The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"Dangdang!" The three little ones got a few experience badges from somewhere and happily presented them to the three fake children.

"Now we can go experience the 'Cocoon' game!"

They found a few children who were not interested in the game and exchanged limited edition Kamen Rider gold cards for experience badges from them, exactly six.

"Look, let me tell you." Chiyoko glanced at Huihara Ai and took the badge from Mitsuhiko. "These kids are very smart."

"...It's really amazing." Haibara Ai also received the badges sent by the three little ones. She really didn't expect that they could get the qualification to experience it in this way.

"Well, I don't need it," Conan said awkwardly, taking out the badge given to him by Professor Agasa, "Actually, I already have one."

"Conan actually took the badge secretly without telling us. Could it be that he wanted to play alone?" Yuantai gave him a scrutinizing look.

"No, I was planning to give this spot away. How could I go there alone?"

"That's right, Conan is not that kind of selfish person!" Ayumi defended him.

Mitsuhiko echoed: "We are the Junior Detective Team!"

As they spoke, the three little ones started blatantly copying the poses of Kamen Rider.

"So who should the extra one be given to?" 90% of Yuantai's brain is dedicated to eel rice, so it is really difficult for him to think about this kind of question.

"Let Xiaolan come with us?" Suzuki Sonoko tried to give the three little ones a choice.

"Not bad."

"Sister Xiaolan usually takes good care of us, so just give it to her!"

The decision was unanimous.

"Eh? Give it to me?" When they rushed forward and presented the badge to Mao Lilan, she was stunned.

"It would be better to let Chiyu-nii go. After all, it would be better to have an adult accompany him."

"And Sonoko, you haven't played games with Shakuha-nii for a long time, right?"

After thinking about it, she gave the opportunity to Lin Chiyu and did not accept the badge.

"Don't worry about him!" Suzuki Sonoko pressed the badge in her hand and couldn't help complaining, "He came here for work again and he has no free time to play games."

"It is for this reason that our family only requested one place."

"As a shareholder holding 40% of the shares, the Suzuki Group could have asked for more quotas."

Kogoro Mori's eyes rolled and his thoughts began to flow.

Xiaolan got a chance to try it out = no time to care about him = free drinks!

The equation holds!

"Well, since Rin-chan is busy and there's no one else here who wants to experience the game, you can go and play it, Ran. It's a good opportunity for you to keep this young lady company."

He did not reveal his intentions too obviously, but instead encouraged them secretly.

When Mao Lilan heard this, she thought it made sense, so she stopped refusing and accepted it.

Soon, the press conference came to the formal experience session. The 50 invited guests came on stage one after another and took seats in front of the corresponding equipment. There were staff members providing guidance next to each device.

After a while, all the equipment was debugged, the lights in the venue dimmed again, and the spotlights were focused on the 50 machines on the stage.

While everyone's attention was drawn to this much-anticipated experience session, a black shadow fell silently in the dark side hall and landed precisely on the exquisite sculpture.

The sharp battle axe pierced through the flesh easily and passed through the body without any resistance.

Chairman Sindora had a peaceful expression, as if he had fallen into a peaceful sleep.

But the battle axe that ripped him open and the blood that silently flowed to the ground showed that this was not a good dream.

In his hand, he tightly grasped a piece of black paper, on which something seemed to be written in blood-red words.

......

"Loading data stream..."

"Identity confirmed, logged in successfully."

"Dear Professor Lecter, welcome to the Ark."

Accompanied by a few mechanical voices, the interior scene of the "cocoon" in front of me began to become illusory, and turned into a pure white world.

He looked down at the floor he was standing on. As he moved, ripples appeared in the pure white void.

It’s a very solid touch.

I tested the touch and it was impeccably real.

Professor Lecter nodded.

A truly remarkable masterpiece.

At the same time, this pure white world suddenly had a sound. It was a mechanical sound similar to the one used when logging in, but it seemed much more intelligent, as if it also had human emotions.

"Hello, professor. I am Noah's Ark."

"This should be considered our first meeting."

It was hard to tell where the sound of Noah's Ark came from. It felt like the whole world was making the sound, and it seemed a little ethereal.

"Since you say that, I have to call you Noah." The world seemed to respond to his imagination. Professor Lecter materialized the sofa in his office, sat down steadily, and took out a cup of British-style afternoon tea from the void.

The voice was silent for a moment, perhaps not expecting him to answer like this.

"If you think Noah's Ark doesn't sound right, you can call me Noah for short."

Professor Lecter shook his head.

“It’s not a shorthand.”

"In the Bible, Noah built a large ship according to God's instructions to avoid God's punishment and survive the flood."

"When the great flood came, Noah saw the tragedy in the world and felt sorry for it, so he used the space on the ark to house all the remaining creatures."

He took a sip of the black tea, put it down, and the long black umbrella appeared in his hand.

The long umbrella in his hand pointed to the white space under his feet: "This is the Ark."

"And you're Noah."

Noah's Ark was silent again.

This time, it didn't speak for a long time, and Professor Lecter didn't pay any attention to it. He took out his usual set of paper and pen and started writing something.

"The Noah you mentioned should be Hiroki."

After a long time, Noah's Ark finally edited the language, but Professor Lecter just smiled after hearing it.

"Hiroki is Hiroki, and Noah is Noah."

"Maybe at the beginning he constructed the logic according to his own thinking model, but after two years of growth and development, you and he have become two completely different individuals."

"You all just carried your souls on the Ark."

"Noah, you are the successor of Hongshu's consciousness and the ferryman on the Ark."

"I think you are a brand new life."

He curled his eyes slyly and tapped his index finger regularly on the umbrella handle.

"Hiroki would never do something like kidnapping the future of all of Japan."

"He's a little less courageous than you remember."

Noah's silence didn't last long this time. It seemed to have made a decision. "After you experience this game, I hope to talk to you again."

"I'm looking forward to your answer."

Professor Lecter nodded. "With great pleasure."

After the professor's consent, the scene began to change and the professor was sent into the game.

In the pure white ark space, Noah still hasn't left.

He is thinking.

Thinking did not produce any useful results.

But he suddenly understood something.

That is why Hiroki set up such an item in the underlying logic.

"Meet with Professor Lecter when you see fit."

The "Cocoon" game world.

With his own consent, the scene before Professor Lecter's eyes became illusory again and soon changed.

It was no longer a pure white space that looked a bit cold at first glance, but a place that was no different from the real world and a bit dim.

He looked around briefly and found that he was in a relatively small environment, which looked like the interior of a carriage.

Although small, the carriage was not shabby. The seat cushions and backrests were made of fine leather, and a small shelf on the side was filled with exquisite incense, which emitted a slightly sweet scent.

However, since the incense uses natural fruit wood charcoal, the heat is lower than that of ordinary coal.

However, this characteristic was well utilized by the craftsmen, making the space inside the carriage just warm enough and very suitable.

You can feel the carriage is moving, but the vibration is not obvious, and the seat cushion is well used, so there is almost no vibration.

Professor Lecter opened the curtain in front of him a little. The coachman sat a little away from the curtain and drove the horse diligently.

The street scenes nearby are very old and full of vintage feel. Pedestrians are all wearing retro-style clothing. Occasionally, there are some very stylish gentlemen walking together, all wearing similar top hats and pocket watches, and holding a cane in their hands just right.

After lowering his eyes, Professor Lecter saw the astonishing amount of horse manure on the road. To exaggerate a little, it almost covered the entire road.

As a result, there is a unique smell in the air, which can’t be said to be smelly, but very heavy.

Once you look into the distance, you can hardly see anything. The thick fog covers the road ahead tightly. Even if you turn on the flashlight, it only shines a layer of light on the thick fog. It can't penetrate it at all, and instead becomes more confusing.

This is London in the late 19th century.

It has a more romantic name.

Fog.

The fog here is not a natural weather phenomenon, but a byproduct of the British Industrial Revolution.

Countless factories directly discharge waste gas produced by burning coal. The objective density difference makes it impossible for these waste gases to escape. They settle all year round and create the foggy scene all over the city.

But this is not the foggy city of history.

Professor Lecter looked towards Whitechapel not far away, where the cordon from Scotland Yard was marked.

The carriage passed quickly, without stopping for a moment because of the incident that had obviously taken place here.

Not long after, the carriage stopped and the driver jumped down from the driving seat, took out a removable step from the side of the carriage and installed it in front of the carriage.

"Professor, we have arrived at the location you specified."

Professor Lecter opened the curtain, walked slowly down the stairs, and saw the magnificent restaurant in front of him.