Conan, I'm an actor

"So, we're going to sleep in a virtual world?" Genta looked at Mitsuhiko with some confusion. "Is this considered sleeping in a dream? Do you dream when you sleep in a dream?"

"How would I know?" Mitsuhiko said, somewhat speechless. "You should ask Conan; he might know."

“Conan…” Ayumi looked at her friend with some concern.

"Conan, what did you see?" This was what Ran was more worried about at the moment.

Unlike himself, Shinichi isn't afraid of haunted houses. He wasn't afraid of them when he was a child, so what exactly did he see?

Just then, the ship suddenly turned, and the main guns roared.

"What exactly happened?" Mitsuhiko mustered his courage and tried to go up to the deck to see what was going on.

"Don't go. That's a battleship firing its main guns in unison. Going up to the deck might get you killed by the shockwave." Conan had already woken up from his unconsciousness. "I think this ship is meant to help us."

Although that face terrified him, he was certain of one thing: the one who came to help them was indeed that bastard Shinjo. That guy was the one who gave the qualification to participate in the game to Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi, and he had also reminded him, which was enough to prove that he knew about Noah's Ark's plan beforehand. Damn it, how dare he scare him like that! He's too much, he has no manners at all.

"Help us? But they just fired cannons at us..." Before Genta could finish speaking, Noah's Ark's voice rang out all around, saying that one of the thirteen targets had been completed.

For the next few hours, the people locked in the cabin experienced what it meant to win without lifting a finger. They only needed to sit on the ship, and notifications would pop up in their ears that the mission objective had been completed.

When the eleventh warning sounded, the child in the cabin looked up blankly, because the battleship's main guns hadn't fired.

"It seems the other kids did the job of destroying the church," Mitsuhiko said excitedly. "There are still people alive!"

"Don't get too excited yet," Conan said, frowning. "I have a feeling that all fifty people have entered this instance."

"What do you mean?" a little boy asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Noah’s Ark introduced five worlds before. If we’re entering the same world,” Conan took a deep breath, “clearing the game probably means we have to clear five different dungeons. So many people were eliminated in the first dungeon, and the next four… Don’t worry, maybe I’m just overthinking it.”

Chapter 224 Noah's Ark in a Hurry

In the audience

"He truly is my son!" a middle-aged man said, tears streaming down his face.

Just now, his son prepared the black powder explosive pack and rushed in to perish together with the enemy, which can be considered as winning back his honor. Unfortunately, he was still eliminated.

Shinjo, who witnessed this scene from the captain's cabin, twitched at the corner of his mouth. What was this? Inheriting fine traditions?

“That child seems to be getting angry,” Karen’s voice rang in his ears.

"What do you mean?" Xincheng asked, resting his chin on his hand. "Isn't the initiative in your hands? What's the use of him getting desperate?"

“It’s true that I have the initiative, but the server is still his. I can’t stop him from doing whatever he wants,” Karen said helplessly. “The administrator’s privileges are unlimited. He started deleting game instance data for Paris-Dakar Rally, Rome Colosseum, and Treasure Hunter.”

"Are the Vikings and London still around?" Xincheng stroked his chin. "It seems this kid still wants to expose the crimes of the Syndra family."

"A crime?" Karen was taken aback. "Is there more to this story?"

“Yes,” Shinjo said, leaning back in his chair. “Syndra is a descendant of Jack the Ripper, and the dagger he inherited was the same one Jack the Ripper used. Hiroki developed a DNA tracking program and found this out, which is why he committed suicide.”

"What does what Jack the Ripper did have to do with Syndra?" Kallen asked, somewhat puzzled. "Wouldn't this kid be afraid that Syndra would kill him, so he committed suicide beforehand? That's so stupid."

“The stupid one isn’t him, but Syndra himself. I think it was Syndra who wanted to kill him, which led to Hiroki’s suicide.” Shinjo shook his head. “If Syndra had really killed Kenmura Tadahira, his Syndra Empire would have collapsed. Right now, at most, it’s just a matter of public opinion.”

"What are you planning to do?" Karen asked with a smile. "Since you've decided to get involved in this, you must have a well-thought-out plan."

"No." Shinjo's answer was so crisp that Karen was momentarily stunned for a second.

"You got involved in this without any plan? Are you out of your mind?!"

“Revenge is something you have to do yourself,” Shinjo stretched. “We’ll provide the technology and support, and Noah’s Ark and Kenmura Tadahina will run the entire project, systematically crushing Syndra’s company. I’m sure they’d be more than willing to do that, even without paying them.”

"You really are..." Karen didn't know what to say for a moment. She suddenly remembered that New City didn't seem to have paid her a salary. She paid herself a salary. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she went anonymous.

As the battleship's main guns roared once more, the thirteenth church was destroyed, the world before the children began to crumble, and they eventually returned to where their adventure had begun.

"Hey, we've completed our mission, can we go back now?" Mitsuhiko said, looking up at the circle of light in the sky.

"Given the player's cheating behavior, the results from the previous game instance are invalid," Noah's Ark said angrily. "I warn you, do not interfere with the game's content, or I will directly activate the [Cocoon]'s backup power!"

Normally, players would support punishing cheaters, but after experiencing the game's difficulty and the premise that failure means death, Noah's Ark's words instantly sparked public outrage.

However, everyone knows that Noah's Ark has a typical childlike personality, and they are afraid that he might do something crazy if he gets angry, so they can only grit their teeth and swallow their anger.

Shinjo was looking down from God's perspective. Besides Conan and his group who had been rescued, there were four mischievous kids: Hideki Moroboshi, Akira Emori, Seiichiro Kikukawa, and Shinya Ryuzawa, as well as two other kids with them.

"What's going on with these six brats?" Shinjo asked Karen beside him, puzzled. "How come they're not dead?"

"Are you really hoping these kids die?" Yue Shui said angrily. "You'd better think of something quickly. If they're all eliminated, these kids will all die. Aren't Conan and Ran our friends? Do you really want to see..."

"Calm down, calm down." Shinjo gestured to Koshimizu not to be nervous. "You have to trust Conan. He has done extensive research on London, especially 19th-century London. Besides, the one who designed this copy is his father, Yusaku Kudo. Everything will be fine."

"What do you mean 'nothing will happen'! Miss Karen has already ruined this dungeon!" Yue Shui was even angrier at Shinjo's nonchalant attitude. "That kind of difficulty dungeon is impossible to clear. Besides, cheating is prohibited, so..."

"I didn't touch this game instance; it's exactly as it was." Karen, not expecting Yue Shui to mention her, immediately distanced herself. "This was requested by New City. Also, don't underestimate these kids. In the last game instance, they were the ones who destroyed the church that others took down, even though it was a huge loss."

"Do you know what cheating is?" Shinjo stretched. "Only when you get caught can you be considered cheating. As long as you don't get caught, you're fine. And if it really comes down to the last step, Karen can cut off the power to the [Cocoon]."

"really?"

Yue Shui looked at Karen with hopeful eyes.

“Yes, I can cut off the power to the [Cocoon] if necessary.” Karen nodded helplessly.

At that moment, Masaaki Okakura and Yusuke Sakata appeared beside them, now dressed in London police uniforms.

“The situation outside is alright; no one is approaching the research institute,” Masaaki Okakura said. “I just called my friend, and the situation is still under control. However, Syndra Corporation will face a very severe investigation and may lose the Asian market. He also said that devices similar to the ‘Cocoon’ may be banned.”

It's good that Syndra Corporation will suffer a blow, but if devices like the "Cocoon" are banned, then all their preparations will be in vain.

"That's not something you need to worry about," Xincheng said with a smile. "I have the ability to veto this resolution. How much time has passed outside by now?"

“2 hours and 11 minutes.” Yusuke Sakata stretched. “Dr. Narumi just gave us a physical examination, and there was nothing wrong with us.”

"Two hours?" Xincheng stretched his neck. "Yueshui, you can go out now."

"What do you want to do?" Yue Shui stared at Xin Cheng with a somewhat unfriendly look.

"Don't worry, don't worry, they definitely won't do anything too outrageous." Shinjo reassured Koshimizu, and then entered the game world with the other two people.

Chapter 225 The Mastermind Revealed

Looking at the foggy London before him, New Town took out a map and began to search for Conan and his friends' location.

"I'm saying, why don't you just kick Nanatsuki Koshimizu out of the team?" Karen said somewhat dejectedly. "It wouldn't matter if we killed all these kids."

“Her personality is indeed not suitable. We won’t let her participate in these kinds of things in the future.” Shinjo glanced at Sakata Yusuke and Okakura Masaaki not far away.

Unlike these two, who have real blood on their hands, Koshimizu is much more accepting of what they're doing. They regret not sending Narumi instead.

As he spoke, he took out a phone, typed a text message, and sent it to Conan.

At that moment, Conan was explaining the London smog to the Detective Boys and a group of children when he felt a jolt in his chest.

While everyone was distracted, Conan reached out and touched his chest, quickly finding a pocket watch.

The pocket watch was extremely old-fashioned, with an octopus battling raging waves on the cover. He knew very well that it wasn't his, nor could it belong to any other child; it must have been placed on him by someone from that pirate ship.

In the previous game world, it was probably the captain who put it on me. During the time I lost consciousness and Xiaolan and the others discovered me, they were the only ones by my side.

He opened the pocket watch and saw a line of text on the dial: "There's a mole. Terminate the deal."

He immediately looked around. It seemed that apart from the three members of the Junior Detective Club and Ran, everyone else was a stranger and could be the mole. Of course, the kids who joined later were the most suspicious.

But what's the deal? Could it be that those people were adults from the outside world who made some kind of deal with this person, paying some kind of price to help them cheat?

Just then, a scream came from the alley not far away. Conan rushed over immediately. When he arrived at the scene, a woman was lying in a pool of blood, beyond saving, and a dark figure was standing next to him.

Upon seeing Conan, the dark figure immediately ran towards the other end of the alley. Conan immediately pressed the button on his shoe and kicked a random object off the roadside with a powerful kick.

But as he was firing, he suddenly realized something—the equipment created by Professor Agasa couldn't be used in the virtual world.

He hesitated for a moment, and the force of the shot decreased considerably, so it was naturally inaccurate. The metal part fell to the ground with a loud thud.

"Who's over there!" came the voice of a policeman from the other end of the alley.

"Run!" Conan said to Ran, who was rushing over. "We're unregistered here. If we get caught, we'll likely be kicked out."

"Out!" Xiao Lan was stunned for a moment, then led the children and ran out of the alley.

Hideki Moroboshi's expression froze for a moment, then he led his small group and ran outside.

"Splitting up and sticking together is too conspicuous!" Conan, running at the back, suddenly spoke up.

"Listen to him, split up and run!" Hideki Moroboshi said to his three friends behind him.

As friends who played together, they trusted Hideki Moroboshi completely, and since he had indeed led them through a mission before, they simply followed him.

However, the situation is different for the children behind them. After all, Conan has adults with him, which is always better than having adults with them, who are also children.

While they were hesitating, Conan had already overtaken them and run to the front of the group. He led Ran and the Detective Boys into the alley, making several turns and shaking off their pursuers and the children.

"Conan, those children..." Ran said with some concern.

"Ignore them, I deliberately shook them off," Conan suddenly stopped and turned around to say.

"Intentional?" Ran looked at Conan, somewhat unfamiliar with him; this didn't seem like the Shinichi she knew.

Conan took out the pocket watch, and the three members of the Detective Boys were stunned when they saw the strange and complicated pattern on the watch cover. Ran, on the other hand, seemed to realize something.

“This pocket watch was placed on me when I was unconscious,” Conan said, opening the watch cover. “It must have been left by the group that helped us. Just now, I found a note inside that said there’s a mole in our team.”

"So that's why you dumped those kids?" Xiaolan frowned. "Isn't it a bit..."

“Just to be on the safe side, if the plan fails because of a mole, we’ll all die. Even if they’re eliminated now, they can be resurrected as long as they complete the mission. Besides, I’m very familiar with London; we should be able to catch Jack the Ripper.” Conan took a deep breath; he knew his actions had gone a bit too far.

Just then, a familiar sound came from the pocket watch.

"Tonight, Moriarty will be visiting Colonel Monlang. The wine at the head of the table is for Moriarty. Going through Moriarty is a good option if we want to capture Jack the Ripper."

"Uncle Shinjo, is that you?" Conan asked, frowning.

“It is indeed me.” Just then, a figure appeared from behind the alley, dressed in a London police uniform.

"They're police officers." Xiaolan stood protectively in front of the three children, backing away continuously.

But before she could take a few steps back, she saw two policemen behind her.

Just as she was wondering what to do, the person opposite her had already dismissed her with a fluent London accent.

"Mr. Shinjo, could you explain what's going on?" Conan asked, staring at the policeman in front of him.