and introduced himself: "Hello, I'm Agasa. I heard that there is a magical mechanical doll here, so I came to see it specially. "

When Taro Jouno heard this, his eyes lit up. He was just worrying about how to contact the toy factory. As an inventor, Dr. Agasa must have a wide network of contacts, and maybe he knows someone in the toy factory.

"It's Dr. Agasa. I've also heard about you from Ayumi and the others. Please take a seat. I'll take out Xiaobai for you to see." After saying that, Taro Jouno went into the room and took Xiaobai out.

Before handing Xiaobai to Dr. Agasa, Taro Jouno reminded him: "You can test Xiaobai's intelligence, but don't disassemble it."

Dr. Agasa awkwardly touched the screwdriver in his trouser pocket and squeezed out a polite smile: "Don't worry, this is your business secret, I won't disassemble it. "

Taro Jouno then handed Haku over to Dr. Agasa with confidence.

Dr. Agasa carefully took Haku and played the detective game with Ayumi and the others.

After playing three rounds of the game, Taro Jouno finally stated his purpose: "Dr. Agasa, I want to mass-produce this kind of mechanical doll. Do you know anyone who can make this kind of toy?"

"Ah?" Dr. Agasa, who was immersed in the research of Haku's intelligence, was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "I know a few people in the toy factory, but they can't make such an intelligent mechanical doll."

"Don't worry about intelligence, the appearance is almost the same." Taro Jouno said, and explained his requirements for the mechanical doll in detail.

"If that's all, it's easy." Dr. Agasa took out his old mobile phone and found a contact number, "This is Shiraishi Toshihiko, the president of Iroha Toy Company, I can introduce him to you."

"Great, then trouble you. "Taro Jionno thanked him immediately.

Afterwards, Taro Jionno chatted with Toshihiko Shiraishi over the phone under the introduction of Dr. Agasa.