Conan's other self

It was a surprise attack.

Although Xiaolan sometimes fails to react in time because she is frightened, at this moment she is more focused, so she reacts immediately and stops the other person.

This is how their first encounter in the game begins.

The surrounding visibility was very low, and Fengyuan didn't have any senses that were beyond ordinary people's senses in reality, so after thinking about it, he decided to stay here and be on guard to avoid other enemies appearing.

Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.

The battle was over quickly.

Although Xiaolan is weaker than in reality, her karate level and combat experience are still there. After a brief confrontation, she kicked the opponent away.

The man fell to the ground and lay there motionless. Conan quickly ran up to check.

It was just a skinny tramp who seemed to have lost his mind due to excessive hunger. Putting aside the fighting prowess he showed just now, there is nothing strange about him.

Under Conan's gaze, the body of the homeless man in front of him gradually dissipated into the air while he was still breathing.

"Sister Xiaolan, are you okay?" Fengyuan noticed that Xiaolan was holding her left arm with her right hand and rubbing it.

"Xiaolan, you are injured!" Yuanzi also shouted worriedly, and Conan ran back quickly.

"It's okay, he'll be fine in a while. It's just that his strength is much stronger than I thought."

She momentarily forgot that she was now weaker and a little careless. The opponent looked very pitiful. Because she was worried about hurting the opponent, she withdrew her strength when they first made contact. As a result, the opponent was not only very strong, but also moved forward inexorably.

"You said it was okay! You can't even lift your hands..."

"It's not that exaggerated, Yuanzi! It's just a little numb. It will recover after a while..."

But even if Xiaolan was fine, it made them realize that the game was more difficult than expected. After all, under normal circumstances, Xiaolan could solve that kind of character with just one kick.

And according to the understanding of Mitsuhiko and others, the encounter just now should be regarded as a tutorial for novices.

"By the way, Maplehara," Conan suddenly remembered something, "You said before that this command spell can help in battle, right?"

"If the doctor hadn't changed it, it would have been like this."

Fengyuan was not sure, "I just don't know how to use it yet."

They don't have a so-called game panel, so they can't issue commands like in ordinary games. Moreover, Xiaolan is indeed fine and will recover after a while. Using the command spell is a waste.

But I thought it would be a good idea to give it a try, and after discussing it with veteran gamers Mitsuhiko, Genta, and Ayumi, Maplehara suggested that Conan try again according to the previous summoning steps.

Conan is good at what he does.

Under the curious eyes of everyone, Conan pressed the index finger of his left hand on the command spell on the back of his right hand.

The command spell once again lit up slightly, but the difference from before was that it did not just light up for a moment and then dim. Flow in the pointed direction.

Conan let go of his hand, and the command spell returned to its original state.

"It doesn't seem to be of any use."

"That's not right, Conan, I think it should be like this..."

As Ayumi spoke, she repeated what Conan had just done, and then traced her fingers along the direction of the water flow.

The moment he completed the action, the Command Seal lit up for a moment, then dimmed, and the trident turned into a two-dented one.

Feng Yuan looked at Genta and Mitsuhiko.

"It seems I'm not hungry anymore..."

"..."

Ayumi was a little embarrassed. Apparently there was a limit to the number of times the command spell could be used, and she wasted one.

Jiang Shouhuang next to him was also on the verge of crying. He also tried it just now.

Fortunately, he knew how to use it, and Conan also used the command spell under Ayumi's patient guidance. As one of the traces disappeared completely, Xiaolan's arm returned to normal instantly.

"so amazing…"

"I know!" Mitsuhiko said, "This is just like the healing spell in the previous games, but it seems that there are only three chances..."

"Besides, I also know how to gain experience points." Fengyuan said, "When that person disappeared just now, I felt that my body and senses had become stronger."

"I feel the same way." Xiaolan agreed.

"Really?" Yuantai moved his body and showed a surprised expression, "Then I should be too?"

"Speaking of which, the doctor's game seems to have a similar setting," Mitsuhiko thought for a moment. "Experience is gained by forming a team to defeat enemies and completing events, and everyone present can gain experience...but it must be within a certain range. …”

"Playing games is quite useful."

"I never thought that a bunch of little devils like you could come in handy." It was obviously Yuanzi who said this.

"Hey, over there," Hideki Morohoshi, who had been following them, interrupted everyone's conversation, "How long do we have to stay here?"

Staying here was obviously not an option, so everyone continued walking.

Yuantai and others who often play games have become team leaders. According to Mitsuhiko's analysis, since they have encountered the "newbie tutorial" here, it means that they are on the right path, and they may encounter games if they continue on. main line.

Moving forward along the road, because the lights in the houses on both sides were turned off, the environment was so familiar that they felt like they were going in circles.

"so tired."

"I've only been walking for a while, Yuanzi."

"But it looks weird here," Yuanzi said, "and you guys have been silent..."

The few pedestrians on the road were all in a hurry, as if they didn't want to stay on the street any longer, and even when they talked to their fellow travelers, they were whispering.

"It's better to say it's a city of mystery than a city of dense fog." Haiyuan Ai looked at it for a few times and commented.

"City of dense fog?" Ayumi asked curiously.

"Yeah." Conan's science popularization soul burned brightly, "London in this era was also called the City of Smog, or 'The Smoke' in English.

This is because of London fog. It is not just a clean substance formed by the condensation of water vapor, but soot produced by burning carbon and petroleum. When combined with fog, smoke is produced. "

"It turns out that smog existed in this era..."

"Not only that," Haihara Ai said, "Don't you think there is a strange smell in the air?"

The original streets and alleys had a vague smell of stench and rot, but you can no longer smell it here, but there is still an indescribable smell in the air.

Maplehara agreed. .

"Yes," Conan nodded, "but I can't tell what it is..."

"It turns out there are things you, a brat, don't know," Sonoko narrowed her eyes and looked at Conan, "You looked so stinky just now. I thought you knew everything."

"I'm just a kid. I just heard it from TV programs..."

"Hey, which way should we go next?" Hideki Morohoshi interrupted the conversation again impatiently, "There is a fork in the road ahead."

"Huh?" Mitsuhiko was stunned for a moment, "If we follow the normal game settings, we should trigger new events..."

A shrill female scream suddenly sounded.

"Yes, just like this..." Mitsuhiko continued.

Conan's expression changed suddenly, and before Mitsuhiko finished speaking, he had already rushed in the direction of the sound.

Maplehara did not do what Conan did, but followed Conan with the large army.

The location where the sound came from was in the deep alley on the left side of the crowd. They took a few turns and did not pass through the fork in the road, and soon arrived at the place where the incident happened.

Conan was standing there, looking towards the end of the road, with a serious look on his face.

"It's too dangerous, Conan..."

"Yes, Conan, you are too troublesome." Yuantai said righteously, and Conan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Moreover, if something happens to you, Sister Xiaolan will probably be out too." Fengyuan said.

"I know. Really, the game doesn't tell you all the settings directly. It actually requires us to reason on our own," Conan couldn't help complaining, "But now is not the time to talk about this..."

He looked toward the ground nearby.

A young woman was lying on the ground, her eyes were wide open, and she had obviously lost her life.

Unlike the previously defeated enemies, she did not dissipate directly after her "death", but remained on the ground.

The corpse looked like it was real, and so did the smell in the air. This made several of Morohoshi Hideki's followers retching, but he himself looked at the scene in front of him with vigour.

Xiaolan, Yuanzi and the young detective team are used to this kind of scene and don't feel any discomfort. However, Xiaolan still kept a little distance with the children.

Maplehara and Conan checked the condition of the corpse together.

Judging from the marks on the body, the murderer obviously planned to disembowel the deceased, but was only interrupted halfway by Conan who was running and shouting.

The murderer's original plan was probably to let the woman watch her abdomen being cut open before her own eyes, and then die in pain. Now, a knife was stabbed directly into the throat of the deceased, which became the final fatal injury.

Due to the struggle when the body was disembowelled, the deceased's dissected abdomen was somewhat messy.

"It's really cruel." After thinking about this, Conan couldn't help but said to Fengyuan, "The murderer probably had a strong hatred for the deceased..."

"If this is the main plot, then this may be an important role," Maplehara said. "In London a hundred years ago, a young woman and the deceased were disemboweled..."

"Jack the Ripper!?"

As Maplehara listed it, Conan immediately thought of it.

"Jack the Ripper?" Genta repeated curiously.

"That was a murderer who brutally murdered multiple women in the Whitechapel area of ​​East London in 1888. His nickname pointed out his consistent killing methods." Haibara Ai explained, "So, this is our main line. Task?"

"It really looks like dad's style..."

Conan complained to Fengyuan, and then saw that Fengyuan's attention was elsewhere. Following his gaze, Conan's eyes also narrowed slightly.

The screams just now could be heard even by them across the street, and obviously the residents and passers-by nearby could also hear them. The buildings on both sides were residential buildings, with a few lights on, but the strange thing was that those people just looked at them but didn't speak.

There were also some passers-by gathered around them, but they just watched from a distance, also silent, which made people feel a little numb.

"What's going on with these people..."

Also aware of this scene, Yuanzi couldn't help but hugged Xiaolan's arm and lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing those people.

Xiaolan shook her head nervously.

She is also not very courageous, especially when it comes to weird things.

Haibara Ai took Ayumi and others closer to Maplehara and Conan. In her opinion, even a corpse in a miserable state of death is much more reassuring than that group of people.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

At this time, someone who could talk finally came over, and the crowd silently moved out of the way.

Feng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

They were two Scotland Yard patrolmen.