I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 341 Hospice Care
"You're asking about the Cocoon Game? Um... are you sure you want to know?"

The Kudo family home, in the main hall.

Yusaku Kudo sat on the sofa, looked up at Conan, and said solemnly,
"This matter can be described as extremely important."

Conan:?
Crucial? What...what are you doing? Are you going to bomb the Miho City Hall too?

He vaguely remembered that the famous architect Teiji Moriya, who had been beaten up by Chen En and then apprehended on the spot by the police, seemed to have the Beika Municipal Building as one of the demolition sites. Could it be that activating Noah's Ark would cause the entire building to explode due to overload?
For example, is there a certain model of mobile phone that has a chance of exploding as long as it is turned on and charging?

"Go ahead and say it, Dad. I'm listening."

Conan said seriously,

In response, Yusaku Kudo finally spoke up.
"This is end-of-life care."

Conan:?
Hospice care? What? You're going to die... no, is someone going to die?
Cocoon Games has become a form of end-of-life care? This thing looks like a gimmick; it can't possibly be genuine, right?

A look of "Are you kidding me?" flashed in Conan's eyes.

Upon seeing this, Yusaku Kudo explained with a smile,
"This is what Chen En told me, the true purpose of the Cocoon Game Project."

"Shinichi, you still don't believe that Cocoon Game is a real holographic stealth game, and that the Syndora Foundation has really developed a super artificial intelligence that is decades ahead of its time, right? I can tell you that it is true."

"Cocoon Game is indeed a holographic stealth game, and the super artificial intelligence Noah's Ark also exists in reality."

Yusaku Kudo sat on the sofa, paused for a moment, and then continued,

"However, the developer of Noah's Ark was not Thomas Sindora, who was known as the 'IT Emperor,' but a young electronic technology genius named Hiroki Sawada who was driven to his death by Thomas Sindora."

“Hiroki Sawada’s father was a good friend of mine and asked me to investigate Hiroki Sawada’s death. The investigation eventually led to Thomas Sindora, but Thomas Sindora did not kill Hiroki Sawada directly.”

“The existing evidence is not even enough to convict Thomas Sindora, so Chen decided to lend a hand.”

—Give them a hand? Manipulate the courtroom?
Conan's eyes revealed disapproval.
He had no doubt that with Chen En's demonstrated abilities, manipulating the courtroom would be a piece of cake, after all, there was no judge in Tokyo who wasn't afraid of being handed a knife in his room at night.

However, he did not interrupt Yusaku Kudo, because he felt that Yusaku Kudo would not agree to such a plan.

In response, Yusaku Kudo continued,

"Chen En plans to join forces with me and Hiroki Sawada's father to set a trap for Thomas Sindora."

"If Thomas Sindora attacks Hiroki Sawada's father on the day of the Cocoon game launch, then Chen En will stop Thomas Sindora and work with the police to bring him to justice —"

"Isn't that unnecessary? If so, it could be done any day?"

Conan interrupted Yusaku Kudo at this moment.
He frowned and asked in confusion,

“I don’t see why this absolutely had to be done on the day of the Cocoon Games launch event. After all, the police aren’t only on duty on the day of the Cocoon Games launch event, and Thomas Sindora might have even committed murder on the day of the launch event,”

"Wouldn't it be more likely that Thomas Sindora would have attacked Hiroki Sawada's father on a normal day?"

Yusaku Kudo simply replied,
"Hiroki Sawada's father is the maintenance engineer for Noah's Ark, and he cannot die before the announcement of the Cocoon game."

"Furthermore, Mr. Chen En explicitly stated that this plan must take place on the day of the Cocoon Games launch event, and described it as a form of 'end-of-life care,' to give Hiroki Sawada an explanation. Therefore, from all aspects..."

"This plan is non-negotiable."

—End-of-life care? Why on the very day of the Cocoon Games announcement?
Conan frowned.
He couldn't understand why Chen En would make this assumption, as if Hiroki Sawada would die again on the day of the Cocoon game's release. That was too absurd! It couldn't possibly be considered end-of-life care.

Could it be that the final boss of the light novel that Hiroki Sawada and Inspector Chiba discussed next to Poirot's Cafe... just like Kayaba Akihiko, the developer of [SAO] in the novel, uploaded his consciousness to the virtual world before committing suicide? No, no, no, that's too far-fetched. How could a person's consciousness be uploaded to a computer?
"I still feel..."

"I wrote the script for this game, and the time and place in the script is 19th-century London. The goal is to find the real killer of Jack the Ripper. Because I didn't expect you to be involved in the game, I arranged a character as an assistant."

Yusaku Kudo said this.

Hearing this, Conan pondered for a moment what kind of person could be connected to Jack the Ripper in 19th-century London, then his eyes widened, and he said hesitantly,

"Are you talking about...him?"

"The world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes? You've included Sherlock Holmes as a character in the game script to help players defeat Jack the Ripper?"

Conan, upon guessing this, couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect.

—So, Chen En's Cocoon Game plan isn't entirely without merit.

He felt that Yusaku Kudo wouldn't lie to him; the game might really be a holographic stealth game, and the assisting character was very likely to be Sherlock Holmes. He would have to give it a try.

Although Conan knows nothing about games, he still feels that it's worth playing these kinds of mystery games.

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Leaving the Kudo residence, Conan stroked his chin.

His thoughts returned to the question of what Chen En meant by "end-of-life care." Although he didn't know the specifics of the Cocoon Game, he vaguely sensed that it was part of Chen En's plan—

This end-of-life care was Chen En's ultimate goal.

He couldn't help but take out his phone and dial Chen En's number to ask,
"Chen En... what do you mean by 'end-of-life care' that you and my father were talking about?"

In response, Chen En, who was already preparing to leave, held the phone between his shoulder and face.

"Didn't Mr. Kudo tell you?"

"The Cocoon Game is the cyber funeral of the cyber ghost. I respect the cyber ghost's wishes and let him fulfill his last wish to play the game happily with his friends. This is the meaning of 'end-of-life care'."

Conan raised an eyebrow at this.
"What...what is this game...?"

"what game?"

Before he knew it, Conan had already returned to the Mouri Detective Agency.

Ran Mouri, who was waiting for Chen En downstairs, curiously came over to Conan and asked him, "..."

"Do you want to play games?"

"I'm going to the newly opened arcade nearby with Sonoko and Mr. Chen En today. Conan, would you like to come with us?"

Conan hung up the phone without a word.

He glanced at Chen En, who had just appeared at the apartment door, his mind racing with calculations, and then he said seriously,

"Go!"

(End of this chapter)