The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"Get ready to catch the 'demon'."

Demon?

Conan glanced at Holmes with a meaningful look and said nothing.

Holmes and Watson on the opposite floor looked at each other, and Watson raised the revolver in his hand and pointed it quietly at the crouching Jack the Ripper.

Pia——

A bullet was fired into Jack the Ripper's head.

However, just when the bullet was about to hit his head, Jack the Ripper's body suddenly showed a strange rhythm.

This rhythm almost distorted the surrounding air, and the bullets also passed by.

Conan looked shocked, this...

In Conan's knowledge, Jack the Ripper should also be controlled by Noah's Ark.

As long as Noah's Ark wants to pass the game, there is no way Jack the Ripper can dodge this bullet.

What exactly is going on?

Does Noah’s Ark really not want us to complete the game?

Conan looked at Holmes next to him in surprise.

Holmes didn't care about Conan's feelings, and stared sternly at Jack the Ripper on the street.

Suddenly, Holmes waved his hand.

People on the rooftops on both sides saw the gesture and put down the makeshift nets.

Jack the Ripper did not dodge this time. The net dropped from the sky without any bias and was caught on the figure.

"Okay! It worked!"

"we won!"

The three little ones, who couldn't help much and could only watch from the window, immediately let out excited shouts.

Jack the Ripper did not panic, however.

He slowly stood up in the net, and at his feet was the horrified and twisted face of the murdered woman.

Until now, Conan had never seen the face of Jack the Ripper.

There are large indescribable shadows on the dry face, making it difficult to distinguish appearance and gender.

All that was faintly visible was the sharp chin and ears, and the twinkle in the eyes.

Excluding the possibility of cross-dressing, this is almost an inhuman existence.

He's more of an urban legend.

Just like the slit girls that were popular in Japan a few years ago.

Fifty years before the setting of Sherlock Holmes, an urban legend-like figure called "Spring-Heeled Jack" also appeared in London.

It was a demon whose legs had strange strength, as if they were equipped with springs.

Legend has it that he has huge ears and nose, flaming red eyes, blue and white flames coming from his mouth, and metal claws on his fingertips.

The Jack the Ripper in front of me looks very much like the legend.

The difference is that Jack the Ripper's eyes are a ghostly green instead of red.

While Conan was watching Jack the Ripper downstairs, Watson had already taken aim and fired another shot.

Pia——

A shot echoed through the streets.

The bullet leaves a faint trail of air in the air.

But just when the bullet was about to hit, Jack the Ripper's body moved unnaturally.

That was a speed that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye. When he regained consciousness, the trajectory of the bullet had already passed by the body.

Conan: w(Д)w

What is this? !

With a net covering your body, can you still dodge bullets?

Noah's Ark! Do you want us to clear the level?

Conan's heart screamed.

In his eyes, the numerical settings of the boss in this game are too supermodel.

He can even dodge bullets, so who can catch him?

"Everyone come together!"

At this moment, Holmes by the window suddenly shouted.

With an order, people from the troupe rushed out from all directions and rushed towards Jack the Ripper.

These people are armed with various weapons, including wooden sticks, pitchforks, and fire tongs. Although they are simple, they have a certain degree of lethality.

Dozens of people rushed in front of Jack the Ripper with righteous indignation and attacked Jack the Ripper who was caught in a net.

But a strange scene happened.

Faced with attacks from almost 360° without blind spots, Jack the Ripper's body was extremely flexible and he was able to dodge all the attacks.

That's a flexible dodge that only appears in science fiction movies.

The speed was so fast that dozens of afterimages of Jack the Ripper's body were left in place.

These afterimages were like ghosts, with dozens of pairs of ghostly eyes accompanying Jack's upper body, flickering and moving like the unfixed end of a spring.

At first glance, it looks like a strange dance.

No matter whether the besieging people were slashing horizontally, slashing vertically, or stabbing him, none of their attacks could touch him in the slightest.

Suddenly, his palm penetrated the net and thrust into the chest of a troupe member.

Eviscerate!

That indescribable sharp moment pierced the chests of the troupe members.

Pfft——

Blood spilled everywhere!

The faces of the troupe members who were stabbed in the chest by him stared in disbelief, with blood leaving the corners of their mouths.

Conan looked at the monster in front of him in disbelief, and his heart was greatly shocked.

Pierce human chests with bare hands.

Is this still the historical Jack the Ripper?

At this moment, the body of the disemboweled troupe member suddenly began to violently convulse, shaking unscientifically like an electric shock.

Immediately, a stream of green mucus gushes out from the chests of the troupe members.

It replaced the blood, as if it were alive, rolling and covering the entire body of the troupe members, like a green humanoid slime.

After a few seconds, the green slime seeped into the bodies of the troupe members.

But this troupe member also changed his appearance.

He becomes Jack the Ripper!

The original Jack the Ripper retracted his palm, and the new Jack the Ripper's chest was intact.

Now, two identical Jack the Rippers appear on the streets.

One is in the net and the other is outside the net.

At the window upstairs, Conan's eyes widened in disbelief, watching what was happening downstairs.

what is happening?

Did Jack the Ripper create another version of himself?

Is this already designed in the game?

Conan immediately turned to look at Holmes beside him.

However, Holmes's eyes were also a little surprised, and he seemed to think that the current situation was unexpected.

Just when everyone was surprised, Jack the Ripper suddenly took action outside the net.

He immediately grabbed a stunned troupe member, pinched his shoulder with one hand, and stabbed his chest again with the other hand.

Pfft——

Green slime rolled and covered the body.

After a while, another Jack the Ripper was created.

"It has the ability to replicate itself!"

"Run!"

Holmes shouted downstairs.

The troupe members downstairs responded to the sound and immediately fled.

But now there were two Jack the Rippers outside the net, and they started killing each other immediately.

Two more troupe members were caught, and the same steps were repeated, and two new Jack the Rippers were born.

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In order to trap Jack the Ripper, several escape routes in the surrounding alleys were blocked in advance.

But now, this behavior has created a cocoon in which even the troupe members themselves cannot escape.

The street downstairs instantly turned into a purgatory on earth.

There were all kinds of cries and screams, as if a massacre was going on.

In fact, no one was massacred.

They are simply deprived of their own existence and transformed into another image.

And their existence has been given a whole new meaning.

Downstairs, Irene Adler was running away down the street, and a ghostly Jack the Ripper chased after her.

"ah!"

Irene Adler screamed and was grabbed tightly by the shoulders by Jack the Ripper.

The other hand was raised high, about to stab Irene in the chest.

Seeing this scene, Mao Lilan climbed over the window and jumped from the third floor.

"Xiaolan!"

Conan was instantly anxious when he saw the impulsive Mao Lilan.

But just as he was about to jump down, he was hugged by Holmes next to him.

"No! If you go down now, you will die!"

Conan could only watch as Mao Lilan jumped downstairs and rushed towards Irene Adler.

At the moment when Jack the Ripper was about to stab, Mao Lilan arrived in time.

"Roar--!"

A roundhouse kick went straight to Jack the Ripper's face, causing Jack the Ripper to stagger and take a few steps back.

Mao Lilan quickly helped Irene Adler, whose legs were weak, and asked comfortingly: "Are you okay?"

"No, it's okay."

Irene Adler's expression was more confused, and she didn't understand why this girl was helping her so much.

Mao Lilan picked up Irene Adler and looked around.

At this time, all the troupe members have been assimilated into Jack the Ripper.

On the entire street, there were only two different figures, Mao Lilan and Irene Adler.

Dozens of Jack the Rippers approached slowly and staggeredly, their slender figures covered in gray cloaks, like ghosts.

There was a ghostly green light in those eyes, like a will-o'-the-wisp swimming in the dim streets.

Mao Lilan protected Irene Adler behind her back with one hand, and then assumed a karate posture, preparing to respond to the enemy.

This scene is very touching.

If Kudo Yukiko saw it, she would definitely be moved to tears.

But right now, Conan's brain is unable to make any good assumptions about the future relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

All he could think about was Xiaolan's safety.

"Xiaolan!"

"Run!"

"That's just a game character, run away!"

Conan's brain couldn't imagine the scene where Mao Lilan was assimilated by Jack the Ripper.

He shouted at the top of his lungs, but he could not regain Mao Lilan's determination to protect Kudo's mother.

This is not just the image of the protective mother Kudo.

There is also Sherlock Holmes's dream, which is also Kudo Shinichi's dream.

In short, Mao Lilan, like Conan, cannot completely regard the game as a game.

Embedding the faces of yourself and your loved ones on game characters should be Kudo Yusaku’s biggest failure.

The more realistic the game itself, the more it should be differentiated from reality.

There should be a clear dividing line between reality and virtuality and should not be confused.

The three little ones were also lying by the window, watching with tears in their eyes as Mao Lilan dealt with dozens of Jack the Rippers at the same time.

"Woo~"

"Sister Xiaolan~"

Hui Yuan Ai stood by the window, looking downstairs with a slightly moved expression.

Stupid woman.

Immediately, Hui Yuan Ai raised his head and looked at the sky.

At some point, the bright white moon in the sky was covered with blood.

That faint layer of blood mist made the atmosphere of the whole world even more eerie.

Ever since she saw the blood moon in the stage play, Haihara Ai has always been involuntarily concerned about the moon in this game world.

This may symbolize something.

It shouldn't appear for no reason.

On the street, a Jack the Ripper took the lead in attacking, stabbing Mao Lilan in the chest with his sharp palm.

Mao Lilan immediately responded with karate, swinging his upper arm to push away the stabbing attack from his palm, and then fired a straight punch.

However, a strange scene occurred again, and Jack the Ripper's upper body dodged instantly.

An afterimage of Jack just made Mao Lilan's attack pass by.

Mao Lilan's eyes were startled, but after seeing what had just happened, there was nothing too shocking now, so she just kicked him horizontally.

"ha!"

A white leg swept over, but Jack the Ripper once again violated common sense and jumped three feet high on the spot.

Not only did this escape the attack, but it also jumped directly over Mao Lilan and landed right next to Irene Adler.

"Miss Irene!" Mao Lilan shouted.

Irene Adler turned around and was about to run away, but Jack the Ripper grabbed her wrist and pulled her back easily.

"Ah~!"

As expected of a soprano, even her screams have a natural vibrato.

A ghostly smile appeared on Jack the Ripper's face, and he slowly raised his palm, about to stab Irene Adler's chest.

At this moment, the entire ground and nearby buildings suddenly felt trembling.

boom

A faint rumble came from beneath my feet.

The sound is not dull, it is short and chaotic, and it can feel that it is heading in a clear direction, heading here.

Everyone, including Jack the Ripper, was unconsciously attracted by the unusual sound and looked sideways at the distant street for no apparent reason.

Call——

A horse's braying suddenly sounded from one side of the street.

Conan and the others upstairs were the first to see clearly that it was a carriage convoy.

This is a huge carriage team. If you look around, you can see at least dozens of dark carriages, each with ten horses tied in front to provide traction.

Hundreds of horses galloped on the streets, naturally making a huge noise, like giant dragons in the dark night.

On the leading carriage was a figure wearing a black cloak.

The black cloak unfolded in the wind, like Batman.

"drive!"

"drive!"

The men kept waving the horse's reins, and all the horses galloped forward.

But in fact, there were no drivers on the dozens of carriages behind them, but all the horses still only listened to the command of the men in front.

The reason is simple, this man has purchased the ownership of these horses.

No matter how many horses there are at the same time, they only obey his command, regardless of whether there is a driver or not.

In the carriage behind the horses, there were the cries of countless women.

"Woooo~ William, save me!"

"Put me down! Charles, kill this bastard!"

"John~my man!"

"Woo-"

"Woo——"

There were six women tied into each carriage, making a total of eighty carriages and a total of 480 women.

These women have one thing in common: they are all married.

Their husbands were running behind the carriage team, panting and swearing.

"Oh! My Mary~"

"You gangster, give me Kelly back!"

"Son of a bitch! Give my wife back!"

"Curse you, vicious scoundrel!"

In addition to hundreds of husbands chasing their wives thousands of miles away, there are also underground gangs hired by banks, passers-by whose wallets were robbed, newsboys, and all the police in London.

Under the leadership of Sheriff Lestrade, they rode a two-horse carriage and chased forward.

"I'll catch up soon!"

"'Crazy Jack' is right up ahead!"

The team chasing the murderer for thousands of miles was vast, with thousands of people running and speeding through the narrow streets.

The sound of horse hooves, running, cursing, and shouting

It was unstoppable, no less than starting a small earthquake.

The initiator of the ground rumble was not Allen.

But a man named Qin Zhibo.