Chapter 319

"This is simply nonsense! Motive? What is my motive for harming Kashimura?

I want to complain to your local official department. If you haven't grasped my motive for killing Kashimura, then your so-called reasoning and evidence are just your imagination. This result is something I absolutely cannot accept!"

Hearing Sindora's stubborn words, Inspector Megure and the others also revealed an angry look, but they really couldn't do anything about Sindora for the time being.

If it were a local person committing a crime, even the evidence currently grasped would be enough to arrest the other party.

But the point of the problem was that Sindora was not a local person. No matter which country it was, once a cross-border crime occurred, the matter would become quite troublesome.

And Thomas Sindora was the chairman of the Sindora Company, possessing considerable social status and identity, so even in this situation, Inspector Megure and the others could only temporarily place him under house arrest and surveillance.

But to completely arrest the other party, they still needed to apply for a formal arrest warrant from their superiors.

Simply put, the criminals they caught before were small fish and shrimp, but this murderer's background was a bit big, and Inspector Megure couldn't handle it either.

"Damn it, Shiratori, you and Chiba take Chairman Sindora back to his room. Before this case is settled, we need to provide strict 'protection' for Mr. Sindora.

Brother Kogoro, Brother Kudo, the matter here will be left to you for now. I need to go and apply for a formal arrest warrant from the higher-ups."

Sindora wanted to resist, but two fists were no match for four hands, so ultimately he was placed under house arrest in the room by Shiratori and Chiba.

"Damn it, these damn police, and that meddlesome brat!

Whether it's Hiroki or that brat named Shengzai, do these brats called geniuses love to meddle in other people's business so much from childhood to adulthood!"

Hiroki, who was adopted by him before, was because he was curious about the short sword left by Jack the Ripper, so he developed the "DNA matching system," which led to the exposure of the biggest secret of their Sindora family.

This time, this brat Shengzai was the same. If it weren't for his hand-itchy touching the short sword on the sculpture and retaining the fake short sword he should have destroyed, would he have left that kind of fatal evidence?

Sindora, who was placed under house arrest, after Shiratori and Chiba left, also revealed a gloomy look on his old face.

He himself knew very clearly that his identity and status only made him safe for now, but once those children got the answer in the "Old-Era London" game scene, he would really be finished.

However, just as Sindora looked around the room and was about to find if there was any escape route here, he unexpectedly discovered that this room seemed to be the room where Kashimura previously developed and tested "Cocoon."

And in the corner of this room, there was a spherical object covered with a black cloth. When Sindora excitedly stepped forward and lifted the black cloth, his originally gloomy old face now also revealed a ferocious grin.

"Sure enough, this is the prototype machine of "Cocoon." If I remember correctly, Kashimura's development report said that the developer's test machine can enter the game scene with the character in the game..."

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Cocoon world, Old-Era London game scene.

Shengzai and the others, who went to 221B Baker Street to seek Holmes's assistance but returned empty-handed, because they were mistaken for the children of the "Baker Street Irregulars," were ultimately invited into the room by Holmes's housekeeper.

And in Holmes's house, Shengzai and the others also found many useful clues.

And Shengzai and the others also learned that Jack the Ripper had a certain connection with Professor Moriarty, the second most dangerous person in 19th-century London.

Professor Moriarty was Holmes's nemesis, and at the same time, the other party was also a big shot in the black forces in the entire Old-Era London.

To find the mysterious Professor Moriarty, one must first find the professor's head henchman, Colonel Moran. Regarding Colonel Moran's whereabouts, there was a record in the notebook left by Holmes.

It was also because of this that Shengzai and his group, under Conan's suggestion, planned to go to the poker club where Colonel Moran often appeared to find him first.

When leaving Holmes's room, Moroboshi Hideki, because he saw the revolver in Holmes's cabinet, also took it away by the way.

And the other few rich kids who saw his behavior, after experiencing the previous few things, had already gradually recognized the ability of Shengzai and Conan, so now they were also asking with a guilty conscience: "Moroboshi, is it not very good for us to do this?"

"Yeah, if Suzuki Shengzai knows, wouldn't he shout to kick us out of the team again?"

And after hearing the words of his companions Gosho Akira and Kikukawa Seiichiro, Moroboshi Hideki didn't pay attention at all, but inserted the revolver into his waistband on his own, and then looked at the two of them with dissatisfaction: "Are your brains stupid from being fooled by those few brats!

Why should we listen to the command of those two brats? Wanting to live depends on oneself.

So what if that brat Suzuki Shengzai is powerful? Now that we all have guns in our hands, can it still be his turn to be stinky?"

After the few rich kids heard Moroboshi Hideki's words, they soon couldn't refute him anymore. After all, they couldn't afford to offend the Suzuki conglomerate, and they couldn't afford to offend a bureaucrat's child like Moroboshi Hideki either.

When the group arrived at the poker club where Colonel Moran was according to Holmes's intelligence, Conan originally wanted to mix into the club with the powerful Shengzai, and let the others stay behind outside.

But obviously, the few brats of the Teitan trio were quite dissatisfied with the guard duty task, thinking that Conan and Shengzai wanted to leave them behind to solve the case themselves.

The few rich kids, under Moroboshi Hideki's instigation, also didn't want to miss this opportunity to show off, so clearly it was a dangerous infiltration task, but these guys were all rushing to die.

"Since that's the case, sister Sonoko and I will be responsible for staying behind outside.

If a situation happens outside, we can send a signal to you, and even if you are unfortunately wiped out, we won't be completely annihilated."

Shengzai had no interest in acting as a babysitter. It was most appropriate to let Conan do this kind of thing.

And after hearing Shengzai's suggestion, Conan first looked at the group of problem children beside him, then looked at Shengzai who had already pulled Sonoko and hid in a corner to survive, and was immediately speechless.

Honestly, the infiltration squad Conan originally wanted to assign was an elite squad composed of him, Shengzai, and Ran.

After all, although Colonel Moran was just a lackey of Professor Moriarty, he was also a dangerous figure in the underworld. Facing such a dangerous existence, one couldn't be careless at all.

(End of chapter)