Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 141 Is there no one who cares about me?
The sudden kick caught Noah's Ark, which fell from the train, off guard.

Didn’t you say you would save me?

What on earth is this human named Xia He thinking about?
At the moment when Noah's Ark was thinking, the nearly twenty-meter-long hemp rope stretched straight.

However, the expected scene of falling off the cliff at a high speed did not appear. It first hit the mountain wall, slid forward a short distance, and then swayed greatly from side to side due to inertia.

"Hey, human, what are you doing?" it shouted.

At the same time, he was very curious about how Xia He managed to stay on the edge of the cliff.

But no matter how much he called out, the other party didn't seem to want to respond.

So it tried to pull the rope, and seeing that the other end of the rope seemed to be fixed, it climbed up with great effort.

There is a cliff on this side of the track and a forest on the other side.

But when Noah's Ark climbed onto the land and looked across, the scene before it caused its entire artificial intelligence to instantly crash.

Xia He was seen stuck on the branch of a big tree, his flesh and blood all over the place. Blood gushed out of his mouth uncontrollably. In addition, his arm was broken in half and drooped limply to the side. However, he held on with all his strength and used his other arm, which was still able to move, to hold tightly onto the hemp rope that was worn and about to break.

Not until half of Noah's Ark emerged from the edge of the cliff did he breathe a sigh of relief and collapsed backwards as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

At the same time, the special effects of the player being eliminated flashed on Xia He's broken body.

Seeing Xia He's expression, which was obviously in extreme pain, Noah's Ark couldn't help but ask, "Why did you do this?"

"For...profit."

Xia He, who had been breathing out more than breathing in, said this without any concealment.

"Benefits?" Noah's Ark was a little surprised by Xia He's answer.

It thought that Xia He would use sweet words to gain its trust like the other adults.

"But no matter what the reason is... Anyway, I have completed the bet, and you must abide by the agreement between us."

Before he could finish his words, a deafening explosion suddenly sounded from the end of the railway track.

The moment the train crashed into the station, Xia He's figure had already disappeared into the bushes.

Only Noah's Ark was left, still standing there stupidly, as if the CPU was overloaded again.

After a long time, the program responded again.

Noah's Ark came to its senses and immediately summoned a stone door on the railroad track and stepped into it.

……

The conference site.

The tightly closed cocoon cabin suddenly opened.

The children lying on the seats also woke up one after another.

The parents in the audience were afraid to step forward, fearing that they would trigger the electric shock device that Noah's Ark had previously installed outside the cabin.

It was not until the children jumped out of the cabin one by one onto the ground, crying and shouting for their parents that they swarmed over and held their babies in their arms.

"Good boy, you're not scared, are you?"

"Don't cry, don't cry. It's the AI ​​program that's broken. Mommy will call someone to take apart the egg soon."

"That damned Sindor Company, I must ask their president for an explanation today!"

"..."

Crying, comforting, and scolding.

It echoed throughout the entire venue.

But before they had the chance to formally denounce the Sindoor Company, the company's president, Thomas Sindoor, had already been arrested by the police on charges of intentional homicide and taken back to the police station.

As a result, the discussions at the scene suddenly became even noisier.

"It's really all thanks to you this time, Brother Kudo." Megure Jusan patted Kudo Yusaku on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Ever since Kudo Yusaku moved to the United States with his wife, they have rarely "cooperated" again. Now that they have finally gotten together and solved the case, some reason, Megure Jusan actually had a feeling that "my youth is back."

"After you finish taking the statement, let's find a restaurant and have a couple of drinks." "No, my wife is waiting for me at home." However, Kudo Yusaku chose to refuse in a very disappointed manner.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to reunite with his old friend, but the day before the press conference, he accidentally made Yukiko angry. If he doesn’t find a way to coax her tonight, he might not have to go back in the future.

"Okay, say hello to my brother and sister-in-law for me."

As a married man, Megure Juzo naturally understands Kudo Yusaku's difficulties.

the other side.

Yuanzi and Xiaolan hugged each other and cried.

At the insistence of Dr. Agasa, Conan and Ai were taken to the doctor who had already arrived at the scene and began to examine their bodies from head to toe.

Only Xia He was still sitting in the cocoon, with an expression as if he had constipation.

It was because he suddenly remembered that apart from entering the virtual game, he seemed to have no way to contact Noah's Ark.

"Noah, are you still there Noah?"

He shouted softly to the cocoon cabin twice.

As expected, there was no response at all.

Could it be that that guy went back on his word again?

Thinking of this, Xia He sighed and then walked out of the cabin.

"But then again...no one cares about me?"

Glancing around, Xia He saw that Conan, Sonoko, Professor Agasa and others seemed to have disappeared long ago. The corner of his mouth twitched and he said speechlessly.

……

Since most of the people attending the game conference were Japanese celebrities, the news that "artificial intelligence went out of control and almost hurt humans" quickly spread across the country.

For a time, people began to feel fear and resistance towards technologies such as "virtual reality" and "artificial intelligence", and Sintra Corporation quickly collapsed under this storm of public opinion.

Of course, the fact that the company's president was a descendant of Jack the Ripper quickly became a household name because of the murder that occurred at the press conference.

In this regard, after reading the entire news report, Nakatsuru Hirota finally couldn't help but complain: "I really don't understand, isn't he just a descendant of Jack the Ripper? He hasn't committed any crime, why do you care so much about what the world thinks?

If it were me, instead of killing those who knew the news and covering up my own background, I would rather work hard to prove myself and make everyone realize that their views were wrong.

Who says that the descendants of criminals will definitely be criminals?

You're right, Meatball."

"Woof!" Meatball echoed.

Xia He reached out to stroke Rouwan's fur and nodded, "What you said makes sense."

Just because he didn't want his life story to be exposed, he chose to kill people to silence them...

In his opinion, this behavior was indeed too extreme.

"I don't know whether this DNA tracking technology will be a good thing or a bad thing once it becomes popular," he muttered.

……

That night.

study.

Still unwilling to give up, Xia He turned on his desktop computer and called out to the screen: "Noah?"

About a minute later.

Still without a response, Xia He clicked the mouse twice, preparing to play a game of Warcraft 3 to relax, but at this moment...

"Human, why are you still not sleeping at this late hour? Don't you know that staying up late is very harmful to your health?"

Hiroki Sawada's voice came from the headphones.

(End of this chapter)