Conan Edogawa has been secretly observing his sister in the Poirot Cafe downstairs for a long time.

She likes to wear gauze skirts, and her long hair is tied up and combed behind her head. She has a cold and aloof temperament. When chatting with the people at the same table, she revealed that she is a doctor. She comes to the cafe on time every Wednesday afternoon and likes to sit in the corner by the window.

"Conan, you're staring at a beautiful sister again." Ayumi pouted in dissatisfaction.

Yuan Tai was holding a Coke in one hand and a sandwich in the other, chewing his mouth. Today, Professor Agasa was treating him, so he was not polite. He said vaguely, "Conan is only interested in big sisters."

Come on, I'm not a pervert. Conan rolled his eyes inwardly.

I noticed that she looked very familiar with Mr. Amuro, and wondered if she had any connection with the Black Organization, so I kept observing her and was in a daze from time to time.

"Little boy, uncle will treat you to ice cream, okay?" Conan turned around and saw an uncle in a suit and tie looking at him with a smile, his eyes full of love. "And you little boys, uncle will treat you to drinks today, okay?"

"Good!" Yuan Tai was beaming. "What a good day today is. Besides the doctor, our uncle is also treating us to drinks."

Conan was interrupted and stopped observing people, waiting for Mr. Amuro to serve the ice cream. Speaking of which, Conan looked at the busy back of Amuro Toru - the booths near the bar were filled with gorgeous older sisters, Mr. Amuro was too popular.

Xuejian has been stationed in the Poirot Cafe for a month. During this month, she has met countless headbands, taken photos, and built a team with countless players who can see each other... She is already numb. There is still an endless stream of players visiting the cafe. Even those who are not here to capture Toru Amuro come to the cafe to check in and take photos, just like a pilgrimage site.

According to the system, the game has reached the second beta stage. The players who shared the table with her were the ones who entered the second beta. She is finally not a single player. The second beta has added a lot of new gameplay, not only can you play love strategies, but also simulate business operations, cultivate placement, kill people and set fires...

[Wait, what the hell is murder and arson?]

The system smiled awkwardly: [Ahem, well, people are free to do what they like. We received a lot of feedback saying that they wanted to experience how a murderer would cry when being exposed by a detective, so we developed the "One-Day Devil" function.]

[Players can choose to play the roles of the deceased and the murderer. Of course, most people choose the murderer, after all, everyone plays the game after they die. After selecting a role, one-click to generate a script or create your own script, create a virtual character and kill it, and wait for the detective to solve the case.]

Xuejian was speechless. Is there really someone so boring? Seeing her question, the system got excited: [Host, don't disbelieve me. This feature has received a lot of positive reviews since it was launched. Everyone has a dark side, not to mention that some players died unexpectedly. This feature helps to vent their anger. And this is a Conan World exclusive easter egg. Each player can only use this feature once in the Conan World, and it will never cause the same person to be killed twice.]

[Haha, your game is pretty considerate. Are there a lot of players who are detectives? Everyone loves and hates each other.]

After receiving an affirmative reply from the system, Xuejian smiled. So this is simulated management. I have been running my clinic quite well in the past few years.

She looked at Toru Amuro who was surrounded by girls, [Are these players here to capture Toru Amuro? ]

[Yes, fortunately, the host chose Akai Shuichi, a non-hot man. Currently, there are 22 players who have chosen to capture Amuro Toru.]

Xuejian couldn't help but look at him with sympathy. Bourbon, I wish you good luck.

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"Ah!" Ayumi, who was about to go to the toilet, screamed, "Uncle, uncle, wake up."

The cafe, which was originally bustling with people, fell into a dead silence. Amuro Toru reacted very quickly. He rushed into the bathroom, covered Ayumi's eyes and hugged her. "Don't be afraid, Ayumi. An ambulance will take uncle to the hospital soon. Uncle will be fine."

Conan also ran over, shouting for Mitsuhiko and the doctor to call the police and an ambulance. He was wondering why there were more and more cases during this period.

If Xuejian could hear Conan's inner voice, she would definitely say, "We, the players, are sorry for causing you trouble." That's right, this is a murder case caused by a player using the "One Day Devil" function.

Xuejian's identity as a doctor allowed her to enter the first crime scene smoothly. She saw a man sitting upside down on the toilet, with his head facing down and foaming at the mouth. There were obvious marks of strangulation on his neck. Xuejian approached him and opened his eyes, confirming that the man had passed away within half an hour. The only people who had gone to the toilet within half an hour were Ishikawa Yuko, Ota Aimi and Ota Hirosuke, who were with the deceased Ota Hiroki.

Hirosuke Oota is the uncle who just treated Conan and the Junior Detective League to ice cream and drinks.

After Officer Megure and Officer Takagi arrived, the three suspects began their performance.

Secretary Ishikawa Yuko was wearing a business suit with a silk scarf tied around her neck. She cried miserably, "I am the secretary of Mr. Hirosaki Ota. Mr. Hirosaki and Mr. Hirosuke Ota are brothers. They founded a company together. Today, I came here with Mr. Hirosuke's wife, Mrs. Aimi Ota, to celebrate the second anniversary of the company's establishment. It is said that this cafe is very popular."

Xuejian didn't want to complain why they had to come to the cafe to drink coffee to celebrate the anniversary. Chunchun must have come here just for Conan.

Then there was Hirota Aimi, who was dressed like a noblewoman, and also had a silk scarf tied around her luxury handbag. "Since I married into the Ota family, I have gotten along well with my uncle, and we have never had a quarrel. I can't understand who would kill my honest uncle."

After she finished speaking, she glanced in the direction of Ishikawa Yuko and said, "Ms. Ishikawa, although you and your uncle are in love, you have been forced to marry each other many times but failed. I heard that your uncle has a new lover outside. I wonder if it's because of love turning into hate."

"You!" Ishikawa Yuko was furious. "Guangqi has evidence that you cheated on a man. Who knows if you killed him to silence him?"

Wow, what a big melon. Everyone looked at Mr. Hirosuke Ota, who was dressed in a suit. He was cuckolded in public. Mr. Hirosuke's face turned pale and he said, "Shut up!"

Inspector Megure spoke at the right time to ease the embarrassment, "Well, then, Mr. Ota, what is your relationship with the deceased?"

Hirosuke Oota's eyes widened with anger. "Hmph, he is my good brother. He embezzled public funds and snatched clients to support his own company. My company is about to be swallowed up by this bastard. I really want this guy to live again. This time I want to eat his flesh and drink his blood." Having said this, Hirosuke Oota slammed the table hard. The poor table shook three times after being slapped by the burly Mr. Oota, barely maintaining an upright posture.

It seems that the deceased was not a good person. Everyone expressed the same sentiment.

Xuejian broke out in a cold sweat and asked the system: [Fried Egg, the scripts are not all adapted from the players' personal experiences, right? It seems that Mr. Ota really hates the dead.]

The system said in a tone of "we did a good thing": [Yes, so the "One-Day Devil" function helps relieve stress. Mr. Ota was betrayed by his own brother in real life, and his company went bankrupt, so he jumped off a building and committed suicide, and became a player. He must have wanted to kill his brother, and we helped him realize his dream.]

The classic three-choice segment seemed to be a foregone conclusion because of the [Star Lights] that only the players could see. [Player] Mr. Hirosuke Oota didn't even act, but looked at Conan with anticipation, waiting for his reasoning.

Xuejian always felt that the detective from the perspective of a passerby/suspect was scary. She watched Conan walk around the bathroom and the seats of Hirosuke Oota and his group, whispered a few words to Toru Amuro, ran to Miss Ishikawa and asked a few questions in a baby voice, and his glasses began to flash white light.

[He understood again, and I didn’t understand again.] Xuejian complained: [My IQ shouldn’t be that low, why can’t I figure out this murder method? If I didn’t have a God’s perspective, I would definitely have chosen blindly.]

The system comforted him: [Everyone has their own expertise. You are not a detective. Your level of surgical treatment of wounds is first-rate. Conan will have to look for you when he gets hurt in the future.]

[I am not a real doctor. I leave the surgery to you. I studied law. Please let me be a lawyer in the next life. Thank you.]

In the interval of bickering with the system, Dr. Agasa, who was pulled in to perform a double act, has already started his performance.

After the reasoning was over, the player Hirosuke Oota did not carry forward the traditional cry, kneel, and then wake up. Instead, he walked in front of Conan, squatted down, stroked his hair, and asked, "How did you find out? I have read it so many times, but I still don't understand your reasoning."

So many times? Conan laughed and said, "Uncle, what are you talking about? It's all thanks to Dr. Agasa and Mr. Amuro. I'm just an elementary school student."

Oota Hirosuke didn't listen at all. "You heard what I just said about Guangqi's actions. Don't you think he deserves to die? He really, really made me jump off the building."

The man could no longer suppress his emotions, staring at Conan with red eyes, trying to find his flaws. "You didn't want to get rid of him, didn't you? You must have, you were..." He didn't say anything else, his facial muscles twitched so that he couldn't make a sound, and after a while he uttered a sentence, "You really, never thought of killing anyone? With your intelligence, no one can find out that everything was done by you."

Xuejian finally couldn't bear it anymore and stopped him, "Mr. Datian, you've overstepped your boundaries."

Oota turned his head to look at her, and his pointed eyes scared Ayumi who was standing beside him so much that she took a half step back. "Hmph, what qualifications do you have to criticize me? You must feel bad for having fallen to the point of playing games." His voice was light and fluttery. "Maybe one day, you will want to 'kill someone' for fun just like me."

This blatant persuasion made everyone change their faces. The criminal was so stubborn that he refused to change. Inspector Megure was furious. "How dare you incite people to commit crimes in front of the police? Your crime is even more serious!"

Oota Hirosuke didn't care about this at all. After using [One-Day Devil], a new identity card would be automatically drawn. Even if the tasks required by the new identity were extremely difficult and had to be completed with one life, he accepted it. He just wanted revenge, even if it was drinking poison to quench his thirst in the game, it was much better than letting his anger dry up his internal organs.

"Impossible," Xuejian said firmly, "Even in a game, I respect everyone's life. I understand that you need to vent your emotions, but please don't involve other people. The kid with glasses was scared by you."

Hirosuke Ota woke up as if from a dream. He turned around and hugged Conan. Conan's hair stood on end and he pushed Hirosuke Ota helplessly. Hirosuke Ota remained unmoved and still hugged him tightly, shouting, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." He even burst into tears.

The whole audience shouted again, "Let him go!" "Conan!" "You unrepentant fellow, I will arrest you immediately!"

After a while of chaos, the criminal was quickly subdued by Amuro Toru and knelt on the ground in embarrassment. He barely raised his head, revealing the symmetrical panda eyes that were beaten by Amuro Toru, and smiled helplessly at Conan, saying, "Actually, I have always liked you, so I specially chose the location in the coffee shop downstairs, thinking that if I could witness your wonderful reasoning, it would be worth the trip."

"I really like you, Conan. I've always seen you in newspapers since I was a kid... no, I've always wanted to meet you in person. Finally, my dream has come true, even though it's in this form."

He apologized again "I'm sorry I scared you just now. I didn't mean to say those words. I know you wouldn't do anything like that."

Hearing this, Conan broke free from Dr. Agasa's embrace and said to Oota Hirosuke seriously, "To answer your question just now, bringing bad guys to justice is my principle. What a detective should do is to solve the mystery, give justice to the dead, and then hand the criminal over to the law for judgment. Instead of acting as a self-righteous judge and thinking that he is the savior of the world."

Ota Hirosuke laughed at himself and said, "I am just judging others by my own standards."

He didn't look at Conan again, but stared at the bustling crowd outside the window, and said with emotion, "Great, your answer is the same as I imagined. This is the real world, everything really exists."

No one present understood what was going on. Only the players had flickering eyes and lowered their heads in silence.

The police took away Oota Hirosuke, who looked relieved. Xuejian also finished the team-building activity and was about to leave. At this time, a voice came, "Am I late? It seems that something happened?"

A pink-haired man in a turtleneck stood in the doorway.

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