The world is restarting

Outside the East End of London.

The wind by the river is a bit strong, blowing people's hair involuntarily in the direction of the wind, and the air near the river is filled with a stench that doesn't know where it came from. None of the wild dogs like to stop here.

Chu Xingxiushu held his nose, stepped on the messy gravel with difficulty, and finally found Edogawa Conan on the bank of the river.

The black-haired boy had his hands in his pockets, his broken hair was torn into a mess by the wind by the river, and the distant morning light matched his thin skin and bones to outline the person standing on a high place into a clean and neat line draft.

"Have you found any clues?" Chu Xingxiu walked over.

The other party didn't seem to be surprised by his arrival, he didn't even lift his head, he just focused on looking at the rushing river under his feet and didn't know what he was thinking, which made Chu Xing also look down at the river surface curiously.

All I could see was the rolling of the river. The river in the eastern part of the city looked like an old lady from a slum. Throw it back to shore.

"This should be the place where the mutation first occurred." Conan said suddenly.

He didn't look away, but looked at the river and continued, "The first murder committed by Jack the Ripper was in early August, the first case of the Phantom of the Opera was in mid-August, and Alice said she was awakened It was half a month ago, so in terms of time, it was Jack the Ripper who appeared first."

Chu Xingxiushu listened in a daze, not understanding what this had to do with the river in front of him, "So, is it because this is the scene of Jack's first crime?"

"It's not just because of this..." Conan paused, but didn't continue.

After going back last night, although the successful defeat of the Phantom of the Opera is worthy of celebration, the situation has turned into a fog again.

A constant setting of the game: No matter how difficult the game setting is, as long as certain conditions are met, the level can be successfully cleared. In most cases, the "level clearance condition" is to defeat the final BOSS.

The appearance of the Phantom of the Opera changed their current predicament from "how to beat the boss" to "how many bosses are there in this game?", the difficulty has been doubled in disguise, and they have successfully fallen from the hell mode to the abyss— —What a discovery that makes people want to abandon the game.

In the gloom, the mascot Jiang Shouhuang flexibly used his rich game knowledge to scratch his head and put forward a constructive suggestion.

"Let's go find Jack the Ripper. In the beginning, Noah's Ark gave us only Jack... You see, even games have main missions and side missions, right? The Phantom of the Opera is just a side mission, the real main mission. Or Jack, if you think about it better, maybe we can clear the level after completing the main task?"

Although these remarks are too optimistic, they seem to be reasonable.Therefore, when there was no other way for the time being, everyone discussed and finally returned to the road of fighting Jack the Ripper.

Standing by the river, Chu Xingxiushu was stunned for a while thinking about these things, and was forced to wake up again by the wind mixed with rancid smell, "By the way, Conan, Jack the Ripper has two , why do you believe that the first case that happened here was committed by that Jack from the other world?"

This time Edogawa answered him softly, "I found a record in Mr. Holmes' notes. When the first murder happened, some nearby residents heard the victim's yelling and seemed to be saying something like 'I am not you. In this case, when they heard the screams and rushed over, what they saw was the scene of the victim's abdominal cavity being cut open and dead... So the perpetrator in this case should be the evil spirit Jack, and Not one of Professor Moriarty's killers."

Chu Xingxiushu was stunned, "Because the killer under Professor Moriarty knows who his mother is."

Edogawa Conan nodded silently, his eyes still falling on the turbulent river.

He seemed to be thinking about some very important things. These things should be quite heavy, so that his handsome brows were covered with a dark shadow, which did not conform to the usual clear and pure youthful spirit.

Chu Xingxiushu looked back at him, and after a while, suddenly said, "Although it's not appropriate to say this, in fact, if this is really just a game, I had a lot of fun... No, it should be the happiest few days gone."

"Hey, Tsunaji-san won't be happy when you say that." Conan smiled helplessly, "For us, he just watched a wonderful battle, but he fought against the Phantom of the Opera himself. There was a fight, and I didn’t recover when I got home yesterday.”

"Pfft...yes, I really feel sorry for him for saying that."

"...But this is probably not what he cares about the most." Conan's voice suddenly changed, "The safety of the people around him is the most important thing to him, right?"

Chu Xingxiushu was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but look at him more.

But the other party's expression was indifferent, and from this angle, he could only catch a glimpse of his usual quiet eyes.

Chu Xingxiushu couldn't see what he was thinking, but...

Well, it doesn't matter.

He smiled lightly, and took up the topic just now in a relaxed tone.

"After all, Brother Gangji is such a person. However, if possible, it's better to end all this quickly."

"That's right."

The two stood on the bank of the river for a while, and Chu Xingxiushu couldn't stand the faint smell in the wind.

"Well, I'm going to visit the church, how about you, Conan-kun?"

"Go ahead, I want to be alone for a while."

"Uh, ok, then I'm leaving. It's very windy here, so don't stay too long, Conan-kun."

……

Watching the boy's back bumping slightly across the river bank, Edogawa Conan's eyes fell on the direction he was leaving, the obscurity in his expression was almost in line with the skylight behind him, he took out a paper crane from his pocket.

"Mi."

When he noticed Zhihe's reaction, Sawada Ya was sitting on the sofa in the living room nestled into a small ball, continuing to read the novel that he had only read half of.

She glanced back in the direction of the kitchen. Mrs. Hudson was taking her brother to bake small biscuits for afternoon tea. Everyone else had gone out, and she was the only one in the living room.

She took out the paper crane and spread it on the palm of her hand, "Conan?"

The white paper crane flapped its wings and floated up, and Conan's clear and depressing voice said, "Sorry, the attempt failed, and I have to come tonight as originally planned."

Sawada Ya nodded, she thought it was unlikely to succeed.

Then she realized that Conan couldn't see her nodding on her side, so she whispered again, "I know, I will tell Alice, Conan, are you going back to sleep now?"

"At night, I have something to do outside, by the way, your gloves..."

"Not picked."

"That's good. In addition, if you have time, go and say goodbye to Mrs. Hudson in advance. She has taken care of you during this time."

"Okay."

The white light dimmed, and the paper crane fell back into the palm of little Lolita.

Ya Sawada put it away, picked up the novel named "Frankenstein" next to it, and continued to turn to the next page.

"Mi-chan." In the direction of the kitchen behind her, Tsunayoshi Sawada poked his head out of the door in doubt, "I seem to have heard Conan's voice just now?"

"No." Ze Tianya turned her head and gave her brother a cute smile, "Did you hear me wrong?"

Main monitoring room.

Under the high pressure of the big guys, the programmers worked hard, broke through the limit, and took back most of the authority from Noah's Ark with an efficiency that they couldn't believe. The smooth process makes people wonder whether this super AI is It's not because they are already so pitiful that they are released with compassion.

At this time, the monitoring camera in the main control room can be controlled, and the range can be selected by the background, and multi-line monitoring is not a problem.

Therefore, although other people in the game don't know what happened for the time being, everyone outside the game has heard the conversation between Sawada Ya and Edogawa Conan.

And I was at a loss when I heard it, and I had the illusion that I had watched less than ten episodes.

"Have Mi-chan and Conan-kun discussed anything in private?" A policeman who also called "Mi-chan" asked blankly for some reason.

"I don't know..." The members of the monitoring team subconsciously called up the previous video, "Although the children's situation can be checked here at any time, because the original intention of this setting is only to ensure the safety of the players, there are security settings. Not really following them around the clock. For example, the camera will automatically leave when the children enter the bathroom, or when they are about to change clothes. So if Mi-chan and Conan-kun discussed something when we don't know, it is also possible... ...but why hide it from anyone else?"

I don't know why it is obvious that only a few children are playing the game, but the adults watching have the illusion that their IQ has not kept up... No, judging from the current situation, it does not seem to be an illusion.

With deep mourning for his own IQ, the members of the monitoring team cut a screen next to him and started playing the previous video. Many adults who refused to admit defeat subconsciously went over to look for any clues.

Of course, there are also those who don't want to understand it.

For example, Hayato Gokuji, the next Arashito of Vengley, was fascinated by the picture of his tenth generation baking small cookies in a hurry, and made a speech that was a brain-dead fan.

"As expected of Judaime! Even baking biscuits can be done so well!"

Usually, there will be voices of approval from two rational fans here.

"That's right! Do it to the limit, Sawada! Although it seems that the sugar is too much..."

"What do you know? That's because Judaime likes sweets!"

Hayato quickly turned sideways, clenched his fist across his chest, retorted reflexively, and suddenly felt that something was missing, "Hey, Sasakawa, where's the baseball idiot? Why hasn't he come yet?"

Sasakawa Ryohei: "Oh, that, Yamamoto seems to say that he won't come."

"what?!"

Before Gokuji Hayato exploded, Sasakawa had already continued, "He went to scepter4's dojo, and he seems to be staying there all the time, Shiyu and Jinshi have been taken away, saying that if something happens here, he will be notified. "

"..." The silver-haired boy was slightly taken aback, showing a mixed expression of surprise and bewilderment.

A hot-blooded idiot next to him was still rambling, "But this guy Yamamoto is really working hard! But it doesn't matter, I got up this morning and exercised to the limit, I will definitely not lose to him..."

"..."

Not far away, Reborn's gaze swept across the prison temple who lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and the corners of his lips twitched slightly.

"It's really enviable, Mr. Reborn." A clear and gorgeous voice next to him said with a slight smile.

"Heh, these members of Tsuna are still far behind... Thank you, Munakata, for agreeing to let Takeshi Yamamoto train in scepter4."

Reji Munakata smiled softly, "It's just out of my admiration for this young man, Mr. Reborn doesn't need to care."

In this situation where there is no way to contact the people in the game, the people guarding the monitoring room are useless except to be anxious-indeed, anyone can think of this truth, but at this time, I want to always confirm that I am important Human safety is also an urgent need for people in tense and worrying situations.

No one can condemn such a mood.

However, realizing the status quo of doing useless work, waking up from useless anxiety, recognizing the gap and calmly doing what you can do now-such actions are not something ordinary people can do.

The boy named Takeshi Yamamoto not only woke up earlier than everyone else, but he did it as soon as he woke up.This kind of calmness and stability in times of crisis is hard to find in ordinary people, and it is also a quality that he really appreciates.