Just like all game conferences, after the introduction and promotion of the game, in order to heat up the atmosphere of the scene, the organizers also invited several popular Japanese idol stars to perform on the spot, of course, this is indispensable Uncle Maori's dream lover - Miss Yoko.

And in this darkness, a criminal case is also quietly going on.

When the performance ended and the lights came back on, a staff member rushed into the crowd of people surrounding his father in a panic, muttering something in his father's ear, only to see his father's relaxed expression gradually become serious following the staff's words. Seeing this familiar scene, I sighed in my heart. It seems that today will not be so peaceful.

Unlike Conan, who looked at his father and walked away with peace of mind, I stayed not far from my father's side, smiling and watching my father's every move, so, my father just made a move and wanted to leave with the staff, so I immediately followed, although I don't think I can help my father in the process of handling the case, but it is rare for my father to return to China, and it is good to spend a little more time with him.

"Okay, I've been waiting for a long time, please go to the venue of the 'Cocoon'......" said the host in the hall, as if it was time to try out the game.

As if he knew that I had been following him, at the door of the hall that was about to leave, my father suddenly turned around and smiled at me not far behind him: "I'll just go alone, you don't have to follow me." ”

"But......" I hesitated.

Seeing that I hesitated and refused to move, my father walked in front of me in two steps, squatted down, touched my head, and said with a smile: "Go and try the game, this time in order to make you and Conan happy, I have spent a lot of time in it, if your mother knows that you are not having fun, you have to go back and dismantle me." Look, your buddies are gone!"

The faint warmth coming from my head, looking at my father's gentle expression, my heart suddenly became very calm, I haven't felt this way for a long time, this feeling of being cared for is really good.

Following the direction my dad pointed out, I looked up and saw Motota, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, Mayu and Xiao Ai didn't know when and what means, they actually got the game badge and mixed into the team of the children who tried to play the game, although Conan was not in it, but Conan also had a badge, so he would come and go. I looked back at my father, and his gentle eyes were full of encouragement.

"Then I won't follow. You be careful. ”

"Well, don't worry, have fun, and remember to tell me how you feel when you come back. ”

"Hmm. ”

......

Sitting in the wide seat of the "cocoon", I looked at the amazing machine under me with some curiosity, and if the game really reproduces the five senses of people in the virtual world, as the organizers say, this will undoubtedly be an epoch-making revolution in the game world.

As I expected, not only did Conan appear at the scene of the trial game, but even Xiaolan actually sat not far from us, which surprised me, but there was no shadow of the garden here, presumably the garden gave her badge to Xiaolan.

With the help of the staff, we quickly completed the loading of the game, put a weird "helmet" on our heads, and watched the gorgeous shell of the "cocoon" slowly descend, forming a closed cabin around me, and I couldn't help but laugh that this thing was more vivid than a cocoon.

"Fifty seats, all the seats are complete, the brainwave transmission device is set up, the cabin canopy is closed, the main hardware is connected, and the input area code is ......" Some stiff mechanical synthesis sound resounded throughout the audience, and the "cocoon" we were riding in was slightly tilted, adjusted to an angle that we felt comfortable with, and felt a bit like a rocking chair at home.

After a while, the sound of the machine disappeared, the lights of the scene dimmed, and in front of us, the glass wall of the originally transparent cabin door began to appear psychedelic colors, which made people can't help but have the illusion of being in a different space. According to the organizers' previous introduction, this is the machine that is hypnotizing our body.

After a moment of dizziness, we regained consciousness, but there was nothing but darkness. All the players who participated in the demo game were transported here, and the children who had this novel experience for the first time looked curiously at the strange world in front of them, and of course, the few little ghosts I had seen before that made me look very uncomfortable.

I felt my body casually, I felt very good, no, it should be said that it was unprecedentedly good, the malaise of the past few days has been swept away in this virtual world, I only feel that my body is light, extremely free, and extremely excited, this energetic feeling, it is just like before I became smaller! For a moment, I even had the illusion of "I can do anything"! This discovery surprised me!

It's something that my dad was involved in making.

Seeing Conan look at everything around him with a calm face, I walked up with a smirk and patted him on the shoulder.

"Ahh

"No way, this is the hope of my parents. I shrugged my shoulders and asked him a little strangely, "Aren't you, who have always hated games, and why did you come in?"

"I'm here to ......"

"Conan!Xiaohui!" Xiaolan's voice suddenly came from behind him, interrupting Conan's words.

"Sister Xiaolan!Why are you here?!" Conan's eyes widened in astonishment and he couldn't speak.

"Because I'm worried about you two!" Xiaolan said angrily, holding her hands around her waist.

"Sister Xiaolan, and everyone, you're all here. "I had sharp eyes, and at a glance I could see the children running after Xiaolan running towards us.

"Conan!

"Yo!"

"Even you ......" saw the child's Conan, who seemed more and more powerless.

"I'm surprised you can get a badge for a demo game. I laughed.

"Hehe," Yuan Tai patted his chest and said proudly, "I thought of me and exchanged the badges with the cards of Kamen Superman and those children." ”

"I thought of it first, Motota!" Mitsuhiko retorted Motota's words while glancing at the girl next to him intentionally or unintentionally, "Didn't I propose to exchange cards with those people first?!"

"What's the matter, I'm the captain of the Junior Detective Corps! All the credit should be credited to my Yuan Tairen......"

"How do you ...... like this?"

The two living treasures, Motota and Mitsuhiko, quarreled as always, and Mayu looked at their funny appearances and pursed her lips and smiled from time to time.

"I thought you wouldn't come, Conan, Minghui-san. I think you want to participate in this game. Ayumi looked at us with blinking eyes, and her little face showed two shallow dimples, which was very cute.

"Ah...... Well. Conan's expression stiffened, and he forced a smile at the children.

Probably because of the invigorating spirits, looking at the noisy and noisy people around me, instead of being irritable, I felt unusually warm. If only we could stay together like this all the time.

"You seem excited. Xiao Ai saw my unusual expression at a glance.

"Ah, it's been a long time since I've felt so refreshing, it's like I've been reborn! Now I can definitely knock down a cow with one punch!" I waved my fist, a little excited.

"Yes. Xiao Ai said noncommittally.

"But although we are in a hypnotic state now, we don't feel that way......" Mitsuhiko said with a skeptical look at his body. Hearing Mitsuhiko's words, everyone noticed the extraordinary realism of their bodies.

"It's like a dream, and I can still move around freely!" Ayumi looked excited.

"On the contrary," Xiao Ai's cold voice poured cold water on everyone who was in the excitement period: "The freedom to speak, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch are all controlled by the computer. ”

"Ha ......" Hearing Xiao Ai's words, the children's interest seemed to dissipate in an instant.

"Don't say it's so terrifying, Xiao Ai," I put my hand on Xiao Ai's shoulder, and said, "How can it be so exaggerated, it's just a game, just relax and enjoy, don't think so much," said, I leaned close to Xiao Ai's ear and whispered: "Here, there will be no GIN and Sister Bei, don't be too nervous." ”

“...... I hope it's just that I'm thinking too much. After a moment of silence, Xiao Ai smiled at me.

"So, for those of you who are experiencing Cocoon for the first time, the game begins!" The electronic synthesized sound that I had heard before reappeared in the darkness, and along with the sound, five stone doors appeared out of thin air in the void, like an entrance to a certain world, full of strange mystery.

"My name is Noah's Ark, please advise. ”

"Please advise!" the children shouted excitedly.

"Now I'm going to play a demo of five scenes, so choose the world you want to play. ”

"It's pretty well made, isn't it?" Maybe it's because of Aiya and Wu, but for this game that originated from my father's idea, the more I look at it, the more pleasing it is, not to mention, thanks to this game, I'm in unusually full spirits now.

Xiao Ai did not answer my words, and continued to observe in silence.

"However, one thing to note, this is not a simple video game, this is a game that is at stake for your lives,"

"Well, yes, yes, it's actually life-threatening...... Uh!" I had just nodded my head when I suddenly reacted and stiffened.

"If everyone is out, you can't return to the real world, so you have to play the game seriously, as long as one person can reach the end, even if you win, all the children who were out before this will be able to wake up and return to the real world, this is the rule of the game I decided, understand?" Although it was emotionless and sounded unwavering, the rigid voice clearly unleashed its undisguised malice to all of us.

Xiao Wai glanced at me faintly, making me smile slightly bitterly.

Hey, I just want to relax after a long absence, don't you need to play with me like this......

"When everyone is out, I release special electromagnetic waves that destroy the inside of your brains, which means that this is a game where the rebirth of Japan is at stake. ”

"Sa, what should I do if I said that?" Xiao Ai looked at me with a smile.

"What to do...... I smiled bitterly and said, "You've guessed everything. ”

Subsequently, unexpectedly, the controller of this game, the artificial intelligence computer Noah's Ark, actually took the initiative to explain to us the reason for doing so, the purpose is to break the status quo of Japan's hereditary system through this game, and to carry out a thorough cleansing of these children who will control the future of Japan! And the so-called most thorough cleansing, the best way is undoubtedly to let us all die here.

Regardless of the reaction of the outside world, after the children figured out their situation, after the silence, panic erupted irrepressibly.

"If we're out, are we really going to die?"

"People don't become fathers' children because they want to!"

"Whoever it is! Hold on to the end! Help me!"

Xiaolan, as the only adult present, took the initiative to stand up and encourage the children's confidence to live, and Conan was also actively helping on the side, with their efforts, the children's mental condition was finally relieved and began to calm down.

The five roads represent five worlds: Solomon's Treasure, the Paris-Dakar Rally, the Colosseum, the Vikings, and Old London. In old-age London, where we were almost destined to take the road, the game was tasked with capturing the famous killer Jack the Ripper.

Sure enough, without the slightest hesitation, Conan walked towards the road leading to the old London, and I smiled and followed, seeing a group of us walking towards that road, the leading imp who had clashed with us before hesitated for a moment, and also led his "men" closer to us. I remember that they seem to be called Zhuxing, Kikukawa, Emori, and Takizawa respectively.

"Oh, are you here too?" I smiled as I looked at the men.

"Hey, don't think we're scared...... "The little fat man named Jiang Shou just wanted to say something disrespectful, but he was covered by a child named Kikukawa next to him.

"Although we had some misunderstandings before, I think it would be better for us to help each other in this environment. The little imp called the stars said to me.

"As long as you don't do those stupid things again, I don't care. I laughed and said.

"What do you say...... Hmm!"

"Sorry, rude. The stars bowed to me slightly, and took his companion to stand not far from us, waiting for the gate to open.

"I wanted to ask before, Xiaohui, what method did you use to make these children stay away from you?" Seeing that the stars were as honest as if they had changed people, Xiaolan asked me curiously. Not only Xiaolan, but even Conan and Ayumi looked at me with curiosity.

"Sa, I don't know, fate. I said with a smile. In fact, people who have held the power of life and death for a long time will unconsciously form their own aura, and those who kill people will form a murderous aura, those who are officials will develop official authority, those who do business will have nobility, and the generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time will have a bad aura like the sea, these are all formed unconsciously in the accumulation of timeAfter the identity of "Ling Xiao" formed an absolute oppression, this kid named Zhuxing ran away without seeing me, which was already quite good.

After a while, the gate to London at the end of the nineteenth century lit up, and we passed through it with some trepidation.

Behind the gate, there is a residential street that looks very old, typical of the mainstream European architectural style of the nineteenth century, it is late at night, there is not a single pedestrian on the spacious street, the gray fog with a pungent smell fills the whole street, like a ghost, revealing a bone-oozing weirdness, in the dim and misty environment, only the dim light of the gas lamps on the side of the street can give people a trace of warmth.

"This is the foggy capital of London, it's more weird than romantic......" Xiaolan looked at her surroundings with a surprised expression.

"It seems that even the air is dirty......"

"And the smell ......" the children all showed disappointed expressions, which was too far from what they had imagined. After all, they have the impression of London as a clean, tidy, economically prosperous international metropolis, not the dirty and messy place in front of them.

"The fog in London is not a clean substance made by the condensation of water vapor, but a combination of soot and fog from the burning of coal and oil. Conan explained with a smile.

"At the end of the nineteenth century, after the Industrial Revolution and the Glorious Revolution, Britain reached the peak of its national strength and became the world's largest power," I began...... Everything comes from a rapidly developing economy, and London, as the financial center of the world, is especially chaotic, with its dirty streets, smog, noisy environment, violence, bloodshed, drug trafficking, and ......" I paused, and I looked at the crowd who had become a little uneasy by my words, and said firmly: "The crime ...... that has not stopped."

"Ahhhhh!!!!!h

As soon as I finished speaking, a terrible scream suddenly reached our ears and startled us!

"Jack the Ripper!" Conan was the first to react, and ran towards the source of the sound. After all, our mission is to catch him, so Conan naturally thought of that person at once.

Seeing Conan running away quickly, the others also hurriedly followed, for fear that Conan would have an accident, I kept following Conan closely.

Running through two alleys, a man in a cloak and a top hat appeared in front of us, holding a knife in his hand, and in front of us, an unconscious woman, who appeared to be committing a murder.

"Stop!!" Seeing this, Conan shouted! The prisoner was startled by Conan's voice, and he didn't want to think about it, so he quickly ran away, and in order to prevent the prisoner from escaping, Conan habitually turned the knob on his power shoe, and with a powerful volley, he kicked a tin can next to him towards the back of the prisoner!

"When !!" The tin can made a loud noise, but surprisingly, the tin can did not fly directly like what Conan had kicked before, but took a few steps and fell to the ground.

"Hmm, ahhhh!!!!!!h

I checked on the victim while I was chasing the prisoner in Conan, and unfortunately, the victim was no longer saved. This tattered woman was about forty years old, her face was painted with heavy makeup, her frightened expression before death was still clearly visible, and there were at least thirty knife marks on her body, in fact, I counted the scars on her throat, there were as many as nine! Even the Da Luo Immortal could not be saved.

Soon, the people who followed us rushed to the scene of the incident, and when they saw Conan holding his feet and jumping around and shouting in pain, Xiaolan asked worriedly, "Does it matter, Conan?"

Conan barely squeezed out a smile at Ran and focused his attention on me again.

Seeing Conan looking at me, I shook my head at him.

Conan sighed a little frustratedly and said, "Is that him?"

"The wound was caused by a slender and sharp scalpel, the means were also cruel, the knife marks in the position of the arteries and blood vessels were very precise, and from the direction of the knife wound, the murderer was left-handed, it should be that he was right. I nodded and said.

"Is this what Jack the Ripper did?" Although I couldn't bear to see the victim's tragic situation, Xiaolan still asked me.

I nodded, but didn't speak. Judging from the movements of Jack the Ripper just now, he is very agile, although he may not be as strong as me when he has become bigger, but he is definitely better than me in terms of speed. It seems that this opponent will be difficult to deal with. When I think about this, I can't help but feel a little worried. There is no doubt that in this game world, it is impossible for me to get back to my true body, so how can I deal with this "naughty Jack"?

"It seems that Dr. Agasa's invention cannot be used in the world of the game. Xiao Ai glanced at Conan twice and said lightly.

"Yes," Conan said as he adjusted his equipment, "Although the antenna of these glasses is retractable, it is just an ordinary pair of glasses, and the watch is just an ordinary watch." ”

Hearing Conan say this, I suddenly remembered the gun on my body, and quickly took it out secretly to check, but unfortunately, my gun has also become a toy, and Noah's Ark didn't even give me a BB bullet, making my gun a complete waste......

"Oh no!!Jack the Ripper has appeared!!" The local residents, who had been awakened by the initial screams, finally arrived at the scene and screamed in horror at the sight of the dead bodies at the scene. Of course, he spoke English, and no one in the room could understand it except me, Conan, and Ran. However, this soon changed, and after a while, the words spoken by the residents who were in a commotion changed to Japanese, presumably because someone had adjusted the game's setting.

As outsiders, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, we all hid in a small alley next to the accident site, avoiding everyone's eyes and watching the development of the situation. As players in this game world, our mission is to catch Jack the Ripper, the London murderer from a hundred years ago, so we must understand the situation first.

"Hey, get out of the way!" the police soon arrived at the scene, and after driving the crowd away, the faces of the two patrol officers turned solemn, apparently realizing whose masterpiece was at this time.

"Hey, contact Officer Lestrade now!"

"Yes!"

The conversation between the two patrolmen made my heart move slightly, I thought it was just the real nineteenth-century London, but I didn't expect to hear the name "Officer Lestrade" in the mouths of these two policemen.

In Watson's words, a "short, slender, skinny man with the air of a detective," Sherlock Holmes' best friend in the police world.

Yes, in fact, Lestrade is not a real person in history, he is just a fictional character created by Conan Doyle in Sherlock Holmes by borrowing the name of his friend.

So, is the setting a mixture of fiction and reality?

Interesting. The corners of my mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly: since Lestrade is here, then the guy who claims to be the greatest detective in the world will also be there......, right?

I turned my head to look at Conan, who nodded at me slightly, and it was clear that he had the same thing in mind as me.

After a while, we left the scene of the crime and came to a stone bridge to rest temporarily, the night was getting deeper and deeper, and the surroundings were quiet, so quiet that people felt cool from the bottom of their hearts.

"It's so cold...... The cold air of the night is getting thicker and thicker, and Ayumi can't help but cry in a low voice.

"Put this on. Seeing this, Conan smiled slightly, took off his coat and handed it to Ayumi.

"Really?" Ayumi exclaimed in surprise, put on Conan's clothes, and laughed heartily, "It's so warm......"

Just when I wanted to take off my coat and hand it to Xiao Ai, I unexpectedly heard Mitsuhiko's voice in my ears: "Gray Yuan-san, put on your coat." ”

My face suddenly pulled down, and I was very unhappy: I was actually preempted by this kid.

Xiao Ai glanced at me with a smile, closed the clothes handed over by Mitsuhiko, and thanked me, but watched me pout in the other direction, I turned my head to look, but Mayu was also trembling slightly.

This little girl doesn't know how to speak when it's cold.

I sighed inwardly and handed over my coat: "Wow, put it on." "Zhenyu is this kind of character, she has to be tougher than others, she is willing to accept it, and she never knows that she is working hard.

“...... Thank you. Mayuki thanked me like a mosquito, his little face was slightly red, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at me.

Yuan Tai looked left and right, and saw that the other little girls had coats, so he gave his coat to Xiaolan, and Xiaolan took it with a smile. After a while of talking and laughing, the terrifying atmosphere of the murder scene gradually dissipated, and the children became lively again, except for Zhuxing and his three companions, standing far away from us, as if they were two groups with us. I don't bother to pay attention to them, as long as they don't mess with me.

"Hear me, Conan, I'm Asasa. After a while, Dr. Asasa's voice suddenly came from the sky. We hurriedly looked up at the source of the sound, but unfortunately, there was nothing but a gray sky obscured by a thick fog.

"I can hear you, Doctor!" Conan replied in a loud voice.

"Listen," Dr. Asasa said again, "In this level, if you are injured or caught by the police, you are out!" You are now near the Whitechapel in Eastvedo, and from there to the location where you can help your character......" Just as Dr. Asa was halfway through speaking, the voice of the sky suddenly stopped.

"What's the matter, Doctor?" said Conan, anxiously and aloud. However, the only answer to us was the bridge deck, which suddenly began to collapse.

The stone bridge that was fine just now suddenly began to collapse from the middle to both sides without warning, and Kikukawa, who ran at the end, couldn't react before he could react, and fell off the cracked bridge deck, according to what the doctor just said, if Kikukawa fell into the water, then there would be only one outcome, but fortunately, I was quick to move, and grabbed Kikukawa's hand and narrowly pulled him in mid-air.

"Although I don't like you, for the sake of being a child, I'll save your life first. I smiled and said to the panicked Kikukawa. After speaking, I originally planned to pull Kikukawa onto the bridge with all my strength, and with my strength of 200 catties, it was really a breeze to pull him a child of less than 100 catties, but an unexpected situation happened to me.

I can't pull Kikukawa's body at all!

This is simply incredible! With my strength, how can I not pull him?!

I was in a hurry, and I slammed my strength, but instead of pulling Kikukawa up in one go, even I lost my balance!

"Xiaohui! hold on!" Just as I was about to lose my balance and fall to the surface of the river with Kikukawa, a slender but powerful hand grabbed my other hand, and then, I only felt many hands hugging my body.

"Minghui-san!

"I'm here to help!"

"I'll do it too!"

It took everyone's efforts to finally pull Kikukawa up, and everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, and Kikukawa looked at me with a complicated face. However, I sat on the bridge in a daze, looking at my hands, my mind blank.

This is...... What's going on?

My power...... It's gone?

"Minghui-san, are you alright?"

"Xiaohui, what's wrong with you? don't scare me!"

"Hey, what's wrong with you?

"Minghui!Wake up!!"

I slammed into a spirit, and without thinking about it, I picked up a rock next to me and threw it at my arm!

"What are you doing! Are you crazy! Once you get hurt, it means you're out, didn't you just hear!" The stone in his hand was taken away at once, and then Conan's angry voice was heard in his ears.

So that's it......

I finally understood that in this game world, not only can I not use props, but even my strength is limited to the ordinary level of a child.

My body was shaking, and my ears were full of cacophony of voices, but I couldn't hear any of this. My ears were ringing, and I couldn't know anything about the outside world.

Confusion appeared in my mind for the first time, and I lost my weapons and strength, what else could I do? What can I do to protect everyone in danger?

I don't have anything left......

The things I had been relying on were gone, and it gave me a sense of helplessness that I had never felt before...... This feeling of helplessness frightened me.