You're Really Damn Filial, Kid!

"Is it really impossible to modify the game now?"

Under everyone's gaze, Yusaku Kudo asked a question.

"Ah..."

Professor Agasa couldn't help but swallow hard. "The entire game has been controlled by Noah's Ark. Even if we wanted to modify it, there's no way to do so."

"..."

Yusaku Kudo's face darkened, and he suddenly sighed, pinched the bridge of his nose, and fell silent for a moment.

In the game at this moment, the filial son who had been kowtowing too much to his master and accidentally bumped into his own mother is now being pulled on the head by Irene Yukiko, looking completely bewildered.

He recognized the face in front of him all too well; it was Yukiko Kudo.

But in this game, it's his master's woman, Irene Adler.

In other words, his biological mother became his teacher's wife, his teacher became his father, and Sherlock Holmes became Fujino...

Fujino became his father?

No, no, what the heck is this?!

Conan shook the terrible thought out of his head and sorted out his thoughts.

This game was developed with the help of his father, Deng. Since Irene is the image of his mother, then Sherlock Holmes should logically be Deng himself.

But now, because of Noah's Ark, he has taken on Fujino's appearance. So, Irene is still Irene, and Sherlock Holmes is still Sherlock Holmes; only their faces have changed, and their personalities may be slightly different...

That's right, there's absolutely no problem, he did the right thing!

Conan, suddenly enlightened, offered himself some words of comfort.

Freed from his psychological burden, he looked at Irene Yukiko. Although he still felt something was off, he called out, "Miss Irene, please stop tonight's performance immediately! Mr. Sherlock Holmes' enemy, Moriarty, has sent assassins to kill you!"

"Why do Sherlock Holmes' enemies want to kill me?"

Irene Yukiko straightened up, looking puzzled.

"Why..."

Ran was also a little confused as to why Moriarty wanted to kill Irene to deal with Sherlock Holmes. She guessed, "Maybe it's because he wanted to see the sad expression on Sherlock Holmes when he saw you die?"

"Hmm, if that's the case, then I'd like to see it too."

Irene Yukiko smiled charmingly, "Just how heartbroken will Mr. Sherlock Holmes look?"

"Well?"

Sonoko nearby, exclaimed in surprise, "But if you do that, you might get killed by Jack the Ripper."

"Everyone will protect me, right?"

Irene Yukiko looked at Sherlock Holmes and smiled, "With Mr. Sherlock Holmes here, even if I am killed, I would have no regrets if I could see the expression of sadness for me."

"Uh... that's true."

Sonoko pursed her lips speechlessly and couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "There's something strange about this Irene."

"It really is strange..."

Ran couldn't help but nod, "It's probably because she looks exactly like Shinichi's mother."

That's not what I meant.

Sonoko corrected, "I mean, having that reasoning fanatic mom and Fujino- Senior is a bit outrageous."

"Uh-huh."

Ai Haibara nodded silently to the side.

"Haha... Sonoko, Ai, this is just a game."

Ran chuckled dryly, looked at Irene Yukiko, and murmured, "But this Irene really does have the exact same personality as Shinichi's mother."

"So the real-life prototype was just as daring..."

Noah, disguised as Hideki Morohoshi, couldn't help but complain.

All the characters in this game are under his control.

However, he did not do anything to change his personality.

He had initially thought that this was just Irene's personality.

But I didn't expect it to be the same in real life.

'After all, it was probably designed by that old Deng, how could it not look like...'

Conan looked at Irene Yukiko, who not only looked exactly like his mother but also had the same personality, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

I really don't know what Old Deng was thinking, actually bringing her into the game...

Looking alike is understandable, but personality... well, that's something he really can't explain.

What normal person would set up a character in such a realistic game to look like their wife?

Is this something a decent person would do?!

That's right! It's all Old Deng's fault for designing this game's plot!

Conan reassured himself once again.

The principle is that whoever designed the game's storyline should take the blame.

The filial son blamed all the trouble on his own father.

Yusaku Kudo: "..."

You little rascal, Tom's really filial!

"Nell'ora del dolore, perché, perché Signore..."

Inside the dimly lit and lavishly decorated theater, musicians played soothing music, and the audience was filled with well-dressed gentlemen and ladies.

Irene Yukiko stood on the stage with the moon and desolate cliffs as a backdrop, singing the opera she had prepared for the evening under the spotlight.

Behind the curtain, the group that had followed them were scanning the audience seats in front of the stage and on both sides, trying to find Jack the Ripper who had come to assassinate Irene Adler.

Fujino put his hands in his pockets, leaned against the wall, and looked around.

However, unlike the others who were engrossed in the performance, he was genuinely enjoying the opera.

He remembered that Jack the Ripper had already filled the theater with bombs, though he didn't know where in this era time such high-explosive time bombs came from.

But he's become Sherlock Holmes, so why should a game care about rationality?

In the world of science, he can easily conjure up a few C4 bombs; in the world of games, it wouldn't be surprising if he created a few atomic Fujino.

He can defuse bombs.

Although the item is no longer useful, the knowledge of the original entity remains.

However, with Noah as the mastermind, defusing the bomb is pointless.

The referees and players belong to them, and the venue belongs to them too. Even if they went there to defuse the bomb, it wouldn't make a difference.

Who knows if the game's GM might accidentally detonate a few bombs out of nowhere?

And since Noah just wants to have some fun, then let's play along.

In the end, no one will die anyway.

You might as well listen to some music.

Although in his previous life, as a fine young man from China, he was indifferent to this kind of Western music, in this world, he does know a little about it.

After all, opera is considered a form of entertainment within high society, and this remains true even in modern times.

Fujino vaguely remembered the opera excerpt sung by Irene.

The translation is something like, "Why is the Most High God so heartless in this sorrowful time?"

The full title of the opera is Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore, which translates to "For Art, For Love," and it is an aria from the opera Tosca by the Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini.

The gist of the story is that he has never done anything wrong in his life and has followed God's teachings, but why doesn't God respond to his faithful believer?

Fujino wasn't interested in opera, but he did quite enjoy listening to arias.

Thinking about it carefully, it does feel like Hiroki Sawada is singing to himself, since the lyrics are narrating his own painful cries and lamentations.

"Damn it, where is that guy?"

Conan scanned the venue, his brows furrowed.

Jack the Ripper's target is Irene Adler.

The other party must have already infiltrated the scene.

Therefore, he felt extremely nervous.

It's not just because the other person is his teacher's woman, or because the other person is modeled after his mother or something.

The most important thing is that if we don't catch Jack the Ripper, everyone will die!