Chapter 585 Mycroft Holmes
Chapter 585 Mycroft Holmes
"...This defense style seems familiar. Is it Xiang Yuan...?"
Conan was distracted by two things. On one hand, he was paying attention to the sounds coming from the courtroom, and on the other hand, he was writing and drawing on the map with a pen. He was calculating the current route of the underground sewers in old London.
When Professor Moriarty met him before, he had mentioned that he wanted to plan the Reichenbach Falls, and pointed out that Holmes would come to the bottom of the Reichenbach Building through the underground sewer.
In other words, there must be a special underground arrangement near an underground waterway that is directly connected to the Reichenbach Building. If we find the location of this underground waterway, we can find Sherlock Holmes...
"If we mark this, this, and this together and calculate their positions..."
"It's actually here...? In the suburbs of Old London, near the crime scene of the New Hound of the Baskervilles incident?"
The Shinigami schoolboy muttered.
That's right. Since Holmes was investigating the disappearance of the new Hound of the Baskervilles, it is not difficult to understand why he was left behind by Professor Moriarty to play a death game near the disappearance site.
So what should he do next? Go straight to Holmes? Or... do something else?
Currently, the defense in the trial court needs new evidence, otherwise it will fall into a deadlock and dilemma, and Holmes also needs guidance, otherwise he will fall into a death trap.
"...Sure enough, according to conventional thinking, I should help them from the Inquisition win."
After a short period of difficult decision-making, Conan finally made his choice.
This copy of Sherlock Holmes is, after all, just a simulated data personality, just like the different Xiang Yuanguang data personality, it is not a real, living human being.
Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the Inquisition can win and capture Jack the Ripper as a prerequisite.
Otherwise, if the entire cocoon game fails in order to save a virtual data character, and all players are killed by Noah's Ark, this is something he cannot accept.
Tick, tick, tick.
Footsteps were heard at this moment.
Conan turned his head sharply towards where the voice came from, his watch raised.
However, after seeing the person coming, he weakly put his hand down again and shook his head helplessly.
"Ms. Magician, you are here again? What do you want to tell me this time?"
The person who came was the magician girl who had left for a while after informing her of the existence of the Reichenbach Building.
That is Naruhodō Ryuichi's daughter, Naruhodō Mikuni.
The magic girl from Naruhodō's family came over with a smile on her face, and then took out something from somewhere.
"Mr. Death, I'm here to give you this. With it, you can defeat any prosecutor!"
"……dagger?"
The Death God's pupil's eyelids twitched.
No, buddy, are you planning to let me use this elementary school student's body to stab the prosecutor?
Let’s not even talk about whether he would do this or not. Let’s just talk about his physical fitness. Can he do this?
That's simply impossible!
Of course, Conan didn't really think so, he just asked with some suspicion.
"Is there anything special about this dagger? Why do you say so?"
Naruhodō said sternly.
"Of course there is something special about it. This is what my father said, it is the trump card that will win this trial."
"It could be [Jack the Ripper's] dagger, a relic from the fourth murder that just happened."
"...You mean to ask me to help you forge this evidence and make you give false testimony?"
The eyes of the Death Elementary School Student suddenly became sharp.
As a famous high school detective in Tokyo, he would never accept such a thing. This is different from the bronze statue that Gu Meimen and Xiang Yuanguang showed in the Honchidai area.
If this dagger is to be used as evidence, it must be described clearly and be very specific in order to be effective.
If this [decisive] evidence is used... wouldn't that be equivalent to destroying the order of the tribunal?
"I will never accept this kind of thing! This cannot be recognized by the law!"
Conan said seriously, intending to reject Naruhodō's evidence and look for new evidence.
However, at this moment, a very familiar voice sounded.
"That's not necessarily true. Who says the law won't agree with the existence of this evidence?"
This sound... this sound is...
The Shinigami Elementary School Student trembled slightly and turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from.
As expected, the people who showed up this time were none other than the Kudo Yusaku and his wife!
It turned out that the bastard dad used his own stuff when designing the game script and character modeling!
He really inserted himself and his mother into this game as plot characters, but what are their identities? !
"…This is also what Mr. Holmes agreed to, Mr. Death."
Naruhodō Mikuni said lightly.
When Conan heard the name Mr. Holmes, a name flashed through his mind.
Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes's brother.
In the original work, Sherlock Holmes once said that his brother was better than him in reasoning ability, but he was just too lazy. If he could reason while sitting in an armchair, then his brother would be a better detective.
The most special thing about Mycroft compared to Sherlock is that... he can represent Britain.
That's right, this man can represent Britain. He is one of the unknown important figures under the British royal family. He is equivalent to the leader of the Japanese Public Security Police, that is, the so-called special agent.
As an important figure who puts Britain's interests first, Mycroft's decision is not difficult to imagine!
"I didn't expect that such a young child would find this place."
The plot character who looks like Kudo Yukiko said curiously.
"Ala, I have an inexplicable liking for you, what's going on?"
...Needless to say, his relationship with Kudo Yukiko must have been integrated when the data was imported.
Conan curled his lips. He knew clearly that DNA had to be extracted as pheromone authentication when entering the cocoon game cabin. In other words, in the eyes of Noah's Ark, his identity was Kudo Shinichi.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the data character created from Kudo Yukiko's data would have a natural liking for him.
"Yes, this child is just like my son. He is so kind to me."
Mycroft Holmes also sighed. He touched Conan's head and said with a smile.
"The situation here is so serious that I have to start an investigation into this aspect."
"Jack the Ripper has completed his fourth murder tonight. My people discovered it and have not reported it to the police yet. Because Jack the Ripper escaped too quickly, my people failed to catch him."
"But I can tell you for sure that the murderer is Jack the Ripper. It's just that there is no evidence to prove that the murderer is Jack the Ripper... Do you understand what I mean?"
The voice of the man who could represent Britain grew steady.
"This piece of evidence is fake, but what it can prove is true."
"Of course, I know you may not want to help. That's okay. But I have investigated the matter regarding the Inquisition. There is a big problem there right now. I think it would be better for you to deal with that first..."
"Kid, how about going to find... Baroque Benzix?"
(End of this chapter)