Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 140 Dead End
"That's weird... Jack the Ripper has been arrested, so why isn't the game over yet?"

In front of the screen, Dr. Agasa looked at the pictures in the game and muttered to himself in confusion.

"That guy from Noah's Ark, is he planning to go back on his word?" Maori Kogoro couldn't help but ask, "Whether Xia and that kid pass the level or not, he plans to keep those kids sleeping in the cocoon forever?"

"This……"

Dr. Agasa didn't know how to answer.

He actually thought that there was a possibility, but the key point was that if this really happened, he would have no way to deal with it...

I couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness in my heart.

"The last train out of Charlie Cross station?"

At this time, Kudo Yusaku interrupted and said, "That is the most dangerous 'climax' at the end of the story. But without Jack the Ripper, will the plot continue as originally planned?"

……

Dudu——!
The train roared.

At the last moment before the train door closed, Xia He ran onto the tracks and then rushed in.

But when he walked into the carriage, he found that the entire train was empty except for his Noah's Ark.

"How did you come?"

Noah's Ark looked at Xia He in surprise.

"Of course I'm here to fulfill my bet with you." Xia He said, and walked to Noah's Ark and sat down.

However, Noah's Ark replied to Xia He with obvious impatience: "How many times do I have to tell you that I never agreed to make a bet with you."

"But it's not too late for you to make a choice now."

"It's too late." Ran Noah's Ark shook his head, and as he spoke, his appearance changed from Hideki Moroboshi back to Hiroki Sawada.

"In fifteen minutes, this driverless train will crash into its final station. But don't worry, even if you die here, as long as your friends are still alive, you can still return to the real world."

After Noah's Ark finished speaking, he closed his eyes, as if he had begun to wait for "death".

Seeing this, Xia He continued to try and said, "Well, let's change the bet now. If I can keep you alive in the end, you must promise to cooperate with me and from now on, you will not activate the self-destruct program again."

"You are really persistent enough."

"Persistent? I've always been like this."

Xia He grinned.

Time passes minute by minute.

One person and one AI just stared at each other until there were about five or six minutes left to the terminal. Noah's Ark nodded slightly and said, "Before you self-destruct, I'd like to see how you can break this 'dead end'."

Dead end?
Xia He smiled.

He has a script in his hand, so there is no way he will die.

"Don't cheat this time, Noah."

After saying this, Xia He stood up from his seat and walked straight to the connection between the carriages at the rear.

"It's useless. If you want to cut off the connection between the carriages, it's impossible without the efforts of three or five people working together." Noah's Ark reminded Xia He.

If it happened in reality, Xia He would be able to do it easily.

But now...

Xia He's strength had been weakened by it to that of an ordinary person who didn't even have the strength of 0.5 of a shattering pole.

Trying to cut off the carriage single-handedly is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

But Xia He had no intention of stopping at the connection. He walked straight to the last carriage, stood in front of the door, and shouted to Noah's Ark from a distance: "Only by being covered in blood can we untie the knot of truth... This was the hint you gave to the players through a homeless man playing the accordion shortly after the game started, right? Then the answer seems obvious."

Xia He pushed open the door, picked up the axe hanging on the wall, and chopped hard at the wooden barrel in the carriage.

However, the scene of the red wine flowing out as expected did not appear. Looking at the empty wooden barrel, Xia He widened his eyes in surprise. Then he turned around and looked at Noah's Ark who was walking towards him and asked: "How is this possible?!"

"I'm sorry, when you first boarded this train, I used my authority to clear out the red wine."

He knew very well that with Xia He's wisdom, it would be effortless for him to solve the puzzle he set.

Therefore, in order to prevent Xia He from stopping him, he went back on his word and once again "cheated" to erase the correct answer that would have been used to break the deadlock.

This is also the reason why he nodded and agreed to the bet so readily just now.

"So... now, do you have any other ideas?"

Xia He: "."

It seems that this guy is determined to destroy himself.

Compared with the original novel, the plot has taken a 180-degree turn.

Xia He, who had never encountered such a situation before, fell into silence for a moment.

Fill the carriage with red wine, using the density of water to increase resistance and thus reduce the impact...

"Is there no other way besides this method?"

He was thinking frantically in his mind.

……

"The train will pull into the station in five minutes."

"At that time, Xia He and the Noah's Ark will be buried together in the carriage, along with the forty-eight children and Yuanzi, and will sleep forever..."

Looking at Hiroki Sawada who appeared on the screen, Dr. Agasa said with a very heavy expression.

Of course he also understood that the sudden appearance of Hiroki Sawada was actually Noah's Ark.

However, he misunderstood Noah's Ark's meaning and thought that the damn AI did not end the game immediately because it wanted to drag all the players to be buried with Hiroki Sawada.

"Is there any way to stop that train?" asked Kudo Yusaku.

"I'll try my best..."

Dr. Agasa wiped the sweat from his forehead and started typing on the keyboard again.

……

In-game.

Train roof.

"In the bundle of ropes of life, there is a fiery red rope called 'murder'. Isn't it the job of a detective to untie this knot?"

The quotes from Sherlock Holmes that Conan once said kept echoing in Xia He's mind.

Looking at Noah's Ark standing in front of him, without saying anything, Xia He first tied the hemp rope around his waist, then walked forward and tied the other end of the rope firmly to Noah's Ark.

"What are you doing?" Noah's Ark looked at Xia He in confusion.

"Of course it's to fulfill my promise and keep you alive."

The words fell.

When the train passed the cliff, Xia He kicked Noah's Ark down without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)