Chapter 45 Director Ke shows his blood bar

Players didn't really understand what was going on.

He was talking to the World Tree the last second, and the World Tree agreed to hold a farewell party for him, and then he was teleported back.

Generally, the process of entering the dungeon and then returning to the big world is in a time-stopped state, and he can seamlessly connect to the time before entering the dungeon.

But this time was different. He should be at the hotel where the new Catherine was staying. The game time was a little after four in the morning. After all, he had just completed his task on time and drew a wave of cards.

But when he was sent out by the World Tree, he inexplicably appeared in a strange place and couldn't tell the time.

All I knew was that there was a beam of light shining on my head, making it feel a little hot, and it was dark all around me. In the darkness, there were a bunch of NPC names and the health bars of some humanoid monsters emitting the faint light of the game system.

The player looked around in confusion, and suddenly realized that this was the classic stage setting. Was this the farewell party that the World Tree held for him?

Sure enough, there were some familiar names among the NPCs below.

The player hadn't thought of what to say yet, but it wasn't difficult to come up with a few clichés for a stage speech. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he was sniped.

Sniped.

The player's brain was in a state of freeze until he was knocked to the ground by an unfamiliar NPC named Ginzo Nakamori.

Not to mention that the gaming industry is now inward-looking to this extent, the holographic remake team of the scientific world is obviously very rich, and it is impossible for them to equip the NPC world tree with low-level intelligence. Even if it is low-level intelligence, it would not do such a thing!

If this was his farewell party, the plot would be as absurd as if the Seven Gods were sending off the Traveler brothers and sisters who had ended everything, and justice had dropped Sky Island on them!

But what if this wasn't his farewell party, but a big world mission?

That totally makes sense!

The reason why there is no time stop when entering and exiting the game may be because the time mentioned in the World Tree has returned to normal, so there are small changes in the settings that do not affect the gaming experience.

It was normal for him to suddenly appear here. No matter whether in the dungeon or in the big world, every time he logged off and logged on again, his body would always be moved to another place.

Just like when he logs off at the Poirot Cafe, when he logs back on he'll usually be at Catherine's former home, so he can chat with her as soon as he goes out.

This setting seems to be that when he goes offline, his body is in a sleeping state, and the NPCs will be considerate and move him away.

String them together.

They are all strung together.

This wasn't his farewell party. It was just that when he went offline, his body was moved here by NPCs, and then a bunch of NPCs gathered here for some unknown reason. When he woke up, he was sniped.

The player suddenly realized and was not opposed to doing another task, but when he opened the task list, he found that there was no new task on it.

Usually this happens because the pre-plot for accepting the mission has not yet been completed.

He pushed aside Ginzo Nakamori, who was commanding his subordinates and protecting him at the same time, and stood up, but he could not find the familiar exclamation mark among the names and health bars that filled the banquet hall in the darkness.

When thinking about him being sniped again, the player's train of thought turned in a strange direction... Could it be that he is responsible for playing the corpse in the plot this time?

The player stood back on the stage and cleared his throat.

Very good, the scene was too noisy and no one was looking at him.

He silently took out his limited-time new skin.

This is after the end of the [Hopeless Journey] dungeon. The World Tree asked him what he wanted. He thought about it and felt that his black outfit was too plain, so he just wanted a skin.

However, the skins provided by the World Tree are mostly taken from NPCs, such as the blue suit and red bow tie, the gray suit, and the coolest one is the white suit with a cape.

But compared to the game-style costumes in Genshin Impact, these clothes that look like suits are too ordinary and normal.

The player simply made a tailor-made request, and the World Tree agreed.

He had originally intended to save it for his final CG appearance, but had to use it now.

In an instant, the dark, chaotic and turbulent banquet hall became as bright as day!

Is that a phone call?

No.

The manager who used the remote control to close the electric window blinds at the request of the police, the security guard who suppressed the guests who surrounded the rich man's daughter with guns, Akai Shuichi who was about to meet Camille to get a sniper rifle, Ran who found the Junior Detective Team and Conan, Kidd who was pretending to be a waiter in the corner, staring at Conan who was suspected to be a member of the organization...

No matter what they were doing, everyone couldn't help but look in disbelief at the round stage in the center of the banquet hall that was originally used for speeches.

They could not tell that it was Tsuchiya Kuji standing there. They could only see a burst of extremely bright light. For a moment, their vision turned into a vast expanse of white, and after they gradually recovered, the brightness still hurt their eyes.

This ball of light not only illuminated the entire banquet hall, but even formed a strong beam of light that shot out of the window, leaving bright marks on the surrounding buildings and the night sky.

Players are very satisfied that these NPCs have finally calmed down, and are even more satisfied with the shocking effect caused by their new skins.

The inspiration for his skin comes from the lights that were added to the Dust Pot while playing Genshin Impact.

When you stack enough of them, and then switch from day to night, it’s so bright that even the screen is white!

He is now the human sun!

The player opened his arms in a very immature way, and in the banquet hall where many NPCs were rubbing their eyes in pain and the place became eerily quiet, he shouted:

"Shoot me!"

As if in response to his words, the second sniper bullet flew over.

Gin listened to Chianti's screams of pain as he was blinded by the light in his headphones, and his stinging eyes only blinked twice very quickly. Although he had not yet adapted to the strong light, his awareness as a sniper was enough for him to shoot at the light source accurately.

The organization finally wanted to get rid of Hennessy, and Gin, who was in charge of hunting down traitors and had a deep grudge against Hennessy, was the best choice.

But in his opinion, even if that gentleman said that Hennessy must be eliminated at all costs, the bizarrely strict security of the banquet hall, the noteworthy Pandora's Stone, and most importantly, the seemingly immortal Hennessy himself, all made Gin not so optimistic about this plan.

But it doesn't matter.

If a person could be resurrected from the dead, all we need to do is kill him a thousand times so that he no longer wants to be resurrected, and then he will be completely dead.

Gin moved the muzzle of the gun slightly, following the faint movement of the light source, and bullets followed one after another.

He suddenly felt a chill behind him, and his sense of danger made him dodge instinctively. A bullet penetrated the sniper scope and hit the concrete wall.

Gin looked in the direction where the bullet came from.

"This distance... Akai Shuichi?" He showed a slightly excited sneer, not expecting that this trip would bring him an unexpected gain. "No, traitor Scotland. Are you here for Hennessy? You still have the guts to show up in front of me."

Looking at another sniper point from afar, Morobu Kagemitsu, who successfully blocked Gin's sniper scope, calmly pulled the trigger again.

His goal was not to snipe Gin, but to let Gin know that the public security had noticed the banquet.

Zero said in the meeting yesterday that Vermouth's tone was not right and the actions of some members of the organization were also problematic. It was estimated that they were planning to eliminate Hisaji Jyouno.

The Black Organization can be very aggressive at times, but they won't openly go against the police. This banquet was held in such a mysterious way that the police couldn't stop it. So the only option was for the Black Organization to restrain itself to avoid harming the guests.

But people always have advanced goals besides the minimum goals.

Compared to capturing Hisashi Jyouno, who has no idea what kind of information he has and whose mouth is like a sieve and he is very easy to deceive, the other code members will be more valuable.

Especially gin.

However, as a sniper, Gin usually does not go out alone.

Morobu Kagemitsu's shot missed, and he was not only counterattacked by Gin, but also hit by bullets from a sniper point in another direction.

It's either Chianti or Cohen.

While reporting the estimated sniper point to the police through the headset, he flexibly hid behind the bunker and readjusted the sniper position.

At this time, a sniper rifle was mounted on the top floor of the hotel where the farewell party was being held but had not yet been opened to guests.

The pink-haired graduate student swept the sniper rifle's laser towards Morobushi Kagemitsu, said hello to his former colleague, and then quickly adjusted it to aim at Gin.

Well.

Whether the police want to intimidate the Black Organization or capture Gin, the FBI cannot miss this good opportunity.

The bullet flew towards Gin.

At this moment, there was a new chaos in the bright banquet hall.

After hearing the humanoid sun whose voice belonged to Hisashi Jyouno shouted the shocking words "Shoot me", he was actually shot!

The player who didn't dodge was hit in the head by a bullet and suffered a critical hit, causing his health bar to disappear.

But he still didn't receive the mission or directly enter the mission plot.

The player ate a fried egg to revive himself, and also ate a few dishes to restore his health.

There was no end to the monsters he was attacking, one shot after another.

After the player dodged, he was pulled off the stage by the NPC. The NPC suppressed his anger and complained:

"Were you shot just now? And can you please turn off this light? I can't see anything!"

The player could no longer see anything. He looked at the NPC who disappeared into the white light, with only a little curly hair vaguely visible. Fortunately, his memory of the NPC was fresh, so he managed to recognize him with difficulty:

"Jinpei Matsuda?"

"It's me." Matsuda Jinpei had never been so blind in his life. He was amazing to be able to accurately pass through the crowd and reach the stage. "The sniping has stopped, but the danger is not over. Since they are targeting you, you should change your clothes and leave the banquet hall. You..."

Player: "Skip."

There are a lot of conversations, but I am not interested.

The blood pressure from Jinpei Matsuda's blow nearly broke through the atmosphere.

Suddenly, another scream was heard in the banquet hall.

"There's a bomb!"

Yuan Tai accidentally knocked over the table when he tried to pick up the fallen food, and the red-glowing bomb installed on the inside of the table was exposed to the surrounding guests, who fled immediately in fear.

But under the blinding light of equality for all, it was already difficult to see the red light of the bomb, let alone find the exit. Everyone was running around like frightened headless flies, and the banquet hall, which had finally quieted down, became noisy again.

Players also found that this skin was not very convenient, so they changed back to the original skin. The banquet hall returned to darkness, and the light from the bomb seemed even more terrifying.

However, Kenji Hagiwara, who was obviously dressed in fancy clothes for the banquet, had already run against the crowd to the bomb.

Jinpei Matsuda pulled out a small flashlight from somewhere, noticed that the electric curtains were closed, and after instructing the players, he used the flashlight to check for other bombs.

Officers Megure and Takagi were shouting at the top of their lungs to organize the crowd to evacuate to prevent a stampede. The police officers who were attending the banquet also began to take action, and even the police officers who were arresting Kid no longer cared about Kid.

Looking again, there didn't seem to be many familiar names among the densely packed NPC names.

Or maybe he was not familiar with most of the NPCs.

Players who didn't receive any missions seemed to have intruded into the lives of NPCs: "..."

Who is he?

Where is he?

What is he going to do?

What does this have to do with him?

The confused player didn't want to be squeezed in with a bunch of NPCs, so he just picked a direction and walked out. As he walked, he met Catherine's group.

The former Catherine and the current Catherine are talking about something.

Now Catherine has changed her outfit. In short, she looks different every time I see her. In the past, Catherine had a fake smile on her face, which looked quite scary.

The player who had no idea of ​​the atmosphere and how tense they were went up to say hello and asked Vermode for today's daily task.

Bermode: "...I will pretend I have never seen you."

Amuro Toru: "Why, are you going to disobey that gentleman's order?"

Vermouth, disguised as Suzuki Sonoko, nonchalantly said, "I can't beat him, so if you can, come on. Why don't you take action, Bourbon? Are you going to disobey the organization's orders?"

Amuro Toru didn't take her advice at all: "I am attending this banquet as a guest of Jyouno Hisaji. The organization didn't assign any tasks to me. I won't do anything that is thankless."

Bermode asked inquiringly, "Then why do you want to find out..."

Player: "Skip."

Both of them: "..."

Player: "To... Thank you..."

The two men reached out their hands and turned him around and pushed him away, saying in unbearable unison: "Shut up! Go away!"

The player who was abandoned by Catherine's group continued walking. He didn't have any destination. After walking for a while, he actually found two NPCs.

No, it's a humanoid monster, an NPC.

The NPC was wearing the white cape and white suit that the World Tree had shown him. He should have looked very handsome, but now his white top hat had fallen to the side. He was leaning against the wall, as if he was in some kind of fantasy, with a ruby ​​thrown generously on the ground.

The humanoid monster looked like a beautiful young woman in a dress. She picked up the ruby ​​and said with satisfaction, "I thought I could only catch Kidd, but I didn't expect that you, Detective Tiaoye, would still fall into my hands."

Player: “?”

Player: "Do we know each other?"

The other party's face twisted. The members of their organization used animals as code names to pursue Pandora, the gem that can bring immortality, and they would use various means to obtain the gem.

Kidd and his gang are working against them, but there is also a person named Hisashi Jyouno who has nothing to do with them, who always takes commissions to target their chosen targets and disrupts their plans.

Therefore, this scam of taking over Pandora's identity and giving him the gemstone was originally intended to deal with Kid and Hisashi Jyouno together.

However, after seeing Hisashi Jyouno being sniped, she felt that there was no need for her to take action and pretended to be alone. Sure enough, this attracted Kidd who wanted to help her and returned the gems. Unexpectedly, she was so lucky that another target came.

"You are still stubborn even when you are about to die..."

The young woman who was about to use illusion suddenly stopped talking.

She looked down and saw the bright red blood that had seeped out of her chest where the bullet had pierced it, and a hint of cool breeze that came through her head.

The black-haired detective opposite her looked even more like an emotionless killer than she did. He calmly put away his gun and commented:

"A lot of talking."

…This guy is a detective, not her colleague?!

She collapsed in shock and confusion.

The player suddenly discovered something interesting.

After the health bar of this humanoid monster was emptied and it lay dead, it actually changed its model and even its clothes, and it looked nothing like the original one.

Is this an illusion?

No, isn’t this the background of the Blue Star Era? Were there illusions in the Blue Star Era?

He squatted down curiously to observe, not noticing that Kidd next to him had already woken up from the illusion and grabbed the poker gun, and he didn't care about Conan who walked quietly behind him.

Conan Edogawa tried his best to breathe steadily, and when he saw the corpse on the ground, he realized that he was still a step too late.

He had not paid much attention to Kidd's theft of the gems.

Anyway, the gems stolen by Kidd will be returned. There are many more important things in this banquet. It is a good thing that Kidd can get the gems and leave the quagmire of the Black Organization safely.

But from the name Pandora, Conan felt something was wrong.

After meeting the rich man's daughter at the party, this feeling of something being wrong became even more obvious.

This is not about giving the gem to Hisashi Jyouno. It's clearly that the organization codenamed after animals is using the fake Pandora's gem to lure Kidd!

Kidd's life will be in danger!

After the Maori family and the Junior Detective Team were evacuated under the arrangement of the police, Conan quietly returned and wanted to find Kid.

But I didn’t expect…

The one who sniped Jyouno Hisashi was the Black Organization. Without the protection of the organization, the police were going to arrest Jyouno. Even if Jyouno Hisashi took action now to protect himself, the crimes he committed in the organization in the past cannot be erased.

Take him down first, then contact Mr. Amuro.

Conan aimed the scope of his watch at Jionno Hisaji.

Playing holographic games depends on mental strength. The player's mental strength is enough to drive a mecha. Combined with mecha training, his performance in the game is almost as agile as that of monsters.

Dodging bullets was always a piece of cake for him, and no one could hit him unless he wanted to.

But this time he didn't feel threatened, so he didn't hide.

The anesthetic needle pierced into the neck quickly and accurately, and a damage value appeared on the player's body.

【-1】

The player who had lost a drop of blood touched his neck and looked back at Conan. The curious question he had asked before suddenly got an answer.

When facing Toru Amuro, he thought about what would happen if an immune NPC attacked the player.

In fact, he has encountered NPCs who are immune to damage and have the intention to attack him, such as the police who are chasing him, and Matsuda Jinping in the Scottish dungeon.

But it turns out that those who merely intend to attack him or attack him but do not cause any damage to him are still immune NPCs.

After all, it is very difficult for NPC to hit the player when the player does not want to be hit. Not all monsters are as difficult to deal with as Gin.

In fact, Conan Edogawa is the first NPC immune to damage.

Unexpectedly, the little student with glasses smiled awkwardly at his useless anesthetic needle, but his hand was on his belt, and he exchanged glances with the strange thief Kid who stood up quietly by the wall.

And on the top of Conan Edogawa's head, which he couldn't see, a bright red blood bar appeared that had never been there before.

I don't play Conan, but I've always wanted to write a scene where his health bar lights up, hahaha