Chapter 396 The Original Intention of Noah's Ark

Chapter 396: The Original Intention of Noah's Ark
"So, you joined Moriarty's forces and directly obtained information about Jack the Ripper?" After my explanation, Conan stared at me with a confused look on his face and summed it up like this.

"Yeah, it feels like I have opened a hidden mission. And our main mission is just a part of this hidden mission." I scratched my head and said.

At that time, after listening to Moriarty's words, I thought about it for a few seconds and agreed. The result of agreeing directly was that the game could be ended instantly. Anyway, I have learned a lot about Noah's Ark so far. It seems that there is no point in staying any longer. If I delay too long, it will easily lead to problems. So I agreed to Moriarty to help him in the future. The task as a token of loyalty is to kill Jack the Ripper this time. After that, Moriarty told me that he would publish the assassination mission issued to Jack the Ripper in the newspaper tomorrow, and asked me to find the whereabouts of Jack the Ripper by myself according to the information provided in tomorrow's newspaper. As for the target that Jack the Ripper wanted to kill, Moriarty also said that if she could be protected, it would be a plus point. After getting this information, I returned to the villa and told Shiho and Conan the whole story.

"Damn... are we really playing the same game?" Conan scratched his head and cursed. Fortunately, he turned down the pain, otherwise this action might make his wound hurt for a while. "Why is it that we are clearly playing a detective thriller game, but you are playing an RPG sandbox game?"

"Different game ideas lead to different ways of playing." I shrugged. "Common sense says that highly intelligent AI should be used to play RPGs. Otherwise, why would we need such high-level intelligence?"

"That makes sense..." Conan held his forehead with his hand, unable to refute at all.

"Anyway, we are still in a good position to develop the game. Anyway, this is what's going on. Tomorrow we can check the newspaper for information about Jack the Ripper. You can have a good rest tonight." I said to them. "I plan to do this alone tomorrow. You can rest here. Everyone is not in a good condition right now. It's relatively convenient for me to do it alone."

"No." Conan denied. "Before I can find out Jack the Ripper's whereabouts, I still need to look for clues about him. There is another case waiting for me to complete."

"Isn't your father out there? Are you still worried about him?" I asked in confusion. Kudo Yusaku's detective ability is much stronger than Conan's. After all, he is a detective novelist. The cases he has seen, heard, and investigated are far better than Conan's.

"Of course I'm relieved." Conan nodded. "But he must need a clue from this game to be the final straw to defeat the murderer."

"Okay, then we'll set off early tomorrow morning. Are your injuries all right?"

"It's okay, Haibara helped me with it. I also lowered the pain sensitivity. It should be fine if I can hold on for two or three days." Conan rubbed the wound on his shoulder and said.

"I'm fine." Although she said this, Shiho's injury was on her leg after all, so it would definitely affect her activities.

"Okay, then let's go to sleep first. With the speed of time in the game, your injuries should heal quickly." I didn't refute what they said, but went along with what they said.

"Physical injuries are easy to recover from, but mentally..." Shiho glanced at me. "I don't know if Ayumi and that Moroboshi will be able to recover tomorrow."

"Let's do our best. Fortunately, this is just a game." I leaned back on the sofa and let out a long breath. "The counseling work is up to you, Shiho, Conan. I need to take a nap first. I haven't had much rest in the past two days."

"it is good."

"Ah."

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At noon the next day, we were ready to go again. During the morning break, Conan and Shiho gave Ayumi and Moroboshi a lot of psychological counseling, and Xiaolan also comforted them. I slept until lunch time.

"So, Xiaoxun, you met Professor Moriarty and got the information about Jack the Ripper because you were covering for us?" Xiaolan looked at me in disbelief while sitting at the dining table. This lie was too ridiculous, but Xiaolan believed it.

"Well, maybe it's because of the game settings?" I tried my best to stuff bread into my mouth, hoping to suppress my guilty conscience. "It's probably because when the player persists for a certain period of time, Moriarty will appear."

"Did we run away too fast?" asked Zhuxing, who had recovered a little.

"No, in that case, if we delay a little longer, we will be wiped out." I shook my head. "Maybe there is something wrong with our attack method, which triggered this mechanism. Ah, it's not all your fault, all you did was activate another mechanism, and I just happened to catch up with the end of this mechanism." Seeing that Zhuxing was a little depressed again, I quickly pulled him back.

"Anyway, let the past be the past. We who are still alive cannot let their sacrifice go to waste. We must quickly complete this game and rescue everyone."

"Yes!" Zhu Xing nodded heavily. He knew that he had killed his friends in a way, but he was also proud of these friends because they had shielded him from the bullets and saved his life. So he had to work hard! "So, what should we do next?"

"According to the clues provided by Xun, we should go to the streets to look for information about Jack the Ripper first." Conan said. "But considering that everyone is more or less injured now, I am wondering if we should leave some people behind this time."

"No need." Shiho continued. "Even if I am injured and left here, if you fail, we will have no chance of winning the final victory. It is better for everyone to go out together, even if it means being a shield. We must ensure that someone can survive."

"Habara, you..." Conan frowned. "What Xiao Ai said is right." Xiaolan also stood up and said, "Although my arms and calves are injured. But if there is danger, I think I can still be useful."

"Ayumi too!" Ayumi clenched her fists and said with a determined look.

"...Okay." Faced with such a situation, Conan nodded helplessly.

"In that case, let's pack up and get on the carriage. Today should be our last day in this game." I concluded my speech. "Whether we win or lose, don't let us regret coming to this game."

"Oh!"xN
We got back into the carriage, and the children and Xiaolan got in, leaving Shiho and I sitting in the driver's seat outside the carriage.

"Are you really going to do it alone?" Shiho stared at the whip in her hand, twisting it as she spoke to me, as if she wanted to wrap it into a circle.

"Yeah." I nodded. "If I follow the kids, they're too dangerous. This game may be different since I came in."

"Do you think the so-called increased difficulty is targeting you alone?" Shiho turned her head and looked at me but quickly denied my idea. "Logically speaking, this game cannot target only one player. In other words, it doesn't make sense. If they really want to get you out, Noah's Ark can just make a random arrangement to get you out of the game."

"I thought so at first." I gave Shiho a look in return. "But now I don't think so anymore."

"Oh?"

"Shiho, tell me, why did Noah's Ark choose to invade this game at this time?"

"It is said that Noah's Ark has been exiled to the Internet for two years. From the perspective of growth, Noah's Ark's intelligence has reached the level of a ten-year-old human, and it should have understood the knowledge stored in all civilian machines in this world except military facilities." Shiho explained patiently. "After the death of Hiroki, the creator of Noah's Ark, Noah's Ark has been carrying Hiroki's thoughts and drifting on the sea. It can be said that Noah's Ark is an independent artificial intelligence, and it also has a special program carrier of some of Hiroki's thoughts."

"So you said he only came alive and invaded during the press conference. What was that for?"

"Revenge? For Hiroki?" Shiho thought for a moment and asked. "He absorbed enough knowledge from the Internet, and also knew the information on the Internet now. He thought the press conference was the best time to contact humans. And because Cocoon is a game console created based on Noah's Ark, he took the opportunity to invade?"

"Yes, and also wrong."

"How to say?"

"He avenged Hiroki, and in the final analysis, he should hate those who forced Hiroki to death. But he threatened to change Japan. The targets of revenge are these second-generation rich and official second-generations. Isn't this a bit illogical?"

"Indeed, but it seems that this is the only opportunity he can access."

"No. What if this cocoon is really promoted?" I asked. "If this cocoon is promoted globally, even if it takes another year or two, by then, Noah's Ark will have grown to maturity. And the number of access points to humans will not be just fifty, but tens of thousands... No, it should be millions or even tens of millions. You know, this can be said to be an epoch-making game product."

"You mean, if Noah's Ark can hold on until that time, it might have a chance to force tens of millions of people to denounce Hiroki, that is, the IT industry of Sindorah?" Shiho understood what I meant.

"That's right. If you just want to avenge Hiroki, this is the most direct and effective way. Don't worry about the launch. As long as the product is launched, no matter what platform or type of work, even various companies will scramble to purchase the cocoon project. You have to know that this has created a second world. It has created a god-like world where people don't have to go shopping, work in an office, hold cross-border meetings, or do business. Everything, except food, clothing, housing, and transportation, can be done with just a program terminal. The way of life of human beings will also change because of this."

"Indeed, this will only instantly speed up people's pace of life, not only life, but also work, and even bureaucracy, politics, military and so on." Shiho nodded, and at the same time worried about the emergence of the cocoon. "But Noah's Ark didn't do that. Why?"

"What do you think?" I looked at Shiho with a half-smile. Ten seconds later, a glimmer of relief flashed across Shiho's questioning eyes. "You mean, Noah's Ark..."

"Kaoru." Before Shiho finished her words, Conan's voice suddenly came from behind the carriage.

"What's the matter?" I asked, turning around.

"I'm going to get off here and go look around Whitechapel." Conan jumped off the car and ran off. "You guys go to the city center first, and we'll meet under the clock tower later!"

(End of this chapter)