“…… Nakamichi Kazushi this guy. Noah said quietly, "What are you doing to set the fire?" ”

"Can't you control the range of the flames?" Conan, who had been watching the plot for a while, was awakened by his exclamation, and turned his head to look at Noah curiously and inquiringly.

He hadn't forgotten that after Noah fled, Sindora's developers said that the game could not be restarted.

Without Noah, even a large-scale multinational technology company would not be able to reproduce the technology of holographic games; There are only a few people in the monster thief group here, and it didn't take long to make a holographic game that is more advanced than the game pod after having Noah.

Doesn't this variable control show that holographic games are actually only independently developed and operated by Noah's Ark? At best, Sindora made some connection peripherals for it, and installed a host server and so on.

"You can control it if you can barely control it, but ......" Noah frowned, thinking about how to fool this little man with a good brain without exposing the cognitive world.

Everything in the temple is already working on its own according to the inherent laws, and it is easy to build it, but it takes extra power to control it......

It is true that he can combine the architecture and modeling in the temple to achieve the same control effect as game management, but these are all energy-intensive, that is, storage.

After all, he saves trouble when modeling, and his materials are directly intercepted by the cognitive world information, and it is not so simple to repair.

"Because this game is originally built on the original real engine, after the construction is successful, it will not need to occupy Noah's computing power. Controlling the destruction effect is space-consuming, not to mention the particle effect of fire. Tang Ze took over and easily threw out a string of terms, "We don't have the financial resources to organize, so we can't provide Noah with more room to operate for the time being." It's nice to be able to run this scene. ”

"Is that so?" Conan rubbed his glasses on, not quite sure of the explanation.

It's kind of like that, but what's not right......

"Alright, Noah, don't limit the range of flames." Tang Ze patted Noah's hard skull, "Whatever they burn, go back and restart this scene." ”

It also makes sense, just let them burn it casually, and when the game is over, he will directly return the entire London map to a file.

Nodding, Noah completely gave up manipulating the terrain, and the fire spread along the house, and soon, the fire ignited almost the entire block.

Half of the city was illuminated by the sky-high fire, and London was not destined to be quiet tonight.

The screaming crowd screamed for water, running out of the block among the burning buildings, a scene of apocalyptic chaos.

Among the fleeing crowds, the four men who ran against the flow of people towards the Brioni Mansion stood out from the rest.

"It seems that our client is indeed an arrogant and irascible Majesty." Holding his hat and running forward, the young Kudo took a breath, "Do you have to use two legs?" The carriage I called is still parked near the church. ”

"It's all messed up like this, how can the carriage be able to drive on the road." Tang Ze, the young man who followed him, sighed, "I hope this majesty is still on the scene, otherwise I don't know where to go for such a big loss." ”

"He's definitely still there." Pulling Yumi Horikoshi and saying a word along the way, Leon, who didn't say a word along the way, said loudly, "His purpose is not to set fire itself, his purpose is to destroy the photos." If you're not sure you've achieved your goal, you won't leave easily. ”

Noah, who knows how to edit, turned the camera around, and the scene switched to Nakamichi Kazushi.

As Leon had guessed, he didn't go far from the place where the fire started, but shouted to the sky in a bit of madness: "Come out, fellows of the Strange Thieves, I've done it, I've done it, I've destroyed all of them, haven't I!" I won, come out and tell me I won! ”

At the thought of being able to get rid of Yumi Horikoshi's entanglement right away, he stood in the choking smoke and let out a hearty laugh.

No one responded to his frantic question, and only the four people who rushed to the scene immediately heard his frantic reaction.

"As I said, your client is a vicious fool!" As soon as she heard what he said, Yumi Horikoshi understood that this was Kazushi Nakamichi herself, not some NPC set up in the game, and she almost immediately arched her back and let out a hysterical scream, "Look what he did!" ”

"Shut up!" Stimulated by this familiar voice, Kazushi Nakamichi turned his head with blood-red eyes and ripped off the mask on his face, "I've had enough of you, Yumi Horikoshi, I've had enough of you for a long time!" Do you really think of yourself as a peerless beauty, and regard yourself as the center of the world, everyone has to be you! ”

"I didn't force you, Kazushi Nakamichi, I didn't force you!" Seeing the hideous expression on this familiar face, Yumi Horikoshi's emotions also began to collapse, "You lied to people first, you went on a blind date without telling me first!" ”

"That's because you didn't agree to my proposal! I'm thirty-eight years old, I want a family, I want children that belong to me, what's the problem?! ”

"Hah, and then you went to your boss's daughter? That's a good proof! ”

"So what does it matter, I choose who is my freedom!"

"You assertive bastard, I just want a good explanation, is that hard?!"

"So that's why you're constantly harassing my fiancée, trying to tell her both of us?!"

"You don't even dare to let her know about your relationship history with me, you know what you deceived her! Who is the thief with a weak heart? ”

"You ......"

"Turn the volume down." Tang Ze waved his hand and ordered Noah with some disgust.

The Japanese room they were in was small, and when this kind of high-pitched voice echoed in the space, it could create an effect comparable to that of a vegetable market, and the noise made his brain hurt.

Conan, who had already covered his ears tightly, breathed a sigh of relief, put down his hands and whispered, "Did you arrange their meeting too?" This kind of quarrel is really terrifying, and I suddenly feel that my parents' few words of bickering are nothing. ”

That's why they are called resentful. When you hate someone you know well enough and know you enough, the negative emotions that arise can be very persistent. Tang Ze waved his hand and said strangely, "Between husband and wife or long-term couples, once this kind of quarrel breaks out, it means that the longer you have known each other, the better the relationship has been, and the more intense the conflict that erupts." Your parents' little bit of flirtatious bickering is really nothing. ”

"I still don't quite understand." Conan looked at the two people in the picture who were arguing so much that they almost lost their minds, "Since the relationship has deteriorated to this extent, why hasn't Yumi Horikoshi chosen to break up?" Or Kazushi Nakamichi, why can't he confess to his fiancée that he once had a girlfriend he had been talking to for more than ten years? In that case, the group photo would no longer be a threat to him. ”

A criminal police officer will be forced to choose the means of killing...... It's really a relationship that gets stranger the more I think about it.

"The former is because of sunk costs, and the stupidity that a person who is caught up in loss aversion can do is really incredible." Tang Ze nodded at Yumi Horikoshi on the left side of the picture, and then pointed to Kazushi Nakamichi on the right side of the picture, "The latter's words are more likely to be a joint reaction to lies." He lied from the beginning, trying to whitewash his conditions to make the woman more receptive to his pursuit. But Kudo, you know that too......"

Tang Ze turned his head and glanced meaningfully at Conan, whose expression suddenly froze, through the strip of cloth on his eyes.

"Once a lie is started, the next thing can only be fulfilled with more lies...... Right? ”

Conan, who was still feeling incredulous about Nakamichi Kazushi's stupid choice just now, was speechless by his question.

In the pantry outside, a sharp clash broke out between the two people, which obviously seemed to be impactful enough, but everyone was so relieved that there was a neat exhalation in the room.

“…… I just think," Noriko Ayagi looked back at a few people and scratched her cheeks a little embarrassed, "If the two of them quarrel like this, it seems that it is indeed a little more decent than pretending to be bored there." ”

"You can be more direct." Yukio Ayajo laughingly hugged his wife's shoulder, "This is more like Yumi and Kazushi's character...... It's hard to imagine how the two of them have been able to talk about it for more than ten years. ”

"What else can it be, because Yumi is beautiful." Mori Kogoro replied with confidence, "If Yumi wasn't a social flower back then, or if her body and appearance were not well maintained and out of shape, you see if Kazushi would still have this attitude." Chromophobia, too, he deserves it. ”

The quarrel broke out violently in the game, and outside the game, everyone was much more relaxed.

Expose the contradictions, and the most important thing is to expose them to outsiders, and the next problems will be much easier.

They can persuade two people to separate completely, even if they use some coercive means to prevent the two people from continuing to make trouble, find the crux of the problem, and the problem will be solved very well.

Just when the atmosphere was relaxed and harmonious, the sound of "bang" gunshots suddenly drew their attention back.

In the picture, Kazushi Nakamichi pulled out a gorgeous shotgun out of nowhere, pointed at Yumi Horikoshi in front of him, and pulled the trigger.

Yumi Horikoshi, who was still wearing a torn wedding dress, lowered her head in disbelief and pressed her waist and abdomen that had been hit by a gunshot, and the bright red blood spread along the white yarn.

It happened very suddenly, and the two people who couldn't pull away from each other were almost leaning together, and by the time Nakamichi Kazushi took out his gun, the detective and Leon after two steps were too late to rescue.

"You ......" Yumi Horikoshi's shrill screams came to an abrupt end, and she desperately covered her abdomen with a hole in it, and was attacked by the sharp pain, trembling and sliding down.

In order not to fall to her knees in embarrassment, her blood-stained hands tightly grasped the fur cloak on Nakamichi Kazushi's body, so at first glance, it looked like a bride in white gauze fell into the arms of a man in a dress, and there was an unexpected romantic beauty.

"You confident stupid woman, I knew that you could only take things with yourself." Grabbing Yumi Horikoshi's arm, he decisively grabbed the paper hidden in her layered skirt and pulled it out, "In this game, I still won!" ”

This is the purpose of his quarrel with Yumi Horikoshi.

Although he was full of resentment towards this woman, and his emotions during the quarrel were not fake, he never forgot the purpose of his game.

Erin's house had been burned down by him, and even if she could escape from the church, she wouldn't have had time to carry anything extra.

But the game has never decided that he is victorious, and the only place where the group photo can be placed will only be herself.

He deliberately aroused Yumi Horikoshi's emotions, causing her to become more and more emotional, so that he walked very close to him, so that he could get what he wanted while doing it.

"I was going to kill you with a gun." With some pleasure of revenge, he said maliciously to Yumi Horikoshi, "So I ...... Well? ”

Turning his head to see the stack of things in his hand, he couldn't help but be stunned.

There were indeed a few sliding objects that looked like photographs between the papers, but when I shook them open, I saw that they were several signs with prices on them, indicating the selling price and rental price of the wedding dress.

It was only at this point that Yumi Horikoshi, who was trembling, showed an equally happy smile.

She pushed what her "husband" had given her into the chest of the man who was close at hand, and the ears close to his chest could hear the screams of pain, ignoring the wound on her waist and abdomen, and let out a giggle.

Kazushi Nakamichi pushed away the woman in his arms with all his might, but the sharp short blade was already deep in his chest, and he could only let out a painful gasp before falling to the ground in embarrassment.

Yumi Horikoshi, who was pushed to the side by him, laughed mockingly twice, and looked at the three NPCs who had been standing in place since they started arguing, as if they didn't know how to respond.

"I don't give things to anyone else for safekeeping...... But it's the game, you idiot. Trying her best to speak, Yumi Horikoshi grabbed the letter that floated down from Kazushi Nakamichi's hand and held it tightly in her hand, "When I changed my wedding dress, I asked Norton to replace these things...... It was me who won, and in the end, I won, Kazushi! Hahaha! Ahem......"

Leon, who was dressed in a formal suit, only then slowly and methodically pulled out those photos from the placket and held them in his hands.

In the photo, two people in kimonos huddled together under the cherry blossom trees, their young faces filled with happy smiles that cannot be misunderstood.

"As long as the photos are well preserved, I'll win, right?" Looking at Kazushi Nakamichi, who was more out of breath and less in than herself, Yumi Horikoshi muttered in a low voice, her silky gloved hand stretched out in the direction of Leon with all her might, "Norton, give me something......"

With a pair of clear golden eyes, he stared at Yumi Horikoshi who fell to the ground for a moment, and Leon had the same soft smile on his face as before.

Then he turned around and handed the photo in his hand to the detective who looked at this ethical tragedy with a surprised expression.

"You, you're ......!" Yumi Horikoshi's expression froze, and her vision, which had already begun to blur, was even more dim.

"I don't know what to do with this stuff, Mr. Holmes." Leon, who sold someone without hesitation, had no insecurity on his face, his smile was still the same, and he said his logic step by step, "I deeply feel that this should not be used as a bargaining chip to threaten other people's marriages, no matter what the purpose, it should not be used to maliciously infringe on others." But I also think that it is equally immoral to hide such a thing from the soon-to-be-married Princess Navia. I don't know what to do with it, so I'll leave it up to you to decide. ”

The young Kudo was stunned, and after confirming that the expression on Leon's face was very serious, he took the stack of photos with a strange expression.

Although what he said is not unreasonable, is it not appropriate to say this in front of his newlywed wife who was martyred with his old lover......

She had only one breath left, and now she looked like she was about to be completely angry.

After handing over the photo, Leon Shi Shiran walked to Yumi Horikoshi, squatted down, gently hugged the woman covered in blood, wiped her cheeks, and said calmly: "How about being played with feelings, and I didn't find out until the last moment that the trust I gave was not reciprocated, how about it, Ms. Yumi Horikoshi?" ”

The game screen is gradually rising with Noah's manipulation, and the camera can only see London burning in flames, and Yumi Horikoshi half-held by Leon in a white gauze floor.

So Leon's words naturally did not fall into the ears of the spectators, and all that could be heard was Yumi Horikoshi, who was now staring at her eyes wide and looking at the somewhat terrifying ones.

"You, you're ...... You're pretending to be a human ......" Yumi Horikoshi, who had gradually lost her ability to speak, struggled to squeeze a sentence out of between her teeth.

In the eyes of the NPCs in the game, she is all Erin Adler, and this person began to call her Yumi Horikoshi, and the meaning of that is self-evident.

"Of course." Leon squinted, still with that kind of business-like smile, and in the light of the fire, there was an unseemly gentle smile with a strange sense of inhumanity, "It's too much to underestimate us to think of the monster thief of the heart as a tool to satisfy your desires, ma'am." You are a pair of equal opponents, if you hadn't made such an embarrassment today, you should have been a perfect match, it's a pity. In this game, both of you are losers, and these photos of yours will be left to us to dispose of. Good night and good dreams. ”

With that, he gently covered Yumi Horikoshi's eyes with his black-gloved hand, as if he was going to make a final send-off for her.

Before her vision went completely dark, Yumi Horikoshi only vaguely saw the stack of papers she was holding tightly in her hand.

It was Erin Adler, who was originally going to put it in the place where the photo was stored, and the message left for Holmes was hidden in the gown of her wedding dress by Norton as a means of concealment.

「…… I love someone who is better than him, and this person loves me. The king can do whatever he wants, regardless of what hindrances he may inflict on the wrong people. I have kept this picture to protect myself, and this is a weapon that will protect me from any means......

(End of chapter)