Chapter 325

Honestly, in this plot at the opera house, Shengzai was also a bit unable to understand it at the time.

Irene was the woman Holmes cared about most; it was understandable that Professor Moriarty wanted Jack the Ripper to kill her.

And in fact, as long as Conan and the others laid an ambush nearby in advance, they would have a great chance of arresting Jack the Ripper, but this protagonist group ended up not understanding whether this was reality or a game.

To protect Irene, Ai exited the scene, and Xiaolan seemed to have been captured in the end. The team, which didn't have many people left, ended up with only Conan as the lone commander and Morohoshi Hideki, who was used as a stand-in by Hiroki.

This was because Hiroki, as the "behind-the-scenes mastermind," was a soft-hearted existence who gave Conan a hint at the last moment; otherwise, according to Conan's original method, with the strength of him and Morohoshi Hideki alone, they would not have been able to survive.

In all fairness, if this were the real world, failing to save people who might be in danger might be somewhat cold-blooded and ruthless.

But the point is, this is a virtual game scene! Irene is just a virtual character in the game. Although she has the image of Conan's mother, Yukiko Kudo, so what? None of this is real.

They had clearly warned Irene, but the other party was still obsessed with staying to take risks. Conan took his little friends to stay and protect the other party, and even went head-to-head with Jack the Ripper. In Shengzai's view, this was simply stupid!

For the sake of a virtual character, not only did he put his companions in danger, but don't forget, they were currently carrying the lives of fifty people; it was completely not the time to be emotional.

Just like in the original plot, Conan and the others met Irene, the woman Holmes loved deeply, under the guise of delivering flowers for Holmes.

And under the persuasion of Conan and the others, Irene, who appeared in the image of Yukiko Kudo, still stubbornly intended to continue her performance on stage.

So out of helplessness, Conan and the others could only act as Holmes's knights, helping to protect Irene from falling victim to Jack the Ripper.

"You guys can participate in the deployment yourselves. I plan to act alone from now on. Don't count me in."

Hearing that Shengzai planned to act alone, Conan was also puzzled. From the beginning of the game, although Shengzai was very capable, he had always been quite gregarious.

Now that it was almost the final act, at this most critical juncture, Shengzai, as one of the important combat forces in the team, actually planned to go solo.

"Shengzai, do you think our deployment is unreasonable?"

Shengzai's words had emotion; Conan could see that, but he didn't understand why Shengzai was angry at the moment. Was it because he was the one giving orders?

No, if it were because of this reason, Shengzai would have already split from them because of the provocation of those few rich second-generation kids.

"Ah, I am very dissatisfied with your arrangements, and I have no interest in acting as a protector for Holmes.

To be reasonable, in this game scene, Holmes hasn't helped us with anything, right? Now we have to put ourselves in danger for his woman.

We have already given our advice. Since that woman is stubborn herself, letting her suffer the consequences would give us a better chance of catching Jack the Ripper.

But you are now addicted to the knight game, planning to waste a lot of manpower to protect such a willful woman, just because she has the face of Aunt Yukiko?"

When hearing Shengzai's opinion, Conan and Xiaolan were stunned, because they didn't expect that the point Shengzai had an opinion about was actually here...

However, this was not strange, because Yukiko Kudo was relatively special to Conan and Xiaolan. Shengzai also expressed that he could understand that they couldn't bear to see Irene, who had that face, killed by others.

"I know you probably think I'm heartless, or even cold-blooded, but I can only say that this is the most rational judgment.

I also thought that you definitely wouldn't be able to accept my proposal, which is why I decided to go solo."

After Shengzai finished speaking, he turned around and left. Yuanzi took one look at her best friend Xiaolan, then at her little brother, and finally, after hesitating for only a moment, decided to follow her little brother.

"Barrier, you should just stay with Xiaolan-Barrier and the others. I can guarantee that no matter what happens, I will definitely bring you back to the real world safely in the end!"

Looking at Shengzai's firm expression, Yuanzi also showed a relieved smile and, for the first time, gently touched Shengzai's head: "Mm, Barrier believes Shengzai can definitely do it."

After Shengzai left, Conan also fell into deep thought. At this moment, he finally understood what Shengzai meant by making the right choice.

In all fairness, Shengzai's approach was undoubtedly more rational and correct, but to ask him to use Irene as bait, or even watch her get killed by Jack the Ripper, Conan really couldn't do it, even if the other party was just a virtual character...

Conan couldn't perform such an act, and Shengzai could understand that. After all, in the anime circle, in ten shows, at least nine of the male leads are quite kind-hearted.

Shengzai also wanted to be a "kind-hearted" male lead, but unfortunately, he didn't want to gamble now, and he didn't dare to gamble at all.

Probably because of the intrusion of his little butterfly, the current plot had already undergone many changes compared to the original.

Shengzai's own safety was secondary; relying solely on the current released by the "Cocoon," it was almost impossible to kill him.

But what about Yuanzi? Asking him to bet his family's life for a virtual character was simply impossible!

Whoever wants to be kind-hearted can go be kind-hearted; he, Shengzai, has no feelings now, and is even terrifyingly rational!

After leaving the opera house, Shengzai went directly to the nearest train station.

Because if he remembered correctly, according to the original plot, after attacking the opera house, Jack the Ripper would cross-dress, disguise himself as an English noblewoman, and hide among the passengers in the carriage.

And what Shengzai had to do now was to wait for the rabbit at the train station. If the fleeing Jack the Ripper ran here, then Shengzai would not give the other party any chance and would definitely chop him up directly, completely ending this game!

"Was your friend like this before too?"

At the opera house, watching Shengzai leave alone, Morohoshi Hideki looked at Conan and Ai beside him with some curiosity and asked.

Honestly, excluding the two high school students Xiaolan and Yuanzi, and the children from the Detective Boys with ordinary family backgrounds, Shengzai was the person Hiroki thought most highly of among those rich second-generation kids.

He had both ability and strength, was not only smart but also didn't have the various bad habits of those rich second-generation kids, such as being arrogant, domineering, and spoiled.

Hiroki had even thought before that at the end of the game, he might be able to entrust the artificial intelligence "Noah's Ark" to Shengzai, but after hearing Shengzai's words just now, Hiroki was a bit hesitant now...

(End of chapter)