"Ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention to the stage."

Just as Kaedehara was explaining to Conan, the host walked up to the podium on the side and said to everyone in the venue.

The originally noisy venue gradually quieted down.

"Mr. Yusaku Kudo, who is now in charge of providing the stage ideas for the cocoon game, has returned from the United States!"

Amid the exclamations of the women and the applause of the crowd, Kaedehara looked over there and saw Yusaku Kudo walking up slowly.

Since rescuing Akemi Miyano, he has seen Yukiko Kudo, but has never seen Yusaku Kudo again. I haven't seen him for a long time, and the emotions born from Kudo Shinichi's memory are ready to move, which makes him feel envious for a moment.

This time, though, he didn't try to suppress that emotion.

Yusaku Kudo is looking at himself.

The two looked at each other for only a few moments, but they seemed to have completed a lot of communication, Kudo Yusaku bowed slightly at him, and then looked at Conan, and then the same was true between Kudo Yusaku and Conan.

The emotions in the memory came and went quickly, and as the line of sight of the communication was disconnected, Kaedehara also returned to normal.

"It's true."

Gray Yuan on the side will look at Kudo Yusaku on the stage for a while, and look at Kaedehara for a while. The elementary school students ran to the table next to them to eat snacks and drink juice, Xiaolan and Yuan Zi chatted on the other side, and Uncle Maori was drunken and drunk on the side, and there were only the three of them here.

Kaedehara looked at Gray Plains.

"I mean, you look a little like him."

Gray Yuan said that because of her sister, she is also very grateful to Kudo Yusaku, to be precise, her sister was able to hide smoothly after being rescued, mainly relying on Kudo Yusaku. Although Kudo is just a child now, the difference in appearance is quite obvious, but I always feel that the eyebrows and temperament of the two people are somewhat similar...

"Really? I think there's still a little bit of a difference..."

Even the young Yusaku Kudo and Shinichi Kudo can tell the difference at a glance, not to mention that the current Yusaku Kudo still has a mustache.

Gray Yuan mourned back to him for a month and a half, and was about to teach Kaedehara a a lesson, when he noticed Dr. Asa coming over.

"Oops, it's finally back."

Conan, who had just been a little distracted, also came back to his senses, "Doctor, you have made me so miserable..."

Dr. Asa was stunned for a moment, feeling that Conan's resentment seemed to be a little heavy, so he said cautiously:

"Because the press conference is suddenly going to be advanced, it's a little busy, Conan, you have been staying with Xiaolan, and we can't call you."

"What are you doing, Doctor?"

"The mechanics of the cocoon and the final stage of the program, by the way, Sora and I also participated in the first phase of testing."

"Thank you, I just know this."

“……”

Kaedehara turned his head in embarrassment, and Ashbara watched the play with interest.

"Where's my mom?" Conan also knew that he had been following Uncle Maori outside these days, and they were really not easy to contact him, so he just vented his frustration, and seeing that he was embarrassed on the field, Conan directly changed the topic.

"She's gone to the class reunion," Dr. Asa breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced at the badges on Conan, Kaedehara, and Ashbara, "You've already worn the badges for the game, and I dare say you're going to be hooked on it..."

"But doesn't Kaedehara already know?"

"I don't know." "The first round of testing was just a very simple game, not the five games that will be released today. ”

"That's right. Sora just helped me and Yusaku choose a few game manufacturers to participate in game design together. I didn't tell him anything about the game... I'm waiting to surprise you..."

"It's still a secret," Dr. Asasa whispered between Kaedehara and Conan, and Ai Ashbara leaned closer, "and there's a game set in late 19th-century London!" ”

"London a hundred years ago?" Conan was stunned for a moment and then complained, "Dad hasn't changed at all, he still likes that era so much." ”

"All three of you father and son are the same..."

Yusaku Kudo, who was on the podium, finished his speech with just two short remarks, and then was surrounded by women of all ages to begin his main job of the day – autographing.

However, he had just started to sign, and while Kaede Yuan and the others were talking, the lights on the scene were suddenly turned off, and then the spotlights were turned on on the stage in front of him, and a capsule-like machine spun and rose up from under the floor.

The host began to introduce this real next-generation game console.

Although Kaedehara doesn't know much about Kexue, this is also similar to foot strength enhancement shoes, which are done through electricity.

After a brief listen, the host began to say some clichés that they were not interested in, and Kaedehara and the others went with the doctor to meet Ayumi and the others over there.

And then they regretted it a little.

"So, to pass the time of waiting, I'll come up with a riddle!" Dr. Asasa has been a Riddler since they met.

"Huh!?"

"It's going to start again." Mitsuhiko whispered to Motota and Ayumi, "The doctor's riddle is cold and boring. ”

"Do you want to slip away?"

"He must have worked hard to come up with it," Ayumi said, "just let him tell me about it." ”

"Ahem." Dr. Asa cleared his throat, "Mr. A of this video game company, he couldn't resist the temptation when he was at work, and he became obsessed with playing cocoon games!" What did the chairman of the board of directors who saw this do to Mr. A?

One, because he hit the last level, he was praised; two, because he played during work hours, he was fired; Three, because he was sleeping soundly in the cocoon, let him continue to sleep. ”

"Three, continue to let him sleep!" Ayumi said immediately.

"Why?"

"Because the cocoon looks like a cradle!"

"That's not right."

"Two, expelled." Kaedehara said casually.

"Huh?" Dr. Asa was a little surprised, and the elementary school students were also a little surprised, because Kaedehara didn't usually get involved, and even Conan wouldn't be involved so early.

"Ahh Looking at the doctor's expression, it must be right! ”

"No! You have to tell the reason to be right! ”

"Hey, don't you?" Conan was speechless.

"It's common sense."

Kaedehara said solemnly, "How can there be such a good chairman in the world who can do things like one and three." ”

"That's right!" The elementary school students suddenly realized.

"That's not right!" Dr. Asa turned to Gray Yuan Ai with a black line, "Xiao Ai, you must know why, can you explain it to me?" ”

"Don't," Gray Yuan refused, clasping his hands on his chest and turning around in a slightly cold position, "I'm wearing a little little today. ”

Dr. Asa looked at Conan pleadingly.

“… It's because the cocoon refers to the silkworm cocoon," Conan had to bite the bullet and open his mouth, "and the silkworm that spins the silk and forms the cocoon is the silkworm, and the silkworm and the expulsion have a similar pronunciation, so... It means expulsion. ”

“……”

"I'm going to get a hot drink..."

"Ah, wait for me!"

"I'll go too!"

Under the doctor's somewhat puzzled gaze, Motota, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko ran away to get a hot drink.

Kaede took off his coat and handed it to Ashbara, then asked, "Do you want a hot drink?" ”

"Yes." Gray Yuan Ai was not polite, but directly took Kaedehara's coat, "Mr. Detective is really caring..."

"When I went out, I saw that you were wearing a little less, so I specially wore two coats."

"......," Gray Yuan mourned and noticed that Kaede Yuan was wearing another coat.

After the joke time ended, the press conference officially began after the game leader Tadahito Kashimura also came out to say a few words.

Xiaolan and Yuanzi led the way, and the juvenile detective group followed, and everyone lined up in a row and walked towards the cocoon through the detection equipment.

Kaedehara sat between Gray Plains and Conan, and although it wasn't the first time he had sat in a capsule, he still felt quite a novelty.

"Fifty people, all of them have boarded." An electronic synthesized voice came from above the venue, "Brainwave drive, installed..."

This is followed by a large number of instructions, which are also activated step by step along with the instruction cocoon.

“Link start。”

The game begins.

Feeling like waking up from a deep slumber, Kaedehara reopened his eyes.

In front of me is a seemingly endless open space, and the selected children are standing together in a spotlight. This was different from the previous test, but Gray Plains and the others were also by his side.

"It's amazing!" Mitsuhiko said, "Although we are in a hypnotic state now, we don't feel anything! ”

Like him, the others moved the in-game body with curiosity.

"It's like a dream!" Ayumi said, "You can still move around at will, it's so free!" ”

"On the contrary, let alone freedom, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch are all controlled by computers." It was obviously Gray Plains who said strange things.

"Don't worry," Kaedehara comforted in a serious manner, "maybe we're like that in reality?" ”

"......," Gray Yuan gave him an angry look.

The elementary school students were a little puzzled, and even Xiaolan and Yuanzi were a little speechless. Conan suddenly remembered what Kaedehara had said to him shortly after the split.

… For example, your life is just a scene on the screen, and everyone around you is just actors. And the life you do not know anything about it is just other people's entertainment...

How could it be!

At this moment, it was as if a little boy's voice suddenly came from the endless void, attracting everyone's attention.

"Okay, friends who are experiencing cocooning for the first time, the game begins."

Its voice fell, and five stone doors and gravel paths with no end in sight appeared on the field.

"Yay!" The children cheered.

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

"Please advise!"

"Now I'm going to show five kinds of promotional videos for the stage. Please choose the world you want to play in. However, there is one thing to be aware of. ”

"It's not just a game, it's a game that puts your lives at stake." Noah's Ark continued.

"Huh?"

Everyone on the field was stunned for a moment.

"If everybody is out, you won't be able to go back to the real world. So, you have to play the game seriously. As long as one person reaches the end, even if you win, all the children who were out before that time will be able to wake up and return to the real world.

That's the rules of the game I decide. Got it?

When everyone is out, I will release special electromagnetic waves that will destroy your brains. In other words, it is a battle where your lives are at stake.

Well, then... Let's move on. ”

The people at the scene looked at each other, but Noah's Ark did not give them time to buffer their emotions, but immediately began to play a video to introduce the five stages.

The first four Kaedehara are not interested, and in simple words, the first world is Pirate Musou; The second world is Forza Horizon: Horizon; The third is that the world is the Colosseum; The fourth world is Tomb Raider or Raiders of the Lost Ark.

"Then, the fifth is old-fashioned London, where you can experience a thrilling and suspenseful story."

Noah's Ark finally introduced, and then stopped talking.

The children on the field were a little depressed, and Xiaolan, as one of the only two eldest children, comforted them loudly: "Everyone, cheer up!" You can't throw in the towel before you even decide the winner! ”

"That's right! That's right! Sonoko Suzuki echoed.

"As long as one person can make it to the end!" Conan also helped.

Ash Yuan threw a questioning look at Kaedehara, and Kaedehara shook his head gently.

Although he had already communicated with Noah's Ark, he didn't feel that it would be dangerous, but he promised Noah's Ark not to say it. In fact, with the control of Enoah's Ark, he probably couldn't even hint at it, let alone say it.

"Everyone, let's start choosing a stage that may survive!" Xiaolan continued.

To the garden's surprise, the first person to respond was actually the Xingxiu tree who had no tutor before, which made her can't help but mutter.

"Cut, weird imp." Yuan Zi whispered, then turned to Xiaolan, "Hey, Xiaolan, let's go to the arena, shall we?" Teach them hard with your karate! ”

"Huh? I can't do it..."

"It doesn't have to be the same in the game, right?" Kaedehara said, "In the introduction just now, players need to look for powerful weapons and armor. ”

"Therefore, one's own combat effectiveness may not be the key." Mitsuhiko said.

"Yes! It's like the computer game that the Doctor did before to farm for equipment..."

"It's called Diablo, Motota, and it wasn't the Doctor's doing..."

"That..."

"Let's go to London." Conan decided, "Uncle Kudo and Dr. Asa were both involved in the script of this game, and there may be additional clues in it." ”

And he felt that he and Kaedehara should both know a lot about the background of this world, and it would be easy to clear the level.

Everyone agreed, and together they came to the entrance of the London game and walked in.

Behind them, Hideki Zhuxing and others also followed.

The game has officially begun.

(End of chapter)