Chapter 327

And things seemed to be just as Conan had anticipated. As they looked at Moriarty's corpse with a dagger stuck in his heart, the professor's confidant, Colonel Moran, and his lackeys suddenly rushed into the opera house.

But when they saw the dead Professor Moriarty, Colonel Moran and the others were also stunned. Then, when they saw Conan and the others beside the professor's corpse, the expressions on their faces instantly became extremely ugly.

"So from the very beginning, your goal was Professor Moriarty! Saying your target was Jack the Ripper was just a smokescreen to make us lower our guard!"

Now Colonel Moran had reason to suspect that everything Conan and the others said about wanting to deal with Jack the Ripper was just a smokescreen, and their true goal had always been to kill Professor Moriarty.

Using the professor's resentment toward Holmes, they made him come to the opera house to watch Irene get killed, and then these guys put on a good show with Irene, the purpose of which was to make the professor careless and then eliminate him.

When hearing Colonel Moran's words, the expressions on Conan and the others' faces changed drastically. Although he really wanted to say that the other party was overthinking it, when the words reached his lips, he didn't know how to explain it.

There was no way; it was no wonder Colonel Moran would suspect them; it could only be said that everything happened too coincidentally.

And until now, Conan still didn't understand why Professor Moriarty died in such a place, and who did it?

Irene, who should have been targeted by Jack the Ripper, was fine, but the professor, who was gloating and watching the show, was finished off.

If the person who did it was Jack the Ripper, what was the other party's motive for killing?

According to the notice of the charity bazaar obtained at the church earlier, Conan had actually roughly deduced Jack the Ripper's background and also understood the reason why he kept targeting women.

But Professor Moriarty's death, if it were Jack the Ripper's doing, wouldn't that overturn his previous deduction about Jack the Ripper's background?

Conan naturally wouldn't know that his deduction was actually perfectly fine. The reason things turned out like this was mainly because the current Jack the Ripper was no longer the previous Jack the Ripper.

"Kill all these people and avenge Professor Moriarty!"

Conan was still thinking about which part went wrong, and what his father, Yusaku Kudo, who wrote the plot for the "Old London" game scene, was thinking at the time?

However, before he could clear his thoughts, on the other side, Colonel Moran, as the professor's confidant, had already treated Conan and the others as the murderers and attempted to kill them all!

Colonel Moran and his men had many people and many guns, so facing their pursuit, Conan and the others naturally had no choice but to flee.

"Colonel Moran, we didn't kill Professor Moriarty; there must be a misunderstanding.

Don't you find it strange? Jack the Ripper, who was called by the professor to assassinate Irene, didn't appear, but he himself died."

Colonel Moran didn't care about Conan and the others' explanation at all, but while firing his gun, he continued: "Whether it was you or Jack the Ripper who killed the professor doesn't matter at all, because as long as I kill you all, that's enough!"

Colonel Moran was so keen on avenging the professor, besides being Professor Moriarty's confidant, he actually had his own selfish motives.

After all, Professor Moriarty, the second most dangerous person in London, was dead, so as his loyal confidant, he, Colonel Moran, could naturally take over smoothly.

But in order to successfully subdue the lackeys originally under the professor, avenging the former boss was a must; otherwise, it would be difficult for him to convince the public.

As for who the murderer of the professor was, whether it was Conan and the others or Jack the Ripper, in his, Colonel Moran's, view, he really didn't care.

They were gang members, not detectives like Holmes; who cares who the real murderer is? Just kill them all and be done with it!

Sindora, hiding in the dark, showed a ferocious grin when he saw Conan and the others facing Colonel Moran's all-out pursuit.

Although the result of the matter was a bit different from what he imagined, as long as Colonel Moran could kill all those brats, then for him, it could be considered as completing his goal.

Facing the pursuit of Colonel Moran and the others with a hail of bullets, Ai, Yuanzi, and others were eliminated and exited the scene one after another.

And in order to escape the pursuit, all Conan and Xiaolan could think of was to flee to the train station. Only by relying on the train to leave this city could they avoid the pursuit of Colonel Moran and his men.

What Conan could think of, Sindora could naturally think of too. Having transformed into Jack the Ripper, he cursed Colonel Moran's group as useless bags of wine and rice for not being able to kill even a few brats, while he himself rushed toward the train station at a very fast speed.

If Colonel Moran couldn't kill those few brats until the end, then Sindora planned to do it himself.

Because after entering this game scene, the body he used was Jack the Ripper's, so compared to his original old body, Sindora could feel that his combat power was simply off the charts!

Jack the Ripper could commit crimes in succession without being caught, not just because there were no scientific means like surveillance equipment at the end of the 19th century, but his own extraordinary skills were also a very important point.

"Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz——————!"

When Colonel Moran and the others chased to the train station, Conan and the others also jumped onto the train dangerously.

And although they got rid of Colonel Moran and the others' pursuit, when he saw that only Xiaolan and Morohoshi Hideki were left beside him, Conan couldn't help but show a look of regret.

Things turning out like this was something he hadn't anticipated at all. If it weren't for Ai Haibara pushing him at a critical moment earlier, he would probably have exited the scene in the chaos at the opera house too.

"Hey, little one, you have to pull yourself together. Besides the three of us, isn't there that brat from the Suzuki Financial Group?

And we haven't exited the scene yet; there's still a chance now!"

Seeing the dejected Conan, even Morohoshi Hideki on the side couldn't help but comfort him.

In order to be like a normal child and enjoy the game like others, Hiroki didn't know much about the plot of this game scene; it was basically handled by "Noah's Ark."

However, honestly, Hiroki also suddenly felt that the plot modified by "Noah's Ark" was indeed thrilling and exciting, but the difficulty was truly a bit too high.

Was it because he felt Shengzai was too strong before, so he gave an order to increase the game difficulty?

"That's right, Conan, now is not the time to give up. Yuanzi said before... watch out!"

Xiaolan originally wanted to comfort Conan, but being sharp, she soon suddenly sensed danger, so at the critical moment, she pushed Conan, who was beside her, directly away.

(End of chapter)