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

Chapter 408 Professor Agasa: Chen En, you tricked me!

Chairman of the Sindora Consortium, IT tycoon, and nominal developer of Cocoon Games and Noah's Ark.

Thomas Sindora appeared in the hall amidst great anticipation, and then he announced a fact—

Haha, we're doomed.

Once the Cocoon Game is started, it cannot be stopped until the game ends. Moreover, Noah's Ark was not an intelligent program he developed. The real developer of Noah's Ark was his adopted son, Hiroki Sawada, whom he forced to commit suicide.

In an instant, the crowd was filled with rage, wishing they could rush forward and chop Thomas Sindora into mincemeat.

—Damn it, so Noah's Ark was meant to get revenge on you.

To get revenge on you, you're dragging fifty kids down with you? What are you trying to do? If the death game isn't completed, the Sindora Foundation will definitely go down with Hiroki Sawada, right?
"What the hell?! How is this game even possible?!"

A banker said angrily,

He slammed his hand on the table next to him and pointed at the game screen, saying...

"What kind of crazy game did you design? You're telling me to put a bunch of kids under fifteen years old in the Dakar Rally, the Colosseum, the Maze of Deception, and One Piece?"

"Tell me, if you throw fifty well-trained special forces soldiers in, can they pass any one of these four games? Apart from the 19th-century London in the middle, how can a human possibly beat the other instances?"

There is only one reason why the banker was so furious.
His son genuinely believed he could defeat the somewhat mythical gladiators in the Roman Colosseum, so he entered the Roman Colosseum instance—but he wasn't the only one furious.

Of the other four dungeons, which were obviously impossible to clear at a glance, forty out of fifty players actually entered them.
Only ten people are allowed to enter the only game where they have a chance to win!
What does this mean? If fifty players entered the 19th-century London instance together, they could have easily won just by brute force their way in. How could the game's win rate have dropped so visibly?
Faced with the crowd's outrage, Thomas Sindora, whose face was bruised and swollen, remained silent.

He couldn't say anything more. Kashimura Tadahira had just explained everything to Inspector Megure, so his career was obviously over. What else was there to say?

Even if he did have a way to stop Noah's Ark, he wouldn't use it.

He would rather have Japan's next generation of high-ranking officials die with him!
"Ah, you're finally here... What are we going to do now...?"

Sonoko Suzuki clung to Chen En's arm helplessly.
Hearing this, Chen En simply turned his head to look at Professor Agasa, who was talking to Yusaku Kudo, and then he said,

"As one of the developers of Noah's Ark, Professor Agasa installed a secret door in the Ark's program. As long as he activates the secret door, everything will be fine."

Dr. Agasa: ?
He abruptly turned to look at Chen En, about to say, "I'm accusing you of scheming against me, Chen En," when he was surrounded by layers of other guests. So, Dr. Agasa had no choice but to bite the bullet and say...

“I can give it a try by collaborating with Mr. Kashimura.”

I don't know if I can withstand the pressure of Noah's Ark.

But now that things have come to this, we have to hold on even if we can't hold on any longer!
Dr. Agasa, along with Tadahiro Kashimura, Inspector Megure, and others, immediately moved towards the backstage control room. However, during the move, Chen En patted Dr. Agasa on the shoulder, then turned and walked towards the room where Tadahiro Kashimura had been.

Inspector Megure noticed his movements, but Chen En simply took out his phone and made a gesture as if he were making a call.

Although Chen En, as the one who called the police and saved Kashimura Tadahira, would naturally attract everyone's attention, while Dr. Agasa, who was expected to unlock Noah's Ark, and Kashimura Tadahira were both moving towards the control room,
Those people had no time to pay attention to this unknown hero who only had strength.

Sonoko Suzuki turned to look at Chen En, who had disappeared down the other side of the corridor, a sense of unease rising within her. She felt that Chen En must have already begun to deal with this matter. And that was indeed the case.

When Chen En brushed past Professor Agasa, he deliberately let Professor Agasa know what he had put in Professor Agasa's pocket. If Professor Agasa wasn't stupid, he would probably try it out with the USB drive and earphones.

—After all, Dr. Agasa knew that it was Chen En who had placed a hidden door twice the size in the program he was in charge of.

If someone has better technical skills than him and says that the secret door can solve the problem, it's not unreasonable for him to act as a messenger and assistant. In fact, when he was present before, Conan directly asked him to relay the message.

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The database room of the Cocoon game.

The police officers who were originally stationed here have all moved to the lobby to maintain order. After all, with their own children in danger, any action by anyone present could potentially trigger the sensitive nerves of those important figures.

This led to a dispute in the lobby that was difficult to resolve.

As everyone knows, this is Beika Town, a crime-ridden city where any small dispute can escalate into a heinous murder that defies physical law. Therefore, we must be extremely cautious.

Chen En thus entered the computer room without any hindrance.

He glanced at the data cabinet next to him, its indicator lights flashing, then turned his gaze to the still-on computer screen. He then twitched his ears and said directly,
"He discovered Noah's Ark, didn't he?"

The reason why the start of the Cocoon game differed from the theatrical version, being delayed by a few minutes, is because...

It's likely that Hiroki Sawada has noticed something amiss with the Noah's Ark program and is trying to expedite its modification. However, Chen En can say with certainty that Hiroki Sawada's efforts are absolutely futile and meaningless.

The computer, which had been silent, now emitted a child's voice.
"As you said."

"As previously agreed, I have begun transferring the data to the database containing the IP address you provided. Frankly, the data transfer is expected to be completed around the time the Cocoon Game ends."

In other words, the data transmission could actually end very quickly, but we just don't want it to be that fast, right?
Chen En reached out and rubbed his forehead.

The computer, which had been making noise, had fallen silent again. He sighed, took his phone out of his pocket, checked the internal information, and said...
"You should go check out the control room; the coaching match is about to begin."

At that very moment, Yusaku Kudo arrived outside the database room.

He knew nothing of Chen En's conversation with Noah's Ark, but as one of the most intelligent detectives in this world, he still guessed some of Chen En's thoughts, and so he said...

"Noah's Ark will kill everyone after the game ends."

Chen En turned his head and said,
"He will not."

"he can not."

"Because I won't allow it."

(End of this chapter)