Chapter 321: Holding Professor Moriarty Hostage!

In the old-era London game scenario, inside the poker club, Conan's expression turned grim as he watched his companions fall one after another.

Colonel Moran and his underlings were armed with guns; even if Ran was formidable, it was estimated that she would inevitably fall into a bitter struggle before long in this situation.

He had noticed earlier that there was an empty seat next to the table where Colonel Moran and his men were sitting. High-end red wine and glasses were set there, and even the chair was a high-end piece with decorative carvings.

With just a single glance, Conan had already judged that the empty seat was prepared for Professor Moriarty.

Therefore, when Conan saw a gang underling in the crowd carefully holding a bottle of red wine, a plan immediately formed in his mind, and he took advantage of the chaos of the fight to successfully snatch the bottle of red wine into his hands.

However, just as Conan grabbed the red wine and intended to use the threat of smashing it to force Colonel Moran and his men to stop, Ran, who was protecting Ai, was caught off guard and knocked down by Moran from behind, with a gun barrel pressed against the back of her head.

"Kid, if you dare to make another rash move, I'll blow this girl's brains out with one shot."

Seeing the red wine originally prepared for Professor Moriarty snatched by Conan, Colonel Moran glared at his useless subordinate, pressed the gun barrel against the back of Ran's head, and threatened Conan.

"The seat in the place of honor, the specially decorated chair, and the carefully prepared red wine—if I haven't guessed wrong, the red wine in my hand should be what you specifically prepared for the Professor, right?

If Professor Moriarty knew that your negligence caused the fine wine he was supposed to enjoy to be smashed, I wonder what his reaction would be?"

Hearing Conan's highly threatening words, Colonel Moran's expression became extremely angry and ugly.

However, as one of the gang leaders, even if he was worried about Professor Moriarty getting angry, he would absolutely not let a mere kid who hadn't even grown his hair out lead him by the nose.

"Kid, don't you dare try to threaten me. It is true that the red wine was prepared for Professor Moriarty.

But you are Holmes's people. If we wipe you all out this time, I believe that with this as a merit, the Professor won't blame us too much.

Besides, red wine is something that can be found everywhere in London. As long as we have a little time, finding a substitute won't be difficult.

But I just don't know if the life of the woman in my hands can also be replaced?"

Hearing Colonel Moran's words, Conan's brows furrowed tightly, because the development of the situation was completely beyond his expectations.

Originally, if Ran hadn't fallen into the opponent's hands, with the red wine in his hand, he might have been able to make Colonel Moran hesitate.

But now, although he might have something in his hand that Colonel Moran cared about, he cared even more about Ran, who was in the opponent's hands!

Simply put, the chips in his hand were no longer enough to support him in negotiating with Colonel Moran.

"Kid, I'll give you a chance. Hand over the red wine in your hand obediently, and I can let this woman go.

As for whether you few can walk out of here alive in the end, that depends on your own abilities."

Hearing Colonel Moran's words spoken with a ferocious grin, Conan's expression became hesitant.

He didn't want Ran to exit the game here, not only because of personal feelings, but also because he considered that after they found the true identity of Jack the Ripper, Ran's combat power would be indispensable to arrest or defeat the opponent.

Shengzai's strength might be very strong, but he was ultimately just a child, which made Conan unable to place all his bets on him.

And even if they temporarily traded the red wine for Ran, could the few of them left survive the upcoming hail of bullets?

"Kid, have you thought it through? I'll only give you ten seconds now. If you still can't make a decision, then say goodbye to this girl.

10, 9, 8... 5, 4, 3..."

"Wait... X2"

Just as Conan, who had been deep in thought for a long time, made his final decision and had just opened his mouth, a voice suddenly came from the door, synchronizing directly with his.

"If Professor Moriarty's red wine isn't enough as a bargaining chip, then I wonder if adding him in person is enough to make you let us go?"

The person who spoke in unison with Conan was undoubtedly Shengzai, who had originally been keeping watch outside.

Seeing the few figures pushing the door and entering at this moment, everyone present was completely dumbfounded.

There was no other way; they had to be dumbfounded, because Shengzai didn't come in alone, but was being "carried" in by someone.

Or to be more precise, Shengzai's small body was currently leaning completely against an old man's back, one hand hooked around the other's neck, while the other hand held a fruit knife with a cold glint against the other's neck.

What surprised Conan and the others was that Shengzai, who had been keeping watch outside, would suddenly come in to save the situation.

And what surprised Colonel Moran and his underlings was that Professor Moriarty, the second most dangerous person in London, had actually fallen into the hands of a child who hadn't even grown his hair out, and was even being held hostage with a knife to his throat!

"So, is this old man really the so-called Professor, the one you mentioned before who is known as the second most dangerous person in London?"

Although Sonoko wasn't smart, she wasn't truly stupid either. Just looking at Colonel Moran, who had been acting arrogant, and his underlings, who now didn't dare to act rashly, she naturally understood that Shengzai had caught the right person.

You must know that when they were lying in wait outside, upon realizing that a fight had broken out inside the club and seeing a carriage slowly approaching, Shengzai had formulated this strategy for her.

Colonel Moran and his men had people and guns; even if the two of them went in to help, it would be nothing more than delivering two more heads to the opponent.

And thinking of the scene in the plot where Conan used red wine to threaten Colonel Moran, a bolder idea suddenly popped into Shengzai's mind.

If a bottle of Professor Moriarty's red wine could make Colonel Moran hesitate, then wouldn't capturing the Professor directly be equivalent to taking down the entire London gang force?

Therefore, when Professor Moriarty's carriage just arrived near the club, Shengzai chose to take action directly.

Sonoko pretended to be a passerby who tripped, causing the opponent's carriage to stop. At the same time the carriage stopped, Shengzai jumped onto the carriage with lightning speed and, guided by the scent of cologne, held a fruit knife found at Holmes's house against the coachman's neck.

Seeing Shengzai succeed, Sonoko had originally been confused as to why her younger brother would take a coachman as a hostage instead of "Professor Moriarty" in the carriage, but seeing the current situation, she understood instantly—it turned out the one in the carriage was a fake!

(End of Chapter)