The instant after Kōyū spoke, a child emerged from the darkness.
The child had delicate features and was wearing a light blue coat.
"Hiroki, is there something you need?"
Kōyū looked at Sawada Hiroki, who had appeared before him, with a half-smile.
Two chairs and a table appeared out of thin air in the space.
Hiroki sat down on his own, then said to Kouyu, "Sit down and let's talk."
Guangyou smiled, pulled up a chair and sat down: "You still have a lot of sense of ceremony."
"Tell me, is it that I can't log into the game, or what?"
Guangyou had a vague idea of what was going on.
"You can participate, but you're not a player."
Hiroki said calmly.
"So I'm an NPC then?"
Kōyū calmly accepted this setting, which actually sounds quite interesting, doesn't it?
"Yes, so this game only has 49 players, and you play the role of an NPC in the scene you choose."
Two cups of tea appeared on the table at some point, and Hiroki picked one up and took a sip.
Guangyou also picked up another cup and took a small sip.
This made him realize the wonder of the system once again.
"By the way, how did I become like this?"
Guangyou took this opportunity to question him about his sudden growth.
"Because of your central nervous system..."
"Wait a minute, let's use plain, easy-to-understand language."
Guangyou quickly interrupted Hiroki, "Don't use these technical terms, they're really giving me a headache."
Hiroki paused for a moment, then replied, "Because you want to, and you are different from others, especially Conan and that little girl with brown hair."
"Having administrator privileges is great; I can even read player information."
Guangyou was filled with envy.
"You want it? I can grant you some access later, but you must abide by a few of my rules."
Hiroki put down his cup, looked at Kōyū, and said with a smile.
"Please feel free to speak."
Guangyou waved his hand, not caring at all.
"First, you are not allowed to directly interfere, such as telling them who the murderer is."
"I don't want their game to be too easy, but you can protect the girl you like."
Guangyou was not surprised at all; the conditions proposed by Hiroki were not difficult.
He was pleasantly surprised that Hiroki still allowed him to protect Ai.
"Secondly, although you are an NPC, if they fail to complete the game, you will also receive the punishment for failure along with them."
Guangyou nodded; this condition was not unexpected.
"That's all."
Hiroki's request was clearly reasonable, and Kouyu had no reason to refuse.
Without much thought, he agreed.
Seeing that Guangyou had agreed, Hiroki smiled, his expression more one of anticipation.
After agreeing, a door appeared in the space.
The center of the door is not empty; through it, one can see London shrouded in thick fog.
What role am I?
Guangyou stood up, looked at the door, and was eager to try.
"Not yet, I'll let you choose which character to replace later."
Hiroki shook his head and said, "Alright, I'm going back now. If the ending satisfies me, I'll give you a gift."
Guangyou smiled calmly: "I'm looking forward to it."
Having said that, he walked through the door.
In the game world, London is shrouded in darkness, and the entire city is enveloped in thick fog.
The streets were deserted, with only the streetlights standing forlornly by the roadside, emitting a faint glow.
"So this is the Fog City. It truly lives up to its reputation."
He had been to London, but by then the air quality had been improved, making the nickname "Fog City" undeserved.
In reality, Guangyou doesn't have the ability to go to the earliest Fog City, but it should be similar to the Fog City in the game.
Visibility is very low here, and the air quality is also poor.
The entire city, shrouded in mist, exuded an eerie atmosphere.
In the real world, from December 5th to 9th, 1952, the London Smog killed approximately four thousand people in just four days.
Four years after the incident, the government implemented the Clean Air Act.
In 1968, a Clean Air Act was added.
The Air Pollution Control Act was introduced in 1973.
By 1975, London had only fifteen foggy days a year, finally shedding its less-than-honorable nickname, "Fog City."
"Your mission now is to blow up the bridge in front of you."
Just as Kōyū was lost in thought, Hiroki's voice rang out in his mind before he could even ask a question.
His vision was blurry, but when it cleared, he found himself in front of a bridge. On the bridge, he could see a group of children and a girl resting against the railing.
His clothes had also changed into a large trench coat, with the collar turned up, paired with a wide-brimmed hat on his head, so that it would be impossible to tell unless you looked very closely.
"Take out the detonator from your pocket and press it."
Upon hearing the instructions, Guangyou deftly took out the detonator from his pocket.
Out of personal motives, Kōyū deliberately tried to use the permissions that Hiroki had granted him to directly access Ai's mind.
"Hurry up."
Ai was initially a little surprised, but without thinking too much about it, she quickly said to the others, "Let's go, we need to hurry on our way."
After seeing Ai and Conan walk towards the bridge, Kousuke turned around and left, pressing the detonator in his hand at the same time.
"Honestly, it's something he could do with a single thought, but I have to do it."
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