Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

The detective's identification was like a death sentence for the other passengers in the carriage.

They had all witnessed Jack the Ripper burst into the carriage, and were all threatened with being killed if they kept quiet.

Conversely, if they successfully help conceal their identities, they will be spared.

This was a worthless promise, but in that situation they had no choice but to either die immediately or try to find a way to survive.

Everyone wisely chose the latter to protect themselves.

Now that the truth has been revealed, Jack the Ripper's identity has been successfully exposed, and he has begun to kill indiscriminately.

The first to rise in a panic was a businessman who was sitting next to Jack the Ripper. He had barely taken a step down when Jack the Ripper, who had torn off his disguise, grabbed him from behind and pulled him back down. At the same time, Jack the Ripper pulled a gleaming dagger from under his long skirt and plunged it deep into his body through his shoulder.

Blood splattered, and he was executed on the spot.

"stop!"

Conan shouted and glared angrily.

However, Jack the Ripper just smiled coldly, threw away his tattered long dress to reveal the close-fitting night clothes underneath, and pulled a round white bullet from his waistband 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 310 out first!"

Lin Xiaofeng, who was closest to the carriage door, immediately grabbed the still-standing Moroboshi Hideki and jumped backward with all his might, rushing out of the carriage.

Throwing a cigarette butt is a common tactic in combat. Assassins can move freely even in billowing smoke, striking based on the residual vision just before the smoke bursts. If the target is still standing still at that moment, the assassin succeeds.

"Help!"

"Run! Run!"

Cries for help echoed throughout the carriage.

Lin Xiaofeng carried Moroboshi Hideki in one hand and held an umbrella in the other, using the angle between the umbrella and his arm to firmly secure himself to the outside of the railing at the connection between the carriages, watching as one figure after another escaped from the smoke billowing out of the carriage doors.

However, there is no Conan.

"The one with glasses didn't get out!" Hideki Moroboshi exclaimed anxiously.

"Um……"

Lin Xiaofeng didn't want to say anything more.

Actually, he didn't approve of Conan's actions just now; Conan's desire to perform was far too strong. After a series of deductions under those circumstances, he publicly revealed Jack the Ripper's identity. Wouldn't it be perfectly normal for Jack to fight back desperately, even killing bystanders along with him?

The train carriages, which are moving at high speed, are not airtight, and the thick smoke inside was quickly expelled through the open carriage doors.

When the smoke cleared, the carriage was empty, except for an open skylight and a folding steel ladder that had been lowered from the skylight.

"It looks like they've gone up."

Lin Xiaofeng returned to the carriage and glanced up at the sunroof, which offered a direct view of the moon and stars because the roof was open. Without turning his head, he said to Moroboshi Hideki.

"You stay here, I'll go up and check."

After saying that, he climbed up the folding steel ladder.

On the other side, on the roof of a speeding train, two figures, one tall and one short, stood at the same altitude under the night sky.

On one side is Jack the Ripper, wielding a knife, bloodthirsty, and constantly sneering; on the other side is Conan, who is being held up like a chick with his throat choked, struggling helplessly.

"Kid, your time to die has come."

After saying that, he exerted his strength and slammed Conan to the ground, then stabbed him in the chest with a backhand.

Conan was killed by Jack the Ripper, but thankfully it was just a game, not a real death.

Lin Xiaofeng, holding an open umbrella, flew to the top of the train and witnessed Conan being killed.

"Conan, you've finally met your match."

Lin Xiaofeng folded up the black umbrella, held it, and confronted Jack the Ripper.

“You’re the only one left.” Jack the Ripper licked the blade.

Meanwhile, in the real world, the venue was completely silent.

According to the Noah's Ark's mechanics, any player who loses in the game will lose their eligibility to play, and all players who lose their eligibility will be locked in a "cocoon" and sunk below the stage.

Now, only two of the fifty giant round eggs on the stage remain.

Children who went to other playgrounds have all been defeated, whether it was exploring treasure hunts, or racing, they have all been wiped out.

The stages of the other game worlds have come to an end, leaving only the century-old London instance to continue. The large screen, which was originally divided into five parts, is now completely occupied by the scene on the train.

If the London instance also fails, all fifty children participating will be killed by Noah's Ark, and the next generation destined to bear the future of Japan will come to an end.

Throughout the venue, one could see men with furrowed brows and women covering their faces, silently weeping.

The wealthy and dignified bank chairman in the front row seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, sighing and leaning quietly towards the deputy superintendent of police sitting next to him, who also had a furrowed brow.

"Moroboshi, it seems like all that's left are your grandson and Mrs. Suzuki's gigolo. What do you think of them...?"

"Jiang Shou, let's not talk about this now! It's pointless!"

Moroboshi Toshio immediately whispered a rebuke to him.

Such a stern attitude, seemingly a reflection of his firm will and respect for the facts, actually revealed that his heart, like everyone else present, was very wavering.

After all, that was his grandson whom he had watched grow up...

Two or three rows behind, in the higher seats, Hattori Shizuka, who had been calling out "Hirari-chan" all along, unusually suppressed her faint smile and instead pursed her lips slightly.

"I didn't expect even Heiji to leave the stage."

"Yes."

Tomoko Suzuki shook her head.

"However, he has already done a very good job. If it weren't for his master blocking the falling stone slab for V-Lin, Xiao-Zhou, Feng-Shi, and Eileen Ed, the game would already be over."

The "end" here doesn't refer to completing the game, but rather to failing the game and ending in "game over".

"If...I mean if."

Hattori Shizuka took a deep breath.

"Even if they do lose here, I will still be proud of them."

"Oh?"

Tomoko Suzuki looked at the beautiful woman, who had suddenly become so composed, with some surprise.

Hattori Shizuka continued, "Although it's just a game, they did engage in brutal battles inside. You could say that even if anyone here were in that situation, they wouldn't be able to do any better than them, including you and me."

"...That's true, you're absolutely right. But Xiao Feng is invincible!"

Tomoko Suzuki paused for a moment, then a slight smile appeared on her lips.

The scene depicts... Lin Xiaofeng and Jack the Ripper's final battle.

Jack the Ripper, wielding a dagger, just like he would any of his other victims, slashed Lin Xiaofeng to death.

Just when the audience thought Lin Xiao would use Holmes's magical black umbrella to fight Jack the Ripper to the death.

What followed was a gunshot.

Lin Xiaofeng once again produced another of Sherlock Holmes's wonders: a revolver.

Jack the Ripper was shot in the chest; he never expected his opponent to be hiding a gun.

"You are mean!"

"Sir, times have changed. It's the steam age now, are you crazy to still be playing with daggers?"

"Boom!"

Lin Xiaofeng fired a few more shots, and Jack the Ripper was dead beyond any doubt.

Jack the Ripper has been hunted down.

Congratulations on clearing the "A Century of London" dungeon!

As the game notification popped up indicating that the level was cleared, Lin Xiaofeng's vision went black.

……

When Lin Xiaofeng regained consciousness and opened his eyes, he found himself back in the original white circular plaza.

"You finally woke up."

A familiar voice came from beside me, belonging to a young soccer player.

Lin Xiaofeng propped himself up and turned to look. It was Moroboshi Hideki, whom he had thrown into the carriage before the final battle on the roof.

"Oh, you're still here, Moroboshi... oh no, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call you Noah's Ark?"

"Hehe, you found out. When did you find out?"

"It was a bit late. It was during the final battle with Jack the Ripper that the system told me I was the last surviving player."

Lin Xiaofeng shrugged.

"But I clearly remember leaving you in the carriage. It's not like you slipped and fell off the train, is it? In other words, the reason I was the last player is because the other player wasn't a real player."

"That's it."

Hideki Moroboshi made no attempt to conceal himself. After a soft laugh, his figure blurred and quickly transformed from a twelve-year-old boy into a slightly younger ten-year-old boy, with his hairstyle and clothing also becoming more childish.

Lin Xiaofeng pondered for a moment: "I remember... you wouldn't happen to be that guy named Sawada..."

Hiroki Sawada—the name he remembered was first told to him by Conan, who said he was the builder of Noah's Ark.

Although we've never met or even seen a photo of each other, since the AI ​​program is now appearing in human form, it's likely using the creator's image.

“Hiroki is Hiroki, and I am me,” Noah’s Ark chuckled. “You can just call me Noah’s Ark.”

"Ok."

Lin Xiaofeng nodded and looked around. The huge square was still only occupied by the two of them.

"So the other contestants..."

"They're all getting ready to log out because you've finished the game."

When this matter was brought up, Noah's Ark scratched his head and smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

"Even if everyone fails to complete the game, I will not actually kill everyone."

"...Then why did you say that back then?" Lin Xiaofeng asked.

"That's... I just wanted everyone to take this game more seriously."

Noah's Ark looked even more embarrassed, his eyes darting around like a child who had done something wrong.

Although he really is just a child.

At this point, Noah's Ark lowered its head slightly.

"Because I always work hard, even if it's just one chance, I want to have fun playing games with everyone."

Although he spoke of Hiroki Sawada's life in a seemingly casual manner, he used the self-reference of "I" when he mentioned Hiroki Sawada's life.

"Haha~"

Lin Xiaofeng blinked expressionlessly.

But now that wish has come true!

"So I will now tell you the whole truth, including—the cause of Hiroki's death."

The cause of Hiroki Sawada's death.

This is probably the second most exciting thing tonight, besides the game progress shown at the demo.

After all, according to Conan's revelation, Hiroki Sawada and Tadahiro Kenmura are father and son by blood. If there is something suspicious about Hiroki Sawada's death, it is hard not to suspect that Tadahiro Kenmura was silenced by the murderer because he discovered something while investigating the death of his own son.

Moreover, there were many suspicious aspects to the suicide of the genius teenager Hiroki Sawada two years ago.

For example, the Syndora Group outwardly claimed that the tragedy was caused by psychological reasons, but according to an investigation by someone who was interested in the matter, Hiroki Tata was immediately adopted by Thomas Syndora, the emperor of the T industry, after being taken to the United States by his mother, and then lived in the Syndora Group headquarters building.

In other words, any psychological pressure Hiroki Sawada might be under could only come from within the Sindora Group.

According to President Sindora, he loved Hiroki Sawada like his own son.