Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 537 Anya's Secret
Thomas Sindora's mentality completely collapsed. If he could still accept the blow he had just suffered, now he was completely cut off from all options and was being tried by the IRS. Given his tax evasion and various crimes, he would be spending at least five hundred years in prison.

—That is, if he can live to see that time.

Thomas Sindora could no longer tolerate it. He elbowed Officer Shiratori, sending him flying, and looked at Natsukawa with red eyes.

"You bastard, die!"

Thomas Sindora grabbed Jack the Ripper's dagger, which was lying to the side, and charged toward Xia Chuan.

The two were only four or five steps apart, and given Thomas's previous cooperation, Inspector Megure couldn't react at all and could only watch as Thomas rushed up to Natsukawa.

The dagger, bearing the weight of a century of sins, whose truth has only been revealed today, pierced Xia Chuan's heart with deep malice.

Just as the dagger was about to pierce Thomas Sindora's heart, a hand firmly gripped her wrist.

Thomas Sindora's heart skipped a beat; he had just experienced this feeling before he was knocked unconscious.

The moment this thought entered his mind, he felt the world spinning.

One second later——

"boom!"

Thomas Sindora slammed his fist to the ground; the pain in his wrists and back nearly made him faint.

Xia Chuan stepped forward and placed one foot on Thomas Sindora's chest.

"Now you have another charge: attempted murder of a Japanese public official. I'm sorry, but you'll probably have to spend a few more years in Japan before you can be sent to the United States."

Officer Shiratori, realizing what was happening, quickly ran over, unlocked Thomas Sindora's handcuffs, rotated them behind her back, and then re-handcuffed her.

Xia Chuan clapped his hands and turned to look at the screen.

He wasn't worried that Anya and Ai Haibara would be in danger.

Regardless of whether Conan can solve the problem, the purpose of Noah's Ark from beginning to end was not to kill these fifty children.

Instead, he was instructing the children and warning the dignitaries in the audience.

Noah's Ark knew very well that even if these second and third generations died, it would have no impact on Japan's politics and economy.

In Japan today, which wealthy family doesn't have two or three children? Even if they die, they can just have another one.

Moreover, there are only fifty children here.

On screen, Conan and Hideki Moroboshi floated up and down in the red wine carriage, while Anya seemed a bit out of place. She rejected Conan's invitation to a bloody battle and lay on the top of the carriage, letting the train shake.

However, Anya could not withstand the shaking that even adults struggled to resist, and she was eventually thrown off amidst the constant jolting.

Just when everyone thought Anya would disembark, leaving only Hideki Moroboshi and Conan to complete the game, Anya flew into a stable and fell into a neatly stacked haystack.

The haystack absorbed all the force, and after a moment Anya poked her head out from the haystack, stretching out her arms as if she were very happy and wanted to do it again.

Everyone outside couldn't help but look at Xia Chuan when they saw this scene.

Having such a troublesome child at home must be quite difficult.

"ended."

Kogoro Mouri breathed a sigh of relief. He should be able to say he's cleared the game now, and Conan has survived too.

Inside the hall, three game pods stood alone on the stage; all the other game pods had been sunk.

The game was clearly over, so logically the other game pods should have risen up; they had won.

"Hey, Noah's Ark, we've already cleared it!!!"

Kogoro Mori noticed something was wrong and shouted angrily.

However, his voice went unanswered, receiving no reply whatsoever.

This sudden change has caused great anxiety among all the parents, and some of them, who were in a bad mood, even went up on stage and started banging on the sinkhole where their children were.

In the game, at the very starting point, Conan, Anya, and Hideki Moroboshi lie on the ground.

Beside them were six enormous stone gates; they had entered the game through these gates long ago.

Now, of the fifty children, only three remain, and even Hideki Moroboshi is still an imposter from Noah's Ark.

"Huh, am I out already?"

Anya opened her eyes, her pale green pupils blinking.

Her last scene was in a haystack, where she was calling out for one more time when everything suddenly went black. When she woke up again, she was back there.

Compared to Conan and Hideki Moroboshi's experience of being tossed around in the wine car, Anya's experience can hardly be described as just being lucky.

"You're awake, Anya."

"Well?"

The familiar yet unfamiliar tone made Anya unconsciously bite her upper lip, her eyes reddening, and tears soon fell.

However, the tears vanished as soon as they fell, turning into data.

Noah's Ark smiled and said, "Didn't Hiroki tell you not to cry all the time, otherwise your eyes will get smaller, and Anya with small eyes won't be cute."

Anya paused for a moment.

She looked Sawada Hiroki up and down as he appeared before her. "Hiroki-nii... why do you say that? Aren't you Hiroki-nii?"

"I am not Hiroki. My name is Noah's Ark, an artificial intelligence created by Hiroki."

"artificial intelligence?"

Anya doesn't really understand this word. She's happy as long as she can do addition and subtraction within 100. The binary stuff of "0 and 1" is still too far away for her.

Not to mention artificial intelligence.

Although I seem to have heard Hiroki mention this when I was still in the lab, I've almost forgotten about it now.

"The badge was given to me by Hiroki-nii, right? Actually, I knew about it a long time ago; Bond told me. I also found out in the game that I can get whatever I want. It was all Hiroki-nii's arrangement, wasn't it?"

Anya wasn't stupid; not long after the game started, she realized she was different from the others.

The reason they dared to smash red wine in the tavern was because they were fearless.

Noah's Ark didn't continue to explain that he wasn't Hiroki Sawada. Anya might not want to admit it, or she might just genuinely believe he was Hiroki Sawada, as long as the little girl was happy.

"Back in the lab, I promised you that one day I would let you play a virtual reality game to make up for the years you spent in the lab with no daylight. Look, it has come true now."

Anya nodded vigorously: "Thank you, Hiroki-nii-san. Anya is really happy. Although I now have a father, Aunt Yoru, and Ai Haibara, I am already living a happy life."

But Anya really loves this game, and Hiroki-nii, just like he said in the lab, does very well in his area of ​​expertise.

Anya looked around, whether it was here, or London a hundred years ago, or Noah's Ark.

Hiroki-nii, you are really, really amazing!
She actually already knew everything from Bond, but she just wouldn't admit it.

“Brother Hiroki, would you like to come to our house? Father is a very nice person and will soon be marrying Aunt Yoel. Although Ai Haibara is a bad person, she is very kind to Anya most of the time.”

Anya's eyes were filled with tears, her gaze filled with hope.

"I'm afraid it won't work, Anya. I'm sorry, Hiroki-nii-san, I have to break my promise and won't be able to watch you grow up."

"actually."

Noah's Ark's gaze softened, yet carried a hint of helplessness. "Back then, the DNA tracking program was initially developed to find you."

Although I eventually found you through this process, it also brought me danger. Ever since I accidentally discovered Thomas Cindy's secret, his imprisonment of me has become even more severe, to the point of... well, let's not talk about that.

In short, two years ago, I didn't have any suitable conditions to take you away.

Mind-reading ability is terrifying. Thomas Sindora is one of that person's collaborators and knows some of the details about us test subjects. If I take you back to Sindora Corporation, I will only make you suffer the same pain I went through.

"It would be better to stay in the orphanage."

“It’s alright.” Anya shook her head and stepped forward to take Noah’s Ark’s hand.

You can't feel the temperature in the game, but Noah's Ark felt warmth from the bottom of its heart.

—Although he has no heart.

"Yes, if I send you somewhere else, you might not meet Mr. Natsukawa. Although I am just a program, I can still sense that Mr. Natsukawa is a good person."

Perhaps his initial intentions weren't entirely pure, but I've seen everything he's done lately, and he's definitely a good father. Anya, you need to be a good boy, okay?

The tone, as if she were making her final arrangements, tugged at Anya's heartstrings, and tears streamed down her face.

Noah's Ark smiled wryly and looked up at the dark sky: "It's a good thing for Joel and Yuri too."

"It's so rare for us poor souls to meet people who love us and people who love us."

He thought of his parents, Tadahiro Kenmura and Aiko Sawaten.

Although they did give birth to me, their purpose in giving birth to me from the very beginning was for experimentation.

How sad.

He pleaded desperately when his parents divorced.

As a result, his mother still brought him to the United States with a blank expression, and his father did not stop him at all, but just watched coldly.

Even if Tadahiro Kenmura realizes the problem now, isn't it too late?

Fortunately, Anya's current father is different from her own parents, and also different from Yori's parents.

"Oh my, Hiroki-nii, do you know Aunt Joel and Uncle Yuri too?"

Noah's Ark shook its head and did not answer the question.

When Anya was born, Yuri and Joel's parents had already been living in Japan for over a decade.

Noah's Ark turned to Conan, who was still unconscious: "I'm going to wake up Shinichi Kudo. If you don't want him to know about your situation, just pretend you don't know me!"

“Mmm.” Anya nodded.

Thankfully, Conan didn't see this, or he would be furious.

Anya never listens to what he says, and not only that, she also acts up. But when an artificial intelligence says something, she nods happily.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Noah's Ark replaced itself with Hideki Moroboshi's data.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)