Chapter 522: The Disappearance of Koshimizu Nanatsuki
Chapter 522: The Disappearance of Nanatsuki Koshimizu
Conan never expected that the player who was so high-spirited and boasted that he would directly eliminate the beta tester of the "Jack the Ripper" copy just now, would be lying on the ground dying just three minutes after leaving the group!
The pupils of the Elementary School Student of the God of Death shrank when he saw the miserable state of Reito Hoshino. It was not because he thought that all would be lost if Reito Hoshino died, but because he realized that the difficulty increase of each copy by Noah's Ark might be beyond imagination.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Hosho Reito to be shot and assassinated without coming into contact with any NPC. Perhaps Jack the Ripper has already realized their existence and is hunting them!
The bad thing is that many of the players participating in the Cocoon Game are wearing modern clothes. If the NPCs in this world can distinguish the era differences in clothing, then they will probably have nowhere to hide and will be unable to move!
(What is Noah's Ark's purpose in opening the enhanced version of the Cocoon game? Is his goal really to wipe out all the players? Does he really regard the five game scenes as a killing game in which artificial intelligence slaughters humans?)
(Or is it that even the assassination and shooting of the beta tester is part of the plot of this game scene? But why is this... As a game player, how is he different from other players?)
Many chaotic thoughts collided in his mind, and Conan found it difficult to guess how Noah's Ark would modify the script next, but he knew very well that now that Hosho Reito had been shot, the wound must be treated immediately.
He immediately squatted down, glanced at the white coat on Baosheng Reito, then tore off a piece of white cloth from it and quickly treated Baosheng Reito's wound, trying to reduce the loss of blood as much as possible.
At this time, Reito Hoshino seemed to have regained some consciousness. There was an inexplicable look in his eyes, making it difficult for Conan to describe the emotions in his eyes for a moment. Conan only heard him say this.
"continue……"
When Haibara Ai arrived at the scene after Conan, what she saw was the unconscious Hosou Reito and Conan with blood on his hands, and no one knew what he was thinking.
As a former member of the Black Organization, although she did not participate in such killings, it cannot be said that she has never received training in this regard. At least she has some knowledge of pistol shooting.
The slight smell of gunpowder lingering in the air and the obvious size of the wounds on Hoshino Reito's body instantly made Haibara Ai think of what the other party had experienced in the short time that he was out of everyone's sight.
"…Dr. Baosheng was shot?"
Haibara Ai's tone was a little complicated, and she was saying the obvious thing. When Housheng Reito visited Xiang Yuanguang before, she had asked Xiang Yuanguang his name, and naturally knew that Housheng Reito was one of the few top game players in the world.
In addition, since Reito Housheng was an insider player of the Cocoon game and had already completed the Old London scene, she never thought that Reito Housheng would be eliminated so easily in front of everyone.
"Dr. Baosheng? Is that his last name?"
Conan turned his head and looked at Huihara Ai. Before he could ask more questions, someone seemed to have seen something special in the alley, and a scream was heard immediately——————
The Elementary School Student of Death immediately turned his head to look outside the alley, but he could only see the back of a citizen running away. It was obvious that the other party would call the police from Scotland Yard and then investigate the situation of Reito Hosou.
Tick, tick, tick.
Footsteps began to sound continuously. The members of the Junior Detective League, including Ran Mouri, came to the alley. Looking at Reito Hoshino lying in a pool of blood, and Conan and Haibara Ai standing beside him, Ran Mouri subconsciously wanted to go forward to check the situation and ask Conan what happened here.
However, Conan reached out to stop Mao Lilan's actions at this time. His little face was full of seriousness and he said without hesitation.
"Sister Xiaolan, please take the Junior Detective Team and leave here first. Huibara and I will stay here and wait for the police to come... If we don't find out why Dr. Baosheng was assassinated, there will be no point in investigating."
At this time, the door of the main control room of Cocoon Game was pushed open.
Xiang Yuanguang held the Demon Hunting Knife at his waist and strode into the main control room. His eyes fell on the live broadcast on the screen of the main control room. When he saw Baosheng Reito lying in a pool of blood, his pupils shrank suddenly. No, buddy, have you violated the law of heaven or done something wrong? You lie down at the beginning? Do you have any master style?
Uncle Maori turned around when he heard the noise at the door. When he saw Xiang Yuanguang appear, a hint of joy suddenly flashed across his face. He was about to ask Xiang Yuanguang if he knew how to solve the special situation of the cocoon game, but at this moment he saw Thomas Sindora appearing behind Xiang Yuanguang in handcuffs.
"What's going on? Why was the chairman of the Sindor Group arrested?"
Kogoro Mouri was shocked. Although he did hate Thomas Sindra, who came up with the Cocoon Game, he was still shocked when he saw him being arrested.
Unless Thomas Sindra really wanted to hold fifty young celebrities hostage and set up a cocoon game, it would be impossible for the police to arrest Thomas Sindra on the spot. What was going on?
"...Brother Maori, I see you are here too... then this is not surprising."
Inspector Megure poked his head out from behind Thomas Sindora. He was originally wondering why the launch venue of the Cocoon game had become like this, but when he saw Kogoro Mouri standing with Mitsuki Mukai, he was relieved.
The last time these two appeared together was on the cruise ship of the Suzuki Group, which resulted in a major murder case that lasted for a total of ten years and killed more than five people. It is not surprising that the impact is wider this time.
"Ahem, brother Maori, Thomas Sindra was arrested on the spot for suspected attempted murder. We brought him to the game control room now in the hope that he can redeem himself and see if he can help."
The fat police officer coughed twice and said so. However, before the fat police officer could finish his words, Thomas Sindra snorted coldly.
"Humph, Noah's Ark has gone out of control. My secret has been exposed anyway, so I'll just let these idiots be buried with me!"
Regardless of Maori Kogoro who tried to rush up and punch Thomas Sindora twice but was stopped, Xiang Yuanguang walked to Kudo Yusaku, looked at the screen where the live game was broadcast, rubbed his forehead with a headache, sighed, and asked.
"What's going on? Mr. Kudo, who did this?"
"Based on the other party's attire and the fact that he mentioned 'Professor', it is possible that it was the plot character Asogi Yishin who did it, but the gunman did not carry the famous sword called Demon Hunter."
Kudo Yusaku replied calmly, his eyes fixed on the situation in the live broadcast screen. He always felt that something was wrong. If the game players would be chased by the characters in the plot at the beginning, then the difficulty would be too high.
Normally, only children would enter the game. If there were no advanced players like Shinichi or Hosho Reito, this game would be impossible to complete...
Noah's Ark...will it choose to do this?
"Yasougi Ichima? I think that's unlikely."
Xiang Yuanguang directly denied Kudo Yusaku's inference. He quickly scanned the numerous surveillance screens and then frowned because he realized that there was a person's game screen missing in the surveillance screen here.
"…Where's Nanatsuki Koshimizu? Why can't I see her game screen? Didn't she enter the game?"
(End of this chapter)