Protect our prophets

After hanging up the phone, the world was finally quiet.

Songxue continued to finish the previous work, pressed Enter, and the mail showed that the delivery was successful.Not long after, she received a reply from the editorial department.

A very long, wordy letter.

Songxue removed a lot of honorifics and useless descriptions at a glance. The summary is: the former old partner is leaving due to temporary work adjustments, so she is assigned a new editor. I hope they will continue to cooperate well and reach new heights.

"...I hope everything is well."

The former editor wrote this at the end of the letter, and attached the new editor's business card: Seto Cangya.

At the same time, the email from Editor Seto also arrived, asking her to meet the next day to discuss the publication of the new book in detail.

Songxue replied one by one, and made an appointment with the editor - the location proposed by the other party was actually in Mihua Town, which surprised her a bit. Looking further, it was a cafe in the Mihua Department Store.

At this time, the phone screen lit up, and it was a message from Conan.

"Are you free at noon tomorrow?"

……

At 11:30 the next morning, Matsuyuki pushed open the gate of Kudo's house and stopped in front of the yard.

The little detective waved to her from the window, and then, the graduate student of Toto University opened the main door for her, smiling gently: "Welcome, Ms. Matsuyuki. I am Subaru Okiya, and I am a temporary tenant here. "

"Uh, hello..."

Still a little confused, Conan pulled her in.

"I see it's trending on Twitter," he said, closing the door. "Need some help?"

It's a bit too much to post amateur information on the Internet, and it's because of this kind of headless lace news...

The last time he exposed his whereabouts as Kudo Shinichi, he was accidentally on the trending searches and almost had an accident.

fine--

Conan thought very fortunately that he was a popular face.

But Songxueguang is different.

Her appearance is not a very typical Japanese face, and her features are also prominent.Although usually very low-key, but no matter what the occasion, he looks calm and relaxed. Even if he is placed in the crowd, he still stands out from the crowd with such a temperament, and will not be easily overwhelmed.

With such a huge data stream on the Internet, it is inevitable that some people with special identities will notice such gossip news and remember it at an inappropriate time, which will be troublesome.

Thinking of this, Conan added in a low voice: "Anyway, if the prophet is too high-profile, it will be very dangerous, right?"

Songxue nodded slowly: "I didn't expect it to develop like this."

"I have a few master hackers I know here." Okiya Subaru also interjected at the right time, "If necessary, I can help you get in touch."

She was stunned for a while, and looked at Conan.

"...So, you just asked me to come here today?"

"Not completely, after all, isn't home safe outside?" The little detective said halfway, his expression slightly unnatural, and he added urgently—"Oh, I mean, because this is brother Xinyi's home, and there are no outsiders here."

"..."

Although, you are too deliberate.

Mr. Okiya still has crooked eyebrows and eyes, and it is even more difficult to see his eyes clearly through the glasses frame.Songxue only felt that his smile was quite meaningful.

This is probably a trick between masters.

Okiya Subaru was able to do a job with ease, obviously with an attitude of "I pretend not to know your identity".

And Conan always pretends to be quite perfunctory in front of trustworthy people, "I don't care if you know it or not, but I pretend that you don't know my identity, and you will pretend that you don't know my identity anyway."

What can she do, she can only "pretend not to know that you know but pretend not to know his identity"... What the hell, it seems to be a tongue twister.

She herself was stunned.

"Cough," Songxue came back to her senses and cleared her throat, "Although I think I should be able to think of other ways, but..."

She paused slightly, and said with some embarrassment: "But I'm curious about the hackers Mr. Okiya knows."

"Me too." Conan quickly cooperated.

Okiya Subaru sat down opposite them, put the laptop on the table, tapped the keyboard, and said calmly: "Coincidentally, a friend just came to Japan. Would you like to introduce him to you?"

Songxue was puzzled: "Aren't hackers all contacted online?"

In her understanding, the most important thing for people in their line of work is to maintain a sense of mystery, and never meet offline for things that can be done online.The exposure of their true identities and whereabouts is fatal to them in a sense.

Looking at it from another angle, this may be the favorite profession of Social Horror.

"Maybe, some people don't care about social status that much." Okiya said, "I know this one, he has another job, and he is more used to contacting clients offline."

Songxue was thoughtful, and suddenly felt her hand was touched lightly, and when she turned her eyes, Conan seemed to have thought of something, and was giving her a wink.

--promise.

"If the other party doesn't mind, of course I'd be happy." Songxue said lightly, "A detective, my favorite thing is to observe human beings."

"I deeply agree." Okiya Subaru said politely, "So, I sent him an email? When and where—"

"It's summer vacation now, should you be free?" Conan looked over.

Songxue gave a "hmm" and nodded: "It's not a big problem."

"Then, let me communicate with him." Okiya said kindly,

……

Saying goodbye to Okiya Subaru, Matsuyuki and Conan came out of Kudo's house together.

"I have an appointment later, are you interested?"

"A date?" Conan was stunned for a moment, and his first reaction was to refuse, but soon he realized that her tone was too flat, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Who are you dating?"

She replied: "It was a...solution I started thinking about how to solve the hot search problem."

People's energy is limited.

Unfortunately, the students are on vacation now, and young people are the biggest group on the Internet who like to eat melons and join in the fun.

"I originally thought that Mr. Amuro probably didn't want this kind of topic to become a hot topic." Songxue pondered, "After all, he belongs to the public security... As for dealing with online public opinion, he should have more authority over there."

"However, this will appear a little deliberate. I don't know if anyone is staring at him now," Conan continued. "If the enemy finds out, Mr. Amuro will be in a bad situation."

"So, I think we still need to find a more ingenious and legitimate way." Songxue repeated, "Human energy is limited. The focus is the same."

If you want to divert their attention from something, the best way to do it is to create another, more engaging topic.

Conan tilted his head curiously: "Make headlines yourself?"

How many connections do you need?

"Try it." She replied calmly.

……

Editor Seto is a young man with a mature temperament.He is not very old either, compared with the previous editor - although Songxue doesn't remember, but you can find their information on the official website of the editorial department - he is not yet 30 years old, wearing black-rimmed glasses, with deep eye sockets, The bridge of the nose is high, and there is a smell of mixed blood.

Perhaps it was explained by his colleagues that even though he saw Songxue, he did not show too much shock. When he saw them coming in, he immediately got up to greet them, and extended his hand to Songxue very politely, saying in a respectful tone: "Mr. Baiye, it is a pleasure to cooperate with you .”

He was very calm, but Conan was caught off guard and opened his eyes wide.

Songxue didn't have time to explain to him, and held the hand of Editor Seto: "Hi, you're welcome."

She is used to being straightforward, and the other party exchanged a few pleasantries before quickly getting to the point and taking the notebook out of the briefcase.

"When the senior transferred the work to me, he had already done the proofreading and the cover." He said, turning on the computer and turning the screen around, "If there is no accident, we can carry out online promotion this week, teacher, you What do you think?"

Before Songxue had time to take a closer look, Conan took the first step, took over the computer, and leaned over to see the cover clearly.

"The Fifth South Island Escape".

"...Is it a light novel this time?" He was slightly surprised.

Song Xue whispered: "The titles of the books are made up by the editors, don't worry about it."

Conan sat down silently.

Judging from this series of reactions, he is probably also one of Akina Hakuya's readers. At this time, he "broke through" the true face of the mysterious and beautiful girl writer. He was in a complicated mood and didn't know what to say for a while.

Then, he also quickly realized Songxue's intentions.

With Qiu Ming Bai Ye's reputation, as long as the publishing house discloses the news of the new book's release, even if it only exposes the cover and a title without much information, it can immediately attract a large number of fans and quickly become a hot topic.

"If nothing else happens, just this made-up name can also attract everyone's tenth-level Chinese reading comprehension analysis..." Conan whispered.

Song Xue sighed and patted him on the shoulder: "The reality is so cruel, so it all depends on the distance to produce beauty and filter modification."

"Mr. Bai Ye, please don't say that," Editor Seto complimented. "Seniors were very reluctant when they left the job. It's a great honor to give this job to me. It's really..."

Before he finished speaking, Conan suddenly interrupted: "By the way, Mr. Editor, did you just come back from overseas?"

Seto froze for a moment: "Huh?"

"Mr. Seto's wrists have been sunburned," Matsuyuki said calmly, telling Conan not to be too pushy, "Maybe he forgot to take off his watch at the beach, and there are also marks left by sunglasses around his eye circles. "

The man smiled: "Yes, my mother lives abroad, so I often go to live with her for a while. As expected of Teacher Bai Ye, her observation ability is comparable to that of the protagonist in the work."

She said modestly: "It's too good, I just like to play detective games."

There was nothing particularly important about this interview.

It's just that the handover of editing work is prone to mistakes. Seto believes that it is safer to communicate with the author himself before making a decision.

In addition to the cover, he also asked for a few illustrations on the inside pages, and talked eloquently: "This is Mr. Hershey, a famous illustrator. He came to Japan to participate in an art exhibition this month. I heard from my senior that Mr. Bai Ye liked his works very much." The painting style, I tried to ask the other party for a draft, but I didn't expect to accept it, follow-up matters..."

"Do you need me to talk to Teacher Painter?" Songxue asked hastily.

"Well, I'll arrange for the teachers." He nodded.

After Editor Seto left, Matsuyuki ordered another ice cream.

She drew a line in the middle with a spoon, turned the plate around, handed a spoon to Conan, and asked, "What do you think?"

"This is a very good way, and it will not arouse suspicion at all." He nodded and admitted, "Although, it is completely beyond my expectation..."

Conan sighed slightly, counting silently in his heart, who are all around him? CIA spies, high-level public security officers, FBI elites, and world-famous strange thieves, etc...

He tilted his head, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Can I have an autograph?"

"what?"

"To be honest, my mother is your loyal fan." Conan paused and said, "Actually, I like it too."

"...It's a great honor."

Songxue hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice: "But, let's forget about the signature?"

"Low-key? I understand." Conan understood.

"No, I just think..."

This kind of thing is still a little shy.

Songxue messed up her share of ice cream melancholy, when she suddenly heard a chuckle beside her.

Conan bit his spoon and looked up.There were not many people in the cafe. Across the aisle, the black-haired young man at the opposite table lifted his light-colored sunglasses, cast a look at them, and smiled.

"Good afternoon," the other party greeted proactively, clearly reporting their names in a familiar tone, "Miss Song Xueguang, and... Edogawa Conan-kun?"

The author has something to say: Songxue, a low-key boss.

It's time to choose one of three!

It is indeed a bit difficult for three people to appear together in one breath. .

They are the big editor brother, the hacker brother and the painter little brother (the ages are in order... 233

Who is the teammate and who is the enemy (Maybe still no one guesses..