The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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"Arrest those brats!"

With a roar from Colonel Meng Lang, who was thoroughly enraged by Moroboshi Hideki, people from all walks of life in the hall suddenly jumped up from their seats and rushed towards Moroboshi Hideki and his companions, who had been knocked to the ground by the recoil of the pistol.

Of course, Conan, who had also exposed himself, couldn't escape being captured by those guys.

In an instant, the entire hall erupted into chaos.

Meanwhile, the commotion inside the poker club also caught the attention of Xiaolan and her friends who were waiting outside.

……

A minute later, to Hideki Moroboshi's satisfied gaze, all the players and a large group of NPCs were locked in a fierce battle.

The ladies who had been surrounding Aragaki Yu had no time to flirt with the handsome young man in front of them and fled the poker club in a flash.

Of course, many people also secretly slipped small notes with the time and address into Aragaki Yu's pocket before leaving.

Fortunately, this scene went unnoticed by anyone else, except for Hideki Moroboshi, who had been observing the situation.

Noah's Ark, disguised as Hideki Moroboshi, silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He suddenly felt that it wasn't good if the NPCs in the game were too intelligent, as it could easily turn the game into one that was unsuitable for children.

……

Although these NPCs are all sorts of shady characters, they are undoubtedly all burly, fierce-looking adults.

Aside from Xiaolan kicking a kid away as if she were beating him up,

For the children, facing these NPCs meant nothing but frantic dodging; their occasional counterattacks were nothing more than harmless attacks to the adults.

Before long, several children were attacked and disappeared into the game as colorful data.

Even the second and third generation children whom Conan had previously saved on the collapsed stone bridge, along with Genta, were eliminated in order to save Conan.

In just a few minutes, nearly half of the players were eliminated.

"Damn it!"

Faced with the chaotic situation before him, Conan was secretly anxious.

If this continues, everyone will be eliminated!

Noah's Ark looked at the group, which had already been reduced by half, and estimated that it was about time to end this riot.

After all, it would be too boring to let all these kids "game over" so easily.

Just as he was pondering how to end this "farce".

Aragaki Yu, seemingly out of nowhere, stepped forward and solved the problem for him.

"The game is over!"

"..."

In an instant, the once chaotic hall suddenly fell silent.

After Xiaolan kicked away the last NPC standing in front of her, all the NPCs suddenly stopped and retreated to the side, staring menacingly at the boy standing next to Colonel Meng Lang.

More importantly, the black muzzle of the gun in the boy's hand was fixed squarely on Major Meng Lang's head.

That pistol was the very one that originally belonged to Hideki Moroboshi.

The gun in Moroboshi Hideki's hand slipped from his grasp due to the powerful recoil and fell to the ground. It was kicked into a corner by someone in the chaos, and then picked up by Aragaki Yu.

"At such close range, do you really want to test whether you can miss?"

Amidst Aragaki Yu's teasing remarks to Colonel Monroe, Ran, Conan, and the other children quickly retreated to Aragaki Yu's vicinity.

Although Yuu Aragaki had temporarily brought the situation under control, Conan's expression was still somewhat grim as he looked at the sudden decrease in the number of his companions around him.

On my side, besides myself, there are only Ran, Ai Haibara, and Yuu Aragaki left, and some members of Hideki Moroboshi's group were eliminated while trying to save me.

As expected, things turned out that we also experienced a large-scale loss of personnel.

To everyone's surprise, Colonel Meng Lang, with a pistol pointed at his head, did not seem to be flustered at all.

As expected of Professor Moriarty's capable assistant, even under these circumstances, Major Monlang remained calm and observed his surroundings.

His gaze suddenly swept across the markings below the grip of Aragaki Yu's pistol, and he let out a cold laugh.

"Hehehe, I originally wanted to capture you and force you to tell me who your subordinates are, but now it seems that's no longer necessary, because this gun belongs to Sherlock Holmes, right?"

As Colonel Meng Lang spoke, the NPCs around him pulled out pistols from their pockets and aimed them at the players they had surrounded.

In an instant, Aragaki Yu pointed his gun at Colonel Meng Lang, while Colonel Meng Lang's subordinates surrounded Aragaki Yu and his fellow players.

The situation remained deadlocked.

"..."

Conan's expression became even more serious. Just as he was thinking about how to resolve the current situation, he suddenly noticed a guy who seemed out of place.

That person's behavior was strange; not only did he not participate in the attack from the beginning, but he has also been standing in a relatively safe position ever since.

Chapter 686 The Fool Sent from the Other Side

The next second, to everyone's surprise...

Conan suddenly burst through the crowd, snatched the bottle of liquor from the arms of the incongruous man next to him, jumped onto the table, and raised the bottle high. "Put down your guns, all of you!"

"Oh……"

Conan: "???"

Ran and Ai Haibara: "..."

Noah's Ark: "..."

Many NPCs: "..."

Seeing Aragaki Yu obediently put down his pistol after giving a reply, Conan's hand holding the bottle trembled slightly.

If he could, Conan would really like to open up Aragaki Yu's head right now to see what's inside.

You clearly told those guys to put down their guns, so why did you put them down?

Seeing Colonel Meng Lang hesitate for a moment before somewhat inexplicably squatting down and picking up the pistol that Aragaki Yu had placed on the ground, Conan suddenly felt that Aragaki Yu might be a clown sent by the other side.

A...a mole!?

Meng Lang, who almost burned out the CPU because of Aragaki Yu's operation, suddenly sneered as he looked at the pistol in his hand.

The next second, ignoring Aragaki Yu beside him, he raised his gun and aimed at Conan not far away, saying, "Kid!"

"If you shoot, the bottle will shatter!"

Although somewhat bewildered by Aragaki Yu's antics, Conan was no longer as nervous as before when facing Colonel Monroe, who was pointing a gun at him.

"What do you mean, kid!" Colonel Meng Lang hesitated for a moment, but just as Conan had guessed, he did not immediately fire his gun.

Meanwhile, the NPCs around him who were holding guns hurriedly moved their pistols away from Conan and turned to look at Colonel Meng Lang.

After noticing Colonel Monroe's reaction, Conan became even more certain of his guess: "The empty seat at your table, the specially decorated chair, and the wine glasses and red wine prepared for the upcoming person—from this, we can deduce that the person coming here is Professor Moriarty!"

After Conan finished speaking, Colonel Meng Lang sneered, "Unfortunately, your reasoning is wrong."

Conan: "..."

After Colonel Meng Lang finished speaking, Ran, Ai Haibara, and the other children nearby became nervous, fearing that Conan's deduction might be wrong and he would die.

For a moment, Conan and Colonel Meng Lang stared at each other without backing down.

"Then shoot!"

Unexpectedly, at that moment, while Colonel Meng Lang was not paying attention, he suddenly grabbed his wrist, which was holding the gun, and said, "Shoot this brat who provoked you and smash him and that bottle of red wine to pieces!"

"what!?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present was stunned.

Even Noah's Ark, disguised as Hideki Moroboshi, almost choked to death by a mouthful of saliva.

Conan, who was involved, almost lost his balance and dropped the wine bottle in his hand.

At this point, he became increasingly convinced that Aragaki Yu might be the mole on the other side. Didn't he know which side he should stand on?

It feels like that guy is hoping Colonel Meng Lang will shoot him dead.

I didn't do anything to upset him, did I?

"If you're too scared to shoot, how about I help you?"

Just as Colonel Meng Lang was bewildered, Shinju Yu's finger slowly pressed on the trigger of the pistol in Colonel Meng Lang's hand, and without the slightest hesitation, he slowly pulled the trigger.

"Big brother Aragaki...!?"

"do not want!"

Amid Conan's bewildered exclamation, Colonel Meng Lang's voice sounded even more terrified.

boom!

"what!!!"