Chapter 328

"Xiaolan-Barrier!"

Conan, who was pushed away by Xiaolan, was originally stunned, but when he looked up again, he saw with a shocked expression that Xiaolan's chest was currently pierced by a dagger held by a man in a black vest with long orange hair.

And when he saw the hand holding the dagger, one of the fingers was abnormally slender, Conan showed a look of astonishment: "You are Jack the Ripper?"

The reason why he determined that the other party was Jack the Ripper based on the slender finger was very simple.

Because in the notice of the charity bazaar held on Saturday earlier, he discovered that the day the second victim, Honey Chance, was murdered was that day, and this victim was also wearing a ring.

The picture of that ring was in Holmes's notes; it was a pair of parent-child rings.

After Honey Chance got married in a small village in Windsor, because she harbored dreams, she eventually abandoned her husband and child and came to the big city of London.

The photos in Holmes's notes were one large and one small; the large one was worn by Honey, who was an adult, so the small one naturally could only be her child's.

Then, combined with what Professor Moriarty said, Jack the Ripper was an orphan before and had great hatred for women.

Then it could be deduced that Jack the Ripper was the child of this Honey Chance, and because he was abandoned by his mother in childhood, Jack the Ripper hated those women who were close to his mother's age so much.

Judging from the two rings left at the scene by Honey Chance, the small one couldn't have been worn by Honey Chance, so there was only one possibility: it was left by Jack the Ripper.

Wearing such a small ring since childhood, this led to the fact that one of Jack the Ripper's fingers must be abnormally slender.

"Smart brat, finishing you off first was indeed the most correct choice."

Xiaolan, who had been stabbed in the chest, gradually had a layer of light film appear on her body. Clearly, having suffered a fatal injury, she was now considered dead and exited the scene.

And after dodging a whip kick from Xiaolan as she was about to exit, Jack the Ripper looked at the only two remaining, Conan and Morohoshi Hideki, and showed a ferocious expression: "Although I didn't kill you, the smartest brat, just now.

But getting rid of that troublesome woman can be considered a good thing. Now there are only two of you brats left; even if you find out my true identity, what can you do to me?"

Sindora felt it was a pity that the previous sneak attack didn't kill Conan, but he didn't feel too regretful.

After all, he had seen Xiaolan's skills earlier; if she hadn't exited the scene now, even if he were wearing Jack the Ripper's skin, it wouldn't be an easy task to kill her.

Jack the Ripper's identity had been exposed; now having a good brain was no longer useful. From now on, it was a head-on martial confrontation.

Watching Xiaolan disappear and exit, Conan was both annoyed and powerless. They had found Jack the Ripper and uncovered all the mysteries, but so what?

Did they still have hope of defeating Jack the Ripper in front of them?

The black technology Dr. Agasa made for him couldn't be used in this world at all. This meant that although he had a smart brain, he now only had the combat power of a seven-year-old brat.

Of course, besides him, there was also Morohoshi Hideki, but the other party was only eleven or twelve years old. What was the difference between the two of them facing Jack the Ripper together and just giving up?

Appearing as Morohoshi Hideki, but internally being Hiroki, he looked at the ferocious Jack the Ripper in front of him and was actually secretly communicating with "Noah's Ark."

How did he feel that according to this plot development, they were all going to be finished?

Didn't he discuss with "Noah's Ark" before that the process of playing the game was just to let those rich second-generation kids gain growth through this experience, and he didn't intend to really cause any deaths, so they could appropriately go easy at critical moments?

And this is how "Noah's Ark" went easy? Why did he, Hiroki, feel that the difficulty of passing this game scene was simply hell-level compared to before!

Letting Holmes leave London—Hiroki could understand this; after all, if the children relied on Holmes for everything, then what was the difference from relying on powerful parents in the outside world?

But after that, first Professor Moriarty was killed, they were framed, and then they were ambushed and assassinated by Jack the Ripper. What the hell is this?

The difficulty of this story plot had clearly exceeded the level of letting children suffer a little.

If "Noah's Ark" continued to mess around, they would really be wiped out. How would they end it then?

Could it be that they would go back on their word? Or would they really kill the fifty players in the "Cocoon"?

And soon, Morohoshi Hideki, who was communicating with "Noah's Ark," felt his expression fill with surprise when he heard the artificial intelligence's reply and looked at Jack the Ripper in front of him.

Because the artificial intelligence "Noah's Ark" just told Hiroki that the program and code originally belonging to Jack the Ripper had been modified. The current Jack the Ripper was not the original game character, but was occupied and controlled by an outside consciousness.

As "Noah's Ark," which possessed a certain degree of control over the entire game, it might be able to sanction Sindora, but once it did so, the other children staying in the "Cocoon" would also be affected.

Although the "Cocoon" used by Sindora was a test version for developers, the hub network it was linked to with other "Cocoons" was the same.

"Be careful, he is not Jack the Ripper, but a player from the outside like us."

Realizing the severity of the matter, Hiroki stopped pretending and directly told Conan the shocking truth.

And when they heard "Morohoshi Hideki" actually say such words, Conan and Jack the Ripper were both equally surprised.

The reason Conan was surprised was that he was shocked that "Jack the Ripper" was actually an outsider like them!

As for why "Morohoshi Hideki" would know this, he didn't find it strange because he had long vaguely sensed that the other party was not the original Morohoshi Hideki.

Jack the Ripper... oh no, Sindora would be surprised, which was even more normal, because the fact that he entered the game using a test version of the "Cocoon" should be something no one knew.

Morohoshi Hideki was just an ordinary rich second-generation kid. Judging from his various performances before, he was not only not as eye-catching as Shengzai and Conan, but even in the early stages, he was a drag who caused trouble everywhere. Why would the other party see through his true identity?

There was only one answer, and that was that the other party was definitely not the young Morohoshi either. Sindora, whose mind quickly flashed with a possibility, blurted out: "You are not young Morohoshi, but Hiroki, right!"

(End of chapter)