Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends

The crowd walked slowly forward along the quiet street, and from time to time a few passers-by and carriages passed by.

Yuya observed these people and found that they were almost the same as real people;

He tried to say hello, and he could talk to them like real people, but after a lot of content, he found that these people were still executing certain specific procedures, and the content of the conversation would be repeated.

Just as everyone passed a tall tower, a few melodious "clangs" were heard, and Moroboshi Hideki, who had been walking in silence behind, suddenly said: "Hey, look at that clock, isn't it a bit strange?"

Everyone looked at him in confusion and looked up. There was a clock on the top of the tower. When they looked up, the minute hand stopped at 50 minutes.

Conan was a little confused. The bell had just struck the hour, so why did the minute hand stop at 50?

Just as everyone was looking at the dial, the minute hand not only did not feel that it was in the wrong position, but also arrogantly retreated a small grid and pointed to the 49-minute position.

"···?"

This clock actually runs backwards!

Yuanta suddenly shouted in surprise.

While everyone was confused and surprised, the minute went back from 49 to 48.

Mitsuhiko was puzzled: "What's wrong with this clock? Is it broken? Doesn't this game even calibrate the time?"

"It's very simple." Yuya looked at Hideki Moroboshi with deep eyes.

Hideki Moroboshi couldn't help but feel a chill on his back. What's wrong with the detective's eyes?

"50 to 49, 49 jumped to 48 again. This clock doesn't actually represent time, but..."

"The number of people participating in this game, right!" Conan suddenly said.

Yuya knocked him on the head and warned: "Children should not interrupt when adults are talking!"

Conan: ? ? ?

"So," Mitsuhiko widened his eyes, "two people have been eliminated?"

Yuya nodded heavily.

"How could this be..." Most of the people present showed uneasy expressions and looked at each other with some fear.

Although Noah's Ark said before entering the game that this was a game of life and death, they never felt it.

It was not until now that they knew that two people were eliminated that they felt a little scared.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Yuya rubbed the heads of the little brats one by one, even Moroboshi Hideki and others.

With Yuya's encouragement, and thinking of his usual reliable appearance, the three little brats of the Junior Detective Team felt relieved.

Only Moroboshi Hideki was an exception.

He observed the others inconspicuously, frowned, and then looked at Yuya's back with deep eyes.

"Is it better to find a way to eliminate this person? Otherwise, with this person, the game will become too simple, so those children will..."

Outside the game

The game cabins of the two cocoons suddenly sprayed a puff of smoke, as if to show something. The originally bright white cabin walls became a little dark after the smoke, and then sank down the stage with a buzzing sound, and the lid was sealed on the top.

It was like a coffin being buried in the ground.

The parents of the two children realized something and couldn't help crying.

Then, several more game cabins sank.

The venue was immediately overwhelmed by panic.

Some impatient parents stood up and shouted for Sindor to give an explanation.

Unfortunately, Sindor himself couldn't do anything with Noah's Ark, so he could only hide in the control room and let the police appease the crowd.

In fact, Sindor, with a gloomy face, thought differently from everyone else.

He kept praying in his heart that it would be best if all these children were eliminated, especially those in the London game scene, so that the secret he had worked hard to keep would not be brought into reality.

As a descendant of Jack the Ripper, even if the crime of his ancestors cannot be convicted on him, it will cause great harm to his career, especially among his opponents, there are some troublesome guys who still adhere to the "bloodline theory"...

When there is no problem, these people can still behave themselves, but once they catch his handle, they will pounce on him without hesitation and bite him hard.

He has devoted a lot of effort to the release of Cocoon. Most of the wealth of Sindor Company is bet on this cross-era virtual game. He cannot allow any accidents to happen!

Jiancun Zhongbin is the best example!

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The crowd quickly approached Baker Street. When they came out of an alley, two policemen stood in front of them and were discussing something.

The content was roughly that just now on another street, another murder case occurred. The perpetrator and the previousThe same person.

"Two cases happened in just one hour. What a terrible world!" The two policemen sighed and turned away.

Ayumi shrank her neck and whispered, "It feels a bit scary."

Mitsuhiko, who has a relatively broad vision, couldn't help but sigh, "I've always heard that London is a romantic city. Now it seems a bit bad, right?"

Yuya rubbed the heads of the two little ghosts and said, "Let me give you some historical knowledge. London in the late 19th century was actually an era with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, frequent crimes and very cruel methods of committing crimes. It was not as beautiful as it seemed on the surface. You will learn this knowledge when you are a little older."

Ran Maori glanced at Conan and said in agreement, "I remember Shinichi said that if Sherlock Holmes is compared to the light of the times, then Jack the Ripper is synonymous with darkness."

Conan looked at Ran Maori in surprise. He didn't even remember when he said this. He didn't expect Xiaolan to remember it so clearly?

He looked around and saw no strange people, then said: "Then let's go quickly, towards the light of the times!"

Just as everyone walked out of the alley, suddenly a man in tattered clothes, playing the accordion and humming strange lyrics, walked towards them.

"Be careful of Jack the Ripper

He is waiting for you on the road at night

If you don't want to die

What should you do

You have to be covered in blood."

When passing by, the man slightly raised his head to reveal a dirty face, and smiled mysteriously at Conan and Yuya.

Conan was stunned. It was an Asian face, and for some reason, he always felt that it looked familiar...

Everyone stared at the man as he walked away.

Someone couldn't help asking: "What does he mean?"

Moroboshi Hideki guessed: "Does it mean that before being killed, you have to kill the other party first?"

Covered in blood? Conan thought, among these lyrics, only this word was particularly eye-catching. Is it hinting something to them?

Yuya smiled and said, "Ah, it seems that I received a key prompt."

"What do you mean?" Everyone looked at Yuya in confusion.

Yuya shrugged his shoulders: "Have you never played RPG games? When the plot reaches a certain progress, you will receive a prompt from the NPC, a helper like an Easter egg, which will help you pass the next key plot."

"Uh..." Everyone was stunned.

Although I know that what Yuya said makes sense, I don't know why I just want to complain.

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At the same time, Kudo Yusaku, who was responsible for investigating the case outside the game, checked the crime scene and searched all the way to the banquet hall.

He has been thinking that everyone will undergo security checks when entering the venue. With the metal detector, the murderer cannot bring in sharp weapons.

So, was it sent in at the beginning?

Kudo Yusaku swept his eyes across the venue and his eyes fell on several statues. The statues held decorative swords of different sizes in their hands. One of the short swords attracted his attention.

Looking up, he found that there were several cameras installed on the top of the hall, covering the banquet hall from all angles, with almost no missing places.

Kudo Yusaku pondered. This statue was placed in the banquet hall. If someone took the dagger away, it would be easy to be seen or photographed by the camera.

However, Kudo Yusaku remembered clearly that there was a period of time when all the lights in the banquet hall were turned off. It seems that the murderer took the dagger and killed people at that time?

In this case...

Kudo Yusaku pondered for a while and walked towards a police officer next to him.