I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

He ran to the three people breathlessly, moving his legs vigorously. When he stopped, he supported his knees with his hands and gasped for breath, with sweat all over his forehead.

Even someone who plays football regularly is so exhausted. It looks like he is using all his strength to escape.

"Where are your two friends?" Serabelle noticed that no one was following him.

"Jiang Shou and Kikukawa..."

Hideki Moroboshi was silent for a moment and lowered his head slightly.

"We ran together, but they were a step slower and couldn't escape."

"It doesn't matter, as long as we complete the game... Tsk!"

Before the word "行" came out of her mouth, Serabell's shoulders shook violently, the muscles under her windbreaker suddenly tensed, and her distracted eyes suddenly became as cold as lightning.

Without thinking, he lowered his arm that was around Irene Adler's knee, pulled out the cane that had been hidden in his windbreaker, and swung it horizontally at the top of his head.

Almost at the same time, a figure covered in a pitch-black cloak fell from the sky. The dagger and the cane collided heavily with each other, sparks flew, and the noise was like the collision of metal and stone.

"meet again."

At this moment, time slowed down like a close-up in a movie. Serabel raised her head and spoke lightly.

The next moment, the flow of time returned to normal. Jack the Ripper, who had failed to hit his opponent, took advantage of the recoil of the weapons to jump high into the air. He moved four or five meters in the air and landed lightly in the middle of the road.

Jack the Ripper held a dagger in one hand and was in an attacking posture, while Serabelle held a cane in one hand and someone in the other.

The two sides remained in a silent stalemate.

Suddenly, Jack the Ripper turned around and ran away.

It seems that after weighing the pros and cons, he chose to give up the assassination target that was right in front of him.

"Don't even think about running away!"

Conan chased after him without thinking, and after looking back and forth between him and Serabelle, Hideki Moroboshi gave up and followed closely.

Only Serabelle was unhurried.

He lowered his head and looked at the female star who was being held by his waist with a stunned look on her face, as if she had not yet fully recovered from the attack just now.

"Okay, you should be safe now. You can just walk back slowly by yourself. Should that be okay?"

"Well...of course."

The boy's words brought her thoughts back to reality and Irene Adler smiled.

"Then, I'm leaving."

After saying this, Serabelle let go of their hands and tried to catch up with the two people who left first.

But he was stopped again immediately.

"Please wait a moment."

It was Irene Adler. After calling out to Serabell, she trotted over with her skirt lifted up in both hands, stood on tiptoe and kissed the boy lightly on the cheek without his consent. When she pulled back, her beautiful face returned to its usual cunning look.

"Thank you for protecting me, Mr. Knight~"

"…It's Mr. Detective."

Shrugging to correct the misunderstanding, Serabelle turned and walked away.

……

On the other side, Conan and Hideki Moroboshi, who were chasing Jack the Ripper all the way, soon caught up with him near a railway.

Not far away, a train that had just started, with black smoke coming out of the front of the train, was rumbling towards this side.

Jack the Ripper, who was running ahead, noticed this and decisively turned to run towards the oncoming train.

"He tried to escape on the train!"

Conan immediately understood Jack the Ripper's intention.

Yes, although London had just experienced the Industrial Revolution a hundred years ago, the power of steam engines is incomparable to ordinary human power, especially in terms of endurance.

For a desperado like the latter, escaping by hijacking a train is a piece of cake.

"Let's get on the train too!" Hideki Moroboshi said loudly.

Perhaps he was concerned about his fallen comrades, or perhaps he was just a young and fearless person, but this twelve-year-old boy did show a courage that is extremely rare among ordinary people of this age.

Even Conan had to admit that this was the only way they could go at the moment.

Less than ten seconds later, Conan also jumped onto the train after Jack the Ripper.

After he climbed onto the connecting part of the carriages, he extended his hand to Hideki Moroboshi who had not yet come up.

"Hurry, hurry up!"

“Here…come!”

Hideki Moroboshi leaped with all his might and barely grabbed it, pulling himself up.

Then another familiar figure rushed up, much faster than them and more nonchalantly.

"Phew~ Looks like I arrived just in time. Did Jack the Ripper enter from this carriage?"

Serabelle, this guy arrived at the last minute.

"……Correct."

Conan glanced at him and nodded.

"Great."

Serabelle drew out her cane, stepped forward, and took the lead in opening the carriage door.

This is a passenger carriage with quite a few people sitting inside. At a glance, there are businessmen, workers, and young women in bright clothes.

Serabelle looked around and asked, "Excuse me, did anyone pass by just now?"

"..."

Silence, no one answered.

He was speaking English, so it was impossible for me not to understand him, but I just didn't answer.

But whether it is impossible to answer or dare not answer, no one knows.

Serabelle hummed thoughtfully.

"There's no other way. Let's just kill everyone here."

Chapter 345 Two Rippers

"Wait a moment!"

Conan called a halt just in time.

He knew very well that Serabelle was a man of his words. From their long-term contact, it was clear that the latter's views on good and evil were significantly different from those of ordinary people, so much so that even in reality, Serabelle did not have much reverence for life.

What’s more, we are still in the game world, let alone.

Since Serabelle said he would kill everyone, he can definitely do it.

Even though Conan knew that these were just virtual characters created by the game mechanism, and many of them might not even have names, he still didn't want to see these innocent virtual lives die in front of him.

So he said it differently.

"I have a way to find Jack the Ripper."

"……oh?"

Upon hearing this, Serabelle paused for a moment as she raised her cane, and her gaze fell on the Heisei era Sherlock Holmes beside her.

"So, what to do?"

"It's a very simple point. Please raise your hands to prove that you don't have any weapons."

Conan also switched to standard English.

His words seemed like a joke, but under the influence of the extremely deceptive and innocent child's voice, everyone in the car did as he said and raised their hands one by one with their palms facing forward.

And because the seats in the carriage are built around the inner wall, you can see everyone's hands clearly just by standing at the door.

"Very good, then please keep your current position for now."

Conan nodded.

"According to Mr. Holmes' notes, the body of Jenny Charlister, the second woman killed by Jack the Ripper, was found next to St. Mary's Church in Whitechapel. There was also a pair of rings scattered next to the body. The larger ring was confirmed to be the wedding ring worn by Jenny Charlister. So it is speculated that Jack the Ripper may have a very close blood relationship with Jenny Charlister."

"Secondly, Jenny Charlister was a woman with great dreams. Ten years ago, she could not stand the poverty of her family after marriage, so she ran away from home and came to London to seek a new life. I guess the smaller ring in the pair was the one she left for her abandoned child at that time."

"To sum up, imagine if a person has been wearing a very small ring since childhood, what would happen to the finger that wears the ring?"

It will become deformed, there is no doubt about that.

Conan smiled confidently: "So you understand, the real Jack the Ripper... is you!"

He waved and pointed at a young and beautiful woman in a skirt in the carriage.

The reason is simple: the ring finger of his left hand is indeed much thinner than other fingers, as speculated.

!!!

The detective's identification was like a death sentence to the others in the car.

They all witnessed Jack the Ripper rushing into the carriage, and were all threatened not to make any noise, otherwise they would be killed.

On the contrary, if they successfully help conceal their identities, they will be given a chance to live.

This was a blank check without any credibility, but in that situation they had no choice: either die immediately or find a way to gain a chance of survival.

Everyone chose the latter to protect themselves.

Now the truth has come to light and the identity of Jack the Ripper has been successfully revealed.

So, I would like to ask, what will a murderer do when his identity is exposed?

Of course he killed someone!

"Help, help!"

The first person to stand up hastily was a businessman who was sitting next to Jack the Ripper.

But just as he took a step down from his seat, he was pulled back by Jack the Ripper, who had torn off his disguise. At the same time, he took out a dagger that was shining with cold light from under his long skirt and stabbed it deep into his body from the shoulder socket.

Blood splattered and he was executed on the spot.

"stop!!!"

Conan yelled with his eyes wide open.

However, Jack the Ripper just smiled coldly, threw away his torn long skirt to reveal his tight nightgown underneath, took out a round white bullet from his waist and threw it at his feet.

Bang.

In an instant, thick white smoke filled the entire carriage, obscuring everyone's vision. It turned out to be a smoke bomb.

"Get out first!"

Serabelle, who was closest to the door of the carriage, made a prompt decision, picked up Hideki Moroboshi who was still standing there, and jumped out of the carriage with all her strength.

Throwing cigarette knives at people is a common tactic in fighting.

People need a certain amount of reaction time when encountering emergencies, but those who use smoke bombs to assassinate others do not need this time because they have made psychological preparations in advance. In addition, the impact caused by smoke bombs is far less serious than that of flash bangs. The assassin can still move freely even in the surging smoke and attack based on the residual vision before the smoke explodes.

If the target still stands still at that moment, the assassin will succeed.

"Help!"

"Hurry, run away!"

Cries for help were heard one after another in the carriage.

Serabell held Moroboshi Hideki in one hand and held the cane in the other. She used the angle between the cane and her arm to firmly fix herself on the outside of the fence connecting the carriages, watching the figures escape one after another from the smoke spraying out of the carriage door.

But, there was no Conan.

"The man with glasses didn't run out!" Hideki Moroboshi was anxious.