Chapter 741: JTR?!

While the banquet was in full swing, a police car quietly drove into the City Hall parking lot under the gaze of the staff. Inspector Megure, with a dark face, got out of the car with Shiratori and Chiba.

Shiratori Ninzaburo, who had just been seriously injured, had actually recovered; it was truly a very "Conan-science" fact.

"Chiba, have the standby police cars block all entrances and exits immediately."

Inspector Megure gave an order to Officer Chiba, who was driving, and looked at the surrounding cars with a deep voice.

"It seems quite a few big shots have come this time."

"Yes," Shiratori also had a grave expression, "the Deputy Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police, financial giants, and several assemblymen..."

"We must be careful," Inspector Megure said, pressing down the brim of his hat. "Let's go, the murderer is very likely still in the venue."

Basement machine room, Kashimura's office.

Megure and Shiratori were investigating inside the room.

"The victim is Kashimura, the person in charge of the game Cocoon," Megure said in a deep voice. "One stab to the heart, fatal. The murder weapon was taken away from the scene."

Shiratori approached the victim to check, then scanned the crime scene.

The time of death was not long ago; it should have been during the banquet.

There were blood-stained tissues left on the floor at the scene; it looked like the murderer had specifically wiped the blood off the murder weapon.

In other words, the murder weapon might be very important to the criminal, or leaving it behind would reveal who the criminal was.

In addition, the keyboard behind the deceased was also stained with blood.

There were pressed bloodstains on the three keys "RTJ." Looking at the blood-covered arm hanging to the side, the possibility of the murderer tampering with it could basically be ruled out.

The victim seemed to have used all his strength to leave a death message before dying.

"When was the body discovered?" Inspector Megure asked, turning back.

The first staff member to discover the situation explained: "Just before the performance started, because Mr. Kudo wanted to meet with the director, I came here to call him, but..."

"Speaking of which," Shiratori said strangely, "why is the R&D director's office here in the basement?"

"Because the director said he couldn't concentrate in a crowded place, so he came here alone."

The staff member responded and looked at the computer hesitantly.

"Um, actually there is one more thing that is very strange; all the data inside the computer has been destroyed."

"Data?"

"Could it be sabotage by a rival company? I heard that there are quite a few commercial spies operating in secret at this press conference."

"It shouldn't be," Conan didn't know when he had entered the room, interjecting from behind.

"Because Cocoon is already finished. Isn't it too late to destroy the data in the director's computer at this time?"

Inspector Megure turned back in astonishment, a black line on his forehead: "How did a kid get in?!"

Conan ran nimbly to Takagi's side: "I followed Officer Takagi here!"

Takagi gave a sheepish smile; he had taken the blame for Conan again.

"Inspector Megure, a metal detector was set up at the entrance. The murder weapon should have been left in the City Hall beforehand. If we investigate, we might find clues," Shiratori Ninzaburo said.

"Hmm, I'll leave this matter to you."

After Megure handed the investigation over to Shiratori, he looked at the keyboard in confusion and said, "The three keys RTJ with bloodstains, do they have any special meaning?"

"RTJ... TRJ... JTR..." Conan pondered, holding his chin, his expression suddenly changing, "JTR?!"

Isn't that the abbreviation his father often uses to refer to Jack the Ripper?

"What's wrong?" Takagi asked secretly, "Did you remember something?"

"The background of that game is London a hundred years ago, right?"

Conan looked up and asked. Without waiting for Takagi to reply, he turned and ran out of the underground office without looking back, disappearing in a flash...

"Hey, hey..." Takagi stood in front of the computer, puzzled.

At least explain what it means before leaving; I took the blame for you in vain.

8:00 PM, inside the press conference venue.

Under the guidance of the host and staff, the children with brooches passed through security one by one, walked onto the stage where "Cocoon" was placed, and under the guidance of the staff, lay into the "Cocoon."

At the security entrance, Akaso Kaze sent Loli Ai, Ayumi, and Sonoko through the security gate.

Conan also ran back in a hurry.

All the selected children lay into the "Cocoon," ready.

Not long after, as the lights in the venue went out.

"All 50 participants have boarded."

A female voice in the venue began to remind the guests who were watching nervously.

"Brain wave transmission device installed, capsule cover closed, main hardware connection started."

"Input area code to connect to the linker, coordinate axis micro-adjustment in progress."

"Punctuation correction 0.2 successful, locking complete, screen displaying, system startup, energy setting complete."

"Game start!"

The game officially started. Staff in the large control room carefully checked the situation, projecting the status of the game pods onto giant screens. At first glance, one would almost think it was the command room of a battleship in an animation.

Chairman Schindler stood in front of the control room window with his arms crossed. The short beard around his lips and his long aquiline nose were very typical British features, and he looked quite fierce.

He suddenly saw Kudo Yusaku leading several police officers over, and couldn't help but frown. ===== CHAPTER 743 =====