Chapter 534: Journey of Search
Chapter 534: Journey of Search
...your old friend...?
Several question marks flashed over Conan's head.
I don't even know you, how should I know who the old friend you are talking about is?
The Elementary School Student of Death was about to stand up and call out to Lawyer Naruhodō, but he saw the Magical Girl on the other side clapping her hands.
boom------
The dim lights of the late nineteenth century could not illuminate the thick white fog.
When the white mist dissipated, both Lawyer Naruhodō and the magical girl disappeared quietly.
It’s as if these two people have never been here... It makes people wonder what is going on.
"…If only Xiang Yuan were here at this time, he would be the best at dispersing smoke."
Conan saw this scene and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
From the moment he saw the magic girl's attire, he felt that she was most likely a magician.
Now it seems that it is true, just like Kaito Kidd, throwing smoke bombs everywhere...
"Ah! Mr. Naruhodō and the girl next to him have disappeared!"
At this time, Mao Lilan exclaimed, she seemed to have been distracted just now and just reacted now.
This high school girl, whose fighting power is higher than that of normal high school students, looked down at Conan in confusion.
"Conan, you just said it would be nice if Xiang Yuan was here... Did you mean Mr. Xiang Yuan?"
"Why is Mr. Xiang Yuan the best at dispersing smoke?"
The Death Elementary School Student's eyes narrowed, and then he immediately changed his tone.
I saw him looking up with a silly smile, quickly completing the disguise of a primary school student.
"Because, because Uncle Xiang Yuan is a great magician! Wind magic can easily blow away the smoke!"
“…That’s true.”
Mao Lilan nodded in agreement, although it was rare to see Mr. Xiang Yuan perform wind magic in court nowadays.
But if we consider the wind magic that Mr. Xiang Yuan performed when I first met him, it would definitely not be difficult to blow away the smoke.
"But what about Mr. Naruhodō who suddenly left just now?"
"Isn't he the lawyer Naruhodō Ryunosuke mentioned in the newspaper?"
She recalled with some doubt the experience when she met Naruhodō Ryuichi.
The landlady said that the other party often visited 221B Baker Street.
But he had already arrived at the door of 221B Baker Street but stopped outside and did not go in, as if he was intentionally avoiding the landlady.
Although Mao Lilan noticed this suspicious point at first, she ignored it after she found the lawyer's medal.
Because in her eyes, the lawyer's medal is almost equivalent to a lawyer's identity certificate. Anyone with a lawyer's medal is definitely a lawyer, and a Japanese with a lawyer's medal is equivalent to lawyer Naruhodō Ryunosuke in the newspaper.
It's just that Mao Lilan's level of knowledge is not deep enough, so she didn't even know that Japanese lawyers of this era used lawyer armbands, not the lawyer medals that she later often showed to Genkou.
"Well... of course not. How could an international student dress like this?"
Conan answered Mao Lilan's question. He turned his head to look at the dim city of London and raised his watch.
Although he often uses this watch as a hypnotic needle transmitter, it still sometimes serves its basic functions.
However, in the cocoon game, the watch has completely turned into a hypnotic needle transmitter, and the pointer on it has stopped moving.
(Perhaps the night in old London was not really night, but just an atmosphere.)
(If the plot cannot be advanced, will Old London remain in darkness forever?)
(That is why clocks naturally lose their original function in this environment.)
The Elementary School Student of Death recalled the exclamation that Haibara Ai had made after she looked at Big Ben, and he turned to look at Haibara Ai.
Ai Huihara is explaining the next direction of investigation to the other members of the Junior Detective Team. (If it goes as expected, the movement of the clock that Huihara saw must not conform to the normal cognitive law.)
(…Should it be “turn”? Using the time on the clock to represent the number of players in the Cocoon game?)
(That kind of thing doesn't seem important at the moment. Let's start investigating Alice Watson's situation first.)
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"...Jack the Ripper? A serial killer?!"
After chasing for a long time without success and failing to catch up with Moroboshi Hideki and the other man, Naruhodō Ryunosuke came back panting.
As soon as he heard the words of the famous young man Takizawa Shinya, he immediately said with a smile on his face.
"What are you thinking? How could I possibly defend a murderer like that?"
"Besides, with Mr. Holmes in the City of London, even a lawyer can't confuse right and wrong, right?"
Although he was once very troubled by Holmes's funny behavior.
However, Naruhodō Ryunosuke still has great trust in this world-famous detective.
Sherlock Holmes is one of the best in terms of both ability and action.
And sometimes I would use [Logic and Reasoning Experimental Theater] to speed up the investigation progress...
"Master Naruhodō... have you forgotten?"
Standing behind Naruhodō Ryunosuke, Susado's eyes made him feel a little uneasy.
Suddenly, Naruhodō said a little embarrassedly.
"Of course I haven't forgotten this! Even though Mr. Holmes is missing, he can't be in trouble!"
"If it was that Sherlock Holmes, he would definitely leave clues for us to find him!"
"But Jack the Ripper...it sounds wrong."
Naruhodō Ryunosuke touched his chin subconsciously as he thought.
This vicious murder happened when both Mr. Holmes and Miss Alice were busy.
There must be some special connection behind this... But he is just a lawyer, not a policeman.
And because of Mr. Baosheng's lawless behavior last time, he couldn't get any information about the case even if he went to the police station.
So...is it better to find Miss Alice first, and then find Mr. Holmes?
The young man from a prominent family, Takizawa Shinya, was standing nearby with a strange expression on his face.
When Naruhodō Ryunosuke finished thinking, he turned around and saw the little kid in expensive clothes speaking.
"Mr. Naruhodō, do you always speak your mind quietly?"
"…Did I just say that?"
Naruhodō Ryunosuke turned around and confirmed with his paralegal.
Then, Mikotoha Susado looked at him with an inexplicably worried look.
It's like saying "This isn't the first time"...
"Well, anyway, let's go find Miss Alice first."
"I remember the meeting place Miss Alice mentioned in the envelope was..."
He quickly changed the subject and then paused.
Then, Naruhodō Ryunosuke took out a note from his pocket at lightning speed.
"…It's [Dunlun University]."
(End of this chapter)