Chapter 1001 Chapter 1009 [Reason for Kudo Shinichi's Disappearance]

Conan gradually understood.

His eyes fell on "Professor Moriarty", and he carefully looked at this "disposable NPC" he originally thought of: "...Are you also from Anonymous?"

And judging from Noah's respectful attitude, "Moriarty" is at least an important cadre. Even...

…

However, before figuring out the identity of "Professor Moriarty".

A sense of disharmony gradually occupied Conan's attention.

——He suddenly realized that there was something wrong with his voice.

Looking more closely, the field of vision was strangely elevated.

"......?" Conan was puzzled for a moment, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

He suddenly lowered his head and looked at his body.

Then he was surprised to find that he no longer looked like "Conan", but had turned back into Kudo Shinichi!

"Don't get excited. This place is just like the 'Cocoon'. It's just a game space."

Professor Moriarty held his chin up and looked at his surprised expression. Considering Kudo Shinichi's materialistic worldview, he secretly hid the matter of the soul: "It is not convenient to play games with a child's body, so I specially asked Noah to help you adjust it back to your original appearance."

"Game? But I didn't even enter the game cabin." Kudo Shinichi frowned, feeling confused for a moment.

But thinking back to the "User Confidentiality Agreement" that Noah had asked him to sign, he realized that it could be effective in the real world through the use of black technology hypnosis. Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but think that if the organization that controlled this technology was Anonymous, it wouldn't be too hard to believe.

But...what is the principle behind this?

Kudo Shinichi thought for a moment, and the smiling face of Dr. Agasa gradually appeared in his mind.

"..." Dr. Agasa was able to develop so many amazing technologies all by himself. And Anonymous is a terrifying organization, with countless black technology scholars coming together to come up with these technologies, which seems... not too difficult to accept.

However, as a fellow black technology scholar, even though Dr. Agasa is weak and has no resources to support him in making a "holographic game", he may be able to understand the principle of Anonymous's "game"... I have to try to ask him when I get out.

"..." It's a pity. Thinking of the last time he tried to say "Noah faked his death" but couldn't say it, Conan sighed. The "User Confidentiality Clause" is really a difficult thing to play with.

…

Before I had time to think more, "Professor Moriarty" suddenly stretched out his hand and tapped the remote control on the table.

The projector in the office suddenly turned on, and a conical beam of light was projected onto the screen. The screen was divided into five equal parts in the middle, and there was a person on each small polygonal screen.

Kudo Shinichi took a quick look and found that they were all acquaintances of his.

—— Ran Mouri, Jiang Xia, Haibara Ai, Suzuki Sonoko, Hattori Heiji.

"?" He suddenly had a bad feeling, "What are you going to do?!"

"Professor Moriarty" smiled at him and said, "It's boring to play games alone."

As he finished speaking, the five young people's cell phones on the screen suddenly vibrated, and the screens lit up with a faint blue light.

Soon, a dense array of characters appeared on the phone.

...It was the "User Confidentiality Clause" that Conan had seen once.

…

One minute later, in the office of the consciousness space.

Noah and "Professor Moriarty" disappeared lightly like two ethereal shadows.

Only Kudo Shinichi was left standing there silently, looking at the five people who suddenly appeared beside him, and raised his hands to cover his face: "...Why did you press 'Agree'!?"

——The footage just now showed the whole process of five people signing the “User Confidentiality Agreement” and being tricked into the game.

This may be because the medium of "mobile phone" is more likely to make people relax their vigilance than holographic games.

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko found that they could not exit the page. Confused, they pressed keys on their mobile phones randomly and accidentally pressed "Agree".

Jiang Xia and Hattori Heiji were better. They were a little more vigilant and thought they were infected with the virus at first.

Unfortunately, as high school detectives, they were very curious. After thinking for a while, perhaps because they felt that there was nothing important in their phones, the two couldn't help but press "Agree" to see what this strange virus was going to do.

And Haibara Ai...for some reason, Kudo Shinichi felt that she seemed a little excited. She almost immediately pressed the "Agree" button as soon as she saw the signature of "Noah's Ark" in the user terms.

Then, five confused young people were packed up and thrown in.

…

The five new players looked at "Kudo Shinichi" in shock, with varying degrees of shock.

Haibara Ai's gaze paused on him for a moment, she lowered her head thoughtfully, looked at herself, and then found, not surprisingly, that she had turned back into the form of "Miyano Shiho".

Mao Lilan looked at the famous detective Kudo Shinichi who was "busy investigating a case outside" and was surprised, but vaguely understood something: "...The 'difficult case' you mentioned, is this what you mean?"

Kudo Shinichi: “…”No!

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but look at Jiang Xia. He knew that the reason why "Kudo Shinichi" had not appeared was certainly not because he was busy investigating the case, but because he had become a child and could no longer appear as a high school student.

…

With just six players meeting, there is so much to wonder and discuss.

However, the organizers of the game did not give them time to reminisce.

Soon, the voice of "Moriarty" flowed out from the record player in the corner: "Good evening, dear players."

Suzuki Sonoko's ears twitched, and her face suddenly blushed as she listened to this voice that impressed her so much: "Professor Moriarty?"

…She had visited countless companies and searched for the data for several days but couldn’t find it, but it was hidden here!

Ai Huihara looked at the record player, her eyes flickering with anticipation: "...Just now I saw the signature of 'Noah's Ark' on the 'User Confidentiality Agreement'. It and its data have not been destroyed?"

"No. We announced it that way because the players should be selected by us, instead of being found by some unnecessary people and wasting time."

Professor Moriarty quickly got to the point: "I invited everyone here today just to invite you to play a little game. The fact that you can come here means that you have agreed to the rules of the game. One of the rules is that 'all explanations belong to the game party.'"

The office suddenly fell silent.

Before clicking "Agree", they didn't expect the situation to be so serious - who could have thought that just by touching a button on the phone, their consciousness would suddenly enter a strange place, just like lying in a game cabin?

Haibara Ai also frowned and looked around, looking slightly expectantly for something.

Unfortunately, however, apart from a few players, no one was in the room.

She sighed silently, took two steps closer to Jiang Xia, stood next to him, and turned to look at the speakers.

(End of this chapter)