Conan's other self

Go through the stone door and enter the game.

It feels like bursting a bubble.

Conan, who was walking at the front, took a step and stepped on solid ground, but it felt like he was stepping on a calm lake, with ripples rising on the ground.

And as the ripples spread into the distance, the world in front of them gradually expanded, until Conan could not see the end.

This is London at the end of the nineteenth century.

Conan continued to take two steps forward so as not to block the people behind him, while observing the current environment. Under his feet was a neat pavement made of light-colored stone bricks, with houses made of red bricks on both sides, separated only by an old-time carriage.

He was obviously in an alley.

It was late at night, and there seemed to be dim street lights on the main road not far away. The light coming through allowed the road to be vaguely seen in the streets and alleys, but that was all.

Besides, there is a strange smell in the air. Conan felt that he could even smell the rust of scrapped machines, as well as a bit of the stench from human feces, which made him frown.

"This is too true..."

"Conan..."

Ayumi called him quietly, sounding worried.

"What's wrong?"

Conan responded casually, looked back, and was stunned for a moment.

"They're gone..." Ayumi said.

Contrary to Conan's imagination, there were only four people in his eyes, including Ayumi.

Suzuki Sonoko was looking around, Ayumi looked at him worriedly, Haibara Ai crossed his arms and looked deep into the other side of the alley, the last one was a fat follower next to the child of the Morohoshi family, Conan even Don't know the name yet.

"Where's Xiaolan?" Suzuki Sonoko looked around but couldn't find anyone, so she walked to Conan, "I remember she was clearly walking in front of me, right?"

"Genta and Mitsuhiko were following Edogawa," Haibara Ai said calmly, "Maplehara was behind me at the time, but they are both gone now."

"Boss Zhu Xing is the same..." The last little fat man also expressed his opinion. His name is Jiang Shouhuang.

The five people turned back and searched around the alley, but could not find it. There was something strange deep in the alley. After shouting a few times, they felt that the sound seemed to be drowned, and it could not travel very far before being swallowed up.

"They were probably teleported to other locations." The gloomy atmosphere made Haihara Ai feel a little cold. She tightened the Maplehara jacket she was wearing, "Isn't this setting often found in games? Players are Spread out to different starting locations.”

"Really, this is too troublesome. Can't we just walk through the level in two steps?" Conan complained, "Or maybe a doctor's puzzle. And make the game so scary, with everything dark. Painted…”

"That's right! What if a murderer suddenly shows up?" Yuanzi also complained, "Xiaolan is not here, there is no sense of security at all..."

"Hey hey..."

Conan had a dark look on his face. Yuanzi was a little distracted. Just now he looked like he was afraid of death and kept shouting "Azhen", but now he seemed to have forgotten about it.

Besides, he didn't want to be with that cold guy over there and Sonoko. He also wanted to be in a group with Xiaolan.

Haihara Ai on the other side is also a little dissatisfied, but now is not the time to complain about this. It is more important to find a way to meet others.

After some discussion, the group of people turned back, planning to look around first.

Walking out of the alley, there were dim street lights on the main road, and the lights in the houses on both sides were basically off. Not sure if it was an illusion, but Hui Yuan Ai vaguely felt that there were a pair of eyes behind the window, staring at them silently.

The air smelled weird too.

It seemed that she was taking care of the children playing games. The smell was not strong, and she couldn't tell what it was, but she couldn't help but reach out and fan her nose to get rid of the smell.

Then…

Only then did Haibara Ai discover a dark red, rune-like tattoo on the skin on the back of her right hand. The shape of the tattoo was like a halberd with three gun barrels intertwined.

"What's this?"

Hearing her question, Conan and others looked over.

Then they discovered that there was the same thing on the back of their hands, but it was dark red in color and they couldn't notice it in the dark streets.

After looking at it for a while, Haiyuan Ai curiously touched the mark with his left hand, and was somewhat surprised to find that it seemed to have a three-dimensional touch.

With her touch, the tattoo suddenly lit up slightly and then went out.

A figure gradually solidified in front of her eyes.

Maplehara joins the game.

"Maplehara!" Ayumi next to her shouted in surprise.

For Feng Yuan, he felt as if he had just entered the game. A moment ago, he followed Hai Yuan Ai into the stone door, but now he appeared opposite Hai Yuan Ai.

So like Conan and others, he was a little confused about what was happening now.

Reminiscent of Haihara Ai's actions just now, Conan quickly called on Sonoko and others to try the same.

Accompanying Conan's actions is Xiaolan.

Accompanying Ayumi's movements were Genta and Mitsuhiko.

What Jiang Shouhuang summoned were his two companions, Takizawa Shinya and Kikukawa Seiichiro.

Sonoko got Hideki Morohoshi out.

"..."

After a simple exchange.

"Ah, I thought I came in with you! You didn't wait for me!"

"That's not the case, Genta! We came in together!" Mitsuhiko said. As a senior video game player, he understood a little bit, "I think this is probably the game setting..."

"I almost understand it," Fengyuan said, feeling a little helpless. "The doctor told me before that the setting conceived by a game manufacturer he knew is somewhat similar to the current situation."

Everyone looked over and listened to his story.

"Probably, players can summon historical characters to assist them in fighting. These characters are called Servants, and the players themselves are called Masters... and the thing in your hand is called a Command Spell, which can be summoned in the game to help you. Servants fight."

But the difference is that there is no game panel that will affect the immersive experience, and he does not feel that he has unscientific power.

He is unremarkable now.

He didn't remember that he had chosen this company when he was helping the doctor choose a partner manufacturer. It was probably some strange butterfly effect that made the doctor find this setting interesting...

"Then why was he the one I summoned?"

Suzuki Sonoko said angrily, she was obviously referring to Hideki Morohoshi. Morohoshi Hideki snorted coldly, also looking disgusted.

After understanding the setting, Conan was quite satisfied. If he had to choose by himself, he would also choose Xiaolan.

Ayumi was very happy that she had two servants, but Akira Emori didn't seem to understand the situation.

Haibara Ai glanced at Feng Yuan, still crossing his arms, "Ah, then you have to trouble Mr. Detective to protect me?"

"Don't worry," Fengyuan said in a serious tone, "I will definitely do my best."

but…

"However, I feel a little weak." Xiaolan, whose arm was held by Yuanzi over there, hesitated and said.

"Eh? Is Xiao Lanqi sick?"

"No," Xiaolan said, "I just feel... um... not very strong."

"I feel the same way. Moreover, I tried it just now and the anesthesia needle watch doesn't work either," Maplehara whispered to Conan and Haibara Ai. "The foot strength-enhancing shoes probably won't work either."

This is not only unscientific, but also unscientific.

Conan also tried it and confirmed this fact that made him a little depressed, which meant that he really had to rely on Xiaolan for protection.

On the other side, Yuanzi encouraged Xiaolan to go to the alley before and asked her to try punching the wall. A normal Xiaolan could punch through a brick wall of this level if she didn't use her strength.

"No, Yuanzi, you can't destroy other people's houses."

"It's okay, Sister Xiaolan!" Mitsuhiko said, "The doctor once said that as long as we buy the game, everything in the game will also be ours!"

"Hey, hey."

Conan was a little speechless, but he also wanted to see Xiaolan's current level. After all, she is their main fighting force, and judging from the current game settings, they obviously need to fight.

Xiaolan hesitated for a moment, and was finally persuaded by Yuanzi, but she still chose a house in the alley that seemed to be abandoned, and then took a deep breath against the wall.

Ke Xue's world's combat effectiveness mainly relies on force-generating techniques, but physical fitness obviously still has an impact. This is why Xiaolan feels that she is a little weak now.

Feng Principle feels that he is no different from an ordinary child now, even with his various senses, which makes him somewhat uncomfortable.

Xiaolan over there punched out.

But the wall made of red bricks was not penetrated, there were only a few shallow cracks. Xiaolan also snorted and couldn't help but cover her fists.

"Xiaolan, are you okay?"

Yuanzi was a little worried and a little regretful, because he was the one who encouraged Xiaolan just now. The onlookers also quickly moved closer.

"It's okay, it just hurts a little." Xiaolan rubbed her hand, "I didn't use too much force just now, but it was indeed a lot weaker..."

"Ah! You need to level up in the game!"

"Yes, Sister Xiaolan, you should still be at level 1 now, you will definitely be weaker!"

"But...how do I get experience points?"

The game-like setting made Bumi and others temporarily forget about the possibility of death and the gloomy atmosphere around them, and began to discuss the settings of the games they had played before.

Conan asked Fengyuan directly, and Fengyuan shook his head. He didn't know either.

Everyone couldn't think of it for the time being, and they didn't find the place where they could "spawn monsters" as the children said. In fact, apart from those settings, the game world we are in now is almost exactly the same as the London imagined by Conan a hundred years ago, except it is a little more gloomy...

"Speaking of which," Sonoko asked as he followed everyone back to the main road, "how can we pass the level?"

"Eh?"

"Yes!" Xiaolan also thought about it, "Several other worlds have introduced how to clear the level, but this world seems to have no introduction at all."

"Don't you have to deduce the conditions for customs clearance?" Conan said helplessly, "Do you really not know, Maplehara?"

"really do not know."

Now they had returned to the main road, and then walked for a while under the dim street lights.

The surroundings were no longer as quiet as before, and there were also some figures walking hurriedly in the night.

Fengyuan could see a middle-aged woman standing there under a streetlight with slightly revealing clothes and a hungry face. Every time a male passerby passed by, she would ask a pleading question in a low voice, as if she was soliciting customers. In exchange for tomorrow's rations for their children.

...It's so true, doctors and the others don't know how to take care of children...

"Speaking of which, in some of the computer games I played before, I didn't know how to clear the level at the beginning," Mitsuhiko thought as he walked and held his chin, "But in those games, players will quickly trigger the plot..."

"Hungry...so hungry..."

While he was talking, a bowed figure walked out of an alley opposite. He walked staggeringly and looked like a homeless man.

The words he muttered attracted everyone's attention.

"How pitiful..." Ayumi sympathized.

"Yes, being hungry is the most terrifying thing in the world." Yuan Taishen agreed.

"It's just a game." Conan said, "And we don't have anything with us right now, so even if we want to help him, there's nothing we can do... But then again, he actually spoke in Japanese, which is really considerate -"

"Hungry!"

The shambling man suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly. His voice was unusually hoarse, startling everyone.

Feng Yuan noticed that there was a faint green light in his eyes.

Just as the bad premonition emerged from her heart, the man opposite suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Ayumi.