The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Seeing that Aragaki Yu had no intention of speaking, Conan had no choice but to step forward and ask as tactfully as possible, "Was that Jack the Ripper someone you deliberately placed on the streets to cause chaos and turn London into a city of terror?"

Upon hearing Conan's question, Professor Moriarty showed no surprise, as if he had long anticipated that someone would come to him because of Jack the Ripper.

The only thing that surprised him was that he initially thought it would be Sherlock Holmes who would come to him because of this.

"You're only half right about that."

Professor Moriarty had no intention of hiding anything.

"Jack the Ripper was a homeless child I found in the slums."

At this point, Professor Moriarty slightly raised his head, looking at the dim sky as if he were reminiscing about something.

"Although he was a homeless child abandoned by his mother and wandering the streets, I could sense his talent at a glance—the talent of a criminal!"

Professor Moriarty, a powerful figure in the underworld, spoke of crime with unparalleled pride.

Chapter 688 almost got turned into an 18+ story.

"So I trained him to be a top-notch assassin." Professor Moriarty glanced at everyone and concluded in an extremely gratified tone.

Xiaolan frowned upon hearing this. "But why would he kill innocent women?"

“I think the reason he killed those women who had nothing to do with him was to take revenge on the mother who abandoned him.” As he said this, Professor Moriarty’s expression showed a hint of regret. “Jack the Ripper became a serial killer beyond my imagination. In other words, all of this was the result of him losing control.”

Upon hearing Professor Moriarty's words, everyone fell silent.

Professor Moriarty, however, seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and looked at Conan and Yuu Aragaki with a smile, saying, "If you want to take down Jack the Ripper, then I'll help you."

Conan: "!!!"

Xiaolan: "Huh!?"

Upon hearing this, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but glance at the other person a couple more times.

Then, he looked curiously at Noah's Ark.

Surprisingly, although Noah's Ark removed the player's assistant "Sherlock Holmes," it still managed to advance the game's progress in this way.

It must be said that Noah's Ark is indeed an artificial intelligence with terrifying learning ability, capable of mimicking the complexity of human nature to such an extent in such a short period of time.

Xiaolan and the other second and third generation children didn't understand why Professor Moriarty would make such a decision.

However, Ai Haibara immediately realized the other party's purpose.

A tool that has lost its control is more likely to harm the user's own interests.

Although Professor Moriarty pursues evil chaos, it is chaos under his control.

Professor Moriarty claimed he was going to help them, but in reality, he just wanted to use their power to get rid of this out-of-control tool.

Professor Moriarty clearly noticed the strange looks on Conan, Ran, and the others' faces, but he didn't say anything.

"Although Jack the Ripper has started to lose control, he should still obey as long as I give the order to kill. You just need to go around and wait for him. Tomorrow, I will put a message for him in the Sunday Times ad slot."

Seeing the strange smile on Professor Moriarty's face, Conan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He stared intently at Professor Moriarty and asked, "Who do you want to order him to kill?"

"You'll know when you read tomorrow's newspaper."

However, this time Professor Moriarty kept Conan in suspense and did not answer Conan's question directly. Instead, he stared straight into Conan's eyes.

"Hey, do you really believe what this old man is saying?" Noah's Ark, in order to fit his character of Hideki Moroboshi, hurriedly whispered in Conan's ear.

"There's no other way now, we can only take a gamble."

Although a strange sense of crisis suddenly arose in Conan's heart, he still chose to believe Professor Moriarty.

"Then I wish you good luck."

After scanning the room with the other people present, Professor Moriarty decided to end the meeting.

After exchanging a final glance with Aragaki Yu standing to the side, Professor Moriarty put on his top hat and returned to the carriage.

The bespectacled kid had already surprised him immensely.

However, the other party is at best a young version of Sherlock Holmes.

But this silent young man was the only one he couldn't quite understand.

For someone of his status, not being able to see through him is tantamount to danger.

However, since the other party is determined to cause trouble for Jack the Ripper...

Otherwise, we might as well use this guy to probe their capabilities.

As the carriage departed, Professor Moriarty's lips curled into a slight smile.

……

I don't know if the game design didn't take currency into account, but everyone entered the game without a single penny.

Fortunately, thanks to an address slipped into his pocket by a kind lady, Aragaki managed to get everyone to stay overnight at a nearby residence.

The lady seemed pleasantly surprised by Aragaki Yu's late-night visit, but she also showed a resentful expression at the fact that Aragaki Yu had brought so many "third wheels" with him.

Of course, out of aristocratic etiquette, the lady still received Aragaki Yu with a mixture of resentment and warmth.

However, when Ran and Ai Haibara left the next day, their expressions towards Yuu Aragaki became strange.

I never imagined that even in a game, there would be people who could make a living based on their looks...

Noah's Ark felt extremely guilty.

Fortunately, Aragaki Yu did not accept the lady's invitation to sneak into her bedroom after everyone was asleep last night.

Otherwise, this guy might have turned the game into something rated 18+.

……

The next morning, the group, who hadn't slept well for various reasons, got up early and went out to the Whitechapel area.

"This is where the remains of the second victim, Honey Charlest, were found."

Conan immediately dragged Yu Aragaki to the scene of Jack the Ripper's crime.

"Conan, over here."

Yuya Aragaki soon discovered something interesting on the wall of the Whitechapel.

It was a notice—

A family-friendly charity bazaar will also be held on the second Saturday of October.

"The second Saturday?" Conan stared at the words on the notice, lost in thought. "I remember the second victim, Honey Charlest, was murdered on... September 8th! A Saturday!"

In that instant, he turned to look at Aragaki Yu with some surprise and uncertainty, only to find that Aragaki Yu was also looking at him, and Aragaki Yu had even said what he was thinking.

"Those rings."

……

Ten minutes later, Yuu Aragaki and Conan also rushed back to Ran and the others.

While Aragaki Yu and Conan went to Whitechapel to investigate, Ran and the others successfully found a copy of today's newspaper.

After finding a quiet place, everyone immediately opened the newspaper and, as Professor Moriarty had instructed, found the advertisement section of the Sunday Times.

"This is it!"

[Tonight, go clean the opera house stage. — M's message to J]

"M's message to J, Professor Moriarty to Jack the Ripper? What an easy-to-understand code!" Ai Haibara muttered to herself as she looked at the news in the newspaper.

However, considering that this game is aimed at a large group of children, Ai Haibara can understand it.

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Was cleaning the opera house his order?

After what happened last night, the remaining second and third generation children had integrated into the group and came forward to look at the newspaper with a puzzled expression.

"I think Professor Moriarty wants Jack the Ripper to kill the actors performing on stage at the opera house."

"I think this is it." Just as Xiaolan was analyzing, Aragaki Yu pointed to the other side of the newspaper and said.

"what?"

Following the direction Yuu Aragaki pointed, Conan quickly spotted another advertisement in the newspaper.

[Triumphant Performance! Irene Adler, the Idol of Walter Safranbori Opera]

"Irene Adler!?" Upon seeing this name, Conan was taken aback at first, then his expression immediately turned ugly. "Professor Moriarty is such an outrageous villain!"

Although Conan still greatly admires Professor Moriarty in the world of the novel, at this moment he also begins to hate Professor Moriarty with a passion.

Ai Haibara, however, wore an expression that said, "I knew it."

Actually, last night, she had already deduced from Professor Moriarty's perspective who he would send Jack the Ripper to kill.

It now seems that my guess was indeed correct.

Ai Haibara: ?(?????)?

Her face lit up with joy at first, but she quickly realized that now was not the time to be happy about such a thing.