Chapter 317

Looking at Sonoko, whose reasoning result was refuted by Conan but who was still stubborn and even used him as a shield, Wen Shengzai also sighed loudly: "The tramp just now indeed is unlikely to be Jack the Ripper, but I think sister Sonoko is right about one point.

That is, the other party should also be a crucial character in this game scene."

Hearing Wen Shengzai's words, Conan immediately revealed a dead-fish face expression and couldn't help but secretly nudge him: "Hey, even if you protect your sister, don't mislead everyone because of this kind of thing."

"No, I'm serious, and I really think the tramp just now is an important task in this game scene."

Conan and the others should rarely come into contact with RPG games, so they should know very little about the experience and knowledge of this kind of thing, right?

"'Cocoon' is the latest virtual reality game developed. Players entering the 'Old-Era London' game scene will play as detectives and uncover Jack the Ripper's true identity.

And besides game players, other characters in the game scene, commonly known as NPCs—besides the Sherlock Holmes we are currently going to find—up to now, have you seen any NPCs who actively contact us or deliberately attract our attention?"

Hearing Wen Shengzai's explanation, everyone present was still dumbfounded. After all, don't look at the fact that there were quite a few people in this team, but basically, they were all children.

The only two who looked like adults on the outside were Ran and Sonoko. Ran's combat value was online, but her IQ was at an average level. As for Sonoko... well, let's not mention it.

"Wen Shengzai means that the tramp just now should be the same type of NPC as Holmes, existing in the game to provide help to players."

Conan, who understood Wen Shengzai's meaning, took the initiative to explain to the others.

"Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective in London in the 19th century. I can understand that he can provide help to players.

But what is the meaning of the tramp's... 【If you don't want to die, you will also be covered in blood.】 What does this mean?"

Under Conan's reminder, Haibara also understood the meaning of Wen Shengzai's words and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Who knows? Maybe we need to truly encounter Jack the Ripper to get the answer."

Facing Haibara's questioning, Wen Shengzai also spread his hands to indicate that he didn't know, and all this was just his reasoning, whether it was true or not couldn't be verified for the time being.

However, what they didn't know was that just when Wen Shengzai said this reasoning, Moroboshi Hideki beside him also slightly raised the corner of his mouth, and the look in his eyes when looking at Wen Shengzai clearly also carried a hint of admiration.

Along the way, while reasoning about the tramp's lyrics, the group also arrived at 221B Baker Street where Holmes was.

However, what disappointed them was that Holmes's landlord indicated that Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson had just left London because of work.

Simply put, the plan for Wen Shengzai and the others to ask Holmes, the big shot, to help solve the case was now directly aborted.

And in the outside world, Kudo Yusaku and the others, seeing Wen Shengzai and the others go to Holmes's house but return empty-handed, also revealed expressions of surprise.

Because the plot in the "Old-Era London" game scene was edited by mystery novelist Kudo Yusaku, and even the images of Holmes and Watson in the game were him and Professor Agasa.

And according to the original story direction, players should have successfully found Holmes and, after obtaining the other party's assistance, successfully found Jack the Ripper.

And Jack the Ripper's true identity was a nobleman suffering from a terminal illness with little time left.

But now, Wen Shengzai and the others didn't find Holmes at 221B Baker Street, and even a hand-organ tramp who shouldn't have existed appeared, which immediately made Kudo Yusaku and the others realize that "Noah's Ark," relying on its control over the game, seemed to have changed the plot in the game again.

In other words, originally players should only need to find Holmes, and next, they could basically be led by the big shot and lie down to win.

And this game difficulty matched the age of the children experiencing "Cocoon" at the press conference.

But because of "Noah's Ark's" interference, players had changed from the original auxiliary roles to the main force in arresting Jack the Ripper, and they couldn't even get the help provided by Holmes. This game difficulty had increased by more than just a little bit.

"It seems we underestimated 'Noah's Ark' too much. He had long guessed that we would provide help to those children, so he deliberately changed the plot and increased the difficulty of the game."

Professor Agasa, who was sitting in front of the computer, was originally thinking of ways to get in touch with Conan and the others in the game again and provide clues for them, but looking at it now, the game plot now was obviously completely different from before.

The clues they could provide were now either erased by "Noah's Ark" or irrelevant to the changed plot.

"Damn it, this damn artificial intelligence, is he just trying to force those children to death!"

After those children are successfully saved, I must smash this thing and throw it into a large garbage dump!"

Mouri Kogoro had long been annoyed by the arrogant "Noah's Ark." Now seeing the other party playing dirty and constantly increasing the game's clearance difficulty, he was so angry that he planned to go up and smash the computer in front of him.

"Calm down. If 'Noah's Ark' really wanted to put those children to death, he wouldn't need to do this unnecessarily.

And that hand-organ tramp who wasn't in the original plot is also quite concerning. Fortunately, that child named Wen Shengzai noticed the specialness of this character.

If it's those few children, I believe they can definitely find the real mystery.

After all, there is no such thing as a perfect crime in the world. Everything will leave some traces. Don't you think so, Chairman Sindora?"

Hearing Kudo Yusaku suddenly call his name, Sindora, who was sitting on the side, was clearly stunned.

And Inspector Megure beside him had already heard the unusual tone in Kudo Yusaku's words, so he hurriedly opened his mouth: "Brother Kudo, could it be that you have already reasoned out the murderer who killed Mr. Kashimura?"

Hearing the conversation between Kudo Yusaku and Inspector Megure, Sindora also stood up immediately and opened his mouth with an angry expression: "Kudo Yusaku, do you want to say that I am the murderer who harmed Kashimura?

Although Kashimura is an employee of my company and one of the contributors to the development of 'Cocoon,' do I have a motive to kill him? And evidence? With my social status, do you know how serious the consequences of a false accusation without evidence are?"

(End of chapter)