Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

Conan, who was watching from the sidelines, immediately shouted a reminder:

"He's trying to escape, don't let him get away!"

Since they were on an open street, the smoke created by Jack the Ripper dissipated quickly, but by then, the other side had successfully created distance between them and was preparing to turn into the alley ahead to escape.

"hateful!"

Seeing this, Conan couldn't help but curse, but just as he took a step with his short legs, a loud noise came from beside him—

"boom!"

Jack the Ripper in front of him fell to the ground with a thud, clutching his right knee and letting out a bloodcurdling scream.

The sudden, loud gunshot startled Conan, who quickly looked to the side and saw Ai Haibara being knocked to the ground again by the powerful recoil, landing hard on her backside.

She made a pained expression and couldn't help but complain:

"Seriously, I never want to use this crappy gun again!"

Hearing her complaint, Conan had a wry smile on his face, but still thanked her profusely.

"You've been a huge help, Haibara!"

Jack the Ripper lay on the ground, unable to move. Ran Mouri and Jack Jr. blocked him from both sides, cutting off all his escape routes.

At this point, the matter is settled.

They won!

Cynica is so beautiful, she's beautiful in every stage!

Most importantly, I won!

My new wife is back in Jia!!!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 247 cleared, Conan's deduction and Hiroki

"finished?"

After defeating Jack the Ripper, Conan and the others were suddenly transported to a different scene. The streetscape of late 19th-century London disappeared, replaced by the platform where they first logged into the game.

The five stone doors still stood in the same place, but this time, only a few players remained in the open space.

It seems they are the only surviving players in the game.

"We're back!"

Seeing this, Ran Mouri couldn't help but exclaim with delight. Conan, seeing the scene before him, couldn't help but smile slightly as well.

"Looks like we really beat the game!"

That guy is gone.

Little Jack stared blankly at the empty ground in front of him, his only remaining knife nowhere to be found. After a moment of stunned silence, he puffed out his cheeks in dissatisfaction.

Jack was very unhappy that the other party had escaped unscathed.

On the other side, after relaxing, Hideki Moroboshi looked at Conan and the others, shook his head, and sighed:

"I don't even know what to say about it ending like this."

"I think so too."

Conan chuckled and echoed, deeply empathizing with the sentiment.

This game was indeed full of unexpected events, not only those within the game itself, but also many things outside of it.

Just then, the stone gate they had passed through suddenly emitted a white light, as if it had transformed into a teleportation portal. Upon seeing this, Yui laughed:

"Going through this door should allow us to return to reality!"

Upon hearing this, Nursery Rhyme happily greeted Little Jack:

"Let's go back then, Jack. Jeanne d'Arc at Christmas should still be waiting for us!"

"what."

Upon thinking of Joan of Arc, Jack stopped worrying about not killing Jack the Ripper and immediately trotted over.

"coming!"

Bo Dao followed behind them, muttering listlessly:

"This game wasn't exciting at all. I should have chosen [Solomon's Treasure] instead."

Isn't this exciting?

Conan was speechless; this was already a bit too much, wasn't it?

Ran Mouri was about to leave with them, but before she had taken two steps, she suddenly noticed Conan and Hideki Moroboshi standing motionless. She immediately called out to him:

"Conan-kun, are you leaving already?"

Conan didn't answer, but instead said:

"Sister Ran, you should go first. I still have some things I want to talk to Moroboshi about."

"Ok?"

Ran Mouri glanced at the two of them with some confusion, wondering when the two, who hadn't interacted much along the way, had become so close.

"ok, I get it."

However, in the end, she nodded in agreement, and then added:

"But hurry up and come over, everyone outside is waiting."

"Well, I see!"

Conan nodded, watching Ran Mouri and the others pass through the portal and disappear into the game. At that moment, Hideki Moroboshi crossed his arms, looked at him, and raised an eyebrow, saying:

"What do you want to say to me? I don't recall having anything to say between us."

"No, there should be many, right?"

Conan turned to look at Xiao and asked:

"For example, why do you do these things, and why do you stay by our side, Hideki Moroboshi?"

"No, to be precise, it should be called Noah's Ark, right?"

"."

Upon hearing Conan's words, Hideki Moroboshi paused for a moment, then fell silent. After a short while, he suddenly smiled slightly, his body shifting like a television screen.

The next moment, the image of Hideki Moroboshi disappeared, and a boy who was half a head taller than Conan and had delicate features reappeared in front of him.

"Noah's Ark?"

Conan looked surprised upon seeing this, and the other party laughed upon hearing this:

"Just call me Hiroki."

"Hiroki?"

Upon hearing the name, Conan fell into deep thought and tentatively asked:

"Hiroki, the genius boy who developed Noah's Ark? But I remember him."

Conan didn't continue, and Hiroki didn't answer Conan's question either, but instead asked:

"How did you figure out that I wasn't the real Hideki Moroboshi?"

"It's already quite obvious."

Conan laughed:

“I found something strange when we first saw Big Ben. You were the first person to notice the problem with the minute hand.”

"More importantly, when searching for clues at Holmes' house, it's highly unusual that Hideki Moroboshi, who loves playing football, wouldn't be interested in football from a hundred years ago."

"There are some other pieces of evidence, such as your unusual behavior when you argued with Yui, but the most crucial thing is still the football."

Hiroki smiled helplessly. He was indeed not interested in sports like football, so he hadn't noticed this detail. He didn't expect the other party to be so observant, able to see through his true identity based on this.

"I've answered your question, so it's your turn now, right?"

Conan asked him:

"At the beginning, you said your goal was to sever the bloodline of evil, which is why you wanted to trap the children in the game. But that's probably not the case, is it?"

"After all, if that were the case, you wouldn't have needed to make us play the game, or as Yui said, deliberately design it to be an impossible game."

At this point, Conan revealed a confident smile and said:

"In other words, the reason you let us play the game is because you believe that we can definitely pass the game on our own."

"am I right?"

After listening to Conan's explanation, Hiroki looked up at the sky, gazing at something unseen, and said with a slight smile:

"Yes, I don't really want to take your lives. I just hope that you can grow through this game, and that would be the best outcome."

"And for me personally, I also have a small wish."

He looked at Conan and smiled with relief:

"The reason I borrowed Moroboshi's body to play the game is because in reality I'm always working and don't have many friends."

"So I hope that even if it's just once, I can have fun with my friends."

"Thank you for granting my wish, and I'm also very sorry that you were put in danger."

Looking at the boy's genuine emotions, Conan paused for a moment, then smiled helplessly:

"It's true that we encountered danger, but more likely it was unexpected situations."

"makes sense."

Hiroki nodded in deep agreement and smiled.

Despite being a suspenseful mystery game that demands considerable brainpower, Conan and his friends' powerful reasoning abilities make it as simple as an old-fashioned RPG. They go to various locations with clear objectives to accept missions and steadily progress forward.

There were even people like Yui who took an unconventional approach, working backward from the game design logic, which really made him lose his composure.