People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 525 Watson’s Treasure Chest

"Sherlock Holmes? I've heard of this name. He seems to be a fictional detective, right? Mr. Kudo, since the game script is based on historical scenes, why is there Sherlock Holmes?"

In the game control room, Kogoro Mouri touched his chin. There was some confusion in his eyes, but he was soon relieved. He shook his head and decided to ignore these things.

It's a good thing to have Sherlock Holmes as a teammate. The probability of clearing the level should be increased. Instead of worrying about why the fictional character Sherlock Holmes appeared, it is better to correct why there is only one Sherlock Holmes.

According to Kogoro Mori's idea, at this time he should send in a reinforced platoon of famous detectives to find out the truth about Jack the Ripper in minutes, and it would be best to speed through the entire cocoon game directly!
"Because there weren't many historical figures who could help players at the end of the 19th century, instead of forcibly changing the time when those historical figures should appear, it's better to add a virtual character, which makes it easier to adjust."

Yusaku Kudo shook his head and gave his own ideas, and the nominal creator of Noah's Ark, IT engineer Tadaki Kashimura, also joined the team to crack the Noah's Ark firewall.

With Kashimura Tadaki's understanding of the artificial intelligence Noah's Ark, combined with Dr. Agasa's technology and the special program sent by Housheng Reito before entering the game, the progress of hacking data suddenly began to accelerate.

If this goes on, it will only take ten to fifteen minutes for Noah's Ark's firewall to be breached. Even if all the players of the Cocoon Game cannot be rescued, at least normal communication between people inside and outside the game can be restored.

"Rather than Sherlock Holmes, I am more concerned about this sheriff. I remember that the sheriff who would help gamers solve cases should be Sheriff Gregson. The two have different appearances... This is very strange."

"Noah's Ark may modify the personalities and experiences of specific characters in the plot, but it would be strange to modify their appearance and characteristics. The only person whose characteristics Noah's Ark should modify is Sherlock Holmes."

"Could it be that Sheriff Gregson in the original plot was given a new plot that caused a conflict with the original setting, so that the new setting overwrote the old setting?"

As the creator of the game script, Yusaku Kudo was still wondering which parts of the script Noah's Ark had modified, but the house number [221B Baker Street] that suddenly flashed on the screen attracted his attention.

This is where the great detective Sherlock Holmes in the famous detective novel series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" lived. It is also the place that Sherlock Holmes must go to in order to join the crime-solving team in the game script.

So, can we find Sherlock Holmes in 221B Baker Street?
Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Mao Lilan knocked on the door of 221B Baker Street. She pushed it back slightly and waited for the person inside to respond.

Although she didn't like mystery novels, Kudo Shinichi would talk about the contents of mystery novels every time they met, and the most common content was about the great detective Sherlock Holmes.

So now, when Mouri Ran hears Conan saying he is looking for Sherlock Holmes, her first reaction is to go to 221B Baker Street, where Holmes lived in the novel, to look for this legendary detective.

The members of the Junior Detective Team looked at the door nervously. They were looking forward to this famous detective in literary history.

However, the person who opened the door was not Sherlock Holmes, but a woman he had never seen before.

"Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

The woman looked at Mao Li Ran with some confusion, then looked down at the members of the Junior Detective League, and then she looked as if she had suddenly realized something, and she said with a smile.

"Oh, so you are Miss Watson's friend. How is it? Have you found Mr. Holmes?"

...Can these two words be combined together?
“Eh…Is that so?”

Mao Lilan stood there, and her eyes became small. She looked at the landlady in a daze. Because she vaguely remembered that Watson seemed to be a man, but the landlady used the word "Miss" here. Besides, why did she ask them if they had found Mr. Holmes? Is Mr. Holmes missing?
"We are here to find Sherlock Holmes! Auntie, can you let us in and take a look?"

Yuan Tai spoke carelessly, without paying any attention to what the landlady said. But considering his understanding of Sherlock Holmes, he probably wouldn't find it strange even if he noticed.

Anyway, he just needs to know that Sherlock Holmes is a great detective that even Kudo Shinichi admires, and that this great detective lives at 221B Baker Street. Watson? Does it matter whether Watson is a man or a woman?

There was obviously something wrong with what he said, but the landlady did not refuse but nodded.

"Sure, please come in. But Miss Watson hasn't come back yet, so you'll have to wait a little longer."

The members of the Junior Detective League cheered quietly, then thanked the landlady and walked into the room.

However, the layout of the room surprised the members of the Junior Detective Team, because it could be described as a mess.

There are a few old photos hanging on the wall, a pile of books next to the sofa, a leather boot and a wooden hammer nailed to a high cabinet, and a shaky globe on the table next to it. It is hard to imagine what kind of mentality the owner of the room had when decorating the room.

"…This doesn't look like a great detective's room."

Ayumi said somewhat disappointedly, and Mitsuhiko nodded. However, Genta had already run away and disappeared from Mouri Ran's sight in the blink of an eye. The landlady next to them was not surprised, but said with a smile.

"After the two Japanese friends who often visited left, Mr. Holmes' room was rarely visited. Perhaps for this reason, he and Miss Watson were both lazy about cleaning the room."

"And Miss Watson often places some weird props in her home. Even if I want to help clean the office, I can't do anything because those weird prop traps may be triggered at any time."

"…A prop trap?"

Mao Lilan repeated the term with some doubt, and then a scream was heard——————

"what!!!"

Without asking more questions, Mao Lilan turned her head to look at the place where the sound came from, and then saw a treasure chest on the ground, and Kojima Genta, who was screaming just now but now lying on the sofa very peacefully.

...Is this treasure chest the prop trap that the landlady mentioned? But where is it...?
The high school girl approached the treasure chest carefully. She circled it twice but didn't find anything special. Then, under the watchful eyes of the remaining two members of the Junior Detective Team, she reached out and flipped the lock of the treasure chest...

"what……"

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko raised their heads and watched with dull eyes as Sister Xiaolan was hit by a big red fist that popped out of the treasure chest, then flew up with a whoosh and finally landed on the sofa next to them.

"Hmm, so those weird props and traps of Miss Watson may be triggered at any time..."

The landlady smiled helplessly.

(End of this chapter)