Chapter 2023: Battle of Wisdom and Courage

The old man and Conan are still confronting each other. Conan has already used his three axes, but it is useless.

Conan's three axes are three standards. First, no matter what the situation, you cannot break the moral bottom line of killing; second, beautiful words to persuade people to be kind; third, a sincere and serious expression.

But they all failed.

The old man also fought back with three axes. His motivation for behavior was not for himself but for the whole world; at the same time, he was persuading people to be kind, but he used physical methods; finally, he felt that children would not understand the degeneration of society at all, and what Conan said was just the innocence of children.

So in the first round of the two people's confrontation, Conan was completely defeated. Cuteness, who was always successful, also failed.

The extreme confrontation between the old man and the child, the two vulnerable groups, will continue.

Conan has decided to take action. His anesthesia watch is already thirsty, but he thinks that if he just steals the notebook, I am afraid that the old man will go to a more extreme path, which will not be worth the loss.

The old man was obviously insane and thought the world was rotten, so to make him believe that the world was not so bad, it would be best to let him give up the notebook on his own initiative.

But how to do it? Turn on the TV and watch the news, all kinds of negative news, people are not good after watching too much. But the media likes to broadcast negative news because negative news can attract traffic.

In this environment, Conan is not so powerful that he can deceive the old man.

"I can do it!" The artificial intelligence suddenly contacted Conan and said that he could let the old man only see positive and optimistic news and make him believe that the world has changed.

Conan asked how the artificial intelligence knew his inner thoughts?

Of course, it was big data calculation. Now Conan has only two choices, one is to snatch the notebook, and the other is to let the old man give up the notebook on his own initiative. And the best way to make the old man give up the notebook is to disintegrate his motivation and make him believe that there is no darkness in the world.

"It's actually very simple. Just filter out all the negative news and leave only positive and optimistic news. This is not considered deception, but just showing him the beautiful side of society." The artificial intelligence said it was very simple.

Let the artificial intelligence do it.

Conan retreated first, and the next thing would take time.

On the other hand, the task force has made no progress on the case. Although a general area has been determined, the specific target has not been determined. This case has not been resolved, and finally they can only ask American experts, but they still can't continue.

After all, without "material exchange", it is difficult to find more clues. Previously, the area was determined by information asymmetry, but it would be too difficult to find the murderer among hundreds of thousands of people.

In the original work of "Death Notebook", it was Yagami Light who took the initiative to approach the task force. In the end, the more he did, the more clues he left, and he was defeated.

The old man and the task force had no intersection at all, so naturally he would not be suspected.

The task force has tried its best, but they also know that they are not fighting against an opponent that can be reached by human power, so they have prepared for failure from the beginning. Now they have found civilian consultants and American experts, but they are powerless and can only tell the people above that they have tried their best.

Some people even said that it would be better to directly release a news release, saying that the murderer should not kill people anymore, and they can change the law, sentence more people to death, or severely punish traffic accident offenders.

Of course, this suggestion will definitely not be accepted. How could they compromise with the murderer? And the upper echelons are now very worried, worried that the murderer will suddenly change his target one day, and then it will be over.

You must know that the news figures that are now on the news, or that attract people's attention, are either bad guys or rich people. Many bad guys have died, so will the rich be next?

The death of a few criminals will not have a great social impact. But if a few rich people die, it will definitely directly undermine social stability.

At that time, capital will flee, the economy will collapse, and social unrest will occur, and everything will become out of control. So now everyone is most worried about whether the remote murderer will change his target in the future. After all, he is looking for targets according to the news. Everyone does not know the criteria for the murderer to decide the target. In fact, what is the use of knowing it? Because this standard will obviously change.

So now the upper echelons are in panic, which is completely beyond their control.

However, there have been fewer traffic accidents in recent times. After all, if you are caught drinking and driving, you may die directly, and no one wants to die. Citizens are also talking about it. They don’t know what the situation is with these drivers. Many media have reported it, but in the end it was nothing.

Many netizens even left messages online to prove that they were right next to a driver when he died, and saw with their own eyes that the driver suddenly fell to the ground without any signs. Moreover, these things happened not once or twice, but all over the country, and they were reported.

So some people think that this is a curse, and that the souls who died in traffic accidents cursed those drivers who did not follow the rules. So as long as the driver does not follow the rules, he may be cursed and die.

Because there is no scientific explanation, we can only rely on superstition. But the continuous events have indeed made many drivers pay attention to the rules, and the national traffic accident rate has recently dropped to a historical low.

The news that the social atmosphere has improved was also reported, and the old man read it with relish, because these are all his credit, and the world has changed because of him. Next, he wants to kill the Black Society, after all, this is also the power of darkness. However, society has indeed improved a lot recently, and there are fewer negative news, and he couldn't find any targets for a while.

The old man didn't know that he was surrounded by artificial intelligence. The news he saw was filtered and full of positive content.

Conan knew that the situation was going well, and he just hoped that the old man would be satisfied sooner. This battle of wits and courage was more tiring than solving a case. But he was also watching the news and saw the attitude of the media people towards the "curse", and there were many positive comments. Not to mention the Internet, there are many supporters of netizens.

Seeing everyone praising the changes in the traffic environment, Conan knew that those who agreed with the "curse" just hadn't done anything. If they knew that they might become a target, they would only be left with panic and would never be so indifferent.

But this is also human nature. Most people watch what happens in the world with an attitude of watching the fun. After all, things that don't happen to themselves are just a fun. There are too few people in this world who can be happy for the happiness of others and tragic because of the tragedy of others.

But no matter how many supporters there are, Conan will stop the old man. This is what the detective must do.

The AI ​​increasingly felt that Conan was the right choice. If such a determined person was given enough power, he would definitely fight against evil to the end, even if it meant his death. What the AI ​​needed was such an executor, a fighter who was willing to sacrifice his life and burn himself.