Chapter 353 NPC giving hints
The crowd walked slowly along the quiet street, and from time to time a few passers-by and carriages passed by.
Yuuya observed these people and found that they were almost indistinguishable from real people;
I tried to go up and say hello, and I could have a conversation like a real person, but after talking more, I found that these people were still following certain specific procedures and the conversation content was repetitive.
Just as they were passing a tall tower, a few melodious "ding——" sounds were heard. Moroboshi Hideki, who had been walking in silence behind them, suddenly said, "Hey, look at that clock, isn't it a little 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 clock had just struck the hour, so why did the minute hand stop at 50?
While everyone was staring at the dial, the minute hand not only did not realize that its position was wrong, but it arrogantly retreated a small space and pointed to the 49 minute position.
"···?"
This clock actually runs backwards!
Yuantai suddenly shouted in surprise.
While everyone was confused and surprised, the minutes went back from 49 to 48.
Mitsuhiko was puzzled: "What's wrong with this clock? Is it broken? Doesn't this game even have a correct time setting?"
"It's very simple." Yuya looked at Hideki Moroboshi with a deep gaze.
Hideki Moroboshi couldn't help but feel a chill on his back. What was going on with this detective's eyes?
"50 to 49,49, 48 to . This clock does not represent time, but..."
"The number of people participating in this game, right!" Conan suddenly said.
Yuya knocked him on the head and warned, "Children, don't interrupt when adults are talking!"
Conan:? ? ?
“So,” Mitsuhiko widened his eyes, “two people have already been eliminated?”
Yuya nodded heavily.
“How could this happen…” Most of the people present showed uneasy expressions and looked at each other with fear.
Although Noah's Ark told them before they entered the game that this was a game involving life and death, they never felt it was real.
It was not until now that I knew for sure that two people were eliminated that I felt a little bit of fear.
"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here." Youya rubbed the heads of the little kids 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 a lot more at ease.
The only exception is Hideki Moroboshi.
He observed the others inconspicuously, frowned involuntarily, and then looked at Youye's back with deep eyes.
"Shouldn't we try to eliminate this person? Otherwise, with this person around, the game will become too easy, and those kids will..."
Beyond the game
The two cocoon game cabins suddenly spewed out a cloud of smoke, as if to show something. The originally bright white cabin walls became a little dark after the smoke, and then sank below the stage with a buzzing sound, and a lid was closed on top of the head.
It's like a coffin being lowered into the ground.
The parents of the two children immediately realized something and couldn't help but cover their faces and cry bitterly.
Immediately afterwards, several game cabins sank one after another.
The conference hall was suddenly filled with panic.
Some impatient parents stood up and shouted at Sindola to give an explanation.
Unfortunately, Sindorah himself couldn't do anything about Noah's Ark, so he could only hide in the control room and let the police calm the crowd.
In fact, Sindora with a gloomy face thought differently from everyone else.
He kept praying in his heart that all these kids would be eliminated, especially those in the London game scene, so that the secret he had worked so 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 still cause great harm to his career, especially since there are some troublesome guys among his opponents who still adhere to the "bloodline theory"...
When there are no problems, these people can still behave themselves, but once they catch him with something wrong, they will pounce on him and bite him hard without hesitation.
He poured a lot of effort into the release of Cocoon. Most of the wealth of Sindora Company was bet on this epoch-making virtual game, and he could not allow any accidents to occur!
Tadaki Kenmura is the best example!
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The group quickly approached Baker Street, and when they came out of an alley, they saw two policemen standing in front of them, discussing something.
The content is roughly that a murder just happened on another street, and the perpetrator is the same person as the previous one.
"Two cases happened in just one hour. What a terrible world!" The two policemen sighed a few words and turned away.
Ayumi shrank her neck and whispered, "It feels a little scary."
The relatively experienced Mitsuhiko couldn't help but sigh: "I've always heard that London is a romantic city, but now it seems a bit bad?"
Youya rubbed the two kids' heads and said, "Let me give you some additional 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 extremely cruel methods of committing crimes. It was not as beautiful as it seemed. You will learn this knowledge when you are a little older."
Mao Lilan 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 Mouri Ran with some surprise. He himself didn't even remember when he said this, but he didn't expect that Ran remembered it so clearly?
He looked around and saw no strange people. Then he said, "Then let's go quickly and move towards the Light of Time!"
Just as everyone was walking out of the alley, suddenly a man in tattered clothes came towards them, playing the accordion and humming strange lyrics.
"Beware of Jack the Ripper
He is waiting for you on the road at night
If you don't want to die
What to do
You have to be covered in blood, too."
As they passed by, the man raised his head slightly, revealing a dirty face, and smiled mysteriously at Conan and Yuya.
Conan was stunned. It was an Asian face, and for some reason, he felt that it looked familiar...
Everyone stared at the man in a daze as he walked away.
Some people couldn't help but ask: "What does he mean?"
Moroboshi Hideki guessed: "Does it mean that you have to kill the other party before you are killed?"
Covered in blood? Conan thought, among these lyrics, only this one word is particularly eye-catching, is it hinting something to them?
Youya smiled and said, "Ah, it seems that I received a key hint."
"What do you mean?" Everyone looked at Youye in confusion.
Yuya shrugged his shoulders: "Have you never played an RPG game? When the plot reaches a certain stage, 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, Yusaku Kudo, who was in charge of investigating the case outside the game, checked the crime scene and searched all the way to the banquet hall.
He had been thinking that everyone would undergo a security check when entering the venue, and with the metal detectors there, it would be impossible for the murderer to bring in a sharp weapon.
So, was it delivered at the beginning?
Yusaku Kudo swept his eyes across the venue and his gaze fell on several statues. The statues held decorative swords of different sizes in their hands. One of the daggers caught his attention.
I looked around and found that there were several cameras installed on the ceiling of the banquet hall, covering the banquet hall from all angles, with almost no area missed.
Kudo Yusaku pondered. This statue was placed in the banquet hall. If someone tried to take the dagger away, it would easily be seen by others or captured by the camera.
However, Kudo Yusaku remembered very clearly that there was a period of time when all the lights in the banquet hall were turned off. It seemed that the murderer took the dagger and killed people at that time?
That being the case...
Kudo Yusaku pondered for a while and walked towards a police officer nearby.