People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 644 Conversation before the End
This is a straight road, which is the path planned by Professor Moriarty for Xiang Yuanguang to take.

But unfortunately, what Xiang Yuanguang hates most is following other people's routines.

He turned around, pretending that he didn't see the corridor. He glanced at the black-clad men lying on the ground, making him feel a little unsure where to go, and then cast his gaze on the wall.

Just now, these men in black poured out from the secret door.

Professor Moriarty definitely didn't let these men in black come out because he thought he could be defeated by these useless guys. It's very likely that he had other purposes, such as blocking his view and attracting his attention.

However, Xiang Yuanguang had just paid attention to the positions of Nanatsuki Koshimizu and Holmes. He was sure that when he beat the last man in black into a shrimp, the detective duo would still be behind him.

But now these two people disappeared inexplicably, and he didn't even hear their calls.

Did Nanatsuki Koshimizu and Holmes leave voluntarily?
"I don't believe this. Let me think about what means the professor used to achieve this effect."

Xiang Yuanguang walked down the stairs. He looked at the ceiling and then at the ground, confirming that the upper and lower parts were actually closed, and that the illusion of an endless staircase was only created using holographic projection.

At the same time, the stairs are connected and have a very small amplitude. If the man in black rushing out of the secret door is fast enough, he can block the brief vision of him, Nanatsuki Koshimizu, and Holmes.

The place where he entered before should have had a secret door closed. If he punched that secret door...

"Xiang Yuanguang, don't you want to come over and sit down?"

A very familiar voice sounded from inside the corridor.

This is Xiang Yuanguang's own voice, or rather... this is Professor Moriarty's voice.

The hedgehog-headed lawyer turned his head sharply and looked towards the entrance of the corridor. Then he narrowed his eyes and, relying on his extraordinary vision, he could clearly see the screen and the figure of Professor Moriarty at the end of the corridor.

What was displayed on the screen was exactly the same special staircase that he was standing on now.

However, he was not on the stairs over there. There were only Sherlock Holmes and Nanatsuki Koshimizu. It was like a parallel world with only a different number of people.

"...I see. I built two identical staircases inside the building and connected them with a secret door. After the secret door is opened, I let the man in black come out to block the view. Then I use the projection system to create my projection..."

"In this way, I guided Nanatsuki Koshimizu and Holmes into another staircase, and at the same time, I simultaneously created the projections of Nanatsuki Koshimizu and Holmes, thereby misleading my judgment of the situation behind me..."

"Tsk, this doesn't look like an architectural trick that can be created in this era, does it?"

After a little thought, Xiang Yuanguang figured out the method the other party had just used.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he found it hard to believe that Holmes would fall for such a trick. It was as if Holmes was deliberately cooperating with the other party's actions.

Could it be that Shafu is Professor Moriarty's traitor? This seems a bit too much of a reversal...

However, since it's a game of ladders, that means they must be behind a wall. I just need to punch each wall in this corridor and listen to the sound, and I can find them, right?
The hedgehog-headed lawyer's amazing wisdom came into play at this moment.

"...I am also one of the bosses in the game. Players can come to my base and defeat me as a prerequisite for winning the game. Isn't it normal for a place to have traps?"

"According to the normal game process, the players will be chased by these men in black and thus dispersed. I will control the number of people entering the corridor, start the puzzle game, and have them talk to me to delay time."

"The other player opens the secret door through the mechanism of another Penrose staircase, goes up all the way, and relies on his own wisdom to solve puzzles one by one to find my real body." "So, how about chatting with me now? Don't you believe in Sherlock Holmes's ability?"

Professor Moriarty's voice sounded very calm.

What he said was not without reason, because the game was not initially created with any consideration of the special scenario in which Xiang Yuanguang would intrude as a game player, so some of the original level designs became meaningless.

It makes sense that this special mechanical staircase was created by Noah's Ark as a special level.

Xiang Yuanguang was thinking about something in his mind. He noticed that Sherlock Holmes on the other side of the screen had found the mechanism to open the secret door, opened the upward stairs and passage, and began to move upwards with Koshimizu Nanatsuki.

The Cocoon Game is a game that is destined for players to complete, and Sherlock Holmes is an auxiliary plug-in arranged for players.

In other words, Nanatsuki Koshimizu has Holmes to help him, so he is destined not to encounter any difficulties. If he forcibly destroys the level to find Holmes and the others now, it may cause other changes in the game level...

"The game is about to end. This is the last chapter of the night. Don't you want to know those secrets?"

"If you don't come and talk now, these secrets will probably disappear with the cocoon game and you will never know them. Don't you feel regretful?"

Looking at Professor Moriarty in the corridor, Xiang Yuanguang frowned, but finally decided to listen to what secrets this guy had to tell him.

Tick, tick, tick.

When he stepped into the corridor, he noticed that there was not only multi-directional camera coverage of the Penrose staircase next door, but also comprehensive camera coverage of all the mechanical rooms inside the Reichenbach Building.

Xiang Yuanguang glanced at the figure of Professor Moriarty and noticed that it was also just a projection.

Then he spoke.

"Professor, who the hell are you? Why are you here?"

"Wright Phoenix, Gauntlet... Why are those people here? As one of the final bosses of this game, can you tell me the answers to all of this?"

The professor's projection hesitated for a moment, then he took off his mask, revealing his identical face.

Then, as the final boss in the game, he said calmly.

"I was designed to be the final boss in this game from the very beginning. I am a data-simulated personality created by Noah's Ark based on all traces of Xiang Yuanguang's activities in the real world."

"As for Naruhodō Ryuichi, Yan Tu Haici and those guys...you shouldn't ask me, ask yourself."

"Didn't you give the magatama on Kudo Shinichi's body to him?"

...The magatama on Kudo Shinichi's body?
Xiang Yuanguang’s eyes narrowed slightly.

So, it's still his fault?

(End of this chapter)