Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"But you guys, aren't you all a little too smart? Are you really just ordinary kids?"

Conan initially thought the code was a bit random, but after hearing Hideki Moroboshi's words, he felt they made a lot of sense, but also felt a little guilty.

He's definitely not an ordinary kid.

At the same time, Ai Haibara and Ina Namiya exchanged a glance and remained silent in perfect unison, without saying anything further.

Jack, Christmas Joan of Arc, and the others felt nothing about it; they thought they were perfectly normal and there was nothing wrong with them.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya laughed:

"Conan and Ai are indeed very capable; they are much smarter than us."

Hearing his words, Ran Mouri smiled and echoed:

"That's right, I often think Conan is so smart that he doesn't seem like a child."

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Conan, feeling drenched in sweat, scratched his head and chuckled innocently:

"Haha, it's just because Shinichi taught me a lot of things!"

"Let's keep looking at the clues! We still don't know what Professor Moriarty meant by 'cleaning the stage'!"

He quickly interrupted the topic loudly and spoke up.

Ran Mouri's attention was indeed diverted, and she analyzed:

"He previously said he would order Jack the Ripper to kill someone. Considering the above, it should refer to a certain actor performing on stage, right?"

"I think it's very possible."

Conan agreed, secretly relieved that he had successfully diverted Ran's attention.

He then continued to peruse the newspaper and soon made another discovery.

"I've got it! This one!"

"Triumphant Performance!"

Conan read the contents of the newspaper and said:

"Irene Adler, the idol of the Waltershah royal opera?!"

Upon reading the name above, Conan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Seeing his exaggerated expression, Kikukawa Seiichiro asked curiously:

"Who is that?"

Ran Mouri smiled and explained to him:

"She was the one who changed Holmes's views on women, and one of the people he admired. Holmes referred to her as 'that lady,' so she was definitely a very remarkable woman!"

Conan muttered heavily:

"Professor Moriarty, that villain, actually wants to use Jack the Ripper to kill Irene Adler? That's outrageous!"

Ai Haibara nodded and said:

"Targeting the woman Holmes cared about most as an assassination attempt is quite insidious."

"In short, the next goal has been set."

Conan closed the newspaper and said decisively:

"Head to the opera house, protect Irene Adler, and uncover the true identity of Jack the Ripper!"

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Outside the game, at the central control panel.

Everyone was shocked by Sindora's sudden revelation, and at that moment, Yusaku Kudo spoke up:

"I actually know some of the inside story about this matter."

"Actually, besides being busy writing the game script, I also took on another commission in my spare time."

"The client was Tadahira Kashimura, and the request was to investigate the reasons for Hiroki Sawada's suicide, but the results are already known to everyone."

Upon hearing this, Sindora couldn't help but look at Tadahiro Kashimura beside her, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Yusaku Kudo said to Sindora:

"Now that you've chosen to be honest, would you like to explain the specific reasons yourself?"

After a moment of silence, Sindora slowly shook her head and said:

"Since you've been investigating in secret, let me see what you're capable of."

"So,"

Yusaku Kudo nodded, then turned to the group and explained:

"First of all, I want to tell everyone that Hiroki Sawada is actually the biological son of my friend and client, Tadahiro Kashimura."

"what?!"

Upon hearing this news, Inspector Megure's eyes widened in disbelief. He quickly looked at Tadahiro Kashimura and received a silent nod of confirmation from him.

Yusaku Kudo continued:

"As for why Hiroki Sawada separated from his father and went to the United States, and why he became the adopted son of Chairman Sindora, there is a rather convoluted story behind it."

As a child, Hiroki was physically weak and had a great love for computers. So during physical education class, he would quietly study computers by himself, which led people at school to regard him as a strange child.

Hiroki was unable to adapt to the environment created by the stifling and outdated educational institutions in Japan, and his father, Tadahiro Kashimura, was too busy with work to take good care of him.

Ultimately, Hiroki's mother divorced Tadahira Kashimura and took Hiroki to live in the United States, where he fully discovered his talents and earned the title of 'genius boy'.

Unfortunately, Hiroki's mother passed away due to illness. It was at this time that Sindora adopted Hiroki as her son and fully supported his hobbies.

"And then, the tragedy began."

Come spicy!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 244 Conan's Speculation: Assassin? Mafia?

"Hiroki did not disappoint Chairman Sindora's expectations. With his talent and hard work, he successfully developed the 'DNA Tracking Program' that traces human ancestors through skin and blood data. Later, he even developed the groundbreaking artificial intelligence 'Noah's Ark'."

"However, Hiroki never expected that his invention of the 'DNA tracking system' would become a turning point in his life."

Yusaku Kudo looked at Sindora and said:

"If I'm not mistaken, Hiroki used the DNA tracking system to uncover a secret about someone you considered unreliable, and you drove him to suicide to prevent this secret from being leaked to the outside world, didn't you?"

Sindora lowered her gaze and said in a deep voice:

"That's exactly right, you're absolutely right."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure frowned deeply and questioned:

"What exactly is that so-called secret that would make you willing to drive a child to suicide just to keep it a secret?!"

Sindora hesitated, then said:

"This secret."

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As they walked toward the opera house, the atmosphere quieted down a bit, and Conan couldn't help but steal a glance at Jack beside him.

The reason is simple: the scene inside the poker club was just too impressive.

He had met girls with excellent fighting skills before, such as Ran Mouri and Ritsuka Fujimaru.

However, although he had never studied fighting, he understood that the techniques Jack used were not the fighting techniques of the two girls above, but killing techniques.

Every move he made was aimed directly at the opponent's vital points, just like a professional assassin.

But

Looking at Jack's youthful face and petite body, even after witnessing what had just happened, he found it hard to associate him with the word 'assassin'.

Unless, the other party is not a real child.

Considering Ai Haibara's ambiguous attitude towards Jack and his gang, he couldn't help but wonder if Jack was also a professional assassin who had taken APTX4869 and shrunk in size.

However, looking at Jack's appearance, he began to doubt his judgment, because so far, Jack had acted like a simple child for his age, even in battle.

Having also taken APTX4869 and turned into a child, he knows all too well the difficulty of disguising himself as a child with the mind and body of an adult. Not to mention him, even Ai Haibara, who lives in the Black Organization, is not immune to occasionally slipping up.

If the other party is really like them, it only shows that their cunning and acting skills are terrifying.

But if that's the case, why would she willingly reveal her killing skills to them?

This doesn't make sense at all.

Therefore, he has another speculation—

That means the other party is indeed a child, but at the same time, he is also an assassin, or at least has received assassin training.

Because he had received assassin training, he was able to master those skills; and because he was still an immature child, he accidentally exposed himself in front of them.

This is the most reasonable explanation he could offer at the moment.

From this perspective, a new interpretation of Fujimaru Ritsuka's identity emerges.

A family that trains children to be assassins is obviously not a respectable family, so the family affairs that Fujimaru Ritsuka mentioned are certainly not ordinary family affairs either.

That's why she can't explain it to the outside world, and that's why Ai Haibara keeps quiet about it.

This even explains why Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu are so skilled, and it's only natural that Fujimaru Ritsuka would study firearms at home.

Then, considering that most of Fujimaru Ritsuka's companions are foreigners, such as James the butler, Mash Kyrielight, and Nursery Rhyme and Jack, and that Fujimaru Ritsuka and Hata, judging from their hair and eye color, seem to be of mixed race.

Only Yui looks like a real Asian.

Therefore, he speculated that Fujimaru Ritsuka and her family were likely living abroad.

Are they a family of assassins? Or a mafia family?

Both are possible.