The Split-Actress in Conan's World

The Ark space was pitch black.

Suddenly, several beams of warm white light appeared, penetrating between heaven and earth.

No more, no less, exactly 50 bunches.

The white light gradually melted away and merged into a huge pillar of light, opening up a bright space in the dark void.

Those who have experienced the "cocoon" have appeared one after another.

"Wow--"

"Amazing......"

The originally quiet space suddenly became lively, and the children excitedly explored this magical area.

Mitsuhiko stepped on the void beneath his feet, and a circle of ripples like water waves spread out. He exclaimed in amazement: "It's beyond imagination!"

"It's really the same as in reality!" Yuantai pinched his fat face and smiled with a red mark.

"It's like being in a waking dream!" Ayumi opened her mouth wide, shocked by this wonderful feeling.

"Don't you think it's scary?" Haibara Ai did not show any excitement like them. Instead, she was very calm.

"Vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch," she said, posing as if she was a human being. "All of these proofs of being human have been controlled by computers."

The three little ones looked shocked, and Yuantai even held his head in fear.

"Hey, Haibara..." Conan came over and wanted to remind her, lest the children's enthusiasm be cooled down by this cold woman.

However, he was backstabbed by Chiyoko.

"If you think about it more deeply," Chiyoko crossed her arms and pretended to think seriously, "perhaps we are also being manipulated in real life."

The three little ones’ faces were as pale as stone sculptures.

Conan looked at him dumbfounded.

This is adding fuel to the fire!

Fortunately, this guy didn't intend to deliberately ruin the children's gaming experience, and quickly spread his hands: "It's just a joke."

"Chiyo, come on, why are you saying things so scary?!"

The three little ones breathed a sigh of relief and protested indignantly.

But the two adults, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko, had a hard time.

"These two little brats... are so weird." Suzuki Sonoko rubbed her arms and felt a chill on her back.

Mao Lilan laughed dryly.

When the children became more familiar with it and were no longer so excited, a mechanical sound appeared and echoed in all directions.

"Hello, children who are participating in the game."

"My name is Noah's Ark."

As soon as the sound of Noah's Ark rang out, all the children quieted down and listened to him.

"Our game will begin soon. I will provide five game worlds with different contents for everyone to choose from."

"But I want to make it clear in advance that this is not an ordinary game. It is a game that concerns the lives of all of you participants and is enough to change the future of Japan!"

"What, what?!" Mao Lilan was a little confused when she heard such a serious statement.

Suzuki Sonoko didn't really care: "Maybe it's a way of increasing the sense of immersion."

The other children who were participating in the game were also talking about it.

However, Noah's Ark continued: "For those who are eliminated in the game, the 'cocoon' in reality will be sealed and cannot be opened."

"Once all of you are eliminated, I will release an electric current through the 'cocoon' that is strong enough to destroy your brains, and you will be truly 'eliminated' from this world."

"Of course there is good news, that is, as long as one person passes the level, all the others who were eliminated can be saved."

The projection screen on the stage was synchronized, which meant that the scene was seen by all the guests outside at the same time.

"What's happening here?"

"That's not what you said when you introduced the press conference process..."

For a moment, the venue was filled with chatter, and some impatient and bad-tempered parents had already forced their way onto the stage, trying to open the "cocoon" where their children were.

"I don't want to mess around with you guys! Who are you trying to scare with such alarmist statements?"

But as soon as it touched the outer shell of the "cocoon", a bright purple arc flashed by, bursting into instantaneous sparks.

"what!!"

The man screamed, his body lying stiffly on the ground, his hair standing on end, smoke coming out of his mouth.

"Those who want to break my rules should think twice. If you do it again next time, it won't be as simple as an electric shock."

The voice of Noah's Ark then sounded, plain but with a hint of warning.

"Damn it!" Uncle Maori threw away the wine in his hand when he thought of his daughter still in there, "What the hell are you going to do!"

"I want to rebuild Japan!"

The cold voice of Noah's Ark seems even more ruthless when driven by the mechanical texture.

"The son of a politician who cannot see the truth will only be a mediocre politician even if he succeeds him; the descendants of a black-hearted and greedy doctor, no matter how talented they are, will only see the medical profession as a convenient way to make money."

"The children of the poor become poorer, the talents who are not reused become deeper and deeper, and new things with bright prospects are destined to lose their vitality because of arrogance and prejudice..."

"This country is like a big tree that has grown too many useless branches, taking away all the nutrients."

"If you don't have the courage to cut them all off, there's no way this tree will grow tall and healthy!"

Maori Kogoro clenched his fist and shouted: "Do you have the right to play with human life?"

"I didn't."

Noah's Ark paused, his tone becoming deeper.

"Just like adults have no right to play with Hiroki's life."

There was silence in the control room.

"Then the kids should be eager to get into the game." Noah's Ark stopped talking to the outside world and turned the topic back to the game.

"Let me introduce today's five game stages. After listening to the introduction, everyone can choose the game world they want to enter."

As he spoke, five large screens appeared in the void and began to play the corresponding images one by one.

“The first stage is a pirate game. You will become pirates and travel to seven different seas. You must give full play to your courage and will and challenge various adventures.”

"The second stage is the off-road competition, where you will play the role of a racer. Through superb skills and planning abilities, you will win various competitions and finally become the champion."

The scenes he described appeared on two large screens, then went dark and moved to the back, while two new large screens appeared on top.

"The third stage is the Roman Colosseum. Those who come here must find powerful and suitable weapons and armor, use their powerful strength to defeat other opponents, and survive to the end."

"The fourth one is the bounty hunter. You will play the role of an excellent treasure hunter, searching for King Solomon's treasure around the world, cracking the mechanisms left by the ancients, and bringing King Solomon's secrets back to the world."

After the two new screens were demonstrated, they also stepped back, leaving only the last screen.

"The last part is the London Mystery, where you can go back to London a hundred years ago and experience the thrill of tracking down the real culprit of a case that has not been solved so far, 'Jack the Ripper'."

"Okay, everyone is free to choose the game they want to participate in."

After introducing all the stages, Noah's Ark became quiet, and the five large screens dispersed in different directions, materializing into five doors covered by light curtains.

"What do you think? From what he said, maybe he wasn't joking." Haibara Ai walked between Conan and Chiyo and asked with her hands behind her back.

"If you want to aim for victory, I suggest you choose the last one." Chiyoko pondered for a while and pointed to the light curtain leading to London a hundred years ago.

"Those three scenes all have some kind of combat element to them, and our child-like bodies are at a natural disadvantage. The other racing game requires some professional knowledge and is also not kid-friendly."

"In addition, there are historical factors in London a hundred years ago, which is of certain reference value. It is also an intellectual subject. Even if we bring those children with us, it will be more stable than other scenes."

"Besides, even if he didn't have any utilitarian purpose, he would have chosen this way, right?" He pointed at Conan, who was almost drooling.

After comprehensive consideration, everyone finally unanimously decided to choose Fog City Mystery.

"If we meet Jack the Ripper, Xiaolan, you must protect me!" Suzuki Sonoko followed timidly behind Mouri Ran, with her hands on her shoulders.

"Don't worry, Sonoko, I will beat him with karate." Mao Lilan smiled and comforted her best friend.

"Why are those guys here too? It's so unlucky..." Yuantai muttered when he saw the kids who had laughed at them in the conference hall before standing next to the light curtain.

"Forget it. We are teammates anyway. As long as they don't provoke us, we should just ignore them." Mitsuhiko patiently persuaded Yuanta, who was still angry.

The leading child, named Moroboshi Hideki, glanced at them and said nothing, but made a slight "tsk" sound.

Yuantai quickly clenched his fists and veins popped out on his head.

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi quickly held him down with a wry smile.

"Calm down, calm down..."

The boy with a middle part crossed his arms arrogantly: "Don't get in our way."

"That's what I wanted to say!" Yuan Tai immediately counterattacked.

Soon, all the children chose where to go. After Noah's Ark left a final reminder, the light curtain in front of the door disappeared.

"Remember, in every scene, there is a character who can help you."

"Happy gaming, everyone."

Ran Mouri noticed that there were only children here, with her and Suzuki Sonoko as the only two adults, and Sonoko looked fearful but also excited.

She had no choice but to imitate the appearance of Chiyu Ge that she saw every day and try her best to make herself look more reliable.

"Okay, let's go together." With a gentle smile, she walked into the door first and led the children.

With this example, the children soon followed and walked into their respective doors.

Soon, the Ark space was empty.

After Conan and the others walked into the door, they saw a blurry scene in front of their eyes and came to a dark alley.

It was night time.

Fog is everywhere.

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Statement in advance:

Since the work "The Phantom of Baker Street" itself contains many metaphors and ironies on the political and social levels, when writing this chapter, this book will more or less include some ideological aspects.

but!

Pay attention to this but!

Some of the concepts and views in the work Baker Street are already outdated from 20 years ago. In addition, due to the differences in national conditions between Japan and my country, many viewpoints are not universal, so I will try my best to reduce the descriptions in this regard. You can just watch it for fun and appreciate it from an entertainment perspective, and don't deconstruct it or make a fuss about it.

Subjectively speaking, Hiroki and Noah's Ark are just ten-year-old children with limited understanding of the world, and all their understanding is based on Japanese native culture.

Objectively speaking, Professor Lecter is the embodiment of the author's will, that is, my will. The opinions he expresses are inherently extremely personal, not to mention that they have been distorted after artistic processing.

To sum up, whether it is Hiroki, Noah's Ark or the professor mentioned in the article, their views are one-sided and not universal. To put it simply, they are just talking nonsense. It is extremely normal for everyone to think that they make sense or think that "you are talking nonsense". Don't let this one person's opinion influence your own ideas (of course, don't criticize me).

The correctness of a principle does not lie in whether it seems reasonable, but rather in the test of practice. Don't be misled by the narrative sophistication of the text.

Always look at other things with a materialistic dialectical perspective, seeing both the reasonable and unreasonable sides.

I actually added this paragraph on the spur of the moment, mainly because I noticed some ideological clashes later in this chapter and was worried that it would have a negative impact on some younger readers.

I wish you all a happy life.