[Conan] I just want to be a magician quietly

As Conan passed the level, the remaining people in the first level also gradually turned into white light and reappeared in the dark selection hall.

It was still the familiar steps. The first portal on the steps had dimmed, and the remaining four doors still emitted a faint light.

After most of the children found themselves out of the elusive sandworms, the huge dinosaurs and the glass plank road that could collapse at any time, several children who were tense to the limit cried out at the first time.

There were 60 people when they went in, and only 39 people were left when they came out.

However, as an artificial intelligence, Noah's Ark was too much to expect him to give the children time to rest and adjust their mentality.

Even if Noah's Ark was willing, a black-hearted capitalist in a harmless skin would not agree.

Anyway, there was plenty of time to rest in the second copy.

The second light gate on the steps opened its mouth with a roar and swallowed the children who survived the first level directly.

Everyone's eyes blurred and came to a stone chamber with a diameter of about 20 meters.

Conan calmed down immediately and began to observe the surrounding situation.

This place is more like a cage than a stone chamber.

This time, Noah's Ark did not divide them into teams, but gathered all the remaining 39 people together. The same bold prompt as the first level appeared in the air.

[In this arena, become the final winner. ]

Unlike the first level, which even gave a hint of cooperation to pass the level, the second level's instructions were only so few and pitiful. Even Conan could not extract any useful information from this sentence at the first time.

Xiaolan: "If it's necessary to fight, I'll go."

As soon as she finished speaking, heavy footsteps were heard outside the stone chamber, followed by a deep male voice: "So, you locked up the guests with those lowly slaves?"

"Master, our guests lost all their identification documents due to an accident, and when our escort team arrived, they were already mixed with the slaves... There was no way to tell them apart."

The clever children among them had quickly sorted out the hidden information in these two sentences.

Some of these people are "guests" and the other part are "slaves", but now the NPCs outside seem to have no way to confirm who is the guest and who is the slave.

If I react quickly enough, can I confirm the identity of the guest?

After all, this is an arena, what are slaves used for? Is there any need to ask?

For a moment, everyone had different thoughts. Mitsuhiko secretly pulled Conan's sleeve, then lowered his voice and asked: "Conan, should we try to snatch the guest's identity later? The number of places must be limited."

Conan frowned and hesitated a little.

Because they couldn't distinguish the identity of guests or slaves, they directly locked everyone up in a place similar to a prison. The importance of the guests they mentioned didn't seem to be high.

If you really value the guests, even if it's house arrest, you should choose a place like a reception room.

And, Xiaolan...

"I can't snatch the guest's identity. If slaves need to participate in gladiatorial combat, among so many people, only I am suitable to do it."

Mouri Ran shook her head. As the only one with fighting power among these people, she certainly couldn't watch the children become gladiators.

The door of the stone room was pushed open, and a small man with a goatee pushed the door in. Next to him stood a big man who looked timid and didn't seem to be very smart.

The goatee narrowed his eyes and looked at everyone in the stone room.

One of the impatient children stood up and said, "Is this how you treat guests? You lock us up with lowly slaves?

When I get back, I'll let my dad teach you a lesson!"

Perhaps because he was used to saying such things, the little fat boy with his chest puffed out looked impressive at this moment, except that his face was a little pale.

Several other second- and third-generation people who were familiar with the little fat boy also stood in line, including Hideki Moroboshi, who was topped by Hiroki, and also claimed the identity of "guest" and looked at the little man with goatee in a questioning attitude.

The goatee touched his beard with a smile, and when these children gradually felt guilty under his eyes, the goatee apologized to the 12 children who took the initiative to claim the identity of guests, and invited them to go to the VIP room for dinner immediately and have a good rest.

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Ryo Wakagi looked at Hideki Moroboshi, who was taken away by the goatee, and squinted at the big screen where Noah's Ark was.

"Are you guys cheating?"

[Hiroki felt that the difficulty of this level was a little too high. 】

Ryo Wakagi sighed and turned to look at the situation in the hall.

Yusaku Kudo is indeed the ceiling of reasoning in the entire science world. When Conan and his friends passed the first copy, they had already confirmed that Thomas Schindler was the murderer of Tadaki Kashimura.

Beika Municipal Building, the exhibition hall of "Cocoon".

Although Yusaku Kudo and others could not see what happened in the game, Noah's Ark just reported the information to the parents present.

Currently, 39 children have successfully passed the first level. After confirming that the equipment where Conan is located has not dimmed because the player was eliminated, Yusaku Kudo began to solve the case with confidence.

Shinichi, come on.

He turned around and looked at Inspector Megure, who also looked at his brother Kudo with an expectant look.

"The biggest problem with this case is that there is a metal detector at the entrance of the Beika Municipal Building, and it is impossible for the murderer to bring the murder weapon in from the outside. So the only explanation is that the murder weapon was hidden inside the venue from the beginning.

Inspector, you should have noticed that there are many bronze statues inside the venue, and one of them has a dagger in his hand."

Thomas Schindler's face was covered with cold sweat.

Inspector Megure was puzzled: "But there are so many guests in the venue. If you want to pull out the dagger, how can you avoid being witnessed by others?"

Kudo Yusaku turned his head and looked at Thomas sitting on the side with a firm look.

"Of course, it was pulled out when all the lights in the venue were turned off during the first introduction of the equipment. The murderer had set the time long ago, and then placed the fake dagger prepared in advance on the bronze statue, so that no one would notice anything wrong after the lights came back on.

I guess it should be a fake made temporarily with materials such as tin foil. After killing Kashimura, find an opportunity to put the dagger on it.

I have just asked someone to do fingerprint identification and light sensitivity reaction identification on the dagger.

The dagger produced a reaction consistent with Kashimura's blood type, and fingerprints were also found on the hilt. Mr. Thomas, do you want to guess who the owner of the fingerprint is?"

Inspector Megure: ...

No, when did you ask someone to do the inspection? Why do my men seem to listen to you more than to me?

Wait, the murderer is Thomas?

Inspector Megure felt a hundred thousand confusions?

A billionaire actually has to do it himself to kill people? Do you know that there is a profession called professional killer in this world?

The kind that will do the job as long as you are paid. You are a rich man, so you will not be short of money, right?

Thomas Schindler sneered.

"Isn't it normal to have my fingerprints on it? This is a decoration moved from my house. Not to mention the dagger, my fingerprints can be found on all the bronze statues."

Kudo Yusaku pushed his glasses and smiled good-naturedly.

"Really?"

"Inspector Megure, please play this videotape. This is the surveillance video of the hall before and after the incident.

There is something very strange, and I would like to ask Mr. Thomas to explain it.

Why is there no fingerprint of the child Hideki Moroboshi on this dagger? From the surveillance, the child clearly touched this dagger before the incident... And, what's more interesting is that the dagger made of aluminum foil that I asked Officer Chiba to find for me in the trash can in the basement has the fingerprint of the child."

Inspector Megure looked back at Chiba, whose body was gradually approaching him. The latter touched his head and smiled at his boss.

Thomas Schindler clenched his fists, facing the oppressive eyes of Kudo Yusaku, but for a moment he could not find any reason to refute.

Perhaps because he was worried about his son who was still trapped in the game, Kudo Yusaku rarely followed any procedures, but directly threw out all the evidence, forcing Inspector Megure, who was forced to work overtime, to take out a limited edition silver bracelet and give it to the rich man from Country M.

On the top floor, Wakagi Ryo said to Noah's Ark with a smile.

"I have something to do, so I'll leave for a while. By the way, when I come back, remember to replay it for me~"